The Whispering Wind Sword

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Wang Xiaho's rank, Chen Wuxi and his two students, could probably be aligned with Fu Tsun and Xiang Long. If Fu Tsun and Xiang Long who aided dozens of his men were unable to defeat Ding Tao, what chance did Wang Xiaohu and Chen Wuxi have.

With a proper footwork, Ding Tao snuck out of the confinement of the four of them. With his sword attack he forced the two people on the outermost side to move towards the middle.

After the target is collected in one place, the ultimate move is issued. If while Ding Tao is preparing to develop a course, the four people fall in his battle. Especially now when Ding Tao developed his manager to attack. No one could clearly see Ding Tao's movements, but all could feel the sword intent that encompassed the entire courtyard, even those on the edge of the arena, not escaping the influence of the sword intent.

Every hole and gap was covered by Ding Tao's sword intent, to his four opponents fixated on the spot. Not knowing where to move, not being able to think about what to attack, not being able to decide what to defend. Every thoughtful way, it always felt wrong, while Ding Tao's sword moved swiftly mercilessly beating one after another. At first glance it was not much different from the ultimate skill of the Huang family where a rolled sword attack attacked the opponent.

But Ding Tao's style left no place to escape, no traps behind the attacks. If you want to run there is no way. If they were to resist, Ding Tao's sword intents were far above their strength. In addition, Ding Tao's sword intent was not followed by the killer, so Ding Tao's attack did not evoke the survival instinct of the opponent. The spirit to fight by itself is weakened, because there is no possibility to win, but losing is not scary.

In this style, Ding Tao is not just thinking about how to use the sword air to attack and close the opponent's path. But Ding Tao also took into account the opponent's mental state.

Therefore, Ding Tao is also looking for ways to eliminate the killer in the course of his attacks. A cornered rat will bite, even if it knows it has no chance of winning. Wh why? Because he feels danger, his instinct to survive, makes him look for the way of life, when all dead ends, then triggered his aggressive nature.

Likewise, when Ding Tao fights with his opponent, through the moves he has and his ingenuity, he is able to corner opponents until the opponent stands in a position can not run anymore. But it did not make the opponent give up, because the opponent felt a killer air coming out of Ding Tao's attack style. So in that position there is no other choice but to kill or be killed. Ding Tao, who was fed up with the murder after murder he had to commit, finally got the inspiration to eliminate the killer from his attack.

So that the opponent is in a position that it is impossible to win, but even if they lose, it does not endanger their lives.

The same inspiration can be found in the story of the three countries, in the conversation between Liu Bei and Zhu Jun. At that time the great generals of the Han army, Zhu Jun and Liu Bei managed to surround the rebels in the city of Wang Cheng. The yellow headband rebels, who were running out of food, sent a courier to deliver an offer to turn themselves in.

But Zhu Jun refused their surrender, hearing Zhu Jun's attitude, Liu Bei asked,

" Given the founder of the Han Dynasty, our great Ancestor Liu Bang, forgiving those who would surrender to him, why do we refuse this surrender?"

" The conditions back then and now were different," Zhu Jun replied. " In those days chaos was complete and there was no permanent leader. That's why those who are willing to give up are well received, to encourage more people to join and accelerate the unification of the country."

" Now the country is united, and Zhang Jiao's rebellion is the only cause of chaos. Giving forgiveness does not encourage good deeds. Allowing rebellion when they succeed, will make them more demanding. Giving them forgiveness when they fail, will only give them the courage to rebel. Your plan to forgive them, is not a good plan."

Liu Bei replied,

then the rebels will become desperate and will fight to the death. The casualties that fall from our side will be enormous, not to mention the civilian population living inside the city. Therefore let us loosen the guard on one side and attack from the other. They would definitely flee and lose the will to fight. That's when we'll finish them off."

Liu Bei's tactics went well, the rebels who saw no way to run on one side and the enormous royal army on the other, lost the spirit to fight and fled the city, where the rest of the royal army was ready to slaughter them.

Ding Tao was not Zhu Jun, his stance leaning more towards Liu Bei's stance, which was to grant forgiveness to his opponent. Ding Tao's style did not fully conform to Liu Bei's tactics. But the basic idea of this tactic, which is to give the opponent a way of life to weaken the opponent's fighting spirit, is no different. A little different from the story of the three countries above, what Ding Tao did was similar to how Zhu Jun and Liu Bei succeeded

besieging opponents. But if Zhu Jun was unwilling to grant forgiveness, Ding Tao chose to grant forgiveness, thus the fight could be resolved without any casualties.

Of course it was debatable, whether this Ding Tao choice was right or not, because not all of Ding Tao's opponents would act like a pair of jade-faced demons. There would be those who used the opportunity to cultivate strength back and try to challenge or harm this young man later on. As Zhu Jun said, granting forgiveness in inappropriate situations often leads to more violations.

But Ding Tao was not Zhu Jun.

If Ding Tao's attack was to be spelled out in words, it could be dozens of runs out to explain. When you look at it, it's just a blink of an eye.

In an instant after Ding Tao managed to gather opponents in one place, swords and machets fell on the floor.4 opponents, 4 deathly pale faces and 4 pairs of hands drooped.

No one opened their mouths, the event was too shocking. Ding Tao felt uneasy, quickly put down his sword then went to greet his four opponents,

" Uncle, Master Chen, brothers both, you guys are okay aren't you? Sorry if I let go of my hand."

Ding Tao's humble and sincere attitude worried about his opponent's state, diluting the situation. The four opponents who were being gripped by Ding Tao's style, suddenly felt able to breathe with relief back. Likewise, those watching on the edge of the arena felt the tension that had enveloped them melt away.

Whispering they talked about what they had just seen with the people on their left and right.

Chen Wuxi shook her head in disbelief at what she had just experienced,

" Gosh, I don't think there's such a move. It's lucky to have been this old still had time to witness even feel the enormity of master swordsman."