Time's up, the battle begins.

Two similar individuals need no excessive words.

A meeting of eyes makes the battle intent clear.

A sword is drawn horizontally, the blade swirling with raging flames.

In that instant, Uesugi Jin moved swiftly; her peerless sword intent transformed into the fire of the blade, intending to cut her opponent in two with a single stroke.

On Qisha's side, battle qi erupted; facing this aggressive attack, he extended his arms in a flowing palm technique, gently pushing it upward, deflecting the slash from above his forehead.

"Deflection of Force, huh..."

"Gentle Fist, is it..."

In their first exchange of ultimate moves, both silently recognized their opponent's technique.

And they were both right...

Uesugi Jin had indeed mastered "Deflection of Force." There were three people on this [Warring States] team who could use this technique, and she was one of them.

And Qisha was indeed using "Gentle Fist"...

After S2 ended, feeling that his "Hard Fist" had reached a bottleneck, and that his strength and realm would stagnate without exploring new areas, Qisha went to learn the way of overcoming hardness with softness, strengthened his training in various ground techniques, and also practiced advanced energy application...

Now, he could be called a "Completer" in the field of fighting. He himself was a deadly weapon—as ever-changing as flowing water, and as strong and unyielding as a diamond.

"Hmph... not bad, but... you can't win against me!"

A second later, both of them snorted coldly and uttered the same sentence in unison.

Clang—

Before the words faded, palms and swords were connected again, generating a scalp-numbing sound of battle qi friction.

Immediately afterward, their figures materialized and dissolved within the swirling vortex of battle qi. Another round of ultra-high-speed offense and defense unfolded amidst bursts of energy collision.

"These chaotic moves are really hard to adapt to..." As the fight progressed, Qisha couldn't help but think, "If I hadn't studied her videos beforehand, I probably wouldn't have lasted ten moves..."

He was very glad that he had spent some time doing his "homework" before the match. Although he only had one day, Qisha still tried his best to go through the existing, higher-level match recordings of the seven members of [Warring States].

Among them, Uesugi Jin undoubtedly left a deep impression on him.

Because... Uesugi's "fighting style" was very strange in the eyes of orthodox martial artists.

The weapon she used, "Ding Chang," was an extremely special weapon, the biggest feature of which was its unusually "length." The entire weapon, just the handle, was longer than a short sword's sheath. Including the blade, it was taller than her when standing upright...

To coordinate with such a weapon, Uesugi Jin naturally had to abandon most conventional fighting routines and create a set of martial arts specifically for Ding Chang.

At first, she was also very uncomfortable with this change, and once had the idea of "giving up this 'unwieldy' weapon and switching to another weapon"... But after a long period of training, Uesugi could now use this extra-long katana, which ordinary people couldn't even hold steady, as if it were her own limbs.

And the uniqueness of this "weapon" and "battle method" allowed her to gain the upper hand in battles with masters.

Zheng—

A moment later, a flash of blood suddenly appeared in the wind, accompanied by an unusual sound.

The two figures in the midst of the attack froze.

At this moment... even viewers with poor dynamic vision could clearly see that Ding Chang's blade had struck Qisha's shoulder and neck... Although the wound was not deep, it had undoubtedly torn his trapezius muscle.

"The timing of being hit... is earlier than expected..." At this moment, Qisha did not feel any nervousness, as if this situation was already within expectations. However, he still sighed inwardly, "Alas... perhaps this is the bottleneck for 'orthodox' fighters like me... Through countless practices, muscle memory has been formed... This determines the inevitable reactions I will make in some extreme situations; if someone with no basic fighting skills were here, they might quickly adapt to the opponent's mode of action and counterattack."

As he thought, his movements did not stop. While thinking, his body leaned forward, taking advantage of the momentum to perform a front flip...

This clever movement not only dissipated the remaining force of the slash and allowed the blade to leave his shoulder, but also drove his heel to rotate in a circle, falling straight down on his opponent's head like a battle axe.

"Tch..." Before Qisha's foot completely landed, Uesugi Jin knew... this slash not only did not gain her any advantage, but also brought about a very serious problem, so she couldn't help but click her tongue.

Since Ding Chang had the advantages of a wide attack range and high power, it would definitely have corresponding disadvantages—that is, after hitting the target and stagnating, the speed of retracting the move and restarting was too slow.

Qisha saw through this point and used the cost of taking a sword on his shoulder to successfully bring the battle into his most proficient "close combat" rhythm.

Chih—

When the wind pressure generated by that "foot axe" brushed past the tip of her nose, a burning sense of oppression came over her.

Although Uesugi Jin took a step back to dodge this attack, her posture was already lost... It was very unfavorable for her to have her opponent break into Ding Chang's blind spot in between swings.

To make an analogy, the current Uesugi Jin was like holding a machine gun straight out with her arm; and her opponent, although only holding a small knife, had rushed to a distance parallel to her wrist.

"Wolf Fang..." After completing the front flip foot axe, Qisha did not care about the pain from his shoulder. He immediately stepped forward like a ghost, not giving Uesugi a chance to adjust her posture, "... Gale Fist!"

The move began, and the killing intent appeared.

Qisha's fists were like wolf fangs, and his style was like a strong wind.

Uesugi retreated sharply with her blade, resisting the attack.

Having fought with Ding Chang for so long, Uesugi obviously knew how to deal with the situation when someone rushed up close like this... The moment the [Wolf Fang Gale Fist] attacked, she suddenly stepped on the ground and retreated, her arm diagonally retracting the blade, turning it into a circular force... Although she couldn't reorganize the situation, she could barely resist the damage of the attack.

Dang—

Unexpectedly, in the blink of an eye, Qisha had stopped his fist technique, changed his move, and used two fingers of his right hand to clamp the blade of Uesugi's sword in front of her.

"Two-Finger Vacuum Grip?" Uesugi Jin had seen Qisha use this move when watching the video, so she didn't need her opponent to speak, she shouted the name of the move in her heart; but what she wanted to know more at this moment was... "What does he want to do? This move is not used in close combat at all. Does he intend to use this skill to defend against projectiles to break my weapon?"

Of course that was impossible... Even [Lingxi Finger] couldn't break a legendary weapon, let alone [Two-Finger Vacuum Grip]?

Qisha would use this move not to break Ding Chang, but to temporarily restrain his opponent's blade... even if it was only for a second.

Because one second... was enough for him to use [Ura 108 Shiki: Yami Barai] with his left hand.