Chapter 36: Exchange Competition (3)
"Alright," Edvina glanced at the stage, where Caroline and Salice stood on either side of the arena, each with a weapon in hand, staring intently at the other.
"Now, the game begins. Edvina announced.
As soon as the words fell, Sally shook her right hand, and the long soft sword stabbed Caroline in front of the door with a strong water fighting aura. Her soft sword was already quite long, and this time it was fully deployed, and the length had exceeded the attack distance of Fanny's spear before. At this time, Caroline was spreading her speed, facing the oncoming sword, and waved the long sword in her hand, trying to block it from the side. However, Sallist's soft sword was not Fanny's spear after all, although Caroline's sword hit the soft sword, but it failed to bounce it away, but only bent the soft sword, under Sallist's control, the tip of the soft sword bypassed the long sword and pointed directly at Caroline, forcing Caroline to retreat to avoid the tip of the sword.
Caroline avoided Sallist's attack, and couldn't help frowning, she hadn't seen Sarliste take the initiative to attack before, but she didn't expect the variability of the soft sword attack to be stronger than she thought, although the water system Dou Qi was not good at attacking, but her Wind Fighting Qi defense was also weak, plus Sarlist's cultivation was a small realm higher than hers, and it was easy to break through her body protection Dou Qi and leave a wound on her body.
Caroline advanced at great speed again, but this time the line she ran was tortuous, not as straight as before, and this time, Sally did not attack, but gently danced the soft sword in her hand in place to protect her body, after all, Caroline's speed was too fast, and her soft sword could not catch up. Suddenly, Caroline approached from behind Sallist's back at high speed, and the long sword in her hand slashed at the back of Sallist's heart with the sound of whistling wind. This sword carries her speed and extraordinary strength, and has extremely lethal power, if Sally takes this sword hard, it will definitely be cut in half, and Caroline still attacks from Sallyster's back, which is even more difficult to prevent. However, Salite didn't even turn around, just waved her right hand, and the long soft sword zigzagged towards Caroline, although Caroline's sword was amazing, but it was almost useless when it was slashed on the soft sword, and the power was completely taken over in the continuous bending of the soft sword, and Saliste was standing in place, not even moving, obviously not having much strength to fall on her.
The attack was blocked, and Caroline immediately retreated, but a swirling suction force came from the soft sword that intersected with the longsword, making it impossible for the longsword to detach from the soft sword. Caroline looked at it fixedly, only to find that on Sallyster's soft sword, the blue water system fighting qi was actually constantly flowing, and it was precisely because of this flow and the characteristics of this water system fighting qi that such a suction force would be produced, which surprised her.
Generally speaking, when a warrior fights, he will attach his fighting spirit to his weapon to increase the power of his attack, but in fact, it is very easy to instill fighting energy into his weapon. However, it was the first time she had seen a Sulice like her, who could allow vindictive energy to flow freely on her weapon. Making the fighting qi flow, this is not as simple as words, it requires extremely subtle control ability, and even a saint-level powerhouse like Edvina may not be able to do it. However, the advantages of this are also very obvious, generally speaking, the distribution of fighting energy on the surface of the weapon is even, which will cause a waste of fighting energy, after all, there are some places where the fighting spirit is not needed, but it can only be distributed evenly in this way. However, if you can do what Sally does and let the Dou Qi flow, you can gather the Dou Qi wherever you need it at will, and when you consume the same Dou Qi, the effect will be stronger. What's more, Sally also made full use of the characteristics of the water system Dou Qi, using the flow of Dou Qi on the soft sword to create suction, which is even more difficult. In this regard, Caroline had to admire that Salliste could think of such a way and put it into practice.
The longsword was sucked in, and Caroline knew that she couldn't let her weapon be attached to Sallyst's soft sword, so she tiptoed a little and instantly retreated at high speed, using her amazing speed to get rid of Sallyst's soft sword. Although Sally can create suction on the soft sword, it is not strong after all, and an instantaneous burst speed like Caroline's can completely bring the long sword out of the suction.
"Senpai," Caroline looked at Sally with respect, "I didn't expect you to do this." ”
"It's nothing, it's just a little trick. Sally smiled and replied, "Be careful, junior, this will be very bad for you." ”
Caroline nodded: "Thank you for the reminder." With that, she acted again, but this time it was a little different, Caroline changed to a stabbing method. The attack power of the Thrust is concentrated in one point, which is not easy to unload, and the contact area is small, and the suction on the soft sword is much smaller. Thalister waved her right hand slightly, but the soft sword curled diagonally up from the side of the longsword, not touching the tip of Caroline's sword at all, but pulling it away from the side. At this moment, Caroline's long sword was already entangled, and Sally turned her wrist, and the middle of the soft sword suddenly bent towards Caroline, Caroline turned her head and flashed the sharp blade, but the long sword in her hand was still restrained. Although she could use her speed to get rid of this entanglement as before, it didn't change anything at all, and there had to be some way to break the game.
