Chapter 316 Sword God
Chapter 316 Sword God
As soon as they started fighting, Xiao Jie felt the opponent's strong strength.
Logically speaking, his basic attributes should not be weaker than the other party. Since eating the demon pill has improved his attributes so much, and the effect of the Kaiyang Golden Seal has not disappeared yet (on the last day), his current attributes are basically equivalent to those of a player around level 40.
I don't know how this NPC's attributes are calculated, but they shouldn't be much higher than the player's.
At least in terms of speed, Xiao Jie could still barely keep up.
The pressure mainly comes from the smooth connection of the opponent's moves.
Wind-splitting Slash - Willow Dancing in the Wind - Soaring Dragon Slash...
This Heavenly Sword that Shocks the Eight Desolations is not called that for nothing. Every strike of his sword can create a sharp wind. It may seem like an ordinary fighting skill, but in his hands the power is quite astonishing.
Not to mention, there are almost no flaws between these fighting skills.
Xiao Jie could only keep retreating and dodging, looking for an opportunity to fight.
He flew into the air with a move called Long Xiang Zhan, and before he finished his move, he did a somersault in mid-air and seamlessly connected with another move - Splitting Mount Huashan with Force!
Phantom without a trace! Xiao Jie had to use his agility skills to dodge the attack.
The opponent slashed the ground with his sword, and the blade left a huge scar on the ground.
There is a flaw! Xiao Jie rushed forward and tried to seize the opponent's gap.
Cut it off!
The opponent, however, took the opportunity to move up one level - building a golden beam over the sea!
clang!
The two blades actually collided directly with each other.
Xiao Jie thought to himself, wow, this is too outrageous.
The move of "Force Splitting Huashan" was a big move, and it was supposed to have at least half a second of weakness after it was used, but the opponent didn't know what method he used, and he canceled the skill's afterswing at the moment the skill was used up, and seamlessly connected to another skill.
What surprised Xiao Jie even more was that the starting action of Jiahai Jinliang had at least a 0.2/0.3 second pre-swing.
As a result, it was canceled out altogether. From the chop from mid-air to the blocking, there was a gap of less than 0.2 seconds, and there was absolutely no flaw.
The two swords collided, and the opponent's power attribute was obviously higher, which directly bounced Xiao Jie's sword away.
In an instant, he followed up with a spinning slash.
Xiao Jie was still in a stiff state at this time and was hit directly by the knife.
Swish, swish, swish! Three consecutive slashes hit his body, but three of them were immune.
Haha, I'm invulnerable to swords and guns. You're thinking too much if you want to break my defense with a wooden sword.
Just as he was about to wait for the opponent to complete his three slashes before counterattacking.
Who would have thought that Jin Wujiu did not stop spinning after the last slash, but turned around again and seamlessly connected with a move - sweeping kick!
Xiao Jie was knocked to the ground. The moment he stood up, he held the knife with both hands and split Huashan with all his strength!
He chopped down on the head again.
Fortunately, Xiao Jie was prepared this time - the lazy donkey rolling around!
He escaped the pursuit.
He stood up. Although he didn't lose any blood, he was extremely shocked.
This martial arts master is indeed worthy of being called a master. How the hell can we fight him?
Xiao Jie did not choose to go all out and kill, he just wanted to spar with his opponent in order to improve his proficiency with his weapon. Since there was no reward for winning, he naturally had to counter the opponent's moves and use skills to win.
Since you can't win in close combat, then use martial arts to win.
Cut in two with one stroke—air splitting flash!
A blade of energy slashed towards him.
Jin Wujiu also slashed out with his sword.
Cut through the air!
The two sword energies collided with each other, making a harsh friction sound. Xiao Jie put away his sword and prepared to launch another sword energy. However, Jin Wujiu took advantage of the situation and used a charge skill - Huifeng Dancing Willow - however, this move only used the starting movement, followed by a thrust. As soon as he danced the sword with one hand, he suddenly thrust the blade forward in the next second and stabbed Xiao Jie in the face.
My day!
What a smooth connection! Xiao Jie was amazed, and vaguely grasped some subtle changes in his mind.
He was originally planning to wait until the skill's afterswing ended before attacking again, but at this moment, he somehow managed to use the Blade Counter move.
The action of retracting the knife directly turned into the starting posture of the blade reverse, clang!
He actually managed to block the opponent's unpredictable attack.
Damn, I figured it out!
In an instant, Xiao Jie seemed to have been enlightened and instantly understood why the opponent's combo was so smooth.
I was so stunned that I forgot what to do next.
Jin Wujiu did not hesitate and launched a series of gorgeous combos.
Immunity - Immunity - 7-15-23...
He was still immune to the first few hits, but started to lose blood after the latter ones. It was obvious that Jin Wujiu also discovered Xiao Jie's strong body and injected his internal force into his swordsmanship.
