Battle Beibei

Beibei, perched on Lin Lei's shoulder, froze for a moment before sending through their soul link, "Boss, Fengyun's gotten cocky!"

"Looks like he's forgotten how I taught him a lesson last time!"

"Perfect. I've been wanting to see just how powerful that so-called Lifting the Light as if Heavy realm of his is. And while I'm at it, I'll win back some face for you, Boss!"

Without waiting for Lin Lei to respond, Beibei shot over like a streak of black light and landed opposite Fengyun. Standing with his paws on his hips, he squeaked twice, signaling for Fengyun to make the first move.

Having become familiar with Beibei, Fengyun understood what he meant. After steadying his mind and calming his breath, he slowly drew the Light Shadow Blade at his waist.

He did not dare show the slightest carelessness when facing Beibei. Yale and the others also turned their attention to the Light Shadow Blade in Fengyun's hand.

Yale said, "Little Yun's weapon looks pretty nice too. It even looks like a magical weapon. Why has he kept it wrapped in black cloth all this time?"

George curled his lips into a faint smile. "Keeping a low profile. Little Yun is actually a very low-key person. Even after earning the title of Light Shadow Swordsman over the years, he's never become arrogant because of it. He's always buried himself in training in the Monster Mountain Range!"

"If you've paid close attention, you'll notice that although quite a few people are friendly with Little Yun, and he often goes out with classmates and friends to eat at all sorts of entertainment venues whenever he isn't in the Monster Mountain Range, only a handful have truly caught his eye."

"Even the three of us only gradually became friends with him because of our relationship with Third Brother!"

Reno, the most carefree of them all, scratched his head. "Is that so? I really never noticed!"

Yale's gaze shifted slightly. "Now that you mention it, that does seem to be the case. Leaving everything else aside, take those nobles whose clan members Little Yun saved in the Monster Mountain Range—Little Yun has never taken the initiative to associate with them!"

"Even among the people he goes to various entertainment venues with, there are rarely any repeats!"

George nodded. "That's right. If he wanted to, he could have used those nobles' connections to give himself a better life and a brighter future!"

"But he's too low-key, and he doesn't like getting too entangled with other people!"

"Although the weapon in his hand looks like nothing more than a low-grade magical weapon, it has a rather impressive appearance. Given his personality, it's perfectly normal for him to cover it with black cloth!"

Fengyun's mind was now highly focused. With a casual toss, he discarded the scabbard that Boss Brady had specially made for him from golden-thread wood, then charged at Beibei like lightning.

The Lifting the Light as if Heavy realm was not limited to offense and defense. Its explosive boost to speed was equally extraordinary.

As a warrior who cultivated light-attribute battle qi, Fengyun had already been exceptionally skilled in speed. Now that he had comprehended Lifting the Light as if Heavy and could better Control Over Self—his own strength and battle qi—even Level Six Warriors would absolutely be unable to match his explosive speed!

Yet when he rushed to where Beibei had been standing, he saw only a flash of black light—and Beibei had vanished!

Squeak, squeak~

Fengyun swiftly spun around, only to find Beibei standing diagonally behind the spot where he himself had just been. The little rat was gesturing wildly and squeaking away.

At Beibei's request, Lin Lei, who stood in the distance with Yale and the others, served as a temporary translator. "Brother Yun, Beibei said your speed has improved by a huge margin. You're much faster than before, but compared to him, you're still far behind!"

"Hahaha~"

Yale and the others burst into kind laughter at those words!

Fengyun smiled helplessly. "As expected, it was wishful thinking to compete with you in speed, Beibei. I'm still far from your level!"

"It seems I can only fight defensively. Come on, Beibei. At least let me see how far behind you I am in other aspects besides speed!"

Beibei grinned, and his entire body transformed into a streak of black light as he lunged at Fengyun. Fengyun, meanwhile, stood quietly in place, the Light Shadow Blade in his hand becoming a series of afterimages as it clashed rapidly and powerfully against Beibei's little claws.

Bang bang bang bang~

The terrifying momentum was countless times greater than during Fengyun's earlier fight with Lin Lei!

Compared to his earlier relaxed ease, Fengyun was now using every ounce of his strength to withstand Beibei's offensive.

Every move and every strike contained his full power!

Yet Fengyun, who was completely at a disadvantage, laughed loudly as he swung his blade, doing everything he could to unleash every slash he was capable of!

"Hahaha~, Beibei, at least when it comes to making moves, I can finally barely keep up with your speed and strength. I'm no longer completely unable to fight back."

Yale watched the scene in amazement and sighed. "Third Brother, what kind of magical beast is Beibei exactly? Is he really just a Shadow Rat?"

"If Beibei hadn't been unable to resist stepping in during your fight with Little Yun earlier, we never would have imagined that such a small creature could be so powerful!"

"But looking at things now, we still underestimated Beibei!"

Reno also chimed in, "Isn't that the truth? Brother Yun is a Level 5 Warrior, and he's even broken through to the Lifting the Light as if Heavy realm. Just now, he casually defeated Third Brother, a Level 5 Mage!"

"His true combat strength is definitely at least Level Six!"

"And yet Brother Yun, powerful as he is, can only barely avoid defeat under Beibei's attacks!"

"And in terms of speed alone, Brother Yun doesn't even have the right to try catching up to Beibei!"

Lin Lei also sighed. "Sigh, I don't know whether Beibei really counts as a Shadow Rat either. Maybe he mutated. I've heard that mutated magical beasts are all especially powerful."

"Perhaps that's what happened with Beibei!"

As they talked, Fengyun and Beibei exchanged more than a hundred additional blows.

"Beibei, be careful. I'm about to unleash my ultimate move!"

A flickering Light Shadow Shield then covered his body, while the Light Shadow Blade flashed with bright white light from time to time!

Seeing this, Beibei gave a disdainful snort, but a visor formed from Dark Element appeared over his gleaming little eyes!

When he had first faced Fengyun's Sun Slash, Beibei had suffered a loss as well. But Beibei was, after all, a divine beast of darkness attribute.

As a darkness attribute inherently opposed to the light attribute, Beibei quickly came up with a way to deal with the move: use Dark Element to form a visor over his eyes!

It directly filtered out the blinding effect of intense light. Although this would also affect his vision to some extent, Beibei, who was naturally close to Dark Element due to his bloodline, could adapt well to that effect!

Even so, he did not completely relax. Since Fengyun regarded it as his most fundamental tactical method, even though Beibei's little pair of dark sunglasses heavily countered it, Fengyun was not entirely helpless against Beibei.

The irregularly flickering white light around his body was a method specially prepared to deal with enemies like Beibei!

Although it did not have a blinding effect, the intense shifts between light and darkness amid the flashing white light were likewise an extremely powerful visual disturbance!

Unless Beibei's control over Dark Element was strong enough to keep up with Fengyun's irregular rate of changing brightness and darkness, Beibei would definitely be affected!