Time flies so fast. It has been eight months since Ruian's enrollment. There are still two months left before the college has a holiday. After that, there will be a two-month holiday. It will be the next year and Ruian will have to worry about paying tuition again.
But now Ruian has no time to worry about money, because after eight months of training day and night, Ruian has reached the pinnacle of level 1 swordsman. Now Ruian's only problem is how to break through the bottleneck of level 1 swordsman and reach the level of 1st level swordsman.
Level 2 Swordsman.
Ruian was a little troubled. At this time, the fighting spirit in his body was overflowing. To put it simply, the place where fighting spirit accumulated in Ruian's body was likened to a bottle. Ruian, a level 1 swordsman, was equivalent to a small bottle. This small bottle
During normal practice, you will continue to accumulate Dou Qi. When Dou Qi accumulates to a certain level, it will reach an overflow state. In other words, the volume of the small bottle is only that big, and it can only hold so much Dou Qi. When it reaches overflow,
Then no matter how much you practice, the fighting spirit cannot be increased in the small bottle. At this time, if you want to increase the fighting spirit, you must make the small bottle larger and turn it into a level 2 swordsman's bottle, so that the fighting spirit can be increased again.
The place where swordsmen store and accumulate fighting spirit in their body is called the "fighting spirit space". When a level 1 swordsman breaks through to a level 2 swordsman, he needs to expand the fighting spirit space.
Ruian has looked up information on breaking through bottlenecks in the library and learned that there are generally three ways to break through bottlenecks.
The first method is the method chosen by most people, which is to ignore the bottleneck and continue to practice. Although the practice at this time cannot increase the fighting spirit, you can continue to hit the bottleneck in an overflowing state. Over time, you will naturally break through the bottleneck.
, expand the fighting spirit space and reach the level of a level 2 swordsman.
One advantage of this method of breaking through the bottleneck is that it is safe. Breaking through in a slow and steady way is naturally very safe. But it also has a disadvantage, which is that it is impossible to determine when to break through and cannot control it. When to break through depends on the individual's qualifications.
And luck. People with good qualifications and good luck may be able to break through in ten days and a half. People with poor qualifications or bad luck may take three to five years of practice before they can break through. People with poor qualifications and bad luck may be able to break through.
Maybe you may not be able to make a breakthrough after practicing for a lifetime.
Many swordsmen are still in the stage of intermediate swordsmen or even low-level swordsmen when they reach middle age. This is the reason why they have been unable to break through.
The second method is to rely on external force to break through. It is said that there is a kind of medicine that can break through the bottleneck after taking it, but this is only what Ryan has seen in books. He has never seen it in reality, or even heard of it. In addition, there is another
The method requires a level 7 swordsman or above to use a special fighting spirit secret to transfer fighting spirit into the body of a low-level swordsman, helping the low-level swordsman break through the bottleneck.
This second method of breaking through the bottleneck is said to be dangerous. If you are not careful, you can easily break through the space of fighting spirit and become a useless person.
Besides, this second method is beyond Ruian's reach. In Ruian's current situation, it is impossible to obtain the medicine and find someone with a level 7 swordsman or above to help.
Many people have tried the third method, but basically they have given up because there is no breakthrough, and very few people have achieved breakthroughs by this method. This method is to use fighting spirit to fight continuously and seek opportunities for breakthroughs in the battle.
Many people try Guo, constantly using Dou Qi all day long, and competing with others to practice moves, but after persisting for a period of time, there is still no breakthrough, and finally they have no choice but to give up. There are also some people who duel with others by chance, and in the battle between life and death.
The bottleneck suddenly breaks through.
All in all, this is also a breakthrough method that requires luck.
Ruian thought for a long time. He felt that if he chose the first plain and safe breakthrough method, he might not be able to break through after waiting for several years. Ruian had this hunch in his heart.
Ruian can directly skip the second breakthrough method that relies on external forces.
The only choice now is the third breakthrough method, which is to keep fighting and seek breakthroughs in the battle.
So Ruian decided to first try to keep fighting and seek a breakthrough. If he couldn't make a breakthrough, then he would just use the first mediocre breakthrough method and let fate take its course.
