Chapter 765 Ning Zhuo: Now, I can also use sword and saber attacks.
"My lord, things have gone terribly wrong!" A cultivator ran up to Ban Jie.
He first presented a letter via telegram, then reported in a low voice.
Upon hearing the report, Ban Jie scanned the flying messages with his divine sense and his brows furrowed immediately: "What? Ning Zhuo has found Ban Ji again and participated in the trial of the Ninefold Mystic Armor!"
Damn it!
How did he guess it?
Ban Jie's expression immediately turned serious, and he sighed inwardly, "Is this the power of the Human Tribulation? I have released as much smoke as possible and am very confident that we have not leaked any information, but I did not expect that Ning Zhuo would still be able to catch me so accurately."
"No, now is not the time to worry about that."
Ban Jie shook his head slightly and quickly analyzed the current situation.
The message described in detail the performance of Ban Ji, Ning Zhuo, and others in the second level.
Seeing that Ban Jie hadn't even obtained a knife or sword in his previous encounters, Ban Jie knew why.
"Ning Zhuo is a calamity for Ban Ji!"
"As long as he makes a move, or even just being present, it will affect Banji's luck."
"If Ning Zhuo hadn't intercepted him and hadn't participated in the trial of the Ninefold Mystic Armor, Ban Ji would likely have encountered swords and sabers in the first or second round."
"But because of Ning Zhuo's appearance and involvement, Ban Ji's luck was greatly suppressed, and things went very badly."
The family had long planned for Ban Ji's trial use of the Ninefold Mystic Armor, and their strategy was quite sophisticated. But now, not even a single sword or blade had been seen. This situation was far too unusual.
However, Ban Jie was sent by the Ban family to help Ban Ji handle unexpected situations.
"We cannot allow Ban Ji to be defeated by Ning Zhuo in such a public setting!"
“If this happens, the entire Ban family’s reputation will be affected, and they will be looked down upon by others.”
"What's even more crucial is fate!"
"The tribulation of man will naturally suppress cultivators undergoing tribulation, but that does not mean that cultivators are always unable to resist."
"This contest is the perfect opportunity to strike back."
"If successful, Banji's luck will be greatly boosted, changing his passive situation to some extent. With more such counterattacks, Banji's luck may eventually even suppress his human tribulation!"
Ban Jie clearly understood the key point.
The reputation of the righteous path is secondary; what is more important is the accumulated fortune.
The fortune of the class needs to rise continuously until it reaches a certain level and triggers a qualitative change.
Once you reach this stage, the world will be your oyster.
With the king's mandate officially taking effect, both Ban Ji and Ban Jia will have a brand new starting point and treatment.
Xuanjia Cave.
Ning Zhuo tapped the bronze knife's blade with the side of his sword.
"A knife on the left, a sword on the right?" His thoughts continued to wander, following the inspiration he had just had.
Swords and blades are the most common weapons, so many of the demonic cultivator souls that Ning Zhuo absorbed contained experience in using swords and blades.
Ning Zhuo had absorbed these experiences in the previous two real-world battles and made them his own.
The insights he gained from real-world experience were profound!
"Bronze knives and swords come with their own techniques, which is an aid, but also a constraint."
"If I want to perform a combined sword and blade attack, I must start from this foundation, and not create something out of thin air."
"The bronze sword only has basic sword moves, but the bronze saber has combos and tricks. Therefore, to create a combined sword and saber attack, we must use the bronze saber as the main weapon and the bronze sword as the secondary weapon."
Ning Zhuo immediately found a direction for his idea.
He took a deep breath, loosely grasped the bronze knife with his left hand, and tightly gripped the bronze sword with his right hand, slowly assuming a fighting stance.
He began to practice wielding both swords, guided by his thoughts.
This strange scene attracted the attention of many people.
"Look what Ning Zhuo is doing!"
"He has already refined the bronze sword, and his physical injuries have almost healed. Shouldn't he hurry to the next battle?"
"It seems like he's... pioneering a new technique?"
Those who saw it clearly exchanged bewildered glances.
Someone sighed and said, "This is just a small test of our Nine-Fold Mystic Armor's Rising Clouds skill. This is the first time I've ever seen someone devise a move during a trial."
"Hmph! Ning Zhuo spent so much time learning through actual combat. Now he's thrown the trials to the back of his mind and is trying to create new techniques. He doesn't take our Xuanjia Cave seriously at all!"
"He's a top-tier genius, so it's normal for him to be arrogant."
Some people began to feel dissatisfied with Ning Zhuo, feeling that he did not take this Xingyun trial seriously at all, which meant he was underestimating Xuanjia Cave.
"I'm really looking forward to seeing Ning Zhuo's expression when he finally loses and is eliminated. Who told him to waste his precious time here!"
"Hmph, it seems like he's trying to create a combination of moves. Can that be designed overnight?"
