Ryan's self-confidence is very strong, and similarly, the other players around him are also people with inflated self-confidence. If they were not all confident, these people would not participate in this sword competition. You know, the usual swordsmanship
In the technical competition, Parr Comprehensive Academy only participates in the competition as a foil. Those who are self-aware will not participate in the competition to show their shame.
Soon, the four-group competition was over and it was Ryan's turn to play.
Ruian thought for a while, and according to the draw, Ruian only needs to compete in two games and win two games in this selection, and then he can advance to represent Parr Comprehensive College in the sword competition.
"Look, that Ryan is coming."
"I have never seen his strength before. Can we see how his strength is this time?"
"It is said that he has never accepted other people's challenges. I wonder if he is very bad?"
"That Ryan has just been promoted to level 3 swordsman, and his opponent is a peak level 4 swordsman. I think it will be difficult for Ryan to win."
"Even if Ruian wins this battle, he will have to face a level 5 swordsman next time. If a level 5 swordsman is two levels higher than him, then he will definitely lose."
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Suddenly, all kinds of bustling discussions filled the entire arena.
Ryan was not affected by these sounds at all. He had experienced such scenes many times and he was already used to it.
On the contrary, Ryan's opponent, an older young man who was probably over 25 years old, seemed a little nervous after being affected by the audience's voice after taking the field.
Ruian looked at his opponent carefully. At his age, he should have reached the peak of level 4 swordsman. Otherwise, he would not dare to participate in this trial. However, it is not clear yet what his strength is. He must give it a try.
Know.
The referee on the field gave the order and the game started.
As soon as he finished speaking, the opponent's level 4 swordsman seemed a little anxious. Without waiting for Ruian to say a few words, he immediately pulled out his long sword, and then with a "chi" sound, the long sword emitted a sword light that was more than two feet long.
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When Ruian saw his opponent's formation, he didn't dare to be lazy. He quickly pulled out his heavy sword, and with the same "chi" sound, a half-foot-long sword glow emerged.
After this month of Dou Qi training, Ruian's sword gleam finally changed from two inches long to half a foot long now, but it was still far away from his opponent's sword gleam.
The level 4 swordsman attacked. Judging from his formation, he seemed to want to kill Ruian in three strikes. In an instant, the level 4 swordsman was seen slashing at Ruian with a long sword that was more than two feet long.
Ruian was not afraid of the opponent's strength. He shouted loudly and waved his heavy sword to face the opponent's long sword.
With a "bang" sound, the two swords intersected in mid-air.
An instant later, Ruian was suddenly forced to take two steps back, but his opponent, the level 4 swordsman, did not move at all.
When the level 4 swordsman saw that he could force Ryan back with one move, he burst into laughter with joy.
Although he was forced to retreat, Ruian's expression did not change, and he even smiled slightly at the corner of his mouth.
In fact, this confrontation was a move that Ruian deliberately used to test the opponent's strength. Although Ruian's fighting spirit was not as good as his opponent's and he was forced to take two steps back, Ruian's heart relaxed because the opponent's fighting spirit could not be overwhelmingly defeated.
Ruian, then, with Ruian's sword skills, he is confident that he will defeat the opponent quickly.
However, Ruian did not want to defeat the opponent quickly, because if he defeated the opponent all at once, then his subsequent opponents would attach great importance to Ruian, and Ruian's sword skills would not be able to win by surprise. Therefore, Ruian followed the strategy he had formulated before, and in this game
You must show weakness, and it is best to pretend to be lucky and defeat the opponent. In this case, the opponent in the next game will despise Ryan, and Ryan will have a greater chance of winning.
After making his decision, Ruian immediately took two steps back, his expression changed drastically, and he looked astonished.
After repelling Ryan, the level 4 swordsman only paused for a few breaths, laughed loudly, and then moved forward to attack.
He slashed, chopped, stabbed, and attacked Ruian with ten consecutive moves.
Ruian used his body skills to constantly change directions, forward, backward, left, and right to avoid it, while pretending to be embarrassed.
In fact, among these ten moves, Ruian found that three or four of them had big flaws in the opponent's moves. If Ruian counterattacked against these flaws, although he could not defeat the opponent at once, he could completely interrupt the opponent's offensive rhythm.
, change from passive to active.
However, in order to show weakness, Ryan had to resist the urge to fight back and just passively avoided it.
After ten moves passed, Ruian became more clear in his mind that with the sword skills displayed by the opponent, he really could not threaten Ruian who used flexible and versatile transformation techniques.
Now, Ruian's only problem is how to show weakness properly, and he has to be more careful when dodging, so as not to capsize in the gutter. If he is not careful, he can easily be hit by the opponent.
