Nine-layer armor-breaking

Chapter 267 Anger

The clever thing is that this alternative way of using the Chitan sword technique, although it will bring some painful experience and increase some madness, will not cause too much harm to the user.

This also allowed Jiang Xuan to avoid, to a certain extent, the considerable damage that the Chi Tan sword technique would have caused to his body.

This was naturally a very thoughtful improvement that Jiang Xuan made to the swordsmanship of the Fuzhou martial arts school.

While retaining the original swordsmanship effect, it almost fundamentally changed the original method of casting at the cost of damaging the user's body.

However, not everyone can learn this method of use, but it requires two extremely harsh conditions.

At least, with Jiang Xuan's method of casting, two conditions need to be met at the same time.

One condition is that the user must accept the test of the Burning Marrow Pill.

This Burning Marrow Pill is not an ordinary pill. It is a precious pill that many warriors cannot obtain despite their best efforts.

It could be said that the Burning Marrow Pill was a priceless, rare elixir that was hard to come by. Even if an ordinary warrior wanted to obtain one, they would find it nowhere to be found.

This first condition alone is very harsh and almost impossible to achieve.

Another condition is that the user must endure the constant pain brought by the Burning Marrow Pill.

It was precisely because of this effect of the Burning Marrow Pill that Jiang Xuan suffered real pain from it during a stage of the Five States Martial Arts Competition.

This feeling cannot be alleviated by any elixir and can only be resisted by the user himself, or through continuous high-intensity combat to adapt to the effects of the Burning Marrow Pill.

The effect of this adaptation cannot actually be considered to reduce the pain caused by the Burning Marrow Pill to the user, but it is only an effect of reducing the pain psychologically by diverting attention.

Jiang Xuan, on the other hand, fulfilled all these conditions during the Five States Martial Arts Competition and finally figured out how to use this new Chi Tan sword technique.

In other words, it was due to the simultaneous influence of multiple factors that Jiang Xuan was able to try out this new method of casting.

"Captain, you are actually a long-sword warrior?" Jiang Xuan stood up straight and asked the captain who was holding a long sword in the distance.

"Yes, I am a long sword warrior." The captain held the long sword in his hand and did not hide it. He admitted it directly and generously.

Jiang Xuan now had a clear answer from the captain, but he suddenly had some new questions. If the opponent was a long sword warrior, why didn't he use the long sword in the first place? Without choosing to use a common weapon, he chose to use the short sword, which he was less proficient in and was a weapon rarely used by warriors. What was his purpose?
"Captain, since you are a long sword warrior, why did you use a short sword as your weapon at the beginning of the competition?"

Jiang Xuan was really interested in this question, so he simply asked the captain directly.

"Although the long sword is my usual weapon, my favorite weapon is the short sword."

Now that things had come to this, the captain didn't want to hide anything and said it out loud.

"It's a pity that this dagger is really awkward to use." When the captain said this, a look of disappointment appeared on his face.

Having said that, Jiang Xuan had finally figured out all the abnormal behaviors of this captain.

"It's interesting that the weapon he often uses is not the one he likes." Jiang Xuan muttered to himself about the captain's choice of weapons.

Thinking of this, Jiang Xuan subconsciously looked at the wooden knife box in the distance, a corner of which had been broken by the captain, and revealed a surprised expression.

"I didn't recognize that scabbard before." Jiang Xuan's complexion was slightly red at this moment, and he looked at the scabbard that originally contained the captain's long sword with some madness.

After entering the state of Chi Tan Sword Technique, if you leave the combat state, you will become more manic because you cannot consume the madness attached to the Chi Tan Sword Technique state in time.

However, even in such a state, Jiang Xuan was still able to maintain a high level of concentration.

According to Jiang Xuan's guess, this may be related to his original ability to practice.

The ability to practice successfully consumes or restrains some of the madness in the form of practice.

Consumption means using the rehearsal ability to predict battles during the intervals between battles, and consuming some of the madness while doing so.

Although this method of consuming madness is very harsh, once triggered, it can consume the accumulated madness in a relatively short period of time, thus preventing the user from entering a more violent or even completely crazy state.

Precisely because of this method of consuming madness, the conditions are very harsh and it needs to be carried out in a battle with sufficient rest time.

This means that it is difficult to use this method safely in a battle with evenly matched warriors of the same level.

Another way is for the user to control his madness.

The general way to achieve this is to make full use of the high accuracy of the rehearsal ability to make psychologically expected estimates, and this kind of psychologically expected assessment will, in turn, restrain the accumulation of madness.

It was precisely because of this ability to practice combat that Jiang Xuan was able to "tame" this more violent sword technique so well that he could use it well in his battles.

"Although I didn't become a winner in the Five States Martial Arts Show, among the top martial artists in Qizhou right now, apart from Senior Brother Gao and Senior Brother Cheng, I'm really not afraid of many people." The captain said confidently, holding a long sword in his hand.

