Chapter Twenty-Three: A Small Victory

"I didn't expect us to underestimate you, you're very strong. I'll definitely use my best strength when the next competition comes, and I hope you don't let me down. ”

After the two came on the field, Lu Ming stared at Li Yichen with his eyes and said.

"Thank you for the compliment, and I hope you are an opponent who can make me worthy of respect. As a sign of respect for you, I will do everything in my power to defeat you. ”

Li Yichen replied.

"How to win or lose, you can only see the real chapter when you are under the hands. I just hope to have a good competition later. ”

As he spoke, Lu Ming drew his long sword.

The sword was three feet three feet long, and the sword body was maroon-red, and as Lu Ming entered it with true anger, the color of the sword body slowly turned red, as if it had turned into red-hot coal, and the air around the sword body seemed to become hot.

"This sword of mine is a family-heirloom earth-level high-grade fire phoenix sword, which is forged from extraterrestrial meteorites. Using this sword can at least increase my attack ability by more than 30%, and your cultivation is worth letting me use this sword. ”

After pulling out the long sword, Lu Ming held the sword in his right hand, and the tip of the sword pointed at Li Yichen and said.

"This is indeed a good sword, and I hope your performance does not bury this good sword. ”

Seeing Lu Ming pull out his sword, Li Yichen also pulled his long sword out of the scabbard. After the long sword was unsheathed, there was neither a dragon roar, nor a sword aura soaring into the sky, it was just an ordinary long sword made of stainless steel.

Grabbing the long sword in his hand, Li Yichen stood with his feet side by side and took a slow breath, letting his concentration and physical strength be in the best state.

"Wings of the Phoenix"

Seeing Li Yichen pull out the long sword, after Lu Ming took a deep breath, he attacked first, his fat body burst out with amazing combat power, stepped out, swung his sword and stabbed Li Yichen's chest, the long sword in his hand danced repeatedly, and the scorching sword qi shot out with the long sword, faintly showing the shape of the fire phoenix spreading its wings.

Li Yichen was unhurried and smiled. When Lu Ming's long sword was about to arrive, he turned around as if he was strolling leisurely, and his whole body seemed to be extremely agile.

The tip of the sword brushed Li Yichen's clothes without hurting a single bit. Without waiting for Lu Ming to put away his sword, Li Yichen twisted his right hand, and the long sword pointed at Lu Ming's forearm, and at the same time, his knee was slightly raised, crashing into Lu Ming's abdomen.

Seeing Li Yichen's long sword and the knee that crashed into his abdomen, Lu Ming made a mistake and hurriedly retreated, narrowly avoiding Li Yichen's two blows.

In the face of Lu Ming's retreat, Li Yichen's thoughts turned around, and he followed him like a shadow, wanting to take advantage of Lu Ming's respite to take the lead.

Who knew that Li Yichen's front foot had just moved, but Lu Ming, who was retreating, pounced forward again, and the two figures quickly approached.

"Extreme Flame"

Lu Ming's Fire Phoenix Sword shook out one sword flower after another, and quickly stabbed at Li Yichen. The Fire Phoenix Sword rotated at high speed, condensing the blazing qi to form a swirling white flame.

"Not good!"

Li Yichen's heart jumped, knowing that he had fallen for Lu Ming's trick, although his strength was comparable to that of the other party, his combat experience was far inferior to that of the other party.

Li Yichen knew that he must not panic at this time, let alone dodge, as long as he showed a little retreat, the experienced Lu Ming would definitely take advantage of the situation and take the lead, and he would immediately fall into passivity.

What if it is a plan? Li Yichen was calm, no longer dodging, and also exchanged his sword for color.

"Spring Tide Rolling"

The long sword in Li Yichen's hand danced repeatedly, and the sharp blade like a wave broke through the air, and the tip of the sword pointed directly at Lu Ming.

There were two soft sounds, and the two swords quickly intersected twice.

Li Yichen's sword style changed, although his body was standing, his face was a little dignified. The two swords intersected just now, and others may not know what is happening, but they feel it clearly. Just when the two swords intersected just now, his saber was cut out by Lu Ming's fire phoenix sword with two gaps the size of rice grains, fortunately it was just a touch and left, otherwise this saber might have been cut off.

After suffering a small loss, Li Yichen didn't dare to slack off, and relied on his flexible body to spin around, jumping up and down around Lu Ming, finding the right time to make a sword again, and avoiding intersecting with Lu Ming's Fire Phoenix Sword.

Although both of them are first-level cultivators, the time that Li Yichen has true qi is too short, and the swordsmanship he knows is only the "Spring Rain Sword Technique", a set of intermediate-level swordsmanship, and there are very few means to fight, and Lu Ming has broken through to the status level for a while after all, although the "Fire Sword Technique" is only a low-level swordsmanship, but it is more than one level higher than the "Spring Rain Swordsmanship", so for a while, judging from the scene, Lu Ming has the upper hand.

The two have been fighting for a cup of tea, and Li Yichen already has a plan in his heart, although he seems to be able to entangle with the other party now, his disadvantages will become more and more obvious if he continues, and he can only lose in the end. If you want to win the competition, you have to make changes.

