The whistling red lotus fire and the shining holy white light collided with each other, bringing up gusts of strong wind.

“Drink it!!”

The girl roared, raised the long knife in her hand, and chopped it down at Fang Zheng. The whistling wind even made the river water tremble. The scorching flames appeared on the blade, condensed, and then exploded.

His strength, speed and reaction are much greater than those of ordinary people.

Looking at the girl in front of him, Fang Zheng thought as he moved his feet to avoid the blade that was slashing down. Then he stabbed the girl with his sword in his backhand, but the girl rolled over to avoid Fang Zheng's slashing stab. Then the blade in her hand created a flame on the ground and rushed towards Fang Zheng again.

The attack comes with a fire attribute bonus... Well, it seems that's all?

Looking at the girl in front of him, Fang Zheng couldn't help but frown. Indeed, from the several fights, it can be seen that the girl's strength, speed and reaction ability are far beyond that of ordinary humans, but her fighting skills are quite crude. Except for the basic skills, the rest are basically hard-core.

Is this how the Fire Mist Warriors fight?

How did she survive until now without being beaten to death?

Or is it that the way of fighting in this world is due to the wrong talent tree?

While thinking, Fang Zheng blocked the attack in front of him and didn't notice that the girl opposite him had a face as black as the bottom of a pot.

Damn it, damn it, damn it!!

At this moment, the girl tightly grasped the long sword in her hand, feeling extremely depressed. At first, she was planning to teach this ignorant human a lesson. But soon, the girl found that she couldn't do it at all.

This man was not only faster, stronger, and more responsive than her, but his fighting style also made the girl complain bitterly. The girl had been attacking continuously, trying to force Fang Zheng to show a flaw, so that she could kill him with one blow. But what made the girl depressed was that every move she made seemed to be expected by the opponent. Often, she had just swung her long sword when the opponent's sword appeared on her attack trajectory.

This made the girl feel extremely uncomfortable. Since she started fighting, she had never encountered such a situation where she was restrained and suppressed to the point where she could hardly break free. The combat experience she was so proud of seemed to be completely non-existent in front of this human.

“Drink aaaaaah!”

Thinking of this, the girl became even more angry. She roared and raised her long sword again, slashing at Fang Zheng fiercely. However, at the moment when she slashed with her long sword, Fang Zheng moved to the side as if he had predicted the future, avoiding the girl's attack. Then the long sword in his hand suddenly jumped up like a poisonous snake and stabbed at the girl's shoulder.

"hateful!!"

Seeing this sword, the girl gritted her teeth. She had no time to dodge the sword and could only watch the square blade pierce her. Could it be that... she was really going to lose? Lose to a human? !

"No!!"

Thinking of this, a surge of unwilling anger suddenly emerged from the girl's heart. She roared angrily, and the next moment, hot and explosive red flames instantly erupted in all directions with the girl as the center. At this moment, Fang Zheng naturally couldn't dodge in time and was completely engulfed by the oncoming flames.

"What are you doing!"

Seeing this scene, the pendant on the girl's neck was shocked and hurried to stop it.

"This is not a life-and-death battle! Stop now!"

"ah!!"

The girl was also stunned when she heard Alastor's angry rebuke, but before she could retract the flames that erupted from her body, a gap suddenly appeared in front of her. In just a blink of an eye, the girl felt a flash of cold light in front of her eyes, and the next moment, the cold touch was against her neck, preventing the girl from taking any further action.

"I see. The power has increased, but it still relies on fire-attribute attacks?"

As the voices were spoken, Fang Zheng, who was unharmed, stepped out of the flames. He looked at the girl in front of him with a smile on his face and then began to speak.

"It seems that I won."

“…”

Looking at Fang Zheng in front of her, the girl was silent for a long time, then she put down the long sword in her hand and spoke in a low voice.

“I lost.”

As the girl spoke, the seal covering the river bank began to be retracted, and soon everything returned to its original state.

"Is it this time already?"

After checking the time on his phone, Fang Zheng shrugged his shoulders and then looked at the girl in front of him.

"Okay, if that's all right, I'll take my leave..."

"Why?"

"……Um?"

"Why are you so strong?"

The girl raised her head and stared at Fang Zheng intently.

"As a human being, how could you be so strong? In order to become a Fire Mist Warrior, I received rigorous training and study, and after becoming a Fire Mist Warrior, I also killed many Red World disciples. But why, why could you defeat me so easily?"

"Well...if you want me to tell you..."

Looking at the girl's serious and determined expression, Fang Zheng was silent for a moment, but finally answered.

"…your opponent is just too weak."

"My opponent... is too weak?"

After hearing Fang Zheng's answer, the girl froze in place, not knowing what to do for a moment.

"Yes, I can tell from the battle just now. You rarely use strategies and tactics, but prefer head-on attacks. This may be because you have always encountered weak opponents, so as long as you are a little more serious, or pay more attention, you can easily eliminate the opponent. But for this kind of opponent, you will not make any progress even if you defeat ten thousand of them. There is an old saying in my hometown, which goes, "Playing chess with a bad chess player will make you worse and worse." This is roughly what it means..."

Having said this, Fang Zheng turned around and waved at the girl.

"That's all I can say. Well, it's getting late. Be careful and go home. I'll take my leave now."

“…”

This time, the girl didn't say anything. She just silently clenched the long sword in her hand and watched Fang Zheng's back as he left. After he completely disappeared from her sight, the girl suddenly spoke.

"Alastor... do you think what that human said makes sense?"

Hearing the girl's question, the pendant on her chest was silent for a long time before answering in a low voice.

"Since leaving Tiandao Palace, you have indeed made some progress in tracking and searching for the Red World's followers, but..."

"The opponents I met were too weak, right?"

Before Alastor could finish, the girl lowered her head. She knew better than anyone what she encountered in every battle. Indeed, as Fang Zheng said, some of the Red World criminals the girl encountered did pose a threat to her, but as long as the girl was serious, these Red World criminals were nothing.

But... this doesn't mean that the girl has become stronger.

Thinking of this, the girl clenched her hands, and then spoke as if she had made up her mind.

"I've made up my mind, Alastor. I'm staying here."