Divine Stroke

After Hua Yunfeng and Gu Qingshuang had both left, Gu Yiyi seemed a little angry.

"Qin Yi, why did you speak to Senior Brother Hua like that? He seemed unhappy," Gu Yiyi said worriedly.

Although Gu Yiyi was a girl, that mindset would have made her an absolute simp in later times.

Let him be unhappy. It's not like I'm the unhappy one!

Qin Yi felt he needed to correct her thinking. "Junior Sister Yiyi, I had to say that for Master's sake. Even if Hua Yunfeng wanted to kill me, I would still say the same thing."

Gu Yiyi did not understand, confusion showing on her innocent little face. "For my father's sake? Why was it for my father's sake?"

Qin Yi said, "Think about it. Master accepted me as his disciple, so he must approve of my character and background. Yet he came here questioning something even Master never questioned. Isn't that the same as slapping Master in the face? I don't mind him targeting me, but Master recognized my worth like Bole recognized a fine steed. How could I let him slap Master in the face?"

Normally speaking, Hua Yunfeng certainly had not meant that.

Hua Yunfeng had simply been jealous, which was why he had been somewhat hostile.

But Qin Yi blew the matter out of proportion and deliberately dragged Master's dignity into it. Put that way, his argument did sound reasonable.

A measure of understanding dawned on Gu Yiyi's face. So Qin Yi respected her father that much.

"But Senior Brother Hua probably didn't mean that..." she explained on Hua Yunfeng's behalf.

"You can know a person's face without knowing their heart. Who can say? Anyway, I won't allow anyone to question Master in front of me."

At that, he immediately changed the subject.

This sort of question did not bear digging into. Bringing the two of them closer was the pressing matter at hand.

"Junior Sister Yiyi, shall we keep practicing swordplay?"

"Practicing swordplay..."

Gu Yiyi had been quite enthusiastic before, but after Hua Yunfeng's interruption, she had little interest left.

Although she herself thought there was nothing wrong with practicing swordplay with Qin Yi, Senior Brother Hua had seemed rather unhappy just now.

And Senior Brother Hua had even said those things. His implication had clearly been that he did not want her practicing swordplay with Qin Yi.

If Senior Brother Hua finds out I'm still practicing swordplay with Qin Yi, he'll definitely be very disappointed, won't he?

That was what she thought.

After all, she had harbored a secret crush on Hua Yunfeng for so long, while Qin Yi was a newcomer she had known for less than a day.

Which of the two mattered more to her was perfectly clear.

Yet just as she was trying to find an excuse to politely decline, Qin Yi came up behind her and took the initiative to wrap his arms around her soft waist.

Gu Yiyi instinctively wanted to refuse, but the next second, that special feeling of pleasure returned.

"Qin Yi... I... I want to rest."

Although the pleasure made her happy, she still chose to give it up for the person she secretly loved.

But how could Qin Yi let her leave now?

If he let her go this time, getting another opportunity like this would probably not be easy.

So he immediately guided Gu Yiyi through practicing the second move, Divine Stroke!

Teaching her hand over hand, he swept the sword through a full 360 degrees, and a sword formation of spinning sword light immediately appeared on the ground.

If an enemy touched the outer edge of the sword circle now, they would definitely lose 100 points of physical defense.

After all, this was a game character's skill. Translated into a fantasy world, that reduction of 100 points of physical defense could probably shred an opponent's armor, clothes, protective Gang Qi, and the like.

The sword circle took shape, the sword light within it spinning ceaselessly.

Gu Yiyi once again forgot her earlier troubles and grew happy. "How amazing! It's just a little unfortunate that this sword formation doesn't cover much ground."

Large sword formations covered extremely broad areas. Once their Sword Qi erupted, it was like a torrential downpour.

But the sword formation Qin Yi had taught her to perform only used her own position as its center, with a diameter of just three meters.

"Qin Yi, why is this move called Divine Stroke?"

Qin Yi thought, Who the hell knows what the game designers were thinking? They wanted to call it Divine Stroke. What could I do?

"Well, probably because it uses Sword Qi as a brush to draw a sword formation. The formation takes shape in an instant, just like a divine stroke."

"Oh, so that's why."

The sword formation only lasted three seconds. After three seconds, it vanished.

Unlike the first move's dash, whose silver-moon sword light was very conspicuous and gave a sense of its astonishing lethality.

This second move only drew a circle on the spot. It was genuinely hard to see how much damage it could do.

So Gu Yiyi questioned it. "This move looks amazing, but it doesn't seem to have much killing power."

Are you kidding? No killing power?

Of Li Bai's skills, this second skill alone was the essence. Whether he could instantly kill someone depended on whether the outer edge of this sword circle could clip them.

So if this second skill was thrown out carelessly, it was naturally all show and no substance. But if placed accurately, it was a godly skill.

Qin Yi intended to demonstrate for her. He immediately picked a large tree as his target, preparing to clip it with the sword circle's outer edge.

With his current cultivation realm, once he unleashed this second skill, the Sword Qi along its outer edge should be able to slice that large tree clean through.

"Junior Sister Yiyi, I won't waste words telling you whether this move is powerful. I'll show you directly, and then you'll know."

"Sure!" Gu Yiyi's beautiful eyes shone as she watched from the side, her face full of anticipation.

Smiling, Qin Yi walked over to the large tree before her eyes, took a deep breath, and swept his sword through a full 360 degrees.

Divine Stroke instantly took shape, Sword Qi swirling within it.

He looked back, only to find that the large tree had not fallen.

On closer inspection, the sword circle of Divine Stroke was still two finger-widths away from the tree.

Tsk, missed.

This second skill really was not so easy to place.

No wonder his teammates had always said when he played the game, "Li Bai, Li Bai, selling your teammates out. You draw a little circle, then you're out."

Seeing this, Gu Yiyi, who had been watching with such anticipation, giggled. "Qin Yi, what were you going to show me?"

Qin Yi looked a little embarrassed and was just about to move closer and try again.

But then Gu Yiyi said, "If we want to know whether it's powerful, wouldn't having someone try it directly tell us?"

After saying that, she did not wait for Qin Yi's agreement and simply flew toward the sword circle.

Seeing this, Qin Yi hurriedly shouted to stop her, "Don't come over!"

He did not know just how lethal Divine Stroke was either. If he happened to injure the little fairy, that would be a sin.

Yet his attempt to stop her came too late.

Gu Yiyi insisted on charging over and, like a flying immortal descending from beyond the heavens, landed precisely on the sword circle's outer edge.

In that instant, Qin Yi saw countless colorful scraps of clothing fluttering all across the sky.

Gu Yiyi froze in fright, her whole body rooted to the spot. The next second, her face flushed crimson and she screamed, "Aah~~~"