Dancing on the Edge of a Blade

"Call me Daddy, Xiao-gege..."

"?"

"You wanted a safe word, right? Then use the one I'm already familiar with: call me Dad."

Ruan Ruan's smile vanished, and she solemnly uttered the safety word to Xiao Xiao. Then, with a snap, she crushed the lollipop in her mouth, spitting the plastic stick aside with a plop. While staring at Xiao Xiao, she backed away step by step, putting down the motorcycle she was carrying on her shoulder. She even stretched her waist and wrists, jumping a couple of times in place to warm up.

An invisible pressure came crashing down on him, Xiao Xiao's entire body was on edge.

He had indeed angered himself...

This is the first necessary step in preparation: to provoke a powerful being.

This approach may seem unwise, but it was a choice made after careful consideration by Xiao Xiao.

The downside of provoking her is that she might really go all out, but being targeted by a powerful being is bound to make her go all out, right? The upside is that powerful beings are easily angered, and only by getting her angry will I have a chance.

After all, this time we have to face it head-on.

Since it's special training, I can't just keep hiding. It's a good opportunity to get to know my own abilities.

As for the rest...

Three dark red eyes split off from Xiao Xiao's body, hovering around him and taking in all the information.

No one knows how many things he thought of in those few dozen seconds when he was Ruan Ruan backing away and warming up.

"Is Xiao-gege trying to provoke me on purpose?"

At the same time, Ruan Ruan was also trying to calm herself down.

Xiao Xiao, who is usually kind and polite, suddenly became so sarcastic. Anyone with a brain would know that he was trying to make me angry!

Therefore, you can't get angry...

... No, MAD, I'm just angry. The more I think about it, the angrier I get, and I can't control myself.

"But even though I'm angry, I still need to be careful and think about some tactics..."

"Because he provoked me, it was clearly to use dirty tricks. He's a newcomer, and he's on the Insight route. He's no match for me in a direct confrontation, so resorting to dirty tricks is inevitable. Therefore, I need to do the opposite and come up with a perfect tactic..."

"Damn it, I don't want to think about it anymore. He actually said I have short legs?"

"But I have big breasts..."

"Let's beat him up first, and then we'll think about tactics after I've vented my anger..."

"..."

The more she thought about it, the angrier she became. Ruan Ruan, who had originally intended to use this warm-up exercise to calm Ruan Ruan, suddenly couldn't calm down. She stepped back to her previous position, exactly where she had been, and then suddenly looked up at Xiao Xiao. She saw that he was actually standing by the car waiting for her, his expression even looking quite calm. However, his gaze vaguely swept over her legs, and the corners of his mouth were slightly curved...

"MAD!! He's laughing at my legs again!!"

As if electrocuted, Ruan Ruan felt a rush of heat to her head, and her eyes turned red.

Boom!

Suddenly, the muscles on her delicate, fair calves bulged, and she stomped hard on the ground, instantly charging forward like a cannonball.

She even kicked a hole in the asphalt road.

Before the person even arrived, Xiao Xiao already felt a strong sense of suffocation; it was an immense pressure that squeezed out the air in front of him.

"The violent maniac route is truly terrifying..."

Xiao Xiao gained a profound understanding of the terror of the Strong Soul path through just this one punch.

I myself have enhanced a unit's second-tier Violence Factor, possessing terrifying explosive power. When I get serious, I can smash a cement wall with a single punch, creating a large crater. However, I only possess one-third of the second-tier Violence Factor power, while Ruan Ruan possesses the entirety, and it's a whole level higher than the second-tier Violence Factor. Her power has reached an unbelievable level...

Facing her, Xiao Xiao suddenly felt the same helplessness that a master would feel when facing Da Chao...

... Oh, no, the old man doesn't feel powerless at all. It's always poor Da Chao who feels powerless!

"Whoosh!"

Countless questions were on his mind, some even straying from the main point, but not a single action was wasted.

With a slight turn of his body, he dodged Ruan Ruan's punch.

The path of the Strong Soul possesses terrifying power, especially now that Ruan Ruan has been provoked.

However, if the strength is too great, the movements will inevitably become stiff.

In addition, Ruan Ruan is now in a frenzy, so she seems to be very straightforward. To put it simply, she is now an angry cannonball. Xiao Xiao's bullets can be dodged in advance, so of course he can also dodge Ruan Ruan, whose speed is now somewhat Ruan Ruan than a bullet leaving the barrel. Not only did he dodge, but his movements also looked very calm and unhurried, as if he still had plenty of energy left.

Your opportunity is right here.

Taking advantage of the gaps in the strongman's stiff movements, they struggled to survive.

"Snap..."

Ruan Ruan's punch smashed the hood of a car behind Xiao Xiao to pieces.

Without a second thought, she turned around and lashed out with her elbow, her fighting instincts allowing her to pinpoint Xiao Xiao's location instantly.

However, in terms of reaction time, she was still infinitely slower than Xiao Xiao.

