Chapter 260: The Swordsman

of Hearts The sharp blade flashed in the night, turning into a misty straight line. If it weren't for the high-definition and high-speed camera technology nowadays, it might not be possible to capture the trace of that moment.

Holding the hilt of the knife, Bennett's figure was like a residual light, rushing in front of the opponent. The blade flashed up without any modification. The fastest speed is the best skill.

Facing this sudden residual image, Danke's pupils still had a lingering surprise. One hand was not fully raised, and the blade light was approaching her neck.

"Bang." The low pulsation sound rose and fell in her chest.

The heart was like the core of a dragon that was activated. With a contraction and expansion, the blood flowed rapidly, which made Danke 0.3 seconds faster than the imminent danger, and her fingers just blocked the approaching blade.

The sharp blade cut the metal claws on her hand, and the hot blood splashed on Danke's face, staining it red. The pupils that shrank and widened gradually turned into golden vertical pupils, showing a terrifying anger.

After the blade cut Danke's two fingers, due to the obstruction and the deviation of the force, it landed on Danke's collarbone, cutting a bloody scar. At the moment when it was close, Bennett could even see the white bones under the skin.

But this was not the end. Bennett's hand holding the handle of the knife turned back at an incredible angle, and almost at the moment of pulling it up, he slashed horizontally again, and slashed upwards at a slightly tilted angle from the lower right, avoiding the obstruction of the face and chin, and going straight to the fragile neck.

In just 1 second, several consecutive slashes without a break, even the strong dragon sequence could not take a break to resist the continuous blade light.

The green blade swiped across Anke's neck, and a large amount of blood splashed. With the sound of blood gurgling and coughing in pain, Danke knelt on the ground, covering her neck with a tragic wound. The hot magic power that had originally overflowed from her body quickly cooled down at this moment. If no one rescued her, she would probably die soon.

Shaking off the blood on the blade, Bennett walked past Danke and slowly put the knife into the sheath.

"Thank you." He said slowly.

In fact, in terms of overall strength, Danke is not weaker than Bennett, and her ability is even more comprehensive. If she is given a few more seconds to stimulate the magic power in her body and complete the partial dragonization of her body, even in the face of Bennett's slash, she can resist it several times with the secret technique of the dragon sequence, and will not be so fragile.

But unfortunately, there is no if in reality. The huge advantage of the singer on her side made Danke unconsciously despise her. After one step, she became passive step by step. Under the continuous slashes, she revealed a huge flaw, allowing Bennett to break through instantly.

"First match, Edes Academy, Bennett wins!"

The autonomous units suspended on the scene focused their lights on the standing figure, and in the shadowed corners, the rescue autonomous units that had been prepared for a long time rushed forward. First, one autonomous unit used a time delay device to slow down the flow of time around Danko, and then another sealed Danko's wound to stabilize the state, while the other autonomous units projected a sealed hexagonal sphere to cover Danko, and then began to climb. In the invisible aircraft hovering on the river, a medical team that had been prepared for a long time was waiting.

"It's... over?" The audience on both sides of the scene had not yet reacted to the sound of the announcement of the match, and the first match was over.

"Too fast."

"The Slashing Blade Sequence is like this. It is famous for its sharpness and quick battle, so it is also extremely dangerous. Often, before they can react, all the members of a tactical team are silent." Some members of the office at the scene were still in fear.

"The girl on the other side also suffered from her lack of experience. Her opponents in training usually wouldn't be so fierce and decisive, not even giving her time to breathe and react."

The unexpected result surprised and excited the audience at the scene and the live broadcast. Some people thought that Bennett was too ungentlemanly and didn't take care of the girl, while others thought that it should be like this. It was an important competition between academies, so how could it be just like playing house.

"Now, let's move on to the second match." After a short break of a few minutes, the host announced again, focusing the audience's attention back on the huge icicle platform.

"Swarm Bee Territory Academy, Alice, Primal Sequence 5·Red Swordsman."

"Edes Academy, Towe, Withering Sequence 5·Steel Stringer."

After the host's announcement, a girl from Swarm Bee Territory Academy jumped on the stage. She was wearing a red and white battle skirt and holding a transformable sword in her hand. The blade was wide and straight, and the hilt was inlaid with red crystals.

"Fairy Tale Card Series? It's a rare advanced route." When Alice appeared on the stage, someone quickly commented like this.

The Fairy Tale card series is a special advancement path. Unlike other extraordinary classes, it is not possible to choose the advancement direction and different classes in a wide range when advancing. Instead, the advancement direction is fixed at the beginning, starting from the original sequence 1: Heart of Heart, original sequence 2: Heart Recruit, original sequence 3: Heart Warrior, original sequence 4: Heart Halberd, original sequence 5: Heart Swordsman, original sequence 6: Heart Knight, original sequence 7: Heart Princess, original sequence 8: Heart Queen, and so on.

