Volume VII Competitive Competition Chapter VI Rose Dance
Sitting quietly in a corner of the venue, Gu Yao wore a peaked cap and lowered the brim of the hat.
Hats are a relatively fashionable outfit in Cadyland, but not everyone wears them. At this time, the audience's attention is all focused on the ring, and they did not realize that the person in this remote corner is the one who accidentally defeated Mu Lingling due to the toilet door incident at noon.
And the famous exhibitionist.
At this time, who would care about him? Duanmu Qing is already on the stage.
Wearing a green dress, Duanmu Qing's youthful vitality is fully displayed, which also complements the Shenmu fighting spirit that she is good at.
She is still very beautiful. Even though some very unpleasant things happened more than half a year ago, there are still countless people who admire her. Men with a normal mentality like gentle and lovely girls.
Perhaps it was college life and making more friends that dispelled the shadow in her heart. Duanmu Qing was no longer depressed, her face was rosy, and her smile could often be seen.
Standing opposite Duanmu Qing was an assassin, his face expressionless, and his innermost thoughts could not be seen. In battle, nine out of ten assassins look like this, and they will not let their opponents guess them through their expressions.
action, and then achieve a sudden effect when attacking.
The two contestants in this competition are Duanmu Qing, who is in the first class of the Butokube Wood Department, and James, who is in the fourth class of the Butokube Assassin Department.
This is a heavyweight competition. Needless to say, Duanmu Qing is one of the eight ancient clans. The little princess of the Duanmu family is famous for her divine wood fighting spirit. Since she entered the Holy Academy midway, she has never ranked first in the wood department's monthly test.
Passed by.
And James is also one of the seed players of the Assassin series. He is also a trainee from other colleges and has rich competition experience. Even if his chance of winning is much lower, he can at least create some trouble for Duanmu Qing, so this game
It will be very interesting. Besides wanting to see Duanmu Qing’s heroic demeanor in battle, everyone is also paying attention to it.
Although there were many spectators at the venue, they were not as extreme as the two games between Gu Yao and Carlo. Although the vast majority supported Duanmu Qing, James was also a strong man worthy of respect, so the audience's words were not that great.
Intense. They just want to watch the wonderful performance of the two people.
Almost as soon as the game started, James disappeared from the field.
This game is taking place at night, which is a natural advantage for assassins who are good at lurking, not to mention that James has cultivated shadow fighting spirit. When using skills, he can blend into the night and be difficult to detect.
In this way, Duanmu Qing is the only one left in the ring. Of course, this is just a superficial phenomenon. James may be hiding anywhere in the darkness, like a hunting leopard, looking for opportunities to make a sneak attack on Duanmu Qing at any time.
Duanmu Qing took out a bright wood element with strong vitality. Shenmu Dou Qi is the top earth wood type Dou Qi. Its vitality is surprisingly strong.
Under the strong stimulation of the fighting spirit of the sacred tree, the rose that had broken away from the soil suddenly stretched out and turned into a long whip. The small thorns on the rose branches all mutated into sharp and rugged ones.
of barbs.
This rose is Duanmu Qing's weapon.
Holding the rose whip in her hand, Duanmu Qing stood quietly, raising her spiritual sense to its highest sensitivity. As long as she caught James' hiding place, the rose whip in her hand would be thrown away.
However, after waiting for several minutes, Duanmu Qing still found nothing, which meant that the assassin should be somewhere far away and had not sneaked close.
Duanmu Qing quickly understood James's intention. It was not that he was worried about delaying time if he lost within five minutes and would be deducted an extra point, but that it was a waste of tactics. Even if he never attacked, he had to improve his spiritual awareness at all times.
To prevent surprise, mental and physical strength will continue to be depleted.
The more powerful the assassins are, the more they can hold back their anger. The top assassins can even lurk in a certain place for days and nights without eating, drinking, moving or defecating just for a single assassination.
It is foreseeable that James will wait very patiently until his own strength drops significantly before launching a surprise attack.
Although the battle was not fierce, to be exact, the two of them had never exchanged a move since the start of the match. However, most of the audience at the Holy Academy were people with sharp eyesight. They could see that this was a battle without smoke, but it was very
insidious.
