I like traveling the most

(The chapter name is wrong, it should be Chapter 589)

"What's going on?"

"Fake match, this must be a fake match!"

"Fuck, give me back the money!"

The audience in the arena shouted one after another, and some radical audiences even took out sundries from the prop column and threw them at Kirito in the arena.

"That guy must have done something to Miss Asuna!"

"Maybe it was coercion!"

"Yes, it must be like that!"

These people were the audience who bet on Asuna and thought she would win, and now Asuna lost, naturally they couldn't accept it.

It's no wonder that the audience was angry.

The fight between the two was really inexplicable. Obviously the fight became fierce, but Asuna suddenly admitted defeat when she was suppressing Kirito, as if the plot was about to reach a climax but stopped abruptly, telling you that it was over. What's more, the protagonist was about to kill the BOSS, but he told you that the protagonist had surrendered. Who can stand this?

But in fact, these are just the shouting of laymen. Experts can see at a glance that Asuna is already defeated. She has no time and no way to gather her own momentum again. She can only admit defeat decently to avoid embarrassment.

Sato Kazuma also knows this.

But it doesn't matter if others don't know, as long as there are people who know.

He decisively came to the judges' seat, ignored Aqua who was excited and wanted to say that it had nothing to do with the battle, and came to Diabel who was proficient in the game, and asked him to comment on the previous battle.

Diabel did not refuse, after all, this was his job.

"To put it simply, Miss Asuna has no more energy to attack.

The audience may have seen that Miss Asuna used many kinds of gorgeous sword skills, but all of them were blocked by Mr. Kirito.

We should also be thankful that there is no endurance or physical strength bar in SAO, otherwise Miss Asuna would not have been able to hold on for so long.

Of course, I am not saying that Miss Asuna is not strong. On the contrary, she is much stronger than me... than most players now, but unfortunately, Mr. Kirito, who easily blocked the dazzlingly fast rapier skills, is even stronger. That's all."

His comments are fair.

Diabel has a good reputation. Although he has the stain of being a first-level secret beta tester, what he has done in the past year or so has made everyone trust him again, and what he says is more easily accepted by the audience.

This is also the reason why Sato Kazuma asked him to come.

Diabel continued to comment: "Actually, these are all very common. I expected Miss Asuna to lose long before the duel between the two, but she still showed a side that surprised me."

"Oh, what aspect is that?" Sato Kazuma cleverly gave him a way out.

Diabel looked at him approvingly and said: "——Original sword skills."

There is a concept of original sword skills in SAO.

How to distinguish between masters and top masters is to see how strong the player's original sword skills are, such as Asuna's Stardust Tears, Kirito's Seven Deadly Sins... and so on. These top players who stand above masters have their own unique moves, instead of relying on the sword skills of the system.

In addition, original sword skills cannot be created casually.

First, it must be judged by the system and considered to be qualified to become a sword skill. Only then will the system increase the power of the sword skill according to its own proficiency.

Then see if it matches itself.

Take Asuna's Stardust Tears as an example. It is only a five-hit combo of a rapier skill, which is not as good as Stardust Splash, an eight-hit piercing sword skill. Why does Asuna still use this move as a killer?

The reason is simple.

Asuna's Stardust Tears is stronger, causing more damage, faster speed, and more tricky moves that are difficult to resist, so it is recognized by the system.

Although the conditions for use are somewhat troublesome and harsh, it can make Kirito, who is almost the best in Aincrad in terms of equipment and level, almost lose half of his health after dodging two swords. The effect can be imagined.

"So all SAO players, if you want to become stronger, please study the system more and develop your own sword skills."

Diabel encouraged the players present.

There was enthusiastic cheering at the scene, some of which recognized Diabel's speech without keeping it to yourself, and some of which appreciated Asuna and Kirito for presenting a wonderful duel for the audience.

"Okay, thank you for President Diabel's explanation. Although he doesn't have his own original sword skills yet, his knowledge is so much that it makes people speechless."

Sato Kazuma dissed Diabel as usual, making him angry and laughing, and then returned to the arena again.

"Dear audience, I believe you have figured out the situation. Let's cheer for the two again, okay!"

