It was Guan Fei Bai’s most practiced sword technique as well. In the younger generation of xiuxingists in the continent, Qiu Shan Jun would be the best at using this sword technique while Guan Fei Bai would rank second.
Seeing the bored and common sword techniques being used in the arena and looking at the long sword slashing through the night sky, people finally fell into silence.
A lot of people knew about this sword technique. A lot of people practiced this as well. But not many could use this sword technique in the fashion Guan Fei Bai demonstrated. He was able to show off the sword’s spirit completely without using qi.
Tonight, Guan Fei Bai taught a lesson to the young students on the stone stairs by doing so.
Following Gou Han Shi’s voice, Guan Fei Bai’s Mountain Door sword advanced and the pressure fell on Luo Luo. For the first time, a heavy expression climbed up on her young face. Although the opponent’s sword technique wasn’t strange, following the foreign sword techniques, a unique rhythm was formed.
Previously, she only used Wind and Rain Sword of Mountain Zhong. It started from the Fallen Leaves and finished at the Eastern Mountain. Her rhythm was perfect, but as the opponent changed his moves, the rhythm stopped and it seemed that she was falling to the opponent’s speed.
How could she make a comeback?
Guan Fei Bai looked at her expressionlessly and attacked with the force of raging fire which burnt the entire prairie.
It was her turn to fight back.
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Luo Luo felt the pressure, but Chen Chang Sheng endured most of it. He never thought Gou Han Shi would switch from the rural sword techniques straight back to his Mountain Door sword in an unexpected fashion. In just a moment, he thought the situation was out of his control.
Looking at the calm expression of Gou Han Shi sitting on the other side of the field, Chen Chang Sheng admitted that this person was amazing.
The battle between xiuxingists focuses on power and momentum. Power is qi while momentum is another more complicated concept. It could be sword technique, it could be sect, it could be relic items, and it could also be mental state. It’s just like playing chess; one’s amount of skill is determined by the situation of the game.
The change from the foreign Seven Star sword to the Mountain Door Sword was basically a change from rural to urban. This change of rhythm was quick and deadly. The terrifying thing was that this sudden change enhanced the sword’s spirit of Mountain Door. Right now, the momentum was almost solidified. How could Luo Luo break through it with her sword?
It was a simple change, but the undetectable wisdom and experience of Gou Han Shi was hidden inside it.
Chen Chang Sheng knew he was close to defeat. Although he had read and understood the entire Scroll of the Way when he was young and had studied tirelessly in the library of Tradition Academy, he only touched the field of xiuxing for a couple of months. No matter how great his knowledge with different sects’ techniques and how experienced he was on the field, he had a long way to go before reaching Gou Han Shi’s level.
He didn’t want to lose and moreover, he didn’t want Luo Luo to lose because of him.
Although it would be difficult to defeat a genius who seemed to know every technique in this world like Gou Han Shi tonight, he wanted to at least break even.
In this kind of situation, he still retained his confidence. However, it was unrelated to his method of reaching the Way — to satisfy one’s will. Instead, he had this confidence because he believed that Luo Luo was stronger than Guan Fei Bai.
Then in order to claim victory, he must not lose to Gou Han Shi on the field of techniques.
Countless scrolls appeared in his mind. The xiuxing books and sword techniques in the library of Tradition Academy kept on appearing in front of his eyes. Pages were flipped through by the wind caused by the contacts of the swords. The moves and teachings of the past powerful xiuxingists were turning into images and they quickly flew before Chen Chang Sheng’s eyes.
Which move should he use?