Volume 1: This is a world that speaks with weapons Chapter 6: The Second Coming
After signing the contract, Qi Ji naturally became one of Zhang Zizai's own. The first benefit was a complete set of customized equipment.
"Height 187 cm, weight 80 kg..." Zhang Zizai called for an assistant, and with Qi Ji's cooperation, he completed the entry of Qi Ji's body data.
After determining the body shape, Zhang Zizai laid out several practice weapons of different lengths and widths for Qi Ji to try, and finally came up with a weapon shape that Qi Ji thought was comfortable to use: "Weapon, long-handled straight knife, length 130 cm, width 2.8 cm, weight 1.5 kg...Are there any other special requirements?"
Qi Ji shook his head. He actually didn't have a particular favorite weapon style. He chose the straight sword simply because it was the most commonly used weapon and was relatively easy to use.
"Appropriate protective gear and weapons account for at least 20% of the factors for winning the game. In the future, you must always provide feedback on changes in your equipment requirements." After entering the coaching state, Zhang Zizai's attitude towards Qi Ji became much more serious.
After completing the equipment customization, Zhang Zizai asked Qi Ji to rest as soon as possible and adjust his condition. He planned to formally test Qi Ji's physical functions in all aspects tomorrow in order to formulate a suitable training plan.
In the evening, Qi Ji returned home.
Suddenly, from a social animal office worker, he became a regular athlete who was paid by the government. The change of identity made Qi Ji quite confused when he returned home.
Unable to think of what to do , Qi Ji picked up the practice sword he borrowed from Zhang Zina and continued to practice the basic stances and sword moves he had learned during the day in the living room. From time to time, he would practice the stabbing skills he obtained from the Tower of Transcendence.
After sweating, my mood gradually calmed down.
At night, with anticipation and anxiety about the Tower of Transcendence, Qi Ji closed his eyes and fell asleep again.
Falling, spinning, nothingness——
Qi Ji suddenly opened his eyes and came to a familiar place again.
[Tower of Transcendence·Human Stage·First Floor (Transcendence)]
[Current Transcendence 22, Spirituality 100/100]
[Please choose: enter the next floor or stay on this floor]
[Enter the lower level: Encounter new obstacles. After killing them, you will gain spirituality and skills. If you are killed, you will lose spirituality.]
[Stay on this layer: Reappear the projection . There is no gain or loss in killing or being killed. After fighting with the projection ten times, return to the real world.]
The subtitles appeared in front of him, and it seemed that Qi Ji could not proceed to the next step without making a choice. After a brief thought, Qi Ji chose to stay.
There are two reasons for this choice.
First, the Sakura Rurouni in the current level is essentially much more skilled in martial arts than him. Without the cheating tactics of "double kill", it is almost impossible to defeat him with hard power. He is just right to be used as a sparring partner to hone his skills.
Second, if you choose to "stay", there will be no loss, but if you choose to challenge the next level, you may encounter enemies that you cannot defeat at all, and even if you are killed a hundred times and lose all your spiritual power, you will not be able to turn the situation around.
Dogs know how to choose.
[Choose to stay on this floor, the number of times you can stay on this floor is 9 times left]
The subtitles disappeared, and Qi Ji also took control of his body. Looking around, he was in the stone room with the weapon rack, and the next room was the room where Sakura Rurouni was.
After knowing that there was an option of staying, Qi Ji's worries about the future were greatly alleviated. Now he was in a good mood. He calmly took the ring-handled sword from the weapon rack and walked into the enemy's room.
Across from him, the familiar Sakura Rurouni slowly stood up.
Qi Ji thought about it and made a starting stance with the Wuming Sword that looked like Ping Qingyan.
No conversation, no greeting.
The two men rushed towards each other and attacked almost at the same time!
Wuming Sword·A thrust!
The sound of two weapons piercing through the air was heard as they thrust forward at high speed.
In the previous fight, Sakura Rurouni had always had the priority to attack thanks to his swift thrusts.
Now, Qi Ji has also learned this move, and even an upgraded version of it. He uses a ring-handled sword that is half as long as the opponent's sword and brings the tip of the sword to the opponent's eyes first!
The ronin reacted extremely quickly and with mature skills. He paused when he was about to be hit, immediately retracted the thrust that had not yet been used, and quickly blocked Qi Ji's knife tip.
From this we can see that the level of this wanderer is indeed much stronger than that of Coach Yang in the club. They can't even touch Qi Ji's first thrust.
Qi Ji's attacking momentum did not slow down. He turned around and stabbed again before taking the second step.
Second paragraph!
It was foreseeable that the first attack would be blocked. The real killer move was the second attack that was launched again after being retracted in an instant .
The sharp blade quickly approached the Rurouni's chest, and was about to break through the skin and penetrate into it.
"Dang!" With a loud bang, in desperation, Sakura Rurouni suddenly raised his hand, swung his katana upwards, sweeping away Qi Ji's blade, and quickly retreated, barely avoiding the attack.
A wound deep enough to see the bone spread from the wanderer's heart to his right shoulder.
Avoided, but not completely.
Qi Ji paused for a moment, unable to pursue, and could only stand there and regulate his breathing.
Using skills that are beyond common knowledge is definitely not without cost.
Sakura Rurouni seemed to have no idea what pain was. After adjusting his posture, he rushed towards Qi Ji again. The blade fell, and the pouring blade light was like a waterfall.
Qi Ji's arms were still sore, and he barely raised his sword to block Rurouni's slash, but his posture was instantly broken.
Rurouni is not a coach, and he will not give Qi Ji the chance to feed his moves or catch his breath. After gaining the advantage, he pressed forward step by step, slashing out five times in succession in an instant, each of which hit Qi Ji's weak point in blocking accurately, completely breaking Qi Ji's posture.
Then he stabbed Qi Ji through the heart with a knife, mercilessly sending him back to the resurrection point.
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Qi Ji stood in the stone chamber of resurrection, summing up the gains and losses and realizing several key points.
First, the second thrust of the Wuming Sword requires extremely strong explosive power, which will correspondingly over-consume his breath and arm muscle strength. It is a trump card that must be effective once used and is not suitable for regular use.
Secondly, it once again verified Sakura Rurouni's superb swordsmanship. Unless he deliberately used the double kill tactics at the beginning like before, once he came into contact, he would be quickly defeated by the opponent's continuous slashing like a storm.
The skills of both sides are completely on a different level. Sakura Rurouni's skill level has obviously surpassed "ordinary people" like Coach Yang, Coach Liu and Qi Ji, and reached the "next stage".
As for what stage it is, you can ask coach Zhang Zizai to verify it tomorrow.
After finishing the analysis, Qi Ji accepted the fact that without relying on a double kill, his current strength would not allow him to defeat Sakura Rurouni either by force or by wits.
So he adjusted his goal from "killing the opponent" to holding out as long as possible under the opponent's attack, training his posture stability and blocking ability!
After determining the target, Qi Ji picked up the ring-handled sword and rushed into the BOSS room again.
That night, the combined injuries Qi Ji sustained were roughly equivalent to being tortured to death. Correspondingly, the time he could hold out against Sakura Ronin increased from less than ten moves to a maximum of nearly thirty moves.
Rapid progress!
