From the Abyss Invasion to the Blasting Star.

Chapter 116: The Hongmen Banquet was set up, and the performance was a single-handed meeting
After fighting for more than ten moves, Lu Heng could already be sure that Hideyoshi Tsukawa on the opposite side had also reached the realm of artistic conception in swordsmanship.

This is higher than his level three years ago, and much higher.

Because they were fighting with wooden swords, neither side used their full strength.

If he used all his strength, the wooden sword would break into pieces with just one strike.

Therefore, both sides played according to the strategy of scoring points, without using any killing moves, and the goal was to hit the effective parts of the opponent.

Even so, his swordsmanship level is evident.

After more than ten rounds of fighting, Lu Heng had roughly tested the opponent's strength.

Hideyoshi Tsukawa's level is indeed very high, at least level 22, and his agility is above 55 points.

The strength attribute is uncertain because neither side used their full strength and they just fought to the point, so the strength attribute cannot be tested.

However, the agility can reach 55 points, and even if the strength attribute is a little lower, it is definitely above 50 points.

Lu Heng's agility attribute can suppress his opponents, but he has never tried this kind of scoring method before, so he is a little lacking in experience.

So, if a fight breaks out, the two sides will be evenly matched.

The more Lu Heng fought, the calmer his aura became, because he was sure of the opponent's strength and felt more confident.

Whether in terms of attributes or swordsmanship level, he is not inferior to the opponent, and he can easily deal with the competition in areas that he is not good at.

If we switch to a head-on fight, we will naturally be more confident.

Hideyoshi Tsukawa became more and more frightened as the fight went on, because he could see that Lu Heng was very young, at least a dozen years younger than him.

However, during the contest, he discovered something surprising.

"Your swordsmanship has reached the realm of artistic conception?"

"Just arrived."

In fact, Lu Heng also discovered that Hideyoshi Tsukawa had just reached the artistic conception level not long ago. When the two sides were fighting with swords, many of their movements and moves could be predicted.

Judging from the swordsmanship level alone, the two sides are similar, but when age is taken into account, the gap becomes huge.

Hideyoshi Tsukawa began learning Kashima Shinto-ryu Kendo at a very early age, and took part in competitions at the age of 20. He competed for almost ten years. At the age of 30, he won the Kendo championship and was ranked among the top ten Kendo masters in Fuso.

He is also the face of the current Fuso Kashima Shinto-ryu, and is regarded as a god-like existence in the Fuso kendo circle.

However, he, who had won numerous praises, was now fighting on equal terms with a little-known young man from Daxia.

This was a huge failure for him.

Therefore, Hideyoshi Tsukawa became more and more anxious as the battle went on, and when he was anxious, he was more likely to reveal his flaws.

Lu Heng seized the opportunity and performed the cloud-piercing move "Yan Zheshen", hitting Hideyoshi Tsukawa's effective parts twice in a row and scoring two points in a row.

When masters fight, two points can make a huge difference.

Moreover, with Lu Heng's strength, if he were on the court now, he only needed to defend well and he would basically win.

Hideyoshi Tsukawa's eyes darkened and he attacked more fiercely, with the wooden swords colliding with "bang bang bang".

As he used more and more strength, the wooden swords finally couldn't hold on anymore, and the two wooden swords collided with a bang and exploded.

Lu Hengfei stepped back, glanced at the broken wooden sword, and asked with a smile: "Does this determine the winner?"

If the competition ends now, then according to the score, Lu Heng won by two points, which means he has indeed won.

However, if we really count based on the game, the time is not over yet, it depends on what Hideyoshi Tsukawa decides.

Kenji Ono had been watching the battle outside the door. Although he didn't know swordsmanship, he knew who the winner was when he saw Hideyoshi Tsukawa's expression.

His eyes darkened, he snorted coldly, and turned away.

Lu Heng saw Ono Kenji turned around and left, but did not leave the [Mental Resistance Ring] behind, which was a bit unfair.

However, Hideyoshi Tsukawa has not given up yet, so he has to give others a chance to catch up.

Tsukawa Hideyoshi's eyes turned cold, and he pulled out a gleaming sword from the air, saying, "Fight the second half with a real sword, do you dare?"

Lu Heng was not used to this kind of Fuso wooden sword. Since the opponent took the initiative to fight, there was no reason to retreat. He also pulled out the Aurora Blade from the void.

The two sides changed weapons and fought again.

Boom!
The first sound of metal clashing rang out, and Lu Heng's blood began to boil.

This is the real contest, where all efforts are made, real swords and guns clash, and it is a hearty contest.

Boom!
Another clash of swords.

Lu Heng began to get excited and fully unleashed the power of the Seven-Section Sword Technique.

The broken wooden sword just now was completely unable to perform the killing moves of the Seven-section Sword Movement.

