Zhu Yanyi raised an eyebrow slightly. "You want to compare spear skills with me?" she asked seriously.
Qiao Wenjian had watched Zhu Yanyi’s previous fights. She knew she knew many things. "You know spear skills?"
"I learned a little bit. But I think I can still fight you," Zhu Yanyi said. Her hand reached out again toward the decorations outside the stage.
She used Void Object Capture again. A decorative spear appeared in her hand.
"Void Object Capture," Qiao Wenjian looked at Zhu Yanyi. She could do this too, but not as gracefully as she did.
Zhu Yanyi smiled slightly. "I’m used to it. It’s easier to get things this way."
As soon as she finished speaking, there was a 'clatter' sound. A judge sitting down fell directly to the ground.
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Everyone in the audience reacted the same way. They were shocked by Zhu Yanyi’s words.
Learning Void Object Capture just to make getting things easier? What kind of reason was that?
But they couldn’t say Zhu Yanyi was wrong. So, besides shock, they had no other expression.
Qiao Wenjian was also stunned by her words. She learned Void Object Capture to improve her cultivation. But now, Zhu Yanyi’s words made her realize that people learn skills for different reasons.
Qiao Wenjian smiled bitterly. Then she spun a spear flower and said to Zhu Yanyi, "Are you ready? I’m starting."
Zhu Yanyi flicked her fingers slightly. The spear in her hand seemed weightless and spun around. She smiled. "Fine. Attack."
Others could only watch Zhu Yanyi’s skills. They couldn’t learn them no matter how hard they tried.
Qiao Wenjian wanted to have a good fight with Zhu Yanyi. She knew she might not be her match, but she wanted to try.
Because Yi Yunhang had advanced after fighting Zhu Yanyi. Yi Yunhang had been stuck at a cultivation bottleneck for thirty years. Now, she successfully advanced because of that fight. So Qiao Wenjian wanted to try too.
Of course, her goal was to advance too. She didn’t expect her luck to be so good, getting to fight Zhu Yanyi.
Qiao Wenjian’s spear skills were very flashy. Every spear move was supported by a beautiful body movement. Zhu Yanyi sighed. She didn’t say anything. She just blocked her spear tip with hers every time it came.
"Too flashy things are not practical," Zhu Yanyi said, then started to counterattack.
She wanted to end this quickly. She didn’t have much connection with Qiao Wenjian. She didn’t want to guide her like she did Yi Yunhang.
She guided Yi Yunhang because she was Yi Yunfei’s cousin. But Qiao Wenjian had nothing to do with their Sage Academy. So there was no need to guide her. After a few moves, she decided to end this boring fight quickly.
Yes, for Zhu Yanyi, this fight with Qiao Wenjian was very boring. No matter how amazing Qiao Wenjian seemed to others, to Zhu Yanyi, she was just that person. There was no need to overthink it.
Zhu Yanyi’s direct counterattack left Qiao Wenjian no chance to recover. She caught a flaw and pressed her spear against her forehead. "You lost."
"I lost," Qiao Wenjian nodded slightly. "I just want to know why my spear skills are not as good as yours."
"Because your body movements are too flashy. Flashy things are not practical," Zhu Yanyi looked at Qiao Wenjian.
"This is a competition. I can show mercy. But on the battlefield, enemies won’t show mercy. Your flashy movements are your weakness."
After defeating her, Zhu Yanyi decided to give her some advice. She directly pointed out her weakness.
"Body movements too flashy?" Qiao Wenjian couldn’t believe it. His weakness was in the body movements he thought were perfect.
"You practice spear skills to attack, and body movements to escape. How can you do both?
I say, you should just escape. Then your body movements would help you. But if you want to attack, I suggest you don’t use body movements. They are just a burden."
Zhu Yanyi looked at Qiao Wenjian with disdain. Qiao Wenjian’s body movements were good, but they needed to be used in the right place. In their fight, they were useless. Unless she only dodged and didn’t attack, then the body movements might help. If she wanted to attack, she had to give up the body movements. Otherwise, she was risking her life.
Qiao Wenjian bowed to Zhu Yanyi and left the stage. She walked while thinking about this problem. The finals were about to start.
"The final system is a round-robin. That means Zhu Yanyi vs. Ouyang Tianyun, Ouyang Tianyun vs. Shen Yang, and Shen Yang vs. Zhu Yanyi. As for who fights first, we will draw cards," a judge introduced. Then she took out three cards. "These three cards arrange your opponents. I will draw the first and second matches. The last one will be the third match."
Zhu Yanyi and the others had no objections. It was already decided.
The judge drew the cards. "First match: Zhu Yanyi vs. Shen Yang." Then she drew the second. "Second match: Zhu Yanyi vs. Ouyang Tianyun. So the third match is Ouyang Tianyun vs. Shen Yang."
"The matches are arranged. Considering Zhu Yanyi just fought Qiao Wenjian, she will rest for half an hour. We will start the finals in half an hour," the judge announced.
This arrangement was reasonable, so everyone agreed. Zhu Yanyi thought she could fight now, but since they wanted a rest, she would rest.
Zhu Yanyi took out a recliner, lay down, and closed her eyes. "I’ll sleep a bit."
Others usually meditated at this time. They had never seen anyone like Zhu Yanyi.
Although Zhu Yanyi had rested before when fighting an array student from Shangmo Academy, that was after the match. She was bored. Now, she was supposed to recover her energy.
Zhu Yanyi didn’t care. She wouldn’t tell them that sleeping was also a way to recover. So, in others’ eyes, Zhu Yanyi was sleeping on the recliner.