Chapter 46: The Swordsman's Skill - Shockwave
"How? Do you think that's possible?"
Facing Shen Mengting's inquiry, Zhao Yu finally nodded.
"And that's just the beginning. Shen Mengting moved her lips and raised her head together, "If this mission is successful, we will return to Qingse City." Then, with my connections in Kiyose City, I can introduce you to some powerful characters. At that time, you will be able to get better Trials resources. โ
"Huh?" Zhao Yu hadn't reacted at first. But after a little thought, I found the meaning of this sentence. It turned out that Shen Mengting wanted to expand his contacts in Qingse City for him, "Hungry!
"As long as the task is completed, it will definitely be possible. โ
"But......" Zhao Yu tilted his head and entered a state of deep thought, "Remember didn't you say that seventy percent of the Saran country is a compromiser, and how could they go all the way with you?"
"Well, seventy percent are compromisers. Shen Mengting nodded coldly, and then made a 'three' gesture, "But aren't there still three percent of the hardliners? These people are all people who are willing to fight to the death for the sake of the country." Naturally, they went all the way with me. โ
"Oh......" Zhao Yu suddenly had a feeling of sudden enlightenment.
"But......" Shen Mengting didn't look as aggressive as before, but turned into a more embarrassed expression, "You must at least be a junior swordsman or higher level before you can practice it!"
"Huh?"
"Think about it this way. If I really have to introduce you to the master, how will I describe you then?" Shen Mengting began to spread out her hungry hands, "A waste wood that can't even lift a sword, can't even ride a horse, and can't even pass the junior swordsman trial?"
Although he was poured a bucket of cold water on his head, Zhao Yu could still understand Shen Mengting's worries.
"So, at least you have to be a little bit more productive, so that I can save some money in the process of helping you get contacts. โ
"Hungry! It seems like this!" Zhao Yu touched his head.
"So, in the end, it's up to you to work your own, and in these days, if you can not be afraid of hardship, take advantage of the rest time to test the swordsman. Then, I believe that you can also be successful. โ
Zhao Yu was completely rendered into a hot blood, and he kept nodding at Shen Mengting.
"So, why are you still sitting here, don't you hurry up and work hard?" Shen Mengting said solemnly, "Do you still want to avenge your mother?"
"Yes. Zhao Yu jumped directly from the stone.
Shen Mengtian smiled with satisfaction when she saw this.
"I want to be successful, and I want to avenge my mother. Zhao Yu clenched his fists with both hands and swayed hard in front of him.
"Hey, what are you doing? Trials don't require brute force or blood. As she spoke, Shen Mengting rhythmically pointed to her temples, "This is all about using the brain." โ
"Yes, I know. โ
"Then ......" Shen Mengting looked up at the sky. The sky is still clear, and the white clouds are blooming in the blue curtain, "It's still early, let's start!"
"Okay. Zhao Yu calmly agreed.
He then ran toward the white horse. Having obtained their ancestral sword, a look of determination appeared on his face. However, just as he picked up the sword from his horse, he suddenly felt a sense of instability. The sword was too heavy for him to hold it steady with one hand. Helplessly, he changed to holding it with both hands.
Shen Mengting shook her head helplessly when she saw this scene. She had never thought the boy would be able to make it, but his miserable cry last night was truly moving. Therefore, Shen Mengting still decided to help him.
Are you ready? Boy, it's not that simple to succeed, and I'm going to put you to a hellish trial nextโShen Mengting's heart had such words.
Zhao Yu was walking towards Shen Mengting with the sword in his hand, because the sword was too heavy, and Zhao Yu's pace was a little unsteady.
"Is this your sword?"
"En!" Zhao Yu grasped the hilt of the sword with one hand. He pulled the sword out of its scabbard with all his might, and there was a sound of metal sliding.
However, this sound only stays in the middle. He didn't pull out the sword completely, and while the head was still in the scabbard, he couldn't hold the sword and the head of the scabbard fell to the ground. In desperation, he held the hilt of the sword with both hands in embarrassment, and then carefully pulled out the sword.
Shen Mengting shook her head again when she saw this, she looked extremely disappointed.
The scabbard was discarded on the ground, and Zhao Yu held the sword in both hands. He wanted to do a heroic sword swing, but he had to give up because he couldn't hold the sword steadily. Of course, he also knows how much embarrassment he has at present. He bared his teeth in embarrassment and smirked, then pursed his lips and lowered his head.
"You are studying swordsmen, right! At that time, you also chose the swordsman class in the trial ground?" Shen Mengting asked directly.
Zhao Yu put the head of the sword on the ground, which could save a lot of strength. He held the sword in one hand and scratched his head embarrassedly: "Well, it's the swordsman class." โ
"Come, tell me your reasons! Why did you want to be a swordsman in the first place?"
