Volume 1: This is a world that speaks with weapons Chapter 65: The Weakness of the Soft Sword
It is inevitable to feel surprised when facing the strange attack of soft swordsmanship with twists and turns for the first time.
Watching from the audience and being on stage in person are two completely different experiences.
Qi Ji had thought about this before, for example, using the length of the weapon, the strength and speed advantages to counter soft swordsmanship. In theory, this is effective. For example, some of Qin Zijin's previous opponents basically used this tactic to fight her.
But they all failed without exception.
The most important thing is that in the previous competitions, Qin Zijin's performance in all aspects has been restrained.
At least it is far worse than the current state of fighting with Qi Ji.
Qi Ji recalled the feeling of facing the giant swordsman and being killed by various enemies for the first time.
The characteristic of Meyer's swordsmanship is to make full use of the principles of geometry, use the strong sword body and sword guard to block the opponent's attack during the fight, and then combine the footwork and wrist to rotate the sword tip to kill the enemy.
The same principle can be applied to this soft sword technique, which is to use the blunt side of the strong sword body to intersect with the opponent's blade, and use the intersection point as the "fulcrum" to manipulate the soft sword to bend and kill the enemy.
Because of the flexible sword's turning characteristics, the user does not even need to coordinate the attack with footsteps like Meyer's two-handed sword.
Maybe I can target the characteristics of soft swordsmanship...
Qi Ji quickly adjusted his mindset, his brain working at high speed, and he vaguely found a glimmer of inspiration.
He adjusted his posture and quickly rushed to Qin Zijin's side, while keeping a precise distance, and pointed the long knife in his hand at the opponent's head.
Qin Zijin took a quick step forward, stretched his body, quickly raised his arm and flicked his wrist, and the soft sword in his hand swayed towards Qi Ji's straight sword, intending to use the same trick again.
Swish!
Qi Ji retracted the straight knife in an instant with amazing strength, without colliding with Qin Zijin's sword.
Not only that, Qi Ji suddenly exploded, rapidly crossing his steps in a short period of time, moving back and forth within a three-step range around Qin Zijin.
He dodged and moved around while occasionally making light strikes, using only 30% of his strength. Once Qin Zijin tried to draw his sword to engage, Qi Ji withdrew his weapon with his great strength and amazing control.
At this moment, Qi Ji showed everyone his other strength besides absolute strength and absolute speed.
That's amazing athleticism and agility.
Qin Zijin made several unsuccessful attempts and could not help but say, "If you keep doing this, you will soon be exhausted and lose anyway."
"I could do this all day long!"
Qi Ji's eyes were bright. While answering the other party, he pushed forward and stabbed out with the long knife in his hand.
Qin Zijin moved his wrist slightly, but the next second, his rhythm was interrupted by Qi Ji's quick retraction.
Qin Zijin suddenly remembered what an elder in Jiange had said to her.
If when you use soft swordsmanship, the enemy just harasses you instead of actively engaging you, it means that he has seen the first weakness of this swordsmanship.
Qi Ji's steps were staggered, his moves were evasive and his attacks were fake, each time he would only make half a move before retreating, making it impossible for Qin Zijin to find the clear "sword point".
The sword point is a clear target point that must be reached when performing soft sword techniques. The core concept of soft sword techniques is to clearly define a sword point and use delicate control techniques to allow the soft sword to accurately bend and pierce the corresponding position.
Without sword points, the unpredictable circumvention ability of the soft sword technique would be half wasted.
Qi Ji, did you find out the weakness of my moves after just one fight?
Qin Zijin pondered for a moment, then exerted force on his feet and quickly caught up with Qi Ji's footsteps.
Below the stage, Bai Tianhe was staring closely at the two people's movements. When he saw Qin Zijin taking the initiative, he sighed softly.
"She's going to lose."
On the other side, at Zang Feng’s resting place, Zhang Zizai and Du Xishan looked at each other and made the same conclusion as Bai Tianhe.
After catching up with Qi Ji, Qin Zijin finally got the chance to attack steadily again, and he swung out the soft sword in his hand quickly!
Cut! Wipe! Carry! Flirt! Pick! Point!
Swish, swish, swish!
The virtual and real swords clashed with each other for more than ten times in an instant. Due to the characteristics of the soft sword, the sound of the clashing blades was sharp and light.
During this attack and defense, Qi Ji, who had gradually figured out the principles of soft swordsmanship, broke into a grin. He held the sword with both hands and swung the blade quickly, and every block accurately hit the upper half of the soft sword!
You just need to aim at the tip of the soft sword. Even if Qin Zijin uses the soft sword in a mysterious and strange way, he will not be able to break through his sword encirclement!
This is the second weakness of soft swordsmanship!
The first weakness is that there must be a clear sword point, otherwise the strange sword path of the soft sword technique cannot be fully utilized.
The second weakness is that if the sword wants to bend and move, it must be long enough as a foundation.
Blocking the upper half of the soft sword is like catching a snake by three inches. Even if the snake is very soft and agile, its fangs used for attacking can hardly bite you.
The two men fought closely together, and the high-speed attack and defense scenes were broadcast in real time on the big screen in the stadium.
