Chapter 5: The Swordsman and the Assassin

Then I walked for more than ten days, and in these more than ten days, there were several robbers who wanted to rob this caravan, but none of them dared to really do it, because although this caravan only had more than two hundred people, there were many masters in it, and there were as many as four senior swordsmen in the mercenary group alone, plus the senior swordsmen of the merchant group itself, there were five senior swordsmen in this small caravan, which was already a very powerful force, plus those who were not weak swordsmen and those seven or eight magicians, it was even more incredible, and the big robber may have a certain relationship with the merchant group, but the big business is more concerned about the other forces of the merchant group, so the road is very stable. Kong Ming sat with Lao Huang when he was marching in the past few days and listened to Lao Huang's old stories and some of the situation in the imperial capital, and when he was camping, he mingled with the mercenaries of those mercenary groups. There is still half a year to go from here to the imperial capital, and Kong Ming knows that as long as he understands some basic information from those mercenaries who have traveled south and north and those who have lived in the imperial capital for many years, then his future road will be more smooth, otherwise it will be difficult to move an inch. In addition to other time, Kong Ming is cultivating in addition to rest, but what makes Kong Ming unbelievable is that now Kong Ming is no longer able to devote himself to cultivation 100%, because he always breaks into a beautiful figure in his mind from time to time, that is the figure of the third lady, and Kong Ming always thinks about whether he can see this figure again every day, his eyes always flash over the luxurious carriage from time to time, there is always a burst of excitement when he sees it, and there is always a burst of loss when he can't see it, and at this time, Lao Huang next to Kong Ming always smiles, and often nags a sentence in his mouth"It's good to be young. At this time, Kong and Ming always felt a sense of embarrassment for no reason.

The caravan came to a basin, and it was impossible to rest in a city or even a small village today, but to camp again. The spring rain has been falling, and it makes people feel as if they are all wet, because of this rain, the whole camp looks very dim at night, only in the tents there is a little light, and there is no fire outside. After dinner, all but a few necessary sentry posts rested early. Kong Ming took off his upper clothes, wore a bare shoulder, wore a pair of shorts, and continued to practice kendo in a vacant lot in the camp, because the old headhunter once told Kong Ming that sword skills cannot be stopped for a day, otherwise it is impossible to become a generation of masters, and Kong Ming has been doing this very well, he needs a strong strength to survive in this chaotic world, he has been abandoned several times, and he never wants the same situation to happen again. Wielding the long sword, he kept repeating the basic sword skills such as chopping, picking, and pulling, and when these were very proficient, Kong Ming began to train according to the sword skills routine of the face in the fire dragon fighting qi. At the beginning, the rain continued to drench Kong Ming, and later, when Kong Ming began to train the fire dragon sword skills, the rain on his body was gradually dried by Kong Ming's fire dragon fighting qi, and later, after Kong Ming released the fighting qi hood formed by the fighting qi, the rain never passed through Kong Ming's fighting qi hood again, in order not to affect the rest of others, Kong Ming's fighting qi cover did not open with all his strength, but formed a thin film, only a faint light. When cultivating, if you feel it, sit down on the spot, sit cross-legged, and slowly grope for the way in the sword, the shortcomings in the sword, and improve it later. Then stand up again, think about it and practice, if it's not right, don't start all over again. He did this because what he needed now was to consolidate his rapidly improving high-level sword master realm, otherwise, he felt that he would never be able to go further in this life.

Time spent in Kong Ming's cultivation, and finally today Kong Ming set himself the task to complete, Kong Ming took back the long sword, and took a deep look at the luxurious tent, Kong Ming turned around and walked towards the canopy he was sitting on, he didn't take a few steps before he heard a high scream from the tent, "Assassin." Then came the sound of a constant clash of weapons, and the whole camp was boiling, but not many people flocked to the tent, which was too common for mercenaries, and everyone knew that if they hit the top at this time, not only would they not catch the assassins, but they would take advantage of the chaos and escape. So at this time, only those high-level swordsmen, including Kong Ming, rushed to that tent. Others used magic or magic lamps to illuminate the entire camp in case the Assassins escaped or were attacked. Kong Ming paused in place, and then ran towards the tent, which was so close that he only ran a few steps to get around the vehicles. I saw that the guards of several merchant groups were constantly attacking around a thin figure, and the figure was constantly fighting among those people, without the slightest panic, the luxurious car, opened a big hole to the side of Kongming, the whole car seemed to be about to cross, it was no longer the original appearance, the third lady was under the pei of one of her maids, standing behind the butler, under the light of the magic lamp, she looked very panicked, and there was a trace of blood in the clothes under her left flank, which was really pitiful. At this time, the assassin saw more and more people, and knew that the assassination attempt tonight had failed, and from one of the group of guards, he stabbed down one of the guards in front of him, and then ran towards Kong Ming's side, trying to break through from Kong Ming's side.

