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Chapter 13 The Non-Existent Knife
As Chu Mu and Xu Qiu put on their virtual network devices and entered the virtual battle platform, an electronic screen between them lit up, synchronously displaying the current scene in the virtual battle room.

The battle scenes of virtual battles can be selected to be private or public. Xu Qiu has a purpose in sparring, so he naturally would not choose the former.

This is another reason why he is willing to pay to compete with Chu Mu.

The movement of the electronic screen quickly attracted the attention of other students who were preparing to compete in the training room.

"Xu Qiu and Chu Mu again?"

"Let's watch it and then spar. It will be over soon anyway."

“Haha, that’s right…”

Everyone gathered around and talked, staring at the images on the electronic screen, and began to guess how many rounds Chu Mu could last this time.

Chu Mu, immersed in the virtual network, had no idea about anything happening in the outside world, but he could roughly guess it.

He tightened the long sword in his hand and looked up at Xu Qiu who was also holding a sword on the other side of the battle platform.

His more mature mind than his peers allows him to face every failure in competition more calmly, but even if he is bound to lose, he will never treat it perfunctorily.

Xu Qiu is stronger than him and can put a lot of pressure on him.

Teacher Zhou once said that under greater pressure, as long as you don’t collapse, you will progress faster.

Thinking of this, Chu Mu's eyes showed a bit more burning fighting spirit.

[Battle countdown: 3 seconds]

A prompt text appeared in front of him. Chu Mu slowly got into position and began to adjust his breath.

With a crisp "ding" sound, the countdown returned to zero.

"boom--"

Accompanied by a low explosion, Xu Qiu's feet suddenly burst out with power, and his body crossed a distance of dozens of meters in an instant like lightning. The long sword in his hand was raised high, and a long and sad rainbow was drawn in the air, and he instantly chopped down towards Chu Mu.

Chu Mu's face was slightly solemn. Almost at the same time when Xu Qiu exploded, he pushed off the ground without hesitation and took a big step to the side, and then slashed horizontally towards his original position.

Xu Qiu's eyes flashed slightly, and at the moment when the long sword was about to fall, his body suddenly twisted in the air, turning the powerful chop into a horizontal slash, colliding with Chu Mu's sword.

"clang--"

The sound of metal colliding instantly resounded on the combat platform. Chu Mu only felt a huge force passing through the long sword to his palm, arm and half of his body. He suddenly stepped back several steps to relieve the force, and then quickly raised the sword, while supporting the blade with his left hand, making a blocking motion.

"Ding--"

At the moment Chu Mu blocked his sword, Xu Qiu used the rebound force of the first collision between the two swords and chopped down heavily with the long sword he had raised high. The terrifying force made Chu Mu's body shrink instantly.

Although the physical fitness of the two has reached the same level in the virtual combat platform, the difference in skill level has brought about an obvious gap in burst.

In a pure contest of power burst, Chu Mu would never be Xu Qiu's opponent.

Chu Mu's eyes flashed slightly, and the muscles in his legs, which had been slightly bent under Xu Qiu's suppression, tensed instantly. At the same time, his left and right hands, which were holding the long sword, twisted at the same time, causing the long sword to tilt slightly.

Under the heavy pressure, the knife in Xu Qiu's hand began to slide to the lower side along the inclination of Chu Mu's long knife.

Xu Qiu noticed something was wrong and was about to adjust, but Chu Mu was faster!

Chu Mu's leg muscles exerted force instantly, and at the same time he pushed off the ground and stood up straight. At the same time, he controlled the knife with both hands at the same time, instantly diverting Xu Qiu's force to one side. With sparks flashing on the blade due to high-speed friction, the blade slashed towards Xu Qiu's face.

"Humph--"

Xu Qiu snorted softly, took a step back, and narrowly avoided the knife. His expression became even uglier.

When he attacked again, his sword became more violent, like a long rainbow, cutting straight at Chu Mu, and in an instant a torrential rain was blowing in his face.

"Dang Dang Dang——"

Amid the continuous sounds of metal collision, the two men's bodies were as fast as afterimages, and they continuously clashed with each other at a very close distance. With a muffled groan, Chu Mu flew backwards due to the disadvantage in strength.

"It's over!" Xu Qiu shouted in a low voice. Without waiting for Chu Mu to land on the ground, his Achilles tendon instantly burst out with terrifying power like a fully drawn bowstring. He pounced out like a tiger, and the long sword in his hand flashed a cold light in the air and stabbed straight at Chu Mu.

Are you going to lose...

Chu Mu's heart sank as he watched the knife light rapidly enlarge in his sight.

The similar angle and position made the figure of Xu Qiu thrusting his sword vaguely overlap with the figure of the star beast with a deer head and a lizard body last night.

Feeling something in his heart, Chu Mu suddenly raised his left hand, as if he was holding a non-existent knife, and slashed towards Xu Qiu quickly.

Xu Qiu's pupils shrank slightly. At this moment, he was shocked by Chu Mu's momentum and subconsciously wanted to dodge the attack.

But he reacted suddenly the next moment.

There was no knife in Chu Mu’s left hand at all!

A moment's hesitation caused Xu Qiu's knife to pause for a moment.

The knife in Chu Mu's right hand suddenly rose up, and with the remaining force of his left hand's knife swing, he twisted his body in mid-air and slashed towards Xu Qiu.

"Pfft-"

The cold long knife pierced Chu Mu's chest, and almost real blood spurted out and spilled on the battle platform.

The next moment, Chu Mu disappeared from the spot.

Although he successfully defeated his opponent and won the victory, Xu Qiu was not happy at all. He raised his hand and touched a bloodstain on his cheek which was more than ten centimeters long and deep enough to see the bone. His expression changed from gloomy to uncertain.

As the final battle scene flashed through his mind, Xu Qiu's expression became increasingly uglier.

He was a middle-level second-stage warrior, and facing an early-level second-stage opponent, his throat was nearly cut.

In the training room, Chu Mu took off the head-mounted virtual network interface, rubbed his chest, and couldn't help but grin.

Although the pain in virtual combat is only 10%, it is still a bit uncomfortable to have a long sword pierce through the chest directly.

but…

The last knife seemed to have injured Xu Qiu?

Chu Mu felt somewhat delighted.

He also had the idea on impulse and subconsciously imitated the attack he made when he fought the deer-headed lizard-bodied star beast when he transformed into a star beast. After he swung his left hand out, he realized belatedly that there was no knife in his left hand.

Unexpectedly, it really scared Xu Qiu and gave him the opportunity to fight back.

It was the first time that Xu Qiu was injured during a sparring match.

"Chu Mu is so powerful that he actually injured Xu Qiu."

The students who were watching all showed surprise expressions and couldn't help but admire.

Xu Qiu, who was standing by, happened to take off his virtual helmet at this moment. After hearing this, his already unsightly expression became even uglier.

"If you're not training, what are you all doing here?"

Zhou Huan strode over and the students who were watching scattered like birds and beasts.

Ignoring these lazy guys, Zhou Huan's gaze finally fell on the electronic screen that was replaying the battle just now.

The image on the electronic screen happened to show the moment when Chu Mu raised his left hand and made a slashing motion.

There was a strange flash in Zhou Huan's eyes.

A simple fake move couldn't fool Xu Qiu.

When Chu Mu swung the knife, it was as if he was really holding a non-existent knife.

(End of this chapter)