Chapter 490: Sword Master
When Li Tao and Li Twenty-three came to Sword City, it was exactly the day before the competition. Along the way, Li Tao didn't talk to Li Twenty-three, but only told him to let him try his best.
On the first day of the competition, last year's sword master Liu Zhong won easily, and any powerful swordsman was defeated without more than two moves under him.
Li Twenty-three, who made his debut, only took half a move, and even the knife flew into the air. Although Li Twenty-three felt embarrassed, he couldn't disagree, the sword master's sword technique was so wonderful, he only felt that he might not be able to catch up with him after a thousand years of cultivation.
Li Tao saw it really on the side, this Liu Zhong was indeed good, which surprised him, even if he or Pei Yue made a move, he might not be able to beat Liu Zhong, he didn't expect that there would be such a master in the small city here.
When I was thinking about it, there was a sudden storm of madness, the wind was so strong that all the clothes and scimitars were blown into the air, and when the wind stopped and fell, everyone could not distinguish their knives and clothes, fortunately, this kind of storm was normal in the knife city, and everyone did not recognize it, only picked the nearest clothes and knives, and from then on they were counted as their own things, as for the knives that originally belonged to themselves, they naturally belonged to others, and they all made an oath not to ask others about their knives, and then not to pursue them.
After a while, everyone had a knife in their hands, no one was empty-handed, no knife was lost, and some were lucky, and they actually found their original knife, which couldn't help but cheer, but most of the people picked up someone else's knife, and people were not used to the newly obtained knife, and they were waving in the air to experience the feel, and the knife was bright for a while. The whistling sound is incessant.
Li Twenty-three's knife was nowhere to be found, and he casually picked up a cyan scimitar from his feet, this knife was medium in size. The appearance is ordinary, and the word "flying kite" is engraved on the body of the knife, which is the name of the knife.
Everyone cleaned up and stopped, seeing that the curtain of the test site had already been blown away by the wind and they didn't know where to go, the high platform of the test had already collapsed, and even many houses in the city had collapsed a lot, and today's competition was obviously not successful. So the knife master ordered everyone to go back and clean up the mess at home. The injured hurried to heal their wounds, and a few strong men stayed behind to rearrange the test venue, which reopened three days later.
This proposal was well received. Everyone shouted and ran away.
In the past three days, the people of Daocheng have put in the hard work of repairing.
Li Twenty-three was unwilling to embarrass himself in front of the little master, so he practiced diligently in the backyard of the inn where he lived. Li Tao saw it in his eyes. But there was no comment.
Li Twenty-three thought back to the essence of Liu Zhong's few moves, and turned them into his own knife one by one, and after three days, he felt that he had improved a lot, although he would definitely not be able to win Liu Zhong, but he could also be a longer and shorter time with ordinary adult swordsmen, and he couldn't help but look forward to the reopening of the competition.
Finally, after three days, the sword competition began again. The swordsmen of Sword City are not only powerful in swordsmanship. The test site was also first-class, after three days. When people came to the venue, the traces of the storm had already been cleared, the curtain was raised again, the high platform was built steadily, and there was a sea of people.
The first competition after the gale was between Liu Zhong and a sword master ten years ago. Everyone had high expectations for this competition, and they were surrounded early, and the people on the periphery could only take a ladder to watch. Fortunately, Li Tao and Li Twenty-three had foreseen it, and they had already arrived at the venue in the early hours of the morning, so they occupied the position under the high stage.
The old knife master was in his prime, and he looked a few years younger than Liu Zhong, but in his hand was a light and fluttering knife, thinking that this must be a knife that he picked up casually in the wind, which was very different from the knife style he was used to.
Everyone can't remember what the knife Liu Zhong used at that time looked like, but at this time it was a thick-backed scimitar, the black blade was not light at all, and it was quite heavy in his hand.
The two glanced at each other, said hello, saluted, and started the stance.
The old knife master raised his hand, the knife was raised, and a compelling momentum immediately appeared, he roared, and the person moved with the sound, only to see the figure passing by, and the knife light rolled wildly like a tide, shrouded in all directions. Liu Zhong retreated slightly, looked at a gap and cut the knife in, only to see that the heavy tide suddenly divided, thousands of shadows combined into one, the old knife master turned around, and a knife was swung down, the tide re-emerged, Liu Zhong kept swinging the knife, but the knife seemed to be stuck by spider silk, and could not be freed from the old knife master's knife shadow, and although the old knife master's knife was magnificent, Liu Zhong's knife was always like a boat in the angry sea, unsinkable, unable to overturn. The two sides are evenly matched, you come and go, the audience holds their breath and concentrates, and they dare not make a sound at all.
I don't know it's a hundred tricks.
The old sword master and Liu Zhong were already sweaty, but their eyes were brighter and brighter, and their expressions were high, this was a kind of pleasure of meeting the opponent with a knife, pouring out in the knife to the fullest.
When the second lily was reached, the old sword master suddenly shouted, and thousands of sword shadows merged into one, as heavy as a mountain, and slowly pressed towards Liu Zhong's head. The visitors on the side are also swordsmen, and they can see at a glance that this knife is strong and heavy, and it is perfect and flawless, without any mistakes, but I don't know how Liu Zhong dodges? If you can't avoid it, I'm afraid that Liu Zhong, the position of the sword master, will be handed over.
When Liu Zhong saw the knife pressing towards him, he didn't panic, he didn't avoid it, he also shouted loudly, and slashed out the knife in his hand. His knife skills along the way are known for being smooth and calm, but this knife is as fierce as destroying mountains and seas, and it is actually a hard-to-hard move.
The two knives collided, and a brilliant spark burst out in the air, the two of them shook their whole bodies, the old knife master's body retreated violently, he retreated fast, Liu Zhong advanced faster, a knife was always on his knife, the strength was endless, and a wave was as strong as a wave. The old sword master's expression was shocked, he didn't expect Liu Zhong to be so powerful! He retreated to the back, but in the end he couldn't withstand the strength of the knife, and he sat down unsteadily and fell to the ground, and when the knife fell to the ground, he was considered a loser.
Then the crowd breathed a sigh of relief.
The excitement of this battle, yesterday's battle, everyone only said that Liu Zhong won by chance, and when he saw it today, he knew that his strength was amazing, and the position of the sword master was not a vain sitting.
The old knife master stood up from the ground, gave a heartfelt sigh of admiration, and stepped off the stage.
Liu Zhong raised his sleeves to wipe the beads of sweat, gasping slightly, he seemed to be a little tired, but his expression was indescribably happy, even if he won easily yesterday, it was not as happy as today. He sat on the chair, especially patted the knife in his hand, as if he was reminiscing about the taste of the battle, and seemed to be talking to the knife, his demeanor was down, his eyebrows were open, Li Twenty-three looked at it, he was fascinated, the knife master turned out to be such a demeanor, which made him eager to become the new knife master.
Due to the large number of swordsmen, and the competition was stopped for three days, the rankings were full for a while, and Li Twenty-three's competition was postponed to the afternoon. In the morning, I watched others compete, during which the knife master Liu Zhong and others competed three more times, all of which won about 100 moves, and won so easily yesterday, but it never appeared again. In the battle before lunch, a small knife man challenged Liu Zhong, and Liu Zhong won after fifty rounds. (To be continued......)