Li Zhixian vs. Zhu Zhuqing, Defeated in a Single Strike

"I took every precaution, yet I still couldn't guard against you, you female hooligan."

Upon hearing Li Zhixian's words.

Zhu Zhuqing's expression froze.

She was a female hooligan who peeked at people?

"You... you..."

Zhu Zhuqing pointed at Li Zhixian, trembling with rage.

Having grown up in an aristocratic household, she had never encountered anyone so shameless.

Her cool composure was completely shattered.

Soul Power surged across her body. One of her eyes turned a deep green, the other a clear blue, while her pupils narrowed into jujube-pit slits.

Several strands of her waist-length black hair gathered atop her head like a pair of cat ears.

A ribbon resembling a cat's tail also grew behind her.

Li Zhixian gave a soft exclamation.

He looked the now enchantingly beautiful girl up and down.

"This is a Cat-type Martial Soul?"

Zhu Zhuqing's sharp fingers sank into a boulder as large as a head.

She hurled it at Li Zhixian in the stream.

Li Zhixian raised his right hand, pressing his index and middle fingers together in a sword gesture. Sharp azure Soul Power burst from his fingertips.

Sss—

A faint sound rang out.

The stone split cleanly in two, its cut as smooth as a mirror.

With two splashes, the halves fell into the water.

"Huh?!"

Zhu Zhuqing's jujube-pit pupils shrank even further.

"This man's Soul Power is so sharp!"

If Li Zhixian stayed in the water any longer, he would be a sitting duck.

It really gave him no sense of security.

Who knew what else this cat-spirit girl might throw at him?

"I'm not playing with you anymore!"

Li Zhixian leaned back and submerged himself completely.

Ripples spread across the water. Through the distorted light, he moved like a white streak through the waves, swiftly swimming upstream.

"Don't run, pervert!"

Zhu Zhuqing arched her back and bent her knees, just like an agile cat.

With a light tap of her toes, she leaped across the stones by the water, chasing Li Zhixian beneath the surface.

The two continued, one fleeing and the other pursuing.

Gradually...

Zhu Zhuqing discovered in astonishment that she was actually slower than that perverted boy.

The distance between them kept growing wider.

"What Martial Soul does this pervert have?"

"My Hell Spirit Cat can't even beat him in speed?"

Splash—!

The sudden sound of water breaking interrupted Zhu Zhuqing's thoughts.

From roughly four or five meters away.

She saw a pale, naked body burst onto the shore, snatch up the bundle on the ground, and dart straight into the forest.

She saw it again!

And this time, she saw it even more clearly!

Zhu Zhuqing stumbled, nearly falling over.

Her pretty face flushed crimson.

"Pervert!"

"If I don't teach you a lesson today, I'll never vent the anger in my heart!"

Without another moment of hesitation.

Zhu Zhuqing rushed into the forest after him.

As he ran, Li Zhixian untied his bundle.

He took out his only spare white robe.

With a shake of both hands, Li Zhixian spread the white robe into the wind. He slipped his arms into the sleeves, then flipped through the air, and the fluttering hem neatly settled around his waist.

He was dressed just like that.

Li Zhixian grabbed the belt and tied it around his waist.

Turning to the cat-spirit girl who had caught up, her eyes brimming with fury, he said helplessly:

"Why are you still chasing me?"

"You're the one who saw me naked. I'm not even angry, so what are you mad about?"

Looking at the handsome youth before her, clad in white as water dripped from his hair.

Zhu Zhuqing opened her mouth, wanting to scold him.

But after calming down and thinking about it.

She really was the one who had seen him naked.

She was not some unreasonable spoiled young lady.

But why was she so angry? Her full breasts rose and fell without pause.

"You..."

Zhu Zhuqing gritted her pearly teeth and said:

"I saw that you were quite strong, so I wanted to spar with you!"

Li Zhixian turned and walked away.

"Not interested."

