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Chapter 354: The benefits of embracing the dark side of the force! Dual blade fight!
Paul said to Raddus with an apologetic look: "I'm sorry that you became the target of the Executor, but I had to do it."

Admiral Raddus seemed very generous. He just waved his hand and chuckled, "Someone has to stay and sacrifice. From the moment we decided to resist the empire, the ending was already determined."

"Either overthrow the tyranny of the Galactic Empire, or die in the uprising."

There were raging fires everywhere inside the battleship, and it would soon spread to the bridge headquarters, so Raddus didn't have the heart to chat with Paul or say too many sweet words.

"Listen, there is another light cruiser, the Tantive IV, in the hangar of the Raddus. You need to take Princess Leia away from here as soon as possible."

"Please bring the Death Star design information back to the Rebel Headquarters, please!"

The Princess Leia that Raddus mentioned is the daughter of Anakin Skywalker, but since Anakin joined the Empire and became Darth Vader.

Leia was sent to the planet Alderaan by Jedi Master Obi-Wan Kenobi and was adopted and raised by Senator Bail Organa.

Now she is a key leader in the Rebel Alliance and an operative sent to steal the Death Star blueprints.

"Okay, I see."

Paul nodded and said that since he came here, he must do something for the rebels to make up for their heroic sacrifice.

Afterwards, Paul left the bridge and headed straight for the hangar below, while Admiral Raddus still stood on the burning bridge, determined to live and die with the Raddus.

At this moment, the crew of the Rebel Alliance hurriedly operated the computer device to save the design of the Death Star in a card-sized chip, wanting to take away this important information.

However, the interior of the battleship was severely damaged, and many passages on the ship were impassable, either blocked by fire or with huge holes in the hull.

The people in the cabin were sucked into outer space.

They finally found a relatively safe passage, but the gate was stuck and could not be opened normally.

This made many rebel crew members extremely anxious. No one wanted to die on the desolate edge of the galaxy, let alone die in such a miserable way at the hands of the Imperial Army.

At this time, the boarding landing force that set out from the Executor had successfully arrived on the Raddus, and a large number of Imperial storm troopers began to slaughter the rebel crew members wantonly.

The Empire's attitude towards these rebels has always been to kill them all, leaving no one alive!
Just as the rebel crew was about to force open the gate and leave with the Death Star design chip, a terrifying red beam suddenly appeared in the corridor behind them.

Darth Vader, the Sith Lord, wearing a black cloak and black power armor, actually came to the Raddus in person to look for the whereabouts of the Jedi Knight.

Heavy and hoarse breathing sounds came from the cold metal mask.

At first glance, everyone thought Vader was a dying patient, but everyone knew that the person in front of them was the most powerful dark force master in the Empire!
At this moment, the scarlet lightsaber in Vader's hand was like the harvesting sickle in the hands of the god of death. The despairing blood color appeared in everyone's eyes, and some rebel crew members were frightened to faint on the spot.

The moment Darth Vader appears, no one can survive from his hands!

"You know nothing about the dark side of the Force."

At this time, Darth Vader walked over slowly. Facing these small rebel crew members, he could easily kill them all with just a few moves.

The rebel crew could only raise their blaster rifles and shoot at Vader tremblingly. They knew it was completely futile, but this was the only way they could do now.

We can't just wait for Darth Vader to come and chop them all to death.

Just as the rebel crew was preparing to open fire, the ceiling above them suddenly collapsed, and Paul, holding a shining blue lightsaber, fell from the sky and appeared in front of the rebels.

"It's the Jedi-!"

A glimmer of hope appeared in the eyes of the rebel crew members again. There was no more gratifying moment than being saved by the savior.

Paul didn't waste any time talking to the rebels. After he split open the blocked gate, he immediately ordered everyone, "Hurry up and leave!"

Keeping these crew members would only affect his performance. Since Paul dared to come here alone, he was ready to face any danger.

As a master of the Force, Darth Vader saw through Paul's true colors with just one look:
"You are not a Jedi Knight. It seems that what Rigg said is indeed correct. You are a warrior from the outer galaxy, and the energy form you use is different from the Force."

Darth Vader was curious. He was not an old and conservative person. As long as it could make him stronger, he would accept anything, no matter what form it took.

Even if it was the mysterious power of the extragalactic galaxy, if he could learn it, he would still try it.

"Yes, the energy I use is different from the Force you use, but it is enough."

