Li Zhexian VS Zhu Zhuqing, Defeated in a Single Sword Strike

"I guarded against everything, yet I still couldn't guard against you, you female hooligan."

Upon hearing Li Zhexian's words,

Zhu Zhuqing's expression froze.

She had become a peeping female hooligan?

"You... you..."

Zhu Zhuqing pointed at Li Zhexian, trembling with rage.

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

Her cool composure completely shattered.

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

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

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

Li Zhexian gave a soft sound of surprise.

He looked the now bewitching girl up and down.

"A Cat Martial Soul?"

Zhu Zhuqing drove her sharp ten fingers into a boulder the size of a head.

Then she hurled it at Li Zhexian in the stream.

Li Zhexian raised his right hand, pressing his index and middle fingers together into a sword gesture. Sharp azure Soul Power shot from his fingertips.

Hiss—

A faint sound rang out.

The boulder split cleanly in two, its severed surface as smooth as a mirror.

With two splashes, the halves fell into the water.

"Hm?!"

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

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

If Li Zhexian stayed in the water any longer, he would be a living target.

He truly had no sense of security.

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

"I'm not playing with you anymore!"

Li Zhexian leaned back and submerged himself completely.

Ripples spread across the surface. Through the distorted light, he resembled a swift white fish, rapidly swimming upstream.

"Don't run, hooligan!"

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

With light taps of her toes, she leaped across the rocks by the water, chasing Li Zhexian beneath the surface.

One fled while the other pursued.

Gradually...

Zhu Zhuqing discovered in astonishment that she could not match the hooligan youth's speed.

The distance between them kept widening.

"What Martial Soul does this hooligan 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 stark-white body rush ashore, grab the bundle on the ground, and dart straight into the forest.

She saw it again!

And this time, even more clearly!

Zhu Zhuqing stumbled, nearly falling over.

Her pretty face flushed crimson.

"Hooligan!"

"If I don't teach you a lesson today, I won't be able to vent the anger in my heart!"

Without another moment of hesitation,

Zhu Zhuqing charged into the forest after him.

As he ran, Li Zhexian untied his bundle.

He took out his only change of clothes, a white robe.

With a flick of both hands, Li Zhexian spread the white robe open against the wind. His arms slipped into the sleeves, and he flipped through the air, the fluttering hem wrapping neatly around his waist and abdomen.

He was dressed just like that.

Li Zhexian grabbed his belt and tied it around his waist.

Turning to look at the cat-martial-soul girl chasing after him, her eyes brimming with Wrath, he said helplessly,

"Why are you still chasing me?"

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

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

Zhu Zhuqing opened her mouth, intending to berate him.

But after calming down and thinking about it,

she really had been the one who saw him naked.

She was not some unreasonable young lady.

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

"You..."

Zhu Zhuqing clenched her pearly teeth and said,

"I saw that you're quite strong and wanted to spar with you!"

Li Zhexian turned and walked away.

"Not interested."

"I generally don't fight women."

Whoosh—!

A shriek of wind suddenly sounded behind him.

Li Zhexian shifted slightly to the right.

A slender, sharp hand brushed past his ear.

"Hm?"

Li Zhexian frowned at the girl whose Soul Power was boiling all over her body.

"Do you really have to fight me?"

Zhu Zhuqing's cat eyes gleamed, and a thrill of excitement rose within her at meeting a worthy opponent.

"Your speed truly is fast."

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

Li Zhexian raised an eyebrow and thought,

So it really is Zhu Zhuqing.

In truth, the moment the girl revealed her Cat Martial Soul, Li Zhexian had already begun to suspect her identity.

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

A thought flashed through his mind.

Li Zhexian seemed to think of something.

He casually plucked a leaf, placed it between his lips, and said lazily,

"I can fight you."

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

Seeing Zhu Zhuqing's strange expression,

he added helplessly,

"Don't think about anything improper."

"A gentleman knows what to do and what not to do."

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

"I agree!"

As soon as the words fell,

Zhu Zhuqing's Dual-Colored Heterochromatic Eyes glimmered with icy light, her figure flashing like a ghostly shadow.

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

At their very first exchange!

She used two Spirit Skills at once!

It was clear how seriously she regarded Li Zhexian!

"First Soul Skill—Hell Stab!"

"Second Soul Skill—Nether Hundred Claws!"

Zhu Zhuqing's already swift speed surged again. Her slender figure darted forward, sending leaves on the ground flying.

Claw shadows poured down like a torrential rain, ripping through the air with piercing whistles.

The corners of Li Zhexian's mouth lifted slightly.

He spat out the leaf between his lips.

He extended his hand. With that motion, a Three-foot-six Azure Blade appeared in his grasp.

The instant the Azure Lotus Sword was summoned,

cold light flickered throughout the forest.

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

"What a sharp sword!"

The instant he gripped the sword,

the laziness in Li Zhexian's eyes abruptly turned razor-sharp.

"First Soul Skill—Azure Edge Severance!"

A purple Spirit Ring suddenly lit up.

The Azure Lotus Imprint along the sword's spine slowly bloomed as the blade traced an inscrutable arc.

Where the sword light passed, every claw shadow vanished.

Whoosh—

Li Zhexian moved so quickly that even the eyes could barely follow him.

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

Her stunned pretty face was reflected in the clear, cold sword light.

"You lost."

Li Zhexian 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 looked at Li Zhexian in disbelief.

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

"Why... is your first Spirit Ring purple?"

She knew many geniuses.

Yet all of those geniuses called her a genius.

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

But the white-robed youth she had encountered in the Star Dou Forest taught her what it meant that there was always someone greater beyond.

How was he supposed to answer that?

Say that his Wine Martial Soul could heal him, allowing him to take medicine while absorbing it?

Li Zhexian casually made something up.

"Because purple has a certain charm."

That answer left Zhu Zhuqing staring blankly once more.

"Alright."

Li Zhexian took out 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 promise me one thing."

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