owlsbooks Chapter 593: 2-Knife Meteor Explosion Air Strike
Chapter 593: 2-Knife Meteor Explosion Air Strike
Chapter 593: Two Swords Style: Starburst Air Stream Slash
Time passed little by little, and the sun in the game gradually set.
The setting sun slowly sank below the horizon, and the afterglow filled the sky, dyeing it a warm orange. The sun's rays gradually became softer, making people feel lazy and indolent.
However, today's sunset did not dampen the players' enthusiasm. As time went on, the scene became abuzz with heated discussions.
"Hey, who do you think will be the winner?"
"I guess it's Her Highness Alice! Because I've put all my wealth on her!"
"What a coincidence, so am I!"
The audience all thought Alice would win.
But I always feel that their support is not based on professional analysis, but simply because they think Alice is cute.
In fact, it’s not just them. Other players with ideas are also a little confused.
Both of them are one-handed sword players, with top levels and equipment. It seems that the only way to determine the winner is through their own operations. However, they have both defeated so many strong enemies and entered the finals, so how could their dueling skills be bad?
Diabel, Klein, Asuna and the others didn't know who would be the final winner, but this duel would surely go down in the history of Aincrad!
On the viewing stand.
Heathcliff also noticed the audience's thoughts and turned to say, "Vice President Xiaolin, who do you think will be the final winner?"
"Alice." Xiao Lin answered without any hesitation: "I know her strength very well, and she is my sister. There is no reason for me not to vote for her."
"Oh, is it so."
Heathcliff, however, seemed to have seen through everything and said, "I think Mr. Kirito will win."
"President Heathcliff, you didn't say that on purpose, did you?" Xiao Lin turned his head and glanced at him: "To create suspense, or to take this opportunity to make a bet with me and gain some benefits?"
"No, I didn't mean that, and I wasn't trying to create suspense. I really thought Kirito-san would win."
Heathcliff shook his head.
Kobayashi could feel his seriousness, as if he had seen through everything and believed from the very beginning that the winner of this world's number one martial arts tournament would be Kirito.
"President Heathcliff looks good on Kirito?"
"exactly."
"Then after this duel is over, why not have a match with the winner of the finals as an additional entertainment match?"
"Vice President Kobayashi's suggestion is a good one, if there is a chance."
Perhaps Xiaolin's suggestion woke Heathcliff up, and a light flashed in his eyes.
Kobayashi thought that he was the type who didn't like fighting with others. After all, during the BOSS strategy battle, he always stood in front of everyone in a defensive posture, but now it seems that this is not the case.
Soon, it was six o'clock in the evening.
Sato Kazuma walked onto the competition stage.
"Okay, audience friends! I believe you have been waiting anxiously, but it doesn't matter, our finals will be here soon! There is no need to say more to heat up the atmosphere, now the time has come, let us———— invite out the two contestants who will duel tonight!"
“Kirito——————”
The black-clad swordsman slowly walked out from the left side of the arena. Although his black attire made him look very mysterious, his handsome appearance and his dazzling sword skills made many people become his loyal fans.
Unfortunately, his opponent was more famous.
"And, Alice——"
The idol princess walked out from the right side of the arena, with a loving smile on her cute face. Whenever she waved to the audience on the stage, she would receive enthusiastic cheers. Compared to the slightly famous Kirito, Alice was obviously more popular.
"Both parties, please stand on the competition stage."
Sato Kazuma motioned for the two to come up and handed them the microphone.
"Do you two have anything to say?"
The finals had an extra pre-match declaration compared to the quarterfinals and semifinals. One could say some trash talk like "I will prove here who is the world's number one jungler... no, the strongest swordsman in Aincrad." However, both players seemed to be very friendly.
"Well... I hope you can show your true strength."
"What a boring speech. So, what about you, Alice?"
"I hope it can be a friendly battle."
"As expected of Alice! She perfectly expressed the meaning of friendship first and competition second!"
Sato Kazuma howled loudly.
Not only Kirito, but even the audience in the audience couldn't stand it anymore.
This scumbag is really hypocritical.
"Okay, let's end this boring pre-match announcement. Let's quickly get into the exciting, thrilling, back-and-forth fight... No, let's duel!"
“Hey, Kazuma, you just mentioned fighting, right?”
