Chapter 24: One Sword
"hiss!"
As soon as Xia Jingxiang entered the sixth training ground, the battle broke out. The Xu beast twisted and pounced on her, its lower body moving in a winding manner, and its attack route was shaky and unpredictable.
Xia Jingxiang's face changed. When she smelled the disgusting stench, her hair stood on end and she felt like she was in a deadly situation.
At this moment, she seemed to have returned to the time when she was involved in the Xu Beast incident.
I was also suffocating at that time, fear crawled all over my body, and I just trembled...
With a clang, Xia Jingxiang swung her sword to block. The rapid attack of the Xu beast made her panic for a moment, and she instinctively returned to defend, then rolled to the other side and kept some distance.
The Xu beast turned around and followed closely. Xia Jingxiang hurriedly swung his sword to chop it, but his sword skills were no longer rhymed and ineffective.
"attack!"
The bald coach stood outside the protective shield and shouted angrily.
Xia Jingxiang, who was fleeing in panic, suddenly came to her senses as if she had been hit by a slap in the face. She realized that she was in training. With the strength she had gained from five months of hard training, she was no longer what she had before!
She gradually calmed down and fought with the beast, defending and attacking. After more than ten minutes, she was evenly matched with the beast.
The bald coach nodded slightly. Although he was panicked at first, fortunately he reacted in time. With such performance in the first practical training, he could be considered a pass.
"Okay, number two."
The bald coach stepped into the training ground and walked straight towards the fighting beast. He suddenly kicked it away, then tilted his head towards Xia Jingxiang, indicating that she could go out.
Xia Jingxiang was sweating all over. Although she was still scared, she had already adapted to the experience and felt that she had not had enough fun yet.
She felt that she would definitely perform better next time.
"Boss Xia is awesome!"
"Sister Xia is so awesome!"
Xia Jingxiang walked out of the training ground, and others gave her a thumbs up. They felt it was thrilling just watching from the outside, let alone being there in person.
Xia Jingxiang's expression returned to calm and she didn't say much. This level might be difficult for others, but she herself was not satisfied.
Soon, Qi Tianming came on the court.
Compared to Xia Jingxiang, he was calmer. Although one could see some panic on his face, his skills were not affected too much. While returning to defense, he kept looking for opportunities to counterattack, causing some damage and threat to the Ruin Beast.
After more than ten minutes, the bald coach asked him to leave the field, and was quite satisfied with his performance.
Xia Jingxiang frowned, thinking that she was the first one to go up to close the shop, and she was a little nervous, which caused her to hide in panic at the beginning. If she was the second one to go up, her performance would be similar to Qi Tianming's.
Thinking of this, she felt much calmer.
"Deng Feng!"
The bald coach began to call the roll.
Deng Feng's face turned bitter when he was called, but he immediately entered the venue with his sword in hand, encouraged by his teammates.
He wanted to try to counterattack like Qi Tianming, but being there personally, smelling the stench of the beast and seeing the twisting body of the python so close, he felt as if his whole body was filled with lead, becoming extremely heavy and his hands and feet became stiff.
Soon, he began to dodge around under the attack of the Ruin Beast, not daring to face the enemy head-on.
The bald coach shook his head as he watched, thinking that his psychological quality was still a bit lacking.
Soon, Deng Feng's actual combat ended. From the expression of the bald coach, Deng Feng knew that his performance was not ideal. He felt frustrated and returned to the team.
Teammates hurried to comfort him, and then another person was called and had to go on the court.
As the battles continued, the speed of the Ruin Beast's attack slowed down significantly, and sometimes it even chose to stay where it was and use static to counter dynamic forces.
This makes the performance of others later relatively better.
The bald coach watched quietly. So far, only three people seemed qualified to him, while the others performed averagely.
"Xu Shen, it's your turn."
The bald coach looked at Xu Shen, the last one to play, and said, "Its physical strength has been almost exhausted. As long as you stay calm, it will be difficult for it to hurt you. Remember to keep your eyes open at all times. Don't be nervous and don't be afraid!"
The coach is really partial to me... The others looked at Xu Shen, feeling jealous.
When others are on the court, the coach won't give such careful instructions.
I wonder what the coach will think when he sees him panicking later... Some people are secretly jealous and can't help but think maliciously.
"What a boring test..." Maeve stretched, turned her little face to look at Xu Shen, and said with a smile: "You shouldn't be afraid of such a weak guy, right?"
Xu Shen walked into the training ground with a blank expression on his face and a sword in hand.
In front of him, the beast was lying beside the cage, breathing slightly, but its eyes were fixed on Xu Shen, with a faint chill in its air.
