"Your eyes are not enough!" King Yue, surrounded by four ogre warriors, struggled to fend off the attacks from four large axes, gradually feeling overwhelmed. His eyes could only see the sides, and he was completely unable to deal with attacks from behind.
"Use your senses! Feel the wind, feel the air, feel the intent. Trust your body; your instincts as a sword maiden will tell you where to dodge!" Gu Han, who was watching from the sidelines, noticed King Yue's predicament and shouted instructions from behind.
"Use my body to sense?" King Yue laughed in frustration. "You're talking nonsense!"
Although he thought Gu Han was talking nonsense, King Yue, as if possessed, closed his eyes and decided to follow Gu Han's advice, using his body to sense the enemy's attacks.
The immediate consequence was that King Yue was hit by four large axes in a row, failing to dodge even once.
"Damn it, I will never trust this despicable liar again!" King Yue thought angrily and was about to open his eyes when a subconscious impulse, like an electric current, flashed through his body, telling him to dodge to the left.
King Yue's body tilted slightly to the left, narrowly avoiding an axe that came from behind.
"It really works!" King Yue was a bit excited. At that moment, another subconscious impulse emerged, telling him to bend down.
King Yue, being a born sword maiden with exceptional insight and qualities, instantly transformed after being enlightened by Gu Han. Instead of dodging clumsily, he moved like a butterfly weaving through flowers, untouched by any leaf.
"Truly enviable!" Seeing King Yue grasp what had taken him a month to understand, Gu Han couldn't help but feel a bit envious. However, Gu Han seemed to forget that King Yue was not a complete novice in swordsmanship; his sword skills were deeply ingrained in his soul, and he had merely forgotten how to use them upon awakening.
If Gu Han was only slightly envious, the ogre boxer felt that things were getting out of hand. His four subordinates didn't seem to be holding out much longer!
"Og! Let the Great Fist finish you off!" The ogre boxer, Great Fist, decided to stop pretending and stepped forward, ready to use his fists.
"Finally decided to join in, huh?" Gu Han immediately noticed the ogre boxer's movement. "The four ogres are the best sparring partners for King Yue right now. A mere ogre boxer should stay back!"
Gu Han drew the Qingpin Sword from his back, leaped five meters high, and used the nearby cliff to gain momentum, easily crossing over King Yue's battle group and blocking the ogre boxer's path.
Due to the 50% physical attribute boost from the active sword maiden, King Yue, Gu Han's body was significantly enhanced. If King Yue were in sword form, her 100% physical attributes would be added to Gu Han's, allowing him to leap ten meters high or even fly for short periods.
[PS: The author apologizes for missing an important setting in the previous chapters. When a sword maiden fights in her human form, 50% of her physical attributes are added to the wielder. When a sword maiden is in sword form, 100% of her physical attributes are added to the wielder. This is why Gu Han, a mere human, can emit various sword auras and engage in close combat with powerful enemies.]
"Your opponent is me!" Gu Han pointed the Qingpin Sword at the ogre boxer, Great Fist.
"Og! Great Fist will kill you first, human!" The ogre boxer, enraged, swung his fists, clad in iron gauntlets, at Gu Han's scarred face. If he hit, Gu Han's head would likely shatter.
"Too slow!" With the boost from the sword maiden's physical attributes, the ogre boxer's movements were too slow for Gu Han, a master swordsman, to avoid the powerful iron fists easily.
Name: Ogre Boxer: Great Fist
Level: Ghost Level
Origin: Western Fantasy World
Appears in: All Western Fantasy World scenarios
Health: 2 stars
Attack: 2.5 stars
Agility: 1 star
Magic: None
Abilities: Wears heavy iron gauntlets, each strike has 800 kg of force, capable of shattering an opponent's skull.
Special Moves: Cannon Iron Fist, Charged Smash
Description: Ogres are a core force in the Western Fantasy World, with over thirty different types of units, ranging from Tiger Level to Dragon Level, forming a well-structured combat hierarchy. The Ogre Boxer is a lower-tier unit in the ogre tribe. Great Fist was abandoned by his tribe as a child and later found his way to the third dimension, where he was taken in by the Dark Dragon King, to whom he is extremely loyal. Great Fist is a brutal opponent who enjoys eating human flesh and, in the absence of humans, will eat small animals. He is a formidable close-combat fighter, even among Ghost Level enemies, but is vulnerable to ranged attacks.
For Gu Han, who had mastered swordsmanship, toying with the ogre boxer was incredibly easy. Like playing with a child, no matter how fast the ogre boxer's punches were, the tip of the Qingpin Sword could always strike his wrists. In a few minutes, the ogre boxer's wrists were riddled with wounds.
"Og! Og! Og! Great Fist will kill you, you damned human! Great Fist will crush your bones and suck your marrow!" The ogre boxer roared, but he was panting like an exhausted ox.
"Fine, I'll give you a different opponent!" Suddenly, the human, who had been dodging like a monkey, vanished.
"Og! This despicable human must have fled in fear of Great Fist's power!" The ogre boxer, whether truly foolish or pretending, thought. Since the human had fled, he should go support his subordinates.
However, when the ogre boxer looked at the battle site, he was stunned. Three of his four subordinates were gone, and the remaining one lay on the ground. A dimensional vortex was forming next to the corpse, and a few seconds later, the fourth ogre warrior's body was sucked into the vortex, leaving no trace.
"All four of them, killed!" Even the fierce Great Fist felt a chill down his spine and considered fleeing.
But at that moment, King Yue, who had just finished off the four ogre warriors, charged forward without hesitation, swinging his sword at Great Fist.
Forget about running, I'll kill this little wench!
"Og!" Great Fist shouted and engaged King Yue in battle.
To be honest, the pressure King Yue felt from the ogre boxer was even greater than from the four ogre warriors. Although the four ogres were numerous, their attacks were predictable and easy to dodge. However, the ogre boxer's weapon was not a heavy axe but a light iron gauntlet. His attacks were both fast and precise, and he was a different level of enemy compared to the ogre warriors. King Yue was hit by two iron fists at the start, losing over 50 points of shield energy.
This made King Yue feel that he might be in over his head.
"What should I do?" King Yue, panicking, actually asked Gu Han for advice, something the old King Yue would never have done!
"Surprised! You actually know to ask!" Gu Han was both surprised and pleased by King Yue's change. "If you can't dodge, don't dodge. Use your full strength to attack the opponent's fists!"
"Attack the fists?" Seeing the ogre boxer's fist coming, King Yue decided not to dodge and swung his sword back with all his might!
The ogre boxer, completely unprepared for this response, was forced to step back, and his attack was instantly nullified.
"Opportunity!" King Yue's sword instincts were becoming more pronounced. He immediately saw his chance and launched the "Five Styles of Flowing Years" at the ogre boxer like a tidal wave.
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A few minutes later, the ogre boxer, Great Fist, fell heavily to the ground. A dimensional vortex appeared, sucking his body back into the second dimension.
"Congratulations, you have at least recovered 20% of your former sword skills! You canๅๅผบcope with the upcoming battles! Keep it up!" Gu Han pulled out a towel from somewhere and handed it to King Yue to wipe the sweat from his face.
"Thank you!" King Yue hesitated but took the towel and wiped his face, inhaling the scent of a man.
"Damn it, this despicable human actually dared to give me a used towel!"
"I'll keep this towel!" After wiping his face, King Yue stuffed the towel into his scabbard. By the way, the scabbard can also store some personal items, as long as they are not too large.
"Suit yourself..." Gu Han nodded, not paying much attention to the towel or the redness on King Yue's face that extended to his ears.