"That was indeed somewhat presumptuous..."
Ning Zhuo also encountered difficulties while trying to come up with a design.
Sword and saber techniques share many similarities in their power generation and application methods, but also have differences.
To use swords simultaneously and achieve a more powerful combat effect, a deep understanding of swords is required.
In other words, this level of martial arts skill is required!
Ning Zhuo certainly did not meet this requirement.
If it were a Five Elements spell, given his level of cultivation, he could freely create spells on the spot.
"But I have other methods." Ning Zhuo secretly activated the life-sustaining suspense technique, communicating with his loved ones, "Boss, help me!"
Sun Lingtong, who was far away in Shuyu Zhai, already knew that Ning Zhuo was going to participate in the preliminary test of the Ninefold Mystic Armor and had made preparations.
Sun Lingtong activated her innate talent and gained insight into the Luoshu, which brought beneficial effects to Ning Zhuo's Dao artifact.
At the same time, Sun Lingtong also possessed considerable skill with swords, especially swordsmanship. Ning Zhuo transmitted his own situation to Sun Lingtong through the life-or-death connection.
While watching Ning Zhuo's gestures, Sun Lingtong secretly discussed with Ning Zhuo and helped him come up with ideas.
On the surface, Ning Zhuo was pondering alone, but in reality, he had the help of Sun Lingtong, who had a higher level of comprehension, and the assistance of a Dao artifact!
Soon, the two came up with a plan.
Ning Zhuo wielded his sword with his left hand, unleashing a three-tiered, surging wave. With the sword as the vanguard, he lowered his waist and exerted force, slashing down at the decoy enemy in front of him.
At the same time, his bronze sword followed closely behind, and in the instant when the sword's momentum was about to end, the old force had just dissipated, and the new force had not yet arisen, he unleashed the fastest and most accurate "point thrust" in sword techniques.
The right arm's rapier was precise and swift, compensating for the inherent flaws in the Three Waves Breaking Technique.
The knife is used with force, the sword with speed. Using the knife as the primary weapon and the sword as a secondary weapon makes the "Three Waves Breaking" combo even more perfect.
"Huh?" The cultivators who were secretly observing all showed surprise when they saw this scene.
"So quickly, there are already results?"
"Focusing on knife combos and using swords as a supplement is indeed the right direction for the design."
"If it were me, I could do it too. Overall, it's not difficult; it's just a matter of combining two fundamentals."
"Can you do that too, even if you're Ning Zhuo's age?"
"Well……"
Ning Zhuo continued gesturing.
He used his left arm and wrist to maneuver the bronze sword, no longer slashing forcefully, but engaging in a continuous, entangled struggle.
Blade often moves close to the ground, specializing in attacking the lower body, restricting the opponent's movement, and creating chaos.
Suddenly, Ning Zhuo's bronze sword in his right hand slashed down like an angry dragon emerging from the sea, its sharp light sending chills down one's spine.
"Huh?!" Several cultivators who had been observing Ning Zhuo were all surprised to see this scene.
Some people blinked repeatedly, hardly believing it, thinking they must have seen wrong.
But after Ning Zhuo finished his attack, he stood still for three breaths and then began to repeat the attack.
After demonstrating it a second time, the cultivators were completely certain that Ning Zhuo had created a new combination of sword and saber attacks.
"This time, he no longer used the knife as the main weapon; the knife became an auxiliary and prelude. The real killing intent was in the sword!"
"He wields the knife like a sword and the sword like a knife to slash; I must say, that's quite innovative."
"He seems to be looking for the similarities between knives and swords. This move shows that his understanding of knives and swords has reached a new level!"
"That's truly remarkable. He stopped to create a new move, and he actually succeeded."
The cultivators' opinion of Ning Zhuo rose once again.
Ning Zhuo and Sun Lingtong's discussion became increasingly heated, both immersed in creating new techniques.
"Wait, Xiao Zhuo, what did you just say?" Sun Lingtong suddenly had a flash of inspiration, but didn't quite grasp it.
Ning Zhuo asked in confusion, "Which sentence? I just said a lot."
He immediately repeated it.
Sun Lingtong shook her head repeatedly: "Not that sentence, oh dear, not that sentence either..."
"Never mind, never mind."
Sun Lingtong knew that such opportunities to touch the soul were rare and were about to disappear, so she quickly took out a wooden awl.
puff.
He plunged the wooden awl deep into his inner thigh.
Confucianism and Legalism—"Prick your thigh with an awl!"
This spell had already been taught to Sun Lingtong by Ning Zhuo.
The thoughts in Sun Lingtong's mind suddenly became penetrating, breaking through the illusion and helping her accurately grasp that mysterious light.
He jumped for joy and exclaimed, "Xiao Zhuo, I've got another idea!"
Ning Zhuo listened attentively and was delighted.
He began the rehearsal.
