Vikings: Journey of the Juggernaut

Chapter 174 The Secret of Must-Kill: Thunder Falcon Drawing Sword Technique

Dawn, Crocodile City.

The city wall guards suddenly found that the gate of the barrier city on the other side was wide open, and countless warriors poured out. When they saw the behemoth at the head, they were shocked.

"The Nine Snakes are coming!!"

As the earth shook, several spears flew towards them. Two guards failed to dodge and fell instantly.

The other guards quickly used the city wall as a cover, and the low horn sound spread throughout the city at the same time.

News came a few days ago that Bone Mountain was invaded by the Northerners. At the moment, the Nine Snakes, led by their leader Hydra, are also invading on a large scale.

The Niugui tribe doesn’t know if they can escape this disaster!

Countless soldiers in the long houses around the city wall stood up immediately and climbed up the city wall to prepare for guarding. However, after just one glance, their hearts felt cold.

Hydra, the human-faced fish Belaken, the silver-haired snake girl Naga, the ice python Spencer...

The combat power of these figures is not inferior to that of the Mountain Master, let alone the black and endless Nine Snakes warriors that stretch across the entire red clay battlefield. It is probably difficult to defend the city.

There are less than a thousand warriors in Crocodile City, and five hundred of them are outsiders or mercenaries. If the battle situation is overwhelmed, those people will not defend the city.

"Block the city gate and prepare for battle."

The captain of the city wall garrison gave the order, and the soldiers poured down the large pieces of sand that had been prepared on the city wall to flood the city gate below.

"Kill them all!"

Hydra held a trident, and with the help of a ladder, he flew up to the city wall in a few steps, and the trident swept away a group of soldiers.

The great warriors such as the human-faced fish, the silver-haired snake girl, and the ice python followed closely behind them, and together they cleared a city wall enough for their own warriors below to climb up via ladders.

……

Giant Wolf City, leader’s longhouse.

Listening to the continuous sound of horns reaching their ears, Willot and others hurried in, along with the giant wolf warriors originally stationed on the city wall.

"Chief, the Nine-Headed Snakes have launched a large-scale attack. The Nine-Headed Snakes personally led the team. There are no less than a few thousand people. All branches of the Nine-Headed Snakes are among the attacking troops."

"Should we go to war?" Willot asked.

"Leave, Crocodile City cannot be defended, and the entire Niugui tribe may not be able to escape this time." Gamda made a decision.

If it were the Nine Snakes troops alone, even if Crocodile City was temporarily captured, they would be able to capture it back quickly once the reinforcements from Niuguishan arrived.

But what is scary is the powerful Northern Legion. I heard that even the Frost Warriors are coming. Kulag obviously intends to defeat the Niugui clan in one fell swoop. If he takes the remaining three hundred giant wolf warriors and continues to side with the Niugui tribe, it will only lead to a dead end.

"Notify everyone to retreat immediately."

The Giant Wolf City has its own small port, so it is not difficult to leave safely.

……

"Damn the Nine Snakes!"

Hill Master Olev, carrying the Thunder Punishment Warhammer, quickly ran towards the city wall with a soldier walking along the road.

"The city lord is in trouble. I saw the giant wolf's men escaping by boat." A soldier hurried over.

"What!!"

Olev's hair and beard were growing wild, and he kindly took in the group of bereaved dogs, but chose to flee at the critical moment.

"Damn Northerners!"

Olev cursed again and rushed towards the red earth city wall without stopping. When he saw the city wall, the city wall was already filled with Nine Snakes warriors. His side had completely fallen below, and many mercenaries were turning around and fleeing.

There are only 200 soldiers and 100 mercenaries permanently stationed on the red clay city wall. Crocodile City has more than one entrance. The two ports will also be invaded, and both require garrisoned soldiers. One of the ports was left to the giant werewolves, and the other port was garrisoned by about two hundred people.

According to common sense, the number of people stationed on the red clay city wall was completely enough for him to arrive with his people, and they had indeed arrived at this time.

However, facing Hydra himself leading an army to attack, there was nothing he could do if he arrived. No matter in terms of high-end combat power or the comparison of the number of soldiers, his own manpower was obviously no match for Hydra.

"Retreat, everyone retreats."

Olev finally chose to preserve his strength. This time, he didn't know if he would have a chance to take back Crocodile City.

After all, they have to face not only the Nine Snakes tribe, but also the invading Northerners.

Looking back at the red earth city wall for the last time, he quickly left inland with the 200 soldiers who came along the way and the 200 soldiers who came from the port to support him.

"The hill has run away. Chief, are you going to chase me?" asked the human-faced fish Belaken on top of the city wall.

"Don't worry about it. If this small group of troops on the hill goes back, the Niu Gui people will have more strength to fight against the northern border and let them consume it. We don't need to worry." Hydra withdrew his sight and killed another one casually. enemy soldiers.

At this time, the red earth city wall was completely occupied.

……

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Bone Mountain, the exclusive training ground for the Calamity Knights.