Boom! Boom! Boom...

As Lu Heng's offensive exploded, Hideyoshi Tsukawa felt the pressure increasing, and as Lu Heng's 62 points of agility exceeded his attack speed, his 55 points of agility disadvantage became increasingly obvious.

Every time Lu Heng attacked, it was so fast that he couldn't dodge and could only block with his sword.

If you use a katana to block, it will be difficult to counterattack.

Therefore, after changing to a real sword, Lu Heng's offensive became several times more violent than before, forcing him to defend frequently, with his chance of counterattack being less than 30%.

Lu Heng fought more and more happily, and his swordsmanship proficiency continued to improve during the battle.

[Use swordsmanship to fight, gain some insights, swordsmanship proficiency +1]

After several rounds of sword clashes, Lu Heng also tested out Hideyoshi Tsukawa's strength attribute, which was around 51 points.

Lu Heng's current strength attribute is 49 points, slightly lower by 2 points, but his agility is 62 points, 7 points higher than Tsukawa Hideyoshi.

Therefore, Lu Heng used his super high agility to launch a lightning-fast attack, which almost made Hideyoshi Tsukawa breathless.

If it weren't for his slightly higher strength attribute, he would have collapsed long ago.

The more Lu Heng fought, the happier he became, while the more Tsukawa Hideyoshi fought, the uglier his expression became.

Kenji Ono had a clear purpose in inviting Lu Heng over this time.

The goal is to let Tsukawa Hideyoshi use his strength to overwhelm Lu Heng, and make Lu Heng agree to give up two team places to protect the person behind him.

The current situation is a bit ugly. Hideyoshi Tsukawa is being suppressed. If he continues like this, he will definitely lose.

In this way, the purpose of Ono Kenji's invitation today has failed.

Hideyoshi Tsukawa's eyes darkened, and suddenly a red light flashed in his eyes. His strength suddenly burst out, and his offensive suddenly increased from less than 30% to 50%.

Moreover, Lu Heng felt a special kind of pressure, as if his soul was being stared at by something terrible.

This feeling was not the first time that Lu Heng had encountered, so he quickly realized that the other party was using an Essence skill, and it was the Essence skill [Vendetta] of the first-level job [Ronin].

This source skill can mark a target as a vendetta target, and launch a fierce attack on the target, greatly increasing the attack speed and intensity.

Not only that, this source skill can also lock onto a vendetta target, and you can sense the target's location with your eyes closed.

In other words, the target of [Vendetta] cannot escape even if he uses the invisibility ability.

Lu Heng saw that he used the source skill, which had already exceeded the original scope of the sword competition.

In the competition just now, both sides only used swordsmanship, and no one used any skills.

Because using skills loses the meaning of sword fighting.

Moreover, the opponent used [Vengeance] right from the start, with murderous intent in his eyes.

This means a fight to the death.

Not only that, the people in the courtyard began to change. Originally there were many maids in kimonos in the courtyard, but now they all left the courtyard, and there was no one in the entire courtyard.

Kenji Ono has also disappeared.

This is clearly an attempt to kill, and I guess the next step will be to use the gunman.

However, Hideyoshi Tsukawa has not lost yet, and has not reached that stage yet.

Just as expected from the beginning, this was indeed the Hongmen Banquet.

Ono Kenji was hosting the Hongmen Banquet, and Lu Heng was also attending the meeting alone.

Now that the real purpose has been exposed, let's just fight.

After Tsukawa Hideyoshi used his source ability [Vendetta], his sword-drawing speed skyrocketed, even surpassing Lu Heng in speed.

As expected of its source quality ability, it managed to narrow the agility gap by 7 points and gain the upper hand.

All the source skills have been used, and Hideyoshi Tsukawa no longer holds back.

After a clash of swords, Lu Heng flew backwards, Tsukawa Hideyoshi flipped his palm, threw out three darts, and used the skill [Sky-breaking Shuriken].

The three darts rotated in three arcs and shot towards Lu Heng's three vital parts from different directions.

At the same time, Tsukawa Hideyoshi rushed forward and stabbed Lu Heng in the chest with his sword.

This sword plus the three shurikens were like four attacks launched at the same time in an instant.

With the blessing of [Vengeance], Hideyoshi Tsukawa is confident that no one in the world can withstand this killing move.

Just when this fatal move was about to succeed.

Lu Heng activated the skill [Bullet Time].

In an instant, everything around him slowed down, and even the beads of sweat on his forehead when he jumped were clearly visible.

In bullet time, Lu Heng dodged the first shuriken by leaning sideways, then made a lightning-fast move, flicked the second shuriken away with his fingers, and finally caught the third shuriken.

At the same time, Hideyoshi Tsukawa's Kashima Shinto-ryu's fatal sword had already stabbed in front of him.

