Bizarre.
This was Instructor Fengyan’s sole thought when facing Kuaixue’s sword.
At the very beginning, Kuaixue’s fighting style did not differ much from Keqing’s.
Charging directly and swiftly closing the distance, the core essence of Yunlai Swordsmanship—’speed’—was vividly and thoroughly embodied by both of them.
Facing this familiar move, Instructor Fengyan naturally prepared to use his previous countermeasure.
It was also a familiar retreat, raising the sword, blocking, and then waiting for an opportunity to counterattack.
However, an accident occurred the very next moment.
The instant Instructor Fengyan retreated, Kuaixue tossed the wooden sword in her hand into the low airspace in front of her.
Amidst the astonished gazes of everyone except Keqing, her left hand swiftly re-gripped the sword, instantly transforming the horizontal slash originally aimed at Instructor Fengyan’s right side into an upward surprise attack.
Instructor Fengyan was experienced in battle after all.
Facing his opponent’s sudden change of moves, his body instinctively leaned backward, narrowly dodging this fatal blow.
Kuaixue originally wanted to press the attack and end the battle instantly.
But Kuaixue suddenly stopped as if someone had pressed the pause button, and immediately afterwards, a strong gale carrying a biting chill grazed past Kuaixue’s ear.
It turned out that Instructor Fengyan had used the momentum of his leaning posture to execute a one-handed cartwheel.
If Kuaixue had insisted on pursuing, that heavy leg force would have ruthlessly kicked Kuaixue right in her cute little face.
Relying on the cartwheel, Instructor Fengyan instantly widened the distance between himself and Kuaixue, gaining breathing space.
His gaze was like a fierce tiger trapped in a desperate situation, closely watching every move Kuaixue made.
At this moment, the world in Instructor Fengyan’s eyes left only Kuaixue and her single sword.
That was close.
Instructor Fengyan sighed inwardly while adjusting his body rhythm.
This exclamation was not only for himself, but even more so for Kuaixue.
You must know that in battles between experts, even if a weapon leaves the hand for just a split second, it can become a fatal opening utilized by the opponent, thereby resulting in death.
If he hadn’t chosen to retreat just now, but instead advanced, at that time he could have snatched the sword with one hand and stabbed with the other, and the outcome would have been hastily decided in the first round of clashes.
Kuaixue, whose physical strength was inferior to his, would definitely have lost to this move.
However, Kuaixue, a well-trained individual possessing excellent swordsmanship, seemed completely unaware of the danger involved, intentionally exposing an opening to trade crisis for opportunity.
This youth’s state of mind is truly terrifying.
Instructor Fengyan, who had almost capsized in the gutter, started breaking out in a cold sweat.
Seeing that Instructor Fengyan made no further move, Kuaixue expressionlessly continued carrying the characteristic momentum of Yunlai Swordsmanship, advancing together with her sword to launch a fierce assault.
Facing Kuaixue’s fierce assault, Instructor Fengyan was not as calm and at ease as he was when facing Keqing, fighting and retreating all the while.
Strange, too strange!
Instructor Fengyan had words to express his bitterness now more than ever; Kuaixue’s fierce attack was bizarre to the extreme.
His defense was like a sailboat sailing with difficulty in a stormy sea, likely to be swallowed by the surging waves and sink to the bottom of the ocean at any second.
Kuaixue’s sword almost followed no conventional principles, always coming from places it shouldn’t come from.
At first glance, it looked like a layman’s random hacking, but every single time, it stifled his originally prepared moves to consolidate the defensive line or mount a counterattack right in their cradle.
Clearly he was the one defending and striking second, but Kuaixue’s sword forms made the battle-hardened Instructor Fengyan have the illusion that he was the one attacking.
Every move of Kuaixue, who struck first, possessed the precision and lethality of “striking second to arrive first,” as if she knew every single move of Instructor Fengyan like the back of her hand.
In this flash of lightning and flint, Instructor Fengyan relied on instinct to resolve several crises.
He couldn’t go on like this.
Knowing that if he continued in his current state, exhausting himself physically and mentally, he would definitely be worn to death by Kuaixue.
“Hah!” After dodging Kuaixue’s uncanny sword once again, Instructor Fengyan suddenly let out a loud roar, and taking advantage of the split second Kuaixue was startled, he decisively launched a counterattack.
Unexpectedly, in a split second, Kuaixue casually dodged to the side, perfectly avoiding this stab, and slashed down fiercely with another sword stroke.
Instructor Fengyan’s hard-earned counterattack opportunity instantly vanished into thin air.
Having no other choice, Instructor Fengyan performed another one-handed cartwheel, attempting to widen the distance.
Just when the onlookers thought Kuaixue would rapidly pursue again and everything would repeat itself, Kuaixue’s actions caught everyone by surprise.
They saw Kuaixue swiftly lean her body to one side without any warning and abruptly tilt her head.
Before anyone could feel puzzled, a stick-like object shot out explosively from Instructor Fengyan’s direction with a whoosh, grazing past Kuaixue’s ear.
With a thud, it smashed heavily into the wall.
Looking closely, it turned out to be the wooden sword that was originally in Instructor Fengyan’s hand.
It turned out that Instructor Fengyan had used the concealment of his body and the centrifugal force of the cartwheel to unexpectedly hurl the wooden sword in his hand.
If everything went smoothly, this would have been a stroke to turn defeat into victory.
Unfortunately, Kuaixue seemed like a prophet who foresaw everything, making the most correct judgment within this fleeting span of time.
“I never expected that even this move could be dodged by you.
You win.” Instructor Fengyan, who had no sword in hand, naturally could only raise both hands in surrender.
“Holy shit!” “Awesome!” “Wow!” As soon as Instructor Fengyan’s words fell, exclamations erupted all around.
Even Keqing hadn’t expected Kuaixue to actually defeat the Instructor; she originally thought Kuaixue would suffer a narrow defeat.