Fei Xiao didn't look back at the people who had fired the shots.
Although those people couldn't see Fei Xiao's expression at the moment, her back gave them the illusion of an ancient, savage beast.
Their bodies couldn't help but tremble slightly.
Recalling how this woman in strange attire had just caught a magical beast's attack with her bare hands, the fear in their hearts grew even stronger.
"Who told you to fire without orders just now?!"
Jiao Wuyan was fuming with rage, shouting abuse at those people.
The captain immediately stepped forward to admit fault, somewhat at a loss for words; after all, dealing with these magical beasts, shouldn't...
"But Elder Jiao, just now it was clearly..."
"I don't care what your reasons are. From now on, no one is allowed to fire without my command.
Considering you didn't know the inside story, I won't hold you responsible this time."
Jiao Wuyan simultaneously warned the others to prevent any accidents.
However, at this moment, the seemingly stern Elder Jiao was silently breaking into a cold sweat.
Good heavens, one look at the bullets showed they had been smoothly sliced apart by a sharp weapon.
If it was done by the blades that appeared out of nowhere in the girl's hands, then when exactly did she move? He hadn't seen it at all.
"Alright, instead of arguing here, why don't you hurry up and get further away."
After applying medicine to Talonflame, Meng Xi recalled it into its Poké Ball.
Lin Siyu and Meng Xi greased their feet and quickly moved away from the area.
This scene left everyone present stunned.
Weren't they quite brave just now? Why are they running so fast now?
"If you don't want to get hurt, you'd better get far away from here."
Although Meng Xi was annoyed, she still kindly reminded everyone.
Last time, Fei Xiao's battle had directly leveled half a small mountain. If they dared to stay this close to watch the battle this time, wouldn't they be purely looking for death?
"Everyone, retreat immediately."
Although Ye Jinnian didn't understand their intentions, he decided to honestly follow the advice.
Everyone heard the order.
Even though some were dissatisfied, they still followed the arrangement.
...
Fei Xiao understood they had run far enough and should be at a safe distance now.
Her attention returned to Ceruledge.
Ceruledge's raised twin swords momentarily froze in the air. After hesitating for a moment, it gave Fei Xiao a response.
"Suo."
Fei Xiao:...
"I'll take that as a thank you.
So, have you been following us since earlier just to have a battle with me?"
Fei Xiao roughly speculated on the other party's intentions.
She had already noticed the opponent while eating yesterday, and it seemed to have been following the pace of their livestream.
Her previous dodging was on one hand to avoid an accident like last time, moving her footsteps slowly away from Meng Xi and the others while evading.
On the other hand, from the moves just now, Fei Xiao estimated that this Ceruledge's level was likely not much different from the Hydreigon from last time.
Moreover, with 'Fei Xiao's' eyesight, she could see that its combat experience was very impressive.
It didn't just rely on skills; its own swordsmanship level was also quite seasoned.
So now it seems its target is me... no, it should be to have a serious battle with me.
"Suo."
Ceruledge nodded affirmatively, pointing its sword at the woman in front of it.
Its body seemed to be shrouded in a thick layer of darkness, and that evil energy flowed out of its body like a surging tide, subsequently adhering to the surface of its armor.
"Is that so?"
Having received an affirmative answer, the corners of Fei Xiao's mouth lifted slightly, and she gradually became excited internally.
Taking a deep breath, a violent hurricane appeared out of thin air, spinning rapidly around her body. Her white hair and cape danced wildly with the gale, faintly emitting a majestic aura that was shocking to behold.
"Just so you know, I'm very strong!"
The gazes of both sides instantly collided, their eyes like arrows, generating an intense fighting spirit.
The people looking down from the sky clearly saw the invisible confrontation between the two parties.
On the ground, it was as if a dark, pitch-black demon and a white, ferocious beast were about to start a great war.
...
A fallen leaf kicked up by the noisy wind quietly landed at this moment.
Fei Xiao moved...
She immediately raised the tip of her gunblade, pointing it straight ahead, and then a wind bullet shot out rapidly.
"Suo."
Ceruledge was slightly surprised; the speed of this 'bullet' was completely incomparable to the flight speed of the previous bullets.
The sharp sword in its hand was dyed with eerie black flames as it quickly slashed toward the incoming bullet.
The flames and the hurricane eventually managed to cancel each other out.
However, the powerful recoil also caused it to retreat several meters. Before it could steady its footing, Fei Xiao's offensive followed one after another.
Fei Xiao's figure flashed, closing in on her opponent in an instant. The gunblade in her hand turned into a flash of cold light, slashing out horizontally with the force of a thunderbolt.
Ceruledge hurriedly used its right sword to parry.
"Clang!"
The crisp sound of metal clashing rang out, and the meeting of blade and sword sent sparks flying in all directions.
But Ceruledge's expression was not good.
This strike was as heavy as a thousand pounds, and a heart-palpitating sound of cracking was mixed within the crisp metallic clash.
The moment the sword blade made contact with the gunblade, a slight sensation of shattering was transmitted from the sword blade.
If it were to take this blow head-on, the sword would undoubtedly shatter.
Ceruledge thought this in a split second.
Thus, it followed the force and leapt backward, its long sword rotating with the blade.
Using softness to overcome hardness, it successfully redirected the force of this strike.
But the power emitted by this strike flew directly into the distant woods, cutting down several large trees in succession before completely disappearing.
Fei Xiao's missed strike caused a momentary pause, and Ceruledge seized the opening, swinging its left sword to stab at the opponent's abdomen.
When the tip of the sword was less than two inches from her skin, Fei Xiao once again clamped the sword blade with one hand.
She originally wanted to take this chance to follow up with a strike at close range, but the moment Fei Xiao grabbed her opponent, it merged into the dark shadows and vanished.
Her strike missed again, but without a moment's pause, she immediately slashed toward the shadow behind her.
CLANG!!!
The moment Ceruledge appeared, it placed both swords in front of its chest for defense.
After being sent flying backward, it managed to pull away some distance.
"Suo!"
Ceruledge continued to release skills, both swords slashing simultaneously—a Fire Blast hit Fei Xiao head-on.
BOOM!!!
A violent explosion rang out, and flames soared into the sky. This time, the power was several times stronger than when it fought Talonflame.
Ceruledge kept its eyes fixed ahead, but the black smoke generated by the flames caused it to lose sight of Fei Xiao.
Thus, it stood ready, constantly on guard against the opponent's sneak attack.
Whoosh!
Fei Xiao's gunblade suddenly burst through the thick smoke, attacking Ceruledge.
The speed was fast, but it had been on guard.
Learning from the previous lesson, this time it didn't take it head-on, instead striking the blade to parry it away.
It had just blocked Fei Xiao's sneak attack, but what it didn't expect was that another gunblade followed closely behind the first one, aimed straight at its head.
Ceruledge's pupils constricted, repeatedly telling itself to dodge quickly.
Finally, it clearly saw the panic in its own eyes from the smooth blade surface, and the gunblade left a blade mark on its helmet.
Before it could breathe a sigh of relief, its entire body suddenly froze.
"I learned this from you."
A familiar voice rang out.
Fei Xiao had appeared behind Ceruledge at some point and caught the gunblade from just now.
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