I rely on myself

Chapter 70 Ikki's Flaw
The steel blade was swinging continuously at a speed that was almost invisible to the naked eye, drawing dazzling arcs of light, and occasionally colliding and rubbing to create fleeting sparks, forming an amazing sword dance.

And underneath this beauty, what is hidden is definitely not some coordinated acting skills, but a race against time to seize the winning rate.

After Lin Yuan blocked the attack, he used a backhand slash to force Yihui back, and took the opportunity to create some distance to catch his breath. Looking at Yihui's floating figure that might suddenly explode at any time, he couldn't help but smile bitterly.

"Should I say that you are worthy of being Ikki? In just a few days, you have seen through my imitation of Hitachi's swordsmanship, and even used it as a basis to master the theory of Hitachi's real swordsmanship. I really don't know what to say about this talent."

Lin Yuan couldn't help but be distracted when thinking about this, and compared the figure of Ikki in front of him with the figure of Biyi whom he had fought before, although Ikki was not yet able to do it like Biyi without any waste of power in the cut.

But the rest are pretty close, for example -

Yihui saw that Lin Yuan was distracted and of course he would not miss this opportunity. He instantly exerted force on his feet and took off like a rocket. As soon as he started, he increased his speed from zero to a maximum speed of 100.

To outsiders, it seemed that Yihui was very close to Lin Yuan the moment he started, and the walking process seemed to be deleted.

Seeing Ikki suddenly appear, Lin Yuan suddenly woke up and used similar skills to instantly increase his sword-swinging action to the maximum speed.

If Ikki continued to move forward, he would be hit by this slash the moment he stepped into the intersection range.

Although the acceleration technique from Biyi can greatly increase the speed, the disadvantage is that it is too fast, so fast that even the user cannot stop when encountering an emergency, so normally Ikki will not be able to dodge this attack.

But Lin Yuan did not hold much hope for this move because of Yihui's talent.

Just as Ikki stepped into the intersection range, and just before the slash would touch Ikki, Ikki's own speed suddenly dropped from one hundred to zero, and he stopped moving forward, avoiding Lin Yuan's subconscious slash.

Then he started at high speed again, increasing his speed from zero to one hundred, and swung the sword in his hand with the potential energy brought by this amazing speed. In the moment when Lin Yuan could not react, he left an extremely sharp blow on Lin Yuan's body.

Lin Yuan was knocked to the ground instantly, but Ikki, who had come behind Lin Yuan, did not show any joy of defeating the enemy. Instead, he showed a solemn expression.

"The blade doesn't feel right. Lin Yuan, have you finally shown your true abilities?"

Listening to Yihui's question, Lin Yuan stood up again and turned around. He saw a white breastplate on Lin Yuan's chest, which blocked Yihui's slash.

Lin Yuan looked at Yihui and said unhappily, "If it wasn't for helping you learn this sword technique as quickly as possible, I wouldn't have competed with you in swordsmanship. Now that you have completely mastered Biyi's sword technique, I'm still stupid enough to compete with you in swordsmanship. Am I sick, me?"

After listening to Lin Yuan's complaints, Yihui turned around and faced Lin Yuan again and said with a smile.

"So I won this round, right?!"

Hearing this, Lin Yuan immediately understood Yihui's hidden meaning.

"I didn't expect you to be so competitive, Ikki. But you're right, you win this game."

Although Lin Yuan felt a little amused by Yihui's competitive spirit, he still gave a fair evaluation.

After hearing this answer, Yihui's smile became even more pronounced.

Looking at the happy smile of his friend in front of him, although Lin Yuan didn't say it, he was happy in his heart. After all, Lin Yuan saw Yihui's dedication and hard work in the past few days.

Now that Ikki has successfully learned the Biyi swordsmanship and achieved a leap in strength, Lin Yuan is also very happy for Ikki.

"But this is not enough, it is just an improvement, Yihui's flaws have not been completely solved." Thinking of this, Lin Yuan's face became serious, and Yihui saw this, although he didn't know why, but he also became serious.

"Ikki, since you have now successfully learned the swordsmanship of Hitotsuba, then logically this special training can be concluded."

Ikki was happy to hear this, but he felt like he was missing something.

"But you should still remember what I said to you when the special training just started."

Hearing this, Ikki suddenly felt a light flash in his mind and remembered what he had missed.

"Lin Yuan, you said I was lacking something, right?"

"That's right." Lin Yuan affirmed: "The answer is also very simple, that is power, pure power."

"Pure power?"

Ikki was very confused when he heard this unexpected answer.

"Ikki, your swordsmanship is very advanced, that's for sure, that's why you were able to defeat so many opponents with more powerful magic than you with your arguably weak magic power, but this also means that you can't defeat the enemy head-on, you can only rely on techniques to find their weaknesses."

In order to make Yihui understand this problem more clearly, Lin Yuan also gave an example.

"Let me give you an example. You should have a very deep impression of it. It was the battle between you and Stella on the first day of school. Although you suppressed Stella with your own skills and even found an opportunity to kill her with one blow, your power was completely offset by her huge magic power and you were unable to cause any damage."

After hearing this, Yihui completely understood what Lin Yuan meant, but he did not agree with it, so he refuted.

"But Lin Yuan, I..."

"I know, Yihui, you want to say that you have the sword-cutting skill "One Sword Shura" that increases your strength, right?" Lin Yuan interrupted. Of course, Lin Yuan did not forget Yihui's trump card "One Sword Shura", but this sword-cutting skill had a big disadvantage.

"Yes, One Sword Shura can indeed help you make up for your weakness in strength, but not to mention that it only lasts for one minute and can only be used once a day, this is a fact that cannot be concealed no matter what."

Hearing this, Ikki fell silent. After all, how could he not know the answer to this question? However, it was precisely because he did not have the power to defeat the enemy head-on that he practiced such superb swordsmanship and developed the sword-cutting technique "One Sword Asura".

Lin Yuan looked at Yihui's silent expression and said seriously.

"I'm not saying this to discourage you, but to remind you that you should start thinking of ways to solve this problem. After all, since you've chosen to become a knight, you'll have to fight a lot in the future, so you should do your best to make sure you don't have any shortcomings."

"You can't be sure that you won't encounter continuous high-intensity battles. Once you encounter such a situation, if you use "One Sword Shura" too early, you will undoubtedly step directly into failure."

After hearing this, Hui understood that what Lin Yuan said was right, but he really couldn't think of any good solution, so he just asked Lin Yuan for help again.

Lin Yuan also gave a suggestion on this.

"You are a swordsman, so make your sword sharper. After all, the sword was invented by humans because they cannot fight against powerful enemies head-on, so you should find a way to make your sword sharp enough to cut through everything."

(End of this chapter)