Defeating Xiao Haijie Again

A dull thud rang out in the air.

Xiao Haijie lunged at Qi Dao from where he stood.

To avoid a repeat of last time's accident, he even unleashed his first soul skill.

His first soul skill was called Hunting Claws. It could greatly increase his speed in an instant, then use his sharp claws to inflict multiple strikes on his target.

He refused to believe that Qi Dao could withstand even his soul skill.

Unfortunately, Qi Dao had been watching his movements all along.

The moment the soul ring on Xiao Haijie's body lit up, Qi Dao had already entered the Heart Sword State!

In an instant, Qi Dao entered an overloaded state once more, and the world before his eyes became incomparably clear.

Xiao Haijie's attack trajectory was laid completely bare before him.

Qi Dao bent at the waist and held his sword horizontally, raising Peerless Sword before his brow. The cold gleam flowing along the blade reflected in his calm eyes.

His rear leg had already exerted force, his toes pushing against the ground as though compressing a spring.

As Xiao Haijie lunged toward him, that spring had compressed to its limit before suddenly exploding.

Power traveled from his toes to his waist and hips, then, with the strength of his waist and hips, surged fiercely forward.

With his waist and stance united, the power that had long been stored in Qi Dao's bent back poured forth like a mountain flood.

His body shot out like an arrow loosed from a bow.

The tip of Peerless Sword turned into a cold star, flashing past in an instant.

Of all martial arts under heaven, only speed was invincible!

Swordsmanship did not need so many flashy tricks.

All he needed was the right opportunity to defeat his opponent in a single move!

Although Xiao Haijie had been prepared and caught Qi Dao's trajectory the moment he burst forth, his reaction speed could not keep up.

The terrifying part of Qi Dao's Heart Sword State was that his thoughts and reactions could keep pace with his current speed.

Thus, the instant Xiao Haijie's sharp claws came viciously slashing at him, Qi Dao sidestepped and swung his sword.

The reflection from the blade flashed across Xiao Haijie's eyes in an instant.

This time, their bodies crossed past one another again.

Qi Dao came to a stop and sheathed Peerless Sword. His face instantly turned deathly pale, but he was in far better condition than last time, when he could barely remain standing.

Clearly, his breakthrough and the training he had undergone during this period had not been without effect.

On the other side, Xiao Haijie's lunge missed, yet he did not collapse to the ground like he had last time.

For a moment, the sixth-year students erupted in cheers.

"Great! That kid's already done for, while Boss Xiao is still standing!"

"I knew Boss Xiao only lost to him last time because he was careless. As long as Boss Xiao possesses his martial soul, there's no way this first-year brat can hurt him."

Among the first-year students.

"Brother Xiao, it looks like Boss lost. What do we do now?"

Seeing Xiao Haijie still standing in the arena, Xiao Chenyu could not help swallowing.

But then he looked at Qi Dao again.

Qi Dao's face was somewhat pale, but his expression remained calm. He did not look like someone who had lost.

So Xiao Chenyu shook his head.

"Not necessarily!"

"Boss might not have lost!"

"But Xiao Haijie is still standing, while Boss can only use that one sword strike!"

"Let's keep watching!"

Elsewhere.

Headmaster Hans and the other two, standing behind the crowd, wore shocked expressions.

Headmaster Hans muttered, "This child truly is skilled at creating miracles!"

"He won again!"

Director Su said, "And he won far more calmly this time than last time. If he hadn't held back just now, that strike could have directly cut off Xiao Haijie's head."

"We must never let him spar with other students again."

"What this child uses is swordsmanship meant for killing!"

As he spoke, lingering fear rose in his heart.

If Qi Dao had failed to control the force in his hand, it would have been a disaster!

That city lord would never let this go.

Headmaster Hans immediately realized the same thing and hurriedly agreed.

"That's right. We absolutely can't let this child use that move at the academy again."

"That move is far too dangerous!"

Listening to their conversation, Yu Xiaogang stood to the side with an extremely ugly expression.

He had confidently declared that Xiao Haijie was certain to win, only for Qi Dao to immediately slap him in the face with his actions.

Still, being able to witness the sword strike Qi Dao had used to defeat Xiao Haijie meant it had not been a total loss.

With his astonishing wisdom, he saw through the principle behind Qi Dao's move at a glance.

"Could it be that when he sparred with Xiao Haijie last time, he luckily created a self-created soul skill of the enhancement type?"

"It seems his martial soul really is nothing more than a useless martial soul with a malignant mutation."

"He's only got such unreasonable combat power because he's relying on that self-created soul skill."

"However..."

"So what if a self-created soul skill is powerful? Soul power is the foundation of a soul master."

Yu Xiaogang secretly rejoiced again.

Fortunately, he had not taken Qi Dao as his disciple. With Qi Dao's talent, he probably would not even have cultivated to Yu Xiaogang's current rank.

Then he would even have been dragged into being ridiculed!

Meanwhile.

Remembering the cold glint that had flashed before his eyes and the strange sensation on his neck, Xiao Haijie felt his scalp tingle as he once again realized just how close death had come.

Feeling what seemed to be liquid seeping from his neck, he reached up to touch it and then looked at his hand.

Blood!

Horror surged through him, and his legs went weak.

But he reacted quickly. The wound was not deep; a little treatment would be enough.

The others quickly noticed it as well.

"Boss Xiao's neck is bleeding!"

"He's injured!"

The first-year students saw it too, and their emotions immediately surged.

There was a reversal!

Their boss had not lost yet!

They looked toward Qi Dao, only to see him slowly turn around and say, "You lost!"

Xiao Haijie also turned around, his face full of lingering fear as he roared in a low voice.

"You almost killed me just now!"

Qi Dao calmly replied, "But aren't you still alive?"

"You..."

Xiao Haijie was instantly left speechless.

"You're completely insane!"

"If something happened to me, you'd be finished too!"

Qi Dao replied, "I have absolute confidence in my swordsmanship!"

Don't ask why!

The answer was intuition!

"Take it. This is your trophy!"

"I lost this time!"

Xiao Haijie snorted coldly. The pain in his neck made him unwilling to say another word to a madman like Qi Dao, so he merely shot a gold card from his hand.

Qi Dao caught the gold card and smiled faintly.

Seeing this, the first-year students immediately crowded around him.

"We won! Boss won again!"

"So Xiao Haijie wasn't uninjured after all. Boss had merely shown him mercy?"

In contrast to the lively scene among the first-years, the sixth-years were deathly silent.

Their Boss Xiao had lost again!

At that moment, three figures emerged from the crowd.

"Headmaster, Director Su!"

At the sight of the three men, the surrounding students all bowed in greeting.

As for Yu Xiaogang...

He wasn't even a teacher at Notting Academy!

The three walked over to Qi Dao.

"Headmaster, Director Su, how did even the two of you get disturbed?" Qi Dao asked with a smile.

Naturally, he ignored Yu Xiaogang.

That left Yu Xiaogang thoroughly displeased, and he gave a faint snort.

Hans smiled. "You caused such a huge commotion that it would've been hard for us not to notice!"

Director Su added from the side, "We saw the match just now. You did very well—you created another miracle. However..."

At this point, Director Su changed his tone, and his expression grew noticeably more serious.

"That move of yours is far too dangerous. If you fail to control it, it could easily lead to tragedy."

"So when you spar with your classmates in the future, you must not use that move again. And you should avoid vital areas as much as possible."

"After all, this is an academy!"

Qi Dao nodded after hearing this.

"Don't worry, Director Su. I know my limits!"

Only then did Director Su and Hans leave satisfied, taking Yu Xiaogang with them.