Chapter 6 Chapter 5 Sacrificial Sword

Jing Li completely soaked his face in the water, and it took a while to lift it up, raised his wet braided hair, and let out a long breath. After breathing several times, he lowered his mouth again and drank a few more mouthfuls of stream water to his heart's content, before sitting on the bank in satisfaction. Only a few feet away from Jing Li, another figure also stretched its head to drink water from the stream, it was the horse he was riding. "Haha..." Jing Li turned his head to look at it: "Are you thirsty too?..." Jing Li hadn't drunk water for a long time since last night, but the poison made him extremely thirsty, as if he hadn't had a drop of water for three or four days, and his throat seemed to be cut by a knife.Therefore, when Jing Li saw this stream, he still couldn't help but stop, and he didn't care that there were enemies hunting him behind.

After a round of strenuous riding, Jing burst into a lot of sweat, which helped him to dissipate the residual poison in his body; after washing his body and mind with cold water, he was fully awake at this moment, and the fluctuating cold and hot as if he was suffering from typhoid fever Feelings are gone too.It seems that the arrow poison has finally been completely overcome, Jing Li breathed a sigh of relief. Only now did he have time to think about the owner of the horse.Meeting that female warrior was actually only half an hour ago, but Jing Li's memory is very vague.Only the physical feeling of the moment of hugging her is the most vivid.

——Why is this happening? ...and she too... He knew very well that the tender feeling was not an illusion.In that brief moment, they did have a very strange communication through the body. This feeling is just like the feeling he felt when he and Hu Linglan were intensely practicing saber techniques.Thinking of this, Jing Li couldn't help beating his heart. He looked at the horse again.It is a rare steed that Jing Li has ridden.Huo Yaohua's mount was selected from the nearly one hundred horses that the King Shu had plundered. From this horse, as well as that first-class martial arts and saber, Jing Lie already guessed that Huo Yaohua is the leader of King Bolongshu—that is, the current mortal enemy.

Jing Li couldn't help sighing in his heart.He never wanted to fight a woman unless it was necessary - not because he underestimated a woman's ability, but because it was always a very uncomfortable thing for him to wholeheartedly swing a knife at a woman.This is completely different from the usual saber competition with Hu Linglan. Relying on this fast horse, Jing Li knew that it might not be easy for the enemy to pursue him, so he dared to rest.But it was still far away from Luling County, and he knew he was not safe, so he was ready to set off as soon as he drank enough water. Jing Li stood up and checked the injuries on his body again.The knife wound on the waist had stopped bleeding, and now there was a burst of burning pain, but it was not a hindrance; the bruises on the joints of the hands and legs showed no signs of slowing down, Jing Li pulled up his trousers, and saw that his right knee had already The swelling was bigger than usual, the joints couldn't be fully straightened or flexed, and the left shoulder was so weak that I couldn't lift my arm.Before riding a horse, he could only hold the rein with one right hand. Every time the horse took a step, he felt like a hammer hit his shoulder joint.

Jing Li couldn't help but start to worry: How will he fight the next battle if he is injured like this at a critical moment? ... But that will have to wait until after surviving. He limped to lead the horse, and suddenly felt a little strange. Jing Li's keen intuition, which he had cultivated in the southern wild jungles and islands for many years, sounded the alarm to him again at this time. Without saying a word, he grabbed the saddle with one hand, exerted strength with one foot, jumped onto the horse's back, shouted and urged the horse to run across the stream. Almost at the same time, he heard the sound of someone else's horse's hooves.

From the woods far behind. — Chasing soldiers! Jing Li raised his waist and hips, leaned forward, and urged the horse to speed up.The four hooves blasted fierce water splashes on the shallow stream. As he was walking in the middle of the shallow stream, there were three riders in the shape of "Pin" from behind, rushing out of the forest! The first to ride on it was the plum heart tree in black with scars all over his face.He has not slept all night, but he is still energetic and powerful, and the momentum of men and horses rushing towards him is like a hungry tiger.He only controls the reins with his left hand, while his right hand is holding a small circle of iron chain flying blades, shining metallic light in the sun.

Left and right behind him, there is a cavalry of Shu kings wearing five-color clothes closely following him. They have also pulled out their four-foot-long broad-bladed machetes from their sheaths, ready to fight on horseback. ——Jing Li was riding Huo Yaohua's horse, and his pace was indeed very fast. Mei Xinshu wanted to chase him at full speed, and could not care about most of the Shu King's followers.As a result, among the dozens of people who participated in the hunt, only these two riders were able to follow. ——However, three people are enough for Jing Li, who is seriously injured, loses all his weapons, and is starving and exhausted!

