Xia Feng's body moved with the sword and attacked Mao Chang Jing Yan. The Maochang Jingyan Shield blocked all of Xia Feng's attacks. Seeing that the two of them had already started, the crowd did not dare to make any more noise in order not to affect them.
This time, Natsukaze didn't dare to do what he did just now, directly sticking himself onto Hayaba's cross-shaped shield. One had to know that Hayaba Kyokihiko's Holy Sword was a special skill that allowed him to use a shield to attack. If Natsukaze were to stick close to him again, Hayaba Kyokihiko would directly hit him and that would be a tragedy for him. The reason why he had succeeded earlier was because Hayaba Kyokihiko didn't know what Natsukaze wanted to do, so he had only blocked and didn't attack. Now, he didn't have that opportunity.
"Bang bang bang bang!" Natsukaze was holding the scabbard with both hands-this was a posture to strengthen his attacks (PS). He kept changing directions to attack Hayaba Kazuhiko, but his attacks were all blocked by Hayaba's cross shield.
Hayaba knew all the sword skills in SAO, and he knew the scabbard style like the back of his hand. On the contrary, Xia Feng didn't know much about the Holy Sword and didn't know how to break it. Moreover, the sword shield was a counter to the scabbard style. Thus, Xia Feng was at a disadvantage from the start of this battle. Although he was currently maintaining a storm-like offensive and seemed to have the upper hand, he actually did not cause any damage to the other party.
Hayaba's defense was simply too strong. He was regarded as a legend by the players because no matter what battle he was in, his HP had never fallen below half. This was not because he had locked his health at half. Once he suffered an attack that would cause his health to fall below half, his health lock setting would be exposed. He had not been exposed before today because no enemy had ever been able to reduce his HP below half. Of course, this was due to the help of the Ultimate Assist System and his understanding of the game.
Nito-Ryu's attack power was stronger than the scabbard style, but in the original novel, Kirito was unable to break through Hayaba's defense. Natsukaze's scabbard style attack power was inferior to the Nito-style, and he was unable to break through Hayaba's defense in a frontal attack. Thus, he could only constantly change his direction in an attempt to avoid Hayaba's shield. However, Hayaba did not even move his feet. He only turned around slightly and moved his shield, blocking Natsuya's attack.
"This won't do." Natsukaze gritted his teeth and moved to Hayaba's left. Hayaba Kyokihiko immediately moved his shield over, but Xiafeng extended his right hand and stabbed his sword at Hayaba Kyokihiko from the right.
This flash was a feint. Actually, it wasn't wrong to say that it was the truth. He had indeed dodged to the left. Otherwise, how could he have fooled Hayaba Kyokihiko? An ordinary person would be courting death if they did this because doing so would open up the chest and abdomen. However, Xia Feng did not have this worry. He could use the scabbard to protect his chest and abdomen to make up for the weakness.
Hayata Kyokihiko frowned, but his gaze turned vicious. Instead of retreating, he charged forward, one hand holding a shield as he charged towards Xia Feng, the other holding a longsword as he stabbed towards him from the side. Xia Feng's expression changed. His scabbard was already in front of his chest. It could block a shield, but it could not block a sword.
"He wants to trade injuries with me?" Xia Feng's mind raced as he suddenly saw Hayaba Kyokihiko's health bar. "He wants to trade his injuries for his life!"
The two of them had started their duel after defeating the BOSS, so their HP had not recovered at all. Kazuhiko Hayaba's HP was still more than half, while Natsukaze's HP was less than half. Moreover, he was wearing cloth armor, so his HP and defense were not as good as Hayaba's. In this exchange, he would definitely be the one at a disadvantage.
Natsukaze looked at Hayaba Kyokihiko. His bronze eyes had completely lost all human emotions and were incomparably cold. This glance made Xia Feng lose the courage to exchange injuries for injuries.
In this life-and-death battle, Xia Feng was the first to fall into a disadvantage in terms of momentum.
Natsukaze gave up on attacking and kicked the cross shield. Then, he kicked hard and used Hayaba's push to do a backflip to pull away from his opponent.
Fortunately, Hayaba Kyokihiko was wearing heavy armor, so his movement speed was slow. Otherwise, if he had rushed up before Natsuya landed, Natsuya would not have been able to survive.
The two resumed their confrontation.
The players who were lying on the ground looked at the two nervously. It wasn't right to say that they were all watching. Some of them were unlucky and fell at the wrong angle. Their faces weren't facing the two of them. They could only hear the sound but couldn't see the battle situation. They were even more anxious.
Asuna was already watching the battle with a praying gaze. She was not a person who liked to rely on others, and she did not believe in ghosts. But now, other than praying to the gods and Buddhas, she was powerless.
