Chapter 505: Chapter 333 ’Lady She Xiang’ requests to add you as a friend—[Request for monthly pass!]_2
Yan Chuan looked at this person—
[Code Name: Mao Xiaoliu]
[Sky Ladder: 25]
[Matches: 1]
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Just like having only had one Sky Ladder match before, Yang Wan has 70 points, Black Hawk has 76 points, whereas this Mao Xiaoliu only has 25 points, the gap is obvious.
But Yan Chuan doesn’t mind.
He wants to teach, and if someone supports his lecture, it makes him very happy, so why would he mind?
Yan Chuan smiled at Mao Xiaoliu and said, "Perform the ’Eagle Claw Skill’ for me to see first."
"Okay!"
Mao Xiaoliu was very obedient, setting his stance ready to perform.
Raising Qi while raising the hand, sinking Qi while pushing the palm, gathering Qi while changing to claws, strength permeating through the palm and claw.
It was noticeable that Mao Xiaoliu’s basic skills in ’Eagle Claw Skill’ were solid, but also evident was his overall lack of refinement.
Yan Chuan was not stingy, he watched and then taught—
"The lower limb movements of ’Eagle Claw Skill’ have many similarities with Long Fist, step types include Bow, Horse, Crouch, Virtual, Rest, and often use Ding Step, Four-Six Steps."
"The stepping technique is a mixture of slow and fast, light and stable."
"The leg technique is mainly low leg."
"The body shape should have a retracted waist, contracted hips, hunchback to show the Eagle Form."
"Body movements twist, rotate, flexibly expanding and contracting."
"These basic skills you practice well."
"But the overall coordination ability is somewhat lacking, mainly because you have neglected the practice of balance actions in daily life. Balance actions mainly consist of raising the knee for balance, and locking the leg for balance. There are rotating actions with stable lower limbs and slow upper body turns, which can cultivate better control ability."
"Without balance, jumping is affected."
"Come!"
"Jump again!"
As Yan Chuan spoke, he personally assisted Mao Xiaoliu with the flip jump, Kou Tui Jump, Sky Jumping Lotus Leg, and other jumping actions, subtly using strength to adjust his movements and Qi—
"The actions must be light and agile, like an eagle striking the sky, land with stability and method."
Yan Chuan assisted.
In a few jumps, Mao Xiaoliu seemed to have his governor and conception vessels opened, feeling sudden ease, and executing ’Eagle Claw Skill’ again, felt smoother and more fluid than before.
Mao Xiaoliu was overjoyed, quickly bowed to Yan Chuan and said, "Thank you, Crocodile God, for your guidance!"
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Just as Mao Xiaoliu finished his words.
Before Yan Chuan could speak, his face suddenly changed, grabbing Mao Xiaoliu by the shoulder and pulling him back with Tai Chi strength—
Clang!
Mao Xiaoliu shifted positions, while an arrow embedded itself into the ground where he originally stood.
Someone was making a stealth attack!
"A volley of arrows!"
"First, shoot down the ’South Sea Crocodile God’!"
A voice from an indeterminable location along the street was inciting everyone to attack Yan Chuan.
The ’Sky Ladder’ Thousand-Person Battle gathers a thousand people, among them, people like Mao Xiaoliu, who don’t mind if it’s a black cat or a white cat, as long as they can improve their martial arts, regardless if it’s a genuine battle or listening to Yan Chuan’s martial arts lecture.
But some people don’t think so.
They are more focused on ’Sky Ladder Points’, the higher the score, the higher the ranking, determining what treatment they can receive in King City, their sect, and their respective forces in the future.
Status!
Power!
Resources!
Everything is tied to ’Sky Ladder Points’, including ’Charging Points Rewards’.
Therefore, in their eyes, ’Sky Ladder Points’ are above all, indifferent to Yan Chuan’s lectures, they want to take advantage of him teaching on the street to rally people to fire a volley and eliminate such a significant expert, an adversary that could affect their survival and higher scores in this match.
Raising a rallying call!
Respondents gathered in droves!
In an instant, indeed, more than ten hidden weapons like feathered arrows, sleeve arrows, flying darts, and silver needles rushed at Yan Chuan.
The ones launching these hidden weapons were at least of the Limit-breaking level.
All launched together.
It was quite a threat.
For others, even those at the Postnatal Peak or Peak of Limit-breaking, or even those of Absolute skill might need to avoid the edge temporarily, but only Yan Chuan was not afraid: "’Dugu Nine Swords’ Seventh Sword ’Arrow Breaking Style’ specializes in breaking hidden weapons. No matter if the enemy fires thousands of arrows or dozens of people simultaneously launch various hidden weapons, just by executing this move, hundreds and thousands of hidden weapons can be knocked down simultaneously."
