"Kurome, you're up!"
After glancing at the bearded man in front of them, Rita directly sent Kurome out to face him. Among the group of girls around her, Kurome looked the youngest and was also the easiest one to use to demonstrate their strength.
Yet Kurome's strength ranked near the top among the ten girls Rita had trained.
As for this bearded man, Rita had not found any Imperial Arms on him... Perhaps he was fairly capable, but he could only be considered an expert in external martial arts, far inferior to Kurome and the others. Kurome could handle him easily.
"Yes, Teacher! I won't disappoint you."
Kurome showed no dissatisfaction with Rita's order. Instead, she seemed eager to fight. Staring at the bearded man before her, Kurome licked her lips bloodthirstily.
"Brat, I won't go easy on you."
Being stared at by a teenage girl like that made the bearded man extremely uncomfortable, as though he were prey waiting to be slaughtered.
Still, he did not dare let down his guard. Though the girl before him looked young, the aura she gave off forced him to be cautious.
"You should worry about yourself! Don't lose too quickly!"
"It's started!"
Gripping the weapon in her hand, Kurome coldly gave him a warning. The next moment, she charged straight at the bearded man.
Less than twenty meters separated them, yet Kurome reached him in the blink of an eye. She instantly drew the katana at her waist and slashed!
Kurome's speed shocked the bearded man, but as one of the Four Rakshasa Demons of the Imperial Fist Temple and the minister's personal executioner, his reactions were not slow either. Almost instinctively, he crossed his arms in front of himself.
Clang!
Kurome's blade struck the iron rings on his arms, producing a