Chapter 72

The old man was very angry.

"Does Hequan Ji also know the Nine-Character Secret Sword?"

After listening to Suzuki's words, Darrow looked at Hequan Ji, who was being chased by the sword storm, with a suspicious look on his face.

This doesn't look like he knows it.

If Hequan Ji really learned the Nine-Character Secret Sword, he should be able to directly defeat the sword storm, or directly use the defensive move [The Secret of the Nine-Character Sword·Acala] that Hequan Liqian used just now to block it.

How could he be chased by a sword energy and run all over the ground?

As if she saw Darrow's doubt, Miss Suzuki on the other side slowly spoke, "Mr. Darrow should have fought with Xiao Qian before, right? Do you think Xiao Qian is strong?"

"Izumi Reiken?"

Darrow carefully recalled the fight between the two in the port garbage dump that night. The superb swordsmanship and sharp slashes displayed by Izumi Reiken left a deep impression on him.

"He is a very powerful guy."

Darrow is a very ambitious person, especially after watching the fight between Roger and Garp some time ago, his vision has been improved a bit, but after fighting with Izumi Reiken, he can't help but sigh at this guy's fighting talent.

His physical fitness and reaction speed are really genius.

"Haha, that's a really good evaluation."

After hearing Darrow's praise, Miss Suzuki also smiled with her hands covering her mouth as if she was proud of it, and then pointed at Izumi Ji on the field and asked: "What do you think of our director's strength?"

This sudden question made Darrow stunned for a moment, a little confused, he had never fought with Izumi Ji, how could he know.

But after all, Izumi Ji is already in his early forties, this age is basically the peak of a person's combat power, but now Izumi Ji can only be said to have good combat power.

But in terms of talent alone, Izumi Ji is far behind Izumi Liqian.

In front of others, Darrow would not be so straightforward, just smiled faintly and did not comment.

As if she understood the hidden meaning in Darrow's smile, Miss Suzuki didn't care. She just smiled and said, "Yes, if Xiaoqian is a genius, then our director can only be a mediocre person."

"..." This evaluation is really true, Darrow complained in his heart, but he didn't speak. He still looked at Suzuki with a puzzled look, wanting to hear what she would say next.

"But even if he is a mediocre person, he is a terrible mediocre person!"

Suzuki took over the conversation and turned his attention back to the duel field. At this time, Izumi Nori finally eliminated the sword storm after spending some effort.

Mediocrity, terrible.

These two completely unrelated words made Darrow a little confused. When he was about to continue asking, he saw Miss Suzuki pointing her index finger at Izumi Nori on the field and said in a very light tone:

"It's coming, don't blink!"

Hearing what Miss Suzuki said, Darrow also turned his attention back to Izumi Nori on the field.

At this time, Izumi Ji put the knife at his waist, and the center of gravity of the whole person slowly lowered, almost lying on the ground.

At the same time, the right hand holding the knife was relaxed layer by layer. The whole set of movements was not fast but seemed extremely smooth, as if it carried an inexplicable meaning like the tea ceremony movements.

Suddenly.

Izumi Ji's momentum changed, becoming extremely murderous, like a tiger ready to go down the mountain, entrenched in a corner of the duel field.

Looking at this action, Darrow remembered the extremely fast Iai Slash that Izumi Riken used that night. The movements of the two were not much different, but the power of Izumi Ji at this time was much stronger than that of Izumi Riken at that time.

[Lin Zi Mi·Bu Pi]

When the power reached its peak, Izumi Ji moved, and the whole person instantly disappeared from the spot.

The next moment.

Like a ghost, Izumi Ji suddenly appeared in front of Izumi Liqian, and then his relaxed right hand suddenly pulled out the long sword, and the sword intent that was full of energy poured out like a flood, and the sword intent that soared into the sky seemed to tear through the clouds and rushed towards Izumi Liqian.

Fast, too fast, the whole process was less than a second.

Even though Daro had expected it, and even activated the dead eye's observation color perception to lock Izumi Ji when he disappeared, he was still shocked by the speed he showed.

It can't even be described as fast, but it should be described as disappearing directly.

It was as if Izumi Ji suddenly teleported from one point to another, and instantly completed the action of swinging the sword.

There was no such thing as

Cheng.

Even Darrow, who had the ability to observe, could only barely catch the tracks of a few afterimages.

The audience and Izumi Reiken did not react at all, as if they did not know what had happened yet.

Izumi Reiken, who had been stabbed, suddenly paused, and touched the wound on his right shoulder in astonishment. Blood had already flowed from the wound, dyeing his white clothes red.

"Oh!!"

"What happened?"

After seeing the situation clearly, the audience finally reacted, and shouted loudly, while some people who realized it later were still at a loss.

The former contestants sitting in the front row of the audience were all amazed: "Nine-character Secret Sword?? Hequan Ji can actually use the Nine-character Secret Sword!"

"Impossible, absolutely impossible!"

The person who couldn't accept it the most was old man Yue Lun, who had been suppressed by Hequan Ji all his life. He suddenly roared and stood up from his seat. Even his grandson was shocked and burst into tears.

He couldn't accept that the guy who made him fail six times in the finals actually had such a big killer move that he hadn't used. Doesn't this mean that Hequan Ji doesn't have to use real force to deal with him, Yue Lun.

"No way, it's really the Nine-character Secret Sword."

"Didn't they say that the old curator only passed the Nine-character Secret Sword to Hequan Liqian?"

