Swordsmanship Coach: Kill with One Slash

Chapter 163: Chapter 130: Sports Meet, Meteor (Part 2)

"Yeah, Coach Su, he’s a Swordsmanship Student too."

"But he’s already secured a spot in the competition, and he wasn’t matched against me in the first round of the school sports meet, so we shouldn’t be in direct competition."

"But he’s good friends with Cao Qing, so he’s probably gossiping about me with him."

Lu Anning’s voice was calm,

as if she couldn’t be bothered with such petty squabbles.

Her calm voice slowly reached Su Xing’s ears, stirring some faded memories.

Su Xing then recalled that Lu Anning had originally come to the Sword Hall for extra lessons to win this school competition. She had wanted to secure a spot in the tournament to boost her score on the college entrance exams.

But now,

after a bumpy month or two,

Lu Anning had gone from a below-average Swordsmanship Student to a true swordsmanship prodigy.

As a Tier Two Martial Artist, in terms of sheer strength, everyone else in the entire school combined probably couldn’t defeat her—with the exception of Su Xing and the Tier Three Peak Su Yu.

The gap between her and these ordinary Swordsmanship Students had become a vast chasm.

Lu Anning chatted with Su Xing and the others for a little while longer before glancing at the time and saying,

"I have to go get ready. It’s almost time for me to go on."

With those words, Lu Anning left the stands amidst a chorus of cheers. She returned to the Swordsmanship Students’ training room, changed into her competition gear and uniform, and finally made her way to the competition area.

She held a bamboo sword, dressed in a pure white competition uniform. Her long hair cascaded down, and she looked incredibly confident.

When Cao Qing saw Lu Anning, his heart skipped a beat. Before summer break, he had often practiced with her and could win seven or eight out of every ten matches. But this time, he could clearly sense that something about Lu Anning was different.

He narrowed his eyes and thought to himself,

’I’m definitely going to win today.’

The coach on the sidelines watched the two of them. He knew Lu Anning had signed up for a Sword Hall over the summer to practice, but...

Cao Qing’s family was very wealthy. For two months over the summer, he had trained at the most famous Sword Hall in the country. The results from that kind of training simply couldn’t be compared to what Lu Anning could get from some unknown little Sword Hall.

Besides,

their talent and aptitude were similar.

The coach simply couldn’t see any reason why Cao Qing would lose this match.

He glanced at the sky, and as if struck by a sudden thought, he chuckled and thought,

’Unless Ning has become an Extraordinary, she’s almost certainly going to lose.’

However,

the odds of becoming an Extraordinary were far too low.

Even though a special organization had officially announced the Spiritual Qi revival a while back, the number of detected naturally-awakened Extraordinary Beings was minuscule.

Despite the wave of publicity following the Spiritual Qi revival, the Cang City special organization’s total membership had barely increased, which was proof enough of how rare Extraordinary Beings were.

"It’s about time."

The coach glanced at his watch, pulled a blue notebook from under his arm, and gestured to two students on the other side, saying,

"Wu Wang, Liu Xin. Group One."

The two students acknowledged and walked onto the competition stage together.

They were the first match,

and Lu Anning and Cao Qing were the second.

Seeing the two from the first match take the stage, Cao Qing’s lips curled into a smirk. Whether it was a boy’s attempt to get a girl’s attention or simply his thirst for victory, he shot a taunting gesture at Lu Anning.

But Lu Anning just gave him a quiet glance, showing no reaction at all.

These two from the first match were at the very bottom of the barrel among the Swordsmanship Students; going to the city-wide competition had nothing to do with them.

On top of that, the audience below—especially the girls—couldn’t really understand the technicalities of the sport. So, they exchanged a look and, for the sake of their ’priority mating rights,’ tacitly agreed to use the most entertaining fighting style: just trying to look cool.

To anyone who knew a thing or two about Swordsmanship, the two of them looked like children playing house, just going through the motions. Lu Anning, in particular, couldn’t help but close her eyes after a single glance.

But,

this kind of turn-based fighting,

was very straightforward and exciting to the audience below.

Many people,

therefore, remembered these two boys,

and they actually did manage to secure their ’priority mating rights’.

A few minutes later, the match was over.

The two exchanged glances, flashed bright smiles, bowed to each other, and made a stylish exit from the stage to a round of applause.

"Lu Anning, Cao Qing. Group Two."

Hearing the school coach’s voice, Lu Anning opened her eyes and instinctively glanced at her own Coach Su before stepping onto the stage.

She was very curious.

’Just how strong is my coach?’

Lu Anning had seen Su Xing in action a few times, and his skill was on a completely different level from her own. She couldn’t even tell how far she still had to go to catch up to him.

’I wonder,’

’when I’ll ever be able to surpass Coach Su.’

Su Xing felt Lu Anning’s gaze and nodded at her, saying softly,

"Good luck."

The distance was too great for her to hear him, but Lu Anning could still read the two words on Coach Su’s lips. This made her nod firmly.

"Ning."

Cao Qing stepped onto the stage, gripping his bamboo sword with both hands. He got into his stance and said with a smile that didn’t reach his eyes,

"You’ve practiced with me so many times, so you know the gap in our skill. Don’t say I’m bullying a girl."

Pre-match trash talk was a common occurrence, appearing in both professional and amateur competitive sports. When used effectively, it could both fire up the crowd and mess with an opponent’s mentality.

This was a very obvious psychological tactic.

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