After making up his mind, Li Yichen's moves changed in an attempt to change the current disadvantage.

"Spring Wave Blood Tide"

Li Yichen's long sword slammed out, like ice-breaking water rushing angrily, rushing towards Lu Ming like a monstrous wave.

At this time, Lu Ming was about to take advantage of the victory to pursue, but suddenly saw that Li Yichen, who had been defeated by himself, suddenly became excited, and his eyes full of excitement were full of indomitable strong fighting intent, and then his moves also became rapid.

Lu Ming secretly screamed in his heart that it was not good, and he was about to pull the distance away and then slowly figure it out, but Li Yichen stepped out, and the sword shadow in the sky blocked all his retreats like a monstrous wave, as long as he had the intention of retreating, he would definitely drown in this stormy wave.

"Sparks Fly"

Seeing that all the retreats had been sealed, Lu Ming moved the long sword in his hand like flying, and the whirlwind was full of colorful Luoying, which seemed to be soft, but in fact it was very powerful. hopes to use the sharpness of the long sword in his hand to force Li Yichen's long sword to intersect with his own sword.

In the face of Lu Ming's offensive, Li Yichen not only did not flinch, but his movements became more and more aggressive, and the sword flowers danced wildly, one sword faster than the other. At this time, Li Yichen felt that his sword momentum was like a dark cloud on the horizon, piling up thicker and thicker, maybe it only took a small opportunity to cause a downpour.

"Bell, bell, bell"

At this time, both sides were fighting fast, and the sound of the two swords intersecting sounded one after another, and soon Li Yichen's sword body was covered with large and small gaps.

The meal time passed quickly, and Lu Ming felt more and more wrong during the fight. At the beginning, Li Yichen behaved like a teenager with a sledgehammer, with no force, but no way to control it. As the competition progressed, the moves became more and more exquisite, although it was still an intermediate "Spring Rain Sword Technique", but every time it was performed, it was very different from the previous one. And after fighting for so long, Li Yichen's strength has not decreased at all, and every sword shot is still full of power.

When a martial artist fights, with the consumption of true qi in his body, his combat effectiveness will only get lower and lower, like the time he has fought for this meal, most of the true qi in his body has been consumed. What's going on with this Li Yichen? After fighting for so long, he can still maintain his peak state.

Just when Lu Ming was crying bitterly, Li Yichen felt that he was dripping with joy, every time he used a bit of true qi, the yin and yang fish on the black card in the dantian quickly filled up the true qi in his body in a single move, and after fighting for so long, the true qi consumed was not as much as the true qi replenished by the black card, and now the entire dantian is still rising, full of true qi.

Seeing that Li Yichen seemed to have been beaten with chicken blood, the more he fought, the more excited he became, and with the gradual consumption of the true qi in his body, his body moves slowly became slower, and he gradually gained the upper hand on the scene, and now he is evenly matched. Lu Ming knew that if he continued to fight, he would definitely lose.

"Deceptive Sword"

At this time, Lu Ming didn't want to fight anymore, and hoped to rely on the sharpness of the Fire Phoenix Sword to fight quickly. Holding the sword in both hands, he swirled sharply, and a sword was swung out, and the domineering sword qi was unstoppable.

Before the tip of the sword arrived, the sword qi had already attacked, and the fire true qi combined with the fire phoenix sword to send out a raging heat wave towards Li Yichen. Seeing the long sword facing him, the corners of Li Yichen's mouth pulled up slightly, revealing a smile. When Lu Ming's long sword was about to get close, Li Yichen twisted his body and slammed the steel long sword in his hand towards Lu Ming's Fire Phoenix Sword.

"Jingle Bell"

The stainless steel long sword broke in two under the violent collision with the Fire Phoenix Sword, and the tip of the sword fell to the ground.

After seeing Li Yichen's long sword cut off by himself, Lu Ming was about to take a step forward, take advantage of the victory to pursue, and turn the advantage into victory, but Li Yichen stepped out, clenched his left hand into a fist, and smashed it into his face.

In a hurry, Lu Ming didn't have time to change his moves, so he had to jump high, wanting to set aside Li Yichen's pursuit. Li Yichen flew up with a kick and swept it heavily on Lu Ming's waist.

With a miserable scream, Lu Ming flew out like a rag sack, falling several feet away, and before he could get up, Li Yichen rushed up with a brisk step, holding the broken sword in his right hand, and the broken blade was pointed directly at Lu Ming's throat.

"Li Yichen wins"

Seeing that Lu Ming fell to the ground and lost the ability to fight back, the referee promptly announced that Li Yichen had won.

"I conceded. ”

Although he won the competition, Li Yichen still found the lack of his combat experience, although he felt comfortable competing with people whose cultivation was lower than himself before, but when he competed with people of his own level, he could deeply appreciate the lack of his combat experience, which was only to continue to challenge stronger opponents in the future and let himself be tempered.

"I lost, if it weren't for the sharpness of the sword, I would have lost to you a long time ago. Thank you for having a great time with me, and I hope you can go further. ”

After the defeat, Lu Ming did not show the slightest frustration, and the whole person was very open-minded.