Little Kangna landed somewhere not too far from the military camp. With a gentle sway of her dragon body, she returned to the form of a little girl, raising both hands to catch Puer securely and set her on her head.
"Puer, why are they fighting?"
"It's the same as young animals liking to bite and tussle with each other."
"Oh?"
"To outsiders, they look like they're fighting, and hitting quite hard. But to the animals themselves, this is how they express and deepen their affection."
"Oh, so that's it." Little Kangna only half understood. "Humans really do have complicated ways of expressing their feelings."
After Kallen and Neo landed, they kept some distance between them, each making his final preparations.
Neo was clearly the one under greater pressure, but he was very good at turning pressure into an exciting source of motivation. He crouched slightly, lowering his center of gravity, and placed both arms behind him. All ten fingernails lengthened, giving off a dark sheen. This was an attacking stance.
Holding the Diamans Sword, Kallen did not deliberately act overconfident. Instead, as he had in the past, he first adopted a defensive stance.
Seeing this, Neo could not help rolling his eyes. He had seen cautious people, but never anyone this cautious.
Still, Neo said nothing about it. He knew very well that this was simply Kallen's temperament and habit. The greater his advantage, the more Kallen preferred to play it safe, and he thoroughly enjoyed turning that advantage into victory step by step, never finding it tedious in the slightest.
Without any signal, everyone seemed to know in the same instant that it was starting.
Neo vanished from where he stood and appeared before Kallen the next moment. His ten fingernails traced ten chilling streaks of light, "slicing