House of Mori.

As soon as Lu Ming stood at the door, he heard the lively conversation inside.

Since his guide to SAO, this place has been idle and has not been as lively as it is today for a long time.

Perhaps it may be a wrong decision to return to the digital world.

Such an idea suddenly popped up in his mind, and Lu Ming smiled self-deprecatingly.

People are such contradictory creatures. When they stay, they long to see the scenery in the distance, but they miss the days they used to go forward.

He knocked on the door gently, and the room immediately became quiet.

"Wait a minute, I'll go open the door first!"

Asuna's voice rang.

A few seconds later, the door opened.

"Lu Ming, have you dealt with?"

The moment he saw him, Asuna's eyes lit up and she smiled in surprise.

"Um."

Lu Ming nodded and allowed himself to be pulled into the house by Asuna.

"Liz, you already know Silica and the others, but today there is another new friend here. Her name is Yuki, and she is a very powerful swordsman."

Under Asuna's introduction, a girl stood up embarrassedly.

"Hello, my name is Yuki."

This is a girl who is almost 15 years old. She looks very lively, her eyes flashing like amethyst. When she smiles, she immediately reveals two dimples on her cheeks. Her shiny purple-black hair is wrapped in red hair, and a hair is raised high.

Lu Ming was a little surprised. Unexpectedly, with his interference, Asuna and Yuki met.

"Hello." Lu Ming nodded.

"Yuki is very strong. She set a record of winning more than 68 consecutive players under the big tree on the 24th floor, and is called the "Sword of the Sword" by players."

[Dharmocles' Sword] There are two ways to play, one is to turn into a Digimon to explore the unknown sea of ​​darkness, and the other is the traditional SAO gameplay.

Yuki obviously chose the latter.

"That's just an exaggeration. If it were a swordsman like Asuna, I would have lost a long time ago."

Although he said this, Lu Ming found that the other party looked at him with a fighting look.

"That, although a little abrupt, can you duel with me? I will use my original sword skills as a bet."

As he said that, Yuki bowed deeply, "Please!"

Asuna and others touched their foreheads helplessly, with an expression of "I knew it would be like this for a long time."

Lu Ming was slightly silent for a moment, and looked at Yuki who was keeping a bowing posture and chuckled slightly.

"No problem, but I have a bet."

“Eh?”

Yuki raised his head strangely, and the dull hair on his head trembled slightly.

"No matter who loses and who wins in the end, I will give you a surprise."

Without waiting for the other party to object, Lu Ming then spoke: "This is the premise for our duel!"

"good!"

......

Twenty-fourth floor.

It's still under that huge tree.

Lu Ming and Yuki face each other with swords, and there are all players around him who are coming from the crowd.

At this time, Yuki had already changed into combat clothes. The obsidian armor covering her chest was in a soft arc shape, while the tight top and long skirt that were floating in the wind were blue and purple like blue and purple.

In addition, there is a black and thin sword sheath hanging around the waist.

Such a posture immediately made the male audience around him cheer and whistle.

When the noise around stopped, Yuki smiled slightly, waved his right hand, and manipulated the window with extremely skillful gestures. A window for applying for duel immediately appeared in Lu Ming's field of vision.

He lit up the lightly, and the duel window automatically eliminated, and then the countdown of ten seconds began.

Yuki almost instantly pulled out the sword from his left waist with his right hand. A sharp "clang" sound immediately sounded, holding the sword in the middle and naturally leaned sideways.

"Are you underestimating me?"

Seeing that Lu Ming was still not moving, Youji chuckled slightly.

"Don't you know if you try it?"

Lu Ming just finished his words, and the countdown time just came to zero.

Yuki kicked the ground with all his might, and in a very short time he crossed the distance between the two, and a black light from bottom to top attacked Lu Ming's neck.

However, this rapid sword just slashed across Lu Ming's chest.

“It’s not fast enough!”

As soon as the sound fell, a huge force came from under the sword, making her almost unable to hold the sword in her hand, and her body suddenly jumped back, and then she removed the force.

Yuki opened his eyes wide, the smile at the corner of his mouth had disappeared, and his amethyst-like pupils emitted a surprise light.

"Hey, I'm not mistaken, that guy just hits it..."

"How is it possible? Can such a casual posture block the attack of the 'Juejian'?"

"Who is this guy? I don't seem to have seen him before..."

Originally, I was just looking forward to watching the show, but the situation in front of me was obviously beyond their expectations.

“It’s really strong…”

Yuki not only did not lose confidence, but instead became more determined to fight.

"ah!"

Yuki made a heroic exhalation for the first time in this game and launched another attack.

In the eyes of the onlookers, the black sword in her hand only left a thin ink-like afterimage, and quickly stabbed towards the standing still man.

What would he do?

Everyone's heart was tight and they were staring at him intently.

With such rapid continuous attacks, ordinary people have to react without seeing the moves clearly. They can only use their vision to capture the enemy's whole body movements to predict the direction of the next wave of attack, and block or dodge.

pity......

"choke--!"

Under the crisp chanting of the sword, a slash was like lightning, cutting through the atmosphere and space, like an arc of light, flashing in a flash.

"clang--!"

With the loud noise of interception, with the burst of Mars, the rapid combo was bounced away by a slash just now.

"What!?"

The onlookers couldn't help but change their faces.

But now is not the time to be shocked.

The long sword that Lu Ming swung turned with the flow and gently landed on Yuki's stiff body.

"You lost."

Yuki's body slowly recovered from stiffness. She sat directly on the grass and looked at Lu Ming with a worshipful look.

"Can you tell me how you did it?"

Lu Ming withdrew his sword and smiled gently.

"Your attack speed and reaction speed are indeed amazing, but the attack is too honest. You can't see fake actions such as sudden stopping or slowing down the attack rhythm. It's useless against enemies of the same level."

"Is that right? Hahaha, so that's it." Yuki suddenly realized, "Although you may not look down on my skills, keeping your promises, it belongs to you."

As he said that, Yuki took a casual stroke and a small scroll was solidified.

"It is called 'Psalm of the Virgin', which is my own eleven strikes. I didn't expect that the first strike was interrupted in front of you."

"Then, I will keep my promise and give you a surprise."

Lu Ming stretched out his finger and gently tapped Yuki's forehead.

"As for your wishes, it will be fulfilled by you and your companions. Of course, Asuna will help you."

“Eh?”

Yuki looked at Lu Ming and immediately widened his eyes: "Do you know something?"

"Well... go and ask Asuna, my vacation is over."
Chapter completed!