novelinnhs Chapter 52 Admitting Defeat
Chapter 52 Admitting Defeat
Zhang Lifeng kept swinging his sword, attacking! Attacking! And attacking again!!
However, Lu Shi on the opposite side always seemed to be able to sense the trajectory of his sword in advance and then intercept it.
However, as the battle progressed, Zhang Lifeng noticed a problem: Lu Shi's swordsmanship was only considered decent, and his fundamentals were still lacking.
The fact that my opponent has been able to fight me for so long is mostly due to mystical abilities.
After realizing this, Zhang Lifeng's passionate emotions began to subside.
The swords and blades around him became faster.
During the battle, Lu Shi felt the pressure increasing and some wounds appeared on his body.
That was caused by his failure to deal with some less dangerous swords and knives.
Zhang Lifeng's change actually reveals one thing: he's been exposed.
His swordsmanship was learned relatively quickly.
Because he had become familiar with Zhang Lifeng's sword style and rhythm after the restart, his "Robbing Sword Technique" was able to deal with Zhang Lifeng's sword so easily before.
If his opponent were to use an unfamiliar sword style, Lu Shi would probably need to readjust seven or eight times before he could reach his current level of proficiency.
Zhang Lifeng noticed this fundamental lack in swordsmanship, which caused him to lose interest.
"It ends here!" Zhang Lifeng sighed, a hint of regret in his eyes.
Lu Shi is only in his twenties. If he focuses on swordsmanship instead of other abilities, his swordsmanship might actually catch up with mine.
But now, he doesn't have that much time to be a know-it-all.
He still needs to deal with that old guy Zhou Jianye.
So I'm sorry, he can't hold back anymore!
With his own swordsmanship combined with the autonomously moving swords around him, Zhang Lifeng launched an attack on Lu Shi.
However, at that very moment, Lu Shi grinned and revealed a smile.
That's enough!
Suddenly, one of the supporting pillars of the awning next to them collapsed, and the styrofoam boxes on which vegetables were planted immediately slid down.
It was filled with mud; with that weight and that height, it could easily crush a person to death.
At that moment, as if by prior arrangement, the styrofoam boxes all landed around Zhang Lifeng, completely blocking his movement.
The commotion made Zhang Lifeng turn his head to look.
At the same time, a knife flew out and cleaved the styrofoam box that was about to hit him in the middle.
Soil and scallions were scattered all over the ground.
Zhang Lifeng narrowed his eyes, feeling not at ease after the deadly threat was eliminated, but rather even more vigilant.
Sure enough, the sound of clashing swords rang out.
Zhang Lifeng sensed a sword veering off course, and Lu Shi drew his sword back.
The other sword, as it spun, cut right into the electrical wire tied between the two camphor trees on the right.
The taut wire snapped and twitched, coincidentally pulling towards Zhang Lifeng.
The sword flashed, severing the power line.
However, the broken wire did not stop; instead, it began to spin and lash at Zhang Lifeng.
The moment he was pulled, the wires began to bind Zhang Lifeng's feet due to inertia.
This somewhat illogical yet seemingly physics-compliant change left Zhang Lifeng momentarily speechless.
It was at this moment that the awning collapsed further, falling completely and crashing onto the iron railings below.
The already somewhat unstable railing was then pressed down and collapsed outwards.
At the beginning, the loose railing that Lu Shi had pulled out and used as a weapon was, during the process of being pressed down, and as other parts deformed, it was 'slapped' away in a way that defied common sense.
Its pointed end was aimed precisely at Zhang Lifeng, whose movements were temporarily restricted by the wire.
Furthermore, due to the impact of Zhang Lifeng's earlier slashing, one piece of the styrofoam box that had fallen earlier landed in a pile of garbage in another corner.
Among the trash, a bag of black trash was hit squarely, and under the pressure, the trash inside the bag burst out.
A large blob of filth transformed into a projectile, hurtling towards Zhang Lifeng's face.
Before the food even arrived, the stench was so bad that Zhang Lifeng couldn't help but turn his head away.
Sensing something was amiss, Zhang Lifeng surrounded himself with swords and entered a defensive stance for the first time.
Under this defense, the iron railings that had been pushed out collided with the swords.
Some of the foul-smelling black liquid penetrated the protection of the swords and smeared onto Zhang Lifeng's face.
The nauseating smell made Zhang Lifeng feel nauseous and vomit.
By the time he wiped the stench off his face and his vision cleared, Lu Shi was already standing in front of him.
The sword in his hand had already precisely pierced through the gap between the blades, aiming for his head.
The angle was very clever, and Zhang Lifeng instinctively tried to control his protective sword to deflect Lu Shi's thrusting sword.
However, he discovered that the swords protecting him were interfering with each other, making it impossible to move to either side for a short period of time.
To form a relatively three-dimensional defense, these swords overlapped each other.
This creates a drawback to Zhang Lifeng's defensive tactic: when weapons overlap, a rough order to scatter works, but a more precise order to move left or right causes the weapons to clash.
Because the left and right sides of a weapon are determined by the direction of its blade, the simple commands become ineffective when they overlap.
He himself had only just discovered this flaw, and he didn't know how Lu Shi had noticed it.
At that very moment, Zhang Lifeng instinctively tried to use the weapon's unusual movement to control the sword in Lu Shi's hand.
Lu Shi's sword moves in a completely different direction from other swords, so as long as he gives the order to stop, he can buy himself time to escape.
However, the next moment, Zhang Lifeng gave up; his inherent arrogance prevented him from doing such a thing.
He despised and regretted that Lu Shi's swordsmanship was more a product of metaphysics, which is why he did not compete with his opponent in swordsmanship, but instead used metaphysics to kill him.
Although he never said that from beginning to end, although he could take it back at any time, and although he had already decided to use metaphysics to quickly get rid of Lu Shi.
But this sword was something he had promised to give to the other party.
It's foolish and contrived, but it's the bottom line that Zhang Lifeng believes people should have.
However, the next moment, Lu Shi felt the sword in his hand become out of control.
The sword paused, and Zhang Lifeng on the other side immediately understood.
Zhou Jianye made his move.
He didn't want to save Zhang Lifeng, but rather he didn't want Zhang Lifeng to die here, because then the sword that served as the key to the medium wouldn't be so easy to retrieve.
Zhang Lifeng smiled, then the overlapping swords around him dispersed, blocking Lu Shi, and he ran towards the steel factory.
He has already admitted defeat; since he has lost, he has to accept it.
Let's entrust this life to Zhou Jianye.
After all, the other party also has something they want to achieve even if it means giving up their life!