Bear School Astartes

Chapter 399: 399. Turbid Stream · Dragon Flash

”This is a dream now, right? Then let me connect my mind with a real Interstellar Warrior!”

Lann dodged the claw of a small spider while carrying the Turbulent Flow, shaking his hand to fling the thick Ancient God’s Blood onto the lake surface.

He unconsciously licked his lips, showing anticipation.

”Let me [Memory Deep Dive]!”

”I must remind you, sir,” Mentos said calmly and objectively, ”After you perform [Memory Deep Dive], the real memories will blur the line between reality and fantasy. Your vision might even split into two parts, one being an Interstellar Warrior, the other here and now.”

”Meanwhile, there’s a benefit you haven’t mentioned, Mentos... During the [Memory Deep Dive], I will gain a complete Interstellar Warrior’s thought process and tactical experience!”

The Demon Hunter and Interstellar Warrior reserve decisively commanded his wisdom within his mind.

”Begin!”

After a brief silence, the biological intelligence finally fulfilled its duty.

”Task received, [Memory Deep Dive] is about to start in 3, 2, 1...”

Suddenly, Lann felt his vision and bodily senses torn in half.

Half of his vision and feelings remained here and now, facing an Ancient God and the swarm of spiders summoned from the cosmos.

And the other half...

Cold and deathly silent.

Lann felt as if he was only wearing a loincloth, his bare feet stepping on the cold steel corridor.

This felt odd, since in his other half of senses, his feet were snug within his warm leather boots.

The corridor seemed endless, illuminated dimly by indicator lights on the wall, and piles of candles at the corners.

After numerous [Memory Deep Dives], Lann had grown accustomed to these practices, like lighting candles, hanging holy cloths, placing faith statues on spaceships or outposts in the Interstellar Era.

Progressive yet ancient, this seemed to be the hallmark of humanity in this universe.

A powerful, unimaginably robust body strode resolutely down the corridor, the dim light more than sufficient, and the cold steel inconsequential to this body.

It was too strong... Lann even felt that this body was stronger than any Interstellar Warrior he had ever experienced!

Lann’s biological knowledge quickly concluded: this was not a difference caused by individual variance from enhancement surgeries.

... Has the enhancement surgery for Interstellar Warriors changed?!

The young man didn’t know if this was good or bad for him, as he was still gathering all 19 original surgical techniques.

A memory spanning ten thousand years was too long, and even since the day of gene seed implantation, other than special nights, he submerged into [Memory Deep Dive] every night, seeking valuable knowledge and technology.

But until now, he had only obtained the knowledge for the [Muscle Enhancement Organ] and [Lariman Organ] follow-up surgeries.

And with these two procedures, he could only watch, unable to begin implementing them on himself.

Because the Interstellar Warrior enhancement surgeries are a tightly structured bioengineering system, where each surgery provides necessary biochemical conditions for succeeding ones.

This means even the order of surgeries cannot be wrong.

So without obtaining the follow-up surgical knowledge right after the [Second Heart], Lann’s progress was basically in a state of stagnation.

And now, the sensation in the [Memory Deep Dive] told him—although you haven’t leveled up completely, we’ve already unlocked a new upper level limit!

Surprising?

Lann didn’t feel surprised; he only felt his path to leveling up had become even longer.

On the battlefield with the Ancient Gods, although Lann now only had half his vision, oddly, he didn’t feel panicked.

’Enemy intelligence analysis: Low level.’

In his mind, another more seasoned, seemingly unwavering warrior thought connected.

With the help of that thought, Lann, though retaining only half his vision, could completely confirm the movements of the spiders in his missing half of the vision, even if he only used tactical analysis.

They were mere mindless beasts, and the tactical intent of beasts... too apparent.

Lann’s empty hand reached towards the unseen half of his vision.

No hesitation, no wavering, as if everything was anticipated.

The wind, the spiders’ screeches, the sense of threat on his skin... these perceptions alone were enough to make judgments.

Lann’s palm accurately caught the leap and bite attack of a small spider in mid-air!

At the first moment of contact between the palm and the spider—’Its weak point is the head-body connection; attacking here is more than twice efficient as other parts.’

The Interstellar Warrior’s mind was operating, invoking battle experience accumulated over unknown years.

For a veteran who had served for ages, even newly seen enemies could mostly be judged on the most efficient attack method at a glance.

Experience is combat power.

Without using a sword, Lann followed the conclusion within the thought and twisted his wrist, a clawed and fanged spider was brutally decapitated by merely human hands!

This is... the combat feeling of an Interstellar Warrior!

At the same time, countless ideas and inspirations burst in Lann’s mind.

The heavy Turbulent Flow Greatsword in his hand felt like a natural extension of his body at this moment.

’Do not let the heavy weight of the body and weapon oppose each other... The heaviness of the weapon is your assistance.’

These inspirations and concepts, validated through myriad battles by the Interstellar Warrior’s thinking capacity, ultimately evolved into new techniques.

Lann lowered his center of gravity, he started to control the greatsword using the [Bear School Swordsmanship] method.

The center of gravity transferred through the joints one by one during the rotation, turning the heavy greatsword into a part of his own center of gravity.

With waist twisting and arm swinging... the sword wind of the greatsword became increasingly piercing!

’Become water, only flowing water has power, a common knowledge in Iwami.’

The scroll of [Mindless Flow] with Iwami Yixin’s handwritten note suddenly surged in his heart at this moment.

Almost simultaneously, the sword wind brought by the Turbulent Flow Greatsword transformed from sharp and piercing to a heavy, viscous tidal flow... rich in impact!

’The technique has transformed.’

This thought flashed in Lann’s mind.

The next moment... ”Hoo!”

With a twist of the waist and swing of the arm, the dark greatsword swept horizontally through the air!

The air was compressed to a visibly white mark, matching the bulk of the Turbulent Flow!

This slash didn’t hit anything, but Lann’s expression seemed unconcerned with the slash itself.

Less than half a second later, ahead of the horizontally expanded airflow, the air movement suddenly shifted drastically!

A vertical, larger Qi Blade materialized out of thin air, slicing directly forward!

”Slash!”*3

Along the trajectory of the Qi Blade, the bodies of three small spiders were abruptly torn in half!

Blood burst forth like splattered ink!

[Turbulent Flow Dragon Flash]!