Reincarnation of the Strongest Sword God - Side Stories Chapter 813 - Black Flame and Garuda

"Is this Garuda's trademark move, Myriad Fists?"

"What a powerful phantom. It's more than twice as big as it was in the last championship. Its aura is also nearly as strong as a bona fide Ancient Saint."

"Wait, this can't be Garuda's self-developed Myriad Fists! Shouldn't it only be at the Gold Holy Art standard? This phantom's aura can already rival that of Ancient Saints. It should be at the Advanced Gold Holy Art standard at the very least."

Many spectators who had watched Garuda in the last Continental Championship were shocked when they saw the 1,000-meter-tall phantom. It was especially so for those from the Holy Race. This was because the phantom Garuda summoned last time didn't even reach 500 meters. They hadn't expected Garuda to improve so much since the last championship.

There was a huge disparity between Basic and Advanced Gold Holy Arts. Among the Holy Race's royal powers, players who could grasp Basic Gold Holy Arts would only be treated as a chosen one and nothing more. However, for players who could grasp Advanced Gold Holy Arts, the various royal powers would treat them as future Guild Leaders.

As for players who could develop their own Advanced Gold Holy Art, not even the Holy Race's royal powers would dare to think of having any such players.

Learning someone else's technique and developing one's own technique might ultimately lead to one learning a technique, but there was a qualitative difference between the two processes. When one learned another person's technique, one could, at most, execute it normally. However, when executing a self-developed technique, in addition to being able to execute it normally, one could also reduce one's Stamina and Concentration expenditure to a great extent.

Given an expert who could only use an Advanced Gold Holy Art two or three times and an expert who could use it over a dozen times, the result of a clash between the two was obvious. In fact, it wouldn't even be strange if an expert who managed to develop their own Advanced Gold Holy Art could simulta

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