"I've long heard that the Speed Clan possesses astonishing speed and excels in agility. We'll stay right here in this hall. As long as you can touch me, you win. Otherwise, I win. How about a time limit of one stick of incense?"
Lin Qian gave a greeting, took out a stick of incense, and stuck it into a pillar. Only after Bai Chenxiang agreed did he light it to start the timer.
"Then I'm starting."
"Please."
The moment the words fell, Bai Chenxiang moved. If he had fought using only his level-suppressed strength, he would have seen nothing but an afterimage before she appeared before him.
Lin Qian was already prepared. He moved a second before she did, leaning to the left. White light flared in his eyes-he had activated Spiritual Detection. The Speed Clan's speed was no joke. If he let his guard down, he might well end up overturning his own cart.
When Bai Chenxiang's first strike missed, she tapped her toes against a pillar, and her speed visibly increased.
Lin Qian sped up as well, white light flickering constantly in his eyes, making her miss every time. The repeated failures gradually broke Bai Chenxiang's composure. No matter how much she accelerated, he always evaded her with his serpentine footwork and those flickering eyes.
"Xiangxiang, release your martial soul."
Watching from the sidelines, Bai He could no longer bear it and urged her on.
At first, he had clung to a sliver of hope, thinking that higher soul power did not necessarily mean greater speed. But after watching for a while, he realized how outrageously wrong he had been. Leaving aside that instantaneous movement of his, even his granddaughter could not match this simple footwork.
Nearly half the incense had burned away, yet she had not even