"Both parties have entered the arena. Now … oh my god, what am I seeing?" Wind God opened his mouth, as this was the first time he had experienced the abnormality of Tianjing. "Grai has chosen to use 2 daggers? Against one of the 5 great Mo's List heavy soldiers, Zhao Tianlong, Grai has actually chosen to use a dagger! Is he courting death? "
Cries of astonishment and astonishment rang out across the arena.
With Grai's performance in the previous 2 duels, regardless of whether he used a dagger or a runic sword, it wouldn't affect his performance, and no one would be surprised by it. However, the crucial point was that he was fighting against a heavy soldier!
"Choosing a dagger means that his combat style will definitely lean towards the nimbleness and speed of an assassin. Traditionally speaking, heavy soldiers are the bane of assassins. However, at a certain level, the bane is mutual." Ruo Zhi did not follow Wind God's rhythm. "Compared to the mediocre choice of a sword and shield, Grai's choice means that he's already prepared for a decisive battle. This is going to be a showdown!"
Screams and shrieks rang out across the arena and Skylink. If this was in the past, Tianjing would definitely be cursed to death. However, at this moment, the majority of people were already used to it. It wouldn't be Tianjing's style if they didn't cause any trouble. The subversive style was invented by All Mouthy King. However, he had now brought this style to Tianjing.
"Go Grai! Your heavenly harem will support you! "
"Brother Tianlong is mighty! Smash all those petty thieves! Die, pretty boy!"
The entire arena was already boiling with excitement. Everyone knew that the core of this duel would be the king and king of both sides. In fact, to Tianjing, the 1st duel was everything. If Grai lost, Tianjing would be able to return home. Wang Zhong alone would be useless.
The 2 people in the arena were already in position.
Facing Grai, Zhao Tianlong could feel the calmness in the latter's heart. This was a completely different feeling compared to watching a video. The sharpness hidden within the calmness had already reached a level where it could be retracted and released freely.
If he had to describe the person before him, Zhao Tianlong felt that he was slightly similar to Mo Wen, the hidden BOSS that many people hailed as the strongest man in the Federation. He was also as abstruse as Mo Wen, concealing his sharpness, yet able to give people a formless pressure. Having reached this stage, Zhao Tianlong also possessed confidence. However, he would not underestimate Grai. Fame and face were unable to confuse a genuine soldier.
Grai was the key to Tianjing. Getting rid of him would be equivalent to getting rid of Tianjing. At the same time, he was also the most unfathomable person in Tianjing! It wasn't that he was stronger than All Mouthy King, but that he had hidden his strength deeper. To any opponent, the deeper one hid, the greater the unknown and the greater the danger.
Zhao Tianlong did not object to this. However, the more this was the case, the more excited he felt. Deep down, he was also a battle-hungry person.
He slammed the Heaven Raising Staff in front of him, causing the entire arena to tremble slightly and let out a rumbling sound.
Focusing his gaze, Zhao Tianlong appeared as imposing as a mountain, while an overbearing wave of Soul Power rippled out from his body. Like a gust of wind, it rapidly spread out in all directions, causing the corners of Grai's clothes to flutter about!
"Come!"
With a faint smile, Grai gave a slight bow.
The scene was instantly filled with the screams of female infatuated fans. Just at this moment.
Ding!
The competition bell rang.
The two of them moved at almost the same time, and the short distance of dozens of meters was quickly shortened.
Bang!
Before it could reach Grai, Zhao Tianlong's Heaven Raising Staff had already arrived, stabbing out like a sword. Just as Grai made a evasive motion, the momentum of the staff changed, turning from a stab to a sweep.
The speed of the staff's momentum was too fast, and it appeared to be right in front of Grai's face. Grai's entire body furiously bent backwards, causing the Heaven Raising Staff to sweep past his chest. Swinging it in a semicircle in the air, Grai borrowed the momentum of the circular dance to rush into the sky.
"Roar!"
Like a soaring dragon, Zhao Tianlong chopped down ferociously in the air. Bringing about a visible air current, his staff smashed down fiercely like a meteor.
Bang!
Like an iron bridge, Grai bent his body. Dodging was no longer possible, and his 2 daggers instantly crossed each other in a block.
Staff power blotted the skies!
Grai's block wasn't a complete head-on collision. Leaning his body slightly to the side, the daggers he used to block the staff moved to the left, drawing the staff towards the ground.
Bang!
The massive vibrations caused the ground of the stadium to tremble slightly. However, in the next instant, the ferocious staff technique had already turned soft once again. The rebounding force from the ground, as well as the momentum of the staff, were completely condensed. Borrowing the momentum of the staff, Zhao Tianlong swung the floorboards upwards, his attacks connecting seamlessly like flowing mercury!
Grai's body rapidly flipped 720 degrees to the side, evading the staff's momentum. At the same time, he continued to counterattack, while the cold glint of daggers flashed in his legs.
However, an inch longer was an inch stronger. Zhao Tianlong merely leaned his body back slightly, causing all of his attacks to miss.