This is an advancement template customized and developed by the famous giant enterprise "Fairy Tale Fantasy". Although the career route is locked, each stage can obtain an exclusive powerful ability, and can continue to accumulate until the final peak, original sequence 8: Heart Queen.

And there were a total of four such advancement routes developed at the time, and the final ones were original sequence 8: Heart Queen, original sequence 8: Diamond Monarch, original sequence 8: Spade Queen, and original sequence 8: Club Emperor.

Looking at the sword-wielding girl jumping down from the opposite side, Towe from Edes Academy frowned slightly. Many people knew that the job profiles in the fairy tale card series were not easy to deal with, otherwise they would have been eliminated by the times long ago. But now the girl on the opposite side not only dared to choose this advancement route with no turning back, but also reached Sequence 5. She was a genius.

Although the job profile templates were extremely excellent, not everyone could adapt to them and advance easily. Many people once envied these four advancement paths, but later they were stuck for various reasons and could not move forward or backward, and finally wasted a lot of time and time.

"Let's start." Looking at the girl on the opposite side, Avni, standing on the bridge, took a deep breath, began to pluck the strings, and sang a ballad that matched the theme.

"Sweetness" × "War", there are almost no cruel wars in reality, but since sweetness is added, it means that war has changed from a noun to a metaphor.

If we talk about things related to young people and very consistent with the theme of "sweetness", it is undoubtedly love, and this theme is destined to explain the sweet entanglement between lovers.

This is the magic of the combination of theme fragments. If we change the word, such as "cold" × "war", it will definitely be a cruel and sad war theme.

On the stage, Alice stepped forward one after another, and finally jumped up, holding the sword in both hands and slashing vertically. The moves were simple and unadorned, and in the air, there were faint sharp threads interlaced, and it seemed that the girl was about to be cut into pieces, but when Alice really swung the sword and chopped it down, the blade in front was like a pioneer, tearing the threads one by one.

It was not that she didn't know the means used by her opponent, but she chose the simplest and best solution when she knew it.

To deal with such an opponent who is good at using threads and tricks, the faster you move, the easier it is to be cut by the threads or ambushed. Alice's method is to chop down with sword after sword to open up a safe path.

Looking at Alice's actions on the opposite side, Towe didn't sit still and wait for death, but acted quickly.

Since you are moving forward step by step, I will keep moving at a high speed and keep flying the kite. After making this decision, Towei pulled away from the safe distance, stood still, turned his hands up and down, and the invisible silk threads condensed. Then he pointed his fingers at Alice in the distance, and the silk threads retracted inward from all directions.

Seeing the invisible silk threads coming from all directions, Alice simply stopped moving. She held the sword upright in front of her, and the red gem on it glowed, and then spread all over her body. When the silk threads cut towards her, it was like hitting a hard gem, and she didn't move at all. Then she swung the sword again, cutting and shredding all the silk threads wrapped around her body, and got out of the predicament.

The situation was not favorable. When Avni plucked the strings, she finally sang her first lyrics, and soon Towei's body was also covered with faint golden light spots. As these light spots gathered, the speed of his extraordinary core in his body became faster and faster, and the steel wires extending from the surrounding void became sharper.

"That's all."

Pulinkoko, who had been waiting for a long time, was not very satisfied. She originally thought that Tilan would show up in the second stage, but now it seems that she doesn't want to show up yet.

"Then I'll give you some pressure."

She gestured to her teammates behind her, and then the guitar sounded briskly, and the steady drum beats gradually brought up the atmosphere. After a long preparation, she took a deep breath and exhaled a brisk and gentle voice that was very different from the past.

"You think I,"

