Volume 1: This is a world that speaks with weapons Chapter 2: Living Towards Death
After spending more than two thousand yuan on special training at the club for a whole day, Qi Ji returned home at around seven in the evening.
Due to lack of physical exercise and no basic skills in fighting, Qi Ji was exhausted after a whole day of masochistic sparring. And because he was practicing the "double kill" method, even with protective gear, he was still swollen and painful all over.
I quickly ate some self-heating rice and took a shower.
Lying on the bed hesitantly and struggling for a while, Qi Ji gritted his teeth and closed his eyes.
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Falling, spinning, nothingness——
He suddenly opened his eyes and found that he was no longer in his home.
What comes into view is a narrow corridor with mist rising.
At the same time, a few lines of misty text appeared in the field of vision.
[Tower of Transcendence·Human Stage·1st Floor]
[Current Transcendence Degree 0, Spirituality 40/100]
Sure enough, it’s here again... Qi Ji’s face was gloomy.
This was the seventh time he had come to this strange place called "Tower of Transcendence" after falling asleep.
Qi Ji forced himself to calm down and slowly moved deeper into the corridor.
A moment later, he walked through the corridor and came to a stone chamber with a weapons rack.
There were several swords of different shapes hanging on the weapon rack, including the Sakura sword, the two-handed sword, the saber , the rapier, etc., as well as Qi Ji's old friend - the Daxia ring-handled straight sword.
He took the ring-handled sword skillfully and held it in his hand, and words condensed from the mist appeared in his sight again.
[The standard straight sword of a certain dynasty of Daxia, also known as the ring-headed sword, is a straight-bladed long sword made of steel after repeated folding, forging and quenching. It was the most advanced and most lethal close-range cold weapon in the world at that time]
As the weapon was acquired , the other weapons on the weapon rack turned into mist and dissipated along with the weapon rack.
Qi Ji looked at the door on the other side of the stone chamber.
A faint mist seemed to be rolling out from this door, and the air was filled with a faint smell of blood, making it difficult to breathe.
There was a tangible murderous intent coming from the other side of the door.
He waved the ring-handled sword a few times, then used a vicious slash to release the fear in his heart. Qi Ji took a deep breath and resolutely rushed through the foggy doorway.
As if breaking through a membrane, Qi Ji came to another spacious stone chamber, stood still, and immediately looked up and forward.
Ten meters away, a thin figure was slowly standing up from the ground.
He was a man about 175 cm tall, with a topknot, wearing a ronin robe, holding a sakura katana. His face was obscured by the rising mist, leaving only his cold eyes.
It turned out to be a wanderer from the Land of Sakura.
Qi Ji inevitably felt fear, and his hand holding the ring-handled knife trembled slightly.
This "person" had killed him sixty times in the past six days!
Every time Qi Ji experienced "death", it felt extremely real. He felt the blade piercing his body, the blood gushing out of his arteries, and his consciousness quickly dissipating...
Qi Ji tried hard to put aside the memories and held the ring-handled sword in front of him.
At the same time, the wanderer on the opposite side rushed over quickly with a special kind of small steps.
The distance of nearly ten meters passed in a flash. When the wanderer was about three meters close to Qi Ji, his body suddenly lowered, and the whole person rushed forward as if he suddenly accelerated.
The katana also stabbed towards Qi Ji's throat in an instant.
It was indeed this move! Qi Ji gritted his teeth and swung the straight knife in his hand, quickly blocking the opponent's knife tip, and then wanted to turn the blade to chop at the enemy.
However, he didn't expect that this swift thrust was actually half a feint.
The ronin paused, took light steps, and quickly retracted the katana that was blocked by Qi Ji.
He swung his sword and easily blocked Qi Ji's counterattack, then the blade turned around and quickly slashed across Qi Ji's throat.
Blood gushed out of Qi Ji's throat like a fountain, and his consciousness quickly dissipated.
[Spiritual 39/100]
The intense pain and powerlessness seemed like an illusion. In a trance, Qi Ji returned to the previous stone chamber, still holding the ring-handled knife in his hand.
He slapped his face, gritted his teeth and rushed into the stone chamber where the enemy was again!
[Spiritual 38/100]
[Spiritual 37/100]
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[Spiritual 36/100]
He was killed four times in a row by Sakura Rurouni.
