but--

As he swung the sword, he suddenly noticed that Jiang Li's gaze shifted.

His sight instantly focused on the tip of the knife pointing straight ahead!

“It was predicted!”

Kurogane Ikki's heart tightened.

"Qiang!"

As expected, the sword that was beyond the naked eye was blocked by the side of a sudden knife.

"Crack!"

Sparks flew from the fierce friction between swords.

The two blades pressed against each other, wrestling with each other.

"I'm completely different now than I was before. I'm not so easily defeated!"

Jiang Li said calmly with a leisurely smile on his face.

"Sure enough, I knew you would become very strong!"

Kurogane Ikki's eyes were burning.

He had been looking forward to the sword-to-sword duel with Jiang Li for a long time.

If he could win so easily, he would feel unsatisfied.

But he couldn't indulge in that simple excitement now.

Under normal circumstances, he would definitely be happy to have more exchanges with Jiang Li, but this time he has more responsibilities, so he absolutely cannot lose!

"——Second Secret Sword: Armor Splitting!"

During the wrestling, Ikki Kurogane twisted his lower body.

An extremely subtle force was transmitted to the upper body through the waist and hips, and a zero-distance slash was made through the long sword Yin Iron!

At close range, there is no chance to accumulate power, so the slashing attack should not be possible.

But Jiang Li felt a sudden force coming from the knife, knocking his Bu Ling knife away.

"Inch power?"

Jiang Li raised his brows.

Ikki Kurogane didn't give him a chance to think. When his middle gate was wide open, he raised the Yin Iron high and slashed at his chest diagonally!

"Crack!"

But his knife did not reach Jiang Li's chest.

Looking over, in a flash, Jiang Li retracted his arm and used the gap between his hands holding the knife to block the blow that should have been a sure win with the knife handle.

"This is……?"

"Your skills!"

Jiang Li raised the corner of his mouth.

Using the handle of a sword to block a slash is a very difficult technique.

Because the gap between the hands is very small and difficult to grasp, one may hurt one's fingers if not careful, which is not worth the loss. Therefore, few people use this defensive technique.

But Kurogane Ikki mastered this technique, so Jiang Li also mastered it.

"drink!"

Jiang Li hummed softly.

The lower body suddenly twisted up, transmitting the force to the handle through the waist and hips.

Then he released a zero-distance slash!

"boom!"

Kurogane Ikki shook his hands, and the long sword Yin Tie was naturally knocked away.

"My cracked armor...?!"

Did they learn it too?

Kurogane Ikki's eyes widened.

He possesses a special skill called "Imitation Sword Skills", which allows him to see through the threads and concepts of other people's swordsmanship, copy them to himself in just a few minutes, and even deduce the flaws in them.

In the past, he was the only one who kept stealing other people's sword skills. This was the first time he saw someone else stealing his sword skills!

He now finally understood the feelings of those people whose sword skills he had secretly learned from them in the past!

As his middle door opened wide, Jiang Li grinned.

Then he suddenly stepped forward with his front foot, greatly widened the distance between his feet, and raised the blade straight up.

"Oops!"

Kurogane Ikki's heart trembled.

Then he quickly stomped his feet and retreated violently.

But such an action cannot avoid the sword!

On the way back, Ikki Kurogane was quick-witted and switched the rhythm of his feet drastically. His inconsistent pace left several afterimages on the field!

The fourth secret sword: Mirage Wolf!

This is to use the rapid switching of fast and slow pace while running to create an afterimage to confuse the opponent, and then hide outside the afterimage to deliver a fatal blow.

This was supposed to be a move used while moving forward, because most people can only control their forward pace, and it is easy to fall when running backward. But at this moment, under the pressure of Jiang Li, he used this move while retreating.

“——Lightning!”

Like a flash of lightning.

An attack beyond the limits of the naked eye was released from Jiang Li's sword!

The afterimage in front was shattered by the extremely fast thrust in the blink of an eye, disappearing like a mirage.

After destroying this afterimage, Jiang Li did not chase other afterimages, but gave up the pursuit and stayed where he was.

"As expected of the creator, he fully understands the weakness of this move!"

"Snapped!"

Kurogane Ikki's figure fell from mid-air.

"If I didn't know the weakness of this move, I would have been at a disadvantage by now."

He took a deep breath, adjusted his breathing, and a slightly difficult smile appeared on his face.

Lei Guang's move is a thrust.

You need to spread your legs widely and use the ground-pushing action to burst out extreme speed over a short distance in one breath, but this way, you can only use it against opponents on the ground.

If the opponent jumps into the air, you will be unable to catch up because your power chain cannot be adjusted, and you will have to give up the pursuit.

But this would be a very bad situation.