At this moment, he leaned his left leg forward, while holding onto the staff with both hands. His left hand grasped the staff's body, while his right gripped the staff's tail. Once again, the soft and gentle staff technique transformed into a ferocious one. Thrusting out with his right hand, the staff shot out like a dragon!
"Ah da da da da da!"
In an instant, the staff shades on the stage appeared like thousands and tens of thousands of shadows. Like an unending tidal wave, they instantly submerged Grai's entire body!
The audience watching via Skylink were already dumbfounded by the spectacle unfolding before their eyes. Although they had long known that this duel would definitely be an astonishing one, they never expected for the eruption of power from both sides to be so quick, and so ferocious!
Frankly speaking, Zhao Tianlong's performance was slightly subversive. To the layman audience, being one of the 5 great heavy soldiers on the Mo's List, as well as possessing an indestructible body, was his trademark. Therefore, they would habitually use the standard of a heavy soldier to measure and view him. However, at this moment, the performance he had displayed was completely different from that of a heavy soldier.
It was hard to imagine that a 2 metre tall being was actually able to unleash such exquisite attacks! He didn't appear like a heavy soldier, but more like a soldier!
"Grai's in a little bit of danger!" Wind God's voice rang out just in time. The earlier exchange between the 2 had happened too quickly, with the series of attacks and defences being too much for the eyes to take in. Even the commentator was simply unable to keep up with the exceedingly fast speed of their attacks and defences. "Using a dagger to deal with Zhao Tianlong, Grai's most likely wants to use the nimbleness of his dagger to restrain the clumsiness of a heavy soldier. However, Zhao Tianlong's staff techniques aren't just purely ferocious, but a combination of both hard and soft that allows for no gaps in his attacks! His footwork is also rather nimble. As of now, Grai's advantage in speed and nimbleness isn't able to be displayed. Instead, he's being completely suppressed by Zhao Tianlong's attacks. The situation doesn't look good for him! "
Not only was Wind God not stupid, he was also extremely intelligent. Logically speaking, it should be his senior, Ruo Zhi's rhythm. However, the situation on the stage was crystal clear. He needed to snatch the rhythm from the Divine Dragon squadron. If not, he would lose all of his previous accumulations under Ruo Zhi's radiance. Now that he had chosen the Divine Dragon squadron, Ruo Zhi had no choice but to choose Tianjing.
Frankly speaking, he had greatly worshipped Ruo Zhi in the past. However, at this moment, the commentator's podium was his battlefield!
Within the tens of thousands of staff shades, Grai's figure shot out, appearing as though he had transformed into tens of thousands of clones. Unlike an assassin who purely pursued extreme speed, Grai's movements appeared rather elegant and graceful. In fact, one could even see a leisurely and confident look in his swift movements. Clearly, his movements were extremely slow, yet his movement speed was astonishingly fast!
For a period of time, the 2 were in a deadlock, with the staff shades and the afterimages of their movements overlapping each other, appearing as though they were crisscrossing.
The speeds of the 2 were extremely fast, while the transitions between them were extremely fine. In the blink of an eye, they had already exchanged over a hundred moves!
Wang Zhong was unable to take his eyes off of the fight. While amateurs would enjoy the show, experts would be able to see the intricacies. Be it Zhao Tianlong or Grai, both of them were top class experts. At this level, victory or defeat in a fight was no longer determined by basic speed, strength or even techniques. Instead, it was determined by one's understanding of combat and weapons!
The Zhao Family was known as the holy land of weapons, with their understanding of cold weapons being publicly acknowledged as the strongest in the Federation. Just by looking at Zhao Tianlong's staff techniques, one could tell that Zhao Tianlong's staff techniques did not adhere to the usual routine. Although it appeared to be a long weapon, it was an extremely good close-range attack and defence when held in the centre. Even the dagger that Grai had chosen to use would not be able to suppress it.
Wang Zhong had also benefited greatly from this exchange. His target for today would definitely be the captain of the opposing squadron, Zhao Yilong. Perhaps, he might be able to pry into a sliver of the special characteristics of Zhao Yilong's spear techniques from Zhao Tianlong's staff techniques.
Since ancient times, there was a saying that "30% staff techniques and 70% spear techniques". Staffs and spears had a great deal of common ground, with the only difference being their emphasis. As the saying goes, a spear pierces a straight line, while a staff strikes a large area. The essence of staff techniques lay in the area of attack!
Not only was Zhao Tianlong's staff techniques hard and soft, what was even more frightening was his control over the area of attack. What appeared to be a ferocious stab and sweep, coupled with his orderly advancing and retreating steps, was an extremely accurate control of distance. Regardless of how Grai changed his body shape, he would always be able to maintain his most advantageous attack range.
What Grai wanted to do was to destroy his opponent's advantage! Every single step he took was for the sake of getting closer to the body of his opponent's staff.
A heavy soldier versus an assassin had forcefully turned this into a close range battle!
However, with a distance of less than 2 metres between them, this close range battle was even more exciting, faster and more dangerous than a close range battle between a ranged soldier and a ranged soldier! Not even the slightest bit of error could be tolerated! As long as one was the slightest bit slower, what awaited one would be a fatal attack from one's opponent!
