Chapter 280: 280
Draco's clone performed the first Sword Skill Draco possessed, which was Inclined Slash . This was a Sword Skill that was pretty simple, and had a normal motion as well as a normal effect .
However, it was enough for this purpose . Draco had never used Counter Kill in this life so far, because honestly, he was not sure he could .
It was like the strange transformation from one of those evergreen Dragon Ball anime series, where Goku became grayish and could avoid almost all attacks due to some special instinct .
In the beginning, he could not willingly activate that mode, but after he had successfully grasped it the first time, it was - relatively - easier to do so the second time .
The same applied to Draco . Thanks to the way his memories of the previous timeline worked, he could perfectly remember the feeling of using the technique and entering that mode, as well as what that mode felt like .
As such, when he tried to activate it, he felt himself on the cusp of success before it escaped him . His ability to remember it really helped, but it was still difficult .
Draco understood that the state he had entered was something transcendent, and it was unlocked through Control mostly . The foundation of Control was to reduce the biological limiter the brain put on the body, and that state was sort of like removing the limiter completely .
At least, for the mental aspect . To compare, that strange state was like the 'General Aspect' of Control which could only be activated through careful means and could only be used for a moment before it was gone .
Draco's clone landed the hit on Draco, but the damage done was negligible . He then had the clone reset itself and tried again on command .
The special state was activated slightly, but the duration was far shorter than in his previous life, despite his Control and body being of a higher level in this one .
However, the tradeoff was that Draco noticed the special state had been much clearer and more fluid than in his memories . Possibly, it was strengthened because his base Control had since been strengthened as well .
Draco smiled despite his repeated failure . He signaled the clone to try again, and they repeated this process over and over .
Draco went through 20 attempts before he finally managed to get the hang of the timing, so with his 23rd attempt, he was able to pull off the technique .
When the slash came towards him, time appeared to slow down . Draco saw the trajectory, the future path of the slash, its weakness, the amount of force in the blade, and the momentum of it .
His sharpened mind was able to quickly derive a means to capture this force and re-direct it with ease . As such, Draco raised his blade, and countered the skill .
Even though the clone Draco had been created with the same Dragorugio armor, Draco's sword pierced through it like it was butter .
Despite clone him having his stats, bloodline and abundant life force, he was instantly killed by this simple pierce into his abdomen that Draco could even laugh at normally .
Counter Kill was an ability Draco had used but could not understand . It felt less like something he innovated, rather more like an 'ultimate skill' that was part and parcel of Control .
In essence, he theorized that every Control master would be able to access this state should they receive enough of an impetus, or have enough talent like Draco . This made Draco ponder .
Humans had been the number 1 in Gerdo Galaxy before their fall, and so many species had teamed up to take them down . Even with that, so many of the assailants were slaughtered that they couldn't even finish the battered human race off .
The human race had technology on their side back then, but technology wasn't enough to kill so many species . One should know that species similar to Dragons, Devils, Angels and whatnot definitely existed out there .
Otherwise, how could such elements be present in their bloodlines? Did such powers come from the sky?
So, it might be that Control was something unique to humans . It might even be a default/racial ability humans possessed . If so, then human elites should have the Counter Kill ability .
Thinking about it like that, Draco's doubts faded significantly . As someone who could use the technique, he understood its terror . It was an insta-kill technique that had a high requirement for activation, and getting the timing right was another serious issue .
After all, even he, a superior human to those from the Gerdo Galaxy, could only stay in the state for a few split-seconds . If the humans from Gerdo Galaxy could use it at will, they would not have lost a single man, but slaughtered all their enemies .
In fact, a single warrior who could use this technique at will could kill trillions without taking a hit, but other issues came up that made it a secret technique that was more of an unreliable trump card .
Draco was sure that with years of training, a person could become skilled enough to deploy it a few times in a short amount of time . That was probably why those other races got royally wrecked .
But it wasn't perfect . The incoming attack needed to be of the same form as your current weapon . In other words, Counter Kill worked on swords if one was using a sword, and on spears if one was using a spear .
One could not deploy the killing aspect with different weapons, but they could certainly neutralize parts of the attack, depending on the type of attack .
Draco certainly doubted if an energy beam could be easily countered like a sword skill, but that was yet to be seen . After executing the attack, he quietly waited for the AI's assessment of it .
"Recording complete, removing unnecessary information… compiling… assessing…"
"Complete . The sword technique 'Sword Skill 360: Counter Kill' has been assessed to be a valid technique . Generating Rank… complete . "
"'Sword Skill 360: Counter Kill' is graded as a Legendary technique . Would you like to record another?"
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