I saw the monkey say, "This is a very special weapon, called the Ghost Shadow Sword." It was a weapon made by a powerful man a long time ago. ”

Hans looked at the black stick, which didn't look like a sword at all, only about 30 centimeters long, and didn't have the edge that a sword should have.

The monkey held the upper and lower ends of the stick in both hands, and suddenly his eyes flashed, and the black stick Xiangshang Fang stretched out a lot.

Hans was startled, could this thing get longer? He looked closely, and now he could see that the part that came out was in the shape of a single-edged sword, one side of which resembled a blade, and the other side was still round, thinner and thinner from the place where the hand was held, and very sharp at the end.

Suddenly the monkey let go of his hand, and the black sword suddenly turned into a stick and fell to the ground, and the monkey kicked the stick out in the direction of the hole, and then reached forward, and the stick flew up on its own and returned to the monkey's hand.

Tianxiang said: "You can see the basic change, this is to change its shape by changing the magic, but it can only be changed to a fixed shape, which is a single-edged sword. At the same time, it can also have a second function, which is to summon the sword back into his hand. ”

With that, he threw the stick at Hans, who caught it, and stuck his single-edged sword into the ground, carefully observing the round black stick.

The stick is about the same size as the hilt of a normal two-handed sword, with no gauntlets and no hammer. But the weight is much heavier than the same volume of steel, basically the same as the weight of the entire sword.

Hans asked, "What kind of material is this sword made of?"

Tianxiang cracked his monkey's mouth and said, "Guess." ”

Hans began to close his eyes, feeling the fluctuations of his magic. After a while, he shook his head and said, "I've never seen this material, it's neither like metal, it's not like rock, it's very heavy, if you don't know the structure of its material, how can you change shape?"

Tianxiang said, "If you don't get it right, even a magic master can't change his shape." I can tell you that the Ghost Sword itself is not a substance, but an energy body, and to be more precise, an energy body with a soul. ”

Hans was shocked, such a substantial feeling thing turned out to be an energy body?

Tianxiang continued, "Don't be so strange, the spirit of the red wolf is an energy body that can be materialized. It is also possible to have a few more on shijie. It's just that the Ghost Shadow Sword uses a sealing technique to limit the energy body to a certain kind of transformation, which is the same as what I just demonstrated. It can only be elongated and shortened, and after elongation, it must be in the shape of a single-edged sword. It is an energy body, although it cannot be said to be very hard, not even as hard as plain steel, but it has a very haode characteristic, even if it is broken and damaged, or even destroyed into pieces, it will automatically return to its original state, and it can be considered a weapon that will never wear out. ”

Hans listened with enthusiasm, and he said to Tianxiang, "What does Master Tianxiang mean, can you give it to me?"

Tianxiang said: "Yes, when you can use it to win Rab, it will be yours." ”

Hans's smile disappeared again, he remembered the first time he fought Rab, he couldn't even fight back, and although he had been physically trained for a while, he still didn't feel confident that he could beat him.

Tianxiang said: "Don't be wrong, the premise of winning Rab is that you can use it." If you can't turn him into a sword, how can you use it? ”

Hans thought about it and thought it was, and then he asked, "And how am I going to use this sword?"

Tianxiang said: "This has to be done step by step, you can't rush, it is a single-edged sword, so you still have to learn how to use a single-edged sword first, and then say, when you can use an ordinary single-edged sword well, I will tell you how to use the ghost sword." ”

Then, with a gesture of his hand, the stick flew out of Hans's hand and returned to the monkey's hand. It slowly walked over to the stone table and put it down again.

In this way, in addition to insisting on physical exercise every day, Hans went to the cave behind the waterfall in the afternoon to practice swordsmanship, and Master Tianxiang told him some ways to use single-edged swords, including basic skills such as stabbing, picking, sweeping, splitting, and blocking.

One of the advantages of a single-edged sword is that it can be used to defend against attacks with the other hand, which is better than simply holding the hilt to defend against it.