Three riders rode across the shallow stream.The quiet mountains and fields suddenly turned into a hunting ground full of murderous spirits. Jing Li's hands and legs are inconvenient, which inevitably affects the coordination between man and horse; Mei Xinshu is fierce and powerful, and the distance between the two horses gradually narrows under this short-distance burst of pursuit. They chased to an open field, and the pale yellow sand mist raised waves of smoke and dust.At this time, the west wind was blowing, and the four horses were all heading against the wind, which was even more unfavorable to Jing Li, who was exhausted.

Jing Li concentrated on riding, trying his best to match the running of the horse, hoping to maintain the speed.At this moment, he can only hope that this horse has a stronger lasting stamina than his opponent, and after this period, he can pull away again... But he heard a strange whistling sound from behind. I saw that Mei Xinshu was still maintaining a sprinting riding posture, but his right hand had already swung the iron chain, spinning above his head to accumulate strength.He didn't slow down a bit when he dismounted from the horse, and he was still staring closely at the cracked rear of the horse.

——It was obvious at a glance that Mei Xinshu and the cavalry had practiced this kind of horse fighting technique long ago. Jing Li caught a glimpse of Mei Xinshu's movement out of the corner of his eye, and knew something was wrong, so he hurriedly steered his horse to the right to dodge! The iron chain of the plum heart tree fell off. The iron chain was turned around to accumulate strength, coupled with the strong arm strength of the plum heart tree and the inertia of riding a horse, the animal-tooth-shaped curved blade at the front end was full of energy, and flew forward quickly!

——If this kind of flying blade attack on horseback is aimed at a human body parked on the ground, it will definitely have the lethality to penetrate the bones! Jing Li's horse is already very nimble, and can move sideways while galloping at full speed.But the iron chain of the Plum Heart Tree was too strong, although Jing Li avoided the attack on his back, but the curved blade fell along the way and hit the horse's left hind leg! The horse's legs couldn't withstand the flying blade attack and turned upside down. The horse suddenly turned to the left, and the broken body was knocked out of the saddle, and flew out into the air in front of the left! Jing Li's left rib was injured by a rock, and he was also stabbed in the waist. In addition, his left shoulder was severely injured, and his entire left upper body could not withstand the impact; when others were in the air, their natural reaction was to turn over and land on the right side instead. Protect these wounds. But he changed his mind halfway through. ——If even the right arm is bruised when it lands, and there is no power to fight back, then it is really over! In the end, he still suppressed his body's instincts and tried his best to retract his left arm to bear the impact of the landing! Dust exploded.The sharp pain from the three wounded people at the same time was like an explosion.Ordinary people would have fainted on the spot. Because the three riders behind were chasing too quickly, they instantly crossed the thorn crack that landed on the ground, and only then slowed down and turned around. Mei Xinshu shook his right hand, and the iron chain dragged on the ground flew backwards. He deftly stretched out his hand to catch the iron chain, and the chain wound around his wrist three times before stopping. on the arm side.This weapon is as obedient as a part of his body. With great willpower, Jing Li rolled into a half-kneeling posture along the falling trend, and struggled to support the ground with his right hand, not letting himself fall down.From the messy braids, he fixed his eyes on the three enemies who were three feet away. Because of the intense painful aftermath of the impact, Jing Li's breathing became shallow and rapid, and he could only use 30% to 40% of his usual deep inhalation.This weakened his physical strength and blood, and his originally dark face appeared pale. Unprecedented disadvantages. But the word "give up" never appeared in Jing Li's mind.Not once. In Mei Xinshu's eyes, this man, who was so wounded that he could barely stand up without any weapons on his body, still exuded a dangerous smell like a beast.Mei Xinshu's eyes half covered by the scar could not help showing admiration. ——It's a pity that I can't duel with such a guy. But the thought only crossed his mind for a while.Mei Xinshu immediately reminded herself: Ever since the night you left Wudang Mountain, you have given up that illusory pursuit... Jing Li looked at the Plum Heart Tree, and there was no hatred in his eyes either: this person can relentlessly hunt him down here, his will and ability can really teach him to appreciate. "You..." Jing Li had to take another breath before continuing to ask: "How did you find it?" "You have only yourself to blame for being unlucky." As Mei Xinshu said, he took out a short arrow from the leather