"Hungry! You ...... this question," Zhao Yu rolled his eyes, "I don't have to choose why! If you really want to give a reason, it should be my mother's ......"
"Then why haven't you thought about other professions, such as magician, healer, or whatever?"
Because of the interruption of words, it took Zhao Yu a while to come back to his senses and reply: "Hungry! Our Vortex Town is a small town, and there are only two classes of swordsmen and archers. And...... Even if there were other classes, such as magicians and doctors, which cost a lot of money, our family would not be able to test them. โ
"Really?" Shen Mengting's eyebrows were sinking, and she gave people the feeling that she was lamenting something.
"Anyway, I just chose a swordsman, and it was two years after that. Zhao Yu proudly flashed the hilt of the sword in his hand at Shen Mengting.
It's been two years and you can't even lift the sword? Shen Mengting forcibly suppressed the feeling of contempt in her heart.
"Well, okay then! let me see what you do!"
As soon as such words were released, Zhao Yu knew what they meant. He instantly raised the sword with all his strength, and although it was still a little unstable, it was still raised more or less. He slashed in front of him, then slammed the head of his sword to the ground as before.
He thought that the action just now was very handsome, but what he got was Shen Mengting's shaking head.
"Looks like I've spotted your problem. Shen Mengting walked towards Zhao Yu.
She also touched the hilt of the sword held by Zhao Yu with her hand. After a deep grip on the hilt of the sword, she forcibly squeezed Zhao Yu's body away, and directly lifted the ancestral sword of Zhao Yu's family. The whole process was so smooth and easy.
Seeing this, Zhao Yu was a little dumbfounded.
"Look! This sword is certainly heavier than usual, but not so much that it can't even be lifted. What causes a situation like yours can only be said to be your own problem. โ
As soon as her words fell, she backhanded the sword behind her backhand. The two swords were held together by her head like two pillars. In fact, Shen Mengting's sword was even thicker than Zhao Yu's, and it couldn't even be described as a normal sword. Zhao Yu didn't know how this woman lifted it, but it was also an absolute fact that the woman's strength was infinite.
"Zhao Yu! In fact, whether it is holding the sword or swinging the sword, you have to use your own strength. Do you know your own strength?" Shen Mengting asked herself, "It is the aura that you can gather, which everyone has, and you don't need to make up for it too much." Only when you can effectively use your own breath can you say that you are a powerful swordsman. โ
Zhao Yu listened very carefully, but whether the actual effect was or not could not be very worrying. Shen Mengting looked at Zhao Yu and made a supplement to the previous words: "Therefore, swordsman is definitely not a profession that only uses brute force and casually cuts at will. โ
For Shen Mengting's explanation, Zhao Yu nodded.
"But then again, hasn't anyone told you about these things?" Shen Mengting frowned. Seeing Zhao Yu's dazed look, she sank her shoulders to the bottom, "This is the most basic thing in the professional trial." Didn't even the instructor at your proving ground mention it to you?"
Zhao Yu opened his mouth slightly again and shook his head.
Shen Mengting was completely deflated, she immediately put down the two swords she was holding, and her eyes rolled up with disdain, "Really! I don't understand how your Vortex Town's Proving Ground Instructor trained you? You don't even tell the basic truth? This is too irresponsible!"
Letting Shen Mengting count down her former teacher, Zhao Yu felt quite funny. However, after seeing Shen Mengting's stiff face, he didn't dare to relax much.
"It seems that the reason why you are such a wastewood, and even a junior swordsman can't pass the assessment, is not entirely your own reason. Your swordsman instructors are also responsible!" Shen Mengting gave a look of significant disdain, "Let me ask you, what level is your instructor at?"
Zhao Yu thought back to what level his coach Li Yuan was. Soon, the 'intermediate' answer was given by Zhao Yu.
"It turned out to be intermediate! No wonder there is no skill!Oops! Forget it!Don't talk about this!" Shen Mengting shook her head suddenly, "Let's continue to tell you about the aura of the swordsman!"
Zhao Yu immediately nodded. He imagined how 'Coach Li Yuan' would react if he heard Shen Mengting's words?
"Hey, what are you kid thinking? Why don't you listen to my explanation?" Shen Mengting saw that Zhao Yu seemed to be secretly meditating on something, so she glared and quickly reprimanded.
Zhao Yu obediently pricked up his ears and prepared to listen, and Shen Mengting saw that she had officially entered the topic.
"Zhao Yu, do you know? All the professions in Stellis require breath. Whether it's a swordsman and archer in the war-like system, or a magician and a doctor in the law system. The concept in combat is theoretically the same. For example, the mage uses his aura to unleash magical skills such as ice arrows and ice pillars. And the same goes for swordsmen. The swordsman slashed the sword as he passed through the breath he raised. Its effect is also equivalent to some basic mage skills. And ......"