"How about it, it's amazing!!" Listening to the discussions on the field, Miss Suzuki tilted her head and looked at Darrow, with the corners of her mouth slightly raised, and asked with some pride.

"Amazing? No, I can only say..." Darrow looked at Suzuki, who was full of pride, speechlessly, so he wanted to tease Suzuki, so he said with some bad taste.

As expected, after listening to the first half, Miss Suzuki's beautiful eyebrows immediately frowned, thinking that Darrow was an idiot who could not tell his depth or a guy who pretended to be in front of her like her admirers in the sword hall.

After seeing the reaction he wanted to see, Darrow slowly said: "Amazing."

After listening to Darrow's words, Miss Suzuki's eyes finally narrowed, and she said happily: "Yes, the director is really amazing."

"It's over, this Izumi Ji is so strong, this Izumi Liqian will not lose." Sunny, who was sitting on Darrow's right, looked at Izumi Ji who had the upper hand on the field and said anxiously.

"It's normal to win." Darrow shrugged and said without comment.

It was hard to predict who would win or lose. It was normal for anyone to win or lose. After he finished speaking, Darrow glanced at Sanniruo and found that he was sweating profusely and holding the armrests of the chair with both hands.

"You... you didn't bet on Izumi Liqian to win, did you?" Darrow squinted at Sanniruo, as if he wanted to see through him through his eyes.

"Uh... yes... I bet a little." Sanniruo turned his eyes away and said in a low voice.

"A little? How much is a little?" Darrow continued to ask.

"Eight million Baileys."

Sanniruo's voice became lower and lower. When he said the last word, it was hard to hear clearly, and there was even a hint of crying, because he saw that Izumi Liqian was hit by another knife with his peripheral vision, and he felt that he had already lost.

"Eight million Baileys! You are all-in." Darrow exclaimed, somewhat admiring Sanniruo's courage.

A few days ago, Darrow paid Sonny a commission of 5 million, and then gave him another 3 million Baileys as a bonus for helping him run errands to buy a boat, which is exactly 8 million Baileys.

Unexpectedly, this guy dared to go all-in in the finals as soon as he got the money. Sonny saw that he had made a lot of money in the previous games and wanted to learn.

But family members know their own affairs. I have the top-level observation Haki such as the dead eye, which can sense the strength of both sides of the game.

What is your basis? ?

You don’t really think that all-in is a kind of wisdom.

"Boss, what should we do? Izumi Liqian is going to lose."

Sonny turned sideways, grabbed Darrow's right hand with both hands, shook and cried, he had already thought of the scene of himself losing all his money and becoming the agent before meeting Darrow again.

"Why are you in a hurry? I haven't lost yet!" Darrow, who was a little irritated by Sonny, said impatiently.

"Isn't this a loss? Our director only used one move to force Izumi Ryouken into a desperate situation, and Izumi Ryouken had no way to stop him." An apprentice from the Wuding Sword Hall sitting behind Sang Niruo said proudly.

"I didn't expect that our director also mastered the Nine-Character Secret Sword, and he is so strong. I wonder when I can learn it." Another student sighed and said.

"I said, the director is the old director's relative,

How could the Nine-Character Secret Sword be passed on to an outsider instead of him if he gave birth to a son?"

"But why does the director always use one move?"

"I don't know, maybe he wants to play tricks on Izumi Reiken, otherwise it will end too quickly, how can he avenge the cuckoo occupying the magpie's nest." Dao Mu, who was sitting next to the walkway, looked at the embarrassed Izumi Reiken on the field and said very proudly.

These words were like cooking oil poured into a hot pot and exploded in Sanniruo's ears, making his face flushed all of a sudden, and the whole person was like an ant on a hot pot, jumping up and down on the chair anxiously.

"Don't worry, there is still a chance, that Izumi Ji only knows this move, and he can't use other moves of the Nine-Character Secret Sword." Da Luo comforted Sanniruo.

"Bullshit, don't make up stories about our director, our director is very powerful. "On the other side, Dao Mu, who had some grudges with Da Luo, could not sit still after hearing what Da Luo said.

After hearing what Da Luo said, Miss Suzuki looked at Da Luo with some surprise and asked, "How did Mr. Da Luo know that the director only mastered this move of the Nine-Character Secret Sword?"

"Didn't you tell me?" Da Luo replied with a smile.

"Me?" Suzuki pointed at himself, a little puzzled.

"Mediocre, terrible." Da Luo slowly explained, "If this Izumi Ji can really master all the moves of the Nine-Character Secret Sword to this extent, how can he be a mediocre person?"

"And your director paid a lot of price to master this move of Iai Slash to the pinnacle, and it is inevitable to give up other moves."

"Ten years." Miss Suzuki gave the answer, and then took over the conversation and continued, "Director Izumi has been practicing hard for ten years in order to completely master this sword skill. ”

“He gave up his life, his family, and even other family skills, swinging his sword thousands of times a day.”

“For this one sword, he almost gave up everything.” Miss Suzuki said softly, but her tone was not calm. No one knew better than her how much the man had paid for all this.

“…”

Sang Niruo, Lu Jiu, and the members of Wu Ding Jianguan sitting next to him were so shocked that they were speechless.

“It takes ten years to sharpen a sword.” It was Darrow who reacted first, looking at Izumi Ji on the field and exclaimed sincerely.

“What a great man.” Darrow had to admit that he underestimated Izumi Ji.

“It’s over. Even you, the boss, said so. My eight million…”

Sang Niruo, who had always taken Darrow’s words as his guide, instantly wilted when he heard Darrow’s praise.