After hearing what the captain said and looking at his confident attitude, although Jiang Xuan wanted to complain something in his heart, he was still attracted by the long sword.

Jiang Xuan then realized that the long sword in the captain's hand, under the sunlight, actually emitted a grass-green luster. From that beautiful luster alone, Jiang Xuan initially concluded that the long sword was a top-grade long sword.

"No wonder I always felt that the way this captain used the dagger was a little weird, and there was something wrong with the landing point. It didn't look like the landing point of a dagger, nor did it look like the landing point of a long sword. It vaguely looked like the landing point of some long weapon." Jiang Xuan thought to himself.

Now, Jiang Xuan finally resolved the doubts that the captain had brought to him when they were fighting just now, as well as the points that the captain had made him feel a little uncomfortable.

If they met at the Wuzhou Martial Arts Arena, Jiang Xuan could easily obtain some information about the weapons commonly used by the captains.

On the Wuzhou Martial Arts Arena, even though the captain was holding two daggers, Jiang Xuan could still hear the subtle hints from the audience in their discussions, allowing him to better judge the captain's usual weapon.

However, in today's situation, Jiang Xuan no longer has the conditions to easily obtain information about his opponent's weapons like he did at the Wuzhou Martial Arts Show.

"The long sword warrior is indeed a bit tricky." Jiang Xuan thought to himself, but his expression did not show it.

In fact, apart from the spear, Jiang Xuan has a lot of combat experience with weapons that are more commonly used, such as short knives and long swords.

However, Jiang Xuan did not have much experience facing long sword warriors.

Similarly, Jiang Xuan was also very grateful for this.

It is a good thing that one can gain combat experience with long swords in a relatively safe manner in a competition that does not involve life-and-death fighting.

Therefore, Jiang Xuan felt fortunate for the current competition with the captain, and was also fortunate that he could gain some experience in the long sword's power and how to deal with it from this competition.

Jiang Xuan was already very clear about the captain's purpose.

It was obvious that he wanted to satisfy his love for Instructor Liu by defeating himself or even humiliating himself.

Although Jiang Xuan would never allow the captain to defeat him, this competition was just a competition after all, and it did not involve a life-and-death battle.

"Come on." Jiang Xuan waved the dagger in his hand and shouted to the captain.

As he shouted, Jiang Xuan's skin turned even redder.

"Humph!"

The captain snorted coldly, without saying anything, he dragged the long sword and ran straight towards Jiang Xuan.

Attacking with long weapons takes more time due to their greater weight, and the speed is slower than that of short weapons.

At this time, the captain was coming with a sword. Although his speed was a little slower than when he used a short sword before, his speed was still very good compared to a long weapon.

"Your speed is not yet up to par." Jiang Xuan roared and headed towards the captain.

"Bore!"

The two men attacked at once, and the short sword and the long sword collided, creating sparks.

"It's not too late for you to regret now." As the two men were in a stalemate, the captain gritted his teeth and said to Jiang Xuan.

"Regret? You should be the one who regrets it, right?" Jiang Xuan still had a hint of arrogance on his face, and said to the captain with disdain.

"You were the one who participated in the Five States Martial Arts Show, and now you appear near the Qizhou Martial Arts Hall for no reason!" The captain said to Jiang Xuan with gritted teeth, as if he was dissatisfied with Jiang Xuan stealing his limelight.

"Five States Martial Arts Show? You and I are not even in the same group. How can you say that?" Jiang Xuan knew that the other party had already lost his composure, and he didn't mind provoking him again.

"Stop talking nonsense and watch this!" The captain exerted force with his hands, pushed Jiang Xuan away, and then turned his body, ready to take the next move.

The long sword in the captain's hand was as obedient as if it was attached to his body. As his body turned, it slashed towards Jiang Xuan from another direction.

"What an exquisite swordsmanship!" Jiang Xuan thought to himself, but he didn't say it out loud. He only said, "Is that all?"

The captain was still in a state of rage at this moment, and could not bear such verbal provocation. He exerted a little more force in his hands and swung the long sword towards Jiang Xuan.

At this time, Jiang Xuan held the sword with one hand, while the captain held the long sword with both hands. There was a certain difference in the way they held it.

Naturally, Jiang Xuan wanted to win by speed at this time, while the captain wanted to win by strength and exquisite swordsmanship.

At this time, although the two seem to be in a stalemate, in fact both are in a rather awkward state.

Two men, one with a long sword and the other with a short sword, one is good at attacking but not at defending, while the other is relatively weak at attacking but good at defending.

For Jiang Xuan, he must find opportunities to destroy the opponent's defense on the basis of maintaining a stable defense.

As for the captain, he must be able to maintain the existing level of defense while looking for opportunities to launch more powerful attacks and completely break the opponent's defense.

(End of this chapter)