The sword techniques passed down by the seven great sword immortal sects of Southern Toad Continent are nothing more than the accumulated combat experience of certain predecessors, combined with their own understanding and creative interpretation, then taught to their disciples. But after all, one person’s perspective is always limited.

In ""Shushan 2"", not to mention that the sword techniques of each major sect are already distilled from the essence of ancient swordsmanship, countless people have racked their brains, using the most advanced computers to calculate every aspect of sword light—angle, direction, lethality, speed, variations, and so on—transforming them into sword-controlling moves. They also collect data from tens of thousands of sword duels that occur in the game every day, periodically revising the sects’ sword moves to make them ever more perfect, condensing the wisdom of countless tech staff and players.

In Southern Toad Continent, not a single sword master has as much combat experience as even a random newbie in the game. Players kill dozens of people and hundreds of monsters every day; the number of sword duels they fight in a single day exceeds what the sword masters of Southern Toad Continent experience in a lifetime. Getting killed is just routine, and they have accumulated countless lessons from victories and defeats. No sword school, at its founding, ever had the wealth of resources that ""Shushan 2"" provides, with the ability to observe and improve sword techniques based on tens of millions of battles.

Brian White not only deconstructed and recombined the sword moves of all the major sects in ""Shushan 2"", but his combat experience is also unparalleled. In ""Shushan 2"", Brian White has always ranked among the top three in the number of duels fought, second only to one or two others. He would duel dozens of times a day, and hundreds of minor skirmishes—calling him a killing machine would be an understatement. Even the founding ancestors of the seven great sword immortal sects of Southern Toad Continent might only duel once every three to five months, or perhaps not even once in decades. Cultivators compete in depth of cultivation, mastery of spells, and power of magical treasures; most of their sword training comes from daily practice, and having a few fellow disciples or friends to spar with is already considered excellent. To have fought over a hundred duels in a lifetime would be a glorious record. Therefore, the sword techniques created by the founders of each sect lack the tempering of real combat and are somewhat like building a car behind closed doors.

True cultivators pursue immortality; magical power is merely a means to that end, not the ultimate goal. So this situation is only natural—these immortals could never treat life-and-death duels as casually as game players do.

For all these reasons, at this moment, Brian White’s cultivation is only at the beginner level, but in terms of swordsmanship, he is already at the level of a grandmaster.

Brian White never realized the real reason he could so easily master the sword techniques of the Chicheng Sect; he simply thought David Stone was just too much of a fool.

After Brian White finished revising the twelve basic moves of the Chicheng Immortal Sect, he lost all interest in pondering this set of sword techniques, which he considered as basic as could be, and began practicing his own unique sword techniques from ""Shushan 2"". With one move, Swallow Skims the Water Seven Times, his sword light split into seven rings, condensed and unbroken, already reaching seventy to eighty percent of Brian White’s level in ""Shushan 2"". This move is specifically designed to break through an enemy’s magical defenses, especially effective against mist-type spells.

Mist-type defensive spells can concentrate all their power on the part being attacked; wherever the enemy strikes, the power gathers there, making them extremely hard to break.

Swallow Skims the Water Seven Times is the best method to break this kind of defense, and is one of Brian White’s signature sword techniques. The key is to use extremely fast sword light to tap lightly, drawing the defensive spell or treasure’s power to the attack point, which naturally weakens the rest of the defense. Then, with a full-powered sword strike, the enemy’s defensive spell or treasure can be destroyed in one blow.

Brian White once used this move in ""Shushan 2"" to kill a boss Milton Hill who was thirty-seven levels higher than himself. At that time, he used Swallow Skims the Water Seven Times to break Milton Hill’s protective demonic aura, and with a surprise attack, killed the boss before he could even cast his best spell, leaving him to die with great grievance.

Killing the enemy before they can react, with sword moves as fast as lightning—this is the greatest hallmark of Brian White’s swordsmanship.

Chapter Six: Turns Out They’re Just a Pair of Scoundrels

After practicing for half a day, Brian White was very satisfied with his swordsmanship, put away his low-quality flying sword with its dim sword light, patted his robe, and fell into deep thought again.

“It seems that although there are many differences between this place and the game, it’s much freer here, without so many restrictions as in the game, and there’s no limit to how I can use my sword techniques. Although the fool I’ve possessed has low cultivation, his foundation isn’t bad. Just give me seven or eight days, and not only can I restore my swordsmanship to its peak, I’ll definitely make further breakthroughs.” Brian White touched the flying sword in his sleeve and sighed inwardly, “It’s just that this flying sword is really too lousy. In a duel, I wouldn’t even dare to clash sword lights head-on—it would definitely snap at the first touch. I can only aim for the blunt edge of my opponent’s sword light and have to be extra careful. But maybe that’s a good thing. Starting from the very bottom, with a sword in hand, sweeping across the world—that was always my dream in Shushan 2. Now I have the chance to realize this dream a thousand times over. This is a great opportunity given to me by the heavens. Since I’ve come to this world, I will become the number one swordsman in Southern Toad Continent, or even in the whole world of Jambudvipa.”