, Flower Piercing Willow Sweeping
Since it was a sword array, let alone one with flaws, even the slightest imperfection, once exploited by an opponent, could overturn the entire battle—or even prove fatal!
Looking again at the swordplay Lin Jinran was using, though swift, it was clearly lacking in force and simply could not meld into this sword array.
Lu Feng slightly raised the longsword in his hand, still having no intention of drawing it. He merely used the tip of the scabbard, in the gaps between his evasions, to strike at the hilt of Lin Jinran's thrust. Once it connected, the force carried by Lu Feng's scabbard would be enough to knock the longsword from Lin Jinran's hand.
Just as Lu Feng thought that would be the end of it and that he could finish things with ease, his expression abruptly sharpened. In the instant before his scabbard made contact, Lin Jinran actually shook his longsword as though a warrior cutting off his own wrist, sliding it parallel to Lu Feng's scabbard and into his other hand.
The instant his left hand gripped the sword, its keen edge turned again and slashed straight for Lu Feng's throat, more than twice as fast as before.
Lu Feng froze for a moment, then stomped hard against the ground. Mimicking Tang Yuan's Dragon Step, he burst forth with astonishing speed and narrowly evaded the side slash from Lin Jinran.
So this was the true essence of Double Wood Swordplay!
Only now did Lu Feng understand. The so-called Double Wood Swordplay did not refer to a left-handed sword, nor did it mean dual swords. It was swordplay that alternated and combined the left and right hands, melding dexterity and unpredictability into one, leaving opponents unable to guard against it.
No wonder it was