Chapter 370: The Practice Trial... Part-2.


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    [Sword Intent!]


    [Elemental Sword Art: Stone Type: Stone Deflection!]


    After facing the traps lots of times, Rio slowly got used to the timing of those spear attacks, and with his base stats at the level of an early SS ranker, he was finally able to figure out the perfect reaction time for those traps.


    His adaptability is not weak after all, no matter If they are traps, those spears are also weapons after all; with his sword aptitude, he can figure out their speed, trajectory, and various other things after seeing them so many times.


    Thus, instead of letting the attacks keep falling on him, Rio was now going to use the stone- type technique to deflect the spear.


    But you don''t get good results all the time after all.


    *Crack!*


    Rio''s sword cracked and broke into two when he tried to deflect that spear, and the spear didn''t even change its trajectory in the slightest, directly piercing right through his head. If not for the shadow robe, Rio would have died 37th time just now.


    ''I have the shadow robe, which is enhanced by miasma and sword intent; otherwise, even I wouldn''t have dared to venture in this ce...''


    ''Wandering here is just too risky...''


    The robe can only help Rio ignore a maximum five attacks at a time; if there''s a trap thatunches six or more spears at him all at once, Rio will not be able to rely on the shadow robe to survive.


    The robe consumes his own mana to maintain its functionality after all.


    The same is true with his sword; it''s a formless weapon, and it maintains its form ording to how strong Rio''s own mana control is.


    When the spear hit it, it broke into two, and then Rio had to spend mana to make it take the same form again.


    The spear attacks are too strong; they are at the level of an SS-ranker; there''s no way that this sword can handle such attacks at Rio''s current rank.


    Rio needs to reach at least rank ''S+'' before he can take on such strong attacks, and this on the basis that he is using ''sword intent''.


    If he stops using ''sword intent'', he would need to have mana control of an SS-ranker to make the sword strong enough to contend with the attacks of another SS-ranker.


    Rio has collected quite a few amazingly powerful items, but these items have limits too.


    [Man, you are very courageous... You are taking too big of a risk right now...]


    [If it was me, I would have just sat down in that dark room and would have waited for someone toe and rescue me...]


    [It would have been even better if Lia was the one to rescue me~]


    Hearing Shadow''s words, Rio shook his head.


    ''I have never been so dependent on others, sitting around in wait for someone toe and save me? That''s not my kind of thing...''


    [As I thought, you are just too stubborn... You don''t want to show yourself as weak in front of Lia and the other''s, right?]


    ''You talk too much, don''t you think?''


    [Tch, forget it... just don''t get yourself killed; we haven''t even married yet afterall...]


    Ignoring his words, Rio pointed the tip of his sword on the ground and tried a new technique that he came up with right now.


    [Sword Intent!]


    [Elemental Sword Art: Miasma Type: Empty Stance!]


    [Miasmic Field!]


    Rio enhanced the miasma with his sword intent further and then spread it out in all directions, creating a small miasmic field.


    This is basically a copy of Link''s ''Dragon Field'' that he created to counter Rio''s speed; now Rio has copied it for himself.


    This is the horror of someone with insanely high weapon aptitude.


    Rio can copy even the skills that were specially made to counter himself; he just needs to see the skill once, and he can copy it extremely easily.


    And in some rare cases, he will perform that exact skill even better than the original user of the skill.


    The miasmic field spreads out miasma in all directions, and whatever ites in contact with starts to get corroded by miasma.


    The materials of the walls and the floor are all mithril and adamantine; they won''t get corroded by such a small amount of miasma, but there is one thing that is susceptible to corrosion.


    And those are the trap mechanisms.


    From the previous 37 attempts, Rio has figured out that most of the traps on this floor are those who work when the prey either steps on some specific tiles or is passing by some


    specific ces.


    Those few tiles either have some kind of spring or mechanisms hidden beneath them or they have some kind of mana sensors.


