Tejima seemed very interested in Ioroi, talking incessantly.
Seeing this, Shiki stealthily slipped back to her room and began to study the Lightning element she had recently acquired.
Raiden Makoto had not left her any instructions on how to use it, only this small amount of power, but precisely because it was such a small amount, Shiki found it easy to control.
A tall building starts from the ground up, and the use of elemental power, of course, must begin with the simplest enchantment.
Enchantment is not only for weapons; clothing can also be enchanted, but due to the overly soft texture of clothes, it is much more difficult than with hard weapons.
Elemental enchantment on clothing actually has little practical use. Besides keeping clean, its greatest use is to train the user's control.
Shiki gently drew Kujikanesada, and golden lightning began to appear on the blade.
Initially, it was unstable, flickering on and off, but as Shiki entered the Selfless State, the golden lightning significantly expanded in scale, eventually completely covering the blade.
At this moment, Shiki's hand seemed to hold a lightsaber in the shape of a katana, and with the electric arcs flickering around the blade, it truly had that feel.
With a new toy, she naturally wanted to cut something, but after looking around the empty room, Shiki still managed to restrain herself.
Kujikanesada spun in her hand, and perhaps due to the Lightning element enchantment, there was a humming sound when she swung it.
Shiki withdrew the Lightning element from the blade, and instantly Kujikanesada returned to its original simple appearance.
Elemental enchantment was only one aspect. With elemental power, what Shiki most wanted to try, of course, was a rapid movement technique driven by Lightning element.
Compared to swordsmen with Visions, her speed was a weakness. Although the difference wasn't huge, if she didn't use Mystic Eyes of Death Perception, there was simply no way.
As for how to practice this extreme speed movement technique, of course, it was by copying from the Ley Lines!
And for now, Shiki intended to first use Lightning element to strengthen her physical functions. Although this power came from Raiden Makoto and belonged to Archon's power, as long as she controlled the intensity, it would not cause DMG to her body at all.
Raiden Makoto in the Sacred Sakura Tree was just a remnant soul, the kind that would dissipate in a few years. How much power could such a remnant soul have left?
It's more accurate to say that Shiki having elemental power was already a blessing. This was also thanks to Shiki's origin; she would not reject any power, which allowed her to perfectly inherit the power left behind by Raiden Makoto.
Perhaps Raiden Makoto would not have anticipated the current situation. Her original intention was to use this power as a tag, so that the girl wouldn't be struck down the moment she saw Raiden Ei.
As mentioned before, this power was at most equivalent to a Vision. How could it possibly contend with Raiden Ei, who was a Archon?
Shiki put away Kujikanesada, ignoring Tejima and Ioroi who were playing around, and walked towards the backyard.
After more than a month here, the backyard had clearly become the girl's exclusive dojo, with tools like straw mats and wooden dummies placed on one side.
Originally, there was nothing here. Tejima thought that since he had taken on a disciple, he might as well add some things to the empty backyard to make it a dojo.
Walking to the center of the dojo, Shiki took a deep breath and entered the Selfless State. To strengthen herself with elemental power, she had to introduce the elemental power into her body.
This was no laughing matter; Shiki had to ensure she was in 100% top condition.
Golden lightning began to spread, and then Shiki's hair suddenly fanned out as if blown by wind. At this moment, the Lightning element in her body had already flowed through her meridians to her entire body, and the excess was directed by her to Kujikanesada, which was still in its sheath.
Although no change was visible from the outside, inside, the electro element had formed golden lightning patterns covering the blade, just waiting to be drawn.
Shiki assumed an iaijutsu stance. As her right leg pushed off, the lightning around her suddenly intensified, then completely disappeared from its original spot.
Whoosh!
An abnormally sharp whooshing sound rang out. At this moment, Shiki had already arrived at the base of a tree outside the backyard, her body still in the drawing sword posture.
Having learned from her previous experience of cutting down a fence, this time she burst out through the back door, evidenced by a charred trail extending from the backyard to her feet.
Clink
Sheathed the blade, the collision of the koiguchi and tsuba produced a crisp sound, like a signal, and the large tree crashed down.
The cut was a scorched black, and Shiki could even smell a pungent odor from it.
For this slash, she did not use Mystic Eyes of Death Perception. If she relied solely on her mortal body, she naturally couldn't have done this, but now with elemental power, it was an easy task.
This shows how much driving elemental power can improve a person. Perhaps some people are incredibly strong without a Vision, like Shiki, or Beidou, who cut down a sea monster.
But driving elemental power will make them stronger; the weak become strong, and those who are already strong become even more powerful.
Shiki exited the Selfless State. Now she had found the feeling of strengthening her physical functions with Lightning element. Next, she just needed to practice in this direction.
Next, she was going to connect to the Ley Line. This time, she absolutely had to see the outcome of that battle.
The first time, at the last moment, she was forced to disconnect due to insufficient mental power and was kicked out. The second time, she saw Raiden Ei draw her sword and slash the Great Serpent, and the enormous mental exertion forced her to rest for a month before recovering.
After telling Tejima, Shiki called Ioroi and headed out. After all, it was daytime, prime time for children to play. What if someone bumped into her and caused the connection to break? Where would she go to reason?
Bringing Ioroi was precisely to prevent such a situation. With an illusion, wouldn't these children still have to walk around her?
"Then we'll head out now and be back in a bit."
"Go, go. When you come back, remember to get a jar of pickled radishes from Granny Aoyama!" Tejima waved his hand. It was just a Tanuki; he could talk to it later.
But... had he forgotten something?
However, Tejima was destined to forget. His attention had been entirely on Ioroi from the beginning, so how could he possibly think about Shiki?
"Ioroi, later, help me set up an illusion that will keep children away from us. I need to link with the Ley Line."
Upon hearing Shiki's request, Ioroi exclaimed in wonder:
"So you can also link to the Ley Line? Was that miraculous spatial teleportation also done through the Ley Line?"
"Yes, but I've only linked to this Ley Line twice in total, so I'm not very familiar with it."
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