Paul gripped the lightsaber tightly in his hand and stared at the other party. He could feel the mysterious and powerful energy fluctuations from Darth Vader.

At this moment, two red and blue lightsabers shone with exciting light, and the two energies from different dimensions finally started a contest.

Facing Paul who was ready to fight, Darth Vader remained calm. He approached step by step with the sword in one hand, and his heavy breathing was as hoarse as ever.

But there was not the slightest disturbance in Wade's aura.

Paul observed Darth Vader's movements carefully and found that the man's movements looked heavy and slow, like a robot that had just come out of the factory.

But for some reason, the aura of oppression that Wade brought to Paul was extremely heavy, and only a master could do this.

In fact, Darth Vader's heavy breathing was due to the fact that he was seriously injured in the battle with Obi-Wan.

He himself suffered severe burns all over his body and his limbs were cut off. The only reason he was able to survive was thanks to this black life-sustaining power armor.

It can be said that Darth Vader, even though he is in a dying state and no longer as powerful as he was in the past, is still the most terrifying rebel in the Star Wars universe.

If it weren't for the unrestrained dark side of the Force, which gave Darth Vader even more powerful Force moves, Vader, who always wanted to become stronger, would probably have committed suicide long ago.

For a Force warrior like Vader, having his limbs cut off and all his skills wasted is basically the same as a beautiful woman suddenly being disfigured.

Seeing Darth Vader approaching, Paul took the initiative and slashed at him. The blue lightsaber left a burning scratch on the wall of the narrow corridor.

But Wade simply raised his sword with one hand to block the slash, and he made several counterattacks in succession, forcing Paul to retreat skillfully and neatly.

After this fight, Vader became more and more certain that Paul was not a Jedi Knight: "Sure enough, you don't know any Jedi moves."

Although Paul could indeed imitate Force moves with his sufficient swordsmanship experience, in front of a true Force master, his makeshift skills were still too immature.

A person like Vader, who has reached the pinnacle of both the light side and the dark side of the Force, will not gain any advantage if you fight him with Force skills.

"Okay, try a few more moves with me!"

Paul attacked again with the sword, this time he used the sword techniques of the Fremen and Sadoka Legion, and the fight went much better this time.

But in terms of strength, even Paul, who had been enhanced by spices, had no advantage against Vader, who had strong dark force.

If they really fight to the end, it will be difficult for Paul to win from the opponent.

After fighting with Wade for several swords, Wade suddenly changed his moves and stabbed several times, almost cutting Paul's eyes.

There is no way. After all, Darth Vader is a Force warrior who can be called the Destiny Child in the "Star Wars" universe. Paul's real advantages are his sound control and predictive abilities.

At most, he could block Vader's attacks, but it was difficult for him to hit him.

Although Darth Vader's movements seem slow, he can always cut into the enemy's weakest point with the most delicate movements and angles.

Especially in terms of counterattack, Wade would always block Paul's attack and then suddenly launch a series of stabs, and even use confusing moves such as fast and slow knives to chop at Paul continuously.

Paul knew that if he continued to fight Darth Vader like this, he would be exhausted sooner or later, so he seized the moment of the opponent's attack and raised his hand to blast him with a palm thunder.

Before setting off, Paul did not forget to take out a firing weapon device similar to Iron Man's palm grenade from the logistics equipment warehouse.

This new type of palm-powered thunder device does not fire a laser cannon, but a plasma lightning energy trapped in a force field.

Commonly known as ball lightning.

When the orange-yellow lightning exploded in front of him, Darth Vader wanted to swing his sword to deflect the energy, but the moment the lightsaber touched the plasma lightning, it instantly submerged his figure.

Then the lightning spread and spread, covering the entire corridor.

Fortunately, an invisible barrier appeared and protected Darth Vader's body, allowing him to remain unharmed in the corridor full of electric current.

This is Darth Vader's Force barrier. A Force master of his level has already cultivated a technique similar to turning fighting spirit into a shield.

So even if the palm thunder came at him closely, Wade still didn't suffer any damage at all.

After the huge voltage destroyed the power supply system of the spacecraft, only one red light and one blue light were left in the entire corridor. Paul and Wade confronted each other with swords and were deadlocked again.

Seeing that Darth Vader was safe and sound, Paul couldn't help but frown slightly. The number of enemies who died from his sneak attack tactics must have been at least eight hundred, if not a thousand.

I didn't expect that Wade could actually withstand this move!
"Your moves are very interesting."

