"Everything I said is true, Big Eater, quickly organize your men to intercept those sword-wielders!" In the Zixiao Hall, a huge ogre with boxing gloves on both hands lay on a bed made of several altars, tossing a live, screaming cat into his mouth, eating it as if it were flavored peanuts, one after another, enjoying it immensely.
"Get lost..." Big Eater slammed the goblin mage slime's head, sending it flying several meters away. If the goblin's small body wasn't flexible enough, it might have been half-dead from that punch. "Ogres are powerful, goblins are all weaklings! You don't deserve to stand with the ogres!!"
"Yes! Yes! Great Ogre Leader Big Eater! The lowly goblin doesn't deserve to stand with the ogres!" Despite being beaten, Slime still had to praise the Ogre Leader. "The goblin just wanted to tell the Ogre Leader that two young humans are coming, both with tender skin. The Ogre Leader mustn't miss this!"
"Humans! Delicious! Haven't had them in a long time!" The Ogre Leader licked his tongue, and the small cats he had been eating no longer seemed as tasty!
He threw the small cat in his hand into his mouth and tossed the remaining cats, which were barely alive, to his four subordinates. "Ogu! Follow the great Big Eater, delicious!"
"Ogu!"
"Ogu!"
The four ogres slapped their chests and roared, following Big Eater out of the Zixiao Hall. Imagining the delicious future of eating human flesh, they blocked the only path beside the Zixiao Hall.
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"Have you remembered all the key points I explained to you?" After breaking through the first goblin blockade, Gu Han desperately explained the sword techniques for the next battle to King Yue. Yes, the next battle against the ogres, Gu Han still planned to have King Yue practice his sword skills.
"In the next battle, there will be five ogres in total, four ogre warriors, and one ogre boxer." Gu Han told King Yue all the details he had obtained from the forum. "The ogre warriors all use large axes over a meter long. These axes are very heavy, so the damage is extremely terrifying. A sword maiden of the Ancient Sword level would lose at least 30 points of shield energy from one hit. With your Famous Sword level constitution, you would probably take 3 to 5 points of damage, which is enough to break through your defense."
"However, because the axes are so large and heavy, the ogre warriors' attack speed is very slow, averaging one attack every three seconds. So when you face the warriors, you need to clearly identify their attack routes, predict them in advance, dodge their attacks, and then use the 'Five Styles of Flowing Years' to counterattack. Their large bodies make them poor at dodging, so even with your clumsy sword skills, you should be able to hit them. The key to the battle is to dodge the ogres' attacks. Your shield energy can only withstand about twenty attacks, so you must eliminate the four ogre warriors before your shield disappears, understood?"
"By the way, ogres have thick skin and about 300 HP. You will need to attack about ten times to eliminate one ogre warrior."
"Then there's the ogre boxer. His attack power is similar to the warriors, dealing about 3 to 5 points of damage, but his attack speed is very fast, and his accuracy is high. If he joins the battle, I estimate you won't be able to withstand their combined attacks, so I will restrain the ogre boxer to prevent him from joining the attack. You can focus on fighting the four ogre warriors and practice your sword skills."
"You will restrain the ogre boxer?" King Yue looked at Gu Han distrustfully. "Although your sword skills are indeed powerful, while I am fighting the ogre warriors, how will you deal with the ogre boxer?"
"This!" Gu Han patted the Qingpin Sword on his back. "I still have her."
"Are you crazy? You can only use one sword maiden at a time. While I am in battle, you cannot use the Qingpin Sword!" King Yue asked suspiciously.
"The reason we sword wielders can only use one sword maiden at a time is that sword maidens cannot fight alone and must rely on the sword wielder to transmit sword essence to them. With the support of sword essence, sword maidens can fight. However, a sword wielder can only manifest one sword mark at a time, so they can only transmit sword essence to one sword maiden. But if I don't need to transmit sword essence through the sword mark and only use the Qingpin Sword itself, it doesn't matter!" Gu Han explained. "This is the power of a sword master. In a certain sense, a sword master can fight with two sword maidens at the same time!"
"If you don't transmit sword essence through the sword mark, what's the difference between the Qingpin Sword and an ordinary sword?" King Yue was angry. "An ordinary sword in the face of a powerful enemy is as fragile as a branch. Aren't you afraid of breaking the Qingpin Sword's body?"
