Volume 3: The World's Strongest Chapter 39: A Gathering of Storms
September 3rd, early morning.
Today is the day when Qi Ji challenges all the kendo schools of Sakura alone.
He slowly opened his eyes and sat up on the quilt, looking somewhat helpless.
That’s right, he’s stuck.
After defeating Arthas, he chose to brush the Secret Record of Rebirth before planning to challenge the next level.
The first two days were fine, because I chose the world of Battousai and killed my opponent easily.
On the third day, Qi Ji suddenly had the urge to see what other opponents were like in Arthas's worldview.
Then he met a tough guy.
It was a tall knight standing in a white ice cave.
In his right hand, he held a sharp, narrow straight sword, while in his left hand, he held a huge black stone sword that was as long and wide as a door panel.
This knight's strength and speed are obviously not as good as Arthas who has been eroded by the abyss, but he is still several times faster than Qi Ji in the demon-subduing state.
Not only does his physical fitness far exceed Qi Ji's, his fighting skills are also extremely complex and difficult.
The straight sword in his right hand slashed like the wind, fast and fierce.
The giant sword in his left hand weighs a thousand pounds. It is as strong as a raging wave when slashing, and as still as a mountain when blocking.
The most troublesome thing is that although he seemed to have fallen into frenzy, the combat consciousness he retained was obviously much stronger than that of Arthas.
Qi Ji had reviewed the situation when he defeated Arthas before . If Arthas' consciousness was restored, even if his strength was reduced by half, Qi Ji would never be able to win before Chaofan.
Now this new opponent can be considered as one whose strength has been reduced by half, but his combat awareness still retains most of Arthas.
Qi Ji was easily killed three times in a row.
In the third time, after the lessons learned from the previous two times, Qi Ji, who had accumulated experience, seized the flaws in the opponent's moves and dealt the enemy several fierce blows.
As a result, the enemy directly embedded the slender straight sword into the groove of the giant sword. After the two swords were combined, the blade of the giant sword ignited with black and red flames.
The knight changed from holding the sword with one hand to controlling it with both hands, and the huge sword wrapped in flames was wielded like a weightless light sword, and Qi Ji was killed in a few strokes.
Then he got stuck.
After selecting an enemy in the Secret Record of the Rebirth, you cannot choose to fight other enemies until you defeat that enemy...
After knowing this setting, Qi Ji secretly reminded himself that in the future, if he was not very sure, even if he defeated the high-level enemies in the Tower of Transcendence by chance, he should not easily choose to enter his worldview, otherwise he would most likely be stuck like now, and would not get any improvement except combat experience.
The final result of these five days was that I died three times and only acquired two skills.
[Kodachi Two-Sword Style: Kodachi Two-Sword Style technique, currently including basic two-sword style techniques and the special move "Kaiten Sword Dance".]
[Ya Tu Zan: A swordsman who has always adhered to the philosophy of "killing all evil", and created a unique stabbing skill by refining his own swordsmanship insights]
The Kodachi two-sword style is currently at the "incomplete" level. This is a technique that is very different from the concept of real combat. After all, Qi Ji has never heard of any school of two-sword style that uses exactly the same short sword.
If this dual-sword style was used before, it might have become Qi Ji's powerful main skill, but what can help Qi Ji now is the special body movement "Heaven-Returning Sword Dance" that comes with the "Cripple" level. This body movement focuses on dodging, avoiding enemy attacks with smooth, flowing footwork and posture, and patiently waiting for the enemy to reveal a flaw before attacking.
As for the special skill called Tooth Thrust, to put it simply, it is similar to the first move of the three-stage stabbing skill, but it is done by holding the end of the handle with one hand and stabbing with one hand in a cow-like posture. With the special force action, the speed is faster, the force is stronger, and the stabbing distance is farther.
Both skills are good and enrich Qi Ji's moves.
But it is not worth using transcendence to improve.
…
After getting dressed neatly, Qi Ji opened the door and walked out of the guest room. Then he saw the three members of the Shangquan family who were already waiting in the living room outside the door.
Qi Ji couldn't help but take out his cell phone and check. It was still six o'clock in the morning.
"Why are you here so early?" he asked curiously.
Ueizumi Masanobu smiled helplessly: "Mr. Qi Ji, today is the day you challenge all the Sakura Kendos alone, why don't you look nervous at all?"
On the contrary, his son Shangquan Yiren was very excited and said loudly to Qi Ji: "Mr. Qi Ji, I believe you will definitely win."
As he said this, he came closer and opened his Facebook page to show Qi Ji: "Look, as you expected, there are already many replies in my Facebook post supporting you."
Qi Ji took a look and, wow, based on his ability to recognize more than half of the Daxia characters in the Sakura language, he guessed that there were indeed quite a few people who left messages of support on the Facebook page of Kamiizumi Yiren.
Sure enough, in the eyes of many Sakura people, being strong is the greatest truth!
Saeko Kamiizumi looked at Qi Ji with a smile, her eyes glowing with warmth.
The four of them quickly finished their breakfast and then got into two .
Before seven o'clock, the car stopped in front of the Bunkyo Dome Stadium in Bunkyo Ward, Tokyo.
Then, under the guidance of the staff, they came to the interior of this most famous stadium of Sakura through a special passage.
Qi Ji had learned about it before coming here. As the most famous dome stadium in Sakura, Bunkyo Dome is essentially a baseball stadium, covering an area of about 50,000 square meters. It is said that it can support nearly 50,000 spectators to watch baseball games. Its most distinctive egg-shaped dome is made of an elastic film, and in order to ensure that the dome is inflated, the pressure difference inside and outside the stadium will be maintained through equipment.
The stadium is renovated every few years, and the facilities are naturally quite advanced. There are huge screens hanging above the spectator seats on both sides to broadcast the game in real time.
Now, in the center of this dome stadium that is used for baseball games on a daily basis, Shangquan Technology has built a giant stage with a diameter of at least 30 meters. In addition to the spectator seats, in addition to the central position occupied by the stage, there are also circles of chairs surrounding the stage. A rough count shows that there are at least one or two thousand chairs.
"These chairs around the stage are specially arranged for kendo school members from all over the country to watch the competition. Originally, we could have added at least 7,000 to 8,000 seats, but after estimation, we didn't expect that many core members would actually come to challenge, so for the sake of space and comfort, we have now set the number at 2,000."
Chun Gufeng, the secretary of Shangquan Technology, was wearing an office lady outfit and appeared silently beside the people who were watching the scene. She held a tablet in her hand and spoke lightly in Daxia language while sliding the screen.
Qi Ji couldn't help but "tsk tsk" a few times and chuckled, "So many seats have been added to the backstage. Are they all here to fight me? Do you really want me to be the only one in the crowd?"
Chun Gu Feng lifted his glasses and shook his head, "Of course not. According to our statistics, there are a total of nine schools that have officially responded to your declaration of a duel. The challengers are expected to be the current masters of each school, with a strength of at least 8th dan. Most of them have reached 9th dan, and most of them are even at the upper level of 9th dan."
Qi Ji touched his chin and said with a smile: "According to what you said, it means that there may be hidden or niche schools that will send out good players to challenge me?"
Chun Gu Feng's glasses flashed, and he nodded and said, "According to our deduction, the possibility of what you said is more than 80%."
Qi Ji smiled and said, "Then I'll wait and see!"
