Zheng Yun stepped forward to attack a few times with his sword, then he would step back and stand with his sword in hand, taking a few breaths to regain his strength.? ?? ??
Cai Gang tried his best to block Zheng Yun's attack. When he was free, he supported his knees with one hand and his sword with the other, trying to squeeze out the last bit of strength from his body to block the next wave of attacks.
Zheng Yun, who had better endurance, finally gained the upper hand and knocked Cai Gang to the ground with his sword.
After announcing Zheng Yun's victory, Feng Liang helped Cai Gang, who could barely stand up, to the sidelines.
At the end of the first day of the competition, Ding Kui, Xu Bin and Zheng Yun were qualified to continue the competition.
Lu Ji commented on everyone's performance, and only Ding Kui received praise.
He was the only one who understood the essentials of knight's swordsmanship, both offensive and defensive. The competition at the same level was about who could fight to the end. After the opponent's strong attack revealed a flaw, he could quickly counterattack and seize the opportunity to defeat the opponent.
Cai Gang, on the other hand, can only defend purely. Without offense, there is no chance of winning.
On the second day, Ding Kui drew a lottery and got a bye in this round of competition. Zheng Yun faced Xu Bin.
Because Zheng Yun consumed too much on the first day, while Xu Bin easily defeated Lin Bi without spending much energy. After seven or eight minutes of fierce fighting between the two men, who were very close in strength, Zheng Yun was defeated due to lack of physical strength.
After the competition, Zheng Yun pulled Ding Kui and said secretly: "Today I suffered a physical loss and lost to Xu Bin, but I fought hard with him during the fight, and his physical strength was also exhausted.
Tomorrow you have to help me avenge this and win this year's competition."
"Senior sister, please rest assured. Even if senior brother Xu has sufficient physical strength, I am still confident that he can win." Ding Kui patted his chest as a guarantee.
Ding Kui, who woke up in half a year, completely mastered this body, including the martial arts he learned while his master soul was sleeping. The fusion of memories gave him a deeper understanding of his teacher's swordsmanship.
On the last day of the competition, both Ding Kui and Xu Bin came to the competition ground in high spirits.
After Feng Liang announced the start, neither of them was in a hurry to attack. You stared at me and I stared at you in circles in the center of the field.
Xu Bin is only one year older than Ding Kui, and about one centimeter taller. He also has the same pointed black chin, but his eyes are slightly smaller and he still has single eyelids.
After the first day of competition, Xu Bin knew that this junior fellow apprentice was not that easy to deal with and would be defeated by him if he was not careful.
Xu Bin couldn't help but attack first, but Ding Kui swung his sword to counterattack him, forcing him to jump away.
As long as Ding Kui blocked Xu Bin's attack, he immediately counterattacked Xu Bin's bottom lane, forcing Xu Bin's footwork to become chaotic.
When Xu Bin's footwork was messed up, Ding Kui changed his defensive style and started to attack with swords, forcing Xu Bin's sword moves to become messy. Finally, Ding Kui caught a flaw and launched another spin attack.
He slashed with his body and knocked Xu Bin's sword away.
This is a fighting method developed by Ding Kui himself. He is not tall and his arms are not long. Directly attacking the opponent's body will be very disadvantageous. Therefore, he uses the opponent's weapon as the target of the attack. He first induces the opponent's arm strength to disperse, and then uses
He used all his strength to smash away the opponent's weapons and finally won the victory.
Zheng Yun and Lin Bi immediately jumped out to congratulate Ding Kui on his victory. Although Xu Bin lost, he admitted that his skills were inferior to others and sincerely congratulated the junior brother on winning the competition. Only Ouyang Chong and Cai Gang expressed this
With a look of jealousy, he looked at Ding Kui in the middle of the field accepting congratulations from his classmates.
Lu Ji signaled Feng Liang to bring a red purebred galloping horse, announced in public that Ding Kui had won the first place in the year-end competition, and handed the horse to Ding Kui himself.
Ding Kui excitedly jumped on his horse and started running on the playground of Heifan Village on his first horse.
Returning to his yard, Ding Kui saw the housekeeper waiting for him, so he asked curiously: "Grandpa Kun, is it my father who is back?".
It is said that the steward Ding Kun once followed Ding Kui's grandfather Ding Dao to the battlefield, and he was a fierce soldier who emerged from the mountain of corpses and sea of blood.
He is sixty years old this year, has fair hair, a broad face, and is about the same height as his elder brother Feng Liang. Although his body is not covered with muscle bumps, he looks very strong.
"The master hasn't come back yet. I came here to tell you something, young master."
"Oh." Ding Kui felt a little happy in his heart.
After recovering his memory, Ding Kui often thought of his parents on Earth. He felt a little awkward about his father in Shenyuan Continent.
"Next year's annual salary is about to come down. I want to go to the county town and buy some things on the way. I won't be back in a few days." Ding Kun explained the purpose of his visit.
All states, counties and nobles in Shaodian Kingdom must send a year's taxes to the capital before the Chinese New Year. The Ding family's annual salary used to be the clan director of Shaodian Kingdom. After moving to Xiaxi Town, it was paid by Pingzhong County.
Appropriated from tax payment.
"Ah? Then am I the only one left in the family?" Ding Kui was not prepared at all.
In the past, Ding Qi and Ding Kun always had one person staying at home. Although there were not many people in the old house, Ding Kui had never been the owner.