"That depends on who uses it!" Gu Han tapped King Yue's head. "If it's you, a thousand Qingpin Swords would break... but if it's me, a thousand ogre boxers wouldn't break my Qingpin Sword!"
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"I smell it, the taste of lunch!" The ogre boxer Big Eater stood in the middle of the road, deeply inhaling the air, then licking his thick lips. At the other end of the road, the figures of Gu Han and King Yue gradually became clearer.
"Ogu! You two, go and grab those two people! Big Eater wants to eat boiled meat slices today!" Big Eater gave orders to two of his four subordinates. In his view, dealing with such small and weak humans, two powerful ogre warriors were enough.
"Ogu!"
"Ogu!"
The subordinates roared and lifted their large axes, charging towards Gu Han and King Yue.
"Go, King Yue, remember what I told you!" Gu Han whispered in King Yue's ear. King Yue blushed from the roots of her ears to her cheeks, spat, and then lifted her Qingpin Sword, charging towards the four ogres.
Soon, the two sides engaged in battle. The ogre at the front saw the tender-skinned King Yue and immediately felt a surge of appetite. He raised his large axe high and swung it down, trying to split the sword maiden in one blow.
King Yue had been prepared for this. She focused on the ogre's movements and, when she saw the axe raised, immediately dodged to the left. Although her movements were somewhat clumsy, they were still quick enough to avoid the ogre warrior's overhead strike!
"Ha!" Seeing her successful dodge, King Yue smiled and took advantage of the opportunity to strike the ogre warrior several times.
"System notification: You have inflicted damage on the ogre warrior: -30"
"System notification: You have inflicted damage on the ogre warrior: -30"
"System notification: You have inflicted damage on the ogre warrior: -30"
With just three strikes, the ogre warrior's HP bar was reduced by about a third.
"Vile scoundrel, did you see the exquisite sword skills of this king?" King Yue proudly waved the King Goujian Sword at Gu Han.
"Watch out behind you..." Gu Han looked at King Yue as if she were an idiot.
"What, behind me?" King Yue was stunned, then felt something hit her hard from behind, sending her flying several meters and landing heavily on the ground. It turned out that the second ogre warrior, who had followed the first, had struck her with his axe.
"System notification: You have taken damage, shield energy loss: -5 points"
At the same time, the first ogre warrior raised his giant axe again and swung it at the fallen King Yue.
As a result, King Yue, who was already dazed from the second ogre warrior's attack, took another hit.
"System notification: You have taken damage, shield energy loss: -4 points"
"Damn!" Taking advantage of the gap between the first ogre warrior's attacks, King Yue got up from the ground. At that moment, the second ogre warrior's attack came again. King Yue's sword touched the large axe, using the rebound force to create distance, making the ogre warrior's attack miss, and leaving a mark of her anger on his body.
Thus, King Yue and the two ogre warriors were locked in a fierce battle.
From the battle situation, it was clear that Gu Han's training and guidance were very effective. If, in the previous battles against Steel Fang and the goblins, King Yue's skills were like those of a three-year-old, now she had grown to the level of a ten-year-old.
Facing the combined attacks of two ogre warriors, King Yue could mostly dodge them. Except for the initial two hits, she was not hit again. On the contrary, her sword often struck the ogres, and the "Five Styles of Flowing Years" began to take shape.
"Sword maidens are sword maidens. Even though she forgot her sword skills, once she started practicing, her talent for swordsmanship became very strong!" Behind King Yue, Gu Han watched her battle and muttered to himself. From the beginning of training King Yue, Gu Han understood the powerful talent of sword maidens in swordsmanship. But could a sword maiden without sword talent still be called a sword maiden?
Soon, under King Yue's increasingly skilled attacks, the HP of the two ogre warriors gradually dropped to half. This made Big Eater, who was also observing the battle, very frustrated. He quickly ordered the remaining two ogre warriors to join the battle!
"Ogu!"
"Ogu!"
The third and fourth ogre warriors joined the battle, and King Yue's initially advantageous position quickly turned into a disadvantage. Facing the attacks of four ogre warriors, King Yue began to struggle, and dodging became more difficult. Often, she could dodge three strikes but not the fourth.
In just a minute, King Yue was hit by over a dozen axes, losing more than 60 points of shield energy. The situation seemed to become precarious.