Chapter 11: Ballista
The sword is a weapon, one of the eighteen kinds of weapons, but it is different from any other kind of weapon, and its status has always been transcendent.
Just like the duel between these two people in front of them, when they stood with their swords in hand, everything around them seemed to disappear.
The whirlpools stirred up by the sinking of the huge hull, the howling winds on the sea, the unknown curses...... That's all irrelevant.
This is the sword - pride, honor, glory.
Before the winner was decided, there were only two swords and two people in this world.
Their eyes never met, but they could see the opponent's every move, and the two people who seemed to be standing in place had already begun the confrontation.
There is no need for too much fighting, no need for the intervention of spiritual powers, and no need for a few words, the victory or defeat between swordsmen is enough in an instant.
Because the moment the sword is drawn, it is already eternal.
The bow and side of the ship sank into the water almost at the same time, and Wang Xu and Gao Jin also disappeared in an instant.
On the hazy sea, above a huge whirlpool, there was the sound of metal clashing, short, clear, but extremely penetrating.
The voice was fleeting. There is no murder, no hatred, and no temptation. In order to reach the peak of that moment, such a weapon was chosen in the first place.
However, there is only one person who can reach victory.
This is the world of swords, beautiful and cruel.
Wang Xu won, and his figure appeared in the air again, and a gorgeous blood flower bloomed behind him, and Gao Jin fell from it, his eyes staring blankly at his blood blooming in the air. When the blood, a symbol of his failure, spurted out of the wound, it sounded as good as a breeze blowing through a field of precocious wheat.
Wang Xu seemed very calm, the victory of this sword had long been expected, and now he had studied the part of the "sword" in the dragon slaying chapter quite thoroughly. Putting aside the degree of unity of the spirit body, in terms of sword path alone, Gao Jin can indeed rank among the first-class swordsmen. But in Wang Xu's opinion, his kind of kung fu rolling out of the knife head is inevitably too rough compared with Guiguzi's refined and energetic, easy, and treacherous mature swordsmanship.
Of course, this is not to say that the current Wang Xu is a sword god with outstanding swordsmanship, in addition to the sword god's amazing swordsmanship, he still has to look at his character and temperament, and this threshold must be Wang Xu will never be able to step over......
"All said, you're just 'once' fear...... That's it. Wang Xu watched Gao Jin fall into the water. Then he came out of the Edgeworth Flying Immortal, stood in the air, and began to perceive everything around him.
The sea had not calmed down, the sky was still covered with dark clouds, and in addition to the smell of blood, there was an indescribable feeling of oppression in the air. The smell of danger has not disappeared, but has become stronger!
"Ballista...... What form will it take. Wang Xu pondered.
He quickly got an answer, and a colossal aura like the top of Mount Tai suddenly pressed up from the bottom of the sea!
"Ah...... So that's the case, has the curse been fulfilled on 'it'......" Wang Xu quickly climbed into the air, and in a few seconds, he traveled more than 100 meters. He knew in his heart that it should be too late...... However, it is better to distance yourself as much as possible, hoping to grab some buffer time.
At this moment, the dark shadow of the Otwa sea monster had already appeared under the surface of the sea. From the air, the monster was so big that the fragments of the sunken ship could not hold it back in any way. With a loud bang, the sea monster jumped out of the water and headed straight for Wang Xu in the air.
The moment it broke through the sea and jumped out, the center of the sea seemed to be opened, and the monstrous waves spread out in all directions, and the speed of this monster after leaving the sea water actually increased by a few points, it was simply a giant intercontinental missile.
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The so-called ballista, from the perspective of siege weapons, is a device that supports the main beam with a bracket, a torsion spring drives the crossbow arm, and the crossbow arm is connected to a bowstring, and the center of the bowstring is a net bag used to hold the projectile. Later Romans' catapults (bronze crossbow arms with bronze spring plates and air pistons to throw projectiles) were derivatives of the ballista.
This kind of thing that can be made from animal tendons, wood, metal, and ropes using the principles of mechanics is a very powerful war machine in the era of cold weapons.
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When Wang Xu felt that a huge object was approaching at the bottom of the sea, he basically guessed the meaning of the curse of "ballista". As a round of ammunition that does not need to be loaded, the Otwa Kraken is so perfect that the monster that could only operate at the bottom of the sea was thrown into the sky, and it was more than enough to destroy a city, let alone use it against a person?
The large ball of meat was getting closer and closer to Wang Xu, and countless tentacles with circle-like barbed fangs were swinging in the air, and Wang Xu had already imagined several ways to die in his mind.
First of all, with such a large volume and such a fast speed, it is impossible to avoid it, and it is very possible that the internal organs will be shattered after a head-on collision; Secondly, even if they were not killed, the front end of each of the hundreds of tentacles was a bloody mouth, and the mouth was dripping with digestive juices similar to sulfuric acid. In the end, even if it is not dead, there are two possibilities, first, the sea monster begins to fall, and it is dragged into the sea to kill itself. Second, the impact of the ballista causes it to move in a straight line at a constant speed, pushing itself out of the atmosphere and hitting the moon or the sun.
"It's not easy to do...... the corners of Wang Xu's mouth twitched, according to his thoughts, it is estimated that Superman will be killed.
Wang Xu is not a superman, so he has abilities that superhumans don't have. I saw him holding the Black Flame Sword with his backhand, and the black fire on the sword ignited again. He kept the blade parallel to his body, blocking in front of him. Several of the sea monster's tentacles had approached, but Wang Xu still maintained this posture.
Between the lightning and flint, Wang Xu suddenly disappeared, as if there was a revolving door in the air behind him, he just leaned back lightly and turned around, and the door panel turned over.
The speed of the sea monster was very fast, flying by, and then, as Wang Xu expected, continued to move towards the sky, and it was estimated that it would not stop until it was burned by the atmosphere.
In the empty void, a straight crack cracked, and a trace of black flame emerged from the gap, and then Wang Xu "turned" out of the crack again. It turned out that he could cut through the characteristics of time and space with the Black Flame Sword, and he hid in parallel space in a short time.
This is very similar to the "Dragon Swimming in Shallow Water" once performed by the fifth hall master of Moling, the Dragon Qiu Wu of the River, but the trick of others can be used in the battle with the spiritual ability, and Wang Xu's trick is afraid that only the current situation can save the emergency.
The ballista curse was regarded as the end of the launch at this moment, and the Dream Demon and Gao Jin had also been killed one after another, and in a trance, Wang Xu returned to Mr. You's room and sat in front of the chessboard.
He let out a long breath, thinking to himself that this step was finally over.
Mr. You smiled: "How is it, isn't it fun?" ”
Wang Xu stood up suddenly, and read in a babbling voice: "Heaven and earth spirit, Taishang Laojun is as anxious as the law......"
After doing a few busker dealers' tricks, he grabbed one of the cards in the cursed pile and grabbed it in his hand, "Dead fat...... See if I can't kill you......"
Mr. You shook his head and smiled, and casually threw out two dice, and at this moment, the curse card in Wang Xu's hand also appeared with a magic array and words-gargoyle.