Chapter 16: The World of Genius_3

The wooden sword sliced down, closely brushing past the wooden shield, causing the sound of wood friction. Long Kongkong only felt a shake in the wooden shield in his hand, due to the charge, Xi Feng was about to rush past him. Faced with such a great opportunity, he wouldn't let it go. He pushed the shield forward, colliding it against Xi Feng's side. Immediately, the forward momentum of Xi Feng was disrupted by the impact, and he stumbled and fell to the ground.

Not far away, Na Ye watched with a slight smile at the corner of his mouth. This mischievous kid, he could be considered as bold and meticulous. He just learned the Slide Step yesterday, but dared to apply it today, showing some combat talent. However, it was still a bit risky. If it were himself, he would have made a much larger Slide Step, completely avoiding the opponent's Charge, even if not counterattacking. The best would be to swing around to the opponent's back and hit the opponent with a Shield Strike when there was no threat.

Xi Feng got up from the ground, he had not seen too clearly before, but then he was knocked down. In addition to his previously formed perception of Long Kongkong's strong innate inner spiritual power, he looked at Long Kongkong with admiration and gave him a thumbs-up, "Class leader, that was impressive."

Long Kongkong stepped forward and they swapped weapons, "Now it's my turn to Charge."

They again moved apart, and Long Kongkong quickly rushed forward. Xi Feng, having just lost to him, became increasingly cautious. He squatted slightly with both hands supporting the shield, using it to parry in front of him.

But the expected collision did not occur. The next moment, his head hurt and Long Kongkong's voice echoed close-by, "Your parry completely blocked your line of sight, how on earth could you judge from where I was attacking?"

It turned out that Long Kongkong, noticing that Xi Feng had even obscured his head, didn't need to Slide Step. He simply walked around to the side and tapped his head with the wooden sword.

"Kongkong is right, when parrying, you mustn't block your own line of sight. Otherwise, you won't be able to judge the direction of your opponent's attack – how could you effectively parry then?" Wei Huo's voice echoed.

He took the shield from Xi Feng's hand and spoke seriously, "Watch closely. Long Kongkong, Charge at me."

"Oh!" Long Kongkong moved back to lengthen the distance, attracting the gaze of all the students. The teacher was about to demonstrate with the class leader!

Long Kongkong stepped forward and rushed towards Wei Huo. While Wei Huo, holding a shield in his right hand, solemnly said, "When the opponent launches a Charge at you, the first thing you should pay attention to is to observe his steps, to determine when he is exerting force. Because when he exerts force on his legs, it means he's going to accelerate and start the attack. Otherwise, no matter how the upper body moves, it's all but a bluff."

The 20-meter distance was spanned in the blink of an eye. When Long Kongkong was three meters away from Wei Huo, he suddenly Slide Stepped, exerting force on his soles and calves simultaneously to close the gap instantaneously with the estoc thrusting towards Wei Huo.

"Good!" Wei Huo's eyes brightened. He was quite impressed by Long Kongkong's unexpected burst of speed from the Slide Step. It was full-on and fast enough.

He lifted the shield single-handedly and stepped forward at the same time, intentionally shortening the distance with Long Kongkong so as to prevent him from fully exerting force.

But right then, Long Kongkong, who was rushing forward, unexpectedly changed his stride mid-charge, shifting his weight from his left foot to the right with the right foot leaning forward. He did a crafty switch foot Slide Step to turn around, getting to the side of Wei Huo. The estoc that was prepared to thrust also followed the motion, changing direction and sliced from the side. The speed of the maneuvers was extremely fast.

Wei Huo was a real Knight after all. Even though he had held back his spiritual power, his response was still swift. He quickly turned his body and looked impressed while blocking Long Kongkong's wooden sword with the shield.

With a "bang," the wooden sword chopped onto the shield. Immediately, Long Kongkong felt a strong counter-shock force. Even though Wei Huo was not using his inner spiritual power, his outer spiritual power was still exceptionally strong, and his casual strength was also considerable.

The counter-shock force made Long Kongkong's chest feel tight, and he grunted, but at this moment, he felt a sudden warmth in his chest, followed by a pulling sensation. It was as if the force of the shock that was causing him pain had been instantly absorbed. Not only did his chest feel relieved, but he also felt a surge of power strengthening him. Unknowingly, his left foot touched the ground and he did another Slide Step. The estoc, which was deflected, followed the rotation of his body, and he got behind Wei Huo.

Even as Wei Huo was using the shield to block Long Kongkong's wooden sword and was complimenting, "Good change of direction…."

"Thwack!" A sudden pain in the back of his head, then darkness, and the class leader fell to the ground.

Na Ye, who was watching from far, suddenly widened his eyes, "Power Poaching!"