The outcome of this battle seemed even more convincing than his victory over Xiao Qiu. Once it ended, no one else came up to challenge him.
But just as the instructor was about to announce him as the best of the current class, Pei Ye suddenly spoke.
"I'd like to fight Zhang Junxue," he said.
Chapter 132: Facing the Candle
Having just delivered a splendid match, he naturally received the instructor's approval. Applause rose again from the students seated around them, who looked forward to another equally thrilling fight.
Zhang Junxue raised her head and looked at Pei Ye, her eyes widening slightly. Then, at his beckoning wave, she picked up her saber and stepped onto the platform without a word, formally saluting him first.
But the outcome of this fight surprised everyone-Pei Ye lost on only the ninth move.
The result left quite a few people wide-eyed, and murmured conversations broke out below the platform.
After a moment of surprise, the instructor shook his head and smiled.
In truth, Pei Ye had expected this defeat himself. In their earlier sparring, Zhang Junxue had beaten him comfortably. Though he had now entered the Two Births Realm, the same point still held: against "sixteen," the numbers two and four made little difference.
Then why couldn't he bridge that gap in strength with swordsmanship against Zhang Junxue, as he had against Xiao Qiu?
The reason was helplessly simple-her saber was too big.
So wide, so long.
Xiao Qiu's sword was very simple: heavy and hard, while Pei Ye was a cut above him at dismantling moves. Against a Fourth Growth fighter whose strength lay in his sword, Pei Ye could overwhelm that strength.
And that was precisely what had happened. Relying on his superior swordsmanship, Pei Ye had constrained and disrupted his