Chapter 118: The Twenty-Eight Mansions

Only a very few people present understood clearly that the speed of Zhao Changhe's broadsword, using some unknown technique, slightly deceived visual perception.

When people engage the weapon of the opponent, there is inevitably a point of impact they anticipate, and it is at that moment that the force reaches its peak. Just as when a normal person walks, there is an anticipated point of footfall, using strength prematurely would likely result in a twisted ankle.

But Zhao Changhe's broadsword, eerily, intersected with Ba Tu's a tad earlier than normal anticipation—when Ba Tu's strength had not yet peaked, while Zhao Changhe had been plotting this all along.

At the same time, Zhao Changhe's apparently fierce clash actually concealed a bit of deflection in his counterforce.