Since a single-edged sword is also a two-handed sword, and it is generally longer than a regular one-handed sword, the basic tactic is to maintain a favorable attack distance, but when the enemy has a chance to shorten the distance, it is necessary to start changing tactics.

In addition to attacking with the blade, you can also hit enemies with the hilt of your sword, and you can also use other parts of your body to attack in a secondary way. For example, elbows, kicks, or even headshots.

And Master Tianxiang also came up with some attack techniques for Hans in combination with his arm guards.

Moreover, in the process of practicing the sword, Master Tianxiang found that the liliang in Hans's hand was still a little small, so he asked Hans to wear armor and arm guards when climbing, which made Hans suffer for a long time.

After basically mastering some basic combat methods, the monkeys controlled by Tianxiang began to use the Ghost Sword to practice with Hans. Hans was also surprised to find that the skinny monkey was able to burst out with liliang that was much larger than himself. If it weren't for Tianxiang's mercy everywhere, he would have lost if he couldn't hold on to two rounds.

......

Another month passed.

Tianxiang said to Hans: "You also have some understanding of the basic movements, and the next thing is to exercise these basic movements in depth, and the so-called in-depth exercise is the process of cultivating the basic movements to perfection." When you can make every move perfectly, you are a master of swordsmanship. Of course, this in-depth training process cannot be practiced in just a few years, and even if you go out from here in the future, you will have to exercise a lot. “

"Today I'm going to teach you first, Thorn. ”

As he spoke, Tianxiang took out some tools. It is an iron shelf with a lot of hanging rings on top of the shelf.

Tianxiang said: "The first thing you have to exercise is to use your sword to pass through the ring without touching it. After speaking, Tianxiang put down a row of rings, each ring was only a little larger than the sword body, and if you want to pierce it with a sword without touching the ring, you need to have a very steady hand.

Hans was a little depressed, he had already entered the stage of actual combat training, and now he was back to the basic movements, but out of respect for Tianxiang, he still did it completely.

Just such a stabbing action has already made Hans anxious, at the beginning he can slowly stab without touching the ring, but after slowly increasing the speed, it will occasionally deviate a little.

Every time Hans felt very annoyed, Tianxiang would make a demonstration, and he was always as fast as lightning, and he stabbed and retracted.

Tianxiang said, "If you can't successfully exercise this simple straight stab in one day today, then you may not be able to control the Ghost Shadow Sword for a year. ”

Hans knew that Tianxiang was very demanding, so he had to concentrate on exercising. Finally, when it was almost dark, the speed of the straight stab he practiced was also recognized by Tianxiang.

Then, the difficulty began to increase, and it was necessary to practice the xiangshang stab, xiangxia thorn, left stab, and right stab. Gradually, Tianxiang also hung a sword and a shield on the iron frame, and this time, Hans finally understood that Weishenme had to practice so many stabbing techniques.

Thanks to the contrast between the sword and the shield, the rings hanging in the air are the path that guides the thorns, and it is easy to imagine where the thorn would be if there was a person standing behind it.

After a few days, the difficulty increased again, Hans needed to stab in the run, and the action of stabbing in the side in the running was almost like Hans's life, he had to constantly change the position of the sword in the process of stabbing forward, and it was the same when he pulled out, and it took a month of practice to practice the success rate to about 90%, and then Tianxiang said that it was okay, because it might take several years to practice to 100%.

In addition to the stabs, it is necessary to practice other basic movements in a similar way, this kind of exercise, not only exercises Hans's jishu, but also exercises his will, from the excitement at the beginning, to the restlessness, and then to the calm, zuihou calm. Hans himself can also find that his mood has a great influence on Jishu's performance, and he also begins to get used to controlling his mood.

For Hans's changes, the one who touches him the most is Reina, although she doesn't practice with Hans, but they usually chat together during breaks and talk about the results of their workouts. But lately Hans has been talking less and less, and more often he is meditating by himself, or sitting somewhere with his eyes closed, and even Sheila, who usually deliberately avoids Hans, has noticed this change in him.

Tianxiang seems to have deliberately guided Hans in this direction, and even explained to him the essentials of meditation sometimes.