474 How Can I Possibly Believe That? (2/2)

Roland walked to him and said, ”I heard that you're going to be in Shandong for ten days.”

”That's right.” Qi Shaoqiu nodded. ”Anything on your mind?'

”I want to fight you.”

”We are as strong as each other. There has never been a winner between us.” Qi Shaoqiu asked curiously, ”Besides, is there nothing else on your mind?”

”Why would I think about anything else? It's not like you aren't coming back.”

”Well… That's not right.” Qi Shaoqiu heaved a helpless sight. ”Forget it. There's nothing but paste in the head of an inconsiderate straight man like you. You never wanted to fight me before. Why are you proposing a duel today?”

”Because I think I know how to rein the saber with chi now, and I want to test it.”

Qi Shaoqiu turned solemn, and his dead fish eyes were glittering.

”Are you serious?”

”I'm not sure. That's why I want to give it a try.”

Qi Shaoqiu snapped his fingers and threw the unlit cigarette in his mouth into a trashcan nearby.

Then, they put on the protection gear, picked up their miaodao, and stood at the center of the cement field.

The training students immediately made room for them.

Holding the saber, Qi Shaoqiu asked solemnly, ”Do I need to make any preparations?”

”Just stay on alert. I'll attack the moment I'm prepared without any warning, because my concentrated chi will disperse if I utter a word.”

”Got it.”

Qi Shaoqiu stepped back and took a lunge pose, which was the defensive posture in miaodao techniques.

Roland took a deep breath and recalled the spell model of Body Fortification. He had specifically simplified it in advance.

Invisible fluids flowed from Roland's head to his torso and his limbs.

Roland didn't change on the surface, but Qi Shaoqiu clearly sensed that his vibe had changed drastically.

Seriously?

Roland moved while Qi Shaoqiu was still surprised.

His right leg suddenly stepped forward, and he lifted his miaodao from the bottom on his left side.

This was a tricky offensive move in the miaodao techniques. Human beings always reacted faster to the attacks that came from the front or from above, but they often couldn't react to the attacks from below in as timely a manner.

However, Qi Shaoqiu was too familiar with the miaodao techniques. He knew what Roland was up to the moment Roland made his pose.

Therefore, he already started retreating the moment Roland moved.

But only after half a step, Roland's wooden miaodao cut his wooden breastplate and left a shallow mark on it in a light noise.

How can he be so fast?

Qi Shaoqiu was greatly shocked, as Roland's attack was much faster than before. Theoretically, he should've been able to dodge the attack easily.

While he was still surprised, the long miaodao in Roland's hand quickly landed on Roland's shoulder when it was raised to the highest point.

Then, Roland stepped forth with his left leg and turned around, performing a round slash from his left side.

The miaodao swooshed, and Qi Shaoqiu saw a streak of yellow light coming at him.

He subconsciously placed the miaodao horizontally on his right side.

Ba!

The two wooden sabers collided and broke at the same time.

Two pieces of the broken miaodaos rolled and rustled. They didn't stop until they hit the cement stumps at the edge of the field and bounced two meters back.

Qi Shaoqiu only managed to regain balance after taking four steps back.

Staring at Roland for a moment, he turned his head and said to the other students, ”You keep training.”

Then, holding the other half of the broken blade in his hand, he pulled Roland aside and asked him excitedly, ”Why are you so much stronger and faster? Can you really control the saber with your chi now?”

”I'm not sure, but I think I can.” Roland didn't divulge the role that Body Fortification played but simply said, ”I can manage to control the air currents in the Daoists' Nourishment of Life now.”

Besides, Roland could use magic only because the Daoists' Nourishment of Life had been gathering chi for him. It wasn't wrong of him to accredit the Daoists' Nourishment of Life.

Qi Shaoqiu was clearly thrilled. ”That must be it. F*ck, the legends are true. You can really control an object with chi. I thought it was fake.”

”You are the descendant of a family of martial arts. How can you not believe that an object can be controlled with chi?”

”How can I possibly believe it? Nobody in my family can do that. It's just a legend. I'm the one in my family with the best miaodao expertise. Who can convince me that it's possible?” Qi Shaoqiu retorted angrily. ”Besides, too many counterfeit chi masters are out there. Just yesterday, a chi master was beaten up by a young man who practiced free combat in five seconds. So, how can I possibly believe that an object can be controlled with chi?”