Qi Ji looked at the spiritual power that had been lost due to death, and his face looked grim. He didn't dare to imagine what terrible consequences would occur if the spiritual power dropped to 0.
This time, he did not rush forward to seek death, but sat down cross-legged.
I recalled in my mind the words that Coach Zhang from the club had repeatedly emphasized during the day.
"The characteristic of a double play is that the shots are made at the same time."
"A person cannot use two swords at the same time. He is not a martial arts master in a fantasy work. If you attack at the same time as the opponent, the probability of a double kill is very high."
"On this basis, try your best to prevent the opponent from hitting your vital points, and you can exchange your injuries for your life."
Qi Ji recalled the previous several duels. The Sakura Swordsman basically attacked first with a thrust, and then changed his moves according to his blocking and counterattack, and then killed him easily.
Obviously, the opponent's skills crushed Qi Ji and were far better than Coach Yang during the day.
Just one day of special training cannot significantly improve the technical gap between the two sides.
Then we will die together.
Qi Ji's eyes became fierce, he stood up and decisively entered the doorway.
Sakura Rurouni did the same as before and rushed over quickly after seeing Qi Ji.
Qi Ji forced himself to remain calm and gripped the knife handle tightly with his right hand.
It was still that fierce thrust that seemed to shorten the distance!
Qi Ji tried his best to suppress his instinct to use his weapon to block the opponent's attack, and took a step forward to close the distance between them again.
"Chi!" The Sakura sword pierced into Qi Ji's left chest, causing Qi Ji to feel severe pain in his heart.
Qi Ji gritted his teeth and swung his sword, cutting the enemy's throat with the straight sword!
The two men lost their strength at the same time and slowly fell to their knees. Sakura Rurouni covered his throat hard to stop the bleeding, but blood continued to seep out.
Unfortunately, Qi Ji, with a stab wound in the heart, died first.
[Spirituality 35/100]
There really is hope!
Qi Ji, who was "resurrected" again, was not discouraged. With bright eyes, he stepped into the room again decisively!
This time, Sakura's sword cut Qi Ji's neck.
The ring-handled sword stabbed into the right chest of the Sakura swordsman!
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[Spiritual 32/100]
Another confrontation.
Qi Ji's eyes were fierce, Sakura Rurouni's eyes were cold, and the two men holding knives once again launched fatal attacks at each other.
Hit at the same time!
The curved Sakura katana pierced through Qi Ji's left shoulder.
Qi Ji had a ferocious smile on his face, his left hand tightly grasping the enemy's blade, and he didn't care even though the blood kept flowing.
Then he exerted force with his right hand and violently pulled out the ring-handled straight knife that was stuck in the opponent's throat!
Amidst the splattering of blood, Sakura Rurouni slowly fell to his knees and dissipated into a cloud of mist.
Before Qi Ji could react, the mist suddenly floated up and penetrated into his chest.
Qi Ji was startled, and a subtitle appeared in his field of vision.
[Kill the target, take away 100 points of spirituality, and convert the excess spirituality into transcendence]
[Current Transcendence 32, Spirituality 100/100]
The bleeding wound on his left shoulder was completely healed after the mist was absorbed by Qi Ji.
A glowing red crystal floated where the Sakura Swordsman disappeared.
"Is this the gold coins that come from killing monsters?" Qi Ji reached out to pick up the red crystal, and the misty text appeared again.
[Wu Ming Jian·Incomplete: The incomplete secret of the natural rational style swordsmanship. The original high-speed three-stage thrust has only the first stage restored.]
As the words disappeared, the red crystal shattered in Qi Ji's hand, turning into a stream of light that drilled into Qi Ji's brow.
An image quickly appeared in his mind of a swordsman practicing a high-speed thrust.
Slowly, the practicing swordsman became himself.
Thrust, retract, and thrust again!
In a trance, he had completely mastered this incomplete but still brutal sword skill.
Before I had time to study and try, the whole world was swept by thick fog and a strong feeling of dizziness came over me.
…
He suddenly opened his eyes and sat up, gasping for breath and looking towards the window.
A ray of early morning sunlight shone into his room through the curtains.
Qi Ji couldn't help but smile.
