Although Fang Zheng wanted to continue traveling outside, unfortunately, Jiujiushuo Yeyi called and forced Fang Zheng to end his vacation early and return to Haoling Academy.

The reason is simple. Kyuju Sakuya said she has found a new teacher.

"That's her?"

Fang Zheng was speechless as he looked at the girl standing in front of him, who was a head shorter than him and looked like a junior high school student. The girl in front of him was a cute girl with a childish face and a petite figure. She had black hair as smooth as silk, and a pair of big red bows tied behind her head. She was wearing a loose, completely ill-fitting kimono casually, which even revealed her slender and smooth shoulders and collarbones.

Well, if she was wearing a shrine maiden costume instead of a kimono, she would look like a long-haired version of a hundred thousand dollar one.

Of course, she only looked like that, in fact, she was obviously already an adult. According to the information provided by Jiujiu Sakuya, the girl's name was Xijing Ningyin, and she was a very powerful swordsman.

Well, a legal loli.

"You actually found a sword cutter to be your teacher?"

"I can't help it."

Faced with Fang Zheng's words, Jiujiu Sakuya was also helpless.

"I think you also know that the Dawn Star Mark is ultimately developed from the inherent spiritual equipment of the Swordsman. But as you can see, the Swordsman is much stronger than the Dawn Star Mark in this regard."

"Well, that's true..."

Almost everyone among the Swordbreakers has something like magic and superpowers, but Dawnstar does not. Frankly speaking, this is really strange.

"So, I specially invited Miss Xijing Ningyin to conduct training and research in this area."

"Is everything all right?"

Fang Zheng didn't care about Xijing Ningyin beside him and asked directly.

"The other party is the Bladebreaker, so he must be from the Black Iron Family. When did the relationship between the Dawn Organization and the Black Iron Family become so good?"

"Don't make any mistake. I'm not in the same group as those old stubborn people."

At this moment, Xijing Ningyin also spoke. She picked up the fan in her hand, covered the corners of her mouth, and revealed a smug smile.

"On the contrary, the reason I accepted the invitation was because I wanted to see the twisted and shameful expressions of those old guys. Huhuhuhu... Trampling on their supreme dignity and listening to their painful cries... There is nothing more interesting than this..."

At this point, a ferocious and bloodthirsty light like that of a wild beast flashed in Xijing Ningyin's black eyes. When Fang Zheng saw this scene, he just looked at Jiujiu Sakuya and raised his eyebrows. The latter spread his hands helplessly and sighed softly.

Everything is self-evident.

"In fact, Miss Xijing Ningyin and I have already discussed this, and we have almost figured out why this situation occurred."

"oh?"

Hearing this, Fang Zheng's eyes lit up, while Xijing Ningyin giggled, folded his fan, and continued to explain.

"It's actually very simple. As you know, sword cutters have existed since ancient times. Of course, sword cutters have gradually formed schools in modern times. However, unlike the Xingmai generation, sword cutters are not born with abilities. They probably suddenly discovered one day that they can emit flames, control airflow, and so on, and then they began to learn to control their abilities based on the methods they discovered. And only after that, they will gradually master their abilities and obtain inherent spiritual equipment."

"But Dawnstar is not like that."

Fang Zheng quickly understood what Xijing Ningyin meant. The Bladebreaker awakens the ability first and then obtains the inherent spiritual equipment. The Dawn Star Mark is just the opposite. It gives you a weapon but no awakening ability.

"That's right."

Xijing Ningyin nodded.

"I'm not quite sure about the construction principle of the Dawn Star Mark, but if it only draws out soul power, then it's not much different from the inherent soul equipment. However... if the ability is not awakened, then it's meaningless. Of course, there are monsters like you, hahahaha, so it's not surprising."

Fang Zheng shrugged his shoulders and looked at Jiujiu Sakuya. In fact, he had already guessed the reason why Jiujiu Sakuya called him back early.

"So you asked me to come back because..."

"That's right. Miss Xijing Ningyin proposed a method that can trigger the true power of the soul in the body, but... her method is too rough, so I'm not sure if it will succeed."

"rough?"

Hearing this, Fang Zheng looked at Xijing Ningyin, who chuckled.