pouch on the side of the saddle and threw it to the ground. It was the poisonous sleeve arrow used by the Shu kings, and there was a small trace of blood on the tip of the arrow. It was picked up by Mei Xinshu's subordinates at the foot of Qingyuan Mountain by accident.Mei Xinshu looked at it and concluded that Jing Li was injured by it.He is well aware of the properties of the "Blood Locking Killer" quenched on this arrow. If the victim does not die from the poison, he will be extremely thirsty, so he took a gamble and rushed to the nearest stream to search at full speed. He won the bet, and sure enough, he found the hoof tracks of someone fleeing on horseback. "Until the end, I don't know who is unlucky." Jing Li said, showing his usual smile when facing challenges. — This guy can still laugh! Mei Xinshu also smiled when she saw it.But this smile does not represent the slightest kindness. "Cut him." Mei Xinshu waved to the two subordinates. The two Shu King knights had been waiting impatiently for a long time. As soon as they got the order from Protector Mei, they immediately urged their horses to raise their swords, and rushed towards the half-kneeling Jing Li! Because of the previous defeat in the county town of Erhan and Han Sidao, Shu Wangzhong lost nearly fifty good horses, and there were not many horses left to ration; these two knights were awarded fast horses that could keep up with the plum heart tree , naturally because he is the top player among the disciples of the King of Arts.I saw that their riding skills were indeed very good. They stood upright on the saddle and raised their knives. The balance of their postures was very natural, and they were very skilled in horse fighting. Among the two, the rider on the right is a short, dark man with a tiger beard, his whole body seems to be full of energy when riding on the horse; the knight on the left has sharp eyes, and his figure is taller than the plum heart tree. The man raised the knife to the sky on the saddle, and the high tip of the knife brought a great sense of threat. They all scrambled to get the split head.This guy dared to visit the "Qinglian Temple" alone at night and killed many of their companions overnight. He must be an important figure in the enemy camp. If he was killed, King Bolongshu would definitely reward him; It was only a big mistake. If Shu Wang is happy, he may even promote heroes to replace them as "flag guards".This aroused the hearts of the two knights to compete for success. The wide and thick silver blades of the two machetes shone in the sun, and they quickly approached the thorn crack. Jing Li stopped laughing, and concentrated on calculating the distance with the other party, and there was still a moment to hand over. His right palm clutched the ground. The dark knight on the right came one step ahead, the machete had already been raised above his head, and he was about to swing down under the momentum of the horse—— Jing Li waved his arm and threw a large handful of sand up! The knight was suddenly attacked by something unknown, and he was busy closing his eyes and swinging his knife to block it - he had already witnessed the powerful dart knife from the bottom of the cliff last night. Going to take risks, the momentum of slashing suddenly collapsed. As soon as Jing Li sprinkled the sand, he rolled to the right, avoiding the charging horse. The other tall knight behind was also eager to slay Jing Li, so he stuck too close to the rider in front; Jing Li rolled to the right side of the previous rider, which was equivalent to using it to block the rear rider, and the knight was unable to strike. Also because the rider in front suddenly slowed down, he had to rein in his horse in embarrassment.Neither of the two cavalry could draw their swords, so they rushed past Jing Lie. It was all because the two knights competed for merit and did not cooperate well with the attack, which gave Jing Lie a chance to escape and temporarily avoided the first round of attack. This rolling dodge also allowed Jing Li to take the opportunity to check his physical condition: the movements of his right arm and left leg were normal and strong; although the waist and ribs were painful, there was no problem in exerting strength from the waist and hips. ——I can still fight! Jing Li was already thinking quickly about how to deal with the next wave of attacks. He glanced at the plum heart tree at the same time.The mount of the man in black was still parked in place, as if he really had no intention of joining.Jing Li didn't know the reason for a moment. He looked at the two knights who had turned their horses back.For the second attack, the two will definitely not be so reckless again, and will attack in coordination with each other. Jing Li doesn't have many tactics left.If you want to get out of the predicament, you have to gamble on this time. The two knights of the king of surgery looked at each other, and they both knew that this guy in front of him was not easy to deal with.If the delay continued and he still couldn't cut him down, Guardian Mei might get impatient.If he makes a move, both of them will lose the