Chapter 878. Third Phase

Jack had sensed his Formless Flowing Sword style nearing its third phase for some time, but he just couldn't break through the barrier and enter this third phase. There was no flaw for him to correct. His execution had been flawless. But after countless attempts, he finally realized what was missing. It was mana manipulation.

The third phase was a martial art that required mana manipulation to perform, just as the proper one-word slash sword art. Jack never once skipped his daily training in mana manipulation. Although he was still not yet at the level of freely using it in a real fight, he had never stopped improving. He had brought down his margin of error when using mana manipulation in his standard weapon attack to around twenty to thirty percent. This meant every ten slashes, only two or three failed to have their damage boosted by mana manipulation.