When Sawamura took a look, he could really see on the enlarged picture that the wound on Li Nian's naked body was recovering at a speed visible to the naked eye. The big gap before was now just a small scratch...ah, even the scratch disappeared when he watched it. This scene immediately stunned Sawamura.
Kato looked at it carefully for a while, then heaved a sigh of relief, his heart dropping: "I'm glad that Li Nian is okay."
Qingshan had heard of Li Nian's deeds and actually saw how his wounds recovered. She knew that this level of injury was really not a big deal for him, but she still frowned: "Even so, they should stop!"
"Give up, Ponytail. They have no intention of stopping, and we don't have the ability to stop." Ryunosuke said simply based on the facts: "We can only watch, so let's just watch. Instead of worrying about the vitality of the gorilla, you might as well worry about whether Senior Isayama will die here."
Compared to the previous close combat, the visual effect of the current magic bombardment is naturally more exaggerated. Even though they are protected by a solid barrier, they can still feel the vibrations. No matter how you look at it, Senior Isayama, who is facing the attack head-on, looks to be in danger.
Wu Geng had been observing the situation carefully, and at this moment he commented like a professional: "Senior Isayama won't die. It seems that Li Nian is letting her win and not using her full strength."
"You haven't used your full strength yet? Have you seen Anian's full strength?" An Yi couldn't tell at all that Li Nian, who was bombarding fiercely, didn't seem to be using his full strength, and looked at him in confusion.
"No, I guessed."
But Wu Geng guessed correctly. Li Nian did control her strength and had no intention of killing Jian Shan. It was one thing that he prepared a solid protective spell for her, but he also did not use too much force in the attack spell, and there were also many loopholes in the overall arrangement of the attack.
Although the scene looked scary, with random bombardments and colorful special effects, he did not really use all his strength against the Tsuchigumo. According to his performance when fighting against the Tsuchigumo, his arrangement of the technical attack would be more restrained and tight, and the angle and timing of the attack would definitely be stuck at the fatal point. A powerful monster like the Tsuchigumo would be forced into a desperate situation step by step, and its body would be gradually broken down and its strength would be exhausted, let alone allowing Isayama to successfully dodge and fight back.
So Li Nian felt that her efforts were within the scope of sparring? Probably... But Li Nian also knew that it was really painful when Isayama was hit, and if she didn't handle it properly, her bones would be broken... Well, there was a way to heal her that kind of injury.
When he was hit, Jianshan was in great pain and didn't want to train in this way at all. Although Li Nian deliberately suppressed the lethality and arrangement of the technique, it was based on his observation of Jianshan's strength and stuck at a perfect point (he thought). Jianshan himself felt the suffocating pressure. He had no choice but to stick with it to the end and devote himself to the response.
Isayama tried her best to mobilize her body and cursed energy, observe the situation, think quickly and respond, and further display her skills. Under this pressure, her distracting thoughts became fewer and fewer, her thinking became faster and faster, the circulation of her cursed energy became faster and more stable, the sense of unity in her every move became stronger, her sword swings became more accurate and smooth, and the flow of breath became more harmonious and smooth.
As a manifestation, she can deal with Li Nian's attacks more easily, dodge more timely in the light flow, detect attacks earlier, respond more quickly, be hit less often, and have more room for maneuver.
Seeing this, Li Nian nodded with satisfaction.
Although Isayama always calls himself a hard-working civil servant, and is humble towards colleagues like Dalian Temple Suzuka and himself, and his words and actions show that he regards his status as a grassroots person, his strength is definitely not weak.
It can be seen that the education she received was very complete and detailed, and she also worked very hard in her own training. She has honed strong practical skills through long-term training and participation in various tasks.
She herself is obviously someone with great combat talent. She can quickly enter a combat state and quickly adapt to changes in the situation. Having reached this level at this age, I think she should also be good at learning new things.
But just this is not enough.
Li Nian had no intention of letting Jianshan adapt to his attacks and relieve the pressure, so he increased the strength of his technique output and the intensity of his attacks, and further used new techniques besides the light cannon, summoning wind, rain, thunder and lightning, and pillars of ice and fire to attack, while speaking calmly.
"Don't forget your purpose. It's not just to run around and avoid attacks, right? You should solve the problem at the source, right?"
"I'm going to chop you to death right now!"