chance to make great contributions. "Divide equally," said the tall knight. The other person nodded: "No matter who killed it, you and I will slash him a few times later." The two of them made up their minds and slapped the horse's buttocks with the back of their sabers. This time, they rushed forward with a distance of about three horse lengths! ——Under this separation distance, even if Jing Li escaped the first strike, the second strike would strike him immediately before he had time to regroup! Mei Xinshu had an expression full of interest, looking at the three of them from afar, wondering how Jing Li would struggle to survive this time. Seeing the two riders starting to kill, Jing Li immediately used his left leg and one foot to jump sideways to change direction, his movements were quite embarrassing. The dark bearded knight couldn't help laughing: Is this guy crazy?Use one leg to jump, just want to avoid rushing with four horse legs? He moved with the thorn crack, adjusted the direction of the horse's sprint, and raised the machete at the same time.His tall companion was also behind him on the left, and he also made a posture of preparing to kill. Jing Li struggled to stand up, her injured right leg could only lightly touch the ground. But the look in that posture doesn't look like a hunted prey at all. After calculating the distance and direction, he suddenly stretched out his hand to his chest, and grabbed a small amulet in the large string of different amulets hanging around his neck.This gold-plated pentagonal amulet was a gift from a local eminent monk when he was practicing in the Ayutthaya Kingdom of Siam. Jing Li's finger holds the amulet, not to pray for luck or comfort.He never relied on gods and Buddhas, only believed in his own strength. Jing Li moved the golden amulet forward, as if to use it to ward off evil spirits. The amulet just reflects the oncoming sunlight and shines into the eyes of the knight in front! ——He kept jumping and moving sideways before, so he was looking for the best position to reflect the sunlight! Jing Li's move was not very sure-it was very difficult to use such a small amulet to accurately reflect the sunlight on the opponent's eyes, and the opponent was still a rider galloping at full speed, but fortunately, he could do it with one blow. middle! But this did not resolve the crisis.Although the bearded knight closed his eyes, he was already in the attacking position. Relying on the position he remembered a moment ago, he still swung down on the cracked head! Jing Lie jumped to the left, this time he took the initiative to meet the machete that had been cut down, and stretched his right arm upwards, his palm like a tiger's claw, and swiped towards the wrist holding the knife! "Empty hand into white blade"! ——In the martial arts, the "empty hand into the white blade" kung fu is often exaggerated as a magical skill, but it is actually a move that is used only when there is no other choice.To snatch the sharp blade with bare hands, even if the martial arts are many levels higher than the opponent's, it is very difficult to do, it is a dangerous move at all.Only a strange person like Gui Danlei, the "Suppressing Gui Dao" in Wudang, who possesses extremely subtle "Tai Chi" skills, can turn the dangerous move of "empty hands into white blades" into his own special skill. Now Jing Li has no other choice.He himself knew that it was not easy to succeed in this trick, and the enemy's knife came from the horse, the speed was twice as fast, and the chance of success was even lower.That's why he has to do everything possible to improve his chances of success. —Including distracting the enemy with the help of sunlight. Jing Li's "empty hand into white blade" is a combination of the "six bases of Huna" of the Tiger Venerable School in the South China Sea and what he learned in the Vaisaya Islands, which is extremely subtle. The moment before the blade touched Jing Li's arm, his tiger claw and tail finger touched the knight's wrist! The tiger's claw moved half a circle away, and released the knife to the side. Jing Li then flipped his fingers and claws very keenly, pinched his thumb, middle and ring fingers into a circle, grabbed the wrist, and pointed upwards. Lifting, flexing the wrist joint, the force of the cutting knife suddenly disappeared! In this short moment, Jing Li actually had two choices.One is to take advantage of the momentum of grabbing the arm, turn over and grab the opponent's horseback, pinch the knight from behind, and escape again on the horse. But Jing Li thought that doing so would only return to the initial state of chasing. The mount of this disciple of the King of Art is not as good as the steed of Huo Yaohua that Jing Li rode before. chained flying blades. ——If you want to go back, you can only decide the outcome here. So he chose the second option. Jing Li sank, sat on his legs, turned his waist, and pulled his right arm violently, tearing the bearded knight from the saddle! The other rider came after him in a blink of an eye. Seeing his companion being captured, the tall knight thought that I would take the credit for it. He