Terra Nova Online: Rise of The Strongest Player

Chapter 803: Mastering Blade Switch

(Leo’s POV – The Arc Ship Training Grounds)

Mastering the first phase of Blade Switch had taken two long, grueling months, but now came the part that truly tested his endurance: reinforcing his body for the supersonic impact and perfecting the mana tether to the dagger.

It was one thing to be pulled at three times the speed of sound. It was another thing entirely to survive the journey.

Leo had already felt the consequences of failing to reinforce his body properly.

The first time he successfully executed the high-speed pull, he had nearly blacked out from the whiplash.

The sheer force of acceleration rattled his spine, skull, and organs, leaving him dazed for hours afterward.

His muscles screamed in agony, and he woke up the next morning feeling like he had been run over by a freight train.

And if that wasn’t bad enough, the air drag at such speeds felt like a million tiny blades slicing against his skin.

Even with his master level body and new blood cell given durability, the pressure of air resistance threatened to tear him apart.

Giving him the clear indication that if he wanted to survive this technique, he had to reinforce his body properly.

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Leo approached Phase Two the same way he did with Phase One: breaking it down into components.

The goal was twofold:

Firstly, to reinforce his skeletal structure, especially his spine, to withstand the abrupt acceleration.

Secondly, to create an aerodynamic mana barrier to negate air resistance.

The first task was difficult, but not impossible.

Leo was no stranger to body reinforcement techniques.

He had already hardened his skeletal structure through the Marrow Meditation Manual, making his bones denser than the average Master warrior.

However, the problem wasn’t just about durability—it was about shock absorption.

His body needed to distribute the impact evenly, or the sheer force would cause his spine to compress like an accordion.

The solution?

Leo had to layer his mana defenses around his skeletal structure, not in a rigid way, but in a manner that let his body flex slightly upon impact—like how a tree bent in a storm instead of snapping outright.

This required precise mana control, something Leo was naturally skilled at.

It took him two weeks of trial and error, reinforcing different muscle groups and shifting mana distributions, but eventually, he found the right balance.

Now, whenever he used Blade Switch, he could feel his mana absorbing the shock, spreading the force evenly throughout his body instead of concentrating it on a single vulnerable point.

The second issue—the air drag—was trickier.

At the speeds he was moving, even the air felt like a solid wall.

Leo had to figure out a way to make himself aerodynamically stable while moving at supersonic speeds.

For this, he studied the way wind flowed around projectiles.

He quickly realized that a single-layered barrier wasn’t enough.

Instead, he had to create a compressed mana field shaped like a spearhead around himself, minimizing air resistance.

At first, his barrier collapsed the moment he moved too fast, causing him to violently tumble through the air.

But with enough adjustments over another two weeks, he perfected it.

Now, whenever he moved, the mana barrier wrapped around him like a second skin, parting the air smoothly instead of fighting against it.

Meaning that at last, Phase Two was complete.

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With his body finally reinforced for supersonic movement, all that remained was the final challenge—perfecting the mana tether so that it only affected him and not the dagger.

At its core, Blade Switch functioned by connecting the user to the thrown blade through a hyper-elastic mana thread.

But the issue was balance.

If the thread was too rigid, it would pull the dagger backward toward the caster instead of pulling the caster toward the dagger.

If the thread was too loose, the connection would snap prematurely.

Leo needed a way to anchor the tether to the dagger while ensuring that the dagger remained unaffected by the pull.

This turned out to be one of the trickiest aspects of the technique.

For weeks, every time he executed Blade Switch, the dagger either veered off course, got dragged backward, or wobbled unpredictably in the air.

It was frustrating beyond belief.

He needed to find a way to lock the dagger in place midair for just a fraction of a second, allowing himself to reach it before it moved further.

Then, after another month of trial and error, he finally discovered the missing link.

Instead of attaching the tether to the dagger directly, he needed to anchor the thread to a fixed point in space.

By forming a micro-mana lock around the dagger’s tip, the blade remained momentarily suspended when the pull was activated, allowing him to be dragged without affecting the dagger’s trajectory.

It was a minor adjustment, but it made all the difference.

Now, Blade Switch finally worked exactly as it was supposed to.

Five months later, on the final day of his training, Leo stood at the edge of his training grounds, a familiar dagger in his grip.

His heart pounded, but this time, it wasn’t out of frustration.

It was out of pure excitement.

He took a deep breath.

Then, with a flick of his wrist, he threw the dagger forward.

At the same time, his mana thread latched onto it, forming a stable connection.

His spine was reinforced. His barrier was active. The dagger was locked in place.

And then—he pulled.

BOOM!

Leo vanished from his spot.

In less than a blink, he reappeared exactly where his dagger was, landing in a controlled stance.

No tumbling. No jarring impact. No wasted motion.

For the first time since he started training, he had executed Blade Switch perfectly.

A grin spread across his face.

“Finally,” he muttered.

After five months of relentless training, he had done it. He had mastered the semi-divine technique blade switch to (Basic) mastery, completing all the ingredients that he needed to finally face the Demon King in battle.

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