"What a fierce clash! Kuroiron Ikki's attacks were incredibly fierce. If he hadn't been careful, Nanxiang Jiangli would have missed out on victory. However, Nanxiang was no less formidable, completely blocking Kuroiron's attacks and even counterattacking!"

The announcer's excited voice spread throughout the venue through the radio.

"After a tit-for-tat exchange, the two retreated temporarily. Now it seems that they are completely evenly matched!"

"No, to be honest, I don't think... ahem, they're on par!"

"Eh? What do you mean, Yuri-chan?"

"The Iron player's proactive attack should have created a winning opportunity, or at the very least, they should have found a suitable strategy through their initial encounter! But Nanxiang player was completely flawless... Ugh! Not only does he not have any weaknesses, there might not even be a strategy to counter him. The Iron player must be really distressed right now!"

Chapter 301 Gets Faster!

2023-06-01

That's right, in any battle, the initial confrontation is used for testing.

If you use all your strength at the beginning, unless you can kill the opponent instantly with one strike, it will be easy for others to find out your true identity.

Kurogane Ikki had the same idea.

In the brief confrontation just now, although his moves were fierce, he did not think that he could defeat Jiang Li with just a few short strikes. That was simply unrealistic.

His purpose was actually to test Jiang Li's background in the fight and find a corresponding strategy to attack him.

"But Brother Black Iron returned empty-handed."

Xijing Ningyin crossed her legs and couldn't help but smile.

"Junior Junior Brother never revealed his swordsmanship at all. He was completely using Black Iron Junior Brother's moves to fight. Black Iron Junior Brother had no idea of his true strength and was unable to devise any strategy to defeat him."

"I remember Kurogane possessing a special skill called 'Complete Mastery'?"

Shinguji Kurono pondered and said, "With his eyesight, can't he grasp Jiang Li?"

"The prerequisite for exercising complete control is to gather sufficient intelligence."

Nango Torajiro chuckled and a bright smile appeared on his face.

"He knows the brat well enough to see through him, but the Black Iron brat can only see his own reflection in the brat right now. In the eyes of the Black Iron brat, the brat should be shrouded in fog and unclear... But he has complete control. The Black Iron brat has truly achieved something that countless world-class masters cannot do!"

The so-called "complete mastery" refers to Ikki Kurogane's alternative use of his talent for "stealing".

Just as one can steal the opponent's swordsmanship by seeing through the veins and concepts of his opponent's swordsmanship, as long as he knows that person well enough, he can see through the other person's fundamental concepts.

The sword has its own philosophy, and people have their own context. This is a set of swordsmanship or the root of humanity.

Once he has complete control over you, it will be like reading your mind. No thought can escape his eyes, and any behavior pattern will be read by him.

But now, Jiang Li in Kurogane Ikki's eyes is exactly the same as himself.

In other words, Jiang Li is now imitating Kurogane Ikki.

Kurogane Ikki, who couldn't tell his true strengths and weaknesses, couldn't understand Jiang Li.

"Usually swordsmen have their own style, but I, Junior Brother, never stick to just one."

Touhua Toudou was also explaining to Kitamoto No Kitamoto next to him.

"Junior brother's simulation ability is very impressive. He can imitate Master's swordsmanship, he can also imitate my swordsmanship, and naturally he can also imitate Junior brother Ikki's swordsmanship. Moreover, he can innovate in a very short time. His style itself is all-encompassing, he can try and accept everything. Sometimes I am in awe of his unfathomable talent."

"If Ikki-kun is a complete master, then my junior is a complete imitation. In a sense, these two are really very similar!"

Jiang Li's style is very diverse.

He can easily absorb the styles of Kurogane Ikki, Touhua Toudou, Nango Torajiro, Aisu and others into his own things. It is like a bottomless pit. No style can fill him up.

If he has a unique style, it is to embrace everything!

This is proof that his swordsmanship talent is too terrifying.

In the past, few people could force out this side of him, but when faced with Kurogane Ikki's complete mastery, he couldn't easily show his own style, so he took the initiative to expose this side of him.

When faced with a self that is not your own, even if you have complete control over it, you will still be at a loss.

And the facts are indeed consistent with what they said.

Kurogane Ikki really didn't grasp Jiang Li's style.

If you think about it carefully, he has shown various different styles in the seven trials so far. For example, in the battle between Ye Mu and Kikyo, he showed a sharp style like waves, with one sword strike after another. It was different from any swordsman that Kurogane Ikki knew. That should be the style of other swordsmen that Jiang Li had encountered before.

Kurogane Ikki feels that this is a difficult situation.

Yidao Shura cannot be used now.

Complete mastery doesn't work either.

The two killer weapons were sealed at once.

Sure enough, this man is completely different from other opponents!

Even when fighting with Stella, Kurogane Ikki had never felt such passion!

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