Chapter Thirty-Four: A Sword Lesson
"It doesn't matter how you got in, now that you're in, take a closer look. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć Coach Andrew was relieved, Ella and Erin were relieved and crept into the crowd in the stands, while Lin Qiu and Julius stayed by Coach Andrew's side.
Julius, in particular, held his breath and did not miss a single detail of the venue.
Andrew was a little surprised, he remembered that he had just kicked out the boy who was full of swordsmanship in the morning. The look was not deceiving, he could see in Julius's eyes the madness of swordsmanship, he couldn't remember how long it had been since he had seen such a look in his own students.
"Boy, what's your origin?"
"The first swordsman of the future!" Julius said sonorously.
"First Swordsman?" Andrew silently repeated, "It's a bit interesting, if this is really your goal, show up on time at the training ground in the afternoon sword class." ā
"Boom-"
The second bell rang, and the moment the sound came, the bodies of Ophelia and Paladin in the venue suddenly moved, and the blades in the hands of both sides instantly intertwined, splashing a few sparks. Julius's pupils in the stands shrank, Ophelia's fight with Paladin put a great load on his eyes, he was between seeing clearly and not seeing clearly, every move and every move of the two of them was mixed with many ghosts, and he had to concentrate on it in order to barely analyze the reality and fiction.
He assumed that it was himself standing in the arena, and found that whether it was Paladin or Ophelia, he could only hold out for five moves at most.
That's what it is...... Is there a dispute between the first swordsman in the middle of the country?
Andrew quietly watched Julius' reaction and nodded in satisfaction.
"In the Sword Fighting Society, most of the members of the club can't understand this competition. Andrew propped himself up on the railing with great interest, and Julius had already entered a state of self-forgetfulness, and he was obviously saying this to Lin Qiu. The only person present who can see all the fiction and reality is probably Lin Qiu...... And the captain of the eastern exchange student.
There are quite a few people who can barely keep up with the pace.
Several of the main members of the Sword Society, exchange students from the east, Ella and Irene, this is also an important reason why Andrew has to take time out of his busy schedule to come here, and through this competition, he can observe which people are malleable. As for who is the number one swordsman in the central part of the country, Ophelia or Paladin is not so important to him.
"How do you feel?" he asked Lin Qiu.
"It's too early to say what I think, there are too many false moves, both of them are observing each other's sword paths, this is just a tentative stage. Lin Qiu said, but he rarely saw this kind of pure sword duel, except for the previous sparring with Alyssa, most of the opponents he had fought against liked to smash the marking ability over: "But it's still quite novel." ā
"Novelty?" Andrew grinned, "Few of the opponents you've experienced in the past have fought you with only swordsmanship, right?"
Lin Qiu was noncommittal.
Strictly speaking, he had never experienced a sword battle of the same level. Alyssa's swordsmanship is more than a cut above him, and it is difficult for her sparring to reach the point of needle-to-needle. He recalled it carefully, only to realize that apart from Alyssa, the highest level of sword skills he had ever seen was from Alyssa's master Baifeng and the Sith in the North.
"I remember that Hundred Wind sliced half of the snowy mountain with a blunt weapon, and the Sith sank a continent with a single blow. "At least these two moves, there is absolutely no use of engraving, Lin Qiu thinks that he is far from being able to do it to the level of the two of them. Often, the way he increases the power of his swordsmanship is through engraving, which is the third means that Alyssa has always said.
"The ultimate sword technique, its destructive power will definitely not be weaker than the engraving. It's just that for the vast majority of knights, engraving is equivalent to taking a shortcut, as long as the ability is strong enough, it can bring him strong instant combat power in a short period of time, and the sword skills of Baifeng and Sith are the result of a hundred years of hard training. Andrew said. Among the knights of this generation, the only ones he can see are Alyssa and Ophelia: "Tyr, although you are smart and have made up for the shortcomings of your swordsmanship with the engraving, if you continue like this, your swordsmanship will stop there." ā
Lin Qiu was shocked, but he didn't expect Andrew to break through the bottleneck he encountered with one word.
His current sword skills are the product of combining the ability to engrave, and his sword skills can still give him the upper hand when dealing with most enemies, but when training with Alyssa, he will not be able to go further. Sword skills and engravings were nearly saturated, and he couldn't get faster or increase his destructive power even more.
Andrew said, "That's right, that's the limit of your swordsmanship. In terms of swordsmanship, you are different from Alyssa and Ophelia - before Baifeng gave Alyssa swordsmanship, she already had a three-year foundation in swordsmanship, and there is no need to mention the solid basic skills, and Ophelia has never given up basic training since she came into contact with swordsmanship. Judging from the situation I fought with you in the morning, you have only been exposed to swordsmanship for a short time, and you have learned speed swords directly from Alyssa with a lack of basic skills...... So, there are only two paths in front of you right now. ā
"Which two?"
"Giving up the use of the seal and practicing the basics is a very long way, it may take you one to two years to break through the existing bottleneck, but after that, you should be the first in swordsmanship, and the other ...... I personally don't support this approach, but I have to admit that you do have a talent for developing your abilities, and I can guarantee that your achievements will not be inferior to Kroll. ā
Before Lin Qiu could answer, there was an exclamation from the audience.
Both sides used wooden swords when fighting, but Paladin used this bladeless wooden sword to cut a gap in the protective barrier of the training ground.
Lin Qiu suddenly recalled the scene when he invaded Luther's memories, the standard knight sword of the front-line soldiers he made at that time, and he only used a slight force, and the sword broke in two.
"Looks like you've found out too. Andrew glanced at the deep sea around Lin Qiu's waist: "Your dependence on holy weapons is too great, apart from it, even those famous weapons can't carry your mark...... If it was you who swung that sword just now, it must have been your wooden sword that broke, not the protective barrier. ā
"The battle between you and Paladin has spread in the imperial capital, in terms of comprehensive combat effectiveness, Prince Paladin is far inferior to you, but if it is according to the rules of swordsmanship, I dare to assert that it must be you who lose. ā
Andrew has never been a good teacher who is good at comforting students, and he is known for being strict with most of his students, but it is undeniable that the actual combat class he teaches has always been the first in the Wind Furnace Academy: "Tyr, a large part of the reason why you have reached the current level in swordsmanship is that you are lucky enough to obtain the holy weapon of Lord Godia, but how far can you go on this path without this holy weapon?"