Chapter 73: Utakata
Seven days had gone by.
Arthur's relentless grind of becoming stronger had progressed well.
Each session with Tatewaki brought him to new limits, pushing him further towards perfection.
The reanimated samurai, though initially skeptical, couldn't deny the sheer willpower Arthur had.
The benefits were undeniable. Arthur moved with brand-new fluidity, wielding each of his unique blades with better efficiency.
At one instant of the training session, he summoned Mangetsu to make the corpse show Arthur how to properly wield the swords.
It was a well-deserved effort, as Arthur even fought Mangetsu for the entire day, the latter using all six swords at once against him!
A brutal training session, one that he was bested more times than one. But he needed to understand, to better get a feel for how to properly use these weapons.
It paid off well.
The techniques he added to his arsenal were the following: Explosive Blade Jutsu: Multiple Explosions of Death; Longsword Ninja Art: Massacre Method Formation; Ninja Art Long Blade: Stitching Spider; and lastly, Hiramekarei Bloody Mist Sword Art: Honenuki: Bone Mutilation.
The first unfurled the Explosive Blade to capture the opponent in a paper bomb trap. The second tied targets together with wires. The third set up wire traps that he could manipulate.