Starry Sky Railway: Opening Performance - Taixu Sword God

"What a fantastic match!"

"In that case, Luca, join me in composing a beautiful ode!!"

With a sweep of his spear, four more shield sculptures appeared around him.

"Huh? We got replenished so easily?!" Luca exclaimed in surprise.

He had just managed to break two shields, but unexpectedly, more appeared all of a sudden.

"The opponent is coming on strong! Don't lose, Luca!!" Jimi shouted excitedly, his voice filled with personal emotion.

Even though he sensed the power of the silver branch, Luca did not back down. He took a step forward and met it head-on.

After another ten minutes of fighting, Luca managed to shatter three shields with all his might, and that was only after he had given it his all.

He had considered attacking Silver Branch directly, but the shields moved too fast. Before Luca could find an opening to punch Silver Branch, they would instantly teleport in front of his fist and block the attack.

"Luca seems unable to mount any effective attacks! What should we do, Luca?!"

Suddenly, a shadow swept across the sky, and a large iron box fell down and hit Luca behind him.

Luca understood that this was Yan Huan's support for him, so he quickly retreated and opened the iron box.

Inside is another iron arm.

Generally speaking, Luca only uses his prosthetic arm for attack during combat; his other hand has little offensive capability.

But now, Yan Huan has given him a second iron arm.

"I understand!"

Luca quickly equipped himself with the second iron arm. After so many days of training, his body could now withstand the weight of two iron arms.

Looking at Luca, whose hands were armed, Silver Branch smiled:

"Very good, Luca, it seems you've discovered your room for improvement."

"But this might not be in line with your usual attack patterns, so please be careful."

“Thank you for the reminder, Mr. Silver Branch,” Luca said with a smile.

"Now, I'm going to give it my all!"

"Alright, let's continue composing this magnificent movement—"

Luca charged in front of Silver Branch, and at the same time, the remaining shields blocked him again.

This time, he swung his arms and slammed his two iron fists hard into the center of the shield.

'Bang--!!'

A muffled thud echoed throughout the arena.

Although this attack was stronger than the previous one, it still couldn't break through Silver Branch's shield directly.

Luca remained calm, pulling his right arm back and then alternating punches with his left arm.

As the punches became faster, all that could be seen were the afterimages of the iron arms and the noisy, high-frequency bombardment.

'Bang bang bang bang bang -! ! '

Under the high-frequency impact that was so fast that it could not be seen with the naked eye but could only be heard, one of Silver Branch's shields shattered suddenly, this time in less than a minute.

“Beautiful.” Silver Branch expressed her approval to Luca.

He then brandished his spear and added eight more shields.

"As expected of Luca, he reignited the passion of the entire stadium!!"

After a fierce battle, it ended with Luca's exhaustion.

……

Silver Branch stood before the panting Luca and praised him:

"Excellent! I knew I hadn't misjudged you."

"Your skill, wisdom, and courage all demonstrate the [pure beauty] of a martial artist."

"Therefore, I must fight you seriously."

"Mr. Silver Branch, you are truly amazing." Luca laboriously removed the two iron arms and let out a long sigh of relief.

"Whoo~"

"I lost."

"I am convinced that I lost."

On stage, Jimi loudly announced:

"It seems the result is obvious. The winner of this match is—[Pure Knight] Silver~Branch!"

"Although Luca displayed fighting prowess many times stronger than before, he still fell to the Knight's spear... But it was truly a fantastic match!!"

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"You're very capable too," Yinzhi praised.

“Mr. Silver Branch, thank you for your recognition.” Luca was very excited.

"No, you don't need my approval, and you don't need anyone's approval."

"Haha... What you said is so philosophical, I actually don't quite understand it."

"It's alright," Yinzhi said seriously.

"Please remember one thing."

"You have become the embodiment of the beauty of battle."

"The facts are as they are, and neither victory nor defeat, nor slander from others, can make them disappear."

“Mm.” Luca nodded. “I’ll definitely keep it in mind… and then go back and digest it, haha.”

"Oh, right," Silver Branch reminded her.

“I heard that there is another contestant in the martial arts ceremony who is skilled in using [Iron Arm].

"If you could meet and compete, what a magnificent dance that would be!"

"Huh? Another Iron Arm? Which contestant is it?"

"Farewell, Mr. Luca." Silverbrush gave a slight bow and then turned to leave the arena.

……

after a while.

It's time for another press conference.

As expected, Yan Huan was once again invited to the event.

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Sitting in the chair, Yan Huan couldn't help but ask in confusion:

"Why am I always included? Is this press conference just for me?"

No one answered Yan Huan's question. The press officer standing to the side smiled and said:

"First of all, it is very regrettable that Luca suffered his first defeat. Regarding this match, we have once again invited Coach Yan Huan to answer reporters' questions."

"Please find a suitable spot in the venue, maintain social distancing, and prepare your questions according to the established procedure."

"I'm sure our journalist friends have prepared many questions, so let's hurry up and let Coach Yan Huan choose which reporters to ask."

"Please keep your speaking time under control. We will begin now."

At this point, a large number of reporters and media outlets had already begun taking photos and recording videos.

Even Camille's camera head was making a series of clicking sounds.

"It's such a difficult choice."

Yan Huan crossed her legs, slightly raised her hand, and hesitated among the reporters.

Finally, she lowered her finger and chose the most beautiful reporter among them.

"It's just you."

Upon hearing this, Gui Naifen stepped forward.

"Coach Yan Huan, I am Gui Naifen, a special reporter from Xianzhou Jingwu News Network."

"I registered a short video account to promote Luca, and I even lost my voice shouting in the live stream. Coach Yan Huan, shouldn't you do something about it?" Gui Naifen said with a wronged expression.

It's fair to say that Gui Naifen's livestreaming efforts played a significant role in Luca's account gaining such a large following so quickly.

"We're practically family!" Yan Huan declared. "Here's what we'll do: next time you go to Pinocchio, I'll get you a shopping voucher worth 300,000 credits!"

"Shopping vouchers? There won't be any restrictions, will there?" Gui Naifen asked suspiciously. "Like, the kind where you have to spend two million to offset three hundred thousand?"

"No, no, no, zero barriers to entry."

"As a shareholder, would I possibly cheat you?"

"Yay!!" Gui Naifen jumped up happily, and then continued to ask questions.

"Then I'll ask the first question."

"This question is about the [withdrawal controversy]."

"Rumors circulated that after Luca's 'victory on his knees' and 'loss on his feet' against Potio, he became depressed and planned to give up the match."

"Coach Yan Huan, you also mentioned at the last press conference that Luca had already bought a boat ticket back to his hometown."

"So, Coach Yan Huan, is this [withdrawal controversy] true?"

"Really." Yan Huan admitted this without any hesitation.

"However, our dear Luca has now emerged from his slump, so please don't worry, our media friends."

"That's all," the press officer announced.