"Don't worry about such trivial matters! Kirito, please initiate the duel request."
After being dismissed with an excuse that was not even perfunctory, Kirito felt that the difference in treatment between him and Shin was too serious, but he still honestly sent Alice an invitation to the half-loss win-lose mode.
Alice accepted it obediently.
A huge blue light curtain appeared in front of the two of them, and the ten-meter-long circular venue covered the entire arena.
Sato Kazuma left quickly, leaving the stage to the remaining two people.
10, 9, 8...
As the seconds counted down, Kirito's mind gradually tensed up. Although there was a small incident in the semi-finals, there was no time to think about other things. The most important thing now was to win the game.
But the girl in front of me is really strong, without any flaws at all.
From Kirito's perspective, Alice held the sword tightly with both hands, her body straight. This was the fighting posture of the Kingdom Knights, and Kirito felt he had no idea where to start.
This girl must be very strong in real life!
7, 6, 5...
But, I won’t lose!
Although it is not obvious, Kirito has his own dignity, which can also be said to be the self-esteem and pride of the player. In the game, no matter who the opponent is, he will not admit defeat.
This is something that almost every player has, like why can he win, it is obviously me who is stronger... Especially the top players, they will never admit defeat to anyone.
In reality, it is the so-called "there is no first in literature and no second in martial arts".
3, 2, 1...
Start!
When the countdown ended, Kirito rushed forward with a one-handed sword.
Maybe in anime or comics, the person who attacks first seems weaker, like in a certain food show, the one who is eliminated is the student who serves the dish first, but this is not the case. On the contrary, attacking first can seize the initiative and make the opponent follow your rhythm.
This is true whether it is a game or reality.
He was sincerely thankful that he had studied kendo for two and a half years, so he could understand this.
Kirito's level is very high, so the values are also very exaggerated. Although the distance between the two is about five meters, he rushed in front of Alice in just one step, and his one-handed sword was shining with a strong blue light.
This is the Angry Thrust, a basic charge technique for a one-handed sword.
However, Kirito was smart enough not to use his entire move. With his one-handed sword proficiency at 700, he forcibly interrupted the charge skill, then changed his posture to a two-hit horizontal arc slash, using the system to forcibly determine it as a success.
Alice obviously didn't expect Kirito to do this. She raised her one-handed sword in a panic and barely blocked the move.
Sure enough!
Games are different from reality. Many actions in reality cannot be performed at all. For example, if you want to do this in reality, not to mention the move, you will definitely sprain your ankle and fall to the ground, unable to get up. But it worked in the game.
Alice, although very powerful in reality, doesn't quite understand the game's judgment mechanism, so she seemed flustered by her sudden change of tactics.
This is his advantage!
Kirito clenched his fists.
Alice also knew this method of attack, but she couldn't modify it at all so she couldn't use it. Of course, there was also the reason why Kobayashi didn't let her modify it.
Games are games, reality is reality.
There is no need to throw away watermelons to pick up sesame seeds.
However, it doesn't mean there is no solution. Since I don't know how to use it, I might as well just block it all!
Alice did the same.
She used her one-handed sword to block all of Kirito's attacks. After all, their levels, equipment, attributes, and even professions were almost the same. In addition, Alice was more accustomed to fighting than Kirito, so after being flustered at the beginning, she quickly got used to Kirito's attack style and fought back.
Kirito continued to swing the one-handed sword in his hand, but he couldn't break through Alice's defense.
He had only experienced this feeling of powerlessness when he blindly challenged the floor boss alone during the SAO beta test, and as time went on, the pressure came to Kirito.
No, if we continue like this we will lose!
Kirito gritted his teeth secretly.
Although the skills are the same, Alice's control and proficiency in releasing skills are obviously one level higher than his. This should be the reason why Alice is more accustomed to fighting in reality.
The battle between the two gradually became more intense.
The audience were all cheering for Alice, believing that she would be the winner in the end. Only a few people, such as Asuna, Yuki, and Silica, were cheering for Kirito.
Are we going to admit defeat here?
There was nothing wrong with admitting defeat. He could get a top-level weapon anyway, which was a good deal for him. And the winner was Alice, who was not as bad as he had imagined.