Xiao Jie was in a state of enlightenment at this time. He had no time to fight and quickly jumped out of the circle.
"I lost. Senior's swordsmanship is indeed profound. I admire you."
“Hahaha, little brother’s swordsmanship is also very sharp, but it’s a pity that the changes in moves are too abrupt and there is no method at all. It’s a pity.”
Xiao Jie's heart moved, he also realized that the opponent's moves were too perfectly connected. Under normal circumstances, there would always be a brief gap after a combat skill was used. The more powerful the combat skill was, the larger the gap would be. When players were fighting one-on-one, they often did not dare to attack easily. Once they attacked, they had to immediately prepare their body skills and be prepared for the opponent to dodge and counterattack.
If the strength is similar, it is even possible to play out in a turn-based system. You make a move, I dodge, I make another move, you block, and so on.
Whoever makes a mistake first will be put in a passive position and get hurt.
The outcome of a battle is often decided in the transition between offense and defense.
In this situation, high-power and high-speed combat skills become particularly important, such as Xiao Jie's "Cut in Two with One Strike", which is fast and easy to hit, and if it misses, he can use "Phantom Invisibility" to dodge and make up for it.
This was his tried and tested tactic in battle.
But now that he met a master like Jin Wujiu, his battle strategy was directly disrupted.
Jin Wujiu's attack was as smooth as flowing water, with almost no flaws to be found. It was amazing.
Xiao Jie didn't understand it at first and thought it was a unique characteristic of NPCs. But in that instant of inspiration, he seemed to have grasped the key to something.
I began to humbly seek advice.
"I do have many deficiencies in this area. I just saw you wielding your sword with such concentration that your sword skills were as smooth as flowing water, which was truly amazing. I just wonder if you could give me some pointers. Is there any secret to this?"
"Little brother, don't you know what 'change of tactics' means?"
"Please ask senior for advice."
“There are thousands of martial arts in the world, thousands of techniques and tens of thousands of moves. They seem to be ever-changing, but in fact they all remain essentially the same. Each weapon has a fixed set of moves based on its characteristics.
Take the sword technique as an example. There are countless sword techniques and moves in the martial arts world, but the key points of the movements are just ten: chopping, slashing, stabbing, lifting, sweeping, blocking, collecting, picking and flicking.
All sword techniques and fighting skills are composed of these ten movements. "Xiao Jie was surprised when he heard this, and after thinking about it carefully, it was really the case.
For example, my most commonly used secret technique - sweeping everything - has only one core action - sweeping.
His most commonly used fighting skill was to cut something in two with one blow - naturally, it was 'chop'.
Jin Wujiu continued, "These different movements are related to each other. Chopping and slashing can be followed by lifting or blocking. Retracting can be followed by stabbing or slashing. Stabbing can be followed by dancing. Dancing can be followed by lifting and removing. Lifting can be followed by cutting... These different movements can be connected to another movement.
Every move has a starting and ending action. If the starting and ending actions of two moves happen to be the same action, the two moves can be seamlessly connected, so that the moves can be as smooth as flowing water without any flaws... Especially when mastering multiple martial arts and fighting skills, you must rely on the art of changing moves to integrate different martial arts and fighting skills."
The more Xiao Jie listened, the more he understood. So that's why. No wonder the opponent's combat skills had such short forward and backward swings. It turned out that they were directly merged.
However, to use such a combo routine, one must master a large number of combat skills. After all, the movements between many combat skills are too different and cannot be connected. One must retract the move and then attack again.
This will slow things down.
It’s okay to fight against small monsters, but it’s easy to be caught in a fight with real masters.
In fact, he had done similar things in the past, but it was more instinctive and he had not formed a complete theory. Sometimes he just felt that some moves would be more smoothly connected, so he would habitually use them more often. But after Jin Wujiu's guidance, Xiao Jie suddenly found that he still had a lot of room for improvement.
The reason why he had not thought of this before was mainly due to the influence of his past gaming experience.
In past games, combat skills often did not take into account the form of action. The only difference was how much damage was done and how large the attack range was.
The connection between skills also depends entirely on the player's hand speed.
However, the actions in this game are too realistic, and the gaps between different moves are completely different, which is completely different from previous games.
Therefore, when the spinning slash is halfway through, you can follow it up with a teasing skill, such as the Dragon Flying Slash.
However, he couldn't block the attack with a single blow, because after the blade swept out a circle, it would just rotate upwards and strike. But if he wanted to block the attack with a chopping technique, he had to retract the blade first and then chop it out.
It seems that if I want to study this combo routine in the future, I must experiment more in reality. After all, when performing various combat skills in reality, I can directly perceive the connection and changes of the movements.
