Chapter Eighty-Five: The Eight Styles of the Xinyu Family
Liu Shengquan clenched the long sword in his hand, and his heart was a little apprehensive.
Since his defeat to Iga Rantaro in the final battle of the last tournament, Yanagi Izumi has been practicing his swordsmanship with Iga Rantaro as an imaginary enemy for ten years. In his opinion, the only opponent on Higashirijima is Iga Rantaro of "Iga-ryu", but he didn't expect a stone tomb to suddenly appear this time.
Although the "Dead Night Gate" where Shiziling is located has always been a famous sect on Dongli Island, it has never been known for its swordsmanship, and has never participated in the martial arts competition of the kendo group. But the strength shown by Shi Ziling, the new gate master, surprised everyone this time.
With just an unsheathed short sword, he easily advanced to the current semi-finals with one move after another, and anyone who encounters this kind of opponent will have a drum in his heart. At this moment, Yanagi Izumi would rather stand in front of him with the familiar Iga Rantaro than face this mysterious stone tomb.
The conversation between Shi Ziling and Iga Rantaro just now Yanagi Izumi was also in his ears, and he heard absolute confidence from Shi Ziling's words.
Although Shi Ziling's shape-shifting and shadow-changing body method was not a stunt that could not be dealt with in Liu Shengquan's eyes, and the sword technique he used to defeat the enemy with one move seemed to be mediocre, Liu Shengquan always had an inexplicable uneasiness in his heart.
He had a vague premonition that this stone tomb might not be more than just these two times, if he still had another stunt that he hadn't performed, he was afraid that it would be difficult to deal with.
It was because Yanagi Quanquan had already made up his mind in his heart that he must seize the opportunity to strike first, at least to give full play to his dense and delicate "Yanagi Sword Technique" to curb the possible treachery of his opponent.
Unlike the single-edged long sword that most kendo masters in Higashi-rijima are good at, Yagyu Izumi uses a relatively slender double-edged sword. He was one of the few masters on Dongli Island who used this kind of double-edged long sword that was more popular in the Bright Moon Continent, but his sword was more slender than ordinary people, and his swordsmanship was more unique.
Shi Ziling had watched a duel with Liu Shengquan before, and knew that his swordsmanship was complex and dense, and he was more focused on defense, but once he attacked, he was also extremely ruthless.
In fact, although Yanagi Izumi advanced to the semifinals, although he did not kill one person per game like Iga Rantaro, there were also many opponents who were killed and injured under his sword, and many people were suddenly caught by Yanagi Izumi when they couldn't attack for a long time. Coupled with the depth of Liu Shengquan's true yuan, it was not easy to easily break through his dense sword net.
After a crisp gong sounded, the four masters in the two martial arts arenas started almost at the same time, and the final four of the kendo group began.
Liu Shengquan's long sword shot straight at Shi Ziling's throat, but Shi Ziling still didn't draw his sword, still like many previous competitions, he used the soul dementor ** to his body, and used the phantom displacement caused by the instantaneous conversion of magic and spiritual power to avoid Liu Shengquan's sword tip. Then he stepped forward, and the scabbard in his hand was handed out, pointing directly at Liu Shengquan's chest.
Liu Shengquan didn't expect his sword to be able to stab Shi Ziling, but when he saw that the other party used the art of shifting shape and changing shadows again, he immediately took a slight wrong step under his feet, and the long sword in his hand turned, and it had been woven into a dense and complicated sword net, waiting for the scabbard in Shi Ziling's hand to come on the way, just waiting for the scabbard in Shi Ziling's hand to throw itself into the net.
Shi Ziling knew that if he continued to let go and stab directly, his arm was only afraid that he would be crushed by the opponent's dense sword net, so he immediately raised his hand upward, and suddenly his body jumped up in the air, and with the momentum of "splitting Huashan", he chopped off the scabbard head.
Liu Shengquan saw that Shi Ziling's move was violent, and he didn't dare to take it hard, so he slid under his feet again and again, flashing to the side. After dodging Shi Ziling's force split, before he could completely land, Liu Shengquan swung his sword and slashed Shi Ziling's ankles.
Shi Ziling once again performed the shape-shifting and shadow-changing skill in the air, and he was able to dodge the opponent's long sword. As soon as he landed, Liu Shengquan's sword momentum was retracted and spit out, and countless sword flowers had bloomed on the long sword, pointing directly at the key points around Shiziling.
At the same time, a scream came from another field, and Iga Rantaro slashed Guiguzi into two with an unbeatable blow.
Although most of the martial arts masters in the martial arts arena were martial arts masters, they couldn't help but exclaim, Iga Rantaro actually killed the third Guiguzi of the previous session on the spot in one move. For a moment, the exclamations and applause were mixed, and everyone's eyes were drawn to the field next door.