He thrust his sword swiftly with his right arm, the sword moving like a shuttle, the tip flashing with a cold light, aiming straight for the center.
This sword move is called "Water Splitting".
This move, once it touches the enemy, will inevitably cause Ning Zhuo to suffer a recoil force.
Next, Ning Zhuo's left arm simulated a counterforce, and he swung the bronze knife in a perfect arc from bottom to top.
It was a sword technique—Moon Slash!
Sun Lingtong was very excited: "Xiao Zhuo, you've pulled it off. The brilliance of this combined attack lies in using the enemy's force feedback to transform it into the power for your own sword moves."
"This requires you to have a deep understanding of power transfer, body coordination, and timing."
"Your body needs to prepare itself before the recoil force arrives; it's a kind of anticipation..."
Sun Lingtong spoke eloquently.
Ning Zhuo's eyes gleamed: "Boss, you're amazing! You actually came up with such a trick!"
"Once the sword strike is blocked, there will still be a recoil force, which will drive the sword strike to attack again."
"Therefore, the two moves, 'Parting the Water' and 'Teasing the Moon,' can be mutually reinforcing, linked one after another, and can be continuously repeated!"
Ning Zhuo sincerely admired Sun Lingtong.
Sun Lingtong laughed heartily, standing proudly with her hands on her hips in Shuyu Zhai.
He reminded him, "Xiao Zhuo, I feel it's about time. Call me if you need anything else."
He and Ning Zhuo had just co-created three styles, which they temporarily named: Breaking Waves and Pointing Stars Style, Entangling Silk and Collapsing Mountain Style, and finally, Dividing Water and Teasing the Moon Style.
Sun Lingtong knew that these three moves were enough for Ning Zhuo to practice for a while.
Ning Zhuo was aware of this, so he temporarily stopped contacting them and began to focus on practicing.
The group of cultivators were speechless.
"He's still practicing."
"Others have already obtained the fourth bronze artifact, while he's still stuck in the same place."
"The first two moves are decent, but what is the third move? It's all stumbling and unsteady; it hasn't even been created yet, has it?"
The cultivators present failed to recognize the essence of the "Parting Water and Sweeping the Moon" technique. This was because the move required the opponent's counterforce. Ning Zhuo practiced alone, with only an imaginary enemy, his sword and saber proving powerless, resulting in an awkward and unsightly posture.
Ning Zhuo practiced for a while before starting again.
"With a sword in the left and a saber in the right, the attack speed has at least doubled, indeed doubling the strength!"
"The coordination between knife and sword techniques requires practice. The related body movements and power generation methods also need to be adjusted."
"My boss and I created three sword-fighting techniques, but their power is only so-so, and they certainly can't compare to Banji's sword-fighting techniques."
"He has practiced swordsmanship for many years, and his sword and saber techniques have been honed through countless battles and may even have been summarized and improved by many predecessors."
"Even if I am not as good as him, my familiarity with the intricacies of combined sword and saber attacks will be beneficial for me in my next confrontation with him, allowing me to do my best to stop him!"
Ning Zhuo pondered as he walked.
Soon, the bronze artifact that appeared in front of him was a pair of bronze gauntlets suspended in mid-air.
The boy was overjoyed!
"What a great weapon!"
"Fists and feet are used more often than swords. The life experiences of those demonic cultivators that I absorbed, even those magic cultivators who don't use weapons like swords, are all somewhat proficient in fist and foot techniques."
"In terms of martial arts, I have a deeper 'foundation'."
"At the same time, there are many similarities between using both fists and using swords at the same time, which can be learned from in great detail."
"I need to study hard!"
Ning Zhuo's eyes gleamed, and with a knife in his left hand and a sword in his right, he eagerly headed towards the bronze gauntlets.
Meanwhile, a conspiracy is underway.
"Lord Hao, someone over there is willing to double the price in exchange for your help," a cultivator transmitted through divine sense.
The cultivator surnamed Hao was one of the deputy commanders of Xuanjia Cave, and he was in charge of the Xingyun Trial at this moment.
Master Hao: "Over there? Heh, isn't that the Ban family? They complained before that my price was too high, what's with the change of heart now?"
"Never mind, this isn't important."
"Why would you suddenly double the price? What do you want me for?"
"Let me make this clear in advance: I won't do anything too outrageous."
The cultivator who had been secretly contacting them quickly replied, "Of course. They want you to move the bronze knives and swords to Banji's line."
"At the same time, set up more obstacles for Ning Zhuo. You are free to do as you see fit."
Hao Xiushi sneered and transmitted his thoughts: "Heh, still saying you're not from the Ban family?"
"On one hand, he made me secretly help Ban Ji, and on the other hand, he made me trip up Ning Zhuo."
"A return of two times is also reasonable."
"Let me first take a look at the situation on the field."
(End of this chapter)
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