Lear spotted a problem. In the past, whether it was practicing footwork, starting hand style or swordsmanship, as long as you came out of the sword world and practiced dozens of times, you could quickly master it perfectly. But this time was different, now he could only exert about twenty percent of the defensive ability in the Sword Heaven and Earth.

It's just that because Catherine is far inferior to the sword puppet, he can defend against it, and if he faces the sword puppet in his current state, he will definitely not be able to prevent three moves.

For the whole day, he thought about it, and his mind kept thinking about the battle in the Sword World, and at the same time recalling the battle with Catherine. He had unknowingly entered a higher level of cultivation.

The most basic cultivation method is hard training, and the higher-level sword training method is to learn to think on the basis of hard training.

In fact, ordinary mercenaries only know how to think after becoming high-level soldiers, because they simply don't have enough experience to analyze, summarize and summarize before that, and even if they do, they don't know what to think about, and they may not even have anything to think about.

Lear is different, he has a sword world, as if he was personally guided by the Sword Master, and he has the observation power of the Sword Master, so his situation is the opposite of that of ordinary mercenaries. He gained a lot of experience in a short period of time, but the body did not have the means to grasp these experiences immediately, and could only slowly parse them by thinking.

This kind of thinking not only helps him strengthen his defenses, but also observes attacks from a defensive perspective.

In the evening, Catherine summoned Lear to a secluded place before dinner and said, "Because I didn't consider how quickly you learned the sword, I'll guide you in the ordinary way." Actually, when I teach you to block, I should also teach you to attack when blocking. ”

"You have to remember that you are not fighting against your opponent's weapons, but with people. Only by defeating the enemy can he truly stop his weapons. Making defense the beginning of an attack is the real defense capability. ”

"Russo, though young and mediocre in talent, has been learning swordsmanship for five years. The most important thing is that he has killed people. On the battlefield, a warrior who has practiced swords for more than ten years but has never seen blood is easily killed by someone with poor swordsmanship but rich combat experience. With your current abilities, it will be difficult to defeat him. ”

Lear asked curiously, "Teacher Catherine, why did you mention Russo?"

Catherine sighed and said, "The mercenary group is so big, I don't know anything?" Cruise and Los have been instigating Russo to challenge you, I'm afraid that they will find an opportunity to pester me and force you to fight Russo. ”

Lear hesitated for a moment, then said firmly, "Since I decided to learn the sword, I shouldn't be afraid of fighting. As long as I reach the level of a junior fighter, I will take the initiative to challenge him! Victory or defeat is not important, the important thing is not to be afraid of the opponent!"

Catherine didn't expect him to be so courageous, nodded with satisfaction, and said, "This is my disciple, so he is worthy of being a warrior!"

"I've always wanted to ask, according to what rank are the fighters?"

"After mastering basic footwork and basic swordsmanship, you are a junior warrior, and basic swordsmanship includes starting hand swordsmanship, striking swordsmanship, and counter-attack swordsmanship. An ordinary person needs to practice for at least six years to become a junior fighter, and a talented one only needs three or four years. ”

"Intermediate fighters not only need to master basic swordsmanship, but also need to participate in a lot of actual combat. Note that this is a real fight, not a fight. If the standard of a beginner warrior is to master basic swordsmanship, then the standard of an intermediate warrior is to be quick with eyes and hands. Correct and quick judgment and analysis, correct and fast defense and offense, this is the eye disease and quick hand. ”

"When you have been training and fighting for a long time, and your body is trained, then you can bring out the mysterious power hidden in your body. Because this power is generated in battle, and it feels like a current, we call it fighting spirit. When the body produces a fighting spirit, it is a formal high-level warrior. This kind of vindictive spirit is uncontrollable, but it can make people's bodies stronger. When the fighting spirit accumulates to a certain level and can be controlled, he will become a full-fledged swordsman!"

"It takes five or six years to grow from a junior warrior to an intermediate warrior, as long as you are willing to work hard, even a stupid person can become an intermediate warrior, but senior fighters are different, only a quarter of intermediate fighters can be promoted to senior fighters. If an intermediate fighter can't become a high-level fighter before the age of thirty, it is impossible to inspire fighting spirit in this life. Most people start practicing swords at the age of nine or ten, and you're a little late in practicing swords, but your talent and hard work can make up for it!"

"Alright, now the question is how do you defeat a red-haired kid who is about to become an intermediate warrior! Now you attack me, and I will teach you counter-sword skills in battle!"

Catherine then taught him five counter-attacking techniques: strong strikes, cross-strikes, split strikes, curved strikes, and glimpse strikes. The so-called counter-attack swordsmanship is to use the short-term advantage of defense to quickly attack after skillfully defending the opponent. Counter sword is a combination of defense and attack, and it is also the most essential and practical part of basic swordsmanship.

Although each counter-attack sword technique only has a few movements, it is very difficult to master, and it took Lear an hour to barely use two counter-sword techniques.

After eating, Catherine trained him again. The first is Lear's attack on Catherine, who shows him how to counter the swordplay. Catherine then attacks, and Lear begins to use counter-sword skills.

Lear can't even use the attack well to learn to defend and counterattack, so the movements are clumsy, either using too much force, or the angle is wrong, or he forgets to cooperate with the footwork, and is scolded by Catherine from beginning to end.

Just when the two of them were teaching and learning, a pitch-black figure appeared not far away. The man observed for a moment, smiled contemptuously, and left, in his opinion that the red-haired Russo had won.

That night, Lear entered the Sword World again. This time, in order for him to master the ability to counterattack swordsmanship and attacks, the sword puppet no longer performs continuous attacks.

I saw the sword golem attack with a shoulder split, slashing at Lear diagonally from the top right to the bottom left.

Lear immediately used a strong attack, only to see him slash diagonally with the same stance and angle, and took the initiative to take a half-step forward.

With a "clang", the two swords struck each other, and Lear's strong sword body blocked the opponent's weak sword body, and the sword puppet's sword was immediately shaken away. The sword puppet immediately retreated, and Lear saw that he could no longer reach the opponent with a simple slash, so he immediately launched a stabbing attack, while his body moved forward quickly.

The sword golem deftly dodged the sword, then seized the moment as Lear switched and slashed straight at his head.

Lear raised his sword in bull's horn style and stepped forward without fear. Because the hands are raised high, the opponent's long sword cannot touch the fingers when it falls, because taking a step forward can make your own strong sword body meet the opponent's weak sword body and block the opponent's sword.

He parryed in the standard horn style, the long sword still held the horn as he blocked and retracted, the tip of the sword sliced through a beautiful circle, and then decisively stabbed the sword golem's head in a bull horn style.

The sword golem retreated again, and he immediately used his fencing skills to chase cleanly.