Nine-layer armor-breaking

Chapter 69: Mastering Balance

Guard Xu raised his eyebrows slightly, thinking for a moment. He held the dark spear in his hand and said to Jiang Xuan, "Since Master Jiang's Jingzhe Spear move is derived from the Jingzhe Sword move, it naturally suffers from some of the Sword's drawbacks, especially the balance control after this move is released."

Hearing that Guard Xu had hit the nail on the head, Jiang Xuan was naturally delighted. He took two steps forward and said with a smile, "Guard Xu, please give me some advice."

"In fact, putting aside the landing phase of this Jingzhe Spear, Young Master Jiang's grasp of the essence of the Jingzhe Knife has almost reached the extreme, which can be called perfect. However, I believe that Young Master Jiang has also realized that whether it is the Jingzhe Spear or the Jingzhe Knife, the difficulty and focus of its use lies in the landing phase. If this phase is done well, injuries can be avoided, and the next attack can be launched in the fastest time after landing, thereby giving full play to the advantages of this move." Guard Xu said, and the dark spear in his hand could not help but swing slightly.

"For most moves with most weapons, the key to maintaining balance after performing the move is on the waist, abdomen, and footwork. However, due to the Jingzhe Knife's overbearing power and the extremely fast falling speed after jumping, it is extremely difficult to maintain balance simply by using the strength of the waist and abdomen and footwork. Therefore, if you want to maintain balance after performing this move, you have to find other ways to find balance." Holding the gun with both hands, Guard Xu seemed to hold the spear in his hands as if it were a knife, holding the spear high with both hands.

"Just treat this spear as a short knife for now. The attack of the Jingzhe Knife will be a chopping motion like this." Guard Xu nodded to Jiang Xuan who was not far away, signaling him to come closer.

Jiang Xuan walked up to Guard Xu, thought for a moment, then held the spear horizontally in front of him in a blocking posture.

Guard Xu raised the corner of his mouth and swung his dark spear at Jiang Xuan's silver spear with 10% of his strength.

"clang."

Almost at the same time as the two spears collided, Guard Xu raised his spear and retreated, keeping a considerable distance from Jiang Xuan.

At this moment, Jiang Xuan was surprised and happy.

What surprised him was that the Jingzhe Knife move could end with such an action; what made him happy was that a problem that had been bothering him for a long time finally began to show signs of being solved.

Guard Xu naturally noticed Jiang Xuan's expression. He smiled calmly and said to Jiang Xuan, "Next, I will demonstrate it in full."

Nodding, Jiang Xuan held the silver spear in his hand, ready to take the Jingzhe spear attack from Guard Xu.

Guard Xu held the gun in one hand, casually stepped back a few steps, bowed slightly, and the next moment jumped into the air.

In mid-air, Guard Xu changed from holding the spear with one hand to holding it with both hands, and slashed down quickly with the dark spear, heading straight for Jiang Xuan's position.

It was obvious that Xu Huwei did not use his full strength in this attack, and Jiang Xuan was very clear about this. What he had to do was to successfully block Xu Huwei's attack while observing the details of Xu Huwei's attack clearly.

"clang!"

Although Xu Huwei's attack was successfully blocked by Jiang Xuan, its force far exceeded Jiang Xuan's expectations. Jiang Xuan did not expect that Xu Huwei's seemingly easy attack, although the speed of its fall was not very alarming, was actually very powerful.

Under Guard Xu's attack, the silver spear in Jiang Xuan's hand was pushed back to a very far position, almost touching Jiang Xuan's chest. In other words, Guard Xu only needed to apply a little force to make Jiang Xuan's silver spear hit Jiang Xuan's chest.

Guard Xu's attack was visually similar to a previous demonstration, and he easily retreated to a safer distance. Jiang Xuan's joy was evident as he watched Guard Xu standing comfortably not far away.

"So that's it!" Jiang Xuan shouted excitedly.

Seeing Jiang Xuan's reaction, Guard Xu simply put down his dark spear, folded his arms and looked at Jiang Xuan.

"This move of the Jingzhe Spear, and the other methods of finding balance that Guard Xu mentioned, seem to be on the arms." Jiang Xuan recalled Guard Xu's actions just now and said thoughtfully.

In the briefest moment, Guard Xu swung his dark spear with immense force towards the silver spear in Jiang Xuan's hand. Then, with an incredibly smooth transition, his outstretched arm shifted to a bent position. Almost instantly, he exerted full force from the bent position, pressing the dark spear towards Jiang Xuan's once again.

In other words, in just one short battle, Guard Xu actually launched two attacks, and cleverly used the second attack to bounce himself backwards, while at the same time creating a certain combat distance between him and Jiang Xuan.

Just when Jiang Xuan suddenly realized it, he thought of another thing: such a method would definitely require extremely strong arm strength and excellent control over the arms.

"In this way, although the balance problem when using the Jingzhe Spear is solved, the arm strength and control requirements are also extremely high. With Xu's strength at the peak of the Heavenly Rank, it is naturally not a problem, but if it is an intermediate level, I am afraid that he will not be able to use the Jingzhe Spear to its full strength while maintaining balance for the time being." Jiang Xuan said in a deep voice.

Upon hearing this, Guard Xu naturally knew how much Jiang Xuan understood the Jingzhe Spear.

"Next, it's my turn to block." Guard Xu raised the dark spear and nodded to Jiang Xuan, indicating that he agreed with Jiang Xuan's statement.

Having found a solution to the problem, Jiang Xuan quickly made a rough assessment of the appropriate force for the Jingzhe Spear. In his opinion, with his current strength, while maintaining balance, he could only use 70% of the Jingzhe Spear's force. Anything above 70% would likely strain Jiang Xuan's arm, potentially causing injury.

After some calculation, Jiang Xuan stepped back a distance, holding the silver spear, slightly bent his body, stepped forward and jumped into the air.

Jiang Xuan changed from holding the spear in one hand to holding it with both hands, and tried hard to imitate the attack movements of Xu Huwei just now, slashing down.

Since Jiang Xuan only used 70% of his strength in this attack, Guard Xu could have easily dodged it, but in order to understand Jiang Xuan's understanding of this move, he held the spear with both hands and held the dark spear horizontally in front of him to block.

"clang."

At the moment the two spears touched, Jiang Xuan used almost all his strength on his arms.

Although Jiang Xuan had made sufficient preparations for the impact on his arms, he still felt great pressure when he bent his arms.

Fortunately, Jiang Xuan's estimation of the appropriate amount of force was relatively accurate. Although his arm was under considerable pressure, he still managed to complete the movement. However, since this was Jiang Xuan's first attempt at this move, although he successfully retreated, he still stumbled before finally stopping a short distance away.

(End of this chapter)