Replica (9)

Every weapon has its own unique waveform.

That was what I realized by sensing Ersia and Ran's sword strikes through Necro Sync.

To channel powerful force into a single strike, I had to synchronize my body's frequency with the waveform flowing along the weapon's time axis.

The Moon-Ring Scythe Art was designed to align the waveforms through the preliminary motions that created the moon.

In other words, the five forms before Total Lunar Eclipse were a tuning process for matching frequencies.

Then, if I matched the frequencies from the start, I should be able to use Total Lunar Eclipse without any preliminary motions.

“Let's try it.”

I kicked off the empty air with Shadowless Step at the Edge of the World and adjusted my grip on the scythe.

I swung the scythe along the trajectory of Total Lunar Eclipse.

Swoooooosh—...