Nine-layer armor-breaking

Chapter 269 Madness (New book has been released, please support! Please read!)
"Captain, it is impossible for an attack of this level to break the dagger's defense." Jiang Xuan shouted to the captain.

The captain naturally would not consider Jiang Xuan's words, thinking that Jiang Xuan was deliberately provoking him, but he did not realize that what Jiang Xuan said at this moment was the truth.

Since the captain's long sword is a long weapon, its defensive power is naturally excellent.

In this way, as long as the long sword has sufficient defense and launches a sufficient attack, the captain can show the advantages of the long sword in battle.

However, the captain's attack with the long sword was not enough to break Jiang Xuan's advantage of the fast defense of the short sword.

This resulted in the awkward situation where the captain's attack did not make much progress.

On the other hand, although the short knife in Jiang Xuan's hand did not have much advantage in offense, it had a significant speed bonus in defense, so he was very calm in defense.

It is foreseeable that if this competition continues in this form, after a long period of consumption, the situation will be unfavorable to the captain.

Jiang Xuan now had the added bonus of the madness of the Chi Tan swordsmanship, and that madness had a more controllable balance in battle, so he could launch a more sustained attack and defense.

If this continues, it can be said that the captain's chances of winning are being eroded bit by bit.

"You must intensify your attack. If you can't, you should admit defeat early." The madness on Jiang Xuan's face actually weakened a little at this moment, and he said to the captain very calmly.

Jiang Xuan himself also clearly discovered that after this stalemate with the captain, his madness was actually being consumed very steadily.

Keeping the madness at a certain level can enable Jiang Xuan to maintain a very high level of combat state, while at the same time maintaining a better and clearer combat mind.

In general, the current situation on the field is indeed developing more and more in one direction, that is, Jiang Xuan's advantage is gradually expanding.

However, the captain was already enraged by Jiang Xuan at this time and would not listen to Jiang Xuan's heartfelt persuasion.

He still maintained his previous thoughts, thinking that the other party's words were just to deliberately provoke him and had no reference value.

This is how fighting is. When the fighting reaches a certain level and intensity, it becomes unstoppable.

Even if one party says something very realistic and feasible, it is difficult for the other party to agree. In this way, the battle or competition will continue until one party wins a clear victory.

However, after gradually gaining the upper hand, Jiang Xuan was already losing interest in this battle or competition.

This doesn't mean that Jiang Xuan underestimated his opponent or had any other negative fighting emotions, but at this moment he thought that the competition had reached this point and there was no need to continue fighting.

If Jiang Xuan had another consideration, it was that he discovered that the captain was completely enraged by him at this moment, and had already shown some irrational fighting impulses during the competition.

If this continues, the battle will definitely deviate from the track of competition.

The original purpose of this competition, or the excuse the captain originally gave, was to test whether Jiang Xuan had the strength of a peak warrior. Now that it has reached this level, even the captain's victory cannot be guaranteed, so where can victory come from?
To put it another way, even if the captain finally won the competition, what would that mean?

Jiang Xuan was a warrior who was promoted to the Heavenly Tier level later than the Captain. Even if he lost this competition, he would not suffer any loss in reputation.

On the other hand, if the captain, acting as the examiner, lost this competition, what kind of ridicule would he receive? What kind of humiliation would that be?

Jiang Xuan had thought about this problem, and he believed that the captain had also thought about this problem, but with the captain's character, he certainly had not thought about the consequences of his defeat.

Of course, Jiang Xuan also understood the captain's feelings. After all, Jiang Xuan had not thought about the consequences of his defeat.

Different from the captain's mentality, Jiang Xuan did not think about the consequences of his defeat. He did not judge based on how soon he would advance to the ranks of top warriors, but based on his specific strength, specific to a certain move, a certain ability to respond.

Jiang Xuan also knew that this ability to judge specific moves was something he had never heard of anyone else possessing except himself.

Jiang Xuan's confidence in judging battles comes from his ability to rehearse battles in his mind.

Through his rehearsal ability, he can judge and rehearse the offense and defense of a battle based on moves or responses, thereby drawing a comparison of the strength of both sides.

