Chapter 1443: Chapter 1149: Genius and Fool_3
Aisa had passed the test, but it did not mean that Henki would too.
The Group Leader shifted his gaze to Henki, whose reputation had been less than stellar during his time in the training camp, with ’dull-witted’ being a label consistently attached to his name. However, recently, for some unknown reason, he had burst onto the scene and had even acquired a very sinister greatsword from somewhere. Rumor had it that even the Group Leader had wanted to take a look at Henki’s greatsword, but Henki hadn’t let him!
No matter what’s going on with you, since you’ve been sent to me, I must make it clear to you whether you have the strength to stay in my squad or not!
He gestured to a soldier, who immediately stepped forward.
"Come on, brother Henki, we’ve also been getting bored. Everyone has finished fighting; shall we spar a bit?" The soldier said with a smile.
"Are we still fighting? Didn’t I just win?" Long Yi pretended to ask.
Indeed, the soldier who had just been defeated by Elsa had explicitly stated his intention to challenge both Long Yi and Elsa. Although in the end, he was defeated by Elsa alone, the victory was still nominally Long Yi’s.
"Then let’s play a bit more, shall we?" It seemed his opponent had a good temperament.
"Sure, you won’t withstand my three moves anyway, bring it on." Long Yi said, drawing the greatsword he had just stashed back in private space.
The soldier in the cockpit’s enormous single eye widened in surprise. He thought this Henki guy really must have screws loose in his head, daring to spout such bold words like ’three moves’? Who do you think you are facing? A child walking the streets in civilian armor?
"Alright, here’s the deal, I’m giving you thirty moves, and I won’t attack. If you can touch me once within these thirty moves, you win," said the soldier.
"No need, no need, that’s too unfair to you. You don’t seem that strong either; I’ll just stick to three moves," waved off Long Yi.
"Hehehe, hahaha! Alright, alright, alright! Three moves it is! I’ll be watching closely!" The soldier gripped his energy sword tightly, just waiting for Henki’s three moves to finish so he could give him a painfully memorable lesson!
"Then, are you ready for my first move? Here it comes!"
Boom!
Almost with a roaring sound, one Henki was still standing in his original spot, while another Henki had already charged out! His speed was astonishing!
"Damn it!" Long Yi’s opponent immediately sensed something was wrong and hurriedly dodged to one side. But the Henki who had been standing still just vanished, and another avatar split off from the Henki who was charging!
"Second move!"
Two greatswords nearly simultaneously grazed the soldier’s armor, and in the most critical moment, his excellent reaction saved his life. But the two avatars didn’t split again; instead, they turned around on the spot.
"Third move!"
A reverse follow-through slash!
Crack!
Two greatswords, one cutting off the soldier’s helmet, the other shearing through his legs!
After the strike, one avatar disappeared. And Long Yi was standing still in his original place.
Bang!
The metal armor sprung open urgently, ejecting the soldier inside.
The fluid sequence of three moves was without a single flaw, and the onlookers hadn’t even realized what had happened before the fight was already over.
"See, I told you, three moves," Long Yi said as he put down the greatsword.
Everyone, including the Group Leader, was flabbergasted.
Because Long Yi had just used Doppelganger Slash! And that was something that regular soldiers only started to train with! But this Henki, who had just emerged from the training camp and had been called an idiot not so long ago, how could he use Doppelganger Slash! And to use it so flawlessly!
Long Yi could use Doppelganger Slash because he had learned it. With La Sang’s help and Long Yi’s talent for combat, he had already mastered most of the common techniques of his race. Doppelganger Slash was indeed a relatively low-level combat technique, but it was perfect for creating psychological pressure.
"So, what’s next?" Long Yi asked directly as everyone seemed frozen in place.
"Cough, cough, I think I’ve got a good grasp of your capabilities now. But I’d like to know, where did you learn Doppelganger Slash from?" asked the Group Leader.
"I saw an examiner use it once during training camp. And then I saw it a few more times just now. Because their movements were very slow, I managed to learn it," Long Yi said.
"Don’t joke! You’re saying you learned it just by watching me do it a few times?" The soldier who had just been defeated by Elsa didn’t believe it—especially since Long Yi had emphasized that their movements were very slow, which he found intolerable.
"Not just watching you a few times; didn’t I say? The examiner at the training camp had performed it once too," Long Yi said very earnestly—as someone pretending to be a fool should.
"Fine, if that’s the case, if I perform some techniques, can you learn them immediately?" The soldier jumped out again.
"I guess I could," Long Yi said.
"Fine, I’ll perform, and you learn! If you can’t, then roll back to training camp!" The soldier shouted.
This was the so-called prejudice. If Henki, whom Long Yi was playing, had been a regular guy, his victory with such strength would have immediately earned him respect as a powerhouse. But in everyone’s minds, Henki was firmly established as a fool. A fool could not possibly be a powerhouse. So your current victory must not be true strength; it must be mere luck!
Under the influence of such a mindset, the soldier jumped out.
"This move is called Crescent Slash!" shouted the soldier, as his energy sword drew an arc in the air, creating a slender, crescent-shaped energy slash. The energy flew across the training field at extreme speed and struck the distant metal target, leaving a trail of energy.
Long Yi nodded; this move was not much different from Dragon Wing Slash, just with different energy use. He had already learned how to perform it from La Sang. But just watching once and learning seemed less reliable, so Long Yi earnestly repeated the same motion. Of course, nothing happened.
"Hahahaha! What’s wrong? Can’t you learn it?" The soldier immediately burst into laughter.
"How long did it take you to learn it originally?" Long Yi retorted.
Three days, and hundreds of attempts.
The soldier thought so, but of course, he couldn’t voice that aloud.(To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for it on Qidian.com. Your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users, please visit m.qidian.com to read.)