"Oh oh oh————!"xN

The audience also cooperated with him quite well.

Sato Kazuma pressed down with both hands, indicating that the restless atmosphere would calm down.

"Okay, okay, I have received your enthusiasm. Let's hurry up and move on to the next round!"

A huge blue light screen appeared, and the names of six people kept rolling.

Soon, the names slowly stopped.

——Alice VS Kureya

What are you doing, ouch~

I didn't expect it to be these two people. Isn't this still a civil war? You said there are only outsiders, and the rest are civil wars? That's fine.

"Alice and Kureya..."

Sato Kazuma didn't expect the two to meet in the quarterfinals.

But there was no way, the rules were the rules, and he couldn't cheat in front of everyone, so he could only wait for the two to arrive in the arena.

Alice and Kureya walked out of the left and right exits respectively, and walked onto the arena amid the cheers of the audience.

"Hey, you two..."

"Kureya, don't show mercy."

Alice predicted what Sato Kazuma was going to say, and then she gave her own thoughts.

"I will, Princess."

Kureya nodded seriously.

The next second, she was panting like a pervert again.

"Fighting with Princess Alice, and in front of so many people... Great!"

Why do you act like you're witnessing a wedding?

Sato Kazuma was speechless.

He wanted to let both of them hold back a little at first, but suddenly remembered that this was a game, and it was a half-loss win-lose mode where you couldn't die at all, so he just let them go.

Kobayashi on the stage was also a little speechless.

Alice and Kureya, they are both teachers and friends. I thought they would not meet before the semifinals, but they met in the quarterfinals.

Then he suddenly realized something.

Kirito and Asuna are also teachers and friends. After all, Asuna's duel style was taught by Kirito, so Alice and Kureya should not be... No, no, no, Heathcliff doesn't know their true relationship, how could he arrange such a coincidence.

In the arena, Alice and Kureya looked at each other.

At first, Kobayashi wanted Alice to go for the rapier style, because Alice has an advantage of being petite and agile, but Alice chose the one-handed sword because she is best at the one-handed sword.

Although it is a one-handed sword, she holds the hilt with both hands, her feet are in a half-bow stance, the sword is placed horizontally in front of her chest, and her body is slightly tilted forward.

Alice and Kureya's postures are exactly the same.

3, 2, 1——

Start!

The light curtain disappeared, and the two of them stepped on the ground and ran towards each other at the same time, and then they came to the center at the same time, and the two long swords collided with each other, and after a short vacuum, they collided with each other at a high speed, making a chaotic sound of ding-dong.

"So, so strong!"

The strength of these two people is different from that of Asuna and Kirito.

Asuna used her sword skills to the extreme, using the agility of the game to make actions that were inconsistent with her own, coupled with her gorgeous sword skills and super high damage, which almost made Kirito lose.

Alice and Kureya's strength is simple and unpretentious.

Although it seems nothing, it gives people a very strong feeling, and there is an indescribable weird feeling.

"Those two people are very strong."

When Kirito stared at Alice and Kureya, a familiar female voice came from behind. Turning around, he saw red and white armor and soft brown long hair.

"Asuna."

"I wish you win the game... although I'm the winner."

"Sorry."

"Don't say sorry, I told you to show your full strength."

"But I have to say, Asuna, you've become stronger. Unlike when you first learned the duel method on the fifth floor, you can connect sword skills and techniques very well, and even have original skills."

"But I still lost to you in the end."

Asuna pouted, but for some reason a smile appeared on her face involuntarily, and her ears were slightly hot.

"Ahem, let's not talk about this. Did you see the two of them?"

"Ah, very strong, terrifyingly strong."

Kirito looked back at the arena, his expression becoming extremely serious.

"Is that so?" Asuna looked at the duel between the two simple and unpretentious people and said, "I can understand that they are very strong, but to be honest, I don't understand where they are strong. This feeling is really weird."

"Of course, because these two people are different from us, they are also very strong in reality."

Kirito said the answer.

That's right, this is the fundamental reason, and it's also why Asuna and the others know that they are strong, but they feel something is strange.