He did not know this captain before, so he did not incorporate the captain's abilities into the drill.

He even mistook the captain's usual weapon for a pair of daggers at the beginning of the competition.

It can be said that Jiang Xuan did not know that the captain's commonly used weapon was a long sword.

However, after Jiang Xuan had performed martial arts exercises in the five states, he substituted Cheng Xiuyong, a warrior from Qizhou whose strength was far superior to that of the captain, and even Gao Rubang into the exercises, and achieved some good results.

Among them, Cheng Xiuyong is also a dual-dagger warrior. He won the third place in the peak group in this Five States Martial Arts Competition. In terms of strength, he is obviously superior to this captain.

Moreover, Cheng Xiuyong and the captain both used double daggers as weapons, so they could be compared with each other.

Therefore, it is precisely because of these considerations that even if Jiang Xuan encounters a captain who has already reached the peak of his strength, he can confidently compete with this captain with his own strength.

Jiang Xuan has gained a lot from this battle or competition.

Overall, Jiang Xuan was very satisfied with the results of this competition.

First, in the competition with the captain who used two daggers to attack, Jiang Xuan gained good combat experience against daggers, and even against double daggers.

However, there are relatively few warriors who use double daggers as their common weapons.

Secondly, and most importantly, in this competition with the captain, Jiang Xuan witnessed the most exquisite short sword technique he had ever seen, which was the "Follow the Wind and Sand" move performed by the captain with two short swords.

In fact, that move of following the wind and sand could be said to be one of the most exquisite sword techniques Jiang Xuan had ever seen.

Another exquisite sword technique was the Fallen Leaf Sword Technique that he had obtained earlier.

As for the Suiyuan Spear Technique and Suiyuan Sword Technique, since they were taught to Jiang Xuan by his father Jiang Yuan, Jiang Xuan will not list them as a regularly used sword technique for the time being.

Moreover, in order not to reveal his own identity, and even more so in order not to reveal his father Jiang Yuan's identity as a warrior, Jiang Xuan is temporarily unable to use the Suiyuan spear technique or Suiyuan sword technique.

While Jiang Xuan was thinking about this, the captain swung the long sword in his hand, making a move that Jiang Xuan was already somewhat familiar with.

Facing the captain's poised stance, Jiang Xuan anticipated that he would employ the sword or knife techniques of the city guards. After his previous battles with the soldier and the captain, Jiang Xuan had already grasped the essence of those weapon techniques: ferocity.

As early as when the soldier used that sword technique, Jiang Xuan had already noticed the uniqueness of that sword technique.

Although it is a set of sword techniques suitable for popularization among the Qizhou City Guards, its design should be slightly simpler to be easier to popularize, but that set of sword techniques can actually take into account both popularity and sophistication at the same time.

The advanced version of the city guard weapon method that the captain had used before had added a lot of sophistication on the basis of the basic version. Although the difficulty of practicing it might be greatly increased, its effect in battle was also obvious.

The captain shouted softly, turned the blade of his long sword, and rushed straight to where Jiang Xuan was.

Jiang Xuan could feel that the captain's attack almost brought the powerful force of the city guard's advanced weapon method to its extreme.

"I can't be careless in this attack. I must use all my strength." Jiang Xuan gripped the dagger in his hand and said to himself.

"Bore!"

With a loud bang, the long sword slashed fiercely at the short sword in Jiang Xuan's hand. Jiang Xuan could see that the captain had hardly held back in this attack, almost equivalent to a flat ground version of the Jingzhe sword.

What was even more terrifying was that the attack launched by the captain was using a long sword that was even heavier than his own weight.

Although he had tried his best to mobilize his own strength and Jiang Xuan also blocked the long sword with the short sword in front of him, the long sword still used its huge power to press Jiang Xuan's short sword in front of him.

Jiang Xuan tried his best but still couldn't stop the long sword from pressing down on the short sword.

The long sword pressed against the short sword and pressed towards Jiang Xuan's chest. Jiang Xuan then groaned and was knocked away.

Fortunately, Jiang Xuan's strenuous resistance had blocked most of the long sword's force. Although Jiang Xuan was knocked out and felt a pain in his chest, the pain was not very severe.