On the battlefield, tactics are also an extremely important part. If the tactics are used properly, the results may be completely different.
In this match, Duanmu Qing's power undoubtedly had the upper hand, but due to the opponent's clever tactics, he fell into a passive position. The enemy was in darkness and we were in the clear, and the situation was very unfavorable.
Of course, Duanmu Qing will not be so cowardly as to lose without a fight. In this case, let's take back the initiative first!
The green sacred tree's fighting energy was continuously input, and the rose whip glowed with youth again, and flowers grew rapidly between the branches like bamboo shoots after rain.
Swinging the rose whip into the sky, those red flowers suddenly flew above the entire arena and landed, like a strange rain of flowers. Duanmu Qing in the rain looked like the goddess of flowers,
It is so beautiful, and the red roses have become her foil.
This moment will forever be fixed in the hearts of many male students in the stands, as well as in Gu Yao's heart.
Duanmu Qing had been waiting with all her heart. When the rain of flowers fell, a smile appeared on her lips because she caught it.
With a flick of his hand behind his back, the rose whip shot out angrily like a poisonous snake spitting a message. It suddenly stretched several feet again and hit a corner of the ring.
James' figure was exposed in front of everyone. Although he was concealed by using the shadow technique, he also had a shortcoming, that is, he moved slowly. In that case, he would not be able to avoid Kai Muqing's long whip.
The assassin's light skill was very good. James, who was exposed, nimbly dodged the blow, but the long whip suddenly rolled back as if it was alive.
Tie James' body tightly. This is not over yet. The long whip is circled around until James is completely wrapped. This is Duanmu Qing's martial art - Spiritual Snake Binding.
The power of snakes is very great. When a python's body is coiled up, even an elephant cannot break free. When fighting an assassin, the best tactic is to block his movements first, so that he has nowhere to hide.
.
Duanmu Qing shook his hand, and the long whip flew back with James. Now that he has lost the ability to move, he must be facing Duanmu Qing's fierce attack. Maybe the winner will be determined by this blow.
.
Fortunately, James was not an ordinary assassin after all. His body suddenly burst into black light. James' body in the black light seemed to be oiled. He emerged from the shackles of the long whip.
The snake body of a giant python can immobilize an elephant, but it may not be able to trap a small loach. Being trapped in movement is a taboo for assassins. Therefore, many assassins have skills to escape from restraints, and James's shadow fish technique is one of them.
A very clever one.
After getting out of trouble, James was not impatient and hid in the darkness again. He thought that Duanmu Qing had used Hua Yu to find out his hiding place, and now Hua Yu had stopped.
However, Duanmu Qing's rose whip spit out again and hit him accurately.
"Huh?" James had to reveal his body again. This time he was very careful not to be entangled by the spirit snake again. After avoiding the attack, he merged into the night again without giving up.
It's a pity that it still failed, Duanmu Qing's rose whip came again in an instant.
James was full of questions. However, he realized that Duanmu Qing must have figured out his whereabouts, but he didn't know how.
At this point, it is futile to lurk anymore. In this case, he will no longer hide and attack in the light. Although this is a bad idea, James has no choice. Fortunately, Duanmu Qing uses a whip.
People with weapons have relatively weak melee combat capabilities, and close combat is what assassins are good at.
When he thought of this, James raised his hand, as if he hit something, but no one could see it.
Hidden weapons made with shadow fighting spirit are also very concealed.
However, James can restrain his aura, but concealed weapons cannot have this ability. A master like Duanmu Qing is naturally familiar with the art of listening to the wind and arguing with weapons. Her rose whip swung in the air several times, and she heard "ding"
"sounded several times in succession, as if something had been shot down.
James didn't think those hidden weapons could hurt his opponent. They only served to attract Duanmu Qing's attention. At this moment, James had already crossed the long whip and rushed towards Duanmu Qing.
Duanmuqing's hands were shaking violently, and more than a dozen whip shadows appeared in the air. However, no matter how flexible she was with the whip, it was still limited by the characteristics of long weapons, not to mention that she was facing an assassin who was famous for his lightness skills.
James' figure was erratic and he easily avoided every whip shadow.