Lu Heng swung his sword to block, and at the same time, the blade slid forward along the blade of the sword, deflecting the sword and slashing horizontally, aiming directly at his chest.

After all, Hideyoshi Tsukawa was a master of artistic conception-level swordsmanship. At the moment when the sword was about to hit him, he made a final change of tactics. His body leaned back, and the sword light passed over his head, cutting off a tuft of his hair.

Hideyoshi Tsukawa passed by and thought he had narrowly avoided the counterattack.

However, when Lu Heng passed by him, he did not even look back, but simply swung his left hand behind him.

puff!
The shuriken that was caught flew behind him and pierced into Hideyoshi Tsukawa's back.

Hideyoshi Tsukawa groaned and turned around immediately, his eyes full of shock.

He never expected that the opponent would break his sure-kill shuriken and Shindang-ryu killing move, and finally catch the shuriken and hit him in the back with his backhand.

Although they were opponents, Lu Heng had to admit that this battle was really exciting.

However, the exciting battle is about to end.

Because a group of armed killers rushed into the courtyard and surrounded the entire courtyard.

With anger all over his face, Hideyoshi Tsukawa shouted at the gunmen who rushed in: "Get out!"

He still refused to accept the defeat and wanted to continue fighting.

Lu Heng didn't mind accompanying him to finish the competition, because this battle had increased his swordsmanship proficiency by 152 points, which was much faster than the usual training speed.

The gunmen surrounding the courtyard did not retreat, but they did not open fire either. It was obvious that they were also waiting.

……

the other side.

Kenji Ono buttoned up his suit, walked out of the manor and got into a car.

His personal bodyguard, Keiko Kaneda, also got into the back seat of the car and prepared to leave.

One of his men walked up to the sedan, leaned over to the window, and asked, "What should we do if Tsukawa Hideyoshi refuses to withdraw?"

Ono Kenji's face was gloomy, and he said, "Then let him fight to his heart's content. I thought the top ten sword masters were so powerful, but they can't even suppress a young boy from Da Xia. We can't keep this Lu Heng, he's such an ungrateful guy, so send him to see Yan Mo, and he must die here today."

"Yes!" The subordinate replied with his head down.

The car window rolled up, the car engine started, and it slowly left the manor.

Just as I walked out of the manor gate, a gunshot suddenly rang out.

boom!
The car shook and a hole appeared on its bulletproof glass.

Immediately afterwards, Kaneda Keiko's scream came from the back seat of the car: "The president has been shot! Quick! Someone come quickly!"

The bodyguards in black suits around the car suddenly panicked, drew their pistols, and surrounded the car.

"There's a sniper! There's a sniper!"

A group of bodyguards in black suits raised their guns and looked around, but they couldn't find the sniper's location at all.

Then, a flame appeared in the car.

Kenji Ono's skill [Substitute Puppet] takes effect, turning into a paper puppet that starts to burn.

Keiko Kaneda quickly pulled Kenji Ono under the seat to avoid subsequent sniper attacks.

[Substitute Puppet] can avoid a fatal attack, but the damage received remains unchanged.

As a result, Kenji Ono was shot in the right chest and was seriously injured.

Just as Kaneda Keiko was about to ask the driver to start, her perception ability suddenly detected something flying down from the sky, and she immediately shouted loudly: "There's something in the sky! Shoot it down!"

The black-suited bodyguard looked up but saw nothing.

One of the bodyguards immediately raised his hand and used a skill [Source Energy Apparition Dust] towards the sky.

A cluster of tiny dust energy rushed into the sky, revealing the invisible reconnaissance eagle.

In the talons of the Scout Eagle, clutching a bomb, it dived downward.

boom!boom!boom……

The reconnaissance eagle appeared, and the bodyguard in the black suit fired continuously and hit the bomb.

Boom!

The bomb exploded ten meters in the air, knocking down the bodyguards on the ground.

The car also shook, but fortunately it had bulletproof armor and the people inside were not injured.

Kaneda Keiko hurriedly urged the driver: "Hurry! Go to the hospital! Go to Yongxing Hospital!"

The car started again, rushed out of the manor and headed towards Yongxing Private Hospital.

The manor's bodyguards also immediately got in the car and prepared to go to the hospital.

At this moment.

Two cars rushed to the gate of the manor, the doors opened, and seven of Lin Zeyu's confidants got out of the cars, using the doors as cover, firing shots and engaging in a gun battle with the manor's bodyguards.

The two sides completely tore their faces apart, a gunfight broke out, and the situation was a fight to the death.

Lin Zeyu, on a distant water tower, shot and killed five of Ono Kenji's bodyguards. Seeing that his side had the upper hand in the gun battle at the manor, he immediately put away his sniper rifle and went after Ono Kenji.

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(End of this chapter)