"Haha, young master, you will be the head of the Ding family from now on. Taking care of the family business is the first priority. I have arranged the trivial matters. Just take care of yourself." After saying this, the butler pointed to Jiang Shunchuan and said, "Follow me.
one time."
The housekeeper and Jiang Shunchuan left the courtyard, leaving behind Ding Kui who was still confused.
"These are the keys to the rooms and doors in the front yard. You have to ensure the safety of the young master during my absence for a few days. If anything happens, you can contact Baron Luki. I know you have a way to contact him." The housekeeper took it.
He handed out a bunch of keys to Jiang Shunchuan.
Lu Ji was able to be promoted to the second baron. Jiang Tong, the elder of the Senate, secretly contributed a lot. Outsiders may not know it, but he knew in his heart that he bore the mark of the Jiang family.
Jiang Shunchuan was from Jiang Mansion. Since he was sent to Ding Kui, he must have a way to contact Lu Ji.
"Don't worry, the young master's safety is more important than my life. I have laid traps everywhere in the town. No matter what happens, I can protect the young master from getting out." Jiang Shunchuan answered honestly.
Jiang Shunchuan has not been idle in the past few years. He has memorized the terrain of Xiaxi Town and made arrangements for each hypothetical attack direction.
"Okay, I'll leave the Ding family's old house to you. If anything goes wrong, hehe, even the Jiang family can't protect you." After saying this, the butler narrowed his eyes, and a murderous aura suddenly emanated from his body, heading towards Jiang Shunchuan.
Jiang Shunchuan felt unable to move, and the air around his body seemed to have solidified. A strong smell of blood rushed straight to his nose and forehead, as if he was trapped in a battlefield with a mountain of corpses and a sea of blood.
"Definitely, definitely, don't dare, don't dare." Jiang Shunchuan broke into a cold sweat.
This is the suppression of rank. He, a little archer with level 3 combat power, has no room to fight back in front of a swordsman with level 5 combat power.
"Well, you can go back." The butler withdrew his murderous aura and waved his hand.
As soon as his body relaxed, Jiang Shunchuan almost fell to the ground. After he stood firm, he quickly slipped back to Ding Kui's small courtyard. When he returned to the small courtyard, his whole body was wet with sweat, as if he had just been fished out of the water.
The Ding family was ambushed eleven years ago, and Jiang Shunchuan knew a little about the situation.
There were more than a hundred corpses of attackers at the scene, including knights, warriors, and archers, all of whom were level five masters. The only ones who escaped at that time were Ding Qi and his son, and the old butler Ding Kun, who usually looked very kind.
No one except Ding Qi and Ding Kun knew about the fierce fighting at that time, but what is certain is that there must have been more than one level five master who died at the hands of Ding Kun.
Faced with Ding Kun's murderous intent, Jiang Shunchuan felt that his nerves were strong enough without being scared to death.
Early the next morning, Butler Ding took two servants and left Xiaxi Town in a carriage and rushed to Pingzhong County.
In a dense forest outside Heitu City, the second master of Funiu Shan sat in front of a fire to warm himself, surrounded by his most loyal confidants, the Zhao brothers, Wang Goudan and Zhou Baishan.
Zhao Dameng slapped his neck and killed a mosquito. He turned his hand and looked at it. He tilted his mouth and said to the second master: "Second Master, I think it's time for snow to fall on our mountain. This damn place
And there are mosquitoes.”
"Well, I guess it will rain in the next two days. It's warmer here in Black Earth City than ours. Why are you acting like a girl? You have such delicate skin and tender flesh that you can't help but be bitten by mosquitoes." The second boss kicked Boss Zhao.
Kicked, laughing and cursing.
Zhao Er laughed loudly, stretched out his hand to push his elder brother, and cheered from the side: "Brother, this mosquito can only suck two mouthfuls of your blood. Do you want to go back to the village and let your sister-in-law suck you into a human being? Hahaha."
Suddenly, a whistle sounded. Zhou Baishan listened attentively and breathed a sigh of relief and said, "It should be He Laoliu who is back."
Not long after, Gao Laixi, who was on guard outside, returned with He Laoliu, who had gone to the city to inquire about news.
"I'm telling you, the carriage driven by Butler Ding passed through Black Earth City today and headed towards the county town." He Laoliu was dressed as a hawker, with a bag on his shoulder filled with dried meat.
"Are you sure Lord Ding is not at home?" the second master asked.
"Yes, it has been confirmed that Lord Ding was not in Xiaxi Town a few months ago and has not appeared yet."
"Okay, that's great. It's been almost a month since we came out, and now we finally have a chance to make a move." The second master stood up excitedly.
He looked around at the people around him and made a gesture to come closer.
"Listen now, the head of the family has specially appointed me to lead you to do this vote. The target is Ding Kui, the only son of the Marquis of the Protector.
This was a secret operation, so we didn't even ride horses after we came down from the mountain. We traveled day and night for more than 300 kilometers, just to prevent others from knowing our whereabouts.
Although the Lord Protector has lost power in the court, he is still one of the top families in the country. If our actions are exposed, it will cause big trouble in the mountains.
Now take out all the things on your body that will reveal your identity, bury them here, and come back to pick them up when the operation is over." After saying this, the second boss asked He Laoliu to collect everyone's things.
This small team can be regarded as the elite team of Funiu Mountain. The second master's skills are second only to the first master. The Zhao brothers are solid late-stage charge warriors. Gao Laixi and Zhou Baishan are mid-term charge warriors. Wang Goudan and He
Although Lao Liu has just been promoted to the charge warrior, one is good at poisoning and the other is good at disguise.