Until he was within thirty meters of Duanmu Qing, he still had no weapon in his hand. Of course, the assassin was not as good at attacking with bare hands as a master of external skills. To be more precise, no one could see his weapon. Under the shadow technique
, the dagger also lost its shadow, making it easy for the opponent to make misjudgments.
After he was about to enter the attack range, James still did not make any surprising moves. Assassins were always so unpretentious, but if they were to take it lightly, their life force would be silently taken away by the daggers in their hands.
Almost instantly, James entered within a range of fifteen meters. This was already a short distance and he could attack. However, James was still very patient. This was not his best attack distance.
Twenty meters left! Nineteen meters!
While traveling at high speed, James was also calculating the distance between the two sides with an electric speed of thinking. An assassin of his level could achieve a visual accuracy of less than a millimeter. You must know that in an assassination, as long as there is a slight difference, the result may be
Just the opposite.
At fifteen meters, there was a sudden pain under his feet. James didn't know where the pain came from. He was sure that he had avoided the rose whip. Could it be that Duanmu Qing also had an invisible attack comparable to the shadow fighting spirit? In confusion, James'
His speed was not hindered by this, and he could still bear the slight pain.
However, the pain quickly spread throughout his body, forcing him to slow down, and then he discovered the source of the attack.
Within a radius of thirty meters, the petals of the red roses on the ground were all floating, rotating at high speed with Duanmu Qing as the center. Those petals were no longer ordinary petals at this time, under the fighting spirit of the sacred tree.
Each piece is as sharp as a blade, ruthlessly cutting through invading foreign objects.
Dance of Roses, Duanmu Qing’s super defensive skill that leads the attack while on guard!
And James happened to be in the middle of the interruption of the effective range of Rose Dance, and had no choice but to retreat. The power of one petal would not defeat James, but the destructive power of countless rose petals added up would be terrible. James
The blood bar plummeted.
Gritting his teeth, James' body exploded with black light, urging his strength to strengthen his defense. His body flew in a straight line, minimizing the loss of blood while forcibly breaking through the layers of petals and flying towards Duanmu Qing. The dagger in his hand was also exposed for the first time.
It was useless to hide the weapon anymore. This was the last blow. It was also his only chance to win.
Duanmu Qing saw this and didn't panic. With a wave of her hand, the petals no longer revolved around her, but gathered into a stream and flew towards James in a steady stream.
Facing this river of petals, James went upstream, which seemed very difficult. His movement was also extremely slow.
The pressure was quickly reduced. Those petals also fell to the ground one after another, no longer lethal. But James was not happy about it. On the contrary, he stopped and said expressionlessly: "I lost."
On the big screen, his health bar has reached zero.
It wasn't that Duanmuqing was weak, but that she had already won the game, so she stopped the Rose Dance, otherwise her opponent might be seriously injured. She has always been a kind girl and would never be arrogant.
"Classmate Duanmuqing, thank you for your mercy. In addition, I have a question. Classmate Duanmuqing, can you answer it for me?"
Duanmuqing nodded and smiled: "Of course."
"Excuse me, how did you see through my shadow lurking technique? At first I thought it was because of the shower of flowers, but then I was very careful to avoid touching the flower petals on the ground, but I was still noticed again and again. This
This is also something I have always been unable to figure out.”
"It is indeed through the rain of roses, but it is a little different from what you guessed." Duanmu Qing smiled: "I don't judge your hiding place from the movement of the petals, but the pollen."
"pollen?"
"Yes, these roses have mutated after being activated by the fighting energy of the sacred tree. They are different from roses. Their names are - golden pink roses. The pollen in the roses is very special and has extremely strong adhesion ability. It has stuck to your body.
It's full of pollen, but it's just hard to detect, and I can sense your location through the pollen, that's it."
"Huh, that's it." James, who had solved his doubts, said, "Classmate Duanmuqing, I admire your wit. I am convinced that you lost. Thank you again for your generous advice."
After saluting, James walked off the stage. He was indeed a well-educated strong man.
If you hate the opponent because of your failure, you will not be able to make progress. On the contrary, if you learn lessons from the battle, you can reach a higher level.
