Chapter 56 The Point of the Sword Is Grounded and Sharpened

Wow!

This time, everyone who was there was breathing in shock. Liu Feng’s voice was very loud and reverberated in the air unceasingly.

The eyes of the two old men who had been standing at the top of the team glimmered with light.

“The Heavenly Sword of the Fifth Generation had written about a miracle in the history of man’s battles with the allegory of how a whole army was defeated. But only, this glory will always be a secret that can never be revealed. They are the true heroes.”

“I can feel that Liu Feng would never be willing to be an instructor to the Sixth Generation’s Heavenly Sword. However, he had already used his own way to build the organizational powers of the Sixth Generation’s Heavenly Sword. This rascal is truly something.”

Liu Feng could hardly stop himself from speaking. In a gracious tone, he said, “Do you know why the Fifth Generation’s Heavenly Sword could build such glorious battle results? This was because they could, whenever they wanted, lend their battle allies a hand. Competing with each other was only a way for them to improve together at the same time. However, they have never compared with each other. The ten of them are united as one and with one glance, they would be able to read the minds of their battle allies. And what about you?”

And what about you…

These words rang in the hearts of this new generation of Heavenly Sword members like little fists that were thumping on their chests.

“Elder, we accept whatever that you have taught us.”

In this new generation of Heavenly Sword, a member who looked like he was the youngest came out and said proudly, puffing his chest, “I am Chengying Sword from the Sixth Generation of Heavenly Sword. I am only 17 years old, and that is my nominal age. Actually, in this batch of members, I am the weakest in my skills. However, my gun skills are the best. Even though I am full of respect for my elders, I am still keen to pit my gun skills against yours.”

Liu Feng looked at Chengying Sword with a look of admiration and nodded his head. “You are the only person with backbone amongst these ten people. State your terms—how do you want to compete with me in your gun skills.”

“Alright!”

Thinking a little, Chengying Sword had the idea. “In order to be qualified to be a part of Heavenly Sword, one has to start off from the real battle. Let’s shoot moving targets twenty meters away, with eight bullets per person.”

“OK!” Liu Feng nodded his head without giving a thought to the matter.

At this time, the people at the scene walked out from their grief and started to follow what Chengying Sword and Liu Feng were doing.

Chengying Sword took out two guns from the back of his waist and proffered them to Liu Feng. “Elder, please choose one gun first. It’s all colored bullets inside.”

Liu Feng took one of the guns randomly and then with the rubbing of his both hands, the body of the gun fell apart into several discrete parts.

And with just this movement of taking down the gun, one’s eyes were almost dazzled.

Liu Feng quickly inspected the gun and its bullets. And then, his both hands continued to change in motion and it once again, assembled the gun parts together.

From taking the gun apart to inspecting the various gun parts and its bullets to putting the piece together again, Liu Feng used less than twenty seconds.

“Is this speed a little too fast?”

“Yes, if only there is a gun table in front for him to put his gun parts, then the speed at which he took the gun apart would not be too alarming. But there is none!”

“And with this familiarity of playing with the gun, I’m afraid that Chengying Sword might not be able to catch up?”

And at this moment, it was as though the members of the new generation of Heavenly Sword did not know what to expect anymore. The two of them had not competed formally and Liu Feng had seized the psychological upper hand.

The young Chengying Sword took a deep breath forcefully and then holding his gun, took several steps back.

Liu Feng also retreated at the same time. And when the two had retreated to a distance of about 20 meters apart, they stopped their steps.

“Hey! That team leader of the Mantis Shrimp.”

Yang Shiwen, who was sitting in the car poked her little head out of the car window and asked with a look of mischief. “Cross-shooting at moving targets twenty meters away—does it mean that they would be standing twenty meters apart and shooting each other?”

Three black lines were drawn from Fan Wei’s forehead. During the officer training camp, his code name had been Mantis Shrimp. After coming out of the officer training camp, he had never told anyone else about this exceedingly mortifying code name. He had only mentioned it today to let Liu Feng remember him and he had not expected to…

“Speak, are these the rules?” Yang Shiwen asked, pursing her little lips.

“Yes!” Fan Wei nodded his head, his face was darkened.

“Wow! Mantis Shrimp, stop them now! Hurry! Someone could die!” Yang Shiwen said very anxiously.

“Damn it!”

Fan Wei’s hands clenched into a fist and then unclenched again, and they clenched again…

“Pi Pi Shrimp, speak!” Yang Shiwen continued to press on.

“There’s no need to stop this!”