Xu Shen stepped into the training ground, but did not move forward. He just stood there motionless.
One person, one village, just staring at each other.
"Look, he's scared!"
"I guess his legs are shaking . I wonder what his performance was like when he went to observe the assessment earlier. Haha..."
"No matter how strong the inner strength is, it is useless if I can't bring it out. I am too timid."
Many trainers snickered and shook their heads as they watched.
The bald coach frowned and said to Xu Shen, "It's not attacking because it's recovering its strength. Don't get stuck in a stalemate with it. With your strength, as long as you focus on your hands and feet, it can't beat you!"
I just want to wait for it to recover its strength... Xu Shen said in his heart. He wanted to try his sword-drawing speed to see if it could exceed the attack speed of the E-level beast.
Now that the coach had spoken, Xu Shen could only move forward.
"He just walked right past like that..."
"Sprint! Don't you even know how to sprint?"
Some people felt anxious for Xu Shen and wanted to step down and give orders.
However, when the Ruin Beast looked at Xu Shen who was approaching step by step, its eyes changed. It inexplicably felt a strong sense of danger. The boy in front of it... was scary!
The approaching figure seemed to block out all light. It was clearly in the center of the venue, but it felt as if it was forced into a corner.
This is a... dangerous intuition!
We can't sit and wait for death any longer!
The eyes of the Ruin Beast turned slightly dark, the pupils seemed to disappear, and the entire eye sockets were pitch black. Its claws became much darker, and under the stimulation of danger, it burst out with its extreme strength.
whoosh!
It suddenly shook and shot towards Xu Shen.
"not good!"
The bald coach's face changed when he saw this. This Tou Xu actually still retained his strength and deliberately showed weakness.
Is this an attempt to catch me by surprise and launch a sneak attack on me later?
He rushed to the training ground in a hurry, but felt it was too late. He was anxious and just hoped that Xu Shen could react and dodge.
With Xu Shen's level of strength, he could avoid it as long as he stayed calm!
"So fast!"
Xia Jingxiang, Qi Tianming and others noticed this sudden change and their faces changed.
The incident happened so suddenly that no one could react.
Xu Shen, who was standing in front of the Ruin Beast, just stopped, as if he was stunned, and was also unable to react.
Bang!
Just when the beast was less than one meter away from Xu Shen, Xu Shen suddenly swung his sword. No one could see clearly, only a burst of explosive and tearing sounds were heard.
Immediately afterwards, the beast's head was split in half!
Including the neck and chest!
Eventually, the sword's tip became lodged in his chest, suppressing the opponent's fierce attack, and the body with a torn upper body fell in front of his feet.
died……
Everyone stared at the scene in a daze.
The battle started suddenly and ended even more suddenly.
Only the bloody scene inside stimulated everyone's eyes and told them that all this was true.
Xu Shen actually... killed the E-level ruins beast.
Just one sword!
Those who were snickering before were now speechless and a little dazed.
Xia Jingxiang was stunned for a moment, her face quickly turned gloomy, she clenched her fingers, and jealousy burned in her heart.
The bald coach rushed to Xu Shen's side, and when he saw the dead Xu Beast, he couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. He then turned to look at Xu Shen and found that the boy's expression was still frightened.
He couldn't help but laugh and patted Xu Shen on the shoulder: "Very good, although the reaction was a little slow, but finally I was able to react in time. I said that with your Xu power, this Xu beast is not your opponent. If you burst out with all your strength, you can compete with a D-level Xu beast. You must remember the feeling just now."
He knew the level to which Xu Shen's power could burst out. It was not difficult to kill this E-level beast. The difficulty lay in Xu Shen's need to be proficient in controlling it and have the psychological qualities for actual combat.
"Yes, coach..." Xu Shen said with lingering fear, and pulled back the sword.
Seeing Xu Shen dare to draw back the iron sword, the bald coach felt a strange feeling. He was obviously scared to death, but he was not afraid of the blood gushing out when he drew the sword...
However, it was Xu Shen's first time to kill Xu Shen, so it was normal for him to be afraid. This didn't seem like a disguise.
He shook his head and said, "Go ahead. Remember to savor the feeling you just had. That was the explosion of your Xu Li. In the future, when you fight, you must adjust your Xu Li at any time and transfer it to your arms, legs and other parts. This will increase your upper limit of strength by enhancing the local area to the greatest extent possible."
Xu Shen nodded: "Thank you, coach."
After saying that, he turned around and left the training ground without looking back.
"You need to work on your mental qualities more..." The bald coach smiled.
