Regardless, the fight must continue.

So in the second round, Stella and Ikki Kurogane appeared in front of Fang Zheng and Julie.

"Oh, that's your partner."

Seeing Stella, Fang Zheng raised his hand and greeted her.

"Yeah, what's your problem?"

"Nothing, I just feel that... he's not as capable as me, nor as handsome as me. Of course, someone like me is one in a million, so it's not appropriate to use him as a comparison."

Fang Zheng looked up and down at Kurogane Ikki, then shook his head. Stella's face flushed with anger when she heard what Fang Zheng said. Although she had followed Fang Zheng out for a few times and had already discovered that this guy was a man who could make people angry to death, when she heard him say this, Stella still wanted to stab him with a sword...

But fortunately, Ikki Kurogane grabbed Stella.

“Don’t get excited, Stella, just do what we agreed beforehand.”

"But... okay."

Hearing what Ikki Kurogane said, Stella wanted to refute, but in the end, she gritted her teeth and nodded.

"The game begins!"

With the host's voice, the second round of the competition began.

“Hahhhhhhhh!!! Feilong Sin Sword!!”

Stella raised her hands and summoned a golden sword burning with flames. Blazing flames burst out from the sword, instantly surrounding her and Kurogane Ikki. Then she swung the sword, and with Stella's movements, the entire stage was suddenly surrounded by flames.

"Oh! Contestant Stella has already launched an attack. How do you think they plan to deal with the current situation?"

The host asked the commentator, who thought for a moment before speaking.

"They hope to control the situation this way. Maybe everyone is not very clear, but Her Highness Princess Stella has surprisingly strong star power reserves and recovery capabilities. And from the previous battles, let's not talk about Kasugano for now. Julie's battles are mainly achieved by reacting at a speed beyond her vision. Now Stella is covering the entire stage in flames, trying to limit Julie's range of movement so that she can fight with her."

Just as the commentator said, at this moment, most of the stage was engulfed in flames. If Julie rushed into it rashly, she would inevitably get hurt. In fact, under Stella's manipulation, the gap between the two sides was only a straight line, which meant that if Julie wanted to launch an attack, she had to attack head-on.

“So, it is important to accumulate experience.”

However, facing the raging flames in front of him, Fang Zheng's expression remained unchanged. He whistled and then looked at Julie.

"Go ahead."

"Ja."

Hearing Fang Zheng's order, Julie nodded, then she bent down, stared at the front, held the swords in her hands, and then - Julie flashed.

At the same time, a flash of sword light suddenly flashed in the eyes of Kurogane Ikki, who was standing next to Stella. The next moment, he also flashed and stood in front of Stella. At the same time, the long sword in Kurogane Ikki's hand chopped hard forward!

"clang!!"

With the sound of metallic collision, Julie suddenly appeared out of thin air and stepped back.

"Julie's surprise attack was seen through by Kurogane Ikki!"

Seeing this scene, the commentator screamed, and the audience cheered. After all, Julie's speed was too fast, so fast that even the high-speed camera could only capture a blurry figure. When facing the two robots before, Julie relied on her own speed to fight one against two and made the two robots run around.

But this time, her attack was actually blocked! ?

However, this was not the end. When Julie appeared, Stella also swung her sword vigorously and controlled the flames to attack her again. Facing the gushing flames, Julie quickly retreated and tried to avoid it. However, as soon as she moved, Ikki Kurogane had already grasped the long sword, blocked Julie's retreat, and attacked her again.

"Ohhhh, everyone please look!"

Watching the battle on the field, the host and commentator also became excited.

"Kurotetsu Ikki and Stella are working in perfect harmony, and with their combined strength, Julie is losing ground! It's obvious that she can't find any chance to fight back!"

I have to say that the cooperation between these two is really good. Although I don't know what means he used, Ikki Kurogane was able to keep up with Julie's speed of "Shrinking the Earth" and block her direction. On the other side, Stella can manipulate the fire to launch a large-scale AOE to limit Julie's movement range, but...

"Teacher, do you think Kurogane Ikki and Stella have a chance of winning?"

"I don't think so."

"Huh? Why?"

"Because Kasugano hasn't made a move yet..."