Next, Ryan found Helis, and the two had a trial exercise. The result was very obvious. Helis, who had not yet reached the peak of level 1 swordsman, was no match for Ryan in terms of fighting spirit or sword skills.
After torturing Helis for a long time, Ryan had to admit that this stress-free competition had no effect.
Then, Ryan found Pulis. To be honest, Ryan was the only one who could be considered friends at Paarl Comprehensive College, and the others were only casual acquaintances at most.
Pulis has reached level 2 swordsman, and he has much more fighting spirit than Ryan, but Ryan's sword skills are better than Pulis. As a result, the competition between the two was evenly matched, and the two finally exchanged hundreds of moves.
, until the two people's fighting spirit was exhausted and they collapsed on the ground, there was no winner.
Immediately afterwards, Ruian practiced Dou Qi on the spot and found that there was no sign of a breakthrough.
Ryan did not believe in evil, and after the two rested to regain their fighting spirit, he dragged Pulis to continue the competition.
As a result, the two fought against each other more than ten times for several days in a row. On one occasion, Ryan deliberately put himself at a disadvantage and struggled to hold on under Pulis's offensive. Still, there was no sign of a breakthrough.
In the end, Ruian had to admit that this type of battle could not break through the bottleneck.
However, Ruian still refused to give up and considered using a duel to find a breakthrough.
But who should we find to duel? Who is willing to duel? This is a difficult problem.
Ruian thought hard. He carefully analyzed his own strength, compared it with the strength of level 1 and level 2 swordsmen in the academy, and came to this conclusion.
There are probably not many level 1 swordsmen who can match Ruian, unless they are also at the peak of level 1 swordsmen, but at most there is no one who is as strong as Ruian and can threaten Ruian.
Therefore, it is best to find a level 2 swordsman as your opponent in this duel.
But with my own strength, if I defeat a level 2 swordsman, it will probably be a big sensation, and I will become very famous by then. This is not in line with my low-key style, and it seems that I have to do the masking method one more time.
But if you cover your face, will anyone challenge you to a duel for no reason?
This is another difficult problem!
Suddenly, Ruian had an idea and thought of a way, which was to challenge the third graders and level 2 swordsmen to a duel with him.
After thinking about this method, the more Ruian thought about it, the more feasible it became. However, considering that using this method, he would form a big enemy with the third graders. Although he would face the challenge when the time came, he would inevitably be discovered by others in the future.
Once discovered, more people would come to cause trouble. So Ruian decided to go to other colleges to challenge, so as to avoid the risk of being discovered.
After Ruian made his decision, he started preparations.
Ruian first prepared a mask, a silver-white iron mask. When put on the face, the whole person looked eerie. There was a belt on the mask for fastening after putting it on. This was specially prepared by Ruian. He
Worried that the mask will fall off midway.
Then, Ruian made a flag, which was one and a half meters long and half a meter wide. It was propped up with a bamboo pole. The flag was used by Ruian when he was preparing for the challenge.
Immediately afterwards, Ryan began to select colleges. After asking Harris and others, he came to the conclusion that there were three colleges nearby that were more suitable.
The first one is called Moblen Swordsman Academy, which is a much smaller academy than Paarl Comprehensive Academy, and its strength is naturally much worse than that of Paarl Comprehensive Academy.
The second one is the Second Swordsman Academy in Skayas City, which is a academy with similar strength to Pal Comprehensive Academy.
The third company chose Skayas Comprehensive College, which is the first-class college in Skayas City. It is said that it is not ranked first among the many colleges in Skayas City, but it is ranked in the top five, which is more than enough.
Ruian's selection of these three colleges was purposeful, and he also decided to challenge them one by one from weak to strong.
After being prepared, Ruian did not take action immediately, but spent several days adjusting his condition to the best.
Ruian knew that this kind of challenge on the field was probably a crazy behavior that no one had ever done before, and it was very dangerous to challenge in other colleges. If you were not careful, it would be a trivial matter to get beaten up, and you would probably be beaten to death.