Winner Takes All

Boom!

Zenith's words were like a landmine.

It raised Jack's heartbeat, he felt like his heart was about to jump out.

It even turned his breathing rapid and rough, uncontrollable.

Muscles control was the key to ultimate fighting skill!

Regardless of martial art practitioners who hit bottleneck or simply wanted to increase one's ability, they were trying every way to control as many muscles as possible. The same punch had different power depending on how many muscles were in control!

Presently, he could only control a few muscles and utilized them to push other muscles to generate a more powerful attack. This was a trick he learnt from "Arrow S". This trick could increase his power but was completely different if compared with muscles control.

It was extremely difficult to master the art of muscles control, even a practitioner like Jack who trained restlessly in this regards showed not many improvements. Most importantly, this set of moves was able to increase one's aura by triple or more!

Slash, swords, fists power... And other attacks along with sensing energy would increase its power and was able to kill in the air, without a direct hit!

Like Isaac's "Killer God's Slash" or Iga Tobi Ryuu's "laido Slash".

These were strikes by sensing energy!

It was so powerful that it could kill in the air even without any direct hit!

Jack had a brief understanding of sword technique involved aura when he fought Iga Tobi Ryuu's "laido Slash" back at the bamboo wood.

But the technique was different from sensing energy.

Even though the slash from him was able to injure Iga Robi Ryuu without a direct hit, it was just the technique he imitated, it was nothing compared to Iga Tobi Ryuu's "laido Slash". Jack had even been reminiscing their battle that night all this while.

Unlike muscles control, sensing energy was hard to imitate!

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But Zenith inherited this set of moves from Brown Hughes, and the results were miraculous!

"Guess the effects of this set of moves would put the world in chaos if it was exposed, huh?"

Jack sighed emotionally.

Muscles control, sentimental realization were keys for martial artists to increase their power on a large scale.

And Zenith's simple and slow demonstration just now had achieved both the effects, it was mesmerizing.

Zenith didn't reply to Jack, he said instead, "Since you've memorized it, practice it."

"Okay!"

Jack nodded, he then closed his eyes and replayed Zenith's moves in his mind.

He opened his eyes, took a deep breath after making sure he had got every move and started practising.

He moved at a slow pace with ultimate concentration.

He even had full control of his breathing and tried his best to follow the breathing rhythm and momentum showed by Zenith just now.

But he realized something was not right when it came to the third move.

He felt odd, the joints on both hands and legs felt jammed when he changed moves.

Even his breathing was messed up, he panted like a cow at times and held his breath at others.

These changes made Jack nervous and panic.

He tried his best to stabilize his breathing and forced himself to continue practising.

But the jamming of the joints and breathing disorder was getting stronger and stronger since it first appeared.

At his fifth move, Jack collapsed onto the ground out of a sudden!

He experienced severe difficulty in breathing and his face was soaked in sweats.

His chest moved ups and downs rapidly, he asked Zenith while gasping, "Why, what happened? I... I did it according to your moves and your breathing rhythm, why, why..." Without letting him finished, Zenith walked towards Jack and patted his shoulders. "Jack, some things can't be imitated, it needs realization!"

Jack was in bewilderment, he was still gasping while feeling exhausted at the same time.

Even when he was presently sitting on the floor, the exhaustion and sweating continued to worsen.

A few simple moves but drained Jack's energy, it was much more tiring than firing arrows nonstop for three hours at the wall earlier.

He had only performed five moves and was already depleted.

"There's still, two hours gap until the morning training session, use this time to practise here, go back to the field and train with others on time."

Zenith said then left, "It's useless to know only the surface, the move must be followed as well as the meaning behind it. It may look easy but each move has its uniqueness."

Jack sat on the floor, frowned and digesting Zenith words.

Zenith suddenly stopped, he said without looking back. "Achilles told me that you suggested igniting domestic war within the Coalition Order, creating hates among themselves, thus, dividing them?" "Yes, this benefits us the most, also easiest to achieve."

Jack gained back his rationality and said baldly, "A joint forces of less than twenty foreign troops were able to force the battle near the gate, a hundred of them would be like swords hovering in the sky and could destroy The Giant City in one strike. If they succeeded, it would be a tough battle for the Dragon Cavalry, putting them in domestic war and internal conflicts while we observe is a better strategy." "Do you know how far had Coalition Order developed?" Zenith asked.

Jack shook his head. "I don't know, you can tell me."

Zenith was still facing Jack with his back, shook lightly and smiled, "I don't know either."

Jack, "..."

After a deep breath, Jack continued, "Zenith, three hundred thousand Dragon Cavalry had no idea their commander is mischievous, right?"

Zenith changed the topic, "Who do you think we should behead then?"

Jack thought for a moment, "I don't know much about the clans, but in considering the current situation, the first one to be beheaded should be one with power, a weaker clan could not stir chaos or shaken their collaboration. The second one should be the ultimate enemy of the first, it would be easier for us to plant and frame them. It's just a matter of time to divide and crush their collaboration as long as the two points mentioned above are achieved."

"Great! Our thoughts are alike."

Zenith smiled and nodded. He then turned half of his face and looked at Jack with a smiley face.

Jack had a bad feeling seeing Zenith.

Zenith then smiled evilly, "Let's set a date after a while and we both will cross the border to the north, pick and behead a clan's leader!"00