Chapter 42: The War Strike and the Demand
Kou Zhong is proficient in a variety of peerless studies, but the essence of his martial arts lies in the sword technique, which integrates various sword techniques such as the Ten Styles of Bloody Battle, the Heavenly Sword Knife Technique, and the Eight Methods of the Well of the Battlefield Art of War, which can be called the best sword technique in the world.
Integrating the sword law of the art of war, Kou Zhong's sword technique is varied, coupled with Kou Zhong's years of refinement, and the cultivation of heaven and man to achieve the unity of heaven and man, Kou Zhong suddenly exudes the momentum of a soldier who surrenders without a fight.
Therefore, when Kou Zhong's sword momentum unfolded, Xia Fan Dan felt that the martial arts arena and the tens of thousands of martial artists in the martial arts arena had all disappeared, showing a battlefield in front of him.
The pale and blood-colored sky, the earth is an endless desert, the land is full of soldiers who died in battle, Xia Fan is standing alone in this dead corpse, as if he is in the hell of death.
At the same time, on the desert in the distance, countless iron horses rushed from the distant desert, and the momentum of the thousands of troops and horses made any warrior have an unstoppable thought.
This is the first of the eight methods in the well created by Kou Zhong, the 'non-attack', the advanced combat method of surrendering the army without a fight, after years of summary, this style of non-attack has evolved into a pure potential energy martial arts.
"This is the use of potential, so subtle!" Everything in front of him lifted Xia Fan's spirits, and it was obvious that Kou Zhong's use of potential was beyond Xia Fan's expectations.
Xia Fan can be sure that Kou Zhong's application of potential has not reached the level of control, but his use of potential has reached an extremely high level, and it can be said that the use of power is wonderful, and it is in his heart.
This method of application is incomparable to Xia Fan now, this is the accumulation of years of experience and practice, not the realm can make up for it, nor can it be made up for by the scientific and technological knowledge of the previous life.
However, after seeing Kou Zhong's use of power, Xia Fan knew that this trip to the Tang Dynasty was worth it.
At this time, the thousands of troops and horses were already close in front of him, but Xia Fan was not flustered and calm.
After all, Xia Fan came from the Jiuzhou Continent and had participated in hundreds of battles, even if it was a battle at the level of the Ruifan Realm, it was difficult to make his mind change in the slightest.
"However, although it is subtle, it is a pity that the strength is too weak, in the face of the absolute strength, all this is just a mirror!"
I saw a giant axe slowly rising behind Xia Fan's back, and the giant axe exuded a powerful battle intent, which was so powerful that the space around Xia Fan's body was almost twisted into pieces.
"Broken!"
The giant axe slashed horizontally, without touching any of the iron horses, only cut out a black line in mid-air, and then the space began to shatter from the black line, and the dead body, the earth, the sky, and the galloping iron horse all shattered in an instant, turning into nothingness.
At this time, a sword light passed through the space debris with lightning speed, and slashed directly towards Xia Fan's chest and abdomen.
This knife appeared suddenly, without any warning or sign, suddenly appeared from between the broken spaces, and the next moment it had already appeared in the vital part of Xia Fan's chest and abdomen.
In the face of this sword, even Zhang Sanfeng, Dongfang Undefeated and other supreme powerhouses in the Phantom Martial Arts Realm could not avoid being harmed without any defense.
In the face of this knife, Xia Fan did not expect it, but the many years of life and death battles in the army had already made Xia Fan's fighting instinct reach a limit.
"Boom!"
The left hand subconsciously flicked and quickly blocked in front of his chest, colliding with the knife light, and there was a sound of metal impact, and the knife light dissipated, but Xia Fan's left palm did not have the slightest scar.
At this moment, Xia Fan's physical strength fully showed its effect, although it was limited by the Phantom Martial Realm to the early stage of the Metamorphosis Realm, it was not something that could be harmed by the martial artists in the Phantom Martial Realm.
The surprise attack of the surprise attack obviously could not let the opponent give up, the Dao Dao sword light slashed from all around like lightning, slashing towards Xia Fan, following the mysterious trajectory of the Dao, the knife did not leave Xia Fan's vital point.
And Xia Fan stood still, his hands flew up and down, like a fluttering butterfly, flying around his body, seemingly slowly, but blocking all the slashed knife light without leaking.
"Qiang, Qiang, Qiang, ...
All of a sudden, the sword light and palm shadows crisscrossed and the fire was shining, like a fire tree and silver flower blooming in the martial arts field.
Kou Zhong's sword technique is indeed called the top sword technique in the Upper Illusion Martial Realm, and the only thing that can surpass him in terms of sword technique may be the Chuan Ying who has shattered the void.
