My Ultimate Sign-in System Made Me Invincible

Chapter 476  The Killing Sword (2)

Two’s Dao Array Eyes tracked the blade’s trajectory, processing attack patterns faster than conscious thought could follow.

The sword came at him in a diagonal slash that would have opened him from shoulder to hip, and he twisted away, feeling the edge pass so close it sliced through the fabric of his robes without touching skin.

The blade reversed instantly, coming back at him from the opposite angle before he’d even finished the evasion. Two dropped flat to the ground, and the weapon passed overhead with a sound like tearing silk.

He rolled, came up in a crouch, and the sword was already there, driving down toward his skull in a vertical strike that would have split him in half.

Two threw himself sideways, his shoulder hitting the ground hard enough to bruise, and felt the impact as the blade struck where he’d been a fraction of a second before. The sound echoed through the empty space like a gong strike.

This wasn’t working.

The realization came with absolute clarity. He was reacting, defending, surviving moment to moment, but barely. Every evasion was desperate, every movement dictated by the sword’s attacks rather than his own strategy. The blade was forcing him to fight its battle, and he was losing ground with each exchange.

Two needed to change something fundamental about his approach, or he would eventually make a mistake, and the sword would kill him for it.

The weapon came at him again, a thrust aimed at his heart with speed that made the air scream. Two sidestepped, but the blade adjusted mid-flight, following his movement with predatory precision.

His hands came up instinctively, catching the flat of the blade between his palms in the same desperate technique he’d used before. The impact sent shock waves through his arms, and the force drove him backward three full steps before he managed to redirect the weapon’s momentum and release it.

The sword spun away, but only for an instant. It oriented itself with impossible speed and came at him again, this time in a horizontal slash that targeted his midsection.

Two didn’t try to dodge. Instead, he moved forward into the attack, closing distance rather than creating it.

The Dao Array Eyes had shown him something during that last exchange—a fractional moment when the sword’s trajectory committed, when its path became predictable for the briefest instant. That moment was his only opening, the only window where the weapon’s overwhelming speed advantage didn’t make defense impossible.

His body flowed into the first movement of the seven-sequence technique, even though he had no physical blade to execute it with. The motion was purely defensive, a redirection of force that turned the incoming slash aside by a matter of centimeters, letting it pass harmlessly to his left.

The sword adjusted immediately, reversing its path to come at him from the opposite side. But Two was already moving into the second movement, his body executing the technique with muscle memory that had been burned into him during the formation battle. His arms swept in a controlled arc that intercepted the blade’s new trajectory, deflecting it upward rather than trying to stop it directly.

The weapon spun away and reoriented, but Two had gained something crucial—a full second of time to reset his stance, to prepare for the next exchange rather than simply reacting to it.

The sword attacked again, and this time Two met it with the third movement of the sequence. The technique used circular motion to redirect linear force, turning the blade’s straight thrust into a glancing blow that slid past his body without connecting.

The pattern was forming now, crystallizing in his mind with the clarity of genuine understanding. The seven-movement sequence wasn’t just a collection of attacks. It was a complete fighting system, designed to flow seamlessly between offense and defense, each movement setting up the next, creating a cycle that could continue indefinitely.

And Two didn’t need a sword to execute it.

The techniques worked because they followed fundamental principles of force, leverage, and spatial positioning. A blade amplified those principles, made them more effective, extended their reach. But the core mechanics remained valid even without a weapon. His body could still execute the movements, could still apply the same concepts of redirection and control.

The sword came at him in a complex combination—three rapid strikes from different angles, each one flowing into the next with minimal transition time. Two responded with the fourth, fifth, and sixth movements of the sequence, his body flowing through the defensive patterns with increasing confidence.

He wasn’t just surviving anymore. He was beginning to understand the rhythm of the combat, to anticipate the sword’s patterns, to recognize the subtle tells that preceded each attack.