Lu Wei answered in a loud voice: “Their guns are filled with coloured bullets. Even though these bullets cause much pain when they hit the body, they would only leave behind coloured marks and would not pierce the body or cause it any harm.”

Oh!

Yang Shiwen patted her chest with ease and said, puffing: “Then that’s good. Actually, I was scared that someone would be hitting Liu Feng, that smelly hooligan. If not, I wouldn’t be having such a powerful bodyguard free-of-charge.”

“Ah!”

The Mantis Shrimp, Regiment Commander Fan Wei almost wanted to vomit blood at this instance. He almost could not believe that Longyuan Sword of the previous generation could have wanted to be a bodyguard for this pretty lass for free.

“Three!”

At this moment, Chengying Sword suddenly spoke up.

After saying the word “three”, Liu Feng and Chengying Sword raised the guns that they were carrying in their hands at the same time.

“Two!”

This was spoken by Liu Feng. Following which, both parties’ bodies were faintly arched into a bow formation. This was the posture that was most beneficial to their movements.

“One!”

This final word was shouted by Chengying Sword and when it was uttered, the gunshot also rang.

Pump! Pump! Pump!

Chengying Sword promptly made the first shot. And it was three shots at one go.

Liu Feng hurriedly darted three steps towards the left and two bullets exploded behind him, spreading two billows of pink dust in the air.

After taking the third step, Liu Feng’s body stopped like braking cars and his body was like pulled back by someone with a rope and he hurriedly took a step backwards.

The third gun shot exploded into powder dust beside him. One could predict that if Liu Feng had still rushed forwards just now, he would definitely have been hit by this shot. There would have been no mistake about that.

Pump! Pump! Pump!

And sure enough, Liu Feng started to fire his shots. Before shooting, Liu Feng kept making the movement of raising his gun. He seemed to have not even shot accurately enough. And in flinging his hand, the gun shot rang out even more clearly.

Like Liu Feng, Chengying Sword rushed three steps forward and his back seemed to have paused all of a sudden before retreating.

The two people started to fire three shots each. None of these shots hit each other.

However, as for the other members of the new generation’s Heavenly Sword, their spirits had been extremely dampened to the extreme. This was because they had discerned that Liu Feng had darted the three bullets with even greater ease than Chengying Sword. And it was as if every single one of his movements had been able to fling the bullets almost half a meter behind him.

But it was different for Chengying Sword. He had managed to cast off the bullet fired by the first gun for half a meter. However, the second bullet had exploded within thirty centimeters of his back. As for how he had finally retreated, the bullet had almost exploded ten centimeters before him.

Bang!Bang!

And in close succession, Liu Feng and Chengying Sword had fired their guns at the same time. As the two fired their shots, the gun sounds seemed to be layered together.

However, the people who were present were all the strongest soldiers, especially the members of new generation’s Heavenly Sword. As such, they could clearly tell that Liu Feng’s reaction speed of pulling the trigger was a little faster than Chengying Sword’s.

No one would have been able to look down upon this little sliver of difference in speed. It was because when one had reached a level like theirs, whose abilities to pull the trigger had reached the maximum level of familiarity, any slight difference could only be due to innate talent. Or perhaps the higher level was honed from life-and-death experiences. And perhaps it was something that Chengying Sword could never be able to catch up with the whole of his life.

As the two fired their guns, they seemed to be in movement. Their footsteps never stopped, but their eyes were fixed on each other’s. The colored bullets continued to explode beside them and the pink powder seemed to drift in the air. Like before, the bullets did not reach their targets.

Bang!Bang!

When Liu Feng and Chengying Sword continued to pull their triggers. Liu Feng’s greater speed in pulling the trigger had revealed itself. The gunshots of the two were not overlapping this time.

Moreover, after the gunshots, Liu Feng’s footwork had quickened considerably. Again, he managed to avoid the colored bullets easily while Chengying Sword’s left shoulder was stained with a billow of exploding pink dust.

“It’s a hit!”

“Sigh! So even the most brilliant gunner kid of the Sixth Generation’s Heavenly Sword had still lost out to Liu Feng by a margin.”

“And it is not as simple as just losing by a margin… he…”

Bang!

Soon enough, Chengying Sword’s abdomen was also stained with an exploding pink powder.

Bang!

And this last shot sent a colored bullet exploding in Chengying Sword’s chest.

And looking back at Liu Feng, after the eight shots have been fired, not a single trace of powder was left on his body and Chengying Sword’s body seemed to have three additional red spots.

Hoho, hahaha!

Chengying Sword patted his body and laughed, saying, “I’ve lost still. But Elder, from your example, you’ve given me directions as to how to improve and to work hard, thank you!”

