Chapter 28 The Final Battle

Now, only he and his master remained in the entire mountain forest. Xu Jingming unhesitatingly threw away the two shields in his hands, took out the two sections of the long spear from his back, connected them together with a twist, *ka*, and locked them into place.

At this moment, Xu Jingming was single-minded, his eyes only on his opponent.

"Now, the final is a foregone conclusion," Zhang Qing said softly on the commentary stage.

The host, Liu Xin, nodded, "With Wang Yi killed, only Xu Jingming and Teacher Liu Hai are left one-on-one on the battlefield. It must be admitted that there is still a big gap between Xu Jingming and the world's number one, Teacher Liu Hai. The result of this battle seems to be doomed. Teacher Liu Hai's team should win this Spark Cup competition."

"Of course, I also hope for a miracle, I want to be proven wrong." Liu Xin smiled brightly. "That would be a miracle that would shake the entire Xia country."

"The breakthrough of martial arts is not something that can be achieved overnight," Lei Yunfang said. "Xu Jingming and Liu Hai are too far apart. If Wang Yi were alive, there might still be variables. Liu Hai is too cautious and unwilling to put himself in a dangerous situation, so he solved Wang Yi first."

"He is very cautious," Zhang Qing nodded.

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"We're going to lose." Li Miaomiao, Wang Yi, Yang Qingshuo, Liu Chongyuan, Heng Fang, Xu Hong, Dai Tongda, Dai Xiaoqing, and many others, including many relatives and friends, were watching this battle.

Although they hoped that Xu Jingming could win, those with a bit of reason understood how slim the hope was.

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Xu Jingming suddenly charged forward, his combat boots stepping on the muddy mountain forest, his figure as fast as an afterimage, the dark red afterimage rushing straight at Liu Hai.

"Quite aggressive." Liu Hai held a shield in one hand and a saber in the other.

"咻."

Xu Jingming rushed close, and with a flick of his hand, a long spear was like a dragon, rotating as it stabbed towards Liu Hai! The dancing red tassel made the trajectory of the spear even more blurred and difficult to determine.

Liu Hai casually swung his saber, the saber light easily blocking and deflecting the spear shaft, causing it to go askew.

Xu Jingming's footwork changed, and the long spear instantly retracted and stabbed out again.

*Puff puff puff puff puff puff!*

In the live broadcast scene, Xu Jingming's long spear split into more than a dozen in an instant. Although more than ten strikes were made in succession, they were so fast that these ten or so spear shadows remained in people's vision at the same time, as if they were stabbing out simultaneously.

"The advantage of a spear against a saber and shield is the length of the weapon. My attack range is greater, but Master needs to get close."

"And the long spear is good at piercing! This is the fastest way to launch consecutive attacks."

Xu Jingming knew how to use the advantages of the weapon itself.

For a time, the spear shadows were like arrows shooting out, dazzling the eyes. Liu Hai held the shield in his left hand, but did not block with it, only using his right-hand saber to defend. His right-hand saber slashed left, right, down... actually, he was drawing arcs, and these arcs were all part of a circle.

With a single saber drawing arcs, no matter how swift Xu Jingming's spear techniques came, they were naturally blocked.

"The way of Tai Chi is best at defense." Liu Hai was very relaxed, he didn't even need to use a shield, just a saber was enough.

"Bang!"

Suddenly, one of the many spear shadows that Xu Jingming stabbed out suddenly used a *beng tiao* (snapping lift) to try to knock away the defending saber. Liu Hai's seemingly gentle saber light was much tougher at the moment of Xu Jingming's *beng tiao*. With a slight tremor, it dispersed seventy to eighty percent of the force of the *beng tiao*, and the rest was not worth worrying about.

"Peng." Xu Jingming's stabbing spear suddenly turned into a short-range chop, but Liu Hai's saber light was incomparably tough and also blocked this sudden chop.

In an instant, Xu Jingming was attacking frantically. His current fighting style was different from the past, focusing more on speed and instantaneous force. This made his moves more difficult to defend against, but Liu Hai was able to defend against them.

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"This young man from Xia country has a fierce spear technique." Among the Blue Star Alliance envoy group, the Sakura country envoy, who knew the most about spear techniques, also saw the ruthlessness of Xu Jingming's spear techniques. The Sakura country itself also had many people practicing spear techniques. Although kendo was prosperous in the Sakura country, spearmanship was second only to it, especially in cold weapon combat, where the advantages of the spear were too great compared to the sword... More than a month after the virtual world opened, the prosperity of spearmanship was already approaching kendo.

"This Xu Jingming, his spear technique, is fast. And many chopping, picking, and grabbing movements are very small, and they all explode with force in an instant. The charging action is very small, making it difficult for the opponent to resist." The Sakura country envoy looked solemn. "The video of this Xia country competition must be studied carefully in our country."

Envoys from countries such as the Tianzhu country and the White Eagle Federation also observed carefully, compared themselves with their own national experts, and became a bit solemn.

Because this Xu Jingming was at the top level in their country, and they couldn't see the limit of Liu Hai.

