The Devil Sword Swordsman
Ch. 112 - Battle of Shen Xuemei II
Rumbling on the spectator bench rang out as the Iron Skull Girl managed to repel the opponent, Shen Xuemei held her hands that were spitting out a lot of blood, her temples were covered in cold sweat.
'Damn, this girl is very hard to beat.' Shen Xuemei was only able to take a deep look after a moment of counterattacking against the Iron Skull Girl, although her face looked flat but her mind was violently turbulent. He tried to hide it to look calm.
Shen Xuemei recalled her training during the time at the Lotus Temple, she felt that the practice was futile if she lost to this opponent.
Huang Kun who had previously faced such a difference in strength so far as the opponent could win, it would be a shame if Shen Xuemei could not win from this girl.
During the years of training Shen Xuemei was used to the opponent who was directly in front of his eyes, yet today his opponent was trying to keep his distance and continued to attack from a distance.
The heavy breathing illustrates how difficult the situation he is facing right now, Shen Xuemei seemed to hesitate to face the opponent.
At the same time that Shen Xuemei continued to be knocked back by the wind knife until it almost crossed the boundary of the arena, the girl increasingly laughed in a shriek and her voice was truly ear-splitting.
Until finally only a few feet away Shen Xuemei was about to leave the arena, the girl fanned the weapons and came out hundreds of wind blades that were so sharp as a real knife.
Shen Xuemei's arms and legs spewed blood from the scratch marks, the clothes she was wearing started to tear in some places but the young man remained.
The Iron Skull Girl laughed while covering her mouth.
"You're more handsome with your shirt that way."
"Damn!" Shen Xuemei exasperatedly exasperated, he recalled Huang Kun's fight and how the young man could win from an opponent even stronger than him.
'Confidence? I had it from the beginning. But... His state had not changed at all, Shen Xuemei's inner self while having some thought time.
He slowly advanced from a cornered position, then approached towards the opponent forcefully. His body was getting more and more injuries.
'Fuck, at the beginning of the fight I had to face one of the tough opponents.'
It was not without reason that Shen Xuemei grumbled so, this opponent was one of the disciples of the Iron Skull sect who had never doubted the prowess of any of his generation in the martial world.
On the bleachers again Li Yong scratched his head dizzy, he never expected the luck of these two disciples to be so ugly. They were both faced with formidable opponents and each came from a large sect.
Li Yong regretted that he should have forged Huang Kun and Shen Xuemei even harder so that this would never happen. However the rice had become porridge, he could only hope that Shen Xuemei could get through all of this.
Shen Xuemei retreated causing a scraping sound on her shoes, she raised her face looking at the opponent.
For a moment Shen Xuemei was stunned as she recalled something important. While in the waiting room earlier, Huang Kun and Xin Fai had a long talk and he only listened without interest, Shen Xuemei would even rather pay attention to the lizard on the wall than listen to the two friends.
Shen Xuemei recalled the moment Huang Kun asked Xin Fai.
"*Fai'er, you said you often fought with enemies that were even stronger than you. How can you win from them?"
"Hee... How, huh? Hm..."
"Come on, the game's about to start. I'm sure many people are stronger than me later..."
Xin Fai straightened her back and began to say seriously, Shen Xuemei put on a face that did not care much but she kept eavesdropping on the conversation.
"According to teacher Fu Shi, there are 3 other things that affect one's strength, besides ability and ingenuity."
"Teacher Fu Shi? Is he your teacher?"
"Yes. Forget about teacher Fu Shi, we should be getting ready for a match soon."
Huang Kun nodded slowly. Xin Fai was counting by raising her index finger.
"The first, faith. It's very important, even if you're the strongest person, when you're off guard with no intention of winning then the enemy will easily find your loophole."
Huang Kun nodded three times.
"Second, beyond the threshold. Every time you exceed the threshold, then you will become a new and stronger person than before!"
"The third, fused with the sword as if it were a member of your body. One day, when the sword is not with you, just use your hand you already have the sword itself. The sword is you. That's how teacher Fu Shi told me*."
Realizing from his daydream, Shen Xuemei refocused on the fight. He stood up after crouching observing the opponent. A slight faint smile seemed to make the Iron Skull Girl dazzled at the handsome young man.
"Something seems to have gained enlightenment, hihihi..."
Shen Xuemei was starting to get used to the clique like the attached grandmother. He raised the sword to align with his chest.
"Like that."
With the Light Steps he approached the Iron Skull Girl, Shen Xuemei moved extremely fast and no longer held back his strength for the next match. He chose to follow the way Huang Kun fought, by way of exceeding the threshold.
As soon as her opponent retreated in alarm, the girl took a close look at the situation and was slightly upset that Shen Xuemei was no longer holding herself back.
"Alright, we've been playing around long enough. I'll use all my abilities as well."
The Iron Skull Girl let out an enormous amount of energy, Shen Xuemei was slightly surprised to see the whirlpool of wind blades surrounding the girl.
The shape of the wind blade was almost the same as what he had seen to Xin Fai, but the difference between Xin Fai's golden wind blade and her spinning speed was also much more terrifying than this girl.
Seeing Shen Xuemei as surprised, the Iron Skull girl let out a flirtatious laugh.
"You're fascinated, aren't you? I'm the only young swordsman who can pull out a wind knife like this..."
"just you? Cih, I've even seen one who's ten years old and can use hundreds of wind blades faster than you."
The Skull Girl thought Shen Xuemei was just bullying her.
"Hahaha, it's impossible. Everyone knows that only I can do it."
"really? Let's prove it when the man I'm referring to arrives, and you'll be ashamed after bragging about your powers."
Shen Xuemei attacked and entered the opponent's defensive area, he turned the sword in full rotation giving rise to a long streak towards his opponent. The moment he felt that the sword was his own hand and moved it freely, Shen Xuemei had never realized this before.
It was no wonder why Xin Fai used to easily slaughter the army of Blood Devil Man, since he already considered the sword as himself.
The Iron Skull Girl furrowed her brows obtaining such a deadly attack, she expended all her abilities and no longer frolicked.
The fight running so fiercely made Li Yong break out in cold sweat watching him, the priest was hopefully anxious in his place and looked extremely riled up.
While Xin Fai smiled slightly looking at that senior of hers. Previously, Shen Xuemei had always been calm in the face of enemies yet this time she looked different. Perhaps something had changed in him, Xin Fai could not confirm that.
After five minutes of balanced fighting until finally the Iron Skull girl lost her balance due to fatigue pulled out the wind knife continuously.
Shen Xuemei swung the sword with all her might, leaving her opponent injured and bleeding seriously.
Seeing that Shen Xuemei's opponent could do nothing more and was now in a severely injured condition, Yang Guifei immediately declared the match over and Shen Xuemei came out victorious.
Xin Fai chuckled. "Ahahahah, I just realized... Senior Shen also surpassed his threshold during the fight." He saw Shen Xuemei exhausted and his face was still solemn until the fight was over.
"Yes! With this I get excited! Who will be my opponent?"
Xin Fai circled the entire participant seat and found a sect disciple whose uniform was the same as the disciples from the White Fog Valley.
The 17-year-old looked extremely strong, let alone someone sitting behind him.
After confirming it again, the 3 representative disciples of the White Mist Valley sect were talented young warriors who were heavily lined up by the audience.
Xin Fai threw a face away as the young man looked back at her. He chose to look the other way.
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