Xia Feng and Hayaba Kyokihiko were confronting each other while thinking of a way to break out of this situation. The scabbard style was a sword technique that balanced both offense and defense. If one could not display this advantage, their weakness of mediocre offense and defense would be exposed. The Holy Sword was a powerful counter to the sheath style. Even if he attacked with all his might, he would not be able to gain an advantage. If this continued, he would definitely lose.
In this battle, other than the sheath style, he did not use any sword skills from the system. Just like the duel between Xia Feng and Asuna, he was able to reverse the situation in the end by relying on his understanding of the rapier's sword skills and directly breaking Asuna's big move. At this point, Heathcliffe had a greater advantage because he knew everything about SAO. Therefore, Xia Feng had never dared to use the sword skills of the system. This would only put him at a greater disadvantage or even a desperate situation.
Of course, the scabbard style was an exception, because the freedom of the scabbard style was very high. In terms of definition, it was equivalent to a normal attack, allowing Xia Feng to display his own sword techniques.
But now, he could barely restrain this urge-the urge to use the powerful sword skill of the system, like cutting down evil, like the ultimate meaning of the scabbard: Secret Sword 36, and so on.
" The power of the Evil Slash or the last strike of the Secret Sword Thirty-Six might be able to break his defense.”This thought occupied Xia Feng's mind.
Xia Feng even sheathed his sword and prepared to use his sword skill. However, in the end, he restrained himself. This was because he recalled Kirito's failure in the original novel. Kirito had used the system's sword skill because he could not resist his impulse. As a result, his ultimate move was completely countered by Heathcliffe, and he was stunned and defeated.
Ever since Xia Feng returned to the Forest House to recuperate, he paid attention to restraining himself from using the system's sword skills, whether it was training his sword or fighting. By now, he had completely gotten used to it, unlike other combat players who had already formed a habit of subconsciously using the system's sword skills in battle.
Thus, he could only find another way.
"We must use our strengths to attack the enemy's weaknesses.”
Xia Feng thought of a risky idea, one that he had never used before.
Under everyone's astonished gazes, he sheathed his sword sheath, took out his spear, and charged towards Hayaba Kyokihiko. Of course, he didn't use any Dash skills. He was just charging forward with his gun.
Although Hayaba Kyokihiko didn't understand what Natsukaze was up to, he didn't dare to underestimate him. Seeing Natsukaze's spear pointed at his head, he decisively hid his head behind the cross shield.
"I got it!" Xia Feng revealed a smile. When he was only a spear away from the thatched cottage, he took advantage of the fact that his opponent's line of sight was blocked by his own shield to turn his stab into a sweep, sweeping at the edge of the shield.
Hayaba Kyokihiko held a shield with one hand, so how could his strength compare to Natsuya who held a spear with both hands? This time, the shield was smashed to the side, and even his body was tilted, almost losing his balance. Taking advantage of the weakness in his opponent's defense, Xia Feng immediately went up to him. The long spear in his hand unexpectedly changed into a thin sword, and he displayed his maximum speed. The thin sword turned into dozens of sword shadows and stabbed towards Hayaba Kyokihiko.
In the face of the rapier's astonishing attack speed, Hayaba Kyokihiko had no time to move his heavy shield back. He could only use his longsword to block. However, Kazuhiko Hayaba's sword speed was not any slower than Asuna's. Even without using his shield, he was able to block Natsuya's attacks with just his sword.
After Kazuhiko Hayaba stabilized his position, he turned the cross shield around again. How could Xia Feng give him such a chance? He took another half step forward and elbowed his opponent's left hand, knocking his cross shield away.
One of Xia Feng's advantages over the average player was that he had learned a lot of weapon skills.
The two of them were already very close at this moment, almost half a step away. At this distance, it was already very difficult to use a long sword, and it was even more difficult to use a thin sword that mainly stabbed.
Even so, the two of them still launched an intense attack within half a step. No one was willing to take half a step back-retreating meant a flaw.
Everyone only heard the rapid and dense sound of swords clashing, completely shocked by the terrifying strength of these two people.
However, they couldn't see or hear anything. If the situation didn't turn for the better, Xia Feng would be in danger.
Xia Feng raised his mind to the limit, completely focusing on the battle. Seeing that the advantage brought by the attack was about to disappear, and the opponent was about to turn from defense to offense, Xia Feng decided to make a final gamble. After a round of attacks, in that instant, he stretched his hand back and pointed his sword forward. His entire body tensed up and he exerted his greatest strength to stab out his strongest sword.
Hayata Kazuhiko also realized that this sword attack was shocking. It was not like the previous attacks. Although it was fast, it lacked strength. He also realized that this was Xia Feng's final struggle, so he went all out and swept his sword across.
"Clang!"
Natsukaze's rapier was swept away by Hayaba's longsword.
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