Volume 1: This is a world that speaks with weapons Chapter 48: The Killing Sword
On the field, two men faced each other with swords.
Tan Quan from the Nahema Club was like Jiang Han, whom Qi Ji had met before. He was holding a swift sword, was tall and strong, and had a calm demeanor.
At this moment, he stood with one foot in front of the other, bent over, and stretched out his right hand. The swift sword pointed diagonally upwards with the reverse blade facing himself. This was the third stance among the four stances of swift swordsmanship.
To be honest, although the Swift Sword looks elegant and gorgeous, once the real fight starts and they take up their stances, each one is lower than the other, so low that it even looks a bit vulgar.
However, a low body position is an excellent posture in martial arts competitions to reduce one's own flaws and shrink the opponent's attack surface, not to mention the stabbing-based style of the swift sword. The original way of exerting force for the stabbing action is to lower the body position and then rush forward like a spring to stab, which is killing two birds with one stone.
As the saying goes, the winner is the king. A little bit of vulgarity cannot stop the swordsmen's desire for victory.
Tan Quan's opponent, Yin Lun from the Sword Cultivator Society, was not holding a common standard weapon, but a black straight sword that was only a finger wide and about one meter long. The sword was dull and had no guard. At first glance, it looked like a black iron rod.
His posture was also very unusual. Instead, he put his hands behind his back and held the sword down behind him, completely preventing his opponent from seeing the sword in this strange posture.
It looks totally impractical, the goal is wide open, and because of the awkward posture of holding your hands behind your back, when your opponent attacks you have to go back if you want to make a move.
What's the secret behind this posture?
Qi Ji became interested in the game and straightened up to look at the big screen attentively.
The moment the referee announced the start of the match, Tan Quan, with the Swift Sword, quickly rushed towards Yin Lun.
The distance between the two men quickly closed to the range where the Swift Sword could attack, and then Tan Quan lunged forward without hesitation!
I guess Tan Quan thought that Yin Lun's meaningless posture was purely for the purpose of being mysterious!
The fierce stab instantly reached Yin Lun's chest.
However, Yin Lun just slightly turned his body, allowing the swift sword to successfully pierce his left shoulder. At the same time, he had already drawn his sword in an instant, and at the same time as he was stabbed in the left shoulder, he stabbed the opponent's head with another sword.
Double kill!
The referee announced the result immediately.
"Tan Quan hits the torso and gets 4 points!"
"Yin Lun hits the head and gets 6 points!"
"Double kill, the higher score will be deducted from the lower score, the final result is that Yin Lun gets 2 points!"
Qi Ji looked at the result and narrowed his eyes slightly. This double kill... was it an accident?
He soon realized that it was not an accident.
Double kill!
Double kill!
Double kill!
The following scene caused boos from the audience.
Give up your hands for your body, give up your feet for your body, give up your body for your head, and die together...
Various double kill situations occurred between the two players. Yin Lun from the Sword Cultivator Association used extremely skilled routines to continuously gain points advantage in the double kills, and successfully won the first round after six rounds.
Then, Yin Lun continued to repeat the same tactics twice, eliminating Tan Quan of the already collapsed Hema Club in a manner equivalent to torture.
What an ugly scene!
There were waves of boos and insults coming from the audience, all expressing their disdain for Yin Lun.
Qi Ji saw something from this. Although Yin Lun always used low-scoring parts to attack the opponent's high-scoring parts, he never let Tan Quan hit any of his "vital points".
For example, the torso is only allowed to hit the "non-fatal" parts such as the shoulders, but the position he attacks is always the truly fatal part, such as slashing the head, or stabbing the torso aiming at the internal organs, strictly adhering to the concept of exchanging injuries for lives.
Qi Ji imagined that if the two players in the competition just now took off their protective gear and used real swords to fight to the death, the result would be that Yin Lun could accurately kill Tan Quan multiple times by exchanging injuries for lives every time!
Quite interesting. It turns out this is the so-called Killing Sword.
Qi Ji gave an understanding smile and leaned back gently in his chair.
In the following matches, Qi Ji only watched Qin Zijin seriously when he came on the court. He lost interest in the two people in the fourth match after just one look. Hua Zhengbai was also from the Sword Cultivator Association and used the so-called double kill method of the Killing Sword. He eliminated his opponent with a similar method by relying on double kills to gain points.
The fourth game ended amid the audience's disdain and booing for the intentional double play.
The four games in the morning were all over. Yan Qing, Qin Zijin, and Yin Lun and Hua Zhengbai from the Sword Cultivation Association were the first to advance to the top eight.
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The first show in the afternoon was opened by Qi Ji.
Qi Ji had already put on protective gear and was holding a straight knife. Under the leadership of Zhang Zizai, he arrived at the edge of the stage and waited.
His opponent, Fang Hanxing from the Tianxing Club, also came to the other side of the stadium and waited quietly, surrounded by the club's collective support.
Until just before going on stage, the middle-aged coach kept demonstrating chopping movements to Fang Hanxing and moving his mouth non-stop, probably giving him advice.
On Qi Ji's side, Zhang Zizai didn't say much. He just smiled and said, "The one on the opposite side is Fang Hanxing, who dared to challenge you in the interview . I have studied the videos of his games from the time he participated in the competition to now. It is basically certain that he has reached the fifth stage level. His technical level should be comparable to Yan Qing..."
Zhang Zizai chuckled, "To be honest, before I saw the results of your special training last night, I was still 20% worried that you would lose to him because of carelessness. Now, I guess my worry is only 5%."
"Anyway!" Zhang Zizai smiled and patted Qi Ji's shoulder: "Enjoy the game!"
Qi Ji put his arm around Zhang Zizai's shoulder and said with a chuckle, "Don't worry, your 5% worry is unnecessary. Instead of worrying about this, why don't you help me run it?"
"What are you operating?" Zhang Ziyi was stunned.
Qi Ji laughed wickedly: "Of course it's about raising my salary! If I beat Bai Tianhe and Qin Zijin and win the rookie competition, shouldn't I get a promotion and a raise?"
Zhang Zizai suddenly looked at Qi Ji: "You mean... are you really confident that you can beat Bai Tianhe?"
Qi Ji looked at him strangely: "Why are you so excited? Didn't I always say that I wanted to win the championship?"
Zhang Zizai smiled bitterly and said, "If it was before, you would have won the rookie tournament for sure, but the level of this sword saint is beyond my expectation. Not only has he really reached the sixth level, he also has a talent like sword intent. In your generation, he is almost unbeatable... Even if you use that 'Wu Ming Sword', it may not work."
Qi Ji glared at Zhang Zizai and said unhappily, "Old Zhang! So this is what you think? I thought you had full confidence in me!"
Zhang Zizai scratched his head, feeling a little embarrassed: "I must have misjudged Bai Tianhe. I wonder where the old Sword Saint found such a monster..."
"Alright, alright! Just give me a definite answer!" Qi Ji chuckled, "If I win the championship, what kind of treatment can you get for me?"
Zhang Zizai glanced at him and gritted his teeth.
