Chapter 9: The Confrontation of Ice and Fire

When Kong Ming woke up from Hu Siyue's confusion, he still had some fear in his heart, and he couldn't help but feel a little annoyed in his heart, but looking at Hu Siyue like a flower, Kong Ming had no way to be angry with her, after all, if he was on the battlefield, such a small mistake would put him in a situation from which he could never recover. Kong Ming stared at Hu Siyue without emotion, Hu Siyue looked at Kong Ming's sharp eyes, and there was a trace of uneasiness in her heart, but her pride made it impossible for her to bow her head in front of such a mercenary, so she also stared at Kong Ming. Kong Ming looked into her eyes and said to her sternly, "I don't want the same thing to happen a second time. ”

"Hmph. Hu Siyue saw Kong Ming say this, the stone in her heart finally fell, and some were even more disapproving, thinking in her heart, Kong Ming is just a mercenary, a senior swordsman, such a person in her family, not a hundred but eighty, those people see her not respectfully, how can there be such a anger now, a face of grievance is on the face, after Kong Ming saw it, he knew that she was very unconvinced, but the person in front of him, he couldn't do anything, not to mention that the other party was his own employer, the road behind was longer, it was impossible to offend in the slightest, so he could only turn his face to the direction of the ring, and he couldn't see the person in front of him。

At this time, there were two people standing on the ring, one was the referee, and the other was a senior swordsman, the two stood side by side facing the direction of Kong Ming, the senior swordsman had an arrogant face, very arrogant, and looked at the audience with contemptuous eyes, as if he was the master of the audience, making all the people very uncomfortable, as if there was a vicious wolf staring, exuding a cold aura on his body. The referee was standing beside him, and it was obvious that the referee himself was not of a very high level, so he looked a little trembling, and said in a light trembling voice:

"Ladies and gentlemen, hello, it's time for us to challenge casually, and standing in the ring today is the senior swordsman in our city who is known as the closest to the Great Sword Master, the Ice Swordsman. With the referee's introduction, all the regular customers in the bar called loudly, although there was still a trace of cold in their hearts, but this did not affect their enthusiasm for gambling, obviously the ice swordsman in front of him was their winning swordsman here, with the call of the audience, the swordsman's face was still a look of disdain, as if he was the only one left here, and as if he was the star here. "The old rule, the Ice Swordsman is here, anyone can come up and challenge, no matter what level he is, whoever will come up, if it is one level lower than the Ice Swordsman, then you only need to support the Ice Swordsman for three minutes, then you will win the game, two levels lower is two minutes, how is it so preferential, that master is willing to come to the competition!!" The referee shouted for a long time, but still did not see anyone on the stage, obviously, this ice swordsman left a deep impression on the people here, and no one wanted to go up and be abused by these people. At this time, the ice swordsman also said arrogantly to himself: "Is there really no one here?", although it was a self-talk, the voice was very loud. At this time, Kong Ming had just woken up from Hu Siyue's confusion, and when he saw the arrogant appearance of the Ice Swordsman, he added fuel to the fire, making the fire in his heart burn all at once, and now he put down all his sanity to fight. One jump flew straight into the ring. Seeing Kong Ming on stage, all the people in the audience screamed wildly, like pigs in a pigsty, extremely hungry, because they knew how terrifying it was to be the Ice Swordsman closest to the Great Sword Master, among the hundred battles of the same level that were carried out on the scene, he had only lost a few battles, and all the times he won, the opponent's fate was quite miserable, which also directly created the pride of no one in his eyes now. Seeing Kong Ming on the field, the cold ice swordsman looked at Kong Ming coldly without a trace of emotion, Kong Ming really couldn't guess what he was thinking, but Kong Ming had never had the idea of guessing the enemy's thoughts in the battle, because on the battlefield, people can't have time to guess the enemy's thoughts, and the most direct way is to kill the enemy directly, so that the enemy won't have any ideas, and there is no need to guess so tired. After the referee saw Kong Ming coming up, his heart was excited, because no one dared to fight the Ice Swordsman for several days, which made the existing game somewhat discolored. But today I can finally see the battle between the senior swordsmen again, this level of combat is a very valuable experience for those swordsmen, and sometimes they can even break through their own barriers and raise a level, can this kind of battle not make these people crazy? Kong Ming is not afraid of this so-called senior swordsman who is closest to the great sword master, because he himself was directly promoted to such a level by the secret method of the king of Kari, although it only lasted for a short time, but the experience and understanding of this level of the great sword master is far more than those who have not reached the level of the great sword master, in other words, Kong Ming is the great sword master who has fallen to the senior sword master, as long as Kong Ming's fighting spirit accumulates to a certain level, then he can directly enter the great sword master, because he himself can already ignore the comprehension of the great sword master。 And the cold swordsman in front of him is just a high-level swordsman who is infinitely close to the great swordsman.

