Divine Seal: The Shadow Legion, I am the Shadow Lord.

At this moment, Li Xin suddenly snapped out of her initial surprise.

Looking at Yun Xuan standing opposite her with his sword, she no longer harbored any contempt for him.

Instead, they were met with a strong fighting spirit and a heightened competitive drive!

"Good lad! Again!" Li Xinjiao shouted.

Immediately, the spiritual energy of light within his body circulated rapidly, pouring into the twin swords.

Suddenly, the long sword in her right hand shone with a dazzling white light.

The light was pure, and it carried a unique sharpness!

A pure white blade!

This is one of the basic skills of the Knight class, which allows one to compress and attach light spiritual energy to a weapon.

This greatly enhances its attack power!

Li Xin's figure flashed, and she chose to take the initiative to attack. Her longsword, which shone with the pure white light of a blade, transformed into a sharp white rainbow and slashed towards Yun Xuan!

Yunxuan watched the sharp, piercing sound as his gaze swept through the air, his expression remaining calm.

He raised his sword to block, and the fine iron longsword clashed with the pure white blade once again.

"clang!"

This time, the gap in strength and skill became apparent.

Yunxuan felt a force coming from the sword. Although he skillfully deflected part of it, his body was still shaken and he slid back two steps before regaining his balance.

"Pure White Blade... one of the basic attack skills of the Knight class, simple and practical, but the problem is that I haven't learned it yet," Yunxuan thought to himself.

He honed his combat skills and reaction speed by constantly practicing with his own shadow in the Shadow Temple.

However, he has not yet systematically learned any knightly skills.

Whether it's an offensive or defensive type.

However, the skill that Li Xin was using was quite powerful.

But in Yunxuan's view, the skill and variability are still relatively simple.

It was nothing compared to the shadow in the Trial Temple that had tormented him a thousand times over.

Seeing that Li Xin was pressing her advantage, he brandished his twin swords and attacked again, the sword light even denser than before.

Yunxuan's eyes narrowed slightly. Instead of retreating, he advanced, his body swaying like a swimming fish.

He dodged Li Xin's double sword attack from a tricky angle, and suddenly thrust out his fine iron longsword from the side!

Li Xin felt a chill and quickly changed her move to defend.

However, Yunxuan's attack angles were too unpredictable, making her somewhat flustered in dealing with them.

What alarmed her even more was that Yunxuan seemed to always be able to anticipate her attack intentions and trajectory.

Her attack speed appeared to Yunxuan as if it had been slowed down by half a beat.

This feeling of being "mind-read" during the battle made her very uncomfortable, and her offensive rhythm was repeatedly thwarted.

Unable to break through after a prolonged attack, Li Xin's competitive spirit was completely ignited.

"Lightning Strike!"

Retribution Knight Tier 3 Skills!

Her right hand sword transformed into a dazzling array of silver light spots, like a sudden storm, instantly enveloping all the vital points of Yunxuan's upper body!

The attack came so fast and fiercely that even Nalan Shu, who was watching from a distance, subconsciously tensed up and almost shouted for it to stop.

Li Xin herself realized after making her move that she might have gone too far, and she was prepared to withdraw her strength at any time in order to avoid actually hurting Yun Xuan.

However, at this moment, Yunxuan's longsword suddenly thrust out, without any dazzling skill light, only an extremely fast sword shadow.

It was as if a dreamlike flower made of steel had suddenly bloomed in front of him!

"Ding ding ding ding...!"

A series of dense, almost continuous metallic clanging sounds rang out like popping beans!

Sparks flew between the two of them!

Li Xin's seemingly flawless lightning strike was actually blocked by Yun Xuan.

Yunxuan's footwork was perfectly coordinated with his skillful deflection of force, and his body swayed only slightly as he forcefully withstood the storm of attacks!

"How is this possible?!" Li Xin was completely shocked!

She never expected Yunxuan to be able to withstand this attack, so she didn't prepare any countermeasures.

Yunxuan, however, seized the fleeting opportunity to counterattack the instant he blocked all the thrusts!

With a flick of his wrist, the fine iron longsword swept across Li Xin with a heavy arc of light!

In this moment of crisis, Li Xin dared not hold back in the slightest!

A layer of pale golden light suddenly burst forth from her body!

Her right hand plunged her longsword into the ground in an instant, and she uttered a low shout: "Ascension Formation!"

"boom!"

A dense, holy golden light suddenly erupted from the center of her longsword planted in the ground, forming a light pillar barrier with a diameter of two meters, firmly protecting her in the center!

"Clang! Clang!"

Yunxuan's slash struck the golden light barrier with a dull thud, but was completely blocked.

Even a counterforce came, deflecting his sword.

Using the momentum of his hind leg, Yunxuan quickly widened the distance, panting heavily.

The series of extreme blocks and counterattacks he just executed had also taken a toll on his mental and physical strength.

The golden beam of light slowly dissipated, revealing Li Xin, whose face was slightly flushed.

She looked at Yun Xuan, who was standing guard not far away, with great frustration, and bit her lip: "Fine! Little guy, you even forced me to use the Ascension Formation to neutralize your attack."

Ascension Formation, a Tier 3 defensive skill for Punishment Knights, is a life-saving skill for crucial moments.

"This is my last move. If you can withstand it, I'll admit defeat!" Li Xin felt her face burning.

Being forced to use such a "cheating" defensive skill by a newly awakened little guy to stabilize her position was really embarrassing for her.

She took a step forward, her figure suddenly leaping up, her right hand sword whistling through the wind as she cleaved down at Yun Xuan's head!

However, Yunxuan seemed to have anticipated this, and the moment the opponent leaped up...

Instead of taking the powerful sword strike head-on, he accurately predicted its landing point.

With an extremely light side slide, she avoided the attack, while at the same time, the longsword in her hand gently touched the joint of her wrist!

Although the force was not strong, the angle was tricky and the timing was precise.

Li Xin felt a numbness in her wrist, and the sword's momentum instantly dissipated. When she landed, she couldn't help but stagger.

Yunxuan's sword tip was already firmly positioned three inches in front of her throat, exuding a chilling aura.

The outcome is decided.

The training ground fell silent for a moment.

Nalan Shu was dumbfounded.

Li Xin's beautiful pink-blue eyes widened as she looked at the calm young man so close to her, her heart churning with turmoil.

"I... lost."

She lost... she actually lost to a boy who had just completed his divine awakening only half a month ago!

Despite having an absolute advantage in terms of total spiritual power, skill mastery, and even combat experience, the result was quite the opposite.

Yunxuan's near-perfect swordsmanship foundation, as well as his superhuman reaction and predictive abilities, far surpassed hers.

It felt as if every step I took was within the other party's calculations.