In Xiao Xiao's vision, time had stopped. Ruan Ruan's slightly reddened eyes were pounded back Ruan Ruan anger. The force was so great that even the slight ripples in the air were reflected in his vision in real detail. He observed Ruan Ruan's three eyes floating in mid-air, and even Ruan Ruan's Ruan Ruan twisted left fist and her calf trying to support her weight.

After the elbow strike, Ruan Ruan will use the strength of her right leg to brace herself on the ground and swing her left fist forward.

This even took into account the possibility that he might dodge the elbow strike.

However, this wasn't because she had actually thought of the tactics in advance; it was purely an instinct stemming from her extensive tactical experience.

"Crack..."

Xiao Xiao quickly retreated and hid behind a thick green tree on the side of the street.

The birch tree with its cracked bark took the elbow strike for Xiao Xiao, and immediately the trunk emitted a dull tearing sound. It was actually half-shattered by Ruan Ruan's elbow strike... not like in the movies where it breaks in half, but it rotted away. The part that Ruan Ruan's elbow struck shattered into dust... The upper half could not withstand the enormous force and slowly collapsed.

And this collapsed section happened to be positioned between Xiao Xiao and Ruan Ruan.

"Why can't we catch them?"

Ruan Ruan was Ruan Ruan. Looking at Xiao Xiao, who was standing calmly on the other side of the broken log, her anger intensified.

The Strong Soul path inherently involves tearing things apart and smashing them.

He'd tried several times, but his attacks had all gone to thin air, and he was feeling increasingly frustrated.

With a loud bang, she exerted her strength again, her petite body actually smashing the birch log that was blocking the way in two. At the same time, she reached into her backpack with her right hand and grabbed a huge metal wrench, which she slammed down hard on Xiao Xiao.

"They're so angry they've resorted to weapons?"

Xiao Xiao was also startled, but he remained calm and narrowly avoided the attack.

Every time I fight against such a powerful opponent, it's like playing a game of dancing on a knife's edge.

Even the slightest mistake could lead to death.

But what I need to do now is not just to avoid making mistakes, but also to intentionally shift the battlefield little by little.

It was a construction site that was not yet completed.

"Wow, young people these days fight so fiercely? My wife and I used to only use kitchen knives at most!"

"Holy crap..."

"Run! Run!"

When Xiao Xiao and Ruan Ruan started fighting, the taxis and other private car owners stuck in the street were suddenly thrown into chaos. At first, they were shocked to see Ruan Ruan carrying a huge motorcycle, but when they saw Xiao Xiao and Ruan Ruan fighting, they immediately became interested in watching the drama unfold. But no one expected that the scene of their fight would be so violent.

Only then did he realize he was scared, and he frantically ran away in all directions.

At the same time, on the high rooftop next to her, Yang Jia looked down at the brightly lit buildings below, feeling as if she were in another world.

Ignoring the chaotic crowd, she focused her gaze solely on Xiao Xiao, who was fighting Ruan Ruan. She watched as he, Mingming being on a completely different level from Ruan Ruan in terms of strength, always managed to seize every minute opportunity to dodge and even gave off a mocking feeling.

This doesn't seem like he's fighting against a power a level above him; it's more like he's toying with his opponent.

"No special items were used, nor were any other influential forces employed..."

How did he do that?

"Even though he could be killed by Mingming Ruan Ruan at any moment, he can still remain so calm and composed..."

Are they inherently indifferent to life?

"..."

Yang Jia had seen many strangers who disregarded life, but what about those who disregarded their own?

The phone rang; in fact, it had been ringing for a long time, but Yang Jia seemed to have no intention of answering it at all.

After a long while, the phone stopped ringing, but a sigh of regret was heard from the surroundings.

Immediately, an invisible force spread around, and the chaotic crowd below suddenly became dumbfounded, as if they had lost their minds. The panic on their faces disappeared, and one by one, they sat back in their cars, waiting silently. It looked as if they had all turned from living people into puppets.

"Does it really have to go to that extent?"

On the building opposite Yang Jia, the female model in the huge billboard suddenly opened her eyes and looked at Yang Jia.

The sound, however, is a gentle electronic tone.

"Since you're willing to do it, why can't I?"

Yang Jia looked at the model and said softly, "He is my classmate, and I guided him into this world. Perhaps I don't know as much as you do about certain things, but I have to make sure he has the ability to protect himself before I feel comfortable letting him enter the core."

"A crisis brought by our own people is always better than one brought by others."

"..."

The gentle electronic voice paused for a moment before saying, "I'm not talking about her, I'm talking about you."

"Since you also have so many uncertainties, why are you still willing to give so much for him?"

"They even went so far as to give up that thing..."

"..."

Yang Jia paused for a moment before laughing and saying, "I have my reasons, which you may not understand."

"Just like you wouldn't understand..."

"The him in my memory is him, and the me in his memory is me, what kind of feeling is that..."