turned the horse slightly to the left, leaned his body out of the right side of the saddle, raised his knife horizontally, and slammed He slashed across the defenseless Jingshen's head! At the very moment, Jing Li twisted the wrist joint that was captured by him, pointed the machete in his hand vertically to the sky, and blocked it in front of him—— Screams and crashes. It was the captured bearded knight who screamed.His wrist was twisted, but the knife in his hand had to withstand a strong horseback slash, his muscles and bones were broken, and the handle of the knife fell out of his hand. The knife that was out of his grasp could not completely block the power of the slash, the back of the knife flew into Jing Li's forehead, hitting him backwards and rolling, and the impact sound came from this. The tall knight slashed past again.Jing Li was not lucky because of this, although he was hit by the back of the knife and stared at his eyes, he still tried his best to kneel on the sand and searched for the machete that fell to the ground. On the contrary, the bearded knight with a broken wrist was still holding his injured arm and howling, completely forgetting that the dangerous enemy was still in front of him. This difference in will is the key to judging life and death. Jing Li crawled on the ground like a dog.He doesn't care how ugly it is. The important thing is that his palm was held on the handle of the machete first. Mei Xinshu and another knight suddenly discovered this, but it was too late to intervene.They could only watch helplessly as Jing Li knelt down on the chest of the Shu kings with his left knee, and immediately stabbed the tip of the blade down fiercely. Jing Li dragged the bloody machete and stood up again with the strength of one knee. The blood on his forehead flowed between his eyebrows, along his nose and into his mouth, he turned his head to look at the plum heart tree, grinned his stained red teeth, and showed the same smile again. "I told you earlier. I don't know who is unlucky." Mei Xinshu stopped smiling this time.His eyes, which looked like they hadn't woken up at first, were as cold as ice at this moment. When he was about to ride his horse forward to attack, the remaining tall knight shouted urgently: "Guardian Mei! Please give me another chance!" The disciple of Shu Wang had already got off his horse when he yelled, twirled the machete in his hand a few times, and then walked slowly towards Jing Crack. This man's name is Sun Kui, he was originally a robber, and he also practiced boxing, kicking and knife skills since he was a child. At first, he followed Huo Yaohua to commit crimes in Xiangyang area, and later he joined King Bolongshu with her.It is precisely because of being a horse thief that he has such good riding skills, and Huo Yaohua also gave advice on sword skills. He is really a first-line expert among the kings of art. In terms of strength, he is actually not far from Han Sidao. Seeing the thorn cracks covered in blood, Sun Kui's body was already on the verge of falling, and he really didn't want to give up this good opportunity to make great contributions, so he asked Mei Xinshu in this way. After two confrontations, Sun Kui has already judged: Jing Li can only jump with one leg at the moment because of a serious injury to his right knee, that is, he can only concentrate on one move each time; Fighting, on the contrary, is beneficial to him, he only needs to focus on the moment of confrontation. Sun Kui dismounted resolutely and switched to fighting on foot. Of course, Mei Xinshu also observed the situation of Jing Li, and saw that Sun Kui had made the correct strategy, and wanted to see the result, so he nodded to Sun Kui, relaxed his posture again, and prepared to wait and see for the third time Confrontation. Seeing Sun Kui approaching on foot, Jing Li said with a smile, "Finally, I don't have to look up at you." ——Although he was still talking and laughing, he actually knew something was wrong.Sun Kui's judgment was correct: if the opponent is riding a horse, Jing Li can still wait for work, and fighting on foot is even more difficult for him. A guy like Sun Kui, normally, Jing Li would be able to kill him within three moves; but now that his hands and legs are inconvenient, if Jing Li misses the first hit, he doesn't even know if he can stand steadily after that, and he can kill him at any time. He fell into a dangerous situation beyond redemption. - Find a way. As Sun Kui advanced, he reached into the pocket of the five-color robe and took out a "Zhaoling Pill".He held the pill up to his nose, crushed it with his fingers, the powder inside scattered out, and Sun Kui took a deep breath. He inhaled the "Zhao Ling Pill" through his nose like this, because the powder disperses, and the dose is much smaller than taking it orally. Although the effect is weaker, the effect of the medicine appears faster.The medicine powder was absorbed by the capillaries in the nostrils, which immediately stimulated his mind, his eyes were bloodshot, and his grinning expression was like that of a ghost. Jing Li didn't know what kind of medicine it was, but