Isayama was thrown off balance by the sudden attack, her dodging was disrupted by the wind, her body was drenched by the rain, she was frozen solid by the cold wind, and then she was struck by a bolt of lightning. Although the protective spell was activated in time to transfer the energy and reduce most of the damage, the feeling of being electrocuted had already fallen on her body. She felt a stinging pain all over her body, and her hair stood up. Then the pillar of fire came, and she barely dodged it, but some of her standing hair was still burned off.
Jianshan thought she had a good temper, but she was not a clay man. She had suffered so much pain back and forth, and had been beaten from beginning to end. Some of her precious hair had been destroyed. Her anger was soaring, and she had been beaten to death. Li Nian's words stimulated her, and she stomped the ground hard, attacked like a stream of light, and chopped Li Nian's hateful face with a knife.
Since I can't kill him, I'll just chop him to death.
Li Nian was not going to stand there and get hacked, so he moved immediately, using his feather robe as a whip to counter the attacks, fighting and retreating, occasionally launching a spell to attack unexpectedly, and sometimes suddenly finding Jianshan's weakness and waving his feather robe to attack there. He still responded calmly and gracefully, but his combination of defense and offense made him much stronger than before.
But once she got into the state and was forced to use her full strength, Isayama performed even stronger than before. Her attacks were faster, fiercer and more brutal, and she handled it more freely than at the beginning. It turned out that Li Nian could not find any chance to repel her, and she was forced closer and closer.
But this is not enough, Li Nian thought, Jianshan, you have to find the moment when your mind, body, skills and energy are united, and find the opportunity to swing and take my head.
Battles are always cruel. The strong suppress the weak, making it difficult for the weak to breathe, resist, and find opportunities, just like Li Nian is suppressing Isayama now.
But hard-to-find opportunities do exist. In the rapid, detailed, fierce and brutal close combat, the situation keeps changing.
There will always be a fleeting opportunity among the changes in the positions and distances between each other, the changes in the timing of the flow of each other's aura and magic power between strong and weak, the changes in the coping methods in different decisions, and so on. It all depends on whether you have the strength to create it, the eyesight to catch it, and the decisiveness to execute it.
To do this requires full commitment, and the support of technology, magic power and various basic skills. When a warrior successfully seizes this opportunity, every detail that created this moment is verified once, which is a personal sublimation.
Isayama did not notice her own changes. She was only driven by anger, and she desperately wanted to hit the hateful guy in front of her once, so she casually slashed off or avoided the incoming spells and feather attacks, and tried to speed up the rhythm of her slashing, desperately trying to squeeze closer. Unconsciously, her head turned rapidly, mobilizing every muscle in her body, all the cursed power and all the techniques she knew.
The attacks and defenses were getting faster, and the dense knocking and roaring sounds filled the entire space, like a gradually accelerating drumbeat.
Jianshan became more and more focused, and in his eyes, Li Nian's movements were slowing down, becoming clearer and easier to predict.
She had a feeling that an opportunity was approaching, and this feeling became clearer as she saw Li Nian turning around and swinging his feather robe as usual.
When he turns to a certain angle and is about to wave his feather robe.
In that instant, Isayama felt as if he saw a ray of light.
Time seemed to stop at this moment, allowing her to see the light clearly, connecting the tip of the Lion King's knife and Li Nian's neck.
It's now!
Coming back to her senses, she had been waiting for this moment and had subconsciously entered the rhythm of attack, summoning her spell power, exhaling, exerting strength, and moving. Following the light, she swung her sword out, and actually broke through all the defenses such as the feather robe waved by Li Nian and the spells fired.
Li Nian's scalp tingled and he felt something in his heart. He immediately abandoned all restrictions on himself and did not bother to show the light fighting style of a female warrior. He drew out the spiritual sword Bing Tantian and swung it to his side, while turning around abruptly to avoid.
Even so, he let the knife light cut into his neck a little bit before it stopped when it hit Bing Tantian's block.
Jianshan, who swung the knife, was also stunned. For a moment, he looked at Li Nian, who seemed to have been cut in the aorta and whose neck was bleeding profusely.
Li Nian pushed away the sharp spiritual knife that was cutting into his neck as if nothing had happened, and said, "Congratulations, Jianshan, how does it feel to swing this knife?"