"You know, games are different from reality. Many actions in games can't be done in reality. For example, Asuna, the rapier skill you just used, the eight-hit piercing-type advanced sword skill, can't be used by anyone in reality, but it's easy in the game. But Alice and Kureya... the moves they use can be completely replicated in reality."

"Doesn't that mean...!"

"Yes, this means that the two of them are also so strong in reality!"

Kirito's body trembled slightly.

Is it nervous? Is it scared? Is it excited?

He didn't know.

The relative who Kirito stayed with had a dojo, so he had some understanding of swordsmanship - to the extent that he gave up after two years of learning, so he could quickly become stronger in Aincrad, and he could also understand what the strange feeling was at this time.

Although some people say "No matter how strong you are in the game, it is fake, only the strength in reality is real", but unfortunately, it is completely the opposite now, and the strength in the game is the one that determines life and death.

Kirito can't wait to fight one of them.

In the arena.

Alice and Kureya are still fighting.

Although they don't have the lightning-fast and colorful sword skills like Asuna, the essence of swordsmanship concentrated in the kingdom for hundreds of years is enough to make the audience really shocked, immersed in the battle between the two for a long time.

Soon the battle between the two entered a white-hot stage.

Alice kept looking for Kureya's flaws, trying to sneakily reduce Kureya's health to less than half.

However, all her knowledge was taught by Kureya, whether it was the battle ideas or sword skills, all were under Kureya's control.

"Your Highness Alice, if it was in reality, you could completely use your super strong physique to forcefully defeat me, but unfortunately this is a game, whether it is the level or the equipment, the values ​​are almost equal, you can't defeat me with skills alone."

What Kureya said was right.

If she could use her real body, everyone present would not be Alice's opponent - Xiaolin is likely to be included.

"But Kureya, don't be so sure."

"Hmm?"

"Have you forgotten that I am not only accepting your training."

"What?!"

Kureya's eyes widened.

Her left hand rested on the sword body, her right hand gently stroked the hilt, and at the same time her left foot and right foot were half a step apart, her eyes were sharp like someone's shadow.

The female guard suddenly turned around and looked at Kobayashi on the platform.

Oh, that's it.

But in the game, is such a move useful?

Kobayashi was also curious.

Kureya said, "It's useless, Alice. I have also learned this move of yours, but it uses the body to concentrate the whole body's strength and then release it. It can definitely be done in reality, but it is completely useless in the game."

Alice said like a little devil, "Could it be that Kureya forgot that Miss Asuna just used a skill that is not a system skill."

"Could it be that--"

It's an original sword skill!

Kureya was shaken, and the sword trembled slightly, causing itself to be slightly crooked.

Flaw!

Alice saw the opportunity and quickly closed the distance with the sonic impact of the one-handed sword, and then used the sharp claw three consecutive attacks to forcibly deflect Kureya's long sword and leave her wide open.

"It's over!"

Kureya realized at this time that she had been fooled.

But it was too late. Alice turned around and used the faster Kingdom Swordsmanship to spin, plus the one-handed sword snake bite and horizontal four-way slash. In an instant, eight swords fell on Kureya, and her health dropped to less than half in an instant.

You Win!

At the same time, a light screen appeared on Alice's head, indicating that she had won.

"How, how could it be... Your Highness Alice, Your Highness Alice was actually... so cunning... Great! As expected of Your Highness Alice, I really like you more and more!"

Kureya rushed towards Alice with a red face.

This female guard was completely hopeless.

Sato Kazuma drove her off the stage with disgust, and then congratulated Alice for winning this duel with her own little trick.

The subsequent game.

In the game between Rinko and Agil, Rinko won with a relaxed attitude.

Although Agil lost the duel, he was satisfied that he could enter the quarterfinals. Just like what Sato Kazuma said, his road to the competition was largely due to luck.

Darkness competed with Smail, and the winner was Smail.

It was not because Smail had superb spear skills, powerful equipment and skills, or any tricks.

It was simply Darkness's own fault.

She forgot that her defense was not as strong as in reality. She kept provoking Smail with words, which led to her carelessness and the durability of her shield was exhausted and destroyed. In a backhand attack, her health value dropped below half and she lost regretfully.

No one expected that this game would be so dramatic.

So the top four were announced.

Kirito, Alice, Rinko, and Smail.