The Annihilator: Killer Of Gods

After copying and assimilating 50% of Khinux, now Uno's swordplay patterns, Karsha finally manages to break past his current mastery and become a Grandmaster Swordsman. He is now at the critical point in every Swordsman's journey. The Grandmaster stage is where they create their battle style. It's the point in their journey where they create the style they will be using during battles.

Swordsmen regardless of how they were brought up, no two people can have the same 100% battle style. Even with Karsha's imitation skills, he wouldn't be able to copy and use the complete style of swordplay from any opponent. The best he can do is copy and use it to enhance his own swordplay.

Many call swordsmen who seek other swordsmen for duel madmen, but in reality, these people are either looking to gain enlightenment trying to break through a bottleneck, or just trying to see how far they've gotten in the path of swordsmanship. Swordsman cherish their battle style so even if a sword sage takes a disciple, he wouldn't teach them his or her battle style.

So whenever a swordsman reaches the grandmaster stage, they dedicate their time to their battle style using all their understanding and battle knowledge to build a stronger foundation.

All the knowledge they gain at the Master stage and the ones to be gained at the Grandmaster stage will be used to build the foundation and then with the foundation, they can finally step into the next stage and become Sword Saints.

Karsha however was fortunate. His hard work finally paid off after he managed to copy the battle style of two dangerous dangerous opponents and even managed to merge the two and form his own battle style from it.

On the other hand, the battle style he had created is bizarre and dangerous. He hasn't named it yet but since he is the one who created it, he name it at any time.

< Ding! You have created a battle style. Name it to make it your own >

< Ding! Congratulations, you have broken through to the Grandmaster stage of Swordsmanship >

< Ding! Congratulations, you have unlocked the second Level of the Dual Swordsman Tiger Strike Technique. >

< Ding! You have unlocked a new battle skill; Mad Tiger Swordsman >

After creating the battle style, he finally stepped into the Grandmaster stage and even unlocked the second level of his first Divine grade technique.

The battle style he has created is a chaotic form of swordplay. It has no style to it, it's unpredictable and lethal. Unlike most people who gear their battle styles toward some aspects of nature, like the wind movement, water flowing, flying falling, and more, Karsha's swordplay has no nature to it. It's chaotic at best, unpredictable, fierce and lethal.

"I name it Mad Tiger" Karsha just chose a random word. To him, all he wanted was his style, and since he has finally succeeded in creating it, he can name it however he wants.

< Ding! Congratulations on naming your battle style. Develop it to move to the next stage >

The Red Eye Tiger skill was the first thing he got from the Dual Swordsman Tiger Strike Technique he won as the reward for escaping the slave mine with at least 100 people. The first skill has been great so far and now that he has become a Grandmaster, a new skill which is a battle skill has been unlocked.

< Mad Tiger Swordsman (Passive) >

-- Become but perfect swordsman there is. This is designed to turn ordinary hardworking Swordsmen into monster swordsmen. This skill grants the swordsman to accomplish seven levels of sword Mastery one step at a time.

Level 1: Whisker Sense

The swordsman develops a basic awareness of their opponent's movements and intentions. They can sense the opponent's sword trajectory and react accordingly. (Enhanced reflexes and basic intuition)

Level 2: Claw Insight

The swordsman gains a deeper understanding of their opponent's strengths and weaknesses. They can identify patterns in their opponent's attacks and defend accordingly. (Improved strategic thinking and tactical awareness)

Level 3: Tiger's Eye

The swordsman develops a heightened sense of awareness, allowing them to anticipate their opponent's moves before they happen. They can see the flow of battle and adjust their strategy mid-fight. (Enhanced predictive abilities and adaptability)

Level 4: Fierce Focus

The swordsman achieves a state of complete concentration, allowing them to read their opponent's subtlest cues and react with precision. They can sense their opponent's emotions and use them to their advantage. (Improved mental clarity and emotional intelligence)

Level 5: Razor's Edge

The swordsman's insight becomes incredibly sharp, allowing them to detect even the smallest openings in their opponent's defense. They can exploit these weaknesses with deadly precision. (Enhanced analytical thinking and tactical prowess)