Yan Chuan had once used ’Arrow Breaking Style’ to pierce the eyes of twelve cult members during the Jian Province Competition, and again pierced the centipede bees released from Zhuge Zhen’s Third-Rank Treasure ’Centipede Bee Bag’ during the Cang Mountain Sword Discussion, achieving success both times without fail.
This time.
’Arrow Breaking Style’ appeared again—
Clang!
Yan Chuan’s eyes were sharp, and his ears trembled, maximizing his ability to identify things by sound, then his longsword shot out suddenly, the sword tip quivered, the sound of clang and clank was relentless, those more than ten hidden weapons attacking were either blocked by Yan Chuan or returned at an even faster speed—
"Ah!"
"Ouch!"
Around came cries of pain, some died and some were injured.
"Hiss!"
Mao Xiaoliu, watching from the side, couldn’t help but take a deep breath.
This swordsmanship!
Incredible!
Yan Chuan was not surprised, his ’Arrow Breaking Style’ could strike down hundreds of hidden weapons, with thousands of points, intrinsically different, but the sword is so fast it’s as if it strikes simultaneously, exceptionally stunning when performed.
But this sword move must hit with every thrust, just one slight miss and the enemy’s hidden weapon would strike oneself.
Even though Yan Chuan practiced ’Dugu Nine Swords’ to the Sixth Realm Refining level, the ’Arrow Breaking Style’ was very proficient, people often say ’Walking along the riverbank, there’s no way your shoes won’t get wet,’ or ’A thousand days of being a thief, yet there’s no thousand days to guard against thieves!’
Yan Chuan knew well that he could defend against hidden weapon volleys ten or a hundred times with ’Arrow Breaking Style’, but just one slip would be fatal.
Thus—
"It’s best not to put oneself in such a situation."
"The more proficient the ’Arrow Breaking Style’, the better, but it’s best to not even need to use ’Arrow Breaking Style’!"
For instance, at this moment.
"Go!"
With ’Arrow Breaking Style’ in his possession, Yan Chuan wasn’t afraid of a rain of hidden weapons, but at this moment, since he could retreat, why push to the extreme?
He grabbed Mao Xiaoliu, stepped on "Wave Riding Micro Steps", swaying east and west, dodging all the clanging and pinging hidden weapons, diving into the alleys.
Put down Mao Xiaoliu.
Vanished without a trace.
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[Match Ended—]
[Survival Ranking: 1]
[Kill Ranking: 1]
[Overall Score: 99]
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[Code Name: South Sea Crocodile God]
[Sky Ladder: 99]
[Matches: 1]
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Yan Chuan’s first ’Sky Ladder Battle’ lasted a whole day, completed to perfection. In such a ’newbie game’, ’positioning match’, Yan Chuan’s Sixth Realm Absolute Skill was indeed too strong, Yang Wan, Lady She Xiang, Black Hawk, as well as Linjiang Immortal and Xu Yang, each of them in the newbie matches were dominant, but Yan Chuan was stronger, surviving until the end.
Of course, Yan Chuan was not easily done.
Fighting fiercely for a whole day, not only defending against ambushes anytime and anywhere but also facing experts of various styles, he had to handle occasional attacks.
After one day, utterly exhausted.
The harvest was indeed great.
The exhaustion was indeed significant.
At this time, the match ended, returning to the Sky Ladder, Yan Chuan finally completely relaxed, finally breathing a sigh of relief.
[’Yang Wan’ has requested to add you as a friend—]
[’Black Hawk’ has requested to add you as a friend—]
[’Lady She Xiang’ has requested to add you as a friend—]
[’Xu Yang’ has requested to add you as a friend—]
[’Linjiang Immortal’ has requested to add you as a friend—]
[’Mao Xiaoliu’ has requested to add you as a friend—]
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Just after the match ended, just back to the Sky Ladder, there were requests from warriors he encountered or didn’t encounter in the first match, obviously impressed by Yan Chuan, wanting to add a friend to get closer in the future.
Some purely wanted to ride on his coattails, like ’Mao Xiaoliu’, ’Mutual Destruction’, ’Shepherd’, ’Ge You’ and the like, some wanted to spar and progress with Yan Chuan in the future, like ’Xu Yang’, ’Linjiang Immortal’, and some were dissatisfied and wanted another fight, like ’Yang Wan’, ’Black Hawk’, ’Lady She Xiang’.
"The more friends, the better!"
Yan Chuan rejected no one, regardless of strong or weak, accepted them all.
After that, unsurprisingly, private messages exploded.
Yan Chuan smiled, didn’t bother, a thought moved, time was up, amidst swirling and spinning, returned to reality, returned to ’Tan Valley Royal City’.
Faced with a scene of ruins.
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