Volume 3: The World's Strongest Chapter 26: The first battle, win!
Qi Ji and Qianye Yizhi came to the center of the venue together, and each of them took up their stances.
Chiba Kazuyuki held a bladeless simulated steel Sakura katana in both hands and assumed a middle stance of Sakura Kendo. The moment he assumed this stance, his angry expression completely subsided, and he stood motionless like a rock.
His eyes were fixed intently on Qi Ji, and the aura of his whole body was completely restrained in an instant.
Qi Ji also became serious. His eyes under the helmet became sharp. He held his special straight sword with a cross guard in both hands and made a bull-like posture with his eyebrows raised.
He asked loudly, "As the challenger, the rules of victory and defeat are of course determined by you. Please let me know."
Chiba Kazuyuki heard Kamiizumi Ito's loud translation and question outside the arena, and said coldly: "Since it's a challenge, then of course we have to fight until one side admits defeat or lies down!"
After listening to this, Qi Ji also smiled coldly and replied "OK".
Come on! Sakura Country, although I am a small person with little influence, I can still use my own way to make you remember it!
Let’s start with this battle!
The next second, the two men shouted loudly and rushed towards each other at the same time!
In the eyes of others, Qi Ji and Qianye Yizhi had appeared at a very close distance from five or six meters away in the blink of an eye.
Qi Ji thrust the straight knife out with an eyebrow-level stance, and in just a split second the tip of the knife was in front of Qianye Kazuyuki's face.
At this moment, Chiba Kazuyuki, who had changed his posture to the upper-level stance unique to Hokushin Ittoryu while charging forward, swung his katana downwards at an incredibly fast speed, and knocked down Qi Ji's sword tip in an advantageous position.
His straight chopping move was full of the ultimate combination of speed and strength, and was a move that had been honed through thousands of trials and tribulations.
Just at the moment when Qi Ji's knife tip was chopped and inevitably fell downwards.
Qianye Yizhi roared and took a step forward. The tip of the knife that hit Qi Ji on the back naturally bounced upwards and then suddenly stabbed towards Qi Ji's throat!
The core of Beichen Ittoryu's swordsmanship is essentially a series of combat methods formed around the technique of "cutting and falling".
The so-called cutting refers to a technique of not avoiding the opponent's blade, but directly confronting the opponent with the knife.
The key move of this technique, to put it simply, is a straight chop that hits the target perfectly.
At the moment the opponent attacks you, seize the most appropriate time and strike straight at the center with the fastest speed and just the right amount of force, thus achieving two goals.
One is to cut off the weapon swung by the opponent.
The second is to chop the opponent’s body.
It is the so-called attack and defense in one!
Therefore, the core training method of Beichen Ittoryu is to practice air swings in its own unique way, so as to be able to instinctively perform this magical "cutting" technique in any situation.
However, due to the differences in people's levels and changes in actual combat situations, this technique called cutting can generally only achieve the first goal, which is to cut off the opponent's weapon.
So based on this result, Beichen Ittoryu has developed a large number of supplementary techniques after cutting off the opponent's weapon.
For example, Chiba Kazuyuki's current cut and stab attack.
Qi Ji was now facing this deadly attack and defense move.
If it was a weaker eighth stage, even with the help of the sixth sense, it would probably be impossible to avoid being stabbed in the chest by Chiba Kazuyuki's extremely fast combo of cutting, advancing and stabbing.
Unfortunately, Qi Ji is not an ordinary eighth-level player, he is just a monster in a shell called "eighth-level player".
Besides, since he was going to challenge another opponent, how could he not prepare in advance for the characteristics of Beichen Ittoryu?
Under Qianye Yizhi's extremely fast stabbing, Qi Ji's straight knife, which had been "cut off" by Qianye Yizhi, suddenly bounced back upwards!
There was a loud clang.
If Chiba Kazuyuki's move just now was "cutting".
Then, couldn't Qi Ji's technique of counterattacking at this moment and chopping off the opponent's stabbing knife tip flying upwards be called "liaosheng"?
A strange thought flashed through his mind quickly. At the moment when Chiba Kazuyuki's katana was shaken up, Qi Ji pushed the ground with his back foot, and thrust his right hand forward fiercely, stabbing Chiba Kazuyuki in the chest, forcing him to step back a few steps.
