Chapter 658: Chapter 275: The Stunning Sword Puppet, Rebranding, Cloud Dragon Army (Part 2)
Xia Hong immediately saw through Yuwen Daoâs intention, but simply gave it a decent evaluation.
Clang......
The reason was simple. Although the new Sword Puppet was smaller than last yearâs model, it still stood over three meters tall, significantly larger than a human. Moreover, with Xia Chuan controlling it to stand beside him, Yuwen Daoâs plan was doomed to fail.
Xia Chuan merely manipulated the strings with his left hand, causing the puppet to abruptly raise its left arm, horizontally blocking Yuwen Daoâs broad sword with a large blade.
At the same time, the small dagger in Xia Chuanâs right hand suddenly transformed into a black large knife over a meter long. With a swift upward motion, he slashed out a black blade from top to bottom towards Yuwen Dao.
In martial duels, naturally, they avoid fatal moves. Just as when Yuwen Dao charged at him a moment ago, targeting his limbs, Xia Chuanâs strike was aimed at Yuwen Daoâs left shoulder.
Clang... Whoosh...
The broad sword and black blade collided, producing a crisp sound of metal clashing. Subsequently, a shockwave emanated from the two as the center, sweeping away the already thin layer of snow on the ground entirely, exposing bare earth to form a circular area of about four or five hundred meters.
Buzz!
The crowd of onlookers surrounding the area finally realized why Xia Hong had set the venue for the Cold Resistance Level duel to be five hundred meters in radius.
But realizing it now was a bit late.
The shockwave spread outward, and while the thirty-something Cold Resistance Level individuals fared better, the hundred Earth-digging Realm ones suffered. They all planted their weapons into the ground, then gripped them with both hands, gathering their strength to brace themselves.
The aftershocks from the earlier skirmish between Luo Yuan and Chen Yingyuan had already been enough to knock them down; later in the battle between Yuwen Dao and Peng Bo, they also couldnât keep their footing.
And now, this shockwave generated by Xia Chuan and Yuwen Dao was clearly more terrifying than the previous two encounters.
If they didnât take any precautions and got flung away, it wouldnât be too bad, but getting injured would be too embarrassing.
Everyone gritted their teeth, watching the shockwave approach.
Just as the aftershock was about to arrive, Xia Hong at the very front moved.
He simply extended his right leg and stomped the ground.
Boom!
Everyone felt the earth under their feet shake, and the once formidable shockwave approaching them was instantly nullified.
Including the more than thirty Cold Resistance Levels, everyone was dumbfounded.
"Just a stomp of the foot, I didnât even see the leader exert any force."
"The leaderâs strength is incredible!"
.........
While the crowd at the sidelines was astonished by Xia Hongâs effortless stomp, the battle between Xia Chuan and Yuwen Dao in the field had already reached an intense peak.
The black blade Xia Chuan had just slashed with his right hand didnât manage to hit Yuwen Daoâs left shoulder because Yuwen Dao used the momentum from the clash of his broad sword and the Sword Puppet to spin his body mid-air, directly moving to the rear of the Sword Puppet.
It was clear to Yuwen Dao that defeating Xia Chuan without considering the Sword Puppet was impossible, so he shifted his target directly to the Sword Puppet.
He gripped his broad sword with both hands, avoiding the Sword Puppetâs large blades on its limbs, frenziedly hacking and slashing at its body and main frame. After a series of clashing sounds, he indeed managed to slice off quite a few pointed blades.
"His broad sword is also at the Thousand Forged Level. The pointed blades on the body and frame of Xia Chuanâs Sword Puppet are made of Hundred Forged Material, so they naturally canât withstand it."
Xia Hongâs eyes flashed with appreciation as he watched Yuwen Dao.
Because the Sword Puppet was covered in pointed blades, Yuwen Dao had to avoid them. Thus, his maneuvering space in the battle with Xia Chuan was greatly constrained.
Cutting off those pointed blades should just be the first step.
The next step would likely be targeting the main limbs!
Just as Xia Hong predicted, after severing quite a few pointed blades, Yuwen Dao indeed targeted the Sword Puppetâs limbs, specifically the large blade at the end of the right leg.
However, Xia Chuan wasnât easy to deal with either.
The pointed blades on the Sword Puppetâs main frame were damaged, but Xia Chuan didnât panic at all. His left hand continued to control the limbs aggressively attacking, continually compressing Yuwen Daoâs movement space. Simultaneously, his right hand repeatedly slashed out black blades, pushing Yuwen Dao step by step away, preventing him from focusing his attack on the Sword Puppetâs right leg.
"Breaking a point to a surface, Xia Chuan is controlling the Sword Puppet with one hand, so itâs hard to maintain balance. He saw this point, so if he just breaks the right leg, Xia Chuan wonât be able to control it with one hand. This Yuwen Dao, his combat talent is indeed amazing!"
Clang......
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The broad sword collided with the right leg once more, and sparks violently erupted. Xia Chuanâs little finger suddenly flexed, and the Sword Puppetâs hands raised high, vertically slashing down at Yuwen Daoâs sword-gripping hands.
"Not dodging?"
Xia Chuanâs intention was to force Yuwen Dao to abandon attacking the Sword Puppetâs right leg. Such a scene had already occurred three or four times, so this time he didnât expect anything different, believing Yuwen Dao would dodge.
But as it turned out, he was wrong this time!
This time Yuwen Dao didnât dodge. Instead, he forcefully pressed down with both hands, actually bending the large blade on the Sword Puppetâs right leg.
"If youâre going to underestimate like this, youâve already lost..."
With the Sword Puppet suppressed, Xia Chuan himself was still able to move.
He vigorously maintained the Sword Puppet with his left hand, leaping high, his right hand wielding the knife drawing a black arc in the air, slashing straight towards Yuwen Daoâs back.
Whoosh......
At the battleground, Xia Chuan had already unleashed his Holy Pattern, boosting his strength by thirty percent, making it over eight éŹ, even surpassing Yuwen Dao.
But the problem was, at this moment, he was wielding the knife single-handedly!
Holding the knife in one hand meant he couldnât exert his full strength.