Jiang Xuan touched his chest. Although he was not wearing fine iron armor at the moment, he felt that nothing was wrong.

At this moment, the captain drew his long sword and chased after him again.

"Oh no, this guy is a little crazy." Jiang Xuan groaned in his heart and quickly stood up.

Just as Jiang Xuanfang stood up, the captain swung his sword again and chopped it straight towards where Jiang Xuan was.

"There's no other way!" Jiang Xuan knew it was too late to block with the short knife, so he used a risky move and tried to use his shoulder armor to block the captain's long knife again.

"Bore!"

Sure enough, the captain's long sword chopped directly onto Jiang Xuan's shoulder armor, only two fingers away from Jiang Xuan's neck.

Jiang Xuan didn't dare to wait any longer, and the moment his long sword chopped off his shoulder armor, he was ready to retreat immediately.

With the slash of the long sword, Jiang Xuan immediately bounced up, and quickly retreated the next moment, once again creating enough distance between him and the captain.

"What is certain is that this advanced version of the Qizhou City Guard's swordsmanship is the captain's strongest means of attack at the moment, bar none." Jiang Xuan thought to himself.

At this moment, although his combat awareness was very clear, his madness had been weakened a lot.

This is a more obvious drawback or shortcoming of the Chi Tan sword technique when used in his hands.

That is, the increase and decrease of madness is difficult to control.

If the madness is too high, it will suppress the combat rationality, and one will lose rationality in the battle, and then put oneself in a very unfavorable passive situation.

If the madness is low, although you can engage in a long and patient battle with the opponent, if the madness is too low, the power of the Chi Tan sword technique will be greatly reduced, and the original intention of using the Chi Tan sword technique will be lost.

"How to accurately control this madness and make better use of it is still a subject that must be studied carefully." Jiang Xuan now realized the importance of better polishing the method of using the Chi Tan swordsmanship.

"What? You don't dare to fight?" The captain swung the long sword in his hand, posing a posture ready to attack, and said coldly to Jiang Xuan.

Obviously, next, he would continue to use this effective advanced swordsmanship of the Qizhou City Guards to gradually suppress Jiang Xuan until he defeated him.

"Haha, who's afraid of me? Just come at me if you have the guts!" Jiang Xuan stood up straight and shouted to the captain.

When the captain heard Jiang Xuan say this, he didn't hesitate, picked up his long sword and rushed over to kill him.

Jiang Xuan raised the corners of his mouth slightly, bent his body slightly, and made preparations for the Jingzhe Knife.

Just as the captain was getting closer with his sword, Jiang Xuan stepped on the ground and leaped into the air.

Then, Jiang Xuan raised the knife with both hands and continued to fall.

"Jingzhe Knife!" Jiang Xuan shouted loudly, and using the potential energy of the rapid fall, he exerted the strength in his hands to an extremely high level.

Moreover, the Jingzhe Sword used by Jiang Xuan this time is somewhat different from the Jingzhe Swords he used before.

The unique feature of the Jingzhe Sword used this time is that it incorporates the judgment of the captain's movement trajectory.

According to Jiang Xuan's prediction of this attack, if the effect of this attack is achieved, it will suppress the captain in one fell swoop, allowing Jiang Xuan to further take the initiative on the field.

Since the captain attacked first, Jiang Xuan accurately predicted the trajectory of his action when he attacked. According to the predicted trajectory, he calculated the landing point of the Jingzhe Knife in advance, leaving some advance time.

When the captain came with his sword, Jiang Xuan was just in the falling stage, and he had the perfect opportunity to deliver a heavy blow to the captain.

"How this competition will develop next depends on the effect of this attack." Jiang Xuan concentrated most of his strength on the short knife held in both hands, thinking secretly in his heart.

The short knife held high in Jiang Xuan's hand fell heavily, colliding with the captain's long knife, and a very loud noise broke out.

Jiang Xuan did not hold back in this attack like Xu Huwei had taught him before, but instead used all his strength in the hope of ending the battle with this attack. However, what happened next was somewhat beyond Jiang Xuan's expectations.

(End of this chapter)