Chapter 26 (1/2)

Chapter 26

Duels (3)

Finally the duels ended. There was now two great blade users, one bow user, the dual swordsman, and five regular swordsman besides Chu Shen. Now it was nearing the end.

During the dual swordsman’s fight Chu Shen paid special attention to him. He fought one of the great sword users. First the duel swordsman and great swordsman closed gaps, quickly coming in range.

The dual swordsman immediately started attacking the great swordsman. Each time the great sword was swung at him he dodged it, ducking and bobbing while swinging his dual swords. Small cuts started adding up on the great swordsman.

With the dual swordsman’s skill he attacked from both left and right with a sword in each hand, making it impossible to dodge completely. The great swordsman couldn’t keep up and never actually hit his opponent.

Chu Shen was now excited, he couldn’t wait to fight against this person. He was most definitely a good opponent to duel with. They were once again about to fight.

After waiting for a while the fourth fight ended, now it was Chu Shen's turn. Before he could go up on stage the dual swordsman got there first.

“Huh. Seems this match will be interesting.” Chu Shen muttered underneath his breath before climbing on stage as well.

Bowing he introduced himself. “I am Chu Shen of the Chu branch Sect Misty Pa.s.s, let us have a good duel.”

The dual swordsman bowed as well. “I am Jian Kuai ⌈1⌋ prepare yourself.”

Chu Shen nodded, it was an appropriate name. Jian Kuai took up a stance with his swords. Suddenly he took off at Chu Shen.

He was startled at the speed Jian Kuai took off with. It was actually faster than the speed Jian Kuai had displayed in his fight earlier.

Realizing letting Jian Kuai get in close would be suicide Chu Shen took out an arrow and threw it towards him.

The arrow bounced off Jian Kuai’s sword. More arrows flew out before being blocked out, however, it did accomplish Chu Shen’s goal. Jian Kuai couldn’t advance forward and block the arrows, there was to many of them.

Chu Shen suddenly stopped throwing arrows but withdrew his hammer from the spatial ring instead. As Jian Kuai ran towards Chu Shen, Chu Shen started to spin in place, becoming a whirlwind of hammer blows just like when he dealt with Tai Long.

Jian Kuai paused right outside of Chu Shens range. He swung both swords in opposite directions from each other. There was no way Chu Shen could block both. As the swords cut down, Chu Shen hit Jian Kuai’s right sword. The impact caused him to become unbalanced, the sword was ripped from Jian Kuai's hand but because of his strong grip it landed only a short distance away.

As Chu Shen spun around, Jian Kuai swung his other sword around. It left a small cut on Chu Shen’s leg. If it was anyone else, that blow would have gone down to bone. Luckily his skin was tempered by the <void king=””> technique.

Disregarding the minor cut, Chu Shen advanced on Jian Kuai. He had his hammer grabbed halfway up the shaft and swung it in short blows at Jian Kuai's chest. Rolling underneath Chu Shen’s blows he ran towards his sword and picked it up.

Chu Shen stopped rotating. If he had continued then no matter how he tried, Chu Shen would have become disoriented. Taking a stance Chu Shen prepared for Jain Kuai's next a.s.sault.

Jian Kuai closed in on Chu Shen. He swung his blades while Chu Shen blocked them. Again and again he attacked Chu Shen, the swords were unrelentingly attacking Chu Shen from all directions. By now, he had over a dozen minor cuts over all his legs and arms.