Volume 3: The World's Strongest Chapter 45: Iaido, Dream of Divine Transmission
The audience was shocked when they saw Takehiro Kondo falling to the stage with blood all over his body.
At the moment when the two people came into contact, the audience could only see that Qi Ji's hands and knife seemed to have disappeared, and there seemed to be a phantom flash between the two people, and then Qi Ji finally stabbed Kondo Takehiro away with a stabbing posture.
But how could it be possible that just a stabbing attack caused Kondo Takehiro to have wounds all over his body and blood splattering?
What kind of magic did Qi Ji use?
At this point, the organizers seemed to know everyone's doubts, and the two large screens above the court began to replay the final blow of the two men's decisive battle.
Everyone in the audience, including swordsmen from various schools below the stage, immediately turned their eyes over.
As a professional gymnasium, the high-speed cameras recorded Qi Ji's movements in great detail, and now presented them to everyone at a speed ten times slower.
The Nine-Headed Dragon Flash that Qi Ji had completed in less than a second was now stretched to ten seconds, allowing the audience to see the full picture of this move.
There were nine strikes in total, and each one was extremely standard, without any unnecessary movements or any special changes.
But it’s fast. Very fast.
The images displayed on the screen looked like the special effects when the speedsters in superhero movies activated their abilities.
Everything was slowed down, and in this slow-paced world, there was a sense of complete silence.
Only Qi Ji's speed was not affected. In front of Kondo Takehiro, whose movements were slowed down to a snail, he swung his sword at a speed "faster than a normal person."
Kondo Takehiro's face was shocked. When he blocked Qi Ji's first vertical slash, he showed a speed that was barely close to Qi Ji's, and successfully blocked Qi Ji's slash.
At this time, it can be seen that Kondo Takehiro's action is a standard Ue-ryu (block and counterattack) action. After blocking, he turned the blade and wanted to counterattack.
But he was too slow compared to Qi Ji.
From the second strike, his speed began to lag behind, and he could only look horrified as Qi Ji slashed deep wounds in eight places on his body.
Due to the fast speed, these wounds did not even have time to bleed during Qi Ji's slashing process. It was not until Kondo Takehiro was stabbed into the air by Qi Ji that blood spurted out almost at the same time.
Soon, what happened in one second was stretched to ten seconds on the big screen and played out, and the next round started immediately after it ended.
Whether it was at the scene or online, everyone was in an uproar at this moment!
The audience from Sakura Country at the scene suddenly became noisy, and the buzzing mixed voices filled the entire dome. Every audience member expressed his amazement at Qi Ji's speed to the people around him.
The comments in the live broadcast rooms of major events in Daxia were surging like a torrent.
[Qi Shen! My God! ]
[WDNMD, is this the speed a human can achieve? ]
[Nine knives in one second. No, it’s less than one second! ]
[Human evolution has left me behind again? 】
[Don't mention you, I'm at level 6 of Bing Ji, and I feel like I've been left behind! ]
[Just a quick question, with Qi Shen's attack speed, can the three great sword masters achieve it? ]
[Fuck, so...it seems like the Sword Saint has never used such an outrageous move, right?]
[Could it be that Qi Shen has surpassed the Sword Saint? ]
[Stop talking, stop talking, it's getting more and more outrageous! ]
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Offstage, with the temporary guest hosting arrangement by Chun Gufeng, Qi Ji finally got some time to rest.
He defeated five schools in a row and activated the meridian nourishing method three times during the process. Even with his strong body blessed by his transcendence, there were still some losses.
After all, the essence of the meridian nourishing method is actually to stimulate the heart to beat faster through secret methods, pumping blood throughout the body, while synthesizing and releasing a large amount of body hormones in a short period of time, strengthening the nerves and tendons and bones throughout the body.
Simply put, this thing is not the kind of buff that can be turned on and off at will. Every time it is turned on, there will be a corresponding fixed loss to the body and physical strength. Turning it off in advance can certainly greatly reduce this loss, but it cannot achieve a perfect saving rate.
To put it bluntly, with his current physical condition, the Yangmai Method can maintain the explosive state for more than two minutes after being activated. However, it does not mean that he can turn the Yangmai Method into "one hundred and twenty bursts per second" by turning it on and off many times. Every time he turns the Yangmai Method on and off, he will consume at least "ten seconds".
That is, if he could use the Yangmai method to burst out and win within ten seconds each time, he could deal with twelve enemies in a row.
Even if he is not given time to rest, it is generally enough.
So even if he was not given a rest in the previous rounds of competition, he didn't mind. But now that the host has changed to Chun Gu Feng and he has been given a rest period, he is naturally happy to have some free time.
Fifteen minutes later, through the powerful recovery speed blessed by the transcendence degree and the breathing and regulating method of nourishing meridians, Qi Ji recovered half of the 20% of his lost physical strength.
He stood on the stage again, and this time, his opponent was an old man who looked to be in his sixties.
He had a five-foot-long sword tied around his waist, and the handle alone was two feet long, which was obviously different from the common Sakura katana or katana.
The voice of Chun Gu Feng, the guest host, sounded at the right time. While introducing Qi Ji's opponent, he also cleared up Qi Ji's doubts.
"Now on stage is Hayashizaki Kengo, the master of Yume Shinden-ryu. As we all know, Yume Shinden-ryu is the orthodox school of the famous Sakura kendo school 'Iaido'. It is equipped with a five-foot Iai-do special sword specially made for the school. Its effect of defeating the enemy with one strike the moment the sword is drawn is very terrifying. Can Hayashizaki Kengo, the ninth dan, defeat Qi Ji, the challenger from Daxia? Let us wait and see!"