"I generally don't hit women."

Whoosh—!

A sharp gust suddenly howled behind him.

Li Zhixian shifted slightly to the right.

A slender, clawed hand brushed past his ear.

"Hm?"

Li Zhixian frowned at the girl whose Soul Power was surging all around her.

"Do you really have to fight me?"

Zhu Zhuqing's catlike eyes gleamed, and a thrill of battle rose within her.

"Your speed truly is fast."

"Zhu Zhuqing, a level twenty-seven Soul Grandmaster, formally challenges you."

Li Zhixian raised an eyebrow, thinking:

So it really is Zhu Zhuqing.

In truth, when the girl revealed her Cat-type Martial Soul, Li Zhixian had already suspected it.

At this age, with such stunning beauty and Soul Power above level twenty, only Zhu Zhuqing possessed the Hell Spirit Cat.

With a thought.

Li Zhixian seemed to think of something.

He casually plucked a leaf and held it between his lips, saying lazily:

"I can fight you."

"But if I win, you have to agree to one thing."

Seeing Zhu Zhuqing's strange expression.

He added helplessly:

"Don't get any strange ideas."

"A gentleman knows what he should and should not do."

Zhu Zhuqing realized she had overthought it, and a blush rose to her pretty face.

"I agree!"

As soon as the words fell.

Zhu Zhuqing's heterochromatic eyes shone with cold light as her figure flickered like a ghostly shadow.

At the same time, two yellow Soul Rings rose beneath her feet.

From the very first exchange!

She used both Soul Skills!

It was clear how seriously she regarded Li Zhixian!

"First Spirit Skill—Hell Stab!"

"Second Spirit Skill—Netherworld Hundred Claws!"

Zhu Zhuqing's already astonishing speed surged once more. Her slender body shot toward him, scattering fallen leaves across the ground.

Claw shadows poured down like a rainstorm, tearing through the air with piercing shrieks.

Li Zhixian's lips curled slightly.

He spat out the leaf between his lips.

He extended his palm. With his motion, a three-foot-six-inch azure blade appeared in his grasp.

The instant the Azure Lotus Sword was summoned.

Cold light flashed throughout the forest.

Zhu Zhuqing's heart tightened, and she could not help but marvel.

"What a sharp sword!"

And in the instant he gripped the sword.

The laziness in Li Zhixian's gaze abruptly turned razor-sharp.

"First Spirit Skill—Azure Blade Severance!"

A purple Soul Ring suddenly lit up.

An Azure Lotus Imprint slowly blossomed along the sword's spine as its edge traced an arcane trajectory.

Where the sword light passed, every claw shadow was extinguished.

Whoosh—

Li Zhixian moved so fast that even the eye could barely follow.

In only an instant, the sword tip stopped three inches before Zhu Zhuqing's throat. The fierce wind lifted the loose strands before her forehead.

The clear, cold sword light reflected her stunned face.

"You lost."

Li Zhixian put away the Azure Lotus Sword.

The leaf he had spat out happened to drift onto the ground.

"How... how is that possible..."

Zhu Zhuqing raised her eyes and stared at Li Zhixian in disbelief.

"A purple Soul Ring? A thousand-year one?"

"Why... why is your first Soul Ring purple?"

She knew many geniuses.

But all those geniuses called her a genius.

Zhu Zhuqing had always been confident in her own talent as well.

Yet the white-robed youth she encountered in the Star Dou Forest showed her what it meant for there always to be someone greater.

How was he supposed to answer that?

Tell her that his Wine Spirit could heal him, letting him take medicinal pills while absorbing the ring?

Li Zhixian casually made something up.

"Because purple has a certain charm."

That answer left Zhu Zhuqing staring blankly again.

"Alright."

Li Zhixian took the Clear Spring Wine Gourd from behind his back, gulped down a large mouthful, and said:

"You lost."

"According to our agreement, you have to grant me one request."

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