Chapter 31

Chapter 44: Solid as a rock, a real man's fencing

　　Loki blinked.

　　".Hey. Then. Then. Can he do magic?"

　　Rudy's serious expression suddenly relaxed when he heard this, as if he got a little comfort, and he chuckled.

　　"Fortunately, he knows nothing about magic. If Alan also has a talent for magic, wouldn't he have to force you, Luo Qixi, to be his teacher? That would be too dangerous for me!"

　　"Oh, I see."

　　Luo Qixi breathed a sigh of relief when she heard that. She didn't understand what Rudy meant by danger. She turned to look at the two people in the yard, a slight smile appearing at the corner of her mouth.

　　Rudy looked at Luo Qixi's expression and always felt that something was wrong, but he couldn't tell what the problem was.

　　Sylphy on the side blinked, secretly glanced at Roxy, then fluttered her eyelashes and looked at Allen.

　　In the courtyard, Allen and Paul have finished warming up.

　　There was a distance of three meters between Allen and Paul. Compared with his relaxed attitude of holding a sword when confronting Rudy before, he was in a posture of being ready for battle when confronting Paul, who was also a swordsman today.

　　He was seen standing with his legs bent, firmly planted on the ground, holding the knife with both hands, with the blade on his shoulder, and the back of the knife was very close to his right shoulder.

　　Paul looked at Allen with a relaxed expression, holding his sword.

　　"Are you ready? I'm going to attack you now, okay?"

　　Alan took a deep breath, his pupils suddenly constricted, and the Dragon Saint Dou Qi embryonic core in his abdomen squeezed and shrank, carrying the original Dou Qi and rushing through his body.

　　He 'felt' the dust slowly drifting past him and smiled.

　　"Ready, let's start."

　　As soon as he finished speaking, Paul's sword had already swept to his left shoulder which was out of the blade's range!

　　The silent sword!

　　The next moment, the two passed each other.

　　Paul staggered and turned around in surprise.

　　Alan's legs, which were rooted to the ground, remained motionless.

　　He didn't even turn around, but just turned his back to Paul and tilted his head to look at the latter. The posture of carrying the knife on his right shoulder just now only changed slightly, and he moved the hand holding the knife from the side of his forehead to the front of his body.

　　The handle of the knife was 'just' above his left shoulder.

　　"Did this happen in the air?!" Senis exclaimed.

　　Paul gathered his expression and turned serious, casually answering the question that Senis had asked on behalf of everyone.

　　".I didn't hit it in the air."

　　He squinted his eyes and looked at the handle of the knife hanging above Allen's left shoulder. He still remembered the feeling of the blade in his hand in the blink of an eye.

　　He did hit it.

　　But it didn't work.

　　Alan's response just now was too 'just right'.

　　She changed the knife's momentum 'just right', placed the knife's handle above his left shoulder 'just right', then 'just right' caught the tip of his sword and 'just right' deflected his blade.

　　Exactly the same score.

　　There was not a single unnecessary movement.

　　It's like a rock in a turbulent stream, solid and without any flaws.

　　——

　　Paul looked at Alan for a long moment and then asked.

　　"You won't turn around?"

　　Alan still tilted his head to look at him, and kept the blade in his hand on his right shoulder.

　　"No, this stance is enough for me to deal with attacks from all angles. Of course, the premise is that I can 'sense' them. And I just happened to sense the soundless sword, so I'm lucky."

　　Paul smiled.

　　"The ultimate perception and the secret of the Water God Flow are combined together. If I were a little faster, would I be able to cut you before you could sense me swinging my sword?"

　　Alan smiled with narrowed eyes.

　　"You can try, sir."

　　Paul laughed, and his laughter drifted in the wind. The next moment, he appeared beside Alan.

　　The sword in his hand was hanging less than half a meter in front of Allen's eyebrows.

　　But Alan's hand moved with his body, and he had already folded the blade in front of his eyebrows.

　　Paul and Allen's eyes briefly intertwined at this moment.

