Degrade from Nobility to a Humble Slave novel Chapter 431

Basic swordsmanship?

The crowd at the current match in Cloud Sect was rendered speechless by what they just saw. Never was such a basic technique used against a powerful opponent.

There was only one person who was somewhat glad in the sea of astonished people--it was Zachary, from the Ninety-foot Peak.

He had already seen what Zen's excellent basic swordsmanship was capable of, so he understood why the people were shocked by what he did.

'Maybe Zen's skill just shook them to death!' he thought. Back when Zachary first saw Zen use the basic swordsmanship on the Seven Star Sword Light Platform, he wasn't faced with a tougher opponent.

However, now that he was fighting a much stronger foe--he still used the basic swordsmanship! Because of that, Zachary believed that the people were more surprised or even uneasy than he was at that time.

The basic swordsmanship was the first set of sword techniques that most martial artists came across. There were also other kinds of primary techniques such as the basic spearsmanship, basic fist position, and so on.

In general, an aspiring martial artist would master the whole set of the basic swordsmanship in his childhood, then practice the other kinds of swordsmanship later on using the basic set as the foundation.

The basic swordsmanship was quite simple, so it was hard to fight powerful enemies with it because it lacked advanced tactics and power. Therefore, no one would use this kind of swordsmanship in such a grueling fight.

It was like using a one-plus-one algorithm to solve complex math problems--so one could imagine just how strenuous that was!

"Has Zen turned into a complete fool?"

"How could he use the basic swordsmanship with a fairy weapon? Does he think this battle with Tracy is a joke?"

"Fighting with the basic swordsmanship in the All Peaks Competition of Cloud Sect? That has never happened before, but now it just might make it into history, since the founding of Cloud Sect!"

"Well, I don't know what to say. Perhaps it means that Zen has given up, and the basic swordsmanship is only a symbolic resistance?"

Among the surprised spectators, Sheeny and Wing conversed animatedly about Zen. Sheeny watched the competition from outside the battlefield, while Wing sat on the ground and healed his wound.

Sheeny licked his lips and continued to watch. "What's Zen doing? Would he really use basic swordsmanship against Tracy, who has activated the body of the Blue Phoenix?" he asked in disbelief.

Meanwhile, Rocher's brows furrowed slightly as he watched the fight. With his impressive insight into swordsmanship and sword intent, he noticed that something was wrong with Zen's use of the basic swordsmanship. It was indeed the same technique, but there was also something different about it when viewed from Zen's perspective. It felt strange, but Rocher couldn't put it into words. He just instinctively felt that Zen's swordsmanship wasn't as simple as they thought. "Maybe Zen's basic swordsmanship only looks like the actual basic swordsmanship?" he said.

"You must be kidding, Rocher. The basic swordsmanship is the foundation of all the swordsmanships. After countless generations of practice, it has been extremely streamlined, so it's impossible to make any changes to it at all. You might know that better than I do," Sheeny replied with a smile. He also used the same weapon, but his Reaching Sun Sword was particular about the sword power. He hadn't understood the concept of sword intent yet.

"I don't know," Rocher answered and shook his head.

"I just have some doubts about that," he added.