Nine-layer armor-breaking

Chapter 260 Landing Point
As the crisp sound was heard, Jiang Xuan finally realized that there was something wrong with the two daggers in the captain's hands.

"Facing attacks from two directions, the dagger's defensive methods are slightly different, but the placement strategy of the two daggers remains the same."

"That is, there is always the same short sword that takes the opponent's first wave of attacks."

"That means that the dagger is stronger, and the other dagger is stronger..."

After a simple analysis, Jiang Xuan came to the preliminary conclusion that the captain's two daggers had different strengths.

One of the short swords is stronger, while the other is weaker.

The captain had witnessed the competition between Jiang Xuan and the soldier just now, and knew the power of the dagger in Jiang Xuan's hand at the moment, so he had to resort to this last resort and use the stronger dagger to first resist the attack of the dagger.

At first, the captain underestimated Jiang Xuan's strength, so even though he knew the power of Jiang Xuan's dagger, in comparison of the two's strength, the captain did not regard Jiang Xuan's dagger as a real threat.

However, after the competition began, the captain quickly realized Jiang Xuan's strength, so he began to pay attention to the dagger in Jiang Xuan's hand again.

At this moment, Jiang Xuan had already preliminarily guessed the difference in the quality of the daggers in the captain's hands.

Based on Jiang Xuan's estimation of the stronger dagger, its strength should be at the top level, so the quality of the other dagger should be at a high level.

"One top-tier dagger, one high-tier dagger. Although the opponent has exposed some weaknesses, compared to the previously estimated strength of the two daggers, their overall strength has increased by a level."

Although Jiang Xuan was still somewhat puzzled by the opponent's strength, the fact that one of the two daggers had changed from the expected high-level to the top-level did raise the strength of the opponent's weapon to a higher level.

"After all, the improvement of weapon level is judged by the longest board." Jiang Xuan thought to himself.

Looking at the captain again, he was unable to understand what Jiang Xuan was thinking and was still worried about the dagger.

After struggling to dodge Jiang Xuan's attacks several times, the captain finally gritted his teeth and retreated a distance, put the high-level dagger back into the scabbard, swung the top-level dagger, and assumed a posture ready to attack.

"Oh? What is this, Captain?" Jiang Xuan quickly recognized the preparatory movement.

It was exactly the preparatory action that the soldier had made earlier, and the subsequent move was the sword technique of the city guards.

"Many people underestimate this sword technique, thinking that the City Guard's sword technique is just some simple sword technique that is easier to popularize and practice."

The captain tightened his dagger and continued, "This City Guard sword technique also has an advanced version. However, those disciples from the martial arts schools only value the sword techniques of their own martial arts schools, and have no interest in equally excellent sword techniques."

After saying that, the captain drew the dagger in his hand and rushed straight towards Jiang Xuan.

Jiang Xuanfang had competed with the soldier who used this move, so he was naturally familiar with it.

However, one is the basic version, while what the captain used at this time is the advanced version of the city guard swordsmanship.

The captain came whistling with his short sword, quite imposing and his speed was beyond the reach of the previous soldier.

Jiang Xuan had to admit that the captain's attack was indeed oppressive.

"It is indeed an advanced version of the city guards' swordsmanship, which well displays the momentum of the city guards who are protecting the city." Jiang Xuan thought to himself.

“Boring…Boring…”

The captain's attack came like a tide, continuously hitting the dagger in Jiang Xuan's hand.

Jiang Xuan's dodging at this time was not difficult, but he did feel a lot of pressure.

Jiang Xuan turned his body and adjusted his strategy to prepare for a counterattack. Seeing Jiang Xuan's action, the captain naturally guessed his intention and took a step closer, continuing to pressure Jiang Xuan with the dagger in his hand.

However, at this time Jiang Xuan discovered another flaw of the opponent.

"Using a short sword as a weapon and forcing long sword techniques without a strategy that exploits strengths and avoids weaknesses will only achieve half the result with twice the effort."

Jiang Xuan discovered that every time the captain attacked, whether it was a horizontal slash or a chop, the assumed position was relatively forward.

This is due to the different usage habits of longsword and shortsword.

This set of advanced swordsmanship of the city guards was originally a long sword swordsmanship. When it was forcibly performed with a short sword, it was natural that such an effect would occur.

"No, if it's a long sword, the landing point will also be wrong." Jiang Xuan tried to change the landing point of the captain's short sword to that of holding a long sword, but found that it was also wrong.

"If it's a long sword, the assumed landing point is still a bit forward." While defending, Jiang Xuan was thinking about the reason why the captain's attack was like this.

"Bore!"

After blocking a dagger attack with a dagger, Jiang Xuan thought about the most likely reason for this situation.

"This captain is neither a short sword warrior nor a long sword warrior. The weapon he is proficient in should be a longer long sword."

After coming to this conclusion, Jiang Xuan finally felt relieved and prepared to find an opportunity to counterattack under the captain's oppressive attack.

Holding the hilt of the knife with his other hand, Jiang Xuan used a little more strength and pressed the dagger towards the captain.

The captain used his dagger to block, but found that he still underestimated Jiang Xuan's strength. The dagger was pushed backwards, and the captain was slightly off balance for a moment.

"Right now!" Jiang Xuan followed up with another chopped blow, followed by the opponent's block, and retreated a few steps.

With Jiang Xuan's strength, just taking a few steps would give him more room to maneuver.

With a tap of his foot, Jiang Xuan instantly jumped to a distance of several feet from his opponent.

Seeing this, the captain knew that the opponent had temporarily escaped from the battle, so he temporarily put the dagger in his hand into the exquisite scabbard and looked at Jiang Xuan from a distance.

"Colonel Captain..."

"Junior Brother Ling, I didn't use my full strength just now. In other words, the fact that you were able to escape my attack just now doesn't mean that you possess the strength of a peak warrior."

Jiang Xuan was about to speak when he was interrupted by the captain's words.

Although it was a bit awkward, the captain's actions were completely within Jiang Xuan's expectations.

"How can I stop someone who is looking for trouble?" Jiang Xuan muttered in his heart.

At this time, Jiang Xuan could not afford to lose the battle, so he also put the short knife in his hand back into the brown scabbard and looked quietly at the captain in the distance.

However, Jiang Xuan just looked at the captain from a distance without saying anything. The captain naturally couldn't just sit there and wait.

"Junior Brother Ling, since I've shown you these two daggers, I'm also showing you some advanced ways of using them." The captain said this, with a hint of relief and pride on his face.

(End of this chapter)