Rayleigh stood three meters away from a wooden stake man, holding the hilt of the sword in his right hand and steadying his breathing.

In the next breath, two afterimages of his right foot stepped out, and his figure threw forward like an eagle. The blade of the sword suddenly flashed a dazzling light, and the wooden stake's head fell to the ground at the same time.

The sword was sheathed, and the scabbard was still vibrating slightly.

Draw your sword skills and enter the palace!

When I was 15 years old, I went to the Kirigakure Forest and saw lightning striking a big tree, which gave me the idea of ​​practicing Iai's sword-drawing technique;

In the same year, he went to Western Europe for a raid and saw the power of the Divine Sword of Dawn. His desire to practice sword-drawing became even stronger;

In the battle five days ago, due to the weight of the iron-blooded spear, it was not enough to hold the spear with one hand continuously. The long sword was often in the scabbard. It would be unsheathed at the critical moment and then quickly sheathed... After such a battle, the sword was honed. Next, I suddenly realized the mystery of the sword-drawing technique.

In the battlefield, it is indeed the fastest way to grow.

In addition, since I was a child, I have been drawing swords at least a thousand times a day, and I know the friction between the sword body and the scabbard very well;

After realizing the lifelong enemy in Shen'en Mountain, after a year of non-stop chopping of large iron blocks, the hand blade has reached the level of a double speed and slow knife.

It can be said that the right time, place, and people were all in place, so he tried to start practicing the sword-drawing technique in the past few days.

Finally, I successfully learned this secret.

"Rayleigh, this move of yours looks very powerful. I wonder what it's called?" Croft, who also uses a sword, asked with great interest.

"Thunder Falcon!" Rayleigh spat out two words, then looked at Zhan Bao, "If you want to learn, I can teach you."

There are still many things to practice in the sword-drawing technique, such as stepping forward with your right foot and drawing the sword with your left hand; or stepping forward with your left foot and drawing the sword with your right hand; stepping forward with your left foot and drawing the sword with your left hand...

You can even step to the left and right to draw the sword sideways; you can also step backward to draw the sword with a bow; each movement is divided into left and right feet, and then into left and right hands, and dozens of ways to draw the sword can be modified.

These require a lot of time to practice and cannot be hidden. You may not have much time left for yourself. The best way is to increase your strength as quickly as possible.

Not to mention the many trump cards that he currently has, such as the Mist Sword and the Speed ​​Sword, as well as the unknown Secondary Fury and Armed Fury.

"Can I learn it?" Croft asked tentatively, his eyes brightening.

"It depends on your swordsmanship talent." Reilly paused, "With your swordsmanship talent, I doubt it is possible." "I'll try it, and you tell me the principle." Croft couldn't wait.

The bodies around them stopped training at the same time, raised their ears and turned their gazes sideways.

"Ahem." Judgment coughed twice, "It's better to practice such a stunt alone."

"Yes, Rayleigh, you don't need to tell us." Surte said, although he was also very interested in it. After all, he also used a sword.

"It doesn't matter, not many people can learn it." Rayleigh said casually.

For a true swordsman genius, once you see it, you can definitely see the principle. As for those who are not swordsman geniuses, it is useless to know, and they cannot learn it at all.

Moves are just moves. Whether they are powerful or not depends on the person using them.

For example, the Mist Crow's Mist Sword was basically mastered by Leader Li Dai, but it was Leader Zane who carried this move forward, which required extraordinary timing skills and an indomitable character.

If used by the previous boss, it might become too fancy. Not only can one operation fail to kill the enemy, but it will lose its physical strength and become a fish.

"The principle is very simple. Thunder Falcon requires three skills, and two ordinary sword-drawing skills will also work."

Rayleigh continued, "Compared with the ordinary sword-drawing technique, Thunder Falcon has more advanced step-step body movements and a speed-driven sword-drawing power bonus."

"I understand this, I know advanced steps." Croft said confidently.

"The second technique is to draw the sword quickly and slowly."

"Draw the sword quickly or slowly?" Kroff was stunned.

"Yes, listen carefully." Rayleigh held the hilt of the sword in his palm and began to draw the sword. After the sword blade and the scabbard rubbed, there was a sudden explosion, and the exit of the scabbard shone with a dazzling light at the same time.

Kroff suddenly realized: "I understand, you mean to use the fast and slow sword method to draw the sword."

Rayleigh nodded: "Yes, at least two quick and slow knives are needed."

That is to say, the sword body needs to undergo a double acceleration process of sudden stop and acceleration in the scabbard, and then sudden stop and acceleration. The final moment when the sword is drawn out at extremely high speed, the friction between the sword edge and the scabbard will produce a dazzling light.

"I'll give it a try." Kroof concentrated his mind, took a deep breath, grasped the hilt of the sword, and suddenly unsheathed it.

The friction between the sword body and the scabbard twists even the basic quick and slow sword to the extreme. Moreover, he is used to the thrusting method of thrusting forward and using the fast and slow knife, and the reverse method of using the fast and slow knife from bottom to top, which requires a lot of time to learn.