Dozens of moves passed in the blink of an eye, but Ruian was still dodging in a panic, and the occasional counterattacks seemed so weak that they could be resolved with a little resistance from a level 4 swordsman.
At this time, the audience watching outside the venue started making noise again.
"Wow, it turns out that Ruian was so weak that he was beaten to the point where he couldn't fight back."
"I thought he was very strong, but I didn't expect him to be so bad. It seems that he only advanced in fighting spirit, and his other methods are very poor."
"The strength of a level 3 swordsman who has just been promoted is still unable to compete with a level 4 swordsman."
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Most of the people present felt that Ruian's strength was poor and they underestimated Ruian. Only a handful of people vaguely felt that Ruian was not as simple as it seemed on the surface. Their thoughts were also very simple. If Ruian was really weak,
If so, why did he persist for so long without being defeated? There must be something weird in this.
To be honest, in order to make subsequent opponents look down on him, Ruian showed weakness in an extremely exaggerated way, which was really shameless. No, in the audience's laughter, Ruian was completely embarrassed. However, looking at Ruian's
He looked like he didn't care at all.
Ryan is so thick-skinned!
Soon, the two exchanged almost a hundred moves. Ruian pretended to be more and more skilled, but he still looked miserable and was about to be defeated at any time.
On the contrary, his opponent, the level 4 swordsman, became more and more impatient. He kept thinking in his mind: "Why is it so close? If you push harder, you can hit him."
The level 4 swordsman's fighting energy consumption is increasing. He can no longer maintain the sword light that was more than two feet long at the beginning. Now it is only more than one foot long. Moreover, his moves have begun to become messy.
"It's almost time to fight back." Ruian thought to himself.
In fact, Ruian didn't know that his performance was quite excessive, and smarter viewers would still doubt Ruian's ability.
After a few moves, Ruian grabbed a big flaw in his opponent's front, flew up with his right foot, and kicked his opponent in the face extremely quickly.
Immediately, the level 4 swordsman was shocked. He had never encountered an opponent who used such a move. In an instant, he quickly retreated. Unfortunately, the level 4 swordsman's action was a bit late, and he could only barely avoid it, but he still
Kicked hard in the chest by Ryan.
As a result, the level 4 swordsman's body flew back involuntarily, fell to the ground with a "plop", and blood gushed out of his mouth involuntarily.
Ryan kicked hard!
Ryan wins.
The entire audience was silent and stunned.
Some spectators who didn't watch carefully found out without noticing that the level 4 swordsman who had the upper hand and could defeat Ryan at any time suddenly fell to the ground and vomited blood. They still didn't understand what happened.
"What happened? Why did the level 4 swordsman lose?"
"Ryan was so lucky that he defeated his opponent."
"That Ryan went too far. As a swordsman, he kicked his opponent with his feet. He really has no swordsman spirit and is too despicable."
"Sure enough, Ruian did hide his strength. Let me tell you, if his strength is very poor, how could he dodge so many moves?"
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After a brief mental short-circuit, the entire audience immediately started talking.
Ruian looked at his opponent and found that apart from being unable to stand up, his injuries did not seem to be serious.
At this time, the referee declared Ryan the winner.
Ryan quickly pretended to look in disbelief, trying to deceive everyone present.
It should be said that Ryan's performance was relatively successful. When Ryan walked off the stage, Ryan found that many other players were staring at Ryan with disdain.
Next, Ruian pretended to be out of breath again and stood aside pretending to regain his fighting spirit, but in fact he was observing the competition of other players.
Two of the next three games went very quickly. They were the games between two other level 4 swordsmen. Their opponents were level 5 swordsmen, and they were defeated quickly. One of them was defeated within ten moves.
The opponent's level 5 swordsman's sword forced him to surrender and admit defeat. The other one was a little better, but was still defeated by the opponent in more than twenty moves.
One morning passed, and the first round of competition was over. Except for Ryan's surprise, the winner of the other competitions was undoubtedly the Level 5 Swordsman.
Next, it is time for all players to rest. In the afternoon, the remaining 9 players will draw lots for the second round of competition until 5 representatives are determined.
Afterwards, the audience dispersed, and so did the players. Ryan went back to his dormitory. He needed to replenish his strength and formulate a game strategy based on the opponent's strength he observed in the morning.
According to Ruian's observations in the morning, except for the threatening power of the swords fired by level 5 swordsmen, they are not much better than level 4 swordsmen in other aspects. At least, Ruian has not found anyone with very powerful sword skills.
, even more powerful than Ryan's sword skills.
Therefore, Ryan's game strategy is to guard against the opponent's sword.