"Hmph, she's just a flower vase with no strength at all- where's that confidence coming from?" Luo Shasheng curled his lips in disdain. Ever since he lost to Lingshan, he'd been paying close attention to Lin Yi's group. After all, they were very likely to be the opponents they'd be drawn against, and he'd seen their performance from start to finish.
If it were Lingshan and the others, he'd be worried, but since it was Ziyu, the weakest of them all, there was no need to worry.
"Ziyu will be fine, right?" Lingshan worried- she knew Luo Shasheng's strength the best- he wasn't an easy opponent at the early phase of foundation establishment. If she didn't fully grasp the counter moves Lin Yi taught her, she'd have a hard time.
"Ziyu, she …" Lin Yi paused and smiled meaningfully. "She's actually quite strong."
Lingshan and the others paused, looking at each other. Lin Yi's standards had always been very high, and he'd never even commented on their performance like this before. Could Ziyu be an unparalleled genius for him to say that she was strong?
At this time, the battle officially started. What surprised everyone was that Ziyu didn't follow the tactics and counter moves Lin Yi taught them, choosing to go on the offensive right from the start.
This scene didn't just surprise everyone, even Luo Shaisheng was shocked. But then he sneered. If you want to take the initiative, then you need to have the strength to do so. Do you have it?!
Luo Shisheng smiled coldly, and his signature weapon, the Slaughter Blade, came slashing down. Ziyu, however, was expecting it and dodged to the side, throwing a punch at his face.
Luo Shasheng was shocked- Ziyu was hitting his life point! How was that possible?!
If it was the Snow Killing Style, the most famous style of the Snow Sword Faction, it was still acceptable for someone to lock on to his vital point. However, the Traceless Snow that he was using now was just an inconspicuous style. How could this woman have predicted it?
She couldn't say that it was her spontaneous reaction, could she? That reaction speed was just too astonishing. Moreover, could an ordinary person study the moves of the Snow Sword School so thoroughly? Even the disciples of the Snow Sword School themselves might not be able to lock onto the vital points of the moves so quickly, right?
Luckily, Traceless Snow Ground's flaw wasn't as obvious as Snow Kill, and Luo Shasheng quickly changed his move. Ziyu didn't, still hitting the same spot, but Luo Shasheng easily blocked it.
"Does this woman not know how to be flexible?" Luo Shasheng paused, and before he could react, Ziyu followed up with another attack, this one even faster than before. But this time, she didn't lock on to the life gate.
Luo Shasheng quickly blocked again, but he didn't even have time to stop before Ziyu's third attack came even faster. She didn't lock on to the life gate as well, and it looked like a normal body part.
"Why did she choose such unimportant positions? What is this woman doing?" Luo Shasheng was a bit stunned. Ziyu's attacks were abnormally fast, but they were easy to block. There was no threat at all.
It was just that he had failed against Lingshan before, and even if Luo Shasheng looked down on Ziyu from the bottom of his heart, he didn't dare let his guard down against this random series of attacks. With the mentality of playing it safe, he started to defend.
Seven to eight moves in a row was the same, and Luo Shasheng was getting impatient. He'd seen through Ziyu already, and as weak as she was, everything before was just a bluff.
With a thought, Luo Shasheng started to counterattack, but before he could even do it, Ziyu was already going for his life gate. He almost pissed his pants, going back to his defensive stance.
"This is …" Lingshan was a bit weirded- looking at Ziyu's actions, she seemed to be using the counter moves Lin Yi taught her, but not completely. Other than the first move and this one, the rest weren't specific to the Snow Sword Sect.
"Other than the Snow Sword Sect, Ziyu seems to be using the counter moves of the other ancient sects as well. Boss, what's going on?" Yu Bing finally saw what was going on and asked softly.
Chentian and the others came to a realization- no wonder Ziyu's moves looked so familiar- they were the moves of the ancient sects, but they were all mixed together, so it didn't look like they belonged to the same sect.
"As you can see, it's a mixed version of the ancient sect's counter moves." Lin Yi smiled. This was something he'd come up with just for Ziyu, since she'd shown that she was a test addict. Getting her to use a counter move on the spot like the others was a very hard thing to do, and so he came up with this idea.
He didn't need to think too much about it- he just needed to use all the moves in the sparring, and it'd be much easier that way.
"But is this going to work?" Lingshan said, confused- Ziyu did seem to be able to scare the opponent, but she didn't hurt him at all. She'd be seen through sooner or later anyway, and this stance was just a waste of qi and stamina. She didn't see any chance of winning at all.
"Yeah, when you're not as strong as the opponent, it's very easy to see through Ziyu's moves, so you have to defend and counterattack. Isn't that what you taught us, boss?" Chentian said.
"That's normal, but take a good look at Ziyu's movements." Lin Yi reminded.
Everyone looked closely at Ziyu's performance, and Yu Bing reacted after a while. "She seems to be lowering the power of her moves to increase her speed. More accurately, she has no choice but to lower the power of her moves."
"That's right. As the saying goes, there's nothing that can't be defeated by speed. Speed doesn't just refer to the speed of one's movements, but also the speed of one's attacks. When the speed of one's attacks reaches a certain level, the opponent won't be able to react in time, achieving the goal of attacking instead of defending. So, I taught her a whole new fighting style, Instant Strike."
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