Seeing the Assassin running towards him, Kong Ming shouted "Okay" and rushed at the Assassin with his sword, one slashing at the Assassin. When the assassin saw Kong Ming coming, he immediately stopped on the spot, spun around, and with a dagger, he took the long sword to the side along Kong Ming's sword path, and the other dagger slashed towards Kong Ming's hand. The dagger was illuminated by the light, showing a light blue light, Kong Ming knew that it was coated with poison on the dagger, without a little hesitation, Kong Ming took the long sword that was about to slide to the side, withdrew, and blocked the assassin's dagger with a place close to the hilt, and at the same time, the fighting energy of his whole body was released, and the assassin was shocked backwards. The assassin obviously didn't expect Kong Ming to be a high-level swordsman, and without checking for a while, he let Kong Ming be shocked back, and he was also injured, after all, the strength of a high-level swordsman is much greater than that of an equivalent assassin. Seeing that the assassin saw such a form, he immediately entered the stealth, and all the people lost his figure at once, and when Kong Ming saw that the person entered the stealth, his heart sank, and he doubled the feeling on his body, and quickly swept the places within a radius of five meters with his mental power over and over again, but he did not find the assassin's figure. When the other people saw this situation, everyone was silent, because at this time, Kong Ming must deal with the assassin wholeheartedly, stealth is the unique skill of assassins and thieves, but what makes everyone not know very well is that Kong Ming has also learned stealth in the army, and there is a period of time even specifically used to practice stealth, and the understanding of stealth is also very high, Kong Ming is now using the most effective method of the magician to deal with stealth, because no matter when, the biggest threat to the magician is always the assassin's stealth, so only the magician's method of dealing with stealth is the most effective, followed by the methods of assassins and thieves. And when this assassin met Kong Ming, a person who cultivated both magic and martial arts, he was still a half-baked thief. The spiritual power felt the changes in the elements of the surrounding space, and at this time and time Ming found that the assassin touched from his right side, for a swordsman, from a certain angle, there was a small break on their right side, that is, in the process of the swordsman from static to moving, the attack on his left side always had to follow the attack on the right side, that is to say, the swordsman slashed to the left side faster than the right side, and many times, this line can determine the success or failure of a battle. I don't know why the assassin gave up the back of Kong Ming, but attacked from the right side of Kong Ming, but Kong Ming still didn't feel it, when the assassin touched Kong Ming's right side of a meter and a half, Kong Ming moved, and the assassin was half a beat slower than him, Kong Ming quickly turned right, put the fighting energy to the maximum, and concentrated all the fighting energy of the whole body on this sword, and slashed at the assassin's chest, the assassin didn't expect Kong Ming to be so sensitive to stealth, seeing Kong Ming slash over with a sword, it was impossible to jump, there was no way to avoid it, only to use both hands to unfold his own fighting spirit with all his strength, cross his hands, and cross the two daggers on his chestAt the moment when the assassin used his fighting spirit, his stealth was naturally destroyed, Kong Ming's sword slashed on the top of the two daggers, releasing a double stream of light, one is Kong Ming's fiery red fire fighting energy, and the other is the assassin's cyan wind fighting energy, Kong Ming's full sword did not split the assassin's defense, but the assassin split back a few steps, the assassin's face cloth also made Kong Ming chop down, a hair suddenly scattered, the assassin's mouth flowed a bloodstain, and his hands trembled unconsciously, those two daggers were obviously also a boutique, and they did not break one under Kong Ming's full attack, But there is an obvious gap in the center of the two daggers, under the illumination of magic and magic lamps, a delicate face is displayed in front of everyone's eyes, everyone did not expect that the assassin turned out to be a girl, perhaps out of sympathy for the girl, the third lady after being assassinated by the assassin, saw this situation and shouted a few times next to him, let Kong Ming capture or release this assassin, and the other guards are the same, in their opinion, such a girl should not be killed under a swordsman like Kong Ming, but those mercenaries are not, few people have a little sympathy for this assassin, Because everyone knows that sympathy for the enemy is cruelty to their own people, obviously Kong Ming also thinks so, so he does not admit to relaxing, for him, either he lies down, or the enemy lies down. Obviously, this is an assassin of the same level as Kong Ming, that is, a sixth-level assassin, as an assassin, her fighting spirit is not as strong as a swordsman like Kong Ming, but as a strong person of the same level, it is not much weaker, otherwise under Kong Ming's two attacks, it would have been finished a long time ago. The assassin suffered a lot under Kong Ming's two attacks, and with the encirclement of everyone, she didn't dare to let Kong Ming take the initiative to attack, but I don't know what the reason was, she didn't break through, but wiped the blood on the side of her mouth, and rushed towards Kong Ming in a serpentine posture, unfolding the two daggers with all her strength and attacking Kong Ming. Seeing the assassin rushing towards her, Kong Ming also rushed towards her, shouting at the same time, "Don't let anyone come and interfere." A sword slashed towards the assassin, the assassin did not have two daggers to catch Kong Ming's attack like the previous time, but dodged to the side, attacking Kong Ming from the side, Kong Ming did not make the sword old, after seeing the assassin flash to the side, he