My Gang of Swordsmen

Chapter 667: Chapter 10: Talent Upgrade! Sword Genius Upgrades to [Sword Saint]! [8800]_5

[”Sword Saint” Talent Introduction: The amplification of swordsmanship talent is 106 times the average level of ordinary people, with the potential to reach the supreme martial arts realm]

[Beep beep! The talent with ”Swordsmanship Talent Amplification between 2 to 9 times the average level of ordinary people”, that is ”Swordsman with Minor Achievement”, can no longer perform Talent Fusion]

[Only ”Sword Master” or higher-level talents of the same type can continue to perform ”Talent Fusion”]

After the system sound ended, Aoto waited a few more seconds.

After confirming that there was really no more content to hear, Aoto hurriedly opened his personal system interface.

The original entry of ”Sword Genius” had now turned into the more majestic and cool-sounding ”Sword Saint.”

Aoto felt his breathing become heavy at this moment.

He instinctively wanted to raise his hand to rub his stiff, rigid face, but ended up touching the cold mask.

Talent upgrade... Aoto was hearing this system sound for the first time.

Aoto took several deep breaths, striving to suppress his surprise, joy, and other emotions.

When his mood had calmed down a bit, Aoto began to try hard to recall the content of the voice he had just heard.

The series of unfamiliar system sounds that had just sounded had two places that Aoto found most noteworthy.

The first place was the last two sentences — ”Only ’Sword Master’ or higher-level talents of the same type can continue to perform ’Talent Fusion’.”

The meaning of this sentence... is not difficult to understand.

Simply put, from now on, copying ”Swordsman with Minor Achievement” will no longer trigger Talent Fusion.

Although Aoto had never copied ”Sword Master”, based on the precedent of having copied ”Master of Archery” before, ”Sword Master” should be ”Swordsmanship Talent Amplification ten times or more the average level of ordinary people.”

In a nutshell — if Aoto wants to further improve his swordsmanship talent, the difficulty will increase sharply.

Aoto couldn’t help smacking his lips, thinking to himself:

——It seems... the fusion of talents is not completely without limits...

Theoretically, he could still boost his swordsmanship talent to thousands or tens of thousands of times that of ordinary people... but the difficulty is like ascending to heaven.

Those who possess ”Swordsman with Minor Achievement” are already rare little geniuses among the folk.

In a strong place like the Little Chiba Sword Dojo, most of the apprentices are merely ordinary people with mediocre talents.

How could Aoto have the opportunity to frequently encounter super geniuses with swordsmanship talent ten or dozens of times that of ordinary people?

——Well, forget it...

Aoto took a deep breath and collected his emotions.

——The swordsmanship talent I currently possess is already outrageously high.

——Even if it’s already difficult to further improve in the future, it is not much of a problem.

times that of ordinary people... Aoto thinks such a number, whether placed in ancient or modern times, should be considered quite an exaggerated number.

After taking his mind off the issue of ”Talent Fusion”, Aoto hurriedly focused his thoughts on the second place in the system sound that he found particularly noteworthy.

Namely, the effect of the ”Sword Saint” talent.

The first half of ”106 times the average person” is just literal and there’s not much more to talk about.

But the latter half of ”potential to reach the supreme martial arts realm” genuinely left Aoto unsure of what it meant.

——The supreme martial arts realm? What is that...

Numerous question marks floated in Aoto’s mind.

Crowned with the title of ”supreme”... it seems awfully impressive.

But he has no idea what it is.

The system’s explanation was vague, and without a ”free question” function allowing Aoto to inquire about it, Aoto could only rely on himself to guess what this ”supreme martial arts realm” was.

But obviously — Aoto could not possibly guess it out at all.

Aoto had never previously heard anyone mention or introduce what the ”supreme martial arts realm” was.

Moreover, whether the ”supreme realm” recognized by the system is the same as the one recognized by others remains a question...

At this time, the increasing clamor of cheers and voices gradually pulled his thoughts back to reality.

The defeated Kanazawa Koto had already retreated off the field, conceding that he was no match.

The 18th victory... Aoto added another vivid stroke to his achievements today.

The male apprentices stared at Aoto with looks of admiration and envy becoming deeper... or with resentment and jealousy becoming deeper.

Meanwhile, the female apprentices were cheering even more joyfully.

Listening to the noisy clamor surrounding him from all directions, Aoto ”whoosh...” let out all the complicated thoughts in his mind and the complicated emotions in his heart, turning them into sound.

——These complicated matters... Just think about them slowly afterward.

——Now, let’s focus on the competition first.

Aoto turned his head and gaze, scanning the surroundings, looking for the next person to step out and challenge others.

However, after scanning around, Aoto realized: no one was stepping up anymore.

At this time, those noisy sighs and cheers gradually quieted down.

In a blink of an eye, the arena turned from noisiness to pin-drop silence.

Silently... The spectators craned their necks, eagerly looking forward to seeing a new hero daring to challenge Aoto.

But their expectations were disappointed.

The quiet atmosphere of the arena, no one came forward to break it for a long time...

Aoto quietly waited for about a minute.

Seeing there really was no one wanting to challenge him further, Aoto silently passed the bamboo sword to his left hand, freeing his right hand to remove the mask from his head, revealing a face already drenched in sweat.

Since no one dared to come up anymore, naturally, Aoto had no reason to continue standing with his sword in the arena.

Amazement, longing, resentment, regret... Everyone stared at the young man on the field with various kinds of eyes, who had created an incredible record today.

Under the gaze of countless eyes, Aoto silently cradled the mask with his right arm, tucked the bamboo sword at his left waist with his left hand, then bowed slightly forward.

”Thank you for the match.”

...

...

The cross-armed Chiba Shigetarou deeply watched Aoto, who was bowing and had seized everyone’s gaze and attention in the arena.

To say that Chiba Shigetarou was watching Aoto... doesn’t seem quite right.

More precisely, Chiba Shigetarou was watching the dense beads of sweat on Aoto’s face.

At this moment, he seemed to suddenly think about something good, his eyes flashing with intriguing light.

”Sazanoko.”

He turned to look at his sister.

”Take Mr. Tachibana to the inner courtyard to rest.”

”The inner courtyard?” Sazanoko was taken aback.

Chiba Shigetarou solemnly nodded seriously.

”After you take Mr. Tachibana to the inner courtyard, let him use our well in the inner courtyard to wash himself thoroughly. If he doesn’t clean up after sweating so much, he’ll easily catch a cold.”

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