"I lost!"
Hearing the slight unwillingness in Uchiha Shisui's words, Qian withdrew the Short Sword pressed against his neck.
To be honest, he had not won this fight all that comfortably.
First of all, in a head-on battle, he had not achieved complete suppression, which had forced him to cast ninjutsu repeatedly to pressure his opponent into revealing an opening.
However, not only was that inefficient and costly, it also relied heavily on how the enemy performed.
If his opponent this time had not been Uchiha Shisui, but another experienced Uchiha ninja, his method might not have worked.
In fact, if they fought again, Uchiha Shisui would not reveal an opening so easily.
In that case, the fight was bound to drag on.
As the saying went, delay invited trouble.
If every fight he fought from now on dragged out this long, there was no guarantee he would not mess up.
So the best choice was still to end things quickly.
But the prerequisite for ending things quickly was that his own combat power far surpassed the opponent's.
Qian was not worried about the future. With the Proficiency Panel, sooner or later, his strength would pull far ahead of everyone else's.
But right now, and even for a long time to come, it was impossible for him to become invincible under heaven.
So encountering evenly matched opponents was highly likely.
In that case, he could not count on ending battles quickly.
When that happened, if he wanted to win, he would probably have to face a situation similar to today's again.
At that time, if he did not want to be as passive as he had been today, he had to make up for his shortcomings.
That was right—shortcomings.
After today's battle, Qian realized that he seemed to lack large-area