First update today: Chapter 3613! 1/4!
For Xu Caiyi, this battle even brought a faint sense of exhilarating satisfaction.
When had she ever had such a "luxurious" opportunity for real combat on Blue Star?
Though she had traveled among the myriad races year-round and seemed vastly experienced, wherever she went, there were simply too many elders watching over and protecting her, both openly and secretly.
There was no need to mention the human race. The Dragon Race, Phoenix Race, Wood Race, Kun Race... who knew how many pairs of eyes were fixed on her, how many powerful experts had voluntarily—or under orders—become her protectors.
Whenever some foolish faction coveted her status or talent and tried to make a move in secret, they were often silently wiped out like dust by those guardians lurking in the shadows before they could even approach their target.
Thus, most of Xu Caiyi's past "combat experience" had consisted of sparring, martial demonstrations, secret realm exploration, or dealing with insignificant harassment.
Even when she occasionally faced older-generation experts, they had fought with the mindset of teaching a junior, stopping at the right point.
A true life-and-death struggle like today's—facing eight high-level experts with solid cultivation, seamless coordination, and clear hostility all by herself, without any flourish and with everything on the line—was practically her first high-intensity real combat tempering since entering the world!
Of course, that did not include the time not long ago on that Dog Race battlefield, when she had gotten carried away and drawn her sword against that legendary "great villain"... That had been an entirely different matter, beyond the scope of normal combat experience.
At this moment, she was wholly immersed in this rare sparring session with "punching bags," constantly testing, adjusting, and integrating everything she had learned in the past,