The audience gave this wonderful game warm applause, giving it to Duanmu Qing and James. The winner is not arrogant and the loser is not discouraged. They truly implemented the spirit of competitive games.
This was the first time that Gu Yao saw Duanmu Qing show off her martial arts skills. Although the two had been close to each other for the past month, she was restricted at that time and all her powers were blocked.
She is really powerful, much more powerful than imagined!
In the noon match, I almost tried my best to defeat Mu Lingling. There were also many accidental factors at that time. First of all, the undercurrent of the flower brush was the nemesis of the hidden weapon master. Secondly, Mu Lingling in order to earn three
If you get a few points to advance but are impetuous and have bad luck at the end, if you miss a few flying spikes in a flash, you will lose first.
Due to various factors, he barely managed to win against his opponent, and Mu Lingling's strength was even lower than that of James.
Can a person always have such good luck?
Of course it's impossible.
In the first match against Mu Lingling, Gu Yao skipped a level with two points and gained the right to skip one match. He would then draw lots again after the others caught up with their points.
In the next two games, which were also against outstanding students, Gu Yao lost because the person he was facing was not a concealed weapon master, and after his first upset defeat of Mu Lingling, his opponent no longer dared to look down upon him.
Now, Gu Yao has no chance of winning.
Fortunately, he lost one point in each of these two games and just returned to the position of zero points. However, according to the rules, there is only one last chance to fail. If he loses again, he will lose the qualification to advance to this year's competitive competition.
Xia Houjin, Dongfang Lu, and Carlo all got three points in their first battle, so they stopped fighting for two games. On the day of Gu Yao's third match, they played the second match, and without exception they won with three points.
, so you have to wait for two more games.
Duanmu Qing also got two points from the game with James and then took a truce before drawing lots. This time she also got three points. On the day of Gu Yao's third game, she still didn't have to play and continued to wait for the latecomers.
The above are all favorites to win the championship among the first graders. What is strange is that He Lianjian, another favorite candidate for the championship, lost the second game after scoring three points on the first day and playing two games.
!
Even if he meets Xia Houjin, Dongfang Lu, Carlo and others, even if he can't win, he won't lose so miserably.
To be precise, Helianjian was not defeated. His opponent was much weaker than him. At that time, he thought that he could survive five minutes and try to reduce Helianjian's health bar by one-tenth so as not to lose two points.
Perfect.
Unexpectedly, as soon as the game started, He Lianjian didn't even glance at him and walked straight to the ring. This was equivalent to giving up. Although his health bar was still full, he still had to lose three points according to the rules.
points, back to zero points.
Unexpectedly, not only did he not lose any points, he actually gained three from this powerful guy. He Lianjian's lucky opponent was surprised and puzzled at the same time.
In addition to being carefree and arrogant, Helianjian is also a person who cares about face. It's incredible that he can endure losing the game in this way!
Let alone him, probably everyone in the entire academy couldn't figure out Helianjian's bizarre behavior.
And those players with zero points are worried. Four days have passed in the competitive competition. After everyone has experienced four games, their strength has been clearly distinguished. They will either climb up or fall back, staying at zero points, and participating in the competition either up or down.
There are not many of them anymore, only a few dozen people are left.
Even among these dozens of people, the chance of drawing the Helian Sword is still relatively low, but if they do, they will be in bad luck.
Students who are stuck at zero points basically have the last battle left. No one wants to lose too ugly in the last battle of this year's competition.
According to the academy's lottery rules, those who have already been drawn will not have the opportunity to draw lots again for the time being, unless all the remaining people have finished their rounds and the draw starts again.
In the previous three games, Gu Yao was drawn by others, but in the last game, it was finally his turn to take the initiative to draw lots to decide his opponent.
In the lottery room for students who also had zero points, those who put their hands into the box were all secretly praying for the same wish: Never get that guy.
When the students in front walked out of the lottery room happily, the newcomers became more worried because their chances of winning that guy increased again.
Soon it was Gu Yao's turn, the only one who didn't pray. He reached into the box, took out the card, and unfolded it.
Whether it's because we are enemies on a narrow road, or it's fate, what's written on that card is exactly this:
The one-year class of the Wu Obe Free Department, Helian Jian!