The weapon drove forward in a thrust that targeted his throat. Two executed the seventh movement, the final technique in the sequence that was designed to create distance and reset positioning. His body moved with perfect timing, sidestepping the thrust while simultaneously redirecting the blade’s momentum to carry it past him.

The sword spun away, and for the first time since the battle began, Two felt something shift in the dynamic between them.

He transitioned immediately back to the first movement, starting the sequence over, and the blade came at him with renewed aggression. But now Two was ready. His body flowed through the defensive patterns with increasing fluidity, each technique executed with precision that came from genuine comprehension rather than desperate improvisation.

The exchanges became faster. The sword’s attacks grew more varied, more complex, testing different angles and combinations. But Two matched its escalation, his movements adapting, the seven-sequence technique providing answers to every question the blade posed.

The Myriad Armament Constitution was working in the background, processing insights faster than conscious thought, integrating principles, refining execution with each successful application of the techniques. Two could feel his understanding deepening, the movements becoming more natural, more instinctive.

The sword came at him in a spinning strike that would have been impossible to defend against minutes ago. But now Two saw the opening clearly. He flowed into the second movement, his arms sweeping up to intercept the weapon at exactly the right angle to deflect it without taking the full force of the impact.

The blade spun away, and Two didn’t wait for it to reorient. He pressed forward, executing the third movement as an aggressive advance rather than a defensive response. His body moved with purpose, taking control of the distance between them, forcing the sword to react to him rather than the other way around.

The weapon adjusted, but there was something different now in how it moved. The attacks were still fast, still precise, but they carried less absolute confidence.

Two executed the full sequence again, each movement flowing into the next with seamless transition. The techniques had become second nature now, integrated so completely into his fighting style that he didn’t need to think about them consciously. His body knew what to do, his Dao Array Eyes showed him when to do it, and the Myriad Armament Constitution ensured that every execution was optimal.

The sword came at him in a final, desperate assault—a combination attack that used all the complexity and speed the weapon was capable of generating. The blade struck from high and low simultaneously, creating impossible angles, moving faster than Two had seen it move before.

But Two saw through it.

His Dao Array Eyes broke down the combination into its component parts, showed him the underlying pattern, revealed the sequence of commitments that the attack required. And once he understood the pattern, the defense became obvious.

He executed the seven-movement sequence one final time, but this time he did it perfectly. Every motion was exactly right, every transition seamless, every application of force precisely calculated. His body moved through the defensive patterns with the kind of fluid grace that came from absolute mastery, meeting each strike at exactly the right moment, redirecting every attack with minimal effort.

The final movement of the sequence brought him face to face with the sword, his hands positioned perfectly to intercept its last thrust. The blade drove forward with everything it had, and Two’s palms came together, catching the weapon between them with timing so precise that the impact made no sound at all.

The sword stopped completely, though it had been frozen mid-strike.

For a long moment, nothing moved. Two stood with the blade caught between his hands, his breathing controlled and steady, his eyes focused on the weapon that had been trying to kill him seconds before.

Then the sword’s presence changed.

The overwhelming killing intent that had saturated its existence began to fade. The violence receded, leaving behind a kind of acknowledgment and recognition from a weapon that had found someone worthy to wield it.

The void dissolved around them and the massive chamber reformed, the other frozen cultivators reappeared, and Two found himself standing with his hand wrapped around the sword’s handle.

The blade came free from the wall with a soft sound, as though it had been waiting for exactly this moment. It settled into his grip with perfect balance, the weight distributed so precisely that it felt like a natural extension of his arm rather than an external tool.

Two stood there for a moment, processing what had just happened. His breathing was steady despite the intensity of the combat. And in his hand, he held a weapon that had just tried to kill him and now rested with complete docility.

Two looked down at the sword, then at the chamber around him. Several of the frozen cultivators had awakened from their own tests. None of them were looking at him, too focused on their own experiences to notice what weapon he now carried.

That was fine. He had no interest in drawing attention to this particular acquisition.

The passage leading deeper into the grotto beckoned, and Two began walking, the newly acquired sword hanging at his side.