His action caused more blood to spurt out, splashing onto Jian Shan's face, scaring her. She finally reacted and quickly jumped back, pointing at Li Nian and shouting in panic: "Neck! Your neck!"
"Why are you making such a fuss? Just think about the sudden inspiration you just had."
"Stop the bleeding first, idiot!"
Without her saying anything, Li Nian had already put her hand on her neck, first allowing her spiritual power to transform into a layer of blood film to stop the bleeding from the artery, and then naturally a strong vitality surged up to repair the wound.
Chapter 395: Handsomeness comes from real strength, concentration and composure
While doing all this, Li Nian didn't care about the wound at all. Instead, he had a very happy expression, laughing, and was genuinely happy that Isayama could make the previous slash.
"It's a beautiful cut, and it looks stunning to me."
"Uh, well, sorry...I."
Jianshan was still at a loss. The knife she just swung out did seem to be a blessing from heaven. She had no power to hold back and the knife had now cut into Li Nian's neck, severing his aorta and causing heavy bleeding. Normally, this was a fatal injury, and this was because the latter blocked the blade in time.
If Li Nian fails to block it by mistake, a head will definitely fly off and a life will be lost. Will it die? Isayama herself is not sure. She feels that even if the head is chopped off, this monster will not die easily. She can no longer imagine that Li Nian will lose or even die.
Because of this, she was able to attack Li Nian without restraint. Even after stabbing him, she hesitated for only a moment before continuing to fight at Li Nian's signal. She thought that no matter how hard she attacked, it would be difficult to really hit him again, let alone hit his neck and chop off his head...
Seeing Li Nian put her hand down, only blood and a scratch remained at the place where she had cut him. It was obvious that the small cut wound had almost healed, and the puncture wound had almost recovered. Li Nian was indeed not seriously injured. As always, there was a strong vitality that supported this guy's body and recovered all the injuries he had suffered. Even the most exaggerated wounds could be healed, as if he was immortal... The moment he realized this, Isayama became much more sober and scolded himself. Was that an excuse he could use to exonerate himself after almost cutting off his comrade's head?
Isayama felt extremely guilty and thought it was her own mistake. She was about to apologize with a gloomy expression, but was stopped by Li Nian who noticed what she wanted to say.
"Want to apologize? No need, take it back. You and I have nothing to do with each other."
"…Just an ordinary classmate relationship?"
"Are you serious? That hurts me so much."
"Just kidding, you are certainly not my ordinary classmate. You are obviously as worrying as my good son."
"…Isayama-senpai has also become more aggressive with his words."
"I learned this from someone else...Okay, I know you're pretty strong and getting hurt isn't a big deal, but let me apologize...After all, I made you bleed, and that knife almost killed you."
"Kill me?" Li Nian glared, then laughed: "Ha! Impossible, everything is under my control..."
"Don't treat me as a fool. That strike was beyond your expectations. You were forced to draw your sword in a hurry."
Li Nian stopped laughing, because he knew that for the person who swung the knife, all the feelings at that time were very clear and could not be easily concealed.
For Isayama, it felt like "a blow that would definitely chop off the enemy's head," and it was indeed so. That blow was beyond Li Nian's calculations, forcing him to go all out to correct the mistake.
Li Nian shrugged. "Even so, don't apologize to me. This is what I expected. If I can't force you to swing your sword with your mind, body, skills and qi combined, I will put more pressure on you. Then you might be the one bleeding. Breaking a few bones is no joke."
"…Is it necessary to go to this extent?" Isayama asked seriously.
At this point, of course Isayama understood that Li Nian went to such great lengths just to bring out her potential. From the very beginning, he had not simply invited her over for a competition as a performance for action design for animation production. Instead, he had taken great pains to prepare for actual combat in order to train her. Not only had he prepared a solid venue and provided her with sufficient means of protection, he had also deliberately controlled his strength to keep the pressure on her side at just the right level.
Li Nian fulfilled her sparring partner's duties to the extreme. As a result, Isayama did feel tremendous but appropriate pressure, and was forced to give his all. With the ability to do it again and again, he was able to figure out a better and faster way to swing the sword.
"Of course we have to do this. What use is there in increasing our strength if we don't have enough pressure in the battle?"
"Even if you're hurt?"
"Injuries that can be recovered will become experience points." Li Nian said calmly: "It is better to bleed a little during training than to lose your head in actual combat."