it was definitely not a good thing.Seeing that Sun Kui's approaching figure became more murderous, he was even more anxious to think of a way to deal with it. But at this moment, a smile appeared in Jing Li's eyes. Because he saw something. He was now facing east.At the end of the field in that direction, a shadow can be seen, which seems to be raising smoke and dust. are people.Someone is approaching on horseback. "Did you see it?" Jing Li still kept his eyes on Sun Kui who was approaching, but shouted loudly towards the plum heart tree in the distance: "Luck is starting to turn to me!" Mei Xinshu also noticed the small lonely figure riding alone.From this distance, it is not yet possible to distinguish whether it is an enemy or a friend—the east is also within the search range of the Shu Wangzhong—but Jing Li’s tone is very confident and certain, and Mei Xinshu can’t help but wonder: Did he really see it? ? ... ——Actually, Jing Li is not sure whether the Gu Ying who rushed over is his companion or not.He just never let go of any opportunity to influence the enemy's mind. Sun Kui, who took the "Zhao Ling Pill", turned a deaf ear to it at all.At this moment, all he had in his eyes was Jing Li's braided head. As far as Mei Xinshu is concerned, the safest tactic at present should be for him to act personally to quickly end the rift, and at the same time send Sun Kui to investigate the identity of the person who came from afar.However, now Sun Kui has completely entered a murderous frenzy, and Mei Xinshu can no longer call him. Mei Xinshu sighed, lightly rebuked the horse to start, and galloped towards the approaching solo rider. Sun Kui had already reached the fifteen steps ahead of Jing Li. Jing Li concentrated again.The only thing standing in his way of survival is this person and this knife. —over his corpse. Jing Li could no longer think of any clever strategies to increase his chances of winning. When there is no strategy, the only thing you can still rely on is the thing you usually trust the most. For Jing Li, there has always been only this in his life. Budo. ——Since one miss will put you in danger, I will try my best to order the first hit to hit. Twelve steps away.Sun Kui raised the machete obliquely with both hands.His figure was originally taller than Jing Li, and his aura at this time was more like pressing down from the top of a mountain. Jing Li felt every muscle in his body with all his heart—including those that were still usable, or those that had been injured and unusable, and tried to connect a thread from them to find out the most violent movement possible for this seriously injured body. ten steps. Jing Li's head was running fast.All the martial arts learned in the past fifteen years flashed in my mind one by one: the "flying mound knife" of the South China Sea Huzun School; Kungfu; the simple battlefield swordsmanship and the exquisite Yinliu swordsmanship learned by Satsuma...even the Wudang Kungfu I have witnessed over the past few years, the Qingcheng swordsmanship I absorbed when teaching Yan Heng, and the "Mind Sanhe Sword" taught by Dai Kui. "Fa Jin Mendao, Mr. Feihong taught his Kongtong martial arts in order to pass on the art to Tong Jing... These many martial arts are overlapping, accumulating, and precipitating in Jing Li's mind one by one; at the same time, according to his current limited mobility of limbs, a large number of branches are cut off, leaving only the most usable and most effective movements. ——This way of thinking in martial arts, Jing Li has learned it under the guidance of his uncle Pei Shiying since he was a child, but he still needs to spend a lot of energy and time on weekdays to select or combine different things; Under this condition, his brain seems to be many times faster than the daily activity, and his potential is fully opened. A knife move began to take shape in the mind. nine steps. Jing Li's body naturally squats lower, and the left knee at the back is deeply bent like a compressed spring; the upper body is completely leaned forward, and the back is arched high; below the knee. Jing Li had never put on a fighting stance like this before.This can't even be called a "frame" - he just let his body call and made such a posture naturally. At the same time on the other side, Mei Xinshu rode closer there.He is good at launching flying chains from a distance, and his eyesight is naturally extraordinary. From a distance, he can see that the rider is wearing a fluttering robe and has a long thing slanted behind his back, which looks like a weapon.When Mei Xin stood up, she released a section of iron chain wrapped around her right wrist, ready to attack at any time. eight steps.Sun Kui started to speed up and run forward, his knife and even his whole body were raised higher. To welcome him, he crouched on the chasm leaning forward, as if sticking out his head for Sun Kui to chop. "Perform what you have learned into a set of martial arts that truly belongs to you." Mr. Feihong once told Jing Li that day: "This is the only way to reach a higher level." The sword move became clearer in Jing Li's mind: how to stretch and tighten every