…Even though he said that, Kirito still felt a little unwilling.
"Kirito, come on! Don't lose!"
Suddenly, Asuna cheered for him in the audience, and Kirito seemed to have made up his mind after seeing this.
He transferred the white sword in his left hand to his left hand, then put his right index finger and middle finger together and slid the menu bar downwards. A sword appeared behind him, and then he slowly pulled the sword out.
"what?!"
"Hey...what's going on with that?"
"Why can this person use two weapons? Is there a bug in the system?"
Kirito suddenly held two one-handed swords, which left the audience on the stage dumbfounded. They all wondered if there was a bug in the system.
Kobayashi was slightly surprised. He didn't expect that he would still use the dual sword style.
Thanks to the intervention of Kobayashi and others, Diabel did not die on the first level, the gap between closed beta players and ordinary players was not that big, and Xing did not die in the middle of the journey due to Kirito's negligence. So Kirito, who was not targeted, excluded, or injured, did not choose to hide his shortcomings, but took out his second sword in this situation where everyone was paying attention.
The Aincrad walkthrough was already halfway completed, and Kobayashi had thought that the dual-wielding skill would no longer exist, but it still appeared on Kirito.
Well, the reason why Kobayashi and others didn't get it has been found.
It must be that Kayaba Akihiko thought they were problematic accounts, so he ignored them on purpose, or maybe they didn't have any codes or anything like that to represent their identity in the system, so they were ignored by the system. Otherwise, it is hard to explain why Alice, Krillin and others, whose reaction speed is more flexible and faster than Kirito, did not get the dual-wielding skill.
No wonder before the duel, Heathcliff was certain that Kirito would win. He must have known that Kirito possessed the skill of dual swordsmanship.
...No, in the original story, Kirito acquired the dual sword style when he was on the 50th floor, so he knew about it a month ago?
And when the dual sword style appears, the outcome of the duel is already determined.
Games are different from reality.
In reality, if you are hit by a sword, no matter how strong you are, you will be affected. However, in the game, numbers determine everything. Even if you are besieged by dozens of people, as long as the recovery speed is higher than the damage caused, you will not be affected at all.
Moreover, the two weapons of the dual-wielding technique not only increase Kirito's attack power of top-level weapons, but also have other benefits.
For example, after using a skill in battle, his other weapon can block without being affected by the system, which means that he can completely switch himself without any stiffness.
For example, he will have a new skill bar, and the two-handed sword's advanced skills will also be available to him. The most famous of these is also the strongest skill that Kirito can use at this stage.
——Starburst Air Stream Slash!
Kirito held two swords in a strange posture that he had never seen before, facing Alice from a distance. He seemed to be waiting for Alice to prepare for defense. Alice also changed her posture, half-bowed and placed her long sword across her chest, which was the sword technique she used in reality.
Let me state this again.
The difference between advanced players and top players is whether they have their own unique sword skills. As Alice is one of the best among the top players, she certainly has her own sword skills.
As the momentum of the two men continued to rise, the audience who had been whispering just now couldn't help but hold their breath and concentrate, all attracted by the upcoming battle.
Then, at a certain opportunity——
“Haaaaaa——”
Kirito roared as he charged towards Alice with two swords in hand, slashing horizontally, charging horizontally, spinning, slashing with both swords in parallel, crossing downward, crossing upward, charging downward, and alternating left and right.
The violent sword moves kept slashing at her like the sea, causing Alice's thin body to retreat step by step.
She wanted to block all the attacks, but it wasn't that the skills were unblockable, it was that the skills had a unique stiffness. In reality, Alice could knock Kirito away with her own strength, but in the game, she couldn't resist it at all. Even with her own eight-hit combo, she could only block a few of them.
Alice's health points kept dropping. Knowing that she would lose if she continued like this, the idol princess was forced to use Horizontal Four Direction Slash to temporarily create some distance. However, Kirito saw through her move and ended it with a thrust, successfully reducing Alice's health points to less than half.
You Win!
A blue light screen appeared above Kirito's head.
There was silence.
Then--
Snap, snap, snap, snap
I don’t know who started clapping first, but soon the other audience members came to their senses and gave their most sincere praise to the two people on the stage.
The final winner of the first world martial arts competition is——
Kirito!
(End of this chapter)