Sparring (3)

How small and compact is it?

This sword is only the size of a dagger, and much thinner than a regular dagger; it is a miniature version of a sword.

"Uh, wrong one! This is the right one!!" Ye Lang immediately switched to his sword. Although this one was smaller in the eyes of the world, it was already huge compared to the previous one.

Because of the previous comparison, Princess Longji and the others stopped saying that Ye Lang's sword was small.

"Alright, let's begin! You go first..." Princess Longji glanced at Ye Lang's sword and said casually, completely disregarding him.

"You go first, ladies first," Ye Lang said politely.

"Alright, then so be it!" Since Ye Lang said so, Princess Longji made her move, but it was just a feint.

In the beginning, even when facing a real opponent, he rarely went all out and would use feints to test the waters. Now that he was facing Ye Lang, it went without saying that he would go all out.

As Princess Longji feinted her attack, Ye Lang moved as well. His sword advanced at an astonishing speed, thrusting towards Princess Longji's throat.

Why mention an unusual speed?

The reason is simple: to everyone's eyes, including Princess Longji was in the middle of it, this speed was very slow, even unbelievably slow.

Everyone thought that anyone could dodge at that speed, let alone Princess Longji, who easily dodged it with a simple dodge.

What everyone found strange was that this sword strike, which was clearly very slow, suddenly appeared in front of Princess Longji, and no matter what actions Princess Longji made, the sword strike continued to approach.

This moment of astonishment was very short, because the instant after discovering this strange speed, Ye Lang's sword was already pressed against Princess Longji's throat.

Now everyone understands that this sword strike was definitely not slow; it's just that Ye Lang used a special technique to create an illusion, making everyone feel that his sword strike was slow and had little attack power.

But in the end, even Princess Longji was subdued in one move!

"..."

At this moment, Ye Lanyu, Princess Longji, and the Seventh Princess all fell silent, staring blankly at Ye Lang. They couldn't believe that this was the result; Ye Lang had actually won, and won in one move at that.

Ye Lang quickly sheathed his sword. The moment Princess Longji was stunned, he had already withdrawn his sword. He didn't want to hold a sword to his own family.

"You, you, you're being a scoundrel!!" After a moment of stunned silence, Princess Longji pointed at Ye Lang and said, unable to find the right words to describe him.

"No, I didn't cheat at all. You're the one who cheated after losing," Ye Lang said, shaking his head and giving Princess Longji a disdainful look.

"Ah... how dare you look down on me! I'll skin you alive!" Princess Longji was getting a little frantic.

"Cousin Long Ji, don't be impulsive!" Ye Lanyu and the Seventh Princess immediately rushed over and hugged Princess Longji, fearing that Princess Longji might act impulsively towards Ye Lang.

Although Ye Lang won with a single sword strike, they still felt that Princess Longji's strength was far superior. This was only because Princess Longji was careless. If Princess Longji had unleashed her full power, Ye Lang would have been seriously injured.

"Why would I act impulsively? Do you think I'm like you? I'll teach this little brat a lesson, but I'll know my limits," Princess Longji said irritably, and gently pushed Ye Lanyu and the other girl away.

As a high-level martial artist, it's quite easy for him to shake off two mages.

"You little rascal, let's go again!" Princess Longji's Fire Dragon Whip snapped, signaling that she was ready again and the competition was about to continue.

"No need, the result will be the same no matter what, so what's the point?" Ye Lang said, shaking his head.

Ye Lang felt that continuing would lead to the same result, so there was no need to continue. He was confident that his Dugu Nine Swords would be more than enough to deal with Princess Longji, provided that it wasn't a life-or-death struggle between them.

In such a contest, and with Ye Lang as her opponent, Princess Longji would never risk her life. She would only stop when the point was clear. But stopping at that point would not be enough to defeat Ye Lang's sword, and the same situation as before would still occur.

However, this was Ye Lang's perception, not that of others, especially Princess Longji. She simply couldn't believe that she would be suppressed by Ye Lang and would be defeated by him once again.

"Enough with the nonsense, pick up your swords and let's continue!" Princess Longji said sternly.

"This... Little Five?" Ye Lang was a little embarrassed when he suddenly called out "Little Five" to Princess Longji's back, as if Cold-Blooded Fifth was behind Princess Longji.

"Don't try to fool me, Little Five won't help!! This trick is nothing new!!" At this moment, Princess Longji thought that Ye Lang was trying to trick her into turning around so that he could ambush her. Ye Lang had used this trick before.

"No, Little Five is really behind you..." Ye Lang said, pointing behind Princess Longji.

"!!"

At this moment, Princess Longji wanted to say something, but she quickly felt a chill behind her and instinctively whipped her back.

A flash of cold light!

It looks like someone has drawn their sword!

At that moment, everyone felt a strong killing intent...

"Little Five, no, we're just sparring!" Ye Lang shouted.

As Ye Lang shouted, the killing intent suddenly disappeared, as if it had never existed.

"So it's Princess Longji, I'm so sorry!"

Princess Longji looked behind her and found Cold-Blooded Fifth Xuewu standing there. She frowned. Just now, she hadn't even sensed Cold-Blooded Fifth's presence. It was only because Ye Lang reminded her that he was behind her.

If Cold-Blooded Fifth was there to assassinate me, then I'm in danger!

Unexpectedly, after a period of absence, this Cold-Blooded Fifth's strength has increased significantly. The Queen of Assassins truly lives up to her title. If this continues, no one on this continent will be able to escape her assassination.

At this moment, Ye Lanyu and the Seventh Princess seemed to finally believe that Cold-Blooded Fifth, this delicate little girl, was indeed an assassin, and an extremely terrifying one at that, as could be seen from the murderous intent she had just displayed.

At the same time, everyone seemed to be able to guess that Leng Cold-Blooded Fifth was only concerned about Ye Lang and misunderstood that Princess Longji wanted to harm Ye Lang, so she wanted to kill Princess Longji. Of course, she didn't even seem to have confirmed Princess Longji's identity.

At that moment, Cold-Blooded Fifth was indeed a bit confused. Perhaps it was because she had been with Ye Lang for so long, but she didn't think about anything and just came over.

Perhaps it was because she was too concerned that she noticed Ye Lang was in danger and failed to notice anything else.