As the three members of the Astral Express Crew had expected, Jiang Yu attacked first, opening with his usual jumping slash.
That fit their longstanding impression of Jiang Yu. The boy liked taking the initiative and often struck first in battle.
Although a somewhat clumsy move like a jumping slash was not suited to opening an attack, Little Fish's jumping slash was different. It always left people feeling they had nowhere to retreat.
Perhaps it was because he swung that heavy sword as though it weighed nothing, making them feel that even if they dodged the jumping slash, they would soon get smacked away by that door-sized blade.
Facing Jiang Yu's jumping slash, Feixiao neither ducked nor dodged. She lowered her heavy axe, pulled its haft, and swept it upward to meet his strike!
Feixiao was quite confident in her strength.
An ordinary person would struggle to wield a heavy, long-handled axe like this and could only display it as a ceremonial ornament, but she swung it with formidable force.
Their first clash was a contest of strength, one that would determine how they fought for the rest of the bout.
The winner would exploit their superior strength with broad, sweeping attacks, while the loser would have to switch to a nimble, evasive style.
Feixiao had expected to win this contest of strength. Yet when axe and sword collided, she discovered that Jiang Yu's strength was terrifying-practically inhuman!
Heavy!
Far too heavy!
That was Feixiao's only impression of Jiang Yu's jumping slash.
The instant their weapons collided, an immense shock wave spread outward. The axe in Feixiao's hands was forced down almost immediately, crashing into the ground together with Black Cleave's blade and shattering the neatly laid paving stones.
That exchange made Feixiao realize her strength was no match for