"I'm beautiful without makeup." "You think   I'm funny

when I tell jokes ."   "I know you touched me,"   she breathed softly, then spoke again.   "So I let down my guard, let down..."   "Before you met me,"   "I was just a little boring,"   "A little heavy,"   "You made me feel alive again."   "Now every February,"   "You'll be my Valentine."   "Let's go without reservation tonight!"   The voice rose and was full of joy, pausing every word, in a brisk rhythm, telling the bold pursuit and confession of young love. Although she was singing a song about love, Purin Coco still preferred the kind of bold and active pursuit, rather than the common shyness and hesitation.   "No regrets, only love,"   "We can dance until we can't stop,"   "You and I will be forever young."   As the singing was loud, Alice on the stage also shone with a glittering brilliance, as if she was shrouded in golden light particles, eye-catching and dazzling.   "Ah--"   Facing the sharp threads stabbing from all directions, Alice simply stopped dodging and stood still, swinging the sword in front of her. A true red heart mark appeared in her pupils, and then a light red transparent flame ignited from her eyes, and then spread all over her body, gradually burning the threads wrapped around her body.   But even if the threads on her body were burned, the thread traps set up in every corner of the stage were still everywhere, making it difficult for her to catch up with the agile Towe.   However, Alice seemed to have a solution at this moment. She slowly raised the sword, and then opened the hilt, like a blooming flower leaf. Then, with the continuous infusion of magic power, the red gem on the hilt became more and more rich and deep red, until the entire blade was also coated with a layer of deep red.   "Red Heart Secret Art: Crystal Sword!"   With a clear shout, the blade in Alice's hand turned over and instantly became transparent, like a blade made of red crystal. Then she aimed at Towei in the distance and threw the blade rapidly.   The transparent crystal sword passed through the space blocked by layers of silk threads. All the silk threads it touched turned into crystals and shattered. Then the blade flew past Towei's cheek, leaving a trace of blood.   "Heh..." Towei was about to laugh at this futile full-strength attack, but at this moment his pupils shrank, because another crystal sword suddenly appeared in front of him.   He moved his body again, barely avoiding the sudden attack of the sword, but he didn't expect Alice on the opposite side to be like a storm. Several deep red crystal swords of hearts kept condensing at her side, and then they were thrown out one by one, tearing the air and making a whistling sound.   Finally, when the sixth crystal sword suddenly attacked, Towei was unable to dodge due to exhaustion, and was pierced through the shoulder by this crystal sword. Then three consecutive crystal swords of hearts attacked again, piercing his body one after another, and then fell into the river outside the stage.   "The first game, Swarm of Bees Academy, Alice wins! "   As the host announced the end, the blonde swordsman girl on the stage finally breathed a sigh of relief. The burning red hearts in her pupils disappeared, returning to normal light blue eyes. She held the hilt of the sword with both hands and panted from time to time. Although she used the secret technique just now in a very cool way, it also consumed a lot of energy. She was simply using brute force to defeat the enemy. Fortunately, her special extraordinary job and the blessing of Pulin Koko behind her allowed her to hold on until the end to win the game.   'Alice's Heart Swordsman is really powerful. Each job in the Fairy Tale Card Series can bring her new abilities. Among them, the Crystal Sword is a special secret technique attached to the Original Sequence 5·Heart Swordsman, and her ability to break the silk thread and turn it into fragile crystals comes from the Original Sequence 4·Heart Halberd Warrior. As for the whole body covered with crystal plating, becoming as strong as a gem, it is the ability given by the Original Sequence 3·Heart Warrior.'   "If she advances again and becomes the Original Sequence 6·Heart Knight, she will be able to obtain a knight's armor that condenses out of thin air, and her protective power will increase again. ”   “Although the advancement route is locked, each stage can gain extremely versatile and powerful special abilities, which is an excellent example of extraordinary job design.”   “It’s a tie now. I wonder how Edes Academy will respond?”   “It probably won’t be possible to seize the initiative and win by surprise like in the beginning. With Principe here, she can give powerful protection to the members of Swarm Leader Academy in every game. Even if they are not strong enough, they can use force to overcome their cleverness. ”   “The situation is difficult…”   After Alice from the Swarm of Bees Academy won, cheers rang out from the scene. This second match was much more exciting and interesting than the first one. The audience also heard Prinkoko sing a rare love song, which was also a big surprise.   However, some are happy and some are worried. Faced with an unfavorable situation, the audience who supported Edes Academy also became anxious and began to worry about the next few matches.   It seems that we must win back a game, otherwise it will be even more difficult to deal with later. Tilan listened to the shouts of the crowd below and thought silently in her heart. At the beginning of the third match, she lightly held Avni's palm, and then the other party nodded, and the two exchanged positions tacitly.   When many spectators were not paying attention, the black-haired and quiet girl stood in the core position in the middle.   "Now, I declare the beginning of the third match! "   　PS: The song sung by Pulin is a reference to Teenage Dream by Katy Perry, a North American singer. The album of the same name has been on the Billboard 200 for more than 200 consecutive weeks and has also won the "Top Ten Singles of the Year" award at the China Radio International Hit FM Music Awards.   　　Katy Perry is known as "Sister Fruit" because she likes to use fruit elements in MVs and concerts.   　　PS: The songs that appear in this book will be included in the NetEase Cloud Music playlist. If you are interested, you can search "Miss Witch Doesn't Want to Be a Diva" on NetEase Cloud.   　　Pulin's Uncontrollable and Avni's The Way in the previous chapter are both referenced from the interlude of the game "Xenoblade Chronicles X"   (End of this chapter)