"...Alas, your ideas are always extreme but correct...You are the idiot battle maniac who would do this, and I am just like a fool when I try to talk to you with common sense." Isayama smiled bitterly and shook his head: "You wouldn't go to such lengths for me? To make elaborate arrangements and even get hurt..."
"...Are you sure you want to ask me a question that makes you, a senior, even more stupid?"
Looking at the man winking at him, Isayama was stunned for a moment, and understood that he was saying "there's no need for us to bother about these trivial matters", so he smiled and said, "...That's right, I won't ask, but at least let me say thank you."
"No need to thank me, I'm just hoping to repay the favor."
"...Then you owe quite a lot. This time it's only enough to pay back a little interest."
"Usury?! Will I ever be able to pay it back in this lifetime? It's true that it's the hardest to repay a debt of gratitude. I'm not kidding." Li Nian sighed, and also understood that it was a joke from Isayama. Knowing that Isayama, who could joke like this, probably no longer had doubts about the way he trained her, she continued with a smile, "Can you still fight? You look almost exhausted."
Although Li Nian still looked calm and composed, he had actually consumed a lot of energy. His whole body was heating up from the vigorous exercise, but his recovery ability was working all the time, allowing him to maintain his condition. Jianshan did not have his recovery ability. Under the heavy pressure just now, he had fought with all his strength for nearly half an hour and had already exhausted a lot of energy. At this moment, his breathing was heavy, and he was sweating profusely. He was visibly exhausted.
"What nonsense are you talking about? I can still fight for another 500 years." But Jianshan said this while refusing to admit defeat. She had already raised her long sword again. Even though she was so tired, her posture was still upright and her stance was still stable. She had already gotten used to this state of exhaustion, not only in missions but also in training. She also had reasons to continue fighting. At this moment, she was no longer hypocritical and said to Li Nian seriously, "I need to consolidate the feeling of swinging the sword just now. Please stay with me for a while."
"... Just focus on recreating that sword, I will catch it." Li Nian raised the magic sword slightly, obviously not intending to fight in the mode and effort of a female warrior anymore. This posture alone showed a feeling of firmness and steadiness like a mountain.
Everyone watching outside originally saw the two men stop fighting temporarily, thinking that they had entered the half-time break, and they all breathed a sigh of relief for a moment. They had already realized that the so-called sparring between the two men was undoubtedly a dangerous actual combat. Everyone wanted to say something to remind them not to fight so hard, but they didn't expect that the two men would get ready to start fighting again.
"Don't get hit on the neck again," Isayama reminded.
"You better do it."
Jianshan swung her sword, repeating the previous inspirational move, no longer caring about the friendship between colleagues, and went for the kill of Li Nian - she already knew that she had to be serious to this extent in order to show her respect for Li Nian who had worked so hard to train herself.
She has not forgotten the feeling at that time. All the steps and feelings when she achieved that slash are still echoing in her body.
The body's memory is clearer than the brain's memory, but if this feeling is not honed, it will dissipate over time. She wants to consolidate this feeling and make it clearer.
She successfully repeated her knife swing, but was blocked in time by Li Nian and bounced back, but Li Nian did not launch further attacks.
Without his signal, Jianshan immediately regained his balance and swung his knife again, but was blocked by Li Nian in time and bounced back.
Isayama didn't care that his attacks were always blocked. He just wanted to experience the feeling of swinging the sword and feel the feedback every time the blades collided. He wanted to figure out how to swing the sword. Nothing was more efficient than repeating this process.
In the process of repetition, she gradually mastered the flow of breathing, the encouragement of magic power, the strength of muscles, and the state of mind when swinging the sword. Gradually, she sorted out the vague feelings into a specific process, allowing that kind of spiritual sword swing to become a slash that she could actively release.
After figuring out the principle and being able to reproduce the sword swing stably, she began to think about pushing the single sword swing to a higher intensity, extending the movement to a wider range, and began to change the way of slashing.
During this process, Isayama's heart gradually became excited. She seemed to see a new field opening up to her, which made her excited. In this tired state, she became even more eager. If she had resisted fighting before, she no longer had that idea. Instead, she began to actively desire fighting and desire to grow in battle.