quickly turned the direction of the attack to the side of the assassin, but apparently the assassin no longer had the intention of fighting Kong Ming head-on, but continued to dodge to the side, and then attacked Kong Ming, Kong Ming took a step back, opened the distance between him and the assassin, and changed the split to pull, blocking one of the assassin's daggers, but after the two weapons intersected, the assassin did not stop her attack, She used the dagger on her right hand to bring Kong Ming's sword to the side, and the other dagger took the opportunity to stab Kong Ming, after Kong Ming's long sword was taken to the side by the assassin, she saw another dagger stabbing over, Kong Ming knew that the assassin's two daggers were highly poisonous, once stabbed, although he would not die for a while, he could be suppressed with fighting spirit or magic, but after all, then Kong Ming would immediately lose more than half of his combat power, and the poison might kill himSeeing this, Kong Ming quickly retreated, turning the single-handed sword into a double-handed sword, widening the distance from the assassin, and he was about to split horizontally, and the assassin saw that Kong Ming's hand was knocked down, and the dagger that stabbed over immediately changed direction, and rowed towards Kong Ming's hand, seeing this, Kong Ming quickly retreated, turning the single-handed sword into a two-handed sword, and opened the distance between him and the assassin, and he was about to split horizontally, and the assassin saw that after Kong Ming retreated, he finally won the shape that was so easy to give up, and rushed over with a kick, and he had to assassinate Kong Ming here, after all, Kong Ming had injured her twice, and also exposed her to everyone, seeing that the assassin came with the trend, Kong Ming didn't have a trace of panic, but he had rushed to kill from thousands of troops and killed people who had died more than once, how could there be a trace of panic on such a small occasion? Kong Ming flashed to the side, and also followed the trend, to the right side of the assassin, the long sword swept away, completely giving up the defense, if the assassin stabbed him, the same assassin would also be slashed to death by him, even if the assassin had armor on his body, it would be shocking, obviously the assassin really had a piece of armor that made him proud, she completely ignored Kong Ming's attack, the right hand retreated, and the left hand continued to stab forward, Kong Ming did not expect that the assassin really had armor on his body, seeing that the dagger was about to pierce in, Kong Ming continued to wave the long sword with one hand and turned to slash at the assassin's head, so that even if the assassin had no more armor, he would be dead, The other hand grabbed down to the assassin's left wrist, the assassin blocked Kong Ming's long sword with the dagger in his right hand, but it was obviously not completely blocked, Kong Ming's long sword continued to press towards the assassin, it was this action that slowed down the movement of the assassin's left hand, at the moment when the dagger stabbed into Kong Ming, let Kong Ming grab her wrist, pull the wrist to Kong Ming's left, while the assassin was stunned, Kong Ming kicked one of the assassin's knees directly off, the assassin fell in unwillingness, Kong Ming held the sword in both hands, and the assassin was about to kill the assassin with a sword split, but there was a sound from the side"Leave people under the sword. Kong Ming could tell that it was the voice of the third lady, and changed the sword path to the side in mid-air, and a huge fiery red fighting qi flew out from the sword, and directly slashed into the land next to the assassin, boom, until the dust dissipated, and a huge sword mark was revealed on the ground next to the assassin, three or four meters long, less than one meter wide, but about two or three meters deep, such a sword, not to mention a person, even a stone would be split in half. When the assassin saw this, a trace of sweat continued to flow from his face. If that sword slashed at her body, although she believed that she had a good piece of armor, half of the internal injuries were inevitable, and maybe she would die, thinking of this, her face instantly turned pale, and the sweat flowed faster, and her eyes looked at Kong Ming in horror. Kong Ming saw the assassin who was still very good just now, and in a blink of an eye, he was like a frightened girl next door, and there was a trace of frightening coldness in his eyes, look at the assassin, and then look at the side of the third lady, the third lady saw the assassin who was still comfortable in a group of protectors just now, and fell at Kong Ming's feet in a blink of an eye, and saw Kong Ming looking at her, she said with palpitations: "Leave her alive, I want to know who wants to assassinate me." Kong Ming nodded, and sent out two more swords, knocking the two daggers in the assassin's hand aside, and then turned around and walked back into his car, after Kong Ming left, everyone exhaled, because Kong Ming in the battle just now, the murderous aura emitted made all the people have a feeling of pressing a boulder on their hearts, there is no shortage of people here There are mercenaries or guards who have killed people, and even a few have killed a lot, but no one is like Kong Ming, there is such a heavy murderous aura, after all, it is torn out on the battlefield, far heavier than those three or two people fighting。 And although that assassin is also a sixth-level assassin, in the fight with Kong Ming, she was most affected by this murderous aura, and she couldn't play her due level at all, otherwise she wouldn't have been defeated by Kong Ming in such a short time. Because Kong Ming's training is very rough, his sword skills are very rough, and the battles in the army are indomitable, not as strict as other swordsmen, so it has a lot of flaws, which is why Kong Ming is only in danger of fighting with the assassin for a few rounds, if it is not for his combat experience and battle momentum is far better than that of the assassin, then in the fight, the person who fell will be replaced by him.

