Chapter 1 (2/2)
The swordsman in blue pulled his sword back to the side of his body and bowed his right leg slightly The liveried swordsed at his left shoulder, the swords his enemy His sword circled into a direct thrust at the liveried swordsman’s throat The thrust was too fast to be avoided The liveried swordsman was surprised He threw his sword toward the heart of his enemy The liveried swordsman hoped to force the swordsman to abort the thrust in order to save his own life
Unexpectedly, the swordsman in blue didn’t attempt to defend himself With a move of his arm, the point of his sword entered the liveried swordsman’s throat Then the liveried swords and fell to the ground The swordshed coldly and pulled his sword back He earing a round plate of iron in front of his chest, just under the garment That’s why the sword did him no harm The liveried swordsman’s throat spurted blood and his body convulsed The servants stepped in to reround
The swordsman in blue sheathed his sword He stepped forward and bowed toward the north of the hall where the king sat The king wore a purple robe He is of strange appearance His neck was excessive long and his mouth was sharp as a bird’s beak He s one has wonderful sword skill Award hiold” The swordsht knee and bowed, “Thank you for the award” The king waved his left hand An official on his right shouted, “Swordsmen of Wu and swordsmen of Yue,second contest!”
From the east end of the hall, another liveried swordsroup This reat sword The sas nearly four feet in length The blade was extremely thick and was obviously quite heavy From the west of hall, another swordsht His face was criss-crossed by at least twelve or thirteen sword scars The face seeht hundreds of battles with countless swords, then they saluted each other
The swordshtened his body and sly and cruel The tall swordshed deeply and held his sith both hands
Suddenly the swordsman in blue howled madly like a wolf and thrust his sword The tall swordsreat sword and cut doard his opponent’s head The swordsed while his sword ht The tall swords the sounds of a great wind The great weight of the sword didn’t slow hihtest
The two made thirty passes at each other The swordsht of his opponent’s sword He kept retreating All the other liveried swordsan to show hope on their faces as they anticipated their side to win at last
Then the tall swordsreat cry like the sound of a thunderclap and reat sword The swordsman in blue couldn’t avoid it He could only block it with his oith all his strength Clang! The tords reat sword broke and half of the blade fleay The swordsman in blue wielded a far sharper sword Then the swordsman in blue made a vertical cut which opened up the tall swordsman from throat to crotch The tall swordsround The swordsman in blue looked at his fallen opponent for a while before returning his sword to the sheath Then he knelt toward the king His face couldn’t disguise his joy of victory
The official said, “The strong one’s sword skill is iold” The swordsht swords at the east side of the hall, they were badly outnumbered The official said, “Swordsain, one swordsman from each walked to the centre of the hall The sword of the swordsht silk The official said, “Good sword!” The swordsman in blue thanked his praise The official then said, “We have seen one-to-one contests twice This tiainst two!”
Two ain saluted the king first before saluting each other Then the swords flashed as the coan This time, each of the tordsmen on the same side must reinforce each other After a few passes, a liveried swordsmen’s sas cut into half by his eneeous He carried his broken and jumped toward his eneht arht shoulder Then the sword i The victorious swordsain, the liveried swords him wide open His opponent’s sword entered his chest and exited from his back