The speed of the 2's attacks and defences was something that even the laymen in the audience could see. Although they weren't able to understand the dangers and dangers hidden within, just the spectacle alone was already sufficient to shock them.
At this moment, waves of cheers and shouts of support erupted from the stadium and Skylink. Regardless of whether they were supporters of the Divine Dragon Academy or Tianjing, being able to witness the most spectacular match was the greatest satisfaction for the audience. Admittedly, suppressing one's opponent was refreshing. However, defeating an expert was even more refreshing! At this moment, there was basically no one who would choose to curse at their opponent. Tianjing was already no longer the weakling that was being looked down upon by others. Belittling their opponent would only tarnish their victory.
Continue, advance!
As the figures intertwined within the stage, the first person to feel the pressure was Zhao Tianlong, who had been the one suppressing him all along!
Grai's movements were too nimble and nimble, making it extremely difficult to 'catch' him. The only thing Zhao Tianlong could do was to face him head-on. The most effective distance for his staff techniques was the tip of his staff, as well as the tip of his staff, which was roughly a foot away from the tip of his staff. The striking power of his staff was much greater than the striking power of his other areas, allowing him to easily switch between hard and soft. This was the point of his strength, as well as the distance that he held the advantage in.
From the start of their melee combat, this advantage had always been in his hands. From the start to the end, he had suppressed Grai, while his opponent wasn't even able to put up a decent counter attack. Zhao Tianlong was already in an undefeatable position. All he needed to do was to continue exhausting his opponent, before waiting for the instant when his opponent made a mistake in his defence.
However, the problem was that before his opponent could make a mistake, Zhao Tianlong could feel that this advantage was becoming increasingly difficult to control.
The distance that he had worked so hard to control was now being battered by his opponent again and again. Despite being blocked every single time, the feeling of a possible breakthrough and pressure was accumulating in Zhao Tianlong's heart. What's more, Grai's movements appeared to be growing more nimble and nimble!
This wasn't a result of his accumulation of strength, as both sides had not held back from the start.
Zhao Tianlong was incomparably clear that in a confrontation of such high standards, there were too many complicated factors involved. It was already no longer a simple problem of exhaustion and endurance, but a competition of adaptability!
While he was adapting to Grai's movements, Grai was also adapting to his staff techniques! Clearly, the assassin's adaptability was a notch higher than his own!
Grai's miraculous increase in speed caused his entire being to appear like a specter as he floated into the battlefield.
Entering the circle!
Zhao Tianlong's eyes suddenly narrowed.
When experts in staff techniques faced off against their opponents, they would form a circle from the tip of their staff to their own arms. The goal of controlling the distance was to keep their opponent within the radius of this circle, no more, no less, no less. If one tried to dodge and leave the range of the circle, that would be known as leaving the circle. However, if one was to enter the circle, one would be able to change one's position and enter the circle of one's opponent!
The accumulated sense of danger instantly turned into a landslide. A mere 1 to 2 metres of distance appeared in an instant, before Grai appeared right before Zhao Tianlong's eyes! The 2 daggers pierced out like a gale, unleashing all the power and hidden attacks he had accumulated in this instant!
Zhao Tianlong's eyes lit up like torches.
Ordinary experts in staff techniques only knew how to control the circle. However, top-notch experts in staff techniques needed to know how to break out of the circle!
An inch shorter meant an inch more danger. Being able to use a long staff as short as possible was the highest realm of staff techniques!
Although Grai's cut was sharp and incisive, it was within Zhao Tianlong's expectations. Having long prepared his heart for it, the Heaven Raising Staff in his hand instantly retracted at a high speed, grabbing the tip of the staff in a reverse grip. In the next instant, he used the tip of the staff to push himself off the ground, propelling his entire body into the air like a sparrowhawk. Unleashing a massive force from his legs, he sent a kick straight towards Grai's front!
Grai's figure turned illusory, appearing just like an afterimage as he made his way to the bottom of Zhao Tianlong's Heaven Raising Staff, the dagger in his hand pierced straight towards his opponent's wide open back!
Whoosh!
A layer of golden light instantly erupted from Zhao Tianlong's entire body.
"ROAR!"
He did not evade or evade. Instead, he unleashed all the power in his body, causing him to plummet down like a thousand pounds. Upon making contact with the golden radiance radiating from his back, Grai could feel a sensation akin to stabbing into a metal plate. That was simply not a body made of flesh and blood!
Indestructible!
Crack!
The terrifying force of his descent caused the runic dagger to break apart, while Grai's entire hand, which was holding onto the dagger, turned slightly numb. At this moment, his opponent's body was already pressing down on his face like a weapon!
Bang!
A loud bang rang out, as Zhao Tianlong smashed fiercely into the ground like a meteor. The hard granite floor instantly cracked apart, causing a cloud of dust to rise up, blocking everyone's line of sight!
"Ah!"
"Oh my god!"
Cries of astonishment instantly rang out from the female audience.
"He's been squashed flat?!"
All of a sudden, a figure rushed into the sky from the cloud of dust!
Pa pa pa pa pa!
Before the figure could adjust his posture in the air, dozens of tiny black shadows shot out from the cloud of dust below like hidden weapons.
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