inch of the body; the optimal killing distance; the angle of the blade's attack...all the details, all gradually became clear to the chest. All that remains is to wait for the opportunity to strike. Then let go of your mind. Put everything in your life into the moment. seven steps. Sun Kui was still running forward.The blade will not be fired. — This is the time. Jing Li's bent left leg exploded with strength.The straw sandals left the ground with sand smoke. His body was ejected horizontally forward, but instead of stabbing with the sword in his right hand, he used his injured left body to open the way, and threw himself at the enemy. With Jing Li's jump, he mentally "borrowed" from the stormy waves, and his body seemed to be rushing forward with the tide! Sun Kui suddenly realized that Jing Li was attacking from such a long distance, and that his whole body was flying towards him at high speed. Without even thinking about it, he slashed down the machete that had been prepared for a long time in advance, intending to cut Jing Li into two sides in midair. ! However, Jing Li's jump does not only include forward force. There is also rotation. His body turned half a circle in the air, and he seemed to lose his balance and fell to the right, completely exposing his back to the enemy. Sun Kui's machete went over the top of his head and was about to cut off the back of Jing Li's head! Jing Li combined the three layers of power of leaping, turning, and falling, turned around again in the air, and slashed out with a backhand move with the machete! Waves. Sun Kui could not see the light of the saber. ——When the knife move is too fast, even the light of the knife is hidden in the speed! Sun Kui's knife could only move forward four inches. Jing Li's machete cut into Sun Kui's forearms at a perfect angle! After all, Jing Li's physical strength was greatly weakened, and the new sword move he came up with in this crisis was also immature. The impact of the sacrifice was greater than he expected, and his palm couldn't bear it, so he broke away from the handle. He only had one leg exerting force, and he had put his whole body into that blow, without considering the balance of the ground at all, he flew over Sun Kui's side, and fell heavily on the ground! If Sun Kui continued to strike again at this time, Jing Li would undoubtedly die. However, there will be no more. Sun Kui fell face to face.The blood gushing from the broken arm flowed all over the ground, even the sand had no time to absorb it. At this time, Mei Xinshu could see clearly, the one riding in front of him, sitting on the saddle was a disciple of King Shu wearing a five-color robe.As soon as he recognized it was his subordinate, he hastily reined in his horse and turned his head to look again, but he had already missed Jing Li's saber move just now, he saw Jing Li and Sun Kui both fell down, and Sun Kui's body was continuously expanding with a large pool of blood. ——This guy, what magic has changed? Plum Heart Tree stared at the cracks on the ground. I saw Jing Li lying down for a while, then slowly propping up his upper body with one arm, breathing heavily.The sacrifice of his life just now consumed a lot of his remaining physical strength. Looking at the plum heart tree on the saddle from a distance, he spit out the sand that entered his mouth when he fell to the ground, and couldn't help laughing happily. That slash was so fast and fierce that Jing Li had never tried it in his life, but it was born in a critical situation where he couldn't move one arm and one leg, even he himself was very surprised. Even though it was such a long distance, Mei Xinshu seemed to see Jing Li's smug smile.He couldn't help thinking: ——Is this man really so hard to kill? At this time, Jing Li also saw clearly that the man riding from the east was not a companion, but a disciple of King Shu wearing a five-color robe.After finally killing two strong opponents, now there is another enemy, Jing Li is not discouraged. ——As many as come, kill as many as possible. He hurriedly got up and went to get Sun Kui's machete again. At this time, the disciple of the King of Shu had already reached the Meixinshu horse, but he didn't stop there. The horse passed him and was still galloping towards Jing Li's place. The moment he passed by, Mei Xinshu saw that disciple was carrying that long weapon: a narrow-bladed broadsword with a long handle and a shape that didn't quite resemble a Middle-Earth weapon. At this moment, Mei Xinshu knew something was wrong: the disciple of King Shu came, there is no reason not to salute and ask for instructions from his "Dharma protector"... He suddenly recalled: Didn't Jing Li last night also wear the five-color robes of the Shu kings? ... ——It’s a fake! Mei Xinshu kicked the horse's belly, urging the horse to chase after the person pretending to be the disciple of the Juggernaut. At the same time, he raised the iron chain hanging from the side of the saddle, and rotated vertically on the right side like a wheel.The curved blade scraped through the air at high speed, making a shockingly sharp whistling sound. The rider went straight to