Lighting Degree 6

In the game, mastering the [Hidden Blade Technique] was as easy as dumping points into the skill description.

Just allocate, level up, and boom — mastery.

But in reality, it wasn't that simple.

Progress only came from repetition.

Constant, focused repetition.

And that part, at least, hadn't changed.

Dashing deeper into the forest, I tightened my grip on the blade — still sheathed — while igniting my mana with more control than before.

No flares, no surges. Just calm, steady flow.

[Skill: Hidden Blade Technique (S)]

[First Form: Blue Moon]

Whoosh...!

The blade slipped free in less than a second — a clean arc — and returned to its sheath just as fast.

The trees and brush in front of me were sliced apart before they even realized they'd been cut.