After the referee saw Kong Ming coming to the stage, he asked Kong Ming respectfully, "May I ask your Excellency's name?"

"Empty Ming. Kong Ming put his hands on his chest and replied indifferently. Seeing Kongming's indifferent appearance, the referee cautiously leaned up, bowed his head and asked, "May I ask if Your Excellency has a nickname?" ”

"What's the nickname?"

"It's another name for you, or a name that can make your enemies afraid. The referee explained.

"What are you doing with that thing?" asked Kong Ming, puzzled.

"Names are used to call, nicknames are used to be scary. The referee continued.

"What are you muttering for so long? I'm still waiting to have fun when I'm done. The Ice Swordsman shouted dissatisfiedly. The people below also followed suit, and once again countless pig cries rang out. When the referee saw this situation, he couldn't care so much, so he could only ask quickly and quietly: "Are you a mercenary?" Kong Ming nodded,

"And what's the name of your mercenary group?"

Kong Ming looked at the referee strangely, he didn't know what the referee was asking about this thing? The referee saw Kong Ming's appearance, while looking around, he kept signaling everyone to lower their voices and urging: "Hurry up." ”

"Lone wolf mercenary group. ”

"Your nickname in there, hurry up. ”

"It's a lone wolf. ”

"Are you the captain?" the referee asked.

"That's right. ”

After receiving Kong Ming's affirmative answer, the referee suddenly raised his head and shouted loudly to the surroundings:

"Ladies and gentlemen, what we will have next is a battle between high-ranking swordsmen, on one side of which is our victorious general of Sealand City, the Ice Swordsman, and on the other side is the lone wolf from the Lone Wolf Mercenary Regiment, a brave man from the Warcraft Mountains, and it will be a close battle. Ladies and gentlemen, do not be stingy with the coins in your pockets, they will fly long by your wise decisions!" the referee shouted sensationally. The people in the audience shouted even more stakes. But this kind of determination to fight did not affect Kong Ming's little bit of determination, because it was much better than the battlefield, Kong Ming still maintained his previous posture, facing his opponent, and the Ice Swordsman seemed to enjoy the situation very much, and his hands kept beckoning to the surrounding crowd. His supporters kept yelling for him to blow up the empty light, and he kept responding. Off the field, Hu Siyue looked at Kong Ming's appearance, there was no trace of turmoil in her heart, just like all the people here had nothing to do with her, since Kong Ming came to the caravan, she kept observing Kong Ming, trying to find out something she needed, but she was disappointed again and again, and finally she could be sure that Kong Ming was just a hillbilly who had taken shit luck, she and the third grandfather behind her no longer needed to investigate Kong Ming, if it weren't for the fact that they still needed Kong Ming to escort them to the imperial capital, she would have kicked Kong Ming away。 This is also the reason why she reacted so much after hearing Kong Ming's words just now, now looking at Kong Ming standing in the ring, she also wants to see what Kong Ming's strength is like, after all, in one aspect, she and Kong Ming are also in the same group. At this time, she suddenly summoned a waiter over, placed three hundred gold coins, and bet on the empty to win, which made the waiter very happy. At the call of the referee, many people were betting on the Ice Swordsman to win, and after a while, when the referee repeatedly emphasized that no one was still betting anymore, the game finally began.

The distance between the two is about six meters, pull out the sword, look at each other, the cold ice swordsman is worthy of being called cold ice, in his eyes shot out a cold light, people have a feeling of falling into the ice cave, his sword is a dwarf craftsman made of fine iron sword, the sword is flooded with a trace of cold, the magic array on the sword body, is the magic array of the water system, there is a certain amplification effect on his fighting spirit, but Kong Ming did not see what the effect of the other two magic arrays is, judging from the shape of the sword, this is a special sword, not those works that are sold。 Contrary to him is Kong Ming, at this time Kong Ming has completely gotten rid of Hu Siyue's influence, one hand put the sword on the right side of the body, according to the starting hand of the fire dragon sword technique, a crazy fiery breath in the two eyes, shot at the other party, the other party's influence on himself was completely eliminated, holding the anger of the fire dragon that he had just bought, this appearance really looks mediocre, there is nothing worth showing off, the dim sword body is not even comparable to the ordinary long sword. Seeing Kong Ming take out such a long sword, the Ice Swordsman let out a disdainful sound, in a way, the quality of the sword is also a standard for judging a swordsman. Seeing that both men were ready, the referee hurriedly jumped out of the ring and announced the start of the bout. The shouts of the congregation below came and went.

