The roaring flames swept across the river bank, bringing up a string of steam, and even the river water seemed to be split apart as if it was cut by an invisible giant blade.

Shana retracted the blade and exhaled softly.

"Yes, this is a great improvement."

Standing on the river bank, watching the scene in front of him, Fang Zheng nodded with satisfaction. Beside him, Alastor's voice was also filled with sighs.

"The instantaneous destructive power of releasing a concentrated attack of fire is almost as great as my fully manifested power. I never thought you would come up with such a suggestion."

"There's no harm in reading more novels and animations."

As he spoke, Fang Zheng glanced at the novel in his hand.

"There is no limit to human imagination. Maybe you think that things used for entertainment are just a waste of time, but many of the inspirations and principles in them are still very good. Girl, well done, you have already mastered the Force."

"Um……"

If it was the old Alastor, he would have definitely refuted Fang Zheng's words. But after witnessing all this with his own eyes, he had nothing to say. Originally just a fantastic description in the novel, it could actually play such a huge role in the hands of the Fire Mist Warrior. This made Alastor begin to doubt whether his previous evaluation of human creations was too low.

"Hmph... not bad."

"Then, next, you still need to pay attention to the training of swordsmanship... Your power is not only used to release the Geta Ray..."

"I see."

Hearing Fang Zheng's words, Shana's face suddenly became serious. She tightly grasped the blade in her hand and looked forward again. Then, with a "bang", the flames under the girl's feet suddenly burst out, and then Shana's whole body flashed in front of her eyes like a flash of lightning. She raised the blade and swung it forward with force. In the blink of an eye, three knife marks appeared on the ground, and the blade in Shana's hand continued to burst out and slash continuously, tearing the boulder in front of her into pieces easily like a meat grinder.

This is another way to use the power of fire, an auxiliary form.

The reason why Shana started to learn to use this method was also because of Fang Zheng's reminder. Before, because she was too obsessed with using fire to release attacks, Fang Zheng gave her this suggestion. Of course, Shana didn't agree with Fang Zheng's words at first. In her opinion, the best defense is offense. As long as the power of offense can be continuously enhanced, the enemy will be completely destroyed.

Fang Zheng didn't say much about this. He just gave the ring he had received from the "hunter" to Tilia, and then signaled Shana to go up and fight.

"Go ahead and burn it. If you burn even one hair, I lose."

So that day, Shana tasted the fear of being dominated by the Fire Maiden for the first time.

Since then, the girl never mentioned this again, and began to study other ways to use the power of fire. So far, the wings that can fly freely in the sky and the shield formed by the condensation of flames are all the tricks developed by the girl. Although they are not very beautiful, they are quite good in practicality, and even Alastor praised them highly.

"By the way, how is your Dharma?"

After breathing a sigh of relief, Shana turned around curiously and looked at Fang Zheng. She had never seen Fang Zheng practice the Free Method, but he didn't seem to be giving up. Because when she met the "Corpse Collector" Lamy before, he had inadvertently expressed his admiration for Fang Zheng's fantastic ideas. From the few words he revealed, Shana could guess that Fang Zheng wanted to construct a very powerful Free Method. To be honest, she was also quite curious about this, but Fang Zheng had never demonstrated it in front of her, which made Shana feel quite confused.

"It's almost done, but it still needs some testing."

"Then let it out and let me see it."

"That won't do."

But Fang Zheng shook his head and rejected Shana's request.

"To be honest, I can't confirm the power of this method. It may be very strong, or it may be very weak. If it is the latter, it's fine. If it is the former... well, I admit that I am not confident enough to let you go. So for me, it is more meaningful to use this method when I face the enemy."

“I see…”

After hearing Fang Zheng's answer, Shana frowned somewhat unwillingly. But she didn't say much. She knew this man very well. He almost always did things when he was absolutely sure. Fang Zheng would never do anything without certainty. So since he said so, she could only listen.

"Okay, that's enough for today."

"Why?"

Shana was stunned for a moment, then subconsciously looked at the time.

"It's not time yet."

"I suddenly remembered that I have some things to deal with. I'll stop here today. Go back and watch more movies and animations. Maybe there's something you can use in them."

After saying this, Fang Zheng waved his hand and turned to walk to the other side of the river bank. Watching Fang Zheng leave, Shana pouted in dissatisfaction, then she also retracted the seal, yawned, and turned to walk into the apartment.

Walk through the shopping street.

Walk through the crowds.

Climb the stairs.

A bridge across the river.

“The scenery is pretty good.”

Standing on the hillside, Fang Zheng narrowed his eyes and looked at the scene in front of him. In front of him was the panoramic view of Yuqi City, and he was now standing on a hillside not far from the suburbs, with dense forests behind him. Under his feet was a peacefully flowing river, but Fang Zheng didn't care about these trivial matters. He just put his hands in his pockets, looked ahead, and then spoke without turning his head.

"Come out."

“Crash.”

As Fang Zheng finished his words, a figure dropped from the sky and landed steadily in front of Fang Zheng.

It was a woman with short pink hair, wearing an old-fashioned maid outfit. She stared at Fang Zheng with a cold expression, saying nothing. Fang Zheng also smiled as he stared at the woman in front of him. For a moment, both of them fell into silence. After a moment, Fang Zheng raised his eyebrows.

"What? You're spying on me and stalking me, but you still don't even dare to tell me your name? Are all Fire Mist Warriors such perverted stalkers?"

"My name is Wilhelmina Carmel."

Perhaps provoked by Fang Zheng's attitude, the woman answered coldly. Upon hearing this name, Fang Zheng showed a curious expression.

"It's you?"

Fang Zheng had heard of this woman's name from Shana and Alastor. According to Shana, this woman had been taking care of her since she was born. The two had a pretty good relationship, and because of this, Fang Zheng's original anger from being spied on was slightly reduced.

"Are you here to see Shana?"

Hearing the name coming out of Fang Zheng's mouth, the maid's eyes narrowed slightly.

"That's half true. I haven't seen her for a long time, and I want to see her progress. But..."

Having said that, the maid suddenly changed the subject.

"...After seeing her, I was very disappointed."

"oh?"

Hearing the maid's words, Fang Zheng snorted. The maid didn't care at all and just kept talking to herself.

"When I said goodbye to her, she was very heroic. She was able to recognize her mission and grow up in the most appropriate way for a fire mist warrior. For us, the raisers, this is the most ideal form."

“…”

Hearing this, Fang Zheng did not say anything, but just narrowed his eyes slightly. The maid continued to talk to herself.

"But now..."

Recalling everything she had just seen, the maid felt extremely angry. The Fire Mist Warrior who was highly expected would actually finish school and go home with ordinary humans, and she also showed those expressions that should not have appeared on her at all without any care...

"…But she has fallen. Not only has she forgotten her duty, but she has also mingled with ordinary people. The great vessel that we have nurtured with our own hands, the sword of our undoubted mission, has been covered in dust in a place like this…"

The maid's face was as cold as ice, and her anger seemed to freeze the air. But Fang Zheng didn't seem to care at all, and stretched out his fingers to pick at his ears.

"The Great Vessel?"

As he spoke, Fang Zheng blew on his fingers and then looked at the maid in front of him.

"Oh, you mean... you feel like the product you carefully crafted is damaged, right?"