However, today, when Kou Zhong's eight methods in the well have been connected with two styles - not attacking and striking strangely, but he still can't help Xia Fan, others may not know, but Kou Zhong, as a party concerned, knows that he has already lost.
Most of the moves in the Eight Methods of the Well are combined with the art of war, and most of them are the use of momentum and the art of war to influence and kill the enemy mentally.
It's just that Xia Fan's will is so firm that it is rare even among the peak powerhouses of the Mortal Realm, although Kou Zhong's Eight Techniques in the Well are strong and can be called the first-class top sword techniques in the Phantom Martial Realm, they are still far from being able to help Xia Fan.
Therefore, after the failure of the attack on Xia Fan by not attacking and attacking Qi Erfa, Kou Zhong knew that he had been defeated, but who was Kou Zhong, even if he knew that he would lose if he continued to fight, he had to have a good fight.
As a result, Kou Zhong's sword technique changed, he gave up all the spiritual attack methods, or the eight methods in the well, and all the attacks turned into the most direct and concise knife techniques.
Or like a desert wind, or like thunder and lightning, and sometimes turn into a gentle wind and drizzle, all attacks are amorphous, like antelopes hanging horns, there is no trace.
Obviously, Kou Zhong's current knife technique is stronger than the eight methods in the well, the eight methods in the well are the fusion of the art of war and the knife technique, and Kou Zhong's current knife technique has the power of heaven and earth, containing a mysterious artistic conception.
These mysterious sword techniques are all Kou Zhong's travel to the four corners of the Phantom Martial Realm in the past twenty years, comprehending the changes of heaven and earth, and stepping into the transcendent realm of the half-step sword technique realm.
It's a pity that even such a sword technique that has surpassed the mundane is powerless when facing Xia Fan.
Not to mention Xia Fan's extraordinary body that is difficult to be injured by swords and guns, just saying that Xia Fan's basic combat skills and martial arts that have entered the Dao realm are no longer comparable to Kou Zhong, if it weren't for Xia Fan's joy when he saw the hunt and wanted to fully see the mystery of Kou Zhong's sword technique, Kou Zhong would have been defeated a long time ago.
"Bell!"
There was a loud sound of gold and iron, and the figures in the martial arts arena were suddenly divided, and Xia Fan and Kou Zhong were divided into two martial arts arenas, holding each other, and there was a sudden silence in the martial arts arena.
"Good martial arts, worthy of being the door-smashing kid of the Ming and Song dynasties, I might as well too!" Kou Zhong sighed.
"Hehe, I've won the prize, and I have benefited a lot from fighting with Kou Shuai" Xia Fan smiled: "I don't know if there is any other master in Lu Dao who wants to teach?"
Xia Fan smiled and looked at the other top masters in the martial arts arena, the masters of various sects and factions subconsciously avoided Xia Fan's gaze, although their martial arts were top in the Tang Dynasty, but they were far from Kou Zhong, and they were even more reluctant to lose this face.
If the three grandmasters of the four great families were still strong in the older generation, they would definitely stand up and fight against Xia Fan.
It's a pity that after the founding of the Tang Dynasty, the older generation all abdicated, and although the new generation of rulers has the skills of top masters, they no longer have the fighting will of the older generation.
And although Cihang Jingzhai's concubine hates Xia Fan to the bone, she also knows that she will only boost Xia Fan's arrogance, so she can only look at Xia Fan with hatred, and that gaze only wants to scrape Xia Fan with a thousand knives.
"Xia Fan Xiaoyou laughed, even Kou Shuai didn't admit that he was inferior to you, how could those of us present be your opponents, I don't think there is any need to compare!" Xu Ziling said with an elegant smile.
"Yes, yes!" the rulers of the three great masters of the four great families replied in unison.
"Hehe, that's the case, then that's it" Xia Fan said, the top master in this martial arts dojo can be valued by Xia Fan, and no one else can be regarded as a real martial artist in his eyes.
"In the next time I came to Datang, in addition to trying my skills with the top powerhouses, I actually mainly wanted to see the four great books in the world!" Xia Fan said another thought.
"Four Wonder Books?"
Everyone's faces couldn't help but change, and the face of the concubine changed even more, Xia Fan was trying to rob her of the foundation of Cihang Jingzhai.
"Oh, the Four Great Wonder Books?" Kou Zhong was stunned for a moment, and then smiled: "Ha Luha, boy, if you want to read the Four Great Wonder Books, the secret of immortality is on me, you have to read it, as long as you can understand it!"
"As for the other three, I haven't seen the God of War Catalogue, I can't help the Heavenly Demon Ce and Cihang Sword Codex, you have to look at them yourself, but, I believe, with your strength, you will definitely be able to see them!"