"That's right, young man. Fight me... Not a duel, but a duel of life and death."

"Uh... So you're planning to let me awaken my abilities between life and death? Although this is indeed a rather old-fashioned method, but..."

As he spoke, Fang Zheng looked at Xijing Ningyin in front of him with confusion.

"Can you do that?"

Indeed, using the threat of life and death to stimulate the hidden potential of the human body is a common occurrence in both real life and animation novels, but the problem is that Fang Zheng's current strength is already high enough. To make him feel the threat of life and death... Fang Zheng is not bragging, except for the mysterious Order Clan, no one else can do it.

And if that mysterious Order Clan takes action, Fang Zheng does not need to awaken any abilities, he can just release the Order Imprint to fish.

"You'll know after you try it."

Xijing Ningyin, contrary to her usual behavior, did not get angry, but replied with a smile. Fang Zheng did not care about this and quickly nodded in agreement.

He also wanted to see if he could find some inspiration from the duel with Xijing Ningyin.

The two did not choose to duel in the training ground, because this time it was not just a duel, so the two chose to do it on another uninhabited island far away.

After all, this place is big enough, so if it gets damaged... I won't feel bad.

"I'd like to state in advance that my ability is gravity manipulation. I'm sorry if I accidentally kill you."

Xijing Ningyin looked at Fang Zheng with a smile and spoke, then she raised the two fans in her hands.

"Black Blade——Yatadori!"

As Xijing Ningyin chanted, a huge amount of magic power began to take shape on her fan, transforming into a pitch-black, three-meter-long blade. At the same time, Fang Zheng summoned his soul weapon again, staring at Xijing Ningyin without saying a word.

"Well, let's get started!"

As the words fell, Xijing Ningyin clenched both blades and attacked Fang Zheng as if dancing a gorgeous and elegant dance.

For "Yakshahime" Xijing Ningyin, her swordsmanship does not require routines or techniques. She only relies on inspiration and instinct to perform sword moves that are natural and almost irresistible.

However, just as the elegant red flower was in full bloom, a bolt of lightning suddenly struck, interrupting the gorgeous and shining sword dance without knowing the style. Just like the raging waves under a rainstorm that would not show mercy to the weak flower, it swallowed it up.

"boom!!!"

The thunderous sound of the sword rang out, and Fang Zheng held the sharp blade tightly, standing on the beach in a forward thrusting posture. In front of him, a long gully stretched forward and sank into the sea.

"There is nothing invincible in the world of martial arts, except speed."

Fang Zheng narrowed his eyes and stared at the sea.

"Why don't we stop wasting time and get straight to the point?"

“Crash!!”

As Fang Zheng finished speaking, the sea water in the distance suddenly exploded, and then Xijing Ningyin jumped out of it. At this moment, there was no trace of water on her body, and her two dark eyes were shining with excitement.

"Interesting, really interesting... Then I'll get serious too!"

“——!”

As Xijing Ningyin's voice fell, the next moment, with her as the center, the surrounding land and sea suddenly sank. At the same time, Fang Zheng also felt a strong and heavy pressure suddenly emerged, pressing him down tightly. It was like the Five Finger Mountain of Tathagata Buddha trying to press the monkey to the ground.

So, manipulating gravity to slow down? That's a bit troublesome indeed.

Fang Zheng's figure swayed slightly, and at this moment his hands and feet seemed to be bound by heavy chains, and he could no longer move freely. After all, gravity was everywhere here, and the opponent could manipulate gravity freely. Fighting in space would be another matter, but here... the doubled gravity was enough to slow down people's movements, or even make them unable to move, and they could only let the opponent manipulate them.

"That's it, kid! Regret your arrogance!!"

Xijing Ningyin waved the fan in her hand violently, and then her pitch-black light blade condensed by gravity suddenly dispersed and turned into countless black butterflies, rushing towards Fang Zheng like a rotating hurricane.

However, facing this situation, Fang Zheng still slowly raised the blade, pointed it straight forward, and once again assumed the fang-forcing posture.

At the same time, the pitch-black butterfly swooped down and completely devoured Fang Zheng.

“——!”

