Blue electrical energy crackled and surged around the sheath of my blade, arcs of lightning dancing like serpents eager to be unleashed.
My mana ignited in an instant, coursing through my veins like wildfire.
The world around me dulled and slowed, as though time itself had taken a breath.
I inhaled deeply—
and exhaled, slipping into a fluid martial stance that had long since been carved into muscle memory.
With a flick of my wrist, I released the technique now etched into the core of my being, encrypted into my very soul by the one who came before me.
[Hidden Blade: First Form]
[Blue Moon]
—FLASH!—
SWIISSHHH!!!
A crescent of pure electric-blue energy sliced forward through the air, silent at first, then screaming across the clearing in a streak of light. My blade returned to its sheath in the same heartbeat the arc was released, the metallic click echoing like a gunshot.
BOOM!!
The shockwave erupted half a second later.