"In addition to the characteristics of speed, the wind system fighting qi actually has a characteristic, that is, sharpness. Suddenly, the words that Lorel had said yesterday when she was in the back mountains swept through Caroline's heart, and Lorel's words, the fighting spirit flowing on Sallyster's sword, suddenly connected in her heart. Caroline concentrated, feeling the fighting spirit on the sword, and then suddenly forward, her hands pulled, and she pulled the sword out of the soft sword, and approached the door of Sallyster's face.
Faced with Caroline's sudden change, Salice was slightly startled, waved her arm, and the soft sword circled around her body, reaching out from behind her, blocking Caroline's attack. However, she suddenly felt that the suction on her sword suddenly seemed to have no effect on Caroline, causing her original estimate to be off. Originally, she thought that by using the suction on the sword, she could slide with Caroline's sword when the soft sword was extended, so as to resolve this attack, but because of the suction, it lost its effect, and she just relied on the original speed to deflect Caroline's sword a little, and failed to unload most of the strength, so she had to bear it herself. Although from the battle between Fanny and Caroline, she had already seen that this school girl was very strong for some reason, but after she really felt it, she was still a little surprised. Even if she weakened her strength, the attack power of this sword had already faintly surpassed her, making her have to retreat, let alone go all out.
Sallyster flipped her wrist, and the soft sword in her hand suddenly stabbed from underneath Caroline, however, in the face of this blow, Caroline's reaction was a little sluggish, and she was a little slow to dodge, just dodging it. Despite this, Caroline still pressed closer to Sallyster and did not intend to give her a chance to distance herself.
In fact, in a way, Sallyst's fighting style is very similar to Fanny's, they have to keep a certain distance from their opponents, because their weapons are very long, once they are close, whether it is Fanny's spear or Sallyst's soft sword, they will lose their original changes, and that is when they are defeated.
Caroline's long sword swung and stabbed or slashed at Sallist's body, and Saliste wielded the soft sword in her hand, the long blade almost encircling her whole body, resisting Caroline's attacks. However, for some reason, Sallyster's skill of unloading the force suddenly had a much smaller effect on Caroline, and it seemed that the fighting spirit on her soft sword could not play its due role at all, and most of the defense was almost completed by the soft sword itself. Therefore, under Caroline's repeated attacks, due to the impact of the force, Salice's right arm holding the sword has become a little sluggish. On the other hand, Caroline didn't know what the reason was, her reaction became much slower, and she was scratched by the blade of Sallyst's soft sword several times, and she shed a lot of blood, but it was not very important and had little impact.
Now, Caroline is on the edge of Sallyest's defensive circle, and if she can go one step further and break through Sallyster's defenses, she can win, but only she knows her situation. Before, Lorel's words and the fighting energy flowing on Sallyster's sword reminded her that if she wanted to give full play to the sharp characteristics of the wind system's fighting energy, she could make the fighting energy at the blade of the sword thinner, as thin as possible, and only by being sharper. So, she began to mobilize the fighting qi at the edge of the sword, but since it was the first time she did this, although it was only a simple mobilization of the fighting qi, it still took a lot of her energy, not to mention maintaining this state all the time, so her reaction would slow down a lot. It wasn't until she actually did it that she realized how difficult it was to keep her vindictive spirit flowing like Sallyster, which also made her even more amazed at this senior sister.
However, as Lorrell said, to deal with soft things, you have to be sharp enough, so that the adsorption and weakening effect of Caroline's water system fighting qi is greatly reduced. Originally, the power of the water system fighting qi was not strong, and Sally used all her fighting energy in terms of unloading and chemical force, etc., but in front of Caroline's sharp wind system fighting energy, it lost most of its effect, which was probably a loophole that Sally did not expect. A skill like Sallyster's unloading requires a lot of precision, but now that Sallyst's right hand is constantly being shaken by Caroline's attacks, her accuracy of control is gradually decreasing, and when her hand can't withstand the pressure, Sallyster loses. However, Caroline is also in a very difficult state, she originally failed to exert the sharp characteristics of the wind fighting spirit, just relying on temporary control, but this kind of control is the first time for her, it is very difficult to maintain, I don't know when it will not be maintained, and at that time, she will lose.
