At the break of dawn the next day, the training grounds of The School of Sword Arts were filled with the silhouettes of youths training.
Ogden was still painstakingly trying to comprehend the secrets of the Nine Yang Divine Sword Technique.
Lambert continued to practice the Eagle Sword Technique, hoping to master this last basic sword technique to the maximum level before the Prefectural Selection.
Fang Xingjian had just finished some of the chores in the school and started to practice the Tenauer-Style Body Strengthening Sword Technique. This sword technique, which was compulsory for the Empire's military, was concise and profound, especially when it came to the training of the joints and ligaments. It could greatly increase the speed of his sword moves.
No one spoke, and no one rested. Only puffs of hot white steam could be seen rising from the students' bodies in the cold weather.
Perhaps they were burdened with hatred, or with their dreams, or with the responsibilities of their entire families. Everyone was constantly advancing towards their own goals.
Suddenly, The School of Sword Arts' main door was pushed open, and Kaunitz and Vivian walked in together. Seeing the two of them chatting and laughing, Ogden's eyes widened, as if he could not believe that this was the same Kaunitz who always spoke sarcastically and looked down on everyone.
Vivian had changed into a light blue dress, which matched well with her youthful and beautiful face. She looked like a beautiful young lady, and was even more beautiful than usual.
Lambert laughed coldly, looking at Vivian with an even more disdainful gaze.
As for Fang Xingjian, he did not feel anything about Vivian's actions of getting closer to Kaunitz and giving him the cold shoulder these few days. He did not know if he was being too rational, or if the purple flames had robbed him of love, friendship, and kinship.
In any case, he had given her pointers and repaid her for that meal. Whatever path she chose in the future had nothing to do with him.
However, seeing that Kaunitz had arrived, he could not wait any longer and struck out with his sword. "Let's begin."
Kaunitz smiled arrogantly. "Haven't you been beaten up enough?"
The next moment, the two of them crossed paths like lightning, and then collided once again.
It was still a familiar rhythm. However, during this period of training, Kaunitz's Grizzly Bear Sword Technique had also improved a lot, reaching level 2. He was now able to withstand a few more blows from Fang Xingjian. However, the moment he showed signs of being defeated, he immediately displayed his own sword technique in an attempt to turn the situation around.
A series of sword moves of descending holy light descended from the sky like divine light from beyond the heavens. Kaunitz used the strength of his back, spine, and shoulder blades. It was as if he had grown a pair of wings on his back. With every contraction of his back and his heart and lungs, Kaunitz continued to fly around, surrounding Fang Xingjian in the middle. Fang Xingjian could only parry Kaunitz's attacks, unable to retaliate at all.
This set of Descent of Holy Light was specially used by Tresia Knight Academy to train one's back and legs in exerting force, increasing the practitioner's movement speed. When Kaunitz executed it, he seemed to leave behind a series of afterimages, causing the surrounding crowd to cheer incessantly.
The four sets of sword techniques that Kaunitz had used to defeat Fang Xingjian during this period of time were all at the same level as the Nine Yang Divine Sword Technique. They were powerful sword techniques that combined internal and external forces and stimulated the strength of one's internal organs. Coupled with his attributes that were already stronger than Fang Xingjian's, he was able to suppress Kaunitz in all aspects.
Looking at Fang Xingjian, who had his sword knocked out of his hand due to his clumsiness, Vivian frowned and wanted to persuade Kaunitz to show mercy.
However, thinking of how he had taken a liking to her earlier, she decided to swallow her anger. She only looked at Fang Xingjian with a hint of pity in her gaze.
She had originally thought that Fang Xingjian was already a genius in swordsmanship, a man with a bright future ahead of him. However, when Fang Xingjian stood next to Kaunitz, he immediately paled in comparison.
Kaunitz's appearance, talent, bloodline, clan, and background were all far superior to Fang Xingjian's. Fang Xingjian's so-called talent suddenly became so insignificant in front of Kaunitz.
This was especially so in the past ten or so days, when Fang Xingjian had challenged Kaunitz time and time again, he had not been able to defeat Kaunitz even once. This made her even more disappointed in Fang Xingjian.
And after chatting with Kaunitz, she realized that her horizons had been too narrow. The entire Empire, the entire world, had always had a wider sky. There were all sorts of outstanding people, clans and factions that had been passed down for hundreds or even thousands of years. They were far from what she could imagine in The School of Sword Arts.
On the other side, Fang Xingjian picked up the longsword in his hand and looked at the progress of the Descent of Holy Light, which had once again increased. He smiled in satisfaction, took a deep breath, and said, "Again."
However, Kaunitz did not continue the battle. Instead, he threw a glance at the people in the training grounds, who were either secretly peeking at him or laughing coldly in low voices. Although most of them were targeting Fang Xingjian, for some reason, he felt displeased.
Kaunitz suddenly said, "A bunch of buzzing flies."
He looked at Fang Xingjian and said, "Let's go to the small forest at the back to train."
The backyard of The School of Sword Arts was a small forest. Usually, there were some students who wanted a quiet place to train there.
Naturally, Fang Xingjian did not mind. He nodded and headed to the small forest with Kaunitz. Vivian wanted to go with them, but was stopped by Kaunitz. "I want a quiet environment to train, so that I can focus."
Therefore, the two of them went to the small forest and engaged in a series of battles. Without anyone spying on them, Kaunitz was able to unleash his powers freely. With a few whistles, the longsword in his hand moved faster and faster. Sometimes, even when he was about to lose, he would not switch to using his school's sword techniques, but would instead focus on displaying the Grizzly Bear Sword Technique.
After being almost defeated by Fang Xingjian's Grizzly Bear Sword Technique a few times, he laughed out loud and became even more excited. He felt that his Grizzly Bear Sword Technique was improving at a faster rate.
However, Fang Xingjian was not there to help Fang Xingjian practice his sword. Seeing that Fang Xingjian was starting to not care about winning or losing when no one was paying attention to him, and was showing signs of not using his school's sword techniques, Fang Xingjian could not help but infuriate him.
Fang Xingjian sent Fang Xingjian's longsword flying with three consecutive strikes, and then placed his sword on Kaunitz's neck. He laughed and said, "Sissy, if not for the fact that you were born better, how could you be my match? You're just a so-called genius who relied on the resources of the Tresia Clan."
A hint of anger flashed in Kaunitz's eyes. "You're asking for a beating."
With a flash of lightning, Kaunitz kicked up the longsword on the ground and held it in his hand. A series of Chaotic Shock attacks pressured Fang Xinghan so much that he could not breathe.
'That's it!'
Fang Xingjian bellowed furiously in his heart, displaying the full power of the level 30 Grizzly Bear Sword Technique. He was like a raging grizzly bear, each sword strike carrying a force that could send a strong man flying over ten meters away, clashing with Kaunitz.
As Fang Xingjian's sword techniques improved and his physical strength increased, the time they spent sparring every day slowly increased from two hours to three hours, four hours, and even five hours.
The days passed just like that. In the training grounds, there were people who could not bear the loneliness and went to bed early, while there were people who gave up early because they did not have much time left.
There were also people who endured the loneliness and boredom, becoming stronger and stronger as they trained day after day.
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