CHAPTER 473: CHAPTER 366: STORM KING’S SEAL - THE GREATER THE STORM, THE STRONGER I BECOME!

Long before The Golden Deer set sail from the main base on its first day, Byron was personally at the helm. He had already pushed the ’Flow State’ to its limits through his control over familiar elements: the sailors, the sky, the sea, the ship, and the sails.

The distance to the ’Divine Sight’ realm, which is about equivalent to the ’Breath of All Things,’ was originally only a hair’s breadth away.

And to take that critical step without resorting to the crooked path of ’directly looking at God,’ relying purely on one’s own efforts, there was only one trick:

"Empty your cup, so it may be filled again. Only through emptiness can one become whole."

It was the transcendent state of casting aside all distractions and concentrating to the utmost, where one learns a move and then forgets it.

When Byron faced Goddess Freya, that fully concentrated, all-out thrust had unintentionally shattered the barrier that had stopped so many Swordsmen and Transcendents.

It allowed him to finally break his shackles and behold a new world.

Initially, Byron did not realize the anomaly within him.

It was not until he activated the Spiritual Radiance to cast ’Blood Altar Flesh Jar’ that he found the originally just barely manageable Third Order witchcraft could now be used effortlessly.

And, just like those legendary genius Sword Saints from various schools of swordsmanship, Byron had barely made the breakthrough. He instantly tuned into the frequency of his Self God!

Even though Byron was not one to boast, at that moment, he could not help feeling proud:

The realm achieved through my own gradual understanding indeed differs greatly compared to the transcendent abilities bestowed by the Silver Law of the Storm Knight.

Luckily, I did not pursue convenience and haste back then and chose another path for advancement.

Just look at ’Preempting the Enemy’ Beret Tanya and you’ll know. Upon reaching the Second Order, she immediately awakened Flow State. Upon reaching the Third Order, she immediately awakened Divine Sight. But despite many years passing, she still cannot communicate with her Self God.

As the ’Whistling Deity’s Descent’ state gradually began, all distracting thoughts started to fade away.

In their place was a state as ignorant and unaware as a newborn, yet possessed of self-awareness.

It felt as if another self within his body was gradually awakening.

Byron closed his eyes, feeling something extraordinary coursing within him. It felt as if millennia had passed, or perhaps just a fleeting moment.

That newborn ’self’ then expanded infinitely. In indescribable ways, it connected with the surrounding world, extracting complex information beyond measure from it and relaying it back to his brain.

At this moment, all senses were interconnected.

It seemed he could ’see’ the world’s vibrant colors with his ears and ’hear’ sounds beyond the limits of human hearing with his eyes. He could even ’smell’ the scent of a blade of grass hundreds of meters away with his skin...

He could accurately anticipate when a raincloud would discharge electricity, down to the exact second. If he wished, he could even count every raindrop that fell within a ten-meter radius.

It was not just his own body—everything around him seemed to be under his control.

This marvelous sensation of mastery made him exclaim in his heart:

Excellent swordsmanship!

When he opened his eyes again, one eye was still azure, while the other had turned crimson.

A ring of light burst above his head. From his back, on his left and right, unfolded one Storm Admiral’s Storm Wing and one black bat wing of the Prince of Night Demons.

Beyond that, there were no longer any traces of Beastliness in the rest of his body, making him appear mysterious and majestic.

Just on looks alone, he was much stronger than that Godchild.

SWOOSH!

Byron, watching the Godchild who was charging at him, knew that the edge of his longsword and the halberd would be at a disadvantage if they collided.

He chose not to use the Bastard Sword ’White Frost,’ which was just a mere First Rank Miracle, but instead shook the battle-axe he had not yet returned to Freya, transforming it into a broad spear shimmering with Divine Light.

Strength rose from his feet as every bone, muscle, and sinew in his body—even the force of the wind and rain above his head—twined together in an instant.

The strength that used to be clumsy and sluggish now flowed like water within his body. Propelled by his fingertips into the spear shaft, it turned into the most violent Alchemy Gunpowder, pushing the Big Spear to explode mightily.

BOOM!

The spear, fast as lightning and fierce as thunder, caused the rain within ten meters to be blown back by the piercing wind. It formed a water dragon that pounced toward the Godchild, leaving an empty void in the air.

The spear tip, following closely, aimed straight for his half-human, half-octopus head.

[Mystic Art: Finger Lance]

The Storm Knight is a higher profession of Pirates and Knights.

The ’Storm Sword Technique’ encompasses a range of combat techniques: naval combat, land combat, swordsmanship, mounted combat, and knightly charges. Within these, the sophistication of spear techniques is by no means inferior to that of swordsmanship.

HISS!

The golden Divine Light in the eyes of Godchild Frey involuntarily fluctuated for a moment.

Logically, a thrust is the most powerful among all basic moves, but also the easiest to defend against or dodge.

Just avoid the strongest point at the front, and the rest will not be lethal.

But this spear thrust, initiated from the fingertips, was incredibly fast. It far exceeded Godchild Frey’s evasion or blocking speed. Under the absolute calm of his Mechanical Mindset, he abruptly turned his head.

The chill, flickering spearhead grazed his cheek, incidentally severing two tentacles.

However, this time the two tentacles did not transform into Water Elementals to repair the body. Instead, like mortal flesh, they spouted blood, and upon hitting the ground, they remained still.

It was because Byron, in his ’Divine Sight’ state, could now directly see the essence of all things, resonating with the frequency of everything.

He did not need any extra enchantment to harm the Elemental Body.

As he severed the limbs, he also severed their Spiritual connection with the main body.