Level 6: Mad Tiger's Fury

The swordsman enters a state of fury in combat, unleashing a flurry of attacks and counterattacks that leave their opponent reeling. They can sense their opponent's deepest fears and use them to gain a psychological advantage. (Improved physical prowess and psychological manipulation)

Level 7: Enlightened Tiger

The swordsman achieves a state of complete understanding, seeing the entire battlefield and all possible outcomes. They can anticipate and counter their opponent's moves before they even happen, making them nearly unbeatable. (Complete mastery of the technique, with enhanced intuition, strategy, and physical ability)

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"Once again, I got exactly what I wanted" Karsha couldn't believe himself. The battle style he has created isn't the orthodox battle style you see around. His swordplay doesn't have a style to it. It's unpredictable, but also lethal. But that isn't the dangerous part, Karsha unlike most has the ability to copy his opponent's attack patterns and assimilate them into his own skills.
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This means although he has created the foundation for his battle style, Karsha could easily raise his mastery by just copying the skills of others into his own battle style. He doesn't have to try different scenarios before finding the next pattern, with the nature of his battle skill, he can copy others and make his battle skill even more robust.

But while that may be a long process, Karsha now has a new skill that will not only allow him to copy but will also drill countless Variations of attack patterns into his muscles, in other words, if Karsha manages to master all 7 levels, he will become a swordsman than doesn't can fight without having to pay attention to his opponents. His body will act on its own when his opponent makes a move.

It's without a doubt an Overpower passive skill. But while the description of the levels sounded vague, the process is tedious. Karsha will have to fight countless opponents in other to drill those variations into his battle style and muscles.

But as long as he started making progress, his Mad Tiger battle style will also rise. The more he fights, the higher his understanding.

"I guess seeking swordsmen for a duel wouldn't be a bad thing." Karsha smiled calmly looking at the info of the new skill he had acquired. "This Tiger Strike Technique is indeed the greatest" Karsha now recognizes just how powerful of a technique he had won just by breaking out of a SLave MIne.

"It seems all my misfortune led me to great rewards" Seeing how much he has gained from the island even though he was there as a form of death sentence made him laugh at his enemies. Whenever they plot, his reward is something greater than they can anticipate.

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While Karsha is busy checking the messages without even skipping any, the five shadow guards are busily looting the hideout of Khinux, the Abyssal Leviathan.

15 minutes ago when Karsha dispatched them to go and look around for anything they could find, they were surprised to find many valuable items in the cave-like abode. It's about 2km wide so even in his snake form, Uno would have plenty of room to sleep.

It was the first time I found some gold. Then as they moved in further, they started to find gems, Some jade stones, and even rare lime stones. All these items are rare and can be used many times. Even limestone can be used in alchemy to make pills.

After cleaning the out area dry, they moved in deeper. Karsha has killed many soldiers back in the Slave mine so he has many space rings. He gave each of the 5 rings with the space inside 400 meters and above. Even during the battles, Dhaka and Ayar got a Life Space Ring that can hold things that are alive without them dying.

Luckily for them, the space is also big enough so they have more than enough space to fill in the loot.

"This Savage has more treasures than even the entire Anaconda race" Ayarr muttered looking at the pile of Rare items. Some are flowers, Bones, Crystals and at one corner, a pile of Monster cores littered the floor.

They all stood there looking at the items with unexplainable expressions. The items inside the cave are not what one would expect from a Savage Tyrant. The Herbs and flowers are all planted and taken care of, the crystals are well arranged in the holes dug in the walls. The only thing they expected was the Monster cores.

"Wow look, A demon Fruit and Darkness Crystals," Kilian exclaimed in a shocked tone. He was about to reach out and grab the demon fruit but Ayarr's voice stopped in him his tracks.

"STOP" They all turned to look at her with startled looks. "That is a 10,000-year-old demon fruit and the Crystals are over 100,000 years old, touching it will consume you with darkness plugging you in darkness forever"

Kilian subconsciously took ten steps back, his body shivering from shock. He knewly had a brush with Madness.

"Then how are we going to take them" Dhaka asked. "I have a plan"Ayarr simply formed a hand seal and her shadow started transforming. Within seconds, her shadow turned into a hand and picked the Demon Fruit and 5 Darkness Crystal into her space ring.

They all looked at her with strange expressions but didn't say anything. They simply went back to looting the entire cave dry, not even leaving a single copper behind.