She suddenly understood why Li Nian smiled so happily when fighting with a strong enemy, because it was really a happy feeling to be able to clearly feel that one was getting stronger, and fighting was indeed the best way to become stronger.
In battle, all theories will be verified, the correct ones will be retained, the wrong ones will be discarded, and new discoveries will be made in practice. In the process of verification and creation, she can clearly feel her own growth... Of course, as a front-line exorcist, Isayama has experienced many battles and she has had similar experiences, but opportunities like now are rare. The enemy must be strong enough to put enough pressure on her, be able to take her blows, and have feedback for her to verify. Such enemies are rare and dangerous. If the pressure is too much, she might be killed.
But Li Nian certainly wouldn't kill her. She put enough pressure on her while controlling the intensity. She was just practicing with her wholeheartedly.
At this time, the man drew his sword and no longer suppressed his strength. He used his usual close combat method to fight with Isayama, and no longer revealed the flaws he had before. Even though Isayama showed a talent for fighting and did have the idea of becoming stronger, based on his previous sword swing, his subsequent swings became faster, stronger, and trickier, but he was always able to catch them in time and would not be hit again. He could even feel Isayama's changes from the fight and give his own suggestions.
"When spiritual power burns and strengthens the body, it takes a certain amount of time for the power to be transmitted to the muscles. Moreover, the action of swinging the sword mobilizes almost all the muscles in your body. If you want different slashes to achieve the same effect, you must first figure out the trajectory, method, and subtle changes of the power flowing in your body during each slash. Only then can you adjust your breathing and strength."
"Don't try to achieve the same effect as just now in every slash. You haven't reached that level yet. You have to practice it bit by bit. First, fix a few methods that can match your fighting habits, mainly covering the basic movements of your swordsmanship. First, strive to be able to quickly adjust to the state of swinging the sword in various postures in battle."
"When you swing the knife horizontally, you should use your feet to generate power and twist your waist to cut, and lower your left shoulder a little more."
Li Nian gave extremely specific instructions based on his own experience and knowledge, and Isayama would listen, grasp the key points, and quickly make adjustments.
Through constant attempts and changes, Isayama is becoming stronger and stronger.
In the eyes of the audience outside, the confrontation between the two men had turned into a samurai competition, which obviously had nothing to do with the theme of the battle between the Demon King and the God. There were no more flying streams of light and exaggerated explosions, no more dancing-like twisting postures and the pleasing fluttering of feathers. Without those visual effects, there was only the two men standing opposite each other and swinging their swords at each other. The powerful force exploded only at the point where the blades collided, and only the lonely and crisp sound of metal clashing echoed in the space.
This is another kind of visual enjoyment. Even for the audience who don’t understand the tricks, the movements of the two people reveal the ultimate simplicity and plainness, which is another kind of beauty.
Regardless of whether it was Senior Isayama who was concentrating on swinging the sword, creating flashes of shadows and seemed to be swinging the sword faster than before.
He stopped deliberately imitating the graceful movements of women, changed his weapon from feather robe to sword, and returned to his usual calm feeling. With more ordinary and concise movements, he swung the sword to silently cut off those faster and flashing Li Nian.
It is obvious that their presence seems to be stronger than before.
Shiina was already filled with inspiration, and was silently painting, copying this scene, capturing the charm of each of the two men in the moment of their confrontation.
Gogen's eyes flickered, and he took a close-up photo of Li Nian with a click. He captured a similar moment as Shiina did. The photo showed Li Nian with cold and sharp eyes. He stood with the sword sheathed, leaning forward, as if he was about to chop off a target but had not yet done so. It was a very good photo.
"It turns out that Anian has this side of him." An Yi got to know his friend again.
Sawamura also felt that his worldview had been refreshed. He was truly overwhelmed by the handsomeness of these two people: "Forget about Isayama-senpai, but how can this bitch Li Nian be so handsome?"
Gogen said proudly, "You haven't seen it, have you? That's right. I have seen it, and I know that this is another form of that man as a warrior! It's very rare."
Qingshan was fascinated by the scene, but shook his head and said, "Really? I think this is quite similar to the feeling that Li Nian usually gives people... How should I put it..."
Kato nodded: "That's just Li Nian's serious look. He usually shows that kind of expression to us... but he didn't pull out the knife?"
"Yeah, Li Nian is usually very handsome." Kanda said with envy, "I also want to be a real man like him."
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