Darth Vader was attacked by surprise, but he was not angry at all. Instead, he looked at Paul with interest and extended an olive branch to him:

"You might as well join the Galactic Empire and serve the Emperor. I can promise you that you can gain even more powerful power from the dark side of the Force than you have now!" Paul remained indifferent to Darth Vader's recruitment.

He is the only son of the head of the largest family in the Dune universe. He has money and power. Now that he has made such great contributions, he will soon have the opportunity to be promoted to a core position.

If he could just hold on for a few more years, he might be able to directly enter the upper echelons of a global giant company. A young man with unlimited prospects like him would rather go to the Sith Empire to become a barbarian lord.

Isn't this just mental illness?

Not everyone is like Wade, always persecuted by their superiors and unable to get promoted or make money.

"I'm sorry, but the treatment and resources I want are not what your Galactic Empire can offer. Besides, I don't need any power from the dark side of the Force."

Paul flatly rejected Darth Vader.

"Young man, don't give up your bright future just because of a momentary fit of anger. I am leading you onto the right path."

Darth Vader is still trying to win over Paul. That's how he was seduced into the Imperial camp by Palpatine, leading to the current Sith Lord Vader.

Only warriors who have experienced the benefits of the dark side of the Force will understand how great it feels to embrace the dark power.

A man like him who had his limbs cut off and all his cultivation wasted could still rise again and become stronger, and killing his fellow disciples was as easy as drinking water.

This is enough to illustrate the powerful force of the dark side of the Force. If Paul chooses to join them, he will only become an even more powerful dark side Force warrior.

"Oh, I can't bear your high expectations!"

Paul held the sword in his right hand, and then a hard-light mantis knife popped out from his left wrist. He re-positioned himself and faced Darth Vader's relentless pursuit again.

Darth Vader was no longer surprised or shocked when he saw Paul's strange weapons.

Now he just wants to catch Paul back and interrogate him slowly, and then everything will come to light.

At this time, the rebel crew members behind Paul had successfully boarded the Tantive 4 spacecraft. Without any hesitation, they immediately started the spacecraft and drove away.

When Darth Vader noticed that the Tantive IV was leaving quickly, he finally realized that the rebels had taken away the Death Star design drawings, and Paul stayed behind to stop him.

But Vader remained calm, as if everything was under his control:

"Do you think they can get away? After I capture you, I will immediately catch up with that spaceship and kill them all on the spot."

"Then give it a try!"

After he finished speaking, Paul no longer passively defended himself. He chose to take the initiative and used his predictive ability to predict Wade's dodge position in advance.

In an instant, three lightsabers of different colors, red, blue and white, danced in the darkness, leaving shocking high-temperature scratches on the walls of the corridor.

Thanks to his predictive ability, Paul could make each of his attacks just right, timing his attacks to coincide with Darth Vader's retreat and the timing of his counterattacks.

This forced Wade to start fighting with his sword on defense, and he actually lost the chance to launch a defensive counterattack.

Soon, Darth Vader tried to use the Force to choke Paul alive. He was also a swordsman with control skills, so it was not difficult for him to use the Force to absorb objects.

But the powerful superpowers in Paul's body can also offset the opponent's force control, just like Vader blocked the plasma palm thunder.

This is also the reason why Paul did not use sound control to control Vader. He knew that the control skills of both sides were useless against each other.

Since magic doesn't work, let's use the weapons in our hands to decide the outcome!
Darth Vader swung the lightsaber in his hand like a boomerang, but Paul dodged it with an extreme backward move, and then Vader used the Force to grab the lightsaber and took it back.

During this time, Paul dodged again with a turn. He took advantage of the gap when Wade took the sword, rushed to the opponent quickly and started to use two swords.

Relying on his agile and nimble body, Paul had already made dozens of chops while dodging and moving around.

This extremely aggressive series of attacks forced Darth Vader to focus on parrying.

At this moment, Paul has activated the "Sky Eye" state. Relying on his brief predictive ability, each of his heavy blows is specifically aimed at Wade's weak points.

If Darth Vader was not an experienced master of kendo, even if Paul had discovered his parrying path, he would still be able to rely on muscle reaction to quickly come up with a new blocking move.

Otherwise, if someone else had come, they would have been beaten into a panic.

Soon, Paul heard Darth Vader's breathing begin to become disordered.

This is his battle strategy!
As the saying goes, young and strong are better than young ones. As a young man in his prime, Paul definitely has the advantage in terms of physical strength alone.