"ah……"

After hearing the commentator's answer, the host finally realized that, indeed, just now, she had forgotten that Fang Zheng was still on the field! However, the host soon found a new direction for the commentary.

"However, Julie is indeed very strong. She is not at a disadvantage against A-rank swordsman Stella and Kurogane Ikki, who has low star power but excellent swordsmanship!"

As the host said, the combination of Stella and Ikki Kurogane is indeed perfect. If other teams were to face such two people, they would have been defeated long ago. However, Julie not only fought two people alone, but also managed to tie the game. Although she couldn't use "Shrinking the Earth" to rush to Stella and defeat her because of Ikki Kurogane, she also used her speed and reaction to contain Ikki Kurogane and Stella. As long as the two were careless, she would immediately seize the opportunity and pass through at lightning speed to defeat the other party.

And this is a process that tests patience.

But what no one expected was that at this moment, Fang Zheng suddenly spoke.

"Okay, Julie, come back."

Hearing Fang Zheng's words, Julie put away her swords without hesitation, then jumped up, dodged Kurogane Ikki's attack, and returned to Fang Zheng's side.

Fang Zheng just glanced at Kurogane Ikki and Stella, then looked at Julie.

"So you see, as long as you limit the venue and then make targeted responses, you may also be trapped. Although you didn't lose just now, if you continue to delay time, you should also understand that the consequences will be serious. For you, a quick victory is necessary. Once you are dragged into a war of attrition, it will not be worth it."

Fang was explaining to Julie here, while Stella and Ikki Kurogane on the other side looked confused - well, in fact, not only them, but even the audience and the host looked confused.

"Let's see... Contestant Kasugano... is this a live teaching session for Contestant Julie?"

"...Come to think of it, Kasugano did say in a previous media interview that this Star Warrior Festival is a good opportunity to gain experience... Well, obviously he wasn't talking about himself."

"But this is too..."

Looking at the scene in front of them, the host and the commentator didn't know what to say. Although it is a very common thing to summarize the combat experience in the Star Martial Festival, it is usually done after the battle. You are still standing on the battlefield and explaining it directly - how contemptuous of your opponent you are.

As expected, seeing this, Stella got furious.

"Let me show you how powerful I am!"

With a roar, Stella raised the golden sword high up. As she moved, flames burst out from the sword, turning into a brilliance like the scorching sun.

“Ikki!!!”

“Ohhhhhhhh!!!”

At the same time as Stella exploded, her partner Ikki Kurogane also rushed towards Fang Zheng and Julie with a long sword in hand at unimaginable speed.

Facing the joint attack of the two, Fang Zheng just silently raised the sharp blade in his hand and pointed it forward.

Tooth process.

“——!!”

When Fang Zheng raised the sharp blade and pointed it forward, Kurogane Ikki and Stella were both shocked. Because at that moment, they felt the opponent's momentum suddenly burst out like a sword out of its sheath, turning into an invisible, sharp sword energy that directly pierced through the chests of the two.

At that moment, they felt that they were even heading towards death, and their current actions were nothing more than inertia after death!

“Ahhhhhh!!! The Dragon King’s flame that burns the sky and the earth!!!”

At this moment, Stella finally couldn't bear the fear in her heart, and roared at the other party who was swinging the flaming blade in his hand. The roaring torrent of flames burst forward, like an irresistible mountain torrent, almost swallowing up the entire stage. For a moment, in the eyes of the audience, the stage in front of them completely turned into a sea of ​​fire.

However, at the same time, a strange scene suddenly emerged.

On the stage that was completely covered by flames, suddenly, a crack appeared out of nowhere. It was like Moses parting the sea in the legend. The roaring torrent of flames covering the stage was split into two. Then, the originally blazing flames quietly dissipated, melting away like residual snow and disappearing without a trace.

Of course, when the flames completely dissipated, everyone saw Julie still standing there quietly without moving, and Fang Zheng appeared behind Stella without knowing when. As for Stella and Kurogane Ikki, they just held their weapons and took a fighting stance, standing there like frozen statues.

then……

"Bang!"

As the badges on their chests completely shattered, they fell to the ground and became motionless.

"This, this is...! Haoling Academy, Kasugano and Julie won! They advanced to the semi-finals!"

As the host spoke, the audience was silent for a moment, and then thunderous cheers suddenly rang out.