Xiao Meng's head suddenly split down the middle, opening into a gaping hole as the black-and-red Sword Qi passed straight through it.
"Tai Xu Nine Swords..."
Xiao Meng's head glued itself back together. She was so stunned she'd gone numb.
As a devoted webnovel fan, Xiao Meng had every reason to suspect her little brother had cheated!
Maybe he'd activated one of those recently popular "borrow from the future" cheats: learn any technique at the press of a button, then pay the price by grinding its proficiency like crazy.
But Xiao Meng quickly realized there was a problem.
Most "borrow from the future" cheats could only borrow one technique at a time, right? Yet this kid had already shown off more than one martial art at the perfected level.
Was that even more absurd than cheating?
No matter what, though, Xiao Meng wasn't about to back down.
The Indestructible Sword Body could block physical attacks, right? Then she'd let the kid see what a spell attack could do!
She unleashed her full strength. Purple flames surged from her body like dragons, crashing toward Xiao Kong.
Fire against fire might sound like a stupid approach, but it was actually the orthodox method for testing the talent of the Xiao Family's disciples.
The one with greater firepower would completely suppress the one with less.
And it was obvious that Xiao Meng, with her Yin Fire Meridian and Yin Fire Spiritual Body, had more firepower than Xiao Kong.
If they started clashing flames, she could burn his bones brittle in a minute.
At least, that had always been the case before.
But when Xiao Kong met her purple flames with black fire without dodging or retreating, Xiao Meng once again sensed something was wrong.
Her little brother's firepower had grown stronger!
And not