The entire temple suddenly became quiet.
Everyone was shocked by the lightning-fast confrontation in which Qi Ji broke Qianye Yizhi's cut at the beginning and then assassinated him successfully.
Chiba Kazuyuki couldn't control his balance and staggered back two steps. He couldn't help but put his hand on his chest and looked up at Qi Ji, his face under the helmet showing extreme shock.
The people in Xuanwu Hall leaned forward and exclaimed in unison.
In their minds, apart from the three greatest sword masters in the world and the old gym leader, the invincible current gym leader Chiba Kazuyuki was assassinated by a young man who looked to be no more than 20 years old at a single encounter.
This was a huge blow to them.
It’s over, Beichen is finished with one sword!
This is probably what all the students in Xuanwu Hall are thinking at this moment.
The uproar in the scene ended with Chiba Kazuyuki's loud shout.
His face, which no one could see under his helmet, turned red, and his mind was filled with crazy thoughts that he could not suppress at all - Beichen Ittoryu might suffer humiliation in his hands!
With such a terrifying thought, his emotions were almost completely out of control, and the next second, he howled in anger.
"I just said, to challenge a gym, of course, we have to fight until one side admits defeat or loses the ability to fight!!!"
That’s all.
Chiba Kazuyuki suddenly adopted the unique upper-level stance of Hokushin Ittoryu again. In this stance, he held the sword with both hands, and the blade was further backward compared to the upper-level stance of ordinary kendo.
The next second, he stomped the ground hard and rushed towards Qi Ji at a speed so terrifying that ordinary people could hardly see his movements.
Then when he was close to the attack distance, he slashed with his sword!
Qi Ji sighed lightly, and at the moment the opponent attacked, he grasped the knife with both hands and suddenly blocked it!
Chiba Kazuyuki's eyes widened angrily, his pupils fixed on Qi Ji's action of raising his sword to block. His own high-speed downward slashing sword slightly changed its route at the critical moment, adjusting the target from Qi Ji's head to Qi Ji's hand holding the sword!
That’s right, Beichen Ittoryu’s swordsmanship philosophy is to pursue the goal of making sure every strike of the sword is effective!
The real purpose of using a sword is to deprive the opponent of the ability to fight back.
This is a school of thought that places great emphasis on practicality and change.
Under this concept, Beichen Ittoryu believes that at the moment of attack, whether it is chopping the head or the arm, as long as the opponent can lose his combat effectiveness, the effect will be the same.
At this time, seeing that Qi Ji had completed the blocking action before his own chop fell, there was no point in continuing to aim at the opponent's head. Instead, he tried to injure the opponent's hand, and the result was also very good.
Chiba Kazuyuki's face was ferocious, and the falling speed of the katana held in both hands seemed to have increased by half a second.
The blade was about to chop Qi Ji’s gauntlet!
The next moment, Qi Ji turned his wrists extremely quickly, and in an instant he changed the straight knife from horizontal to vertical, and used the tail end of the handle to directly block Qianye Yizhi's slash!
It’s not over yet!
The moment the hilt of the knife was hit by Qianye Yizhi's heavy blow, Qi Ji used the reaction force to cross his legs and rotated, and actually completed a high-speed rotation in an instant!
The next second, following Qi Ji's rotation, the straight knife turned a circle and turned into a cold light and stabbed out at a high speed. The tip of the knife instantly stabbed towards Qianye Yizhi's face!
Qi Ji performed the entire set of movements with great skill, which was similar to the Tornado Flash of the Flying Sword Style.
The only difference is that the Tornado Flash rotates clockwise, relying on footwork to dodge the opponent's attack while using centrifugal force to chop the enemy's back in the opposite direction.
But the move Qi Ji used just now was to use the end of the handle of the knife to collide with the enemy's chopping attack, use the reaction force to rotate the body counterclockwise, and then after a rotation, stab the weapon from the right side with the forehand!
It is the unique skill of "Japanese Sword Technique", a branch of Xinyou Sword Technique - the back-stabbing sword move!
This is a unique move, just like the Tornado Flash.
An eighth-level master is not afraid of strange moves. Facing Qi Ji's unexpected assassination, Qianye Yizhi's sixth sense gave him a warning in advance. He followed the prompt of his sixth sense and quickly tilted his head to the right. At the same time, he held the knife with both hands and blocked it to the left.