Speaking of this, Shen Mengting stopped her mouth as if she had reached the point. She glanced at Zhao Yu and wanted to throw the sword back to him. However, as soon as she saw Zhao Yu and was so frightened that she wanted to dodge, she showed a look of contempt.
Slowly returned the sword to Zhao Yu, and Zhao Yu took it with both hands.
"Moreover, swordsmen also have corresponding skills. โ
Ahh The skill of a swordsman? He just felt that the term was very unfamiliar.
Staring at Zhao Yu's surprised gaze, Shen Mengting squinted her eyes casually. She slowly moved her body, separating herself from Zhao Yu a little distance. During this period, Shen Mengting changed the hand holding the sword back to her main hand, her right hand.
"Look! Today I'm going to show you the skills of a swordsman. โ
Shen Mengting immediately clenched her sword. She let out a long sigh of relief, and then her whole body began to tense. This is the breath she just said to Zhao Yu. Shen Mengting had already urged the breath in her body out. Then, she forcibly injected these breaths into the right arm that held the sword.
For a while, Zhao Yu felt that the atmosphere around him was changing, and he looked at the ground where Shen Mengting was standing. The dirt on Shen Mengting's footsteps seemed to be flying, and some small pebbles seemed to be trembling.
This...... Zhao Yu's eyes widened.
Shen Mengting was still exerting her strength, and her sword-wielding right hand was trembling violently. Suddenly, at the moment of her glare, she took a step forward and swung the huge sword in her hand violently. The sword slashed in front of her out of thin air, leaving a swift hurricane in its wake.
Then, a miracle happened.
The blade of the sword glowed with a golden light. Just as she swung her sword and slashed halfway through, the golden light departed from the sword. The light is in the shape of an oval ball, with a large front and a small tail, like a comet in the sky.
It can also be said that the golden light was directly thrown out by Shen Mengting, who wielded the sword.
Zhao Yu opened his mouth widely, and the scene in front of him had made him completely stunned. The golden light shone throughout the canyon and also stimulated his eyeballs.
When Shen Mengting's sword head smashed to the ground, the golden spherical light wave thrown out also shot into a certain big tree in front of her.
In an instant, a loud explosion was heard. The fog also lifted, and the big tree was split down in an instant. Not only that, but several trees around it were also affected, all of them fell down, and those who had their trunks cut off large chunks were cut off large trunks. In short, that area has been turned into ruins by Shen Mengting.
Zhao Yu suddenly lifted his breath, and he looked at Shen Mengting who was still swinging his sword in surprise.
"How is it? See?" Shen Mengting returned to a straight posture after glancing at Zhao Yu, "This is the skill of a swordsmanโShockwave." โ
"Shockwave!"
"Yes, it's theoretically the same as a mage's ice arrow, or a blood shaman's lightning chain. Shen Mengting's other hand, which was not holding a sword, flipped in front of him, "All of them use the breath they have raised, and then release their skills." โ
"So......" She suddenly swung her sword and firmly locked the head of the sword onto Zhao Yu.
A hurricane swept in, and when Zhao Yu came back to his senses, a giant sword was already pointed at him. Zhao Yu was suddenly stunned.
"Swordsman is not the kind of class that can be used by brute force, it also requires skill. That's why I'm demonstrating to you 'Shockwave'. In fact, it is not that you are unable to raise the sword because of your strength, but that you are not able to use your breath properly. When you are proficient in using your breath, it is not difficult to use the sword safely, just like I did. โ
Shen Mengting's words were like encouraging Zhao Yu, and Zhao Yu instantly became enthusiastic.
"But how do you make good use of your breath?"
"I'll teach you this now!" Shen Mengting said and made a gesture of stretching out her arms. "It's actually very simple to use breath, and breath is in everyone, too. She then took a deep breath, "Just force it out." โ
Although Zhao Yu didn't understand the meaning at all, he still nodded.
"Hey, you try to tense your whole body first. โ
Listening to Shen Mengting's words, Zhao Yu was tense all over.
"How do you feel now, is there a flow of air in your body?"
Zhao Yu blinked his eyes quickly, but he didn't feel the air current. He held his weight, then shook his head.
"Is it?, then it's always so tight, it's always going to feel something!" Shen Mengting looked at Zhao Yu coldly.
Zhao Yu sighed in surprise. Because he was still holding back his whole body, he had some difficulty breathing. Even his sword-holding hand was about to let go of the hilt with trembling.
"How's it going? Do you feel it now?"
Small droplets of water appeared on Zhao Yu's forehead, and his legs were almost unable to support themselves. No matter what, he couldn't detect the breath in Shen Mengting's mouth, so he was about to give up. But just as he gritted his teeth and was about to fight again, he suddenly miraculously raised the sword in his hand.
