293 The More Tools, the Better (1/2)

The shield-sword team of five were trainees from the clubhouse and had been training here for over a month.

They weren't very strong, but their basic fighting skills were still there.

However, they didn't expect that they would be put down in just ten seconds, and the other side didn't even break a sweat.

Roland said to Qi Shaoqiu, ”It's no good, the miaodao can't break the defense.”

As he said this, he waved his miaodao twice more, looking disappointed.

”Of course it can't break the defense.” Qi Shaoqiu shrugged his shoulders and said helplessly, ”The current rule is that you can't use hammer-type weapons, and then all sharp weapons can't be sharpened and can't be thrust. It'd be odd if you can break defenses. If weapons could be sharpened, then armored combat would be a bloodbath. With the material crafting and edging technology of today's weapons, it wouldn't be hard for someone with higher strength and skill to split a helmet with a single blow.”

”Damn, then how are we supposed to fight—just take out the enemy with grappling techniques like I just did?”

”It's fine, we'll change to shields and swords when the time comes,” Qi Shaoqiu explained. ”Now it's just so you can get a feel for things.”

”Shield and longsword?” Raffel took off his helmet as well. He said simply, ”That would be my world.”

As a shield Warrior, he was quite good at using shields and longswords.

And at this moment, Lin Zhaotong pulled Qi Shaoqiu to the side and asked in surprise, ”Brother, where did you get these fierce men from?”

Lin ZHaoong had participated in two full-armor combat competitions, and usually practiced with his members from time to time, so it could be said that he was quite experienced in fighting.

But what he had just seen… The five people Qi Shaoqiu had dragged in had incredibly fast reflexes, and as soon as the battle began, they, with their miaodaos in hand, kept enough distance and used their weapon advantage to slash wildly at the other side. Although they didn't break the other side's defenses, they knocked the other side wide open. Even with their shields, the other side was confused and disoriented.

The five then almost charged up in unison, throwing away the weapons they had and slamming the opposing shield-sword team of five right down or pinning them to the ground.

From start to finish, it was no more than twenty seconds.

It could easily be described as a crushing victory.

Their combat abilities were simply not on the same level.

Qi Shaoqiu looked at Lin Zhaotong's surprised face and smiled proudly. ”I taught them. How about it? Impressive, right?”

Qi Shaoqiu felt a bit guilty. ”Ah, we'll talk about this later, let's talk about it later.”

At this moment, trying out the feeling of moving in armor on the training field, Li Lin moved his body and said to Schuck, who was not far away, ”Want to spar in full armor mode?”

”Sure,” Schuck replied.

Roland and the others had already gotten used to the fact that Li Lin enjoyed competing with Schuck, and often pestered Schuck to spar when he practiced at the saber arts club. Of course, he lost more than he won, but he never got discouraged.

As soon as the people from the clubhouse saw that there was a solo battle, they immediately became interested as well, and the shield-sword team of five immediately stepped to the side and also took off their helmets to watch the show.

Lin Zhaotong, who was chatting with Qi Shaoqiu, also looked over.

In the center of the field, two men in full-body armor stepped sideways squarely at the same time, their bodies lowered slightly, and both of them lightly mounted their miaodaos on their shoulders.

It looked rather like a Japanese samurai duel.

In reality… miaodao arts were certainly of the same origin as the Japanese swordsmanship, and most importantly, the miaodao was created to counter Japanese swordsmanship.

The two of them were silent for a moment, and then Li Lin moved first, launching a forward-step vertical slash.

Schuck immediately stepped back and slashed diagonally.