With a clang, Chiba Kazuyuki's body tilted and he successfully blocked Qi Ji's attack with his sword.
Although he looked embarrassed, he was not injured again.
Qi Ji watched Qianye Yizhi retreat in embarrassment, and his expression under the helmet frowned slightly.
An eighth-level master with a sixth sense will become extremely difficult to deal with if he focuses on defense. Even if the enemy cannot defend against all attacks as time goes on, these enemies can often significantly reduce the damage they suffer with the help of the sixth sense.
That would not achieve the goal of winning the first battle cleanly.
By then, if these Sakura people cheat and delay the game, and finally say that the game time is over and the two sides are tied, wouldn't that completely destroy his plan?
Just after the declaration was made, the first battle was going to fail?
Absolutely not!
Thinking of this, Qi Ji gave up the idea of continuing to play and test the other party.
The next second, an invisible but bloody aura burst out!
He suddenly started the method of nourishing the meridians.
Next, a quick battle and a quick decision!
He tapped the ground with his toes and instantly turned into a shadow, appearing in front of Chiba Kazuyuki.
Then, in Chiba Kazuyuki's horrified gaze, the katana held by Qi Ji seemed to disappear in an instant!
Buzz buzz buzz!
Chiba Kazuyuki's sixth sense was frantically sending him danger signals.
The next second, he was completely wrapped up by the sword net slashed out by Qi Ji!
The burst of the Nourishing Meridians Technique combined with the Dragon's Nest Flash of the Flying Sword Style will completely cut the enemy into pieces with unparalleled speed and power!
Chiba Kazuyuki is indeed a genius. He was able to practice kendo to the eighth degree, enough to be called a "sword master", at the age of over 40.
But after all, he is not a gifted child with a body that is different from ordinary people.
His physical fitness did not exceed the limits of human beings. Facing Qi Ji's extremely fast slashing, he could only try in vain to resist before his defense was penetrated in less than two seconds.
The next second, countless slashes fell madly on Chiba Kazuyuki!
He was almost knocked off the ground by Qi Ji's attack.
Everyone looked at this scene in shock. It seemed that Qi Ji, who was swinging the blade so swiftly that the shape could not be seen, was already so powerful that it was beyond human comprehension.
The random slashing lasted for nearly seven or eight seconds!
The "tapping" sound of metal hitting the protective gear echoed throughout the Xuanwu Hall.
These seven or eight seconds are very short compared to normal time.
But for Chiba Kazuyuki and the swordsmen of Genbukan who were killed to the point where they could not fight back, it was a long torture!
Finally, in the devastated eyes of the Xuanwu Hall students, Qi Ji suddenly put away his sword and stopped Long Chao Shan's random slashing.
But in a split second, he slashed horizontally with his backhand, swiftly chopping off Chiba Kazuyuki's breastplate!
People with good eyesight could see that at the moment , he actually used his left leg to kick hard on the back of the knife.
Japanese sword technique - kicking the sword!
With the double power, just one strike was enough to send Chiba Kazuyuki flying several meters away.
The sweeping blow was so swift that it even left a noticeable dent in the specially crafted chest guard with amazing defensive power.
Under the desperate gaze of everyone in the Xuanwu Hall, Chiba Kazuyuki fell heavily to the ground, struggled desperately for several times, and then collapsed and fainted.
Qi Ji took off his helmet, turned around and looked behind him, where he saw a group of fellow Daxia people who came to support him.
Then, he gave a thumbs-up to the mobile phone cameras of his fellow villagers who were broadcasting live, and laughed loudly: "The head of the Beichen Ittoryu Xuanwuguan, Chiba Kazuyuki, won it easily!"
The Daxia audience at the scene looked at each other in bewilderment.
The next moment, shocking cheers broke out in the Xuanwu Hall.
At the same time, netizens from all over Daxia who were watching the live broadcast all jumped up on the spot, shouting to vent their excitement!
Today, in the middle of summer, all the swordsmen gathered together and went to Sakura to challenge the Sakura Kendo world.
The first stop is the main family of the Hokushin Ittoryu Genbutan.
Challenge - Success!