If you can develop a few perfect combos, your output capacity and PVP ability will definitely be greatly improved.
Thinking of this, Xiao Jie suddenly felt that he had benefited a lot today.
"Thank you for your guidance, senior. I am grateful for your guidance."
"Hahaha, we are all from the same world, fellow martial artists, no need to be polite, let's help each other improve."
Jin Wujiu said that these were all basic knowledge, but the more Xiao Jie thought about it, the more wonderful it seemed. He simply stopped discussing it and found an open space to practice.
After practicing for a while, I felt a little sad that I still had too few swordsmanship and fighting skills, because I always felt that there was not much difference between these fighting skills. The only difference was the damage, attack range, and speed of attack. A few high-damage fighting skills would be enough.
It now seems that in order to perfectly connect the moves, the more combat skills the better, and at least ten or eight basic combat skills are needed to ensure the continuity of the moves.
Fortunately, this kind of basic combat skill is generally not expensive, only a few taels of silver per book, so you can just go back to the auction house and buy some.
He had just finished the general research here, and the chivalrous and unparalleled elixir was finally refined.
After Xia Yi Wushuang got the elixir, he immediately walked towards the back mountain of Yingxiong Villa impatiently. Xiao Jie, Ye Luo and Wo Yuqiuxian hurriedly followed him. The three of them were very curious about this sword saint, especially Ye Luo, who also used a sword. Although she knew that this peerless sword technique was not easy to learn, this hermit master always wanted to see it for a while.
What if there's a chance...
As for Bai Ze, he did not expect to learn any peerless swordsmanship and was concentrating on learning and exchanging ideas with those swordsmen.
Soon the four of them arrived at the back mountain, and they followed the path along the cliff that meandered down, and soon they came to a pool of water in the valley. Surrounded by green trees, the environment was quite beautiful. A very ordinary thatched cottage appeared in front of everyone surrounded by green grass.
An old man with white hair and beard was sitting by the pond sharpening a blunt sword.
'Sword God' Long Yuan (Sword Saint): Level 52 hermit. HP: 5500.
Although the old man is old, he has an aura of majesty without being angry. His every move seems to carry an invisible aura. Every time he sharpens the sword, ripples appear in the pool of water under his feet, as if ripples can be felt, as if the old man's powerful aura can be felt.
But at this moment, a look of sadness appeared on the old man's face.
"Senior, I'm here again."
Long Yuan glanced at Xia Yi Wushuang and snorted coldly: "I've already said that sword skills will never be taught lightly."
"Senior, please don't be so quick to refuse. I brought the elixir you requested specially."
"What—I mean that."
Long Yuan suddenly stood up. Although he was only eight feet tall, he looked like a giant with an aura that looked down on everyone.
Xia Yi Wushuang hurriedly submitted the mission item - Seven-turn Return to Origin Pill.
There was suddenly a golden pill in the old man's hand. Looking at the pill in his hand, the old man finally showed a look of relief.
"Great, Xia'er is saved - you just wait here."
After saying this, he turned and went into the thatched cottage.
After a while, a sickly beauty was helped out of the thatched cottage.
"Xia'er, are you okay?" The old man next to her was very cautious.
Na Xiaer sighed, "Thank you for your concern, father. I feel much better now."
"Hahaha, good, good, good, good!"
"Senior, what about my swordsmanship?"
"You saved my Xia'er. No matter how good this sword technique is, I can teach you. But the technique is not passed on to others. Please follow me in."
"Oh, by the way, senior, I have a few friends I'd like to introduce to you. These guys are like-minded with me..."
But Long Yuan ignored him and said impatiently, "No need. I am not interested in meeting outsiders anymore. It's fine if you don't meet your friends. As for you, after I teach you the sword technique today, don't bother me again."
System prompt: The target level is too high, and your [Recommendation] skill failed.
Xia Yi Wushuang was speechless for a moment.
Xiao Jie was not surprised. These hermit masters were naturally independent and it was not easy to get close to them. Anyway, he was not the one seeking advice, so there was no need to rush.
He took out his cell phone and took a few photos of the 'Sword God' Long Yuan on the screen. He watched Long Yuan enter the thatched cottage with his unparalleled chivalry and sent a message directly to the Drunken Swordsman.
Yin Yue Sui Feng: Drunken Swordsman, have you found your Sword Saint?
Drunken Swordsman: I didn’t find it.
Yin Yue Sui Feng: I did find one, but it’s in Feng Yin Province.
Xiao Jie said this, opened his phone and sent the photo to the other party.
Drunken Swordsman: Holy crap, there really is a Sword Saint—where are you?
Yin Yue Sui Feng: I’ve sent you the coordinates of Yingxiong Villa. When will you come?
Drunken Swordsman: I’ll leave right away!
(End of this chapter)