The most difficult point is that there is friction between the sword body and the scabbard, making it extremely difficult to exert force with a fast or slow sword.

"I can't learn." After pulling it out two or three times, Croft gave up.

Although Surte and Sword Wolf Wolf were envious in their hearts, it was naturally impossible for them to try it at this time. Just the ordinary quick and slow knives are enough for them to learn, not to mention the need for double quick and slow knives, which is the most difficult method of reverse force exertion.

Nightmare Helge also lost interest after hearing this. He was not good at fast and slow knives, and he did not like to install a scabbard on the chain sword edge. In order to learn such a unique skill, it is obviously not worth giving up the chain sword that I am used to.

Moreover, it may not be possible to learn it.

Bartholomew became interested. The first two skills were not a problem for him. The key was: "Rayleigh, what is the third skill?"

While Croft was trying to draw the sword, he also tried it twice and found:

He could only use the basic quick and slow sword to draw the sword. If he wanted to use the double quick and slow sword to draw the sword, it was simply difficult to do so. As for the way of drawing the sword of the first-level quick and slow sword, even the flash cannot be drawn out. Not only does it lose the function of blocking the opponent's sight, but the power is also greatly reduced.

It can only be regarded as a half-finished sword-drawing technique, far less impressive than Rayleigh's stunning sword-drawing technique.

"Because there is friction when the sword is pulled out of the scabbard, the third skill simply requires excellent sword sense." Rayleigh replied.

I have been drawing swords since I was a child, and I have the talent of sword bones, so this is naturally not a problem.

The Sword of Dawn was picked up by Samus at random due to his sword skills, and he was known as the best swordsman in the Seven Kingdoms of Britain, which shows his tyrannical swordsmanship talent.

"Sword Sense!!" Everyone was stunned after hearing this.

Advanced stepping and fast and slow swordsmanship both require excellent physical fitness and excellent technical talent, and as a result, they also require indescribable sword sense. No wonder Raleigh said that few people can learn it.

Surt, Kroff, and Sword Wolf Wolf all felt slightly ashamed when they used swords. Their swordsmanship talents were already very good, but they had no clue about the elusive sword sense.

"Is there any stupid way?" Wolff asked again. The sword-drawing technique was really different and he was still young. If there were other ways, he really didn't want to give up.

"Have."

Rayleigh thought for a while, "Drawing the sword thousands of times every day for twenty or thirty years. If the talent is not too bad, it may not be a problem to develop sword sense."

"Twenty or thirty years?" Wolf was stunned.

It would be difficult for normal people to persist for twenty or thirty years for an illusory sword sense without necessarily seeing results.

After thinking about it for a while, I finally decided to give up.

The people present also looked at each other, looking forward to it before they knew the principle of sword drawing. Once you know the principle, it feels uncomfortable.

There is no one around who can do it. Even the top war commander Bartholomew, who is at the peak of his physical body and has extremely outstanding technical talents, cannot do it. You can imagine how difficult it is.

From this point of view, there are not many people in the entire northern border who can learn this trick.

"Let me try this move of yours." Croft walked out with a shield in his left hand and a sword in his right hand.

"Okay." Rayleigh was also about to try out the performance of this move in actual combat. Playing against a real person was obviously different from playing against a wooden pile.

"I'm ready, come on." Kroff adjusted to the best fighting condition, his eyes locked on Rayleigh's sword.

Everyone around them looked at him with interest.

call out--

Rayleigh pulled out an afterimage and came to Croft in an instant. Then he passed by him with a step, and the sword blade was unsheathed at the same time, bringing out a dazzling light.

Several hairs fell down.

The sword has been sheathed!

Kroff didn't react for a moment. If he were in a real battle, he would be dead at this time.

"Overlord, you are not cheating, you used two steps." Maltz said after reacting.

"Fighting is not about death. Those who can adapt to changes are the strong ones. I lost." Kroff sighed in his heart, feeling that Rayleigh had grown too fast. If it were a life-and-death fight, he would most likely be unable to defeat the opponent now.

This kind of drawing of a sword cannot be seen with the eyes. By the time you see it, it is already too late. Instead, you need to use your combat intuition to feel it. Normal people cannot handle it.

The most terrifying moment is when the sword is still in the scabbard, because you don't know when this guy will draw the sword and unleash a thunderous strike.

　The market is always right, you are the only one who is wrong. This book may not improve even if I write it for half a year. If I hesitate, I will fail if I hesitate.

　　In the past few days, my thoughts have been on a subject that I really want to write about, and I can't wait to start a new book. In this sleepwalking state, I can no longer write this one, so I can only stop here for the time being.

　　Lao Baiwen needs excellent writing skills, but I have no talent in writing. The writing is dry and lacks branches, leaves and flesh. This kind of writing style may only be suitable for writing cool articles. Stop torturing yourself and just follow the general trend. There is only one Supreme Emperor, and the road to reverse the version is too difficult, and it really requires amazing perseverance.

　　I'm leaving. I wish you all a lot of money and good luck in the new year!

　　

　

(End of this chapter)