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His sword exists to kill his foes, no more, no less.

Gundar to Skysword's Disciple on the swordsmanship.

The Shadowless Blade (무영검 (無影劍) is a swordsmanship style that allows its practitioner to wield their swords in an efficient and direct style of combat that's meant solely for killing their opponent without regard for personal feelings.[1] Created by Yushin, the master swordsman and former Elder, the swordsmanship has been his main fighting style for centuries.

Overview[]

The Shadowless Blade was created by the master swordsman Yushin, who devoted his life to finding ways of efficiently killing humans.[2] The swordsmanship's principle is efficiency. It places a high emphasis on speed and agility, as the style seems to lack defensive techniques. As such, the user needs to use their superior speed to overwhelm or bypass their opponent's defenses while using their agility to evade and defend against counterattacks. Due to this, the user is likened to a "ferocious beast" that risks its life to hunt its prey. 

The style has dual wielding, single sword techniques, and quick draw techniques. It's a relatively free style that doesn't seem to have a set form, the user can use a reverse grip, a standard grip, or both at once if they are dual wielding. The user may even throw their sword if it serves to corner their opponent. The main techniques are all based on generating reddish-black flying EST slashes from the user's sword swings.

History[]

Centuries after his defeat against the Skysword, Yushin decided not to pass on the Shadowless Blade to his student, Ihwa. He intended to prevent her from developing habits in her fighting style and instead take on a more freestyle form of fighting that relied on other forms of combat aside from sword fighting.

Story[]

Assault on Castle Gray Arc[]

Ijincheon, in his training lesson with his daughter, notices Yushin's decision in not teaching Ihwa his swordsmanship.

Hero Clan's Civil War Arc[]

Yushin unleashes his Phantasm in a confrontation against the slaver villain, Voltaire and the villain's gang as the former Elder annihilates them in a single strike.

List of Known Users[]


Techniques[]

Image Name Description
Shadowless Blade - Dark Slash Wave Dark Slash Wave(암검파 (暗劍波) Yushin performs an overhead slash attack with his dual swords that generates multiple massive slash waves that easily cut through the ground. It left a massive crater behind after clashing against Han's Skysword - Ethereal Edge of Heaven.
Shadowless Blade - Thousand Murders Thousand Murders (천인살(天人殺) Yushin slashes multiple times to generate massive spear-like energy attacks towards his opponent.
Shadowless Blade - Encroaching Light of the Night Encroaching Light of the Night (암경창파 (暗冏彰波) Yushin holds one sword in reverse grip and the other with a normal grip and slashes around himself to generate multiple massive sword waves around him.
Phantasm Phantasm (영살(靈殺) A technique Yushin only uses when going all out. The ultimate conclusion of Yushin's pursuit of efficiently killing with his sword. It's a technique that sends out a sword wave of EST without the need to perform a slashing action. Yushin is even able to send out multiple of them to cut up his opponent just by pointing his blade. The sword waves are so fast and powerful that the Skysword was unable to defend against them and sustained serious injuries. Even after being crippled, Yushin is still able to perform the technique. Ihwa was unable to comprehend the technique due to its speed and unique property as a sword slash that does not require drawing one's blade.

Gallery[]


Trivia[]

  • The fighting style's name, the Shadowless Blade, may be a reference to the 2005 Korean action-adventure movie, Shadowless Sword.

References[]

  1. Hero Killer Episode 167
  2. Hero Killer Episode 182

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Techniques
Weapon-Based Avaarian EdgeOne Blade - Thunderous SlashShadowless BladeClan I BladeAncient Sword Technique of the Flowing BladeSkyswordMoonbladeShadow Chase
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