Chapter 502 - A Mysterious Fight (2/2)
Of course, the moment when he felt her presence, Jiang Qianqian must have also sensed him. The two of them became more vigilant. Now, not only did they need to find out where the other party was, but also they had to prevent the sudden attack from each other. “Once her surprise attack successes, I will lose for sure,” Xiao Chen said in his heart.
He held his breath, his heart beating increasingly faster. Now he couldn’t even hear her footsteps. What he could sense was that she was creeping towards him little by little. “But which direction is she coming from?” Xiao Chen pondered.
The people below also held their breath in deep concentration. They could see the two people’s position clearly, but they couldn’t call the information out. Even if they did, it was useless because the two people above couldn’t hear them at all. In fact, even their Divine Senses couldn’t penetrate the barrier and get to Xiao Chen or Jiang Qianqian.
Xiao Chen composed himself, for he couldn’t be in a hurry at the moment. The more anxious he was, the more easily he would expose his position to Jiang Qianqian and hence being attacked by surprise. Now he had felt that Jiang Qianqian’s aura was getting stronger, which indicated that they were approaching each other. Xiao Chen wondered, “Is she on my left or right side? Or is she in front of or behind me? If I guess wrong, I’m likely to expose myself and being killed by her instead.”
Suddenly, Xiao Chen thought of something. “At this point, to see whether she is on my left or right, all I needed to do was… move a little to the right.” Thinking of this, Xiao Chen quickly moved two steps to the right. At this moment, he felt that Jiang Qianqian’s aura became a little weaker. That was to say, she was a little further away from him, which indicated that she was not on his right side.
Since she was not on his right side, there were still three positions left. Xiao Chen immediately took another step back, and then Jiang Qianqian’s aura weakened a little at the same time. It showed that she was not behind him.
The extremely acute spiritual sense was needed for him to feel the tiny changes of the opponent’s aura accurately. Once again, Xiao Chen moved two more steps to the left. This time, her aura only increased a little. Xiao Chen made his judgment. “If she were on my left, her aura would not merely grow such a little bit. She is right in front of me!”
“Swoosh!” In a flash, Xiao Chen turned into a swift light and sent his sword forward to stab Jiang Qianqian, like an eagle that had found its prey.
“Clang!” There was a sharp noise, and sparks flashed. It turned out that Jiang Qianqian reacted in less than no time and blocked his deadly blow with her sword.
At this instant, they finally saw each other when they were so close. Without the least hesitation, they both used their most powerful killing moves on each other. “Clang!” With another sharp sound, the blades of their swords collided. They felt that their arms sank and meanwhile were sent flying by each other’s powerful strike. The next moment, neither of them could feel each other’s aura again.
As they witnessed the whole process, the crowd below gasped. All of this happened in the blink of an eye. Even before they could react, the two people above had already finished their first fierce confrontation.
At this moment, there were many discussions among the crowd. Some people admired Xiao Chen’s acute judgment, while some exclaimed Jiang Qianqian’s extraordinary reaction ability. On the east side of the high platform, Perfected Immortal Chongyang stroked his beard and seemed to be very impressed by Xiao Chen’s move just now. He said, “This kid did an excellent job to judge the position of Jiang Qianqian with this method. And Qianqian’s counter-attack ability is also very strong. Both of them played pretty well.”
In the distance, a layer of cold sweat covered Liu Qing’s back. If it were him, he could never stand up to Xiao Chen’s sudden attack just now. Thinking of this, he couldn’t help sighing secretly. “In terms of cultivation level only, I am the same as her. However, as to other aspects, maybe I am inferior to her. Otherwise, I wouldn’t have lost to her in the semifinal.”
The Fighting Platform was still in a dense fog. Once again, Xiao Chen and Jiang Qianqian moved with great caution. When they reappeared within each other’s perception range, Jiang Qianqian seemed to have become much smarter this time. She kept moving around to disrupt Xiao Chen’s judgment. At the same time, she was also trying to locate Xiao Chen.
Just like that, they moved around constantly, simultaneously guessing where the other party would appear in the next instant. This time, they needed not only extremely sharp spiritual senses but also excellent reaction ability and judgment. If either of them were slightly inferior in any of these aspects, he or she would probably be defeated by the other’s sudden attack.
Suddenly, they moved a little. It seemed that they had confirmed each other’s position at the same time. Then, they launched their attacks on each other. “Clang!” After a tremendous crash, they started to fight again. But this time, they didn’t immediately get away from each other after their swords touched. Instead, they engaged in a vicious fight.
Jiang Qianqian performed a set of swordsmanship called the Heavenly Maids Blossoms-Scattering Swordplay. Her posture was like the Mystic Lady of the Nine Heavens. The long sword in her hand left numerous shadows behind. It was like a rain of swords pouring down from midair. One after another, those shadows of her sword came to attack Xiao Chen.
Of course, Xiao Chen would never stay there and wait to be killed. He chose to play the Phoenix’s Cry Amid Bamboos of the Green Flute Swordplay. His sword uttered a long and loud whistle like a phoenix as soon as he started to wield it. Wherever his sword went, there would be a strong wind soughing. The dazzled sword shadows he made were all well ordered.
For a moment, metallic sounds on the Fighting Platform could be heard without end. Those people down the Fighting Platform were completely bewitched in a daze. There were too many things for their eyes to see. Their swordsmanship was ingenious to the extreme. This fight between them could be truly considered as a Sword Tryout!
On the east end of the high platform, Perfected Immortal Chongyang’s face finally changed at this moment. Initially, he thought that Xiao Chen only had a high cultivation level. And even, in his opinion, though Xiao Chen’s cultivation was high, it was inevitably a little superficial. But after seeing the fight, he found that Xiao Chen not only had an extremely acute spiritual sense but also had an outstanding reaction ability. Now he even displayed such an exquisite set of swordsmanship. Perfected Immortal Chongyang couldn’t help pondering, “Does this person only want to enter the Cloud Mist Academy? If he didn’t intend to enter the Cloud Mist Academy, why would he take part in the Sword Tryout? Does he just want to make a name for himself?”