Since this action was completely unexpected, he didn't react in the first place. Looking at the sword that he had raised to his face, he stared straight at it for a long time.
Zhao Yu raised his eyebrows instantly, and only when he realized that he was indeed holding a sword did he show a look of joy. At present, he held the sword so calmly that his hands did not tremble. This was absolutely unimaginable before.
"How's it going? Feel it now!
Following Shen Mengting's words, Zhao Yu suddenly felt that the qi was surging in his body. He seemed to have control over them, slowly pushing them to his right hand.
Hehe! It's so much fun! He kept moving towards the breath inside his body.
However, as the push lengthened, he soon felt a strand of collapse, and after he was unable to push his breath, his right hand became unstable. The sword could no longer be lifted as he pleased, and after a few trembling strokes, the sword finally fell to the ground.
"Hey, what are you doing?" Shen Mengting next to him cast a critical look at him, "I just learned something, and I fluttered lightly." The breath in everyone's body is constant and limited. How can you stand such nonsense like you did before?"
Zhao Yu pursed his lips embarrassedly and shrunk his neck.
"Okay, now that you've felt your own breath, you're almost able to use it reasonably. So......" Shen Mengting looked at the woods next to her, "it's time to learn how to use breath to fight." โ
Zhao Yu also followed Shen Mengting's line of sight and looked sharply at the woods. He was still complacent about his ability to use his breath, and his heart was a little swollen.
"Go, cut down a few trees and let me see if you can effectively use your aura to fight. Shen Mengting's mouth movement was revealed.
Zhao Yu pulled his sword and walked towards the woods. The head of the sword slashed across the ground, dragging a long straight line.
Walking in front of a tree, Zhao Yu made preparations. A long downward tone of 'En' trembled in his throat, and then he waved his hands in the same way. His eyes were fixed on the trees in front of him, thinking that he was about to do something 'big'.
Shen Mengting also walked over slowly, to be honest, she didn't have much confidence in Zhao Yu.
Sure enough, Zhao Yu's first sword swing failed. Although the sword body was cut into the trunk of the tree, Shen Mengting confirmed at a glance that it was only a little bit of tree fur. Moreover, the reason why Zhao Yu was able to cut into the trunk of the tree was mainly because the sword was too sharp, not because of how strong he was.
Shen Mengting shook her head helplessly. She immediately put away the giant sword in her hand, thinking that it would take a lot of effort to train this child to become a talent!
"Your slashing is not right. Shen Mengting shook her head and stepped forward to snatch the sword from Zhao Yu's hand, "When you swing, you have to do it in one go, don't always look like you're not doing it." โ
That is, as soon as her words fell, a capable slash was revealed by her. Shen Mengting cut off the thick tree in front of her, that is, she waved it lightly.
Zhao Yu was dumbfounded, and his mouth continued to open.
"Do you understand now?" Shen Mengting handed the sword back to Zhao Yu.
Zhao Yu nodded one after another. He gripped his sword tightly and swung his head towards a nearby tree.
It's up to you!" Zhao Yu raised his breath again. After a long time, he made an 'ah' sound and slashed at the tree.
This time it worked a little better, but it was just a crack in the thick trunk.
"No! As I said, your slashing motion is not standard. Shen Mengting was still not satisfied with this. She directly grabbed Zhao Yu's arms and adjusted the slashing action for him.
Zhao Yu instantly felt the powerful exerted force, and his arms seemed to be fixed, completely unable to self-control.
"Just follow my pose, and you can cut it all over again!"
"Oh!"
Zhao Yu maintained the posture of being forcibly broken by Shen Mengting for a while. With a deep sigh, he slashed at the trees again. However, even though he tried very hard, the effect of his slashing was still difficult to make Shen Mengting nod.
"I said simply!" Shen Mengting once again taught Zhao Yu to slash.
From constantly forcibly correcting Zhao Yu's sword-holding and sword-holding to the final slashing posture, as well as telling the key points of the relevant swordsmen, Shen Mengting was about to break her mouth, but Zhao Yu's ability to accept it was really limited. He couldn't do it well no matter what, which caused Shen Mengting to be a little irritable.
'Hey, how did you do it?' I've talked to you so much, it's useless?', 'I told you to grasp the main points, not just cut them around', 'Have you studied hard?'
A series of accusatory words erupted, and Shen Mengting almost pointed at Zhao Yu's nose and scolded. And even though Zhao Yu was reluctant to accept it, the progress was still slow. From the first time I cut off the epidermis, to the next one that extended a few centimeters inward, it seems that even a child in his early teens is not as good as it.
Shen Mengting looked at it and shook her head with her arms folded. To be honest, she had never seen someone with such poor qualifications like Zhao Yu.