Chapter 1378 The Sword God Smiles

[The match will start in thirty seconds]

Five minutes passed in a flash, and as the system voice sounded, the "competition battle" between [Jianghu] and [Hell Frontline] also entered the preparation stage.

On the [Jianghu] side, the one who played was [Wu Dao Ke]; this big brother who has been mentioned from time to time since Chapter 101 and has always been able to brush his presence on various rankings... is the second chair of the [Jianghu] studio. He is a top master who is known as "Swords and Swords" together with [Xiao Wen Cang Tian] and [Kuang Zong Jian Ying], and is also a veteran who co-founded the studio with the two. Just based on his short, powerful and distinctive ID, and his lingering presence... he is enough to be rated as the "most familiar stranger" in this book.

As for [Hell Frontline], I believe you have guessed that [Xu Huaishang], who has maintained "full attendance" so far, appeared in the lineup of the first three games as expected.

S3 has played a total of eleven rounds so far, and the most played by Goddess Xu is the "competition battle", and she has won all these games without missing a single one.

It can be said that at this stage, Feng Bujue's "care" for her has achieved an effect beyond expectations - whether in terms of appearance rate or actual performance, even if the "team" [Hell Frontline] ultimately failed to win the championship, Xu Huaishang's "individual" performance is enough to become the "MVP" in the minds of players. A professional player can maintain such exposure and competitive level in a non-studio team, and her next contract will naturally not be worse than the treatment given by [Hongying].

[Five... Four...]

The countdown began, and Wu Daoke and Xu Huaishang were still standing there, quietly waiting for the barrier to disappear.

Whether they are players of the same type or masters of the same level... they have no reason to take the initiative to distance themselves from each other.

The sword is the courage of a hundred weapons, and the contest between swordsmen is the first to be brave.

No one is willing to retreat the first step.

No one will show any weakness in momentum.

[...Fight! ]

At the moment the game started, both of them did not move, but something had already collided in the air.

That was the sword intent, the killing intent, and also the energy...

Since the two had already reached the level of perfect control over energy, the contest...had already begun before they drew their swords.

"Why didn't you use 'loose strength' to chop me?" After a few seconds, the swordless man spoke first, "If you use that move when the barrier disappears, I'll only have a 50% chance of taking your sword."

He was telling the truth.

Sometimes, telling the truth is the best provocation.

"That is to say..." Xu Huaishang responded calmly, "At that moment, you believed that you had a 50% chance of killing me."

"You can say that." Wu Daoke said, "Of course, I am not saying 'I am stronger than you', because relatively speaking... at that moment, you also had a 50% chance of killing me instantly."

"Well..." Xu Huaishang thought for a while, and then said, "It seems that you also understand... the contest between you and me is destined to only require one move."

"Hehe..." Wu Daoke laughed. He did not comment on the other party's words, but said, "You don't seem to have answered my question yet."

Hearing this, Xu Huaishang took a deep breath and said, "There is no need to 'lose strength' because it is not necessary."

"Oh?" Wu Daoke asked doubtfully, "What do you mean?"

"'Lose strength' is just a technique to pursue speed and strength... There is no point in using these 'physical' means to deal with you." Xu Huaishang replied.

"So are you now preparing to use some 'metaphysical' means to decide the outcome with me?" Wu Daoke asked back.

"Heh..." At this moment, Xu Huaishang also smiled.

Her smile was very beautiful, so beautiful that it could make people infatuated and fascinated with just one glance.

However, Wudaoke only felt a hint of chill from this smile.

After a breath, Xu Huaishang restrained his smile and asked Wudaoke a question.

A very dangerous question...

"Where is your knife?"

This sentence sounded familiar to some players, for example... Kuangzong Jianying and Cai Bupa, who were watching this game in the viewing space at the moment, immediately remembered: In Linlu Town, Lin Yan seemed to have asked He Yangxin a similar question.

"This... could it be..." Jian Shao's cold sweat came down at that time.

"No, no... maybe it's a bluff." Although Bupa tried to analyze calmly, her tone showed that she had no confidence.

"Brother Dao has never been to the Linlu Town scenario, and that was not a competition, there was no video recording at all..." Jian Shao continued, "There is no reason for Xu Huaishang to bluff with what the 'King of Hell' said to He Yang Xinci?"

"Hmm..." Bu Zhu thought and pondered, "After you said that..."

While the two of them were talking, Wu Dao Ke on the field also replied after some thought: "My knife..." As he said that, he clenched his left fist, bent his elbow, and gently tapped his heart, "...Here."

"Hey--" When the voice fell, Jian Shao and Bu Zhu both exclaimed in the viewing space, "Don't say that kind of line!"

"Oh." Two seconds later, Xu Huaishang responded with a slightly disappointed but not surprised expression, and then... he didn't say anything else.

Wu Dao Ke would definitely not accept this. How could he keep silent about his own realm after testing the opponent's realm?

"So..." Swordless asked hurriedly, "...where is your sword?"

"Don't!" Hearing this, Jian Shao was so anxious that he jumped up and down in the viewing space, "Why are you asking her! What's the point of asking this!"

Unfortunately, his words could not be transmitted to the field, and...Xu Huaishang had already begun to answer.

"My sword..." Goddess Xu said, and slightly raised her soft and white chin, pointing to the heart of Swordless, "...it's also with you."

"Alright! Stop it!" Jian Shao shouted in the viewing space, "Don't say it again..."

"What did you say?" The Swordless on the field once again said the lines that Jian Shao didn't want him to say.

"Whether it's the knife in your hand or the knife in your heart..." Xu Huaishang's words were also familiar, "You think it's yours, but in fact... it's not."

"Ho~" Wudaoke was a little angry, mainly because he didn't understand what the other party was talking about, "How can it be yours?"

"You two should go over the script!" At the same second, Jian Shao knocked on the transparent force field in front of him in the viewing space and complained loudly, "Speak properly! Stop playing martial arts! Someone will die!"

"You won't understand even if I tell you." And on the field, Xu Huaishang continued, "Go ahead, when you lose... you will understand."

"Hmph..." Wudaoke snorted coldly, "Mystifying..." He gave such an evaluation and continued, "You don't need me to tell you, I will also take action."

Brother Dao's character and style are much better than He Yangxinci. He didn't shoot a cold arrow halfway through his words; he waited for a few seconds after finishing the whole sentence before making a move.

In an instant, the knife light appeared and the blood shadow bloomed.

The wind drove the crazy sand, and the air controlled the extreme knife.

A shocking duel, a matter of life and death.

The victory or defeat of the two top swordsmen really does not require a second move.

Under similar fighting styles, the gap will appear extremely obvious and difficult to overcome.

As blood was spilled in the wind, the Swordless Man laughed again. This time he laughed heroically, but also bitterly.

"Hehe... Is this the 'metaphysical' swordsmanship..." The Swordless Man said with a smile, "I used the word 'Swordless' in my name, but in fact I seem to have completely made a mistake..."

While he was speaking, Xu Huaishang had turned around and looked at the opponent who had passed by him: "That's it..."

Until this moment, her hands were still clean, and the two swords on her waist seemed to have never been unsheathed... No one knew how she cut the Swordless Man, and no one saw it.

"If you were not a swordsman, this might be a very difficult battle for me." Before the opponent turned into light and disappeared, Xu Huaishang said as if summing up, "It's a pity... Because we are in the same field, from the moment you stood in front of me, I knew... I would win."