Bai Ye the Teacher

(I hope everyone pulling for Mountain gets him! Too bad I'm not into furries.)

Azure radiance bloomed around her, stardust swirling in the air. Texas stomped on the training room floor and burst forth with astonishing speed, appearing before Bai Ye in the blink of an eye.

Her ash-black hair streamed behind her, and blue flames seemed to dance deep within her eyes. The next moment, Texas swung her sword at Bai Ye.

The Originium Sword's blade was likewise coated in blue light. Driven by that power, the sharp edge split the air and slashed straight at Bai Ye.

The greatest advantage of having Bai Ye as a sparring partner was that Texas could fight with everything she had, without worrying about whether she might hurt him.

Because that was almost entirely impossible. Going all out against Bai Ye was precisely proof of Texas's one-thousand-percent trust in him.

The blade swept through the air in a breathtaking arc wrapped in blue radiance. The wind pressure raised by that single strike alone carved long scratches into the training ground floor.

And the final target of that strike was Bai Ye.

Raising his hand, Bai Ye responded to Texas's full-force attack with the sword in his own hand.

Clang—

Rhodes Island's standard-issue longsword snapped in two at the impact.

The upper half of the blade was severed by Texas's strike and sent flying.

After cutting through Bai Ye's sword, Texas's momentum did not diminish. Her blue-glowing blade relentlessly continued slashing toward him.

Bai Ye tossed aside the broken sword in his hand. His right hand closed around empty air as light gathered and swiftly condensed into a sword of light.

With a low hum, Bai Ye used the light sword to block Texas's blade.

Sword struck sword with a crisp ring, as