Pirate Codex

Several people came to a spacious room.

After a brief exchange, Edward and Ryan faced each other with swords and knives, while Arthur, Ulysses, Osvid and others stood aside and watched the battle quietly.

People in this world are generally in good health, and the hardness and resistance to blows of their muscles and bones are also higher than in the previous life, so there is no need to wear protective gear during normal sparring.

Holding a bamboo sword or a wooden sword, as long as you pay a little attention, in the same level of battle, even if you accidentally hit a vital point, you will basically not lose your life.

Edward held the sword in both hands, breathing steadily, and looked directly at Ryan opposite him intently.

This was his first time communicating with other disciples of the sword sect. Edward suppressed his excitement and tried hard to observe Ryan, who was holding his bamboo sword high.

In battle, you need to have a clear mind and constantly think and analyze what your opponent's next moves will be in order to make the most appropriate response.

These were the teachings of Arthur's boss during daily training, and Edward always kept them in mind.

"Let's begin." Seeing that both of them were ready, Ulysses shouted to begin.

As soon as he finished speaking, Ryan on the opposite side suddenly rose up and charged towards him with his bamboo knife held high.

coming

Edward's pupils shrank, and he caught the trajectory of Ryan's bamboo sword. He slid sideways, avoided the bamboo sword's chop, and came to Ryan's left side. Just as the wooden sword was about to thrust out, Ryan slashed with the bamboo sword. But it turned and struck towards Edward who appeared on the left.

So fast

Edward's wooden sword had to be swung back to block Ryan's slash.

"when"

The swords met, and Edward felt the wooden sword in his hand suddenly sink. He was forced to take a step back and release his strength.

The corners of Ryan's mouth turned up, and he was unyielding when he gained the upper hand. He kept his feet on the ground and kept up with Edward. He raised his bamboo sword high and struck again.

The bamboo sword came whistling with the sound of wind. Edward retreated again, dodged the chop, and wiped the wooden sword flat. Just as he was about to hand it out, the bamboo sword turned again and flew towards Edward, forcing Edward to continue to defend. .

Ryan's offensive continued like a violent storm. For a while, Edward could only run away from left to right, exhausted.

"Dang Dang Dang Dang"

The two of them were attacking and hiding, the sounds of bamboo knives and wooden swords clashing could not be heard, and they were temporarily in a stalemate.

Osvid looked at the almost one-sided situation on the field, smiled with satisfaction, then turned his head and said to Arthur with a little show off:

"This is our Wushin-ryu swordsmanship, 100% attack, so that the enemy can only parry until the flaw is exposed, and eventually dies under our sword."

Arthur just smiled at Osvid, said nothing, and returned his eyes to the field again.

Ulysses glanced sideways at Osvid, and then looked at Ryan again.

Osvid only thought that Arthur was unhappy because his disciple was about to fail. He smiled softly, turned his head, and continued to appreciate Ryan's smooth attack.

Arthur's blue eyes reflected the two people on the field, and his heart was still calm.

Judgment Swordsmanship is a very comprehensive swordsmanship with no shortcomings. In terms of its characteristics, it can probably be summarized in two words.

deduction.

The way the opponent exerts force, the sword moves he makes good use of, the route he takes and the characteristics of different weapons, all kinds of information about the opponent will be exposed in the battle. Judgment Swordsmanship will use this to judge and come up with the most suitable attack method.

As long as the opponent cannot defeat the swordsman with the Judgment Swordsmanship in a short period of time, he will feel the tilt of the balance of victory in the subsequent tug-of-war.

Although Arthur falsely claimed that the swordsmanship of Judgment was inherited from Fiona, the peerless swordsman, if it were really true, the two would still have one thing in common, and that is the ability to break through weak points.

However, the Wushuang Swordsman is set to be passive and can directly see the enemy's "weaknesses", while the Judgment Swordsmanship is based on information to deduce the enemy's "weaknesses".

This is one of the reasons why Arthur teaches everyone to learn mathematics every night. Points, lines, planes and even geometry in mathematics are all helpful in deepening the understanding of the deduction of swordsmanship.

In general, this is a swordsmanship that uses "brain".

Not all dodges and blocks were effective. At this time, Edward already had several bruises on his body.

There are no rules in the competition here, and there is no scoring or stopping. It only ends when one of the two admits defeat or loses consciousness.

Therefore, even if Edward has been beaten several times, as long as he does not admit defeat, it is not considered a defeat.

While dodging, Edward carefully observed Ryan's movements. After this period of observation, Edward already understood Ryan's sword moves.

They are to perform a high-handed slash, and then perform a left or right slash according to the direction in which you dodge. If you are dodged or blocked again, you will change your moves again.

So in order to be able to change moves smoothly, and even form a continuous offensive, there must be some force left during the chop, waiting for the change of moves.

The weakness deduced by Edward is that when he cuts the air and changes his stance, the old strength is not used up. When the new strength is regenerated, the sword will become stiff for a very short time. This is his opportunity.

coming

Edward perked up and watched Ryan raise his bamboo knife high again and chop it down hard.

It's now

Edward ducked to the left, the wooden sword in his hand moved like a poisonous snake emerging from its hole, and quickly pointed at the tip of the bamboo knife.

"when"

The wooden sword tip was pointed on the bamboo knife. The bamboo knife was slightly bent, but it did not swing away as expected.

Failed

Edward's pupils shrank, and then he quickly raised his left arm to block the slash that he had no time to dodge, and took a few steps back to distance himself.

Arthur's eyes lit up, he saw Edward's plan, and nodded involuntarily.

Although this is not Ryan's only "weakness", nor is it the easiest "weakness" to defeat, Arthur is very pleased that Edward can sum up this "weakness".

As for failure, that is not a problem. As long as you try again and again, you will always succeed.

After all, whether it is Edward or Bonis Paul, the time to learn swordsmanship is still too short. Perhaps physical strength can be accelerated through treatment, but in terms of swordsmanship, one can only rely on personal understanding and talent.

It can be seen that Edward's swordsmanship talent is quite good.

"Ha." Osvid on the other side sneered: "Your disciple is out of his mind, Usher."

In his opinion, Edward's action just now was a desperate and unreasonable stab.

"Shut up, Osvid"

Ulysses stared straight at Edward, who kept trying to attack the tip of the knife, frowning, and scolded Osvid impatiently.

Compared to Osvid, although Ulysses also couldn't understand the meaning of Edward's moves, he could understand Ryan's moves.

In his opinion, the timing of Edward's attack was exactly when he saw the shortcomings of Ryan's sword power.

this is no coincidence

It's not a stupid move.