    Miasma can deal with both of these things; not only can it corrode those delicate trap mechanisms that are made out of weaker materials, it can even interrupt the mana sensors. Making springs and other trap materials out of mithril and adamantine is impossible, as they are extremely hard and strong materials; they won''t work properly like a spring should. They are more suited forbat and defense, not for making traps, etc. It took Rio a while to figure all this out, as he has never been in a ce where the traps were made from such luxurious and rare items.


    Most traps in the dungeons outside don''t work on his due to his insanely high reaction speed; if not for the fact that he''s a bit low in rank, Rio wouldn''t have to be so cautious in this ce.


    *sllllrrrrrrr*


    In the corridor, the sound of a sword sliding on the ground began to ring out loudly.


    To keep the miasmic field working, Rio needs to keep pumping miasma into the ground via


    his sword along with sword intent; thus, he had no choice but to slide his sword on the ground


    while walking forward.


    Right now, Rio looks like aplete demon.


    Not only is he covered in miasma, he''s spreading out miasma and corroding everything around him, and he''s also sliding his sword on the ground like a bloodthirsty demon looking


    for its prey.


    All the traps started to get corroded by his miasma field and got disabled on their own without Rio needing to do anything.


    From there onwards, Rio was just walking there in the corridor... menacingly.


    [I have to acknowledge it; you are really something else... You came up with such an amazing solution


    on the spot... If it was me, I would have been-]


    ''I know, I know, you would have been wailing and crying, waiting for Lia to rescue you... You don''t need to tell me about what you would have done all the time...''


    [Hey! I wouldn''t have been crying! You are exaggerating!]


    [Oh wait... Crying in front of Lia will definitely help us get a free hug, though... This is not a bad idea


    either, actually...]


    ''I feel like that you will definitely destroy my reputation if I let you out even once...''


    ''You are making me question my decision of agreeing to let you out from time to time...''


    Seeing that Rio was not in favor of that idea, Shadow immediately decided to change the


    topic.


    [Ah, forget it, let''s hurry and find the others... if something happened to Link, I don''t think that frail girl Riya will be able to handle it-]


    ''Frail girl? Are you sure you are talking about the Riya I know of?''


    [Eh? What do you mean...]


    ''Well, I do agree that she used to seem like a frail and weak person before... but ever since she trained under Syvis back in the Elven Empire... She has a different feeling to her...''


    ''Her eyes have that glow that I used to have when I first came into your body... I can see the thirst for power in her eyes...''


    ''Also don''t forget that she''s a healer; she can heal any injuries that you throw at her... Honestly speaking, I think she''s the only person who I think can withstand all of my skills...''


    ''Not even Link can deal with ''Soul Splitting''... but that''s not the case for Riya... In fact, she might be the only person in the world who is truly immune to ''Soul Splitting''...''


    ''If you want to worry about someone, you should be more worried about Link; in my opinion, Riya can likely survive on her own...''N?v(el)B\\jnn


    Others may not have noticed the subtle changes in Riya, but Rio has an extremely powerful observation ability; he can notice the changes that happen around him very easily.


    If he assumes people as ''weapons'' he can easily see through their changes and ws.


    This is one of the abilities provided by his ''X'' rank Sword Aptitude; he can consider everything in the world as a sword and can use it as a medium for sword intent.


    Right now, Rio knows more about all the members of team Astra than they know about


    themselves.


    He has many advantages over them, not only as a transmigrator but also as a person with


    insanely strong skills.


    While maintaining his miasma field, Rio kept walking and examining all the rooms he came


    across in his path.


    ''I have strange feelings about this ce...''


    Ever since he came to the dragon valley, he was feeling that something was calling to him and attracting him towards itself, but it was very vague at the start.


    But right now, that feeling has be extremely strong, so strong that Rio can in fact


    already feel where he needs to go next.


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    Author''s Notes.


    Yo! It''s your beloved author here!


    It seems like we might know more secrets soon...


    Question of the day.


    Which way would you choose in this situation?


    1. Work smart and make your way out of here like Rio.


    2. Stay in the dark room and wait for the beautiful girlfriend to rescue you.


    3. Others (Tell me in thements.)


    By the way, don''t forget to use those power stones!!