Shi Ziling was not affected at all, seeing that the sword flowers on the sword of Liu Shengquan went straight to the big points around his body, he swayed the scabbard in his hand left and right, which was the "five flats and seven complexes" in the eight styles of the Yu family. In a burst of clanging sounds, he blocked all of Liu Shengquan's chain of eighteen swords, and then launched his own research and improved new "Yu Family Eight Styles" to fight with Liu Shengquan.
Although Shi Ziling's icebreaker sword was never unsheathed, under his powerful True Yuan infusion, the scabbard of the icebreaker sword was enough to resist Liu Shengquan's long sword. The two of you went back and forth, and soon exchanged seven or eight moves.
Shi Ziling has gained a lot of experience from reading and studying some of the cheats on swordsmanship in the "Dead and Evil Night Gate" these days, and he has integrated these experiences with his own "Yu Family Eight Styles" and practiced the new "Yu Family Eight Styles".
This new set of "Yu Family Eight Styles" is more focused on swordsmanship, the same simple and direct but with more changes in the back moves, outsiders seem to be mediocre, but the opponent feels that there are a thousand changes hidden in each move, and the moves all point to the empty door of the Liu Shengquan sword net.
Liu Shengquan did not dare to slack off, and unfolded the "Liu Sheng Sword Technique" of this door layer by layer, and competed with the simple and direct "Yu Family Eight Styles" of Shiziling with a dense and complex sword net.
Shi Ziling is determined to take the opportunity to hone his swordsmanship and find the shortcomings in his swordsmanship, while Liu Shengquan's swordsmanship is dense and rigorous, both offensive and defensive, and it is the best object for sword practice.
Therefore, Shi Ziling did not use his energy torrent completely, but only controlled his true element at a level comparable to that of the other party, and did not use thaumaturgy such as "Demon Sound Demon Eye" or "True Fire" to defeat the enemy, but only immersed himself in his new "Yu Family Eight Styles" to carefully experience the advantages and disadvantages of each style in actual combat.
Since the competition on the other field ended early, everyone re-gathered around the competition venue between Shiziling and Liu Shengquan, carefully observing the sword duel between the two.
Although Shi Ziling's sword was not unsheathed, it did not prevent him from using all the "Yu Family Eight Styles", although all the onlookers felt that his moves were simple and ordinary, but after looking at it for a long time, he slowly found that the place where each of his swords pointed was actually Liu Shengquan's swordsmanship.
And Liu Shengquan always has an endless stream of sword moves to deal with Shi Ziling's simple "Yu Family Eight Styles", these two people are one minimalist and the other is extremely complex, almost interpreting two completely different kendo to the extreme, making all the spectators fascinated.
Most of the disciples of the "Dead Night Gate" present, including the members of the Triple Society, had learned the "Yuan Demon Divine Technique" or "Demon Clearing Collection" created by Shi Ziling, and after seeing the new "Yu Family Eight Styles" that Shi Ziling had repeatedly used, they couldn't help but have a more intuitive understanding of the essence of martial arts contained in these two secret books.
After all, these martial arts are all created by Shi Ziling, the same origin and the same sect, although there are high and low fine points, but the basic principles are still the same, although each disciple's attainments are very different, but they can feel some subtle mysteries that are usually unexpected.
These disciples were all overjoyed, and even the brothers Kirihara Fang and Kirihara Masashi couldn't help but follow Shi Ziling's movements. It's just that instead of a scabbard, they have their favorite braised chicken thighs.
Shi Ziling turned this new set of "Yu Family Eight Styles" swordsmanship upside down over and over again, shuttling freely in the layers of sword nets woven by Liu Shengquan, and finally had a deeper understanding and understanding of the advantages and disadvantages of this set of swordsmanship.
He was very happy in his heart, and he was very satisfied with his swordsmanship, and he unconsciously added a little bit of real power when he made a style of "removing turbidity and leaving it clear".
Liu Shengquan only felt that the sword net he had woven was suddenly broken by a great force, and the long sword in his hand suddenly tightened, and an unstoppable force hit his hand, and he was stunned that the long sword had already flown out of his hand.
Shi Ziling's scabbard took advantage of the momentum to follow, pointing directly at Liu Shengquan's acupoint.
Liu Shengquan was shocked, so he had to wave his palm to block, but the force on the opponent's scabbard was extremely strong, and his palm was bounced away as soon as he touched it. Liu Shengquan's body twisted one after another, trying to avoid the click of the scabbard, but the scabbard followed him like a shadow, and after several followers, it was still on his chest.
Yanagi fell on his back and finally lost this wonderful kendo duel.
The applause from the audience was thunderous, and everyone felt that this kendo duel was wonderful and very enjoyable to watch. The disciples of the "Dead and Evil Night Gate" and the Triple Society felt that they had benefited a lot, and they all stood up and applauded and cheered for Shiziling.
Only Iga Rantaro, who won early, was a little unimpressed, although he also felt that the swordsmanship displayed by these two people was quite exciting, but thinking that the limelight of killing his opponent in one move was overshadowed by Shi Ziling's simple swordsmanship, he was still a little unhappy in his heart.