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Xu Jingming continued to attack for a full three minutes, exhausting his understanding of spear techniques, but Liu Hai still used a single saber to defend against all the attacks.

"Jingming, now I'll start attacking. And my attacks will become stronger and stronger, increasing indefinitely until I reach my limit." Liu Hai suddenly said in a private voice, "Let's see how long you can last."

As soon as he finished speaking, Liu Hai's saber techniques changed.

When Xu Jingming's long spear attacked like a poisonous snake again, a flash of saber light stuck to Xu Jingming's long spear, which made Xu Jingming quite uncomfortable. At the moment it stuck, the single saber slid down the spear shaft! Trying to chop off Xu Jingming's fingers holding the spear.

Sticking the spear and chopping the fingers, everything was natural and as fast as lightning.

"Bang." Fortunately, at the moment when his master's saber stuck to the spear shaft, Xu Jingming immediately released *beng jin* (bursting force), opening the distance between the spear shaft and the saber light, avoiding this strike.

"咻."

Liu Hai's saber light flickered, approaching again and again. As long as the saber light touched the spear shaft, it would stick to it and control it.

Xu Jingming was forced to retreat constantly, while using his long spear to shake off his master.

"Sticking the spear and chopping the hand, if you can block this move, then the next move will come." Liu Hai was leisurely, his moves were increasing in power, his saber skills were faster, sometimes gentle, sometimes fierce. Making Xu Jingming more and more strained, and in just one minute, he was forced to only defend.

A single saber forced Xu Jingming, who was holding a long spear, to only defend. Xu Jingming was also depressed, but the saber light was too terrifying! Even defending with all his strength, he felt that he might not be able to defend.

"How can someone practice saber techniques so terrifyingly? I've encountered many opponents, and I've seen many weapon techniques in the virtual world... But I feel that Master is far above everyone else, the gap is too big." Xu Jingming felt like he was suffocating.

He had fought Lei Yunfang, but Lei Yunfang's movement was terrifying, and his saber techniques did not pose much of a fatal threat to Xu Jingming.

Not to mention the others, Xu Jingming was able to suppress or even crush his opponents with his weapons.

Only when he met his master...

His master was like the sea, without end in sight. He always felt that he had tried his best, but his master still suppressed him with a single saber, making it difficult for him to breathe.

"Faced with this situation, I am too far behind my master in pure skills. The way to break it is either to break it with power or to break it with speed." Xu Jingming thought, "My evolutionary method hasn't been improved for long, and my body's strength is not as good as Master's. I'm definitely not strong enough. The only hope I have is instantaneous speed."

"Limit speed."

"My fastest move is Shadowless Thrust!"

When Xu Jingming was suppressed to the point of suffocation, he finally made a decision to make a final gamble.

In the past, he would use Shadowless Thrust when he found an opportunity and was confident.

This time, even though he had no confidence, he still had to use it.

Using it would expose a big flaw!

If he didn't succeed, he would die.

"It's now!"

When his master's saber approached, Xu Jingming exerted all his strength without warning.

His master's coercion, the psychological impact brought by the attention of countless people across the country, and the forced use of Shadowless Thrust without any certainty... all made Xu Jingming feel that this use was different from usual.

In the past, it was a fatal blow, sealing the throat with blood.

This time, it was a desperate assault! It was a strike that disregarded his own life! Xu Jingming was completely crazy.

"Boom."

When he disregarded his life and went all out to pursue speed, at this moment, Xu Jingming felt that when his muscles and bones were mobilized, he mobilized a deeper level of power, and the force of many muscle groups was faster, further increasing his speed. This was a faster speed than usual.

"Faster than any move I've ever used! Maybe, I can win!" When Xu Jingming thrust out this spear, he only felt that this move was incredibly wonderful, and even felt that he might win.

Liu Hai was still increasing the pressure as usual, to see how long his disciple could withstand. He was just using a normal saber, but who would have thought that Xu Jingming would suddenly explode with this spear.

The spear shadow was too fast! Liu Hai's scalp tingled.

"Not good." Liu Hai didn't even have time to move, and his left-hand shield immediately closed. *Peng*, the spear shadow stabbed on the shield!

The shield was, after all, the best weapon for defense. Moreover, Liu Hai's one-handed shield was larger than Xu Jingming's shield. As long as he slightly retracted the shield, he could block a large area.

When the shield blocked it, it naturally rebounded, and Liu Hai also found that Xu Jingming's long spear was shaking, revealing a clear flaw.

*Huff.*

Naturally, Liu Hai took a step forward, and a flash of saber light pierced Xu Jingming's throat, piercing through it.

"It was blocked." Xu Jingming murmured, his most pinnacle strike that surpassed the past, a strike that was extremely fast, was still blocked. It wasn't blocked by the saber, but by his master's shield.

"It can be considered forcing Master to use the shield." Xu Jingming's figure was illusory and dissipated into the mountain forest map.

Only one person remained in the entire mountain forest, holding a shield and saber, Liu Hai, who was a little scared: "This silly kid, that last move was really fast."