The dead iron straight blade whirled in a counterclockwise semicircle, as if caught in a vortex or guided by an invisible hand, carving a strange arc as it sliced toward Shao Xuan from behind.

A dead iron straight blade could naturally be thrown. Source energy from the body simply propelled it forward. It was a similar concept to a throwing knife. The downside was that its power dropped compared to a hand-held strike and weakened further with distance. The slower speed also made it easier to dodge.

In battles between the Coalition and the Sharpies, a single blade strike rarely resulted in a kill. A soldier wielding a dead iron blade typically had to swing at the same weak point repeatedly to deal enough damage, let alone hit with a thrown blade. The Coalition also didn’t exactly have dead iron blades to spare.

As for other weapons, bows had the...