The thrilling fight with deadly moves happening one after another in an instant made the audience hold their breath.
Under the masks that no one else can see, Qi Ji and Qin Zijin's eyes were both bright and captivating. It was obvious that their complete concentration on fighting the enemy had put both of them into a "flow state".
Qin Zijin held the sword alternately with one hand and the other, his posture was graceful but deadly, he launched various bizarre attacks swiftly and intensively from all directions . The soft sword seemed to have turned into a twisted and dancing poisonous snake, and the tip of the sword was like a poisonous snake bite, penetrating every hole and killing anyone who touched it.
However, although she had already reached the sixth dan level, she was unable to deal with Qi Ji as calmly as she did with other lower-dan players. Her "secluded" ability was useless in front of Qi Ji.
If we must describe the so-called "seeing through the opponent's subsequent moves" ability in the Tongyou realm.
That is probably that before the opponent makes a move, all the possibilities will be shown to the eyes of the sixth-dan level player, and then at the moment the opponent makes a move, these possibilities will quickly collapse into a fixed result, and the cycle will repeat.
In the eyes of different combat players, these possibilities appear differently. Some appear as streaks of light, some appear as human-shaped shadows, and some are simply phantom clones that are exactly the same as the opponent. But more likely, they are nothing at all, and one only needs to rely on instinct to know how to respond.
In Qin Zijin's eyes, Qi Ji's strong physical fitness and combination of real and fake movements allowed him to expand his attack possibilities to a great extent, making it impossible to collapse them into a fixed route.
Unable to predict Qi Ji's movements, Qin Zijin could only rely on his own special sword skills and solid basic skills to fight Qi Ji on the spot.
Qi Ji held the hilt of the sword tightly with both hands and fought in close combat. Facing Qin Zijin's sword blade that was stabbing out like a rainstorm, he waved his hands quickly and used the long sword in his hand to weave an impenetrable sword net.
The newly added guard on the hilt, which was similar to the cross guard of a Nordic longsword, greatly increased Qi Ji's defense, allowing him to immediately unleash his skill of using Meyer's Sword Master's Strike.
The two sides fought at high speed for dozens of times. Qi Ji suddenly swung his sword violently, once again deflecting Qin Zijin's soft sword that was clearly stabbing from the side, but with a strangely curved tip stabbing towards his shoulder, and at the same time quickly retreated several steps.
"I have seen through the tricks of soft swordsmanship." Qi Ji said with certainty in a firm tone.
"Soft swords have three weaknesses. The first is that you need to find the sword point, the second is that you need to have a certain range of movement, and the third is..."
"The third is to go for the long distance instead of the short distance. It seems fast but is actually slow. The attack effect can be achieved by moving in a straight line, but the soft sword must move in a curve!"
Just as Qin Zijin was about to give chase, he heard what Qi Ji said. He paused, and stopped where he was with his sword.
"If I had used this move at the beginning, the game would have ended long ago. Although I have wasted some time now, I have gained some experience, so it is not a big loss."
Qi Ji held the sword in both hands and made the starting stance of the Wuming Sword.
"Are you ready?"
Qin Zijin did not answer. Seeing Qi Ji's posture, she knew what move she would face next.
She simply gripped her sword tightly, her whole body filled with aura.
Seeing that the other party was ready to fight, Qi Ji bent down, his muscles bulged, and then he pushed hard on the ground!
The whole person turned into a shadow and rushed in front of Qin Zijin in an instant!
Wuming Sword·A thrust!
The tip of the knife turned into a cold light, cut through the air, and appeared in front of Qin Zijin with a sharp whistle.
Too fast!
Qin Zijin had studied Qi Ji's thrust carefully and even practiced with others in private on how to break it, such as dodging sideways or blocking with the sword.
But when she faced it in person, she was once again shocked by its absolute speed.
Qin Zijin used the confrontation method that she had practiced many times. She quickly turned sideways at her limit and swung her sword forward at the same time. There seemed to be a slight blocking collision between the sword and the blade.
"I blocked it!?"
Qin Zijin's heart sank and he felt something was wrong.
The next moment, Qi Ji's knife tip turned into a residual shadow! He suddenly retracted it and stabbed it out again!
Second paragraph!
As expected! Qin Zijin quickly raised his sword and swung it upward, successfully deflecting the second ghostly stab.
"call!"
Before Qin Zijin could rejoice, a loud inhalation sound was suddenly heard, and Qi Ji's chest expanded rapidly.
Qi Ji took a second step heavily, and the long sword in his hand stabbed out for the third time with extreme domineering power!
The first stage is a sudden charge, the second stage is an assassination that is hard to defend against, and the third stage is an extremely strong and domineering stab!
In a panic, Qin Zijin, with a look of shock on his face, only had time to hold the sword horizontally in front of him and barely used the sword to block Qi Ji's knife tip.
“Crack!”
However, the blade of the soft sword suddenly broke, and the tip of the sword pierced through the broken sword and hit Qin Zijin's chest armor!
Boom!
To the astonishment of the audience, this time, Qin Zijin flew backwards even farther than Fang Hanxing did last time.