The two of them didn't move, observing each other, the ice swordsman's body emitted a momentum like falling into an ice cave, pressing towards Kong Ming, on the ring, a lot of ice crystals loomed, and some ice crystals began to appear on the ground of the ring, obviously the ice swordsman wanted to use the cold to limit and weaken Kong Ming's actions. Seeing the action of the Ice Swordsman, Kong Ming did not have any reaction, did not pay attention to the momentum that pressed over, nor did he pay attention to the beautiful ice crystals in the sky, Kong Ming opened the fire dragon fighting qi cover, and expelled the cold out of himself, no matter what kind of battle, Kong Ming always followed a principle, that is, to save, and never give up this principle for the sake of a momentary limelight, so in the eyes of others, this battle was the Ice Swordsman who had the advantage at the beginning, and Kong Ming was just struggling. The cold ice swordsman saw that Kong Ming didn't seem to have the fighting spirit to resist his momentum, thinking that Kong Ming had been overwhelmed by his momentum, so he began to rush straight towards Kong Ming, a sword like a meteor, with a white light, drawn from the bottom up, Kong Ming saw this, stabbed the sword forward, and when he saw that the two swords were about to intersect, Kong Ming's sword protrusion pulled up a fiery red sword flower, the sword flower crossed a small half circle, put it on the sword of the ice swordsman, and brought the sword of the ice swordsman to the other side, the cold ice swordsman saw this situation and did not make any waves in his heart, and took the sword through the small half of the circle, stabbing at the wrist of Kong Ming's hand, Kong Ming saw that he did not lead the other party's sword away, Immediately let the sword touch the opponent's sword, press it with force, quickly approached the other party, flew up with a kick and kicked straight to the opponent's chest, a fiery red fighting spirit directly pressed towards the cold ice swordsman from Kong Ming's feet, the cold ice swordsman didn't expect Kong Ming to come such a move, hurriedly fell backwards, and a lazy donkey rolled around, even a wolf bèi. Kong Ming's move forced the Ice Swordsman to be so wolf-bèi, which made the audience below very dissatisfied, because most of them were buying the Ice Swordsman to win, and if he lost the game, then they would also lose money, so they shouted excitedly one by one, telling the Ice Swordsman to stand up quickly. The cold ice swordsman didn't expect that Kong Ming's simple move would make him so wolf, and he was also very angry in his heart, thinking that he was a senior swordsman, and he would be forced to be like this by another senior swordsman, it was really very embarrassing, and he immediately stood up. Kong Ming looked at the excited Ice Swordsman, knowing that his victory was hopeless, as a swordsman's most taboo thing was not being able to grasp himself in the battle, and not being able to deal with it calmly, obviously the long-term pride made the Ice Swordsman forget this. After the ice swordsman stood up, he quickly glanced at Kong Ming, preventing Kong Ming from taking the opportunity to attack, making a defensive posture, seeing that Kong Ming did not attack, his heart suddenly put down, this time he did not attack with a sword, but directly a commonly used fighting spirit slash, rushing over out of thin air. Kong Ming didn't take the Ice Swordsman's move, and took a step forward to the left, flashing the fighting slash. Seeing this, the Ice Swordsman let out another criss-cross slash, and he didn't make any other moves, because he needed to adjust his state, he knew that after the first attack he attacked, his mentality was taken away by Kong Ming, and if he didn't adjust in time, he would only have one way to lose. Kong Ming saw the ten fighting qi flying over, and dodged away again, but he didn't attack the Ice Swordsman, because, he knew that as a high-level sword master, encountering different opponents was also a kind of cultivation, and it was one of the most beneficial cultivations. From this, he can not only observe the opponent's moves, experience the opponent's understanding of swordsmanship, and increase his own knowledge, but also find out the deviations in his own swordsmanship understanding through such battles, and find out his own weaknesses to improve. Although because this is a regular game, there is less life and death on the battlefield, but it is also the safest method. Kong Ming's eyes stared at the cold ice swordsman, the face of the cold ice swordsman had already lost the calmness and arrogance at the beginning, a little more dignified, he saw that Kong Ming did not take the opportunity to come, he knew what kind of calculation Kong Ming was playing, after all, except for those who can cultivate to a senior sword master, the others have only achieved such results after a lot of hard work, and behind this achievement is a firm heart. After his first defeat, the Ice Swordsman quickly adjusted his form. He stared at Kong Ming, suddenly his eyes lit up, and he rushed towards Kong Ming again, a sword stabbed straight over, before the sword arrived, the cold ice fighting qi on the sword was already attacking, making people have a creepy feeling, Kong Ming quickly flashed aside to let the other party's fighting spirit, and a sword slashed towards the middle of the sword body of the cold ice swordsman, the cold ice swordsman obviously cherished the sword very much, and did not fight directly with Kong Ming, but drew the sword out of a sword flower, took it back, and then stabbed at Kong Ming again. Everyone knows that the straight line is the closest distance between the two, but this is only theoretical, in