The next moment, an invisible, violent shock wave erupted again. The black butterfly army that had swallowed Fang Zheng burst apart instantly. The whistling sword energy spun and tore through all obstacles in front of it, and rushed towards Xijing Ningyin again. Seeing this, a strange color flashed in Xijing Ningyin's eyes. She waved the iron fan in her hand again to try to block it. However, as soon as Xijing Ningyin made her move, the sword energy on the opposite side had already arrived in front of her and knocked her away again. At the same time, the gravity circle used to bind the surroundings also disappeared.

But this is not the end.

The moment the gravity circle disappeared, Fang Zheng accelerated suddenly. His figure flashed and he appeared directly under Xijing Ningyin. Then the sharp blade in his hand rose up again and stabbed upwards at Xijing Ningyin!

“Woo!!”

Feeling the threat from behind, Xijing Ningyin gritted her teeth, and then her body suddenly turned sideways in the air almost impossible like a fish. Then she leaped into the air and barely avoided Fang Zheng's almost fatal attack.

"Not bad, interesting! Well, let's see how you respond to this move!"

At this moment, Xijing Ningyin had given up the idea of ​​fighting with Fangzheng in close combat. As Fangzheng said, there is nothing in the world that is invincible except speed. Xijing Ningyin is good at using softness to overcome hardness. Her sword-cutting skill "Yaksha Kagura" can be combined with gravity manipulation and super physical skills to use force to counter force, which is quite similar to the charm of Tai Chi.

However, there is no martial arts in the world that is invincible except speed.

No matter how powerful Xijing Ningyin's "Yaksha Kagura" is, it must be based on her reaction ability. If the opponent's speed is completely beyond Xijing Ningyin's reaction ability, then she will be courting death if she uses this move again.

It's like a western gunslinger versus a Tai Chi fighter. Unless the latter's reaction is fast enough to sense the bullet, he will die after being shot.

Xijing Ningyin initially tried to use the "earth binding array" that doubled the gravity to limit Fang Zheng's movement speed, but she didn't expect the opponent to use a powerful move to create a miracle. Now she is sure that the opponent is far superior to her in terms of speed and strength, and it will be of no benefit for her to continue fighting on the ground.

However... this is not the end!

"Well, let's see how you can dodge this move!"

As he spoke, Xijing Ningyin raised the fan in his hand.

"Overwhelm all the heroes and dominate the stars!!"

Along with the call, Xijing Ningyin suddenly clenched the fan and swung it hard towards the ground.

But... nothing happened.

Did nothing really happen?

Of course not.

In the sky behind Xijing Ningyin, shining meteors appeared one after another. They turned into a meteor swarm, whizzing down from the sky and smashing towards Fang Zheng.

This is Xijing Ningyin's ultimate move, using gravity to forcibly drag down space debris floating outside the atmosphere and smash it into the enemy. Because of its enormous power, it was even designated as a forbidden technique - Tyrannical Star!

So, how are you going to take this move? !

Xijing Ningyin had already exerted all her strength at this moment. She was suspended in the air, staring at Fang Zheng on the ground. Above her head, a group of meteors burning with flames fell down and blasted towards the ground. If all thirteen meteors fell, not only would the island be destroyed, but the tsunami caused by it might even completely engulf the entire Academy City!

"Oops!"

Seeing this, Jiujiu Shuoye's face turned pale. She certainly knew Xijing Ningyin's character. Although on the surface, most people just regarded her as a petite and cute girl, in fact, Xijing Ningyin's past was not much better than Fang Zheng. She killed her father when she was in elementary school. After that, Xijing Ningyin did not choose education and counseling, but instead fought in the underground black boxing - countless people died at her hands, until she was arrested and then taken to Nanxiang, the "God of War" at the time, for education, which was considered to have conquered this devil.

In fact, her personality was just as violent, overbearing, unreasonable, and even bloodthirsty as Fang Zheng's. To be honest, when Jiujiu Sakuya wanted to recruit her, he did think about it.

Finally, I thought, since we already have Fang Zheng, adding Xijing Ningyin would be about the same...

Now it seems that my idea was totally wrong!

No one expected that a game would end like this!

So... can Fang Zheng block this move?

At this moment, Jiujiu Sakuya was staring at the screen intently, not saying a word.

Now all she could do was pray.