There was a little less loud applause from the crowd.
After witnessing Qi Ji's Nine-Headed Dragon Flash, most of Sakura's audience are now suspicious of their own swordsman.
There was no way. Qi Ji's terrifying super-fast slashing ability, which could make nine large-scale attacks in less than a second, was too much of a challenge to their understanding of the limits of the human body.
No matter how much we deny ourselves or how much we encourage each other.
In the minds of the audience who watched Qi Ji's challenge, Qi Ji's "invincible" image has gradually been established.
Now many Sakura fans have expressed discouraging remarks online.
[Qi Ji is so powerful that he is almost invincible. Unless Sword Saint Shangquan takes action, there is still a glimmer of hope.]
[If the Swordmaster Ueizumi doesn't show up, no one in Sakura will be able to win]
[The only thing to be thankful for is that Qi Ji is from Da Xia. His existence proves that our Xia race is the most superior race in the world.]
Wow, many people in Sakura Country have already recognized the reality and started to include Qi Ji in the same camp as themselves.
It is estimated that it won’t be long before the Goryeo Kingdom will announce that Qi Ji has Goryeo blood.
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Let’s not talk about the online comments for now.
Unable to gain unanimous support like the Five-Wing Swordsman had before, Hayashizaki Kengo of the Dream God-den-ryu had an even more sorrowful look on his already old face.
He looked up at Qi Ji and said in a hoarse voice: "A natural disaster has befallen the cherry blossoms. The dignity of our kendo circle has now been completely trampled by you. As the saying goes, don't chase after a desperate enemy. Sir Qi Ji, why don't you just stop here and everyone will be happy."
After listening to the simultaneous translation, Qi Ji sneered and shook his head. When the whole world was advising Sakura not to do such heinous things that threatened the health of all mankind, Sakura insisted on doing it for her own short-term interests.
What you are facing is not a natural disaster, but a man-made disaster!
Want him to stop now?
Not to mention the thousands of Daxia people who had high hopes for him, even he himself would not agree.
Seeing Qi Ji shaking his head, Lin Qi Qianwu's face became even more miserable. He coughed twice and walked forward silently: "In this case, I can only try my best to kill you."
After that, he raised his hand and said seriously: "I propose a duel without armor and with real swords!"
Qi Ji sneered and nodded, "That's exactly what I want!"
Soon, the two signed the agreement and walked to the center of the stage in front of the audience.
Hayashizaki Kengo coughed, patted the five-foot sword on his waist, and said, "The name of the sword is 'Nobukuni'. It was passed down by my ancestor Hayashizaki Jinsuke. It is specially used for Iaido. Please be careful, Master Qiji."
Qi Ji nodded indifferently, turned slightly, grasped the scabbard with his left hand, and gently stroked the handle with his right hand.
Hayashizaki Kengo stopped talking and slowly reached to his waist to grip the hilt of the knife.
Invisible aura began to gather and collide.
Although the Sakura spectators at the scene had basically lost confidence after several rounds of blows and no longer cheered for their own players enthusiastically, they still couldn't help but feel a glimmer of hope when they saw this scene.
The entire audience was silent, and tens of thousands of viewers began to pray silently for Hayashizaki Kengo in their hearts, hoping that he could create a miracle.
Countless beliefs began to slowly gather together, and unexpectedly produced a mysterious help again, and Hayashi Kengo's mental strength began to rise.
Hayashizaki Kengo felt that his spiritual realm, which had declined with age, had returned to its peak for the first time in history. A faint smile appeared at the corner of his old face.
Iaido places the greatest emphasis on spirit, and what is important is the full-force burst of energy and shen (spirit) at that instant. Through this burst, the potential of the body is brought to its limit, and a blow is delivered at a speed far exceeding normal speed.
Now that I'm in good shape, maybe I can really win the battle.
At the age of sixty, he can still contribute his strength to the Sakura Country and the kendo world.
It’s really worth dying for!
With this will to fight to the death, at this moment, Hayashizaki Kengo's momentum reached its peak!
He felt that his declining body seemed to have returned to the peak of his prime in this instant. Every muscle, every bone, and every inch of fascia exerted its final brilliance!
With this unparalleled power, he roared and suddenly pulled out the long sword from his waist with his right hand!
The long sword disappeared from everyone's sight the moment it was unsheathed.
The moment Hayashizaki Kengo drew his sword, there was already a smile on his face.
This is the strongest sword I have ever drawn in my life. I am afraid that even if Sword Saint Shangquan himself comes, he will not be able to face the sharpness of this sword!
Then, he saw Qi Ji's wild, wolf-like smile.
Why is he laughing?
The next moment, Qi Ji also drew his sword!
A magic sword style: Sky!
The knife flashed like lightning, and it disappeared back into the sheath in just a flash.
The next second, a long blade fell from the air onto the stage.
Including Hayashizaki Kengo, everyone couldn't help but look at what was in Hayashizaki Kengo's hand.
The precious sword named "Xinguo" in his hand now only had half of the blade left.
Qi Ji was standing there indifferently, holding the sheath in his left hand and stroking the knife with his right hand, as if he had never moved.
Dream God-style, Hayashizaki Kengo 9th dan.
The sword breaks and the man is defeated!
