Chapter 136 Who said you can’t kill someone without a gun?
"I understand this. According to the rules of the martial arts world, life and death are your own responsibility!"
When Inoue Sanzo heard Du Ruo's agreement, he immediately became excited and said something very childish.
"Heh~ Then you don't mind my friend recording it, do you?"
Du Ruo sneered with disdain. This devil really thought highly of him, or rather, he thought too highly of Du Ruo. If he fought with Du Ruo, his life and death would have nothing to do with him and would be decided by Du Ruo alone.
However, Du Ruo did not say it. He just raised his chin and looked at Xiang Yuanyuan on the second floor of the tavern.
When Yang Huaming and Shi Dong were competing earlier, Xiang Yuanyuan was already filming. Du Ruo had already noticed it but didn't say anything. He knew Xiang Yuanyuan very well and knew that the other party would not send the video out without going through the same procedure, so he didn't stop her.
"You guys continue, don't worry about me. If you don't want to upload it later, I won't upload it. If you agree to upload it, I will give the loser a horse."
Xiang Yuanyuan was lying on the second floor taking pictures with her cell phone in her hand. When she saw everyone looking at her, she quickly waved her hand and explained.
"No problem, don't worry I will show mercy."
It can be seen that Inoue Sanzo is quite confident in himself. While speaking, he and the blond man had already entered the yard. At the same time, he took off the bamboo sword at his waist and held it in his hand.
"Director Shi, let me use your gun for a bit. This is a good opportunity for me to show off my marksmanship."
Du Ruo looked at Shi Dong and planned to use a spear in the duel. He had no plan to use the Panlong Silk. Ever since he was restricted from taking the high-speed train last time and could not bring even steel needles, Du Ruo decided that it would be better to use Panlong Silk less in the future, so as to avoid not being able to bring Panlong Silk on high-speed trains, airplanes, etc.
The last time they killed a bison, the Panlong silk was too thin and Director Zhang and his team didn't notice or take pictures of it. So in the eyes of others, Du Ruo's Panlong silk was just a metal bracelet and no one thought of using it as a weapon.
"Then we'll see."
Shi Dong handed the spear in his hand to Du Ruo, then stood aside with Yang Huaming. The two looked at each other, and then looked at Xiang Yuanyuan who was still recording the video on the second floor.
But despite this, Yang Huaming still took out his mobile phone and turned on the video recording function.
Du Ruo looked at the bamboo sword in Inoue Sanzo's hand, thought for a while, reached out and grabbed the tip of the spear, then used force with his palm to twist the tip of the spear off, and threw it casually on the grass.
"That's not necessary, actually. You're now a stick, so don't use that as an excuse if you lose."
Inoue Sanzo watched the spear in Du Ruo's hand turn into a wooden stick, walked in front of Du Ruo, and said something.
Since it is a competition, of course it has to be calculated according to real swords and guns. If Du Ruo uses a gun, he can only win if he pierces the opponent with the gun tip, while the opponent can win as long as the bamboo sword scratches Du Ruo.
Now that Du Ruo has removed the tip of the gun, it can only be regarded as a wooden stick. In this case, the judgment of victory or defeat is not so clear. It cannot be said that the opponent loses if he is hit by the wooden stick.
"Are you ready? I'm in a hurry. A friend will treat me to dinner later."
Du Ruo ignored what the other party said. How could he hit anyone with a gun?
Inoue Sanzo did not reply, but put his hands on his waist, gripping the handle of the bamboo sword, leaning his upper body down, slightly bending his knees and staring at Du Ruo. This is the standard Iai school way of using a sword. Leaning forward and drawing the sword allows him to thrust forward at the first opportunity.
This kind of thrust is indeed not as swift and explosive as Yang Huaming's sword thrust, nor can it be retracted at any time like the bow thrust, but it is more durable and more conducive to the advance. This shows confidence in oneself and the confidence that one can avoid the enemy's attack.
Du Ruo grabbed the spear with both hands, stood in a horse stance, held the spear butt with one hand and placed it at his waist, and held the spear body with the other hand. His eyes did not look at Inoue Sanzo, but were fixed on the tip of the spear without a gun head.
Du Ruo did not look for the opponent's flaws like Shi Dong did. He was more confident in his own marksmanship. Inoue Sanzo lowered his body to speed up the advance and reduce the exposure of flaws. As long as Du Ruo moved first, Inoue Sanzo would seize the flaw at that moment to advance, and then use the bamboo sword to decide the outcome.
"Whoosh~"
Du Ruo held a gun in his hand, but there was no gun in his eyes. He exerted force with his feet, united his waist and horse, and then the hand at his waist suddenly punched out with a collapse fist, driving the spear in his hand straight into the opponent.
Du Ruo's move had no red glow and no phantom, he simply relied on his body strength to stab out a shot. It could be said that Du Ruo's shot was a perfect shot.
But despite this, the speed was extremely surprising. Even though Inoue Sanjiro had tried to stare at Du Ruo's body muscles, he subconsciously turned his head almost when Du Ruo exerted force with his feet, but the tip of the gun without a gun head still pierced his face almost to the touch.
Inoue Sanzo's pupils dilated. It was too late to think. His body's instinct was faster than his thinking. While turning his head, he exerted force with his feet and rushed forward along Du Ruo's gun while drawing his sword.
