Hard to imagine.
One second, Xia Wuyou and Shen Qin had still been putting on a life-or-death struggle.
The next, as if they had arranged it beforehand, they simultaneously dragged the fight's entertainment value down by more than ten levels.
Their attacks were no longer as fierce as before. Their exchanges were full of openings, all flashy moves with no substance, and they even deliberately exposed weaknesses to each other.
What had been a high-level contest instantly turned into a children's brawl, like old ladies at the village entrance pulling each other's hair.
A clash of titans had instantly become a battle of lunatics.
That rather spoiled Xu Shi's enjoyment, though he was not surprised.
He had instructed Xia Wuyou to hold back and even deliberately lose to Shen Qin, and she had actually been doing that from the very beginning.
If she really went all out, her domain could cover at least half the training room. That alone would have given her an overwhelming advantage.
And the combat skills she had displayed were far from as simple as what he could see.
Even if she wanted to vent her anger by beating Shen Qin senseless, she still had to make concessions for Xu Shi's request.
Shen Qin's thoughts were actually much the same.
Of course, she wanted to kill this bad woman who had betrayed her brother right then and there. But the truth was that she could not do that, and there was no benefit in it for her.
Besides, she seemingly could not even manage it. Though she appeared able to trade blows within the other woman's domain, the gravitational pressure had not treated her kindly either.
Defeating Xia Wuyou was already difficult enough. The rest was even less worth mentioning.
As a result, Shen Qin had