Chapter 7: The Duel (10)

"Eight-" With the referee's count, the two swords were heavily intertwined again, and at this time, An Yitian had completely lost his previous domineering momentum, and he stumbled and collapsed in the ring, the long sword in his hand was thrown aside by him dejectedly, and he spit out a mouthful of blood with a pale face!

"Are you still fighting?" Yuan Zhao's tone was still so calm, "I... I throw in the towel. An Yitian swallowed defeat breathlessly. "The defending side wins!" The referee's decision this time did not exchange for the onlookers' applause as the previous times, everyone was stunned, obviously they were at a disadvantage, obviously the same as last time, why would the more powerful attacker lose? And lose so badly?

"An Yitian, what's wrong?" "It can't be that it's physical exhaustion, right?" I looked at the old man who nodded his head on the side suspiciously, and the old man smiled and said, "Good boy, what a good seedling for martial arts." "What is this, why can't I understand it?

"Old man, what did you mean by what you just said, Yuan Zhao used the same strategy twice, why did An Yitian suddenly admit defeat this time, as if he was injured. The old man stroked his beard and said: "In the eyes of laymen, the two competitions are indeed the same, both are one defense and one attack, but in the eyes of the insiders, these two competitions are very different! But this time the competition was very different.

"Hey, don't say half a word, what's the difference, say it. The old man looked excited, calmed down his emotions and continued: "This time he used his internal force in his swordsmanship, although he only used a defensive position, but between a push and a block, the lethality brought by it was far greater than that of those opponents who could only use brute force. "Oh, it turns out that An Yitian was injured by Yuan Zhao's internal force, right?" the old man approved.

I felt a burst of excitement in my heart, and I grabbed the old man's shoulders tightly and said, "Doesn't that mean that Yuan Zhao can be on the same level as the Sword Saint?" "He's still far away!" The old man regained his calm just now: "Using internal strength in guarding moves, many masters of the martial arts in the world can do it, and maybe they can do it better than him." Because the requirements for explosiveness in the process of defense are not high, the requirements for controlling internal force are not high, and whoever can flexibly use internal force in the attack can really call him as famous as the Sword Master. โ€

After listening to the old man's words, I felt a sense of disappointment in my heart. "However, it is really commendable to be able to achieve the current level. The old man squinted his eyes and said: "The cultivation of martial arts pays attention to gradual progress, young people of this age still have to practice swordsmanship first, and when the swordsmanship is excellent in the future, he will slowly try to apply the internal force to the swordsmanship, like he can understand the mystery at such a young age, and the future is limitless... What sect is he from?"

"Zhongnan Mountain Sect, Qin Yuanzhao!" I replied excitedly. "Oh," the old man suddenly said, "No wonder, looking at his tricks, it doesn't look like the martial arts of a famous family, I can't imagine that Old Feng Tou actually accepted such a good apprentice, his luck is really good." โ€

With the passage of time, the group competition has also come to an end, the leader of the west ring is Chu Tiange, a disciple of the Emei faction who has achieved the championship, the head of the east ring is the host Hongmen Yang Fang, and the head of the north ring is Zhao Wensong of the Songshan faction. In addition to Chu Tiange's thirteen victories, Yang Fang and Zhao Wensong won ten games and one won eleven games, and now the southern ring that has not yet ended has become the focus of everyone's attention, and everyone is speculating whether Qin Yuanzhao, who participated in the conference for the first time, can achieve the championship.

"Hurry, Qin Shaoxia, time is running out!" I don't know who shouted, shifting everyone's attention to the pillar of incense, that's right, the pillar of incense is about to burn out, what can I do? I stomped my feet there anxiously, people are really strange animals, at the beginning I only expected Yuan Zhao to be promoted, now that the promotion is no longer a problem, I began to hope that Yuan Zhao can succeed in the championship.

Yuan Zhao also seemed to feel that time was pressing, and used a moonset galaxy to force the opponent who couldn't avoid it from the stage. Now that there is only the last opponent left, my heart suddenly sank, not good! The pillar of incense has been burned, I have a feeling of disappointment in my heart, and I complain in my heart that Yuan Zhao had played too much before and if he had fought more concisely, he would have had plenty of time now. No, why didn't the referee end the game? The referee stood there motionless, still watching the situation on the field.

Seeing that I was jumping up and down in a hurry, the old man comforted me and said, "What's the hurry, the incense hasn't burned yet!" I looked carefully, and sure enough, the incense hadn't been burned yet, and there were still wisps of green smoke slowly rising from the incense burner, just because it was too far away to see clearly. But there's really not much time left, Yuan Zhao, what are you doing!

Yuan Zhao was still very calm, pacing slowly on the stage, and his opponent had already seen that even if he defeated Yuan Zhao, he would not have time to defend it, so he simply put on a defensive posture. "At this time, it is the best time to test his ability, the previous competition, either the attack, or he mainly defends the opponent's main attack, as long as there is enough time, you can always find the opponent's flaws, now it depends on whether he can break the opponent's defense. The old man said to himself.

As the minutes passed, Yuan Zhao seemed to turn a deaf ear to everyone's worries, and after a long time, he slowly raised his sword and pounced on his opponent! Could it be that Yuan Zhao wanted to adopt the tactics used by An Yitian? The old man couldn't help but shake his head.

The other party saw Yuan Zhao lifting his sword and coming straight to his face, and hurriedly raised his sword to parry, just at the moment when the two swords were about to collide together, Yuan Zhao suddenly took back the sword that had been forced, and everyone then saw a flash of white light, Yuan Zhao had already reached the back of the other party, the two people stood back to back, and the opponent was like a fool, and the sword in his hand still maintained the action just now.

A breeze blew, and the clothes of the person competing in the martial arts opposite Yuan Zhao actually opened, and the plackets on both sides were fluttering in the wind. When everyone looked at it, they found that there was a long cut on his clothes. At this moment, I think everyone present is thinking about a person like meโ€”the Juggernaut!

"Big brother, are you alright?" At this time, a person on the side hurriedly stood up, broke through the barriers of the officers, turned into the ring, and helped the opponent who was standing still. My heart sank: Could it be that Yuan Zhao accidentally injured him? What should I do, if I hurt my opponent, I will be removed from the list directly! The referee also hurriedly went to the ring, and after checking the injury, the referee shouted loudly: "No. 11, Qin Yuanzhao crowned the field!"

Everyone was stunned again, and it was not until the contestant was helped off the stage that they could see clearly that Yuan Zhao's sword had only cut through the opponent's clothes, and the other party was unharmed, which was really a miracle! The people who were completely impressed by Yuan Zhao stood up and cheered for Yuan Zhao one after another, and even all the contestants who had stopped to watch also applauded and saluted.

The old man was also very excited, and said three good things in a row, and exclaimed: "It is the first time that the old man has seen such a perfect combination of swordsmanship and internal force, and what is even more commendable is that in the process of exerting force, he can master the sword momentum just right, so that the other party is unharmed, and he is really worthy of being a martial arts wizard in the world!"

"What's going on, old man, my senior brother is now comparable to the Sword Master, right?" I was now extremely excited, and I couldn't wait to announce to the world that the person on the stage was my senior brother.

The old man said: "His comprehension is very good, but if he hadn't made sufficient preparations before making a move, it would still be difficult for him to successfully complete this move. Butโ€”" the old man said, "I think he still lacks something, something very important." โ€