This is the most famous Iai sword-drawing move in the Iai school, and it is also the basic sword-drawing move in our daily life.
"Heh~ a clown."
In the eyes of others, Inoue Sanjiro's speed is as fast as lightning, and his foundation is extremely solid. It can be said that he has developed an instinctive muscle reaction, that is, the body dodges and counterattacks earlier than the brain. This is an effect that can only be achieved through thousands of times of practice every day.
To be honest, if Shi Dong used a gun and launched a surprise attack, he would win, but in a fair fight, the man in front of him, Inoue Sanzo, has a greater chance of winning.
However, this action of Inoue Sanzo was completely useless in Du Ruo's eyes. Subconsciously, Du Ruo thought of Qi Jiguang's wolf-whip. The wolf-whip was a long bamboo pole with a spear head and various sharp thorns on the edge of the bamboo pole. It was designed to prevent the samurai swords of the Xiaori Kingdom at that time from being stabbed.
Now Du Ruo's spear has no spikes, but it doesn't matter. After stabbing once, Du Ruo doesn't put the spear away, but exerts force on his waist, shakes his body, and changes the force of the spear in his hand. It is the first time that he uses the spear technique: blocking. There are three basic spear techniques: blocking, grabbing, and stabbing. Blocking is to shake the spear with the backhand, swing the spear to hit or block the enemy, grabbing is to shake the spear with the fronthand, also to hit or block the enemy, and stabbing is to stab horizontally.
Du Ruo's previous stab was made with the force of fist, so it was not considered as spear technique. But now Du Ruo shook it, using the blocking technique. The three-meter-long spear, with the force of Du Ruo's shaking, violently hit Inoue Sanjo who was trying to advance with the spear.
“Bang! Bang!!”
The first sound was crisp, the second was dull. Du Ruo shook with all his strength, and the spear hit Inoue Sanjou directly on the bamboo sword that Inoue Sanjou had just pulled out. The bamboo sword broke with a sound, and then the spear continued to hit Inoue Sanjou directly in the chest with its force undiminished.
The huge force of the blow directly interrupted Inoue Sanjiro's offensive momentum, and knocked him back three steps.
Inoue Sanzo only felt a tightness in his chest, and then his body was out of control, as if he was hit by a car. He could only retreat three steps following the force, and then sat down on the ground, with his upper body leaning towards the ground subconsciously.
"Whoosh~"
After Du Ruo blocked the attack with the spear in his hand, he did not stop, but stabbed towards Inoue Sanjiro fiercely.
"My life is over!"
This was the only thought that flashed through Inoue Sanzo's mind, and then he heard a loud "bang!" in his ear, and felt a sharp pain on his face. Inoue Sanzo felt his lower body go soft and his legs lost strength.
After a while, Inoue Sanzo found that he was still conscious. He subconsciously touched his face and saw a trace of blood on his hand. Turning around, he saw that the tip of the spear was stuck in the concrete floor. The pain on his face was caused by the spear piercing the concrete floor and the gravel it brought up pierced his face.
"call……"
Inoue Sanzo let out a long breath, and as he exhaled, the last bit of support in his upper body was lost, and he just leaned on the gun.
It turned out that Du Ruo's spear was not aimed at his head, but pointed downwards and directly into the ground, causing Inoue Sanzo to fall on the gun instead of falling directly to the ground.
"Who said you can't kill someone without a gun?"
Du Ruo loosened his grip, smiled slightly, and said something softly.
"!!!"
There was silence, no one spoke, and everyone stared at the gun that Du Ruo had released.
Because Du Ruo loosened his hand, the gun body was only pressed down slightly, but it still stood upright stubbornly.
You have to know that Inoue Sanzo was still pressing on the gun.
In other words, the stab that Du Ruo just made with the gun actually pierced directly through the stone and concrete ground, and judging from the remaining length of the gun, there should be only two meters left. In other words, Du Ruo's gun pierced directly through the concrete ground, and then penetrated nearly one meter into the soil below.
One can imagine how terrifying the force Du Ruo just used was.
So even though Du Ruo's words seemed a bit pretentious, no one had any doubts when looking at the spear. If that strike had been aimed at Inoue Sanzo, it would have definitely pierced him through and might even have left some force.
"Bah~~"
The phone that was recording the video in Yang Huaming's hand fell to the ground, but Yang Huaming didn't bother to pick it up. Instead, he swallowed subconsciously.
"I've learned a lot. I've been practicing for more than 20 years, but I've only been able to train on dogs."
Yang Huaming looked at the spear that was slanted into the ground and muttered something.
This sentence caused Shi Dong beside him to nod repeatedly.
"Take it away. I said I don't like people who are mean, but we have no grudges in the past. I will show mercy today. That spanking is a punishment for your peeping today. Next time you have problems, you can come to me directly. If you peek at me without reason like this again, it won't be such a simple spanking. Don't forget that you urinated blood last time. It can damage your kidneys and your five internal organs."
Du Ruo pointed at Inoue Sanzo who was still leaning on the gun, and said something to the blond man with his mouth wide open beside him.
"Yes! Yes!!"
The blond man burst out in his native language, half supporting and half dragging the already limp Inoue Sanzo to the outside of the yard.
"Wait a moment!!"
Watching the two people walk out of the yard, Du Ruo suddenly spoke.
(End of this chapter)
