Atticus's Odyssey: Reincarnated Into A Playground novel Chapter 652

Chapter 652 Crescent Slash

Atticus left his thoughts and focused on what Cedric was explaining.

"As I said earlier, you won't receive any demonstrations, unfortunately, but this last step should be the easiest part," Cedric said as he slowly approached the staggering number of azure slashes in front of Atticus, using his walking stick for support.

Each slash still maintained its lethal shape, glowing brightly, with each thread serving as a conduit to supply them with mana.

"You've already created the slashes; now you have to join them all together. Just imagine pulling each string together and making them converge at the tip of your blade before unleashing it," Cedric instructed.

Atticus nodded. 'Sounds simple enough,' he thought.

Though he said and felt that, it wasn't simple in the least. As he tried to combine the slashes, the combination ended up exploding in his face, causing him to die.

Reappearing and ignoring Cedric's laughter, Atticus pondered deeply about what had gone wrong.

Each slash had different properties— for example, their size, depth, and intensity were different. Atticus hadn't even paid attention to their signature or how the surrounding mana affected them.

'This is probably the case,' Atticus thought, believing that the difference in their properties was what caused the reaction.

To solve this problem, Atticus realized he had to ensure that each slash he unleashed was identical in every way.

This meant he had to release his hold over the current slashes. After doing that, Atticus unleashed another set of slashes, making sure this time that they all had the same properties.

However, Atticus failed a couple of times. Cedric hadn't allowed him to do it without the rain of mana coated balls shooting at him, so he had to multitask while making sure not to get crushed.

Eventually, though, Atticus finally achieved it— a staggering number of uniform azure slashes, all letting out the same aura, floated in front of him.

Afterward, a simulation suddenly appeared slightly ahead of him, and Atticus saw the same katana avatar from before.

A projectile larger and more powerful than the others suddenly shot at him, and in the next instant, the man unleashed a staggering amount of slashes before combining them into one mega slash that shot forward, severing the massive projectile into two.

Atticus didn't need to be told twice. He walked to the middle of the room and waited. A loud chime resounded, followed by a massive projectile hurtling toward him.

Fortunately, Atticus didn't need to unleash any slashes, only to combine them. He raised his blade, and with slight focus, the staggering amount of azure slashes converged at the tip of his blade, forming one larger crescent shaped slash.

Atticus unleashed it in the next instant, and it shot forward, cutting through the air before meeting the approaching projectile.

The collision between the two caused an intense shockwave to spread out, but in the next second, the crescent slash fizzled out, and the projectile continued uninterrupted, hitting Atticus with force.

Atticus's eyes snapped open, and he immediately walked toward the middle of the room, ignoring Cedric. He was all too used to this at this point and knew exactly what had gone wrong.

He had been too focused on uniformity instead of infusing each slash with as much power and mana as he could.

Multiple projectiles shot toward Atticus at supersonic speed, and he moved like a blur, unleashing a staggering amount of azure slashes.