Hu Siyue saw Kong Ming walking out of the crowd, and her heart was like everyone else, a lot more relaxed, after all, even those old mercenaries couldn't stand the murderous aura on Kong Ming's body, let alone a woman like her who grew up in the midst of her family, "Uncle Liu, tie up the assassin and interrogate him well at night to see who wants to go against my Pingyang merchant group?"

"Yes, Miss Three. The old butler replied.

"Let's go back and rest for the rest of the people, and be on guard tonight and don't let the Assassins into our camp again. Hu Siyue then said to everyone.

After everyone saw Hu Siyue say this, they left in twos and threes, and after watching everyone leave, Hu Siyue said: "Third grandfather, do you know what the origin of that Kong Ming is? I asked several times, directly or indirectly, but he didn't answer, but seeing that his age is not very old, how can he have such a high level of cultivation? In addition to the fighting spirit that he released just now, there are some things that can't be seen and what makes people tremble?"

An old man standing next to her looked at the direction in which Kong Ming disappeared, "I asked Lao Huang and Lao Liu to inquire, but no one can say where he came from, but one thing I am sure of is that he is a soldier or used to be a soldier." ”

"Oh, how can you be so sure?" Hu Siyue then asked.

"What I couldn't see in him just now was what we usually call murderousness, the kind of thing I could only see in the soldiers who often tore them off from the frontier or those who had blood on their hands. But listen to Lao Huang, that Kong Ming has a little bit of meaning to you?" The old man continued: "You can use this to get close to him, see what kind of way he is coming from, and don't let him know when he is against us, it will be too late." ”

"Yue'er knows, the third grandfather can rest assured. Hu Siyue said lightly.

Kong Ming didn't know, because his ability to make up stories really didn't match his skills, but let him be suspicious of people, he was just sitting cross-legged in the car now and constantly thinking about the thrilling battle just now, if it weren't for his momentum and too much murderous aura on his body that affected the assassin's judgment and movements, then he might be the one who fell to the ground, although he was a strong man of the same level as the assassin, but he was too far away from the assassin's delicate and fast movements, I don't know if there was such luck in going on, after all, sword skills and fighting spirit are not something that can be practiced with a bookAfter all, everyone is an independent individual, and everyone's skills can be learned and surpassed, but they cannot be copied, because everyone's talent and experience are different, so the same rice raises a hundred kinds of people like this, not to mention that Kong Ming has nothing but a book, how can he know all the experiences of the founder of the fire dragon fighting spirit? Of course, the essence of that book must be understood. Therefore, Kong Ming needs to find some teachers to teach the system, otherwise he will not be able to make any more progress. Speed, this is the weakness of Kongming, all you need on the battlefield is the action of opening and closing, if anyone is as good as that assassin, so that there is such a subtle and fast, but can not kill the enemy's sword skills in one blow, then he will wait to be beaten to death by the crowd, how can he have that time to accompany people for a long time to attack? But now it's different, now that I'm out of the battlefield, most of the battles are one-on-one or one-on-one battles, at this time the feelings and perceptions of a person account for a lot of this part, and it can make people focus more on the confrontation itself, unlike on the battlefield, when fighting against one enemy or several enemies, but also taking into account other aspects of the battle, of course, for a small soldier like Kong Ming, the meaning on the battlefield is not how many enemies to kill, but how to save yourself in such an environment is the most important, he survived, so now he is a veteran, although he is not very old。 Leaving the battlefield, leaving the place where he can fish in troubled waters, then he can only rely on his own strength to survive in such a world, speed and skill are the things he should improve the most at this stage, otherwise he will not be so lucky in the next battle. Now you should learn the sword skills in the fire dragon's fighting spirit well, and you can't swallow dates like before. After thinking of this link, Kong Ming lay down, covered the quilt, and still held a sword in one hand, and fell asleep.