Lifespan Extraction: I Ascend As The Immortal Beast Tamer

— Meanwhile, within the Great Forest of Jargon — "Hmm?" Zar looked at the mildly scorched manual that one of his Shadow Beasts was extending to him, looted from the person of a 2nd Layer Foundation Establishment Realm Peacock Therian. "It would appear that we finally found one who carried their Techniques with them. Now then, what type of Technique is this, I wonder?"

Accepting the manual from his Shadow Beast, Zar opened it up right away. Flipping through it, he became more and more fascinated.

"Flaming Vermillion Slash," he began. "It has a pretty interesting name, and though it's just of the Peak-Mortal Rank, I can certainly upgrade it to the Yellow Rank in due time. That is, of course, assuming that it's a good fit for my fighting style—one that could definitely use some polishing."

Although he could only vaguely make out the mechanics of the Flaming Vermillion Slash, Zar could still begin practicing it.

Doing just that, he got into a specific fighting stance where his right hand was positioned slightly higher than his left. Using a stolen sword to do this, his left hand briefly let go of the sword hilt. Then, with a blurry slashing motion, his left hand returned to the hilt, amplifying the force behind the attack in a very unique way.

SWISH!

An arc of wind cut through the air in front of Zar, evenly slicing apart dozens of trees. Resounding thuds reverberated all around the dumbfounded young man, his eyes falling on the Mortal-rank sword in his hands.

"That was just me performing the motion of the attack," said Zar, amazement in his tone. "If I were to infuse the Fire Element into the attack and follow through as stated in the Flaming Vermillion Slash manual, then... just how powerful will the resulting attack be?"