I agree with CC, these guys are super sword nerds, attrition would not be a factor. XMCX for example would never lower himself to fighting someone who was tired (he regretted killing Dugu Yihe in that exact situation, when he later found out the man had just been in a fight). Yan 13 literally saved Xie Xiaofeng’s life so they could have a “proper” duel! The only one who might lower himself in such a manner would be Ye Gucheng, but I think there is no way he could beat DGQB regardless... even the early stage XMCX pointed out that he was insufficiently sincere to the sword.
I feel that the two who have the best chance of beating him are Yan 13 and Ding Pang (and poooossibly late Sword God stage XMCX). DGQB was very much an almost supernatural, superhuman figure in the Jinyong methos, and you need a superhuman to match him. Yan 13’s sword was described literally as death, as you may recall - not metaphorically, but literally, which the author took pains to play straight and seriously. Ding Pang, in turn, was an almost fanfic-like character who supposedly surpassed everyone else including Yan 13, and as we all know Mary Sue/Gary Stu characters never lose.
Yan 13 would probably result in a double KO, whereas Ding Pang would win by retconning DGQB to be weaker (only partially joking).
As for LXH? I’d see a stalemate there.
Last edited by Ren Wo Xing; 07-23-21 at 04:43 PM.
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How good was DP and where would he be ranked in GL universe?
Right, but there's no sword moves (剑法), not even surprising positions like LHC's DG9J. It's almost like Duan Yu just swings it around randomly but because it's so fast, you can't really block it with the edge of your sword, and there's potentially 6 of them coming at you, it doesn't matter if there's a "jianfa" or not.
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There is an inbuilt problem here.
JY wrote and created 6MSJ and DGKB before he wrote SOD and came up with DG9J and his 'real elites are formless and dont use stances' plotline for SOD.
I highly doubt that when he came up with DG9J, he intended it to be a higher form than all his previous top-dog arts and masters.
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Although DG9J highest form is formless, it is probably not a higher overall martial arts compared to 6MSJ and DGKB's higher art forms like the HIS, wooden sword, and swordless stage.
Jinyong probably wanted to showcase DGKB's first sword stage to emphasize that one come reach elite level (in SPW's standard) using profound swordmanship without the need of very high internal energy.