Caroline suddenly realized that perhaps, this was the true way of fighting the Wind Fighting Spirit. Because she has been soaked in dragon blood, her physical strength far exceeds that of the Terran powerhouses of the same level, so when she fights, she is accustomed to using overwhelming speed and strength, coupled with her own martial arts to win. However, in fact, the martial artist who cultivates the wind system fighting qi does not have such a strong strength as her, and relies more on the speed of the wind system fighting qi to dodge the opponent's attacks and find opportunities to defeat the enemy with one blow, but she ignores this because of her advantage in physical strength, which is why she has not noticed the sharpness of the wind system fighting qi before. Her starting point is higher than others, but it is precisely because the starting point is too high that it restricts herself. Thinking of this, she couldn't help but be glad that she had met Sallyster, otherwise, I am afraid that she might not have realized this. In fact, Sallyst's fighting methods should have been restrained by her, which is why Sally has such attainments in skills, but was forced to a disadvantage by Caroline.
Suddenly, Sallist's wrist flicked, and the soft sword failed to prevent Caroline's slash, and Caroline slashed through the soft sword. Although it didn't cause a wound on her body due to the soft sword, she was shocked by Caroline's power and spit out a mouthful of blood, and even her body-protecting fighting aura was much darker.
Sallyster's soft sword needs her right hand to control, and the pressure on her right arm caused by constantly wielding the soft sword is too great, and this situation can be effectively alleviated by the effect of the water system fighting qi, but because her right hand has been repeatedly impacted by Caroline's power, the water system has no longer played a big role, and now it finally can't hold on.
Caroline pursued Saloline who was repelled by her, but as the strength of her whole body was shattered by Caroline's power in an instant, Saloline failed to stop Caroline's approach, and Caroline's longsword finally stopped quietly in front of her.
"The winner is decided," Edwina's voice said, "Winner, first-year Caroline." Hearing Edwina's announcement, the audience suddenly resounded with the excited chant of the first grade, after all, generally such exchange matches are won by the second grade, and now that they have won, they are naturally rejoicing.
Although the audience was chanting Caroline's name, Caroline didn't pay attention to it, but quickly put away her sword and held Sallyst: "Senior sister, how are you?" She didn't restrain her strength from the previous sword, and Sally failed to block the sword, and such a force hit her body, which must have caused her a lot of damage.
"Ahem," Sallyster smiled a little hard, "Don't worry about me, just rest for one night, the water system Dou Qi also has a certain healing ability." Congratulations on winning the championship. As she spoke, she also included her soft sword in the space ring.
"Senpai......"
"It's a big fight," said Sallyster seriously, "whether it's for you or for me, so it's normal not to feel guilty." With that, she returned to her usual gentle form.
"I see. Caroline nodded.
"Alright," said Edwina, "the other two will also come up and give out the rewards." ”
Hearing Edwina's words, Don Juan and Fanny both walked up and stood next to Caroline and Sallist, respectively, Don Juan also threw a concerned look at Sallist, and Saliste responded that she was fine.
"First of all, you," Edvina looked at Don Juan and Fanny: "You don't have a ranking, so the rewards are the same, they are all saint-level late-stage magic cores, this is the certificate, you can go to the academy's resource management office to choose the one that suits you later." As she spoke, she threw the two plaques to Don Juan and Fanny, who bowed gently to express their gratitude.
"Second place," Edwina turned her gaze to Sallyste, "you can enter the fourth floor of the college library for three days." He took out a sign and handed it to Sallyster: "This is the voucher, you won't be blocked by the direct enchantment of the third and fourth layers if you hold it, and return it to me on the fourth day." ”
Hearing this, the eyes of the snub star in the audience suddenly froze, he had heard Sally say that the last three floors of the Violet Academy library are very important things, such as precious martial arts or rare magic, such rewards are obviously much more useful than Don Juan and Fanny's rewards, after all, they are all members of a big family, and there will be no shortage of resources and other things.
"I see. Sally took it and bowed as well.
"As for the first prize, you can enter the fourth or fifth floors of the library, and the time limit is also three days. Edvina handed Caroline a piece of the same sign, and after Caroline returned the salute, she announced to the audience, "Alright, this is the end of the exchange competition." ”
Caroline's gaze swept down, and when she saw the cold star, Ivy and Erin were looking at her and Don Juan, and she couldn't help but feel a warm current in her heart. These people are her friends, no matter what, they will care for her, be happy for her, grieve for her, and silently support her when she needs it. However, there is an inexplicable sadness, what if they know who they are?