“There’s no need to thank me!”

Liu Feng laughed and said, “I’ve seen, from you, that the Sixth Generation’s Heavenly Sword might not have been as accomplished as I’ve thought. Keep working harder and perhaps one day, you’ll be able to be fitting the Heavenly Sword label just barely.”

“Elder, I earnestly entreat you to be a drillmaster of the Sixth Generation’s Heavenly Sword!”

As he spoke, Chengying Sword straightened himself and made a military salute.

Old Eight, who had been defeated by Liu Feng at the entrance of the troop’s grand courtyard had also stood up at this moment and he gave a respectful salute too. “Elder, I am Ganjiang Sword, and I am exceedingly admiring of your skills. I ask Elder to be the drillmaster of the Sixth Generation’s Heavenly Sword.”

“Elder, I, Yuchang Sword earnestly entreat you to be a drillmaster of the Sixth Generation’s Heavenly Sword!”

“Elder, I, Chunjun Sword earnestly entreat you to be a drillmaster of the Sixth Generation’s Heavenly Sword!”

Under the lead of these several people, the rest had also started to walk up to him.

“Elder, Moye Sword earnestly entreats you to be a drillmaster of the Sixth Generation’s Heavenly Sword!”

“Elder, Taia Sword earnestly entreats you to be a drillmaster of the Sixth Generation’s Heavenly Sword!”

“Elder, Zhanlu Sword earnestly entreats you to be a drillmaster of the Sixth Generation’s Heavenly Sword!”

“Chixiao Sword…”

“Xuanyuan Xiayu Sword…”

At this time, the Sixth Generation’s members had all expressed their true feelings of respect towards Liu Feng. All of their glances at Liu Feng was filled with respect and sincerity.

Liu Feng laughed and asked, “What, you’re admitting defeat just like that? There’s still half of you who have not had a showdown with me!”

“There’s no need to compete! We concede defeat!”

“Drillmaster, we earnestly entreat you to be a drillmaster of the Sixth Generation’s Heavenly Sword!”

“Drillmaster, you’re the only person who makes us feel respect. If you would not instruct us, it’s unlikely that we would be able to put up with any new drillmaster.”

Hoho, hahaha!

Liu Feng laughed again and he shook his head, saying, “I will not be your drillmaster. To speak the truth, I’m from the Fifth Generation’s Heavenly Sword. I know what you are up to against. I don’t want to see the students whom I have taught lying in slumber in foreign lands. Even though you are the pride of our home country and are even unnamed heroes, I’ve experienced it all. I do not want to revive any of those memories by looking at you, and I don’t want any more emotional burdens. That’s all, I’ve said my piece. I should leave now.”

And after speaking these words, Liu Feng turned around and walked in the direction of the Porsche 911.

“Elder!”

And at this moment, the new Longyuan Sword dashed over and blocked Liu Feng. “I had been thinking non-stop about the criticisms that you made of me. Elder, definitely, I’m still not worthy of the title of being the heir of the seven stars Longyuan Sword. But, I believe that be it in terms of personal character or ability, I’ll be able to level it up. I entreat you to stay. Even if I may die on the battlefield in future or have my ashes buried in other places, I would want to be a disciple whom you could be proud of.”

And after finishing his words, Longyuan Sword bowed his proud head towards Liu Feng.

Liu Feng fell silent for a long while before he spoke up. “The sharpness of a treasure sword is produced from grinding! This is the unchanging motto of the Heavenly Sword’s General Headquarters. When you have succeeded in going through the stringent training and become fixed Heavenly Sword members, you will experience the meaning of how cherry blossoms have gotten their fragrance from the winter of suffering. You’ll be able to grow with or without me. Put aside your pride and treat your comrades as brothers whom you will die with. Be united and train together to make up for all your personal faults. The country needs you to grow up fast.”

“The sharpness of a sword is produced from the grinding!”

Liu Feng’s words rang in the ears of this new generation of Heavenly Sword members. After waiting for Liu Feng to leave, these ten members of the Heavenly Sword’s new generation experienced a great change in their charisma. It was as though in a short period of time, all ten of them had grown up and had matured.

The two elderly men who were standing at the window of the topmost level had also started laughing.

“Liu Feng, this elderly leader’s arrangement is great. Liu Feng had taught these ten proud rascals a lesson!

“Old fella, don’t you want to woo Liu Feng back? Perhaps if he were to lead this new generation of Heavenly Sword, they could be the strongest Heavenly Sword generation as the last.”

“There’s no need to chase. Let’s talk about this in future. I haven’t enough weight!”

“Hahaha…”

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