the actual battle, the straight line usually means blocking, Kong Ming saw that the split did not have an effect, and brought the sword up with one hand, and slashed the opponent's gauntlet with the tip of the sword, trying to figure out how to force back the opponent's attack. Seeing this, the Ice Swordsman flashed to the side, and the sword sank a little, blocking Kongming's sword from the outside. The two staggered past at the same time and switched positions. Kong Ming was behind the opponent, quickly turned around, kicked the opponent's lower plate, and the sword slashed to the opponent's waist again like a long rainbow, obviously the cold ice swordsman, and did not have the ability to react like Kong Ming, feeling Kong Ming's attack behind him, he dodged to the side, but after all, his skills were not as good as others, and he was crossed by the fighting spirit brought up by Kong Ming's legs, and a burst of clothes floated up, it turned out that the scale armor of the cold ice swordsman was kicked to a very weak position by Kong Ming's fighting energy, and it was directly dispersed to one side, and the cold ice swordsman's waist was also cut through a small wound, and blood was sprinkled into the air, and then under the effect of the cold ice swordsman's cold fighting energy, Pieces of red ice fell down, and the scales of the scale armor fell everywhere, and the people on the field finally knew that the Ice Swordsman had met an opponent. Seeing this situation, the cold ice swordsman's face turned blue-gray, although he is a high-level swordsman, but he is not a winning general as everyone knows, only he knows how many times he has won the game in a way that does not see the light, the so-called high-level swordsman closest to the great swordsman is just a head, far away from the great swordsman, looking at Kong Ming's confident look, he drew the sword in a circle, and the audience did not notice it, his other hand took out some powder from the space ring, and spread it towards Kong Ming with the help of fighting energy。 It's a pity that his movements can't hide from Kongming's eyes, as a person who has come out of blood, what has he not seen? How can it be compared to the swordsman of the cold ice swordsman's performance, besides, the cold ice swordsman is only artificially promoted to have the closest to the great swordsman, and Kong Ming fell from the level of the great swordsman, although he did not stay at that level for a long time, but it was constantly fighting between life and death, and the instinct of battle has penetrated deep into the depths of his heart, once Kong Ming's fighting spirit reaches a certain level, then he will automatically enter the ranks of the great swordsman, and he does not need to be like others, and he also needs more understanding。 Looking at the action of the Ice Swordsman, Kong Ming had a trace of crumbs, a person who only knew how to use the next three bad means, how could he advance to the next level, thinking that Kong Ming would no longer give the Ice Swordsman any chance, his whole body concentrated on the fighting energy, and with a wave of the long sword, a fighting spirit slash that was four or five times larger than the Cold Ice Swordsman flew towards the other party quickly, and the fiery red fire dragon fighting qi slashed and split the powder of the Ice Swordsman and scattered to the crowd on both sides, the Cold Ice Swordsman looked at the bigger and bigger fighting energy slash, and hurriedly opened the entire shield to the maximum, and at the same time put the sword horizontally on his chest, it was also a fighting energy slash towards Kong Ming, and the white and red fighting qi slashed together, and the white color suddenly disappeared, Until this moment, he didn't know that although everyone was a senior swordsman, Kong Ming was much more clever than him. After the red Dou Qi slash smashed the white Dou Qi Slash, it was cleaved on the shield of the Ice Swordsman, but it was a pity that the Ice Swordsman forgot a very simple truth, the force is weak, and the combination is strong, how can he divide the Dou Qi into two uses compared to Kong Ming, who concentrates all the Dou Qi on one Dou Qi Chop? After the red Dou Qi slash smashed the white Dou Qi Slash, it smashed the opponent's shield, slashed onto the scale armor of the Ice Swordsman, and flew the Ice Swordsman out of the ring, the Ice Swordsman flew out of the ring like a stone and smashed to the ground outside, and those who watched the game, after seeing him fly out, dodged to both sides, giving way to a vacant space in the middle. The Ice Swordsman hadn't woken up from his injuries for a while, thinking that he had fainted, and there was a very obvious scratch on the scale armor on his body. Those who lost money were very angry when they saw this situation, and a few people even secretly stepped on him a few times to breathe a sigh for the money they lost. Seeing this, the staff at the bar hurriedly came out to stop it, and carried the Ice Swordsman away from the bar to the back for treatment. At this time, the referee finally reacted and declared Kong Ming victorious. Kong Ming returned to the front of the table, a waiter took Kong Ming's remuneration early, and many people in the audience gave Kong Ming a friendly smile, Kong Ming said hello, lowered his head and looked at the pay, without counting it, Kong Ming knew that there would be at least more than three hundred gold coins, and after throwing it, he put the money into the space ring, but what Kong Ming didn't expect was that Hu Siyue also won three hundred gold coins, which made Kong Ming speechless for a while, it seems that fighting is not as good as gambling, and Hu Siyue said hello, and the two left the bar together。