Jing Crack, and at the same time stretched out his hand to his chest, and untied the long Japanese sword behind his back. He already noticed that the Plum Heart Tree was chasing after him vigorously, and he didn't even care to look back, he only stepped up and galloped towards Jing Crack. Jing Li felt strange, looked at the comer, and found that the weapon in his hand was very familiar.Looking at the opponent's figure and riding posture again, Jing Li suddenly realized. He just rode a horse with this person last night! Xue Jiuniu was always worried about Jing Li, worried that his willfulness would harm the hero, so he came out without telling everyone in the county town, and searched outside the city all the way to Qingyuan Mountain.He thought that he might want to help Jing Lie, so he also brought out the Japanese sword that Jing Lie left in the city. As for the five-color robe of the disciple of the King of Shu, it was stripped from the corpses in Denglong Village last night. It was originally taken to keep warm for several rescued women because they were not covered with clothes; Last night, Jing Li pretended to be a disciple of Shu Wang and sneaked up to Qingyuan Mountain, so he followed suit. Sure enough, near the foot of Qingyuan Mountain, he relied on this robe twice to escape the eyes and ears of Shu Wang who were searching. Seeing the king of Shu coming out in a large-scale search, Xue Jiuniu was sure that Jing Li was in danger, so he ventured to search around, but he heard the sound of horses running nearby, and when he rushed to the stream, he found the three-on-one chasing hooves India, so I found this wild land. When Xue Jiuniu saw that Jing Li was covered in injuries, and he was limping when he walked and stood, he felt extremely anxious.Previously, he had used all his courage to approach the evil star of the plum heart tree, and now he didn't hesitate, there was only one thought in his mind: ——Be sure to send this long knife to Jing Xiashi! But the sound of hoofbeats from behind has hurriedly approached.He knew he was going to the limit. "Jing Xia, continue!" Xue Jiuniu swung his arms as hard as he could, and threw the Japanese knife forward from the horse. The moment the knife was released from his hand, a strong wind of the blade had swept from behind him. Xue Jiuniu, who has no martial arts, can't make any evasive reactions.A cloud of blood exploded from his back.The immature and healthy body suddenly lost energy, and fell limply from the horse. Xue Jiuniu was still far away from Jing Li when he threw the knife. Although he took advantage of the momentum of the galloping horse, the Japanese knife could only land a foot away from Jing Li. Jing Li's eyes tightened.He hastily used one hand and one foot, jumping and running to the place where the Japanese sword fell. After Mei Xinshu's blow, the horse still didn't stop, he pulled back the curved blade of the bloody iron chain with his right arm, swung it back half a circle, and swung it out again, directly attacking Jing Crack! Jing Lie kicked again with his left foot, almost jumping out in a horizontal line, stretched out his right hand, grabbed the handle of the Japanese sword on the ground, and raised it towards the front. The curved blade with the iron chain went straight to Jing Li's face, but was blocked by the sheath of the Japanese sword, and the iron chain was wound tightly around the sheath. Mei Xinshu yanked the iron chain violently.At the same time, Jing Li knelt and turned his waist, pulling the handle of the knife with his right hand. The four-foot blade with countless battle marks suddenly came out of its sheath. Jing Li half-kneeled on the ground sideways, raised the hilt of the knife with his right arm and placed it across his chest, the tip of the Japanese knife pointed directly at the plum heart tree. Between the two, Xue Jiuniu fell to the ground, drenched in blood and motionless. Jing Li stopped laughing. "Now it's finally only the two of us left." He stared coldly at the black-clothed formidable enemy: "Is this what you hoped for?" Mei Xinshu didn't answer him, but just shook off the scabbard wrapped around the iron chain, slowly retracted the iron chain with both hands, and then stepped off the saddle. The still fierce sun shone on their respective weapons. The summer wind blew across the field, and it was empty and silent. 我们不时看到一些高水平的身体跳跃运动与表演，比如职业篮球的飞跃灌篮、体操和舞蹈的翻腾，常会错觉某些活动仿佛能够违反物理引力似的，比如能够延长滞空的时间、在空中二度加速发力等等。其实这些动作效果都是身体高度协调所产生，特别是将动作里所有用不上的肌肉，置于完全放松脱力的状态，因此才能将力量的传达推到更贯彻的层次。 荆裂在危急中所领悟的舍身一刀，基本原理也是如此。所谓“舍身技”就是完全不考虑出招后的体势后果，或者任何接续下来的后着，将所有都投入在出招的一瞬间。 由于荆裂四肢里一手一腿都已受伤无从发力，他索性就将这半数的关节肌肉全部放松脱力，因此完好的右臂和左腿所爆发的力量，就更能毫无保留地传导到刀招上。例如大家常见到职业篮球员的飞身猛力灌篮，动作是何等快速强劲，但篮球员始终还要顾虑灌篮之后的着陆平衡；试想象假如他连着地都不顾，把预备着地用的肌肉都彻底放松，那空中动作的威力和速度又将推往更高点——当然在现实中，要克服那重重摔下的恐怖感，非常人所能办到。此所谓真正的“舍身”。 荆裂这刀招另一重点，是在于不平衡。因为只用一边手腿，他这飞跃动作的肌肉运动，本身就处于一种左右不平衡的状态，身体在空中时自然往一个方向自转，只要擅用这旋力，又能够把多一层力量加诸于斩击之上。这情形就好像飞刀或者飞斧，因为前后重量不平均，投掷出去时就能产生非常高速的旋转，命中目标的劲力，比重量平均的飞旋物要猛烈和集中得多，这是刀招运行得如此快疾的秘密。 当然这样的舍身刀招也有它难处：因为是空中全身旋转挥刀，没法看准着敌人出手，已经不能像正常招式般靠眼睛瞄准目标和判断时机距离，往往需要其他感官、直觉、经验甚至运气去填补，是一种高风险的“一击必杀”赌博，也是对武者胆气的严峻考验。

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