Instead of passively defending against Darth Vader and letting the opponent consume his stamina for free, it is better to actively attack the opponent and force his stamina to decrease.

However, although Darth Vader could only passively defend, his steps were always as steady as a mountain. He was still neither hurried nor slow, and he easily parried Paul's attack.

This is the top sword master in the "Star Wars" universe. When Vader focuses on defense, even Paul, who is proficient in dual swords, cannot exploit the opponent's flaws.

Wade also knew that Paul was an expert in swordsmanship. In order to avoid the possibility of a rollover, he could only wait patiently for the young man to exhaust his energy and slowly find an opportunity to escape by using static braking.

"This old man is really amazing...!"

Paul cursed in his heart.

The more calm and composed the opponent is, the more difficult it is to deal with him. If Darth Vader is in a hurry to attack, Paul will have the opportunity to seize the flaw and attack by surprise.

However, Vader did not give Paul such an opportunity at all, which forced Paul to rethink his next battle strategy, otherwise Darth Vader would soon launch a counterattack.

At this moment, three sharp sword lights kept flashing in the dark corridor.

Every time the swords collided, several hideous scratches would appear on the surrounding walls.

Darth Vader fended off Paul's attacks with ease throughout the entire process, and it looked like he was training his apprentice.

In fact, in terms of energy intensity and physical fitness in the body, Paul is stronger than Wade, but his fighting skills are still much weaker than his opponent.

Although both are the chosen ones in their respective universes, Darth Vader is known as the chosen one who "balances the force" and has this invincible buff.

In addition, the opponent was playing at home, so it was normal that Paul couldn't beat the opponent.

Although the power difference between Paul and Darth Vader is not much, the level of their attainment in swordsmanship is roughly equivalent to the difference between a professional player and a master level player.

Both sides are top masters in the field of swordsmanship, but there is a gap between masters. In Darth Vader's eyes, Paul is a player as bad as a master-level player.

If Paul wasn't young enough and Wade was no longer in his prime, he would have been defeated long ago.

"Have you had enough fun? Now it's my turn!"

As he spoke, Wade used a heavy blow to knock away Paul who was fighting with a knife at close range. After figuring out the frequency and moves of Paul's attacks, he decided to start counterattacking.

Immediately, Wade dodged Paul's lightsaber by leaning sideways, and then swung the red lightsaber in his hand and directly cut off the mantis blade device on Paul's wrist.

If Paul had not activated his foresight in advance, his hand would have been cut off by Darth Vader!

Paul, who was frightened and broke out in a cold sweat, finally woke up from his previous violent attack state. Looking at the broken mantis blade, he realized the huge gap between himself and Wade.

If Darth Vader can cut off his own mantis blade this time, he can cut off his own hand next time!
"Do you... have a power similar to precognitive ability?"

As Darth Vader expected, this sword should be able to directly cut off Paul's left hand, making him lose his combat capability.

But the result was that Paul's mantis knife device was cut off. Although the accuracy was only slightly off, the result was completely different from what Wade expected.

Combined with the fact that Paul clearly didn't have the ultimate swordsmanship, but he could frequently predict his own killing moves, these abnormal signs all showed.

Paul looked more like a fake swordsmanship master who had skipped class after looking at the reference answers!
In fact, one of Darth Vader's most distinctive combat characteristics is that his Force senses are extremely strong, so he can often predict his opponent's moves and counterattack.

That's why he realized so quickly that Paul might have the power of precognition.

"You are such an amazing guy. I am increasingly interested in your secrets."

There was excitement in Darth Vader's voice. If he could gain the ability of predicting the future from Paul, no one would be his opponent in the future!
Immediately, Vader raised his lightsaber and pointed it at Paul, pressing him step by step and persuading him:
"You still have a chance to join the Empire. As a senior with the Force, I can guide you in the right direction and help you discover your true power."

Paul used his hard lightsaber to push away Vader's lightsaber without hesitation, staring at him firmly:
"You're dreaming!"

Darth Vader was not angry after being rejected by Paul again. He nodded and said calmly: "Okay, then I can only cut off your limbs and make you a cripple first."

"Don't worry, even if your hands and feet are cut off, as long as you are willing to join the dark side of the Force, you will still have a chance to regain your fighting ability."

"But before that, you will become a useless waste!"

As soon as the words fell, the two sides swung their swords at each other again, but this time the person on passive defense was Paul, who was in an aggressive state just now.

(End of this chapter)