Chapter 40

With a single slash—just one—everything in Joshua's path was swept away. Even those that were not physically struck by Lugia. All he could see were shredded bodies and mulched vegetation. It had all been reduced to a sticky mess by the wind pressure from Lugia. The howling vortex seemed to take on a life of its own, smashing through the forest like a titan's fist.

It was a bloody massacre… Maybe he'd swung Lugia a little too hard?

"Hup!" Joshua took a short breath and slammed Lugia against the ground. There was a thump like a boulder hitting the ground, and the slowly settling dust was blasted away. Only the whimpers of dying monsters remained to disturb the still air.

"Ah, well…" A disappointed sigh slipped out of Joshua's lips.

‘I thought I'd mastered the 2nd Form, but it seems I'm still far from perfection. It's not even half...