Chapter 1013 - 906: Arena Duel
Chapter 1013 - 906: Arena Duel
"That's right, I remembered that here at the Ascension Academy, there's an arena. The academy allows anyone to duel on the arena as long as no one dies, the academy won't interfere much!"His heart was filled with joy, and the next day, he rushed to the arena at Ascension Academy.
Initially, he thought the arena at Ascension Academy wouldn't have too many people.
But after entering, he realized that there were at least a hundred people gathered here.
Everyone was watching the martial artists fighting on the stage, their eyes wide open, hoping to learn more skills from the competitions.
Duan Gujin glanced around and discovered that there were actually three stages here, with martial artists dueling on each one.
Those martial artists on the stage were competing with wooden swords and wooden knives. The battles weren't excessively fierce, but both sides were exerting all their strength.
They all understood that only by unleashing their full potential in a duel could they find weaknesses in their skills.
Duan Gujin let out a heavy breath. He watched for a while and saw one martial artist using a longsword to face off against another also using a longsword.
His eyes flashed as he used the Mirror Image Divine Power to 'engrave' the sword moves of the martial artist on the stage.
After a while, he realized there was an additional memory in his mind.
He quickly accessed that memory and found that it was the sword moves used by the martial artist he was currently observing.
He exhaled deeply and began practicing on the side.
He wanted to know how quickly he could master the opponent's skills. Fifteen minutes later, he found that he had already mastered the skills 'engraved' by the Mirror Image Divine Power.
Although he did not know the names of those sword moves, he had grasped the essence of them.
Initially, Duan Gujin thought the Mirror Image Divine Power could only teach him the form of the skills it engraved, and it was unlikely to teach him the essence of those skills.
However, he now discovered that the Mirror Image Divine Power could also analyze how the inner strength of the sword moves was performed.
"This Mirror Image Divine Power is indeed magical!"
His eyes flashed with interest in the Mirror Image Divine Power, wanting to know what other wonders it held.
"Look, that person's sword moves are amazing!"
The martial artists present were all discussing the swordsman who had just repelled the continuous attacks of four martial artists.
And Duan Gujin had just learned the moves of that swordsman.
Duan Gujin inquired for a while and learned that the swordsman he had learned from had already repelled the attacks of four martial artists.
"Everyone, is there anyone else who wants to come up and challenge me?"
The swordsman said politely.
"I'll come!"
Duan Gujin immediately raised his right hand and said excitedly.
"Alright, come on up!"
The swordsman let Duan Gujin up.
Duan Gujin leaped onto the stage. He swung his right hand and grabbed a wooden sword from a table below the stage.
He swung the wooden sword a few times to familiarize himself with it.
Then he practiced the swordsman's moves and said to him, "My friend, I'm going to use your moves to defeat you!"
Duan Gujin said.
"Ha ha, you can't learn my moves!"
The swordsman shook his head, considering Duan Gujin nothing but a novice in his mind.
He took a deep breath and swung the wooden sword in his hand.
After a while, the wooden sword in his hand flickered with white light, as his primordial energy condensed on the wooden sword.
The swordsman saw Duan Gujin similarly, his wooden sword flickering with white light, as primordial energy condensed on the sword.
In his mind, Duan Gujin was just messing around.
If a swordsman merely grasped the form of the enemy's swordsmanship without understanding how primordial power flowed inside the body, stored energy, attacked, and the timing of attacks, then that swordsman's swordsmanship was vulnerable.
In the eyes of the swordsman, Duan Gujin was now mimicking his swordsmanship completely.
"Are you my fellow disciple?"
However, after observing Duan Gujin for a while, the swordsman felt somewhat puzzled, as he found the opponent's primordial power flow completely similar to his.
"I shouldn't be, I just happened to learn your sword moves. I'm going to use your moves to defeat you!"
Duan Gujin said.
"Oh, I see!"
The swordsman took a deep breath, his eyes flickering with a bright light.
In the next moment, the wooden sword in his right hand emitted a white light.
He flashed and turned into an afterimage, disappearing from his original spot.
When Duan Gujin observed the swordsman earlier, he already knew the opponent had such a move.
Although he didn't know the name of this move, he learned how the opponent performed it from the Mirror Image Divine Power.
If he wasn't trying to use the learned moves from the Mirror Image Divine Power against the swordsman now, he would use Domain Power to locate where the swordsman was now.
The swordsman's swordsmanship instantly pierced through the void, forming a spatial crack in front of him with powerful primordial power, allowing him to traverse the void directly to Duan Gujin's vicinity.
Other martial artists would decisively use Domain Power to protect themselves after sensing this move, preventing him from piercing through the void directly near them.
Generally, using Domain Power can block the swordsman from closing in.
Blocking the swordsman from closing in allows the martial artists to counterattack.
Yet Duan Gujin did not employ Domain Power. He used his Divine Sense to precisely capture the distance as the swordsman approached, allowing his wooden sword to turn into a poisonous snake, striking the position the swordsman was about to reach.
Clang! Clang! Clang!
Next, the spectators below the stage saw Duan Gujin directly intercept the spot where the swordsman was about to land.
They all showed expressions of shock, gazing at Duan Gujin with astonishment.
Many among them had faced the swordsman, personally experiencing how formidable the swordsman's move was. Even though they used Domain Power to block the swordsman's close-in, it was hard for them to execute their own moves after he got close.
But that young man didn't use Domain Power, yet blocked the swordsman's approach.
The crowd saw the similarities between Duan Gujin's moves and the swordsman's, prompting a possible idea.
"Could that young man be the swordsman's fellow disciple?"
"How can this be?"
After the exchange, the swordsman was stunned to find his opponent's swordsmanship incredibly similar to his, and remarkably skilled.
The scenario before him forced him to think that Duan Gujin had also learned his swordsmanship, as if they were fellow disciples.
"Are you my fellow disciple? Otherwise, how would you know my swordsmanship?"
The swordsman swiftly retreated more than ten steps and then asked.
"No, I just incidentally learned your swordsmanship and want to spar with you. I'm not your fellow disciple; I genuinely had good luck learning your swordsmanship!"
Duan Gujin said earnestly.
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