　　With a crisp sound of "bang!", Paul's sword tip was deflected to the side by Allen's force, and this attack was still deflected by Allen's "flow secret" by chance.

　　But a smile appeared on Paul's face.

　　He loosened his hand holding the knife, and the blade slipped out of Allen's sight. At the same time, Paul's whip kick had already approached Allen's chest!

　　Feint!

　　The reason why he asked for faster speed was to make Allen mistakenly believe that Paul was going to use the Sword God Style to slash!

　　It was clear that he intended to abandon the sword from the very beginning, using the seemingly swift stab as a feint, and relying entirely on the whip kick from his lower body to determine the outcome!

　　But even so, Paul's wishful thinking still failed.

　　Allen shifted the blade again, and at the moment when Paul was about to kick him in the chest, he just grazed Paul's foot with the handle of the knife in his hand, kicked him back from his ribs with a deflecting force applied by the flow secret.

　　At this moment, Paul and Allen's eyes suddenly flashed with brilliance as they looked at each other. He saw that his legs that were still on the ground suddenly exerted force, and took advantage of the inertia of kicking and the flow secret to accelerate, and once again caught the blade that had just slipped out of Allen's hand. Then his foot that kicked in the air stabbed into the ground suddenly, and a new force was transmitted from the ground to his waist and abdomen. He twisted his body and slashed the sword at Allen's back!

　　There are more moves after the whip kick!

　　Alan didn't even have time to turn around!

　　When Paul saw that the sword was about to hit Allen's back, a hint of joy appeared in his eyes.

　　"This time, the Silent Sword is the fastest I can use. He hasn't even turned around yet. How can I win? ! ! "

　　Just then, Alan's shoulders slumped.

　　A thin blade like a ghost stretched back from his shoulder and stabbed accurately in front of Paul's sword.

　　The slight sound vibrated in the air, creating ripples in the air as Paul's gaze quickly turned into surprise.

　　With a bang, the blade was bounced off the tip of the knife, whizzed past Paul's ear, cut through the ripples, and went straight into the tree next to him, making a rapid buzzing sound.

　　The people at the side, including Senis, turned their heads to look at the sword on the tree, then turned to look at Alan and Paul, with confused expressions on their faces.

　　In their dynamic vision without the blessing of fighting spirit, the two men's bodies were too fast. At first glance, they just suddenly touched each other's faces, and then twitched their bodies twice in the air at a distance with the flashing of swords. Before they could see clearly what kind of fighting they were doing, Paul's sword had already flown away and stuck in the tree beside them.

　　It's like a fucking joke.

　　Paul blinked in surprise, turned his head to look at the sword that flew out of his hand and was stuck in the tree, then looked at the teasing look in Alan's eyes as he lowered his shoulders and tilted his head to look at him, and he was speechless for a long time.

　　Seeing that Paul looked a little dazed, Alan stood up, put away the knife, turned around, waved his hand in front of his eyes, and said teasingly.

　　"Master, you really like to use Beishenliu."

　　Paul had come back to his senses. He looked at his hands awkwardly, as if he still couldn't accept how he could hide his hands and still be disarmed in an instant by Alan's secret technique.

　　But he was quite tough.

　　"Well, this is a strategy. Your secret is quite powerful. It is an airtight defense with no flaws at all. If the opponent does not have overwhelming hard power against you, it will be difficult for him to cause harm to you."

　　Then he said with some confusion and some exasperation.

　　"This secret is the perfect Water God Style technique! What other inspiration do you need to come up with? Are you going to deflect my sword and chop off my head at the same time?!"

　　Alan blinked and responded immediately.

　　"What else?"

　　Paul was stunned when he saw Alan's serious expression.

Chapter 45 How can a rock be sharp? A healing spell

　　Chapter 45 How can a rock be sharp? .Healing spell

　　Paul looked at Alan in astonishment for a long while, and finally understood what he was about to realize.

　　"Your self-created secret technique requires you to keep using the flow secret technique to deflect my attack, but the flow secret technique itself is just a technique to disengage the opponent's attack, so you simply cannot complete a counterattack while deflecting the attack."

　　"And if you want to counterattack me with other sword techniques halfway through, you must stop the flow secret technique, but in this way, you may not be able to successfully prevent my backhand, resulting in a high probability that both of you will be injured even if you complete the counterattack, right?"

　　Alan rubbed his brow weakly.

　　"That's right, you hit the nail on the head. I didn't use this secret skill when I was sparring with you before because of this reason. It's meaningless to just take a beating without fighting back."

　　Paul was stunned for a moment, but suddenly burst into laughter.

　　"Then you are truly a natural guard. Those nobles in the capital of Asura have truly lost a talent!"

　　Alan rubbed his face helplessly.

　　"So, I want my uncle to give me some inspiration to improve this secret technique, so that it can maintain the flow secret technique while also being able to effectively counterattack the opponent."

　　Paul was also troubled after hearing this. He turned around, walked to the tree, pulled out the sword, rubbing his chin and muttering to himself.

　　"If I keep maintaining the flow secret technique, I can't use other techniques to counterattack. If I use other techniques to counterattack, the flow secret technique will stop. Hiss. What should I do?"

　　After thinking for a moment, Paul frowned and said.

　　"What if I use the flow secret to bounce the opponent's attack back to him completely? That won't work either. The essence of the flow secret is to shift the direction of the force like a stream of water. It is impossible to bounce the opponent's attack back intact. What if I keep the flow secret technique and only use the strength of my body to fight back? Is it feasible without using other sword techniques?"

　　Alan shook his head.

　　"I've thought about this, but without swordsmanship skills, the counterattack speed won't be fast enough. Once you encounter an opponent of the same level or higher, they will easily dodge the attack. But if the opponent is of a lower level, there is no need to use this secret technique. You can just swing the sword to cut the opponent. Why use the flow secret technique to defend?"

　　Paul scratched his head, looking dumbfounded.

　　"I don't know that you were thinking a lot when you were practicing the Sword God Style. You guys in the Water God Style have too much to consider. It's overwhelming."

　　Alan felt helpless after hearing this.

　　At this moment, he felt a little itchy on the side of his face. He turned his head and found that Luo Qixi was already beside him, with the ahoge on her head sticking out of his face.

　　Alan blinked at her and was about to say something, but Luo Qixi spoke first.

　　"Can I use the move you used when we first met? I remember you said it was very taxing on the body, does that mean that high-speed slashing relies mainly on physical ability rather than swordsmanship skills?"

　　Alan smiled and spoke subconsciously.

　　"I've also considered the Twenty Slashes. Although it does rely on physical fitness to develop a few fixed trajectories of rapid sword swings over the years, it is closer to the body's conditioned reflexes rather than sword skills. But the problem is that my physical fitness can only support a few swings. If I encounter a strong enemy and get into a fierce tug-of-war, I'm afraid I'll be the first to fall if I keep using the Twenty Slashes. That's worse than..."

　　Alan's voice became smaller and smaller until it was completely silent. He stared at Loki with wide eyes for a long time, and then showed an expression of sudden enlightenment.

　　Then, with a look of excitement, he put his hands on both sides of Loki's waist and ribs, and carried her around twice like a child.

　　"I figured it out! Thank you! God! You have been so helpful on every level!!"

　　Then, under the astonished gaze of everyone, the scumbag Allen threw the struggling Roxy with wide eyes and a panicked look to the ground, turned around, grabbed the knife and began to practice twenty cuts with various postures.

　　Very focused.

　　Luo Qixi squatted on the ground, watching the scumbag wielding the knife. She looked embarrassed and confused, and couldn't speak for a long time.

　　I just don't feel well at all.

　　——

　　On the hillside, under the big tree.

　　"So, Sylphy's overall magic level is only at the intermediate level at the moment?"

　　"Yes, to be precise, it is currently at the beginner to intermediate level overall."

　　Luo Qixi touched the non-existent sweat on her forehead and said with lingering fear.

　　"My control over magic, my magical power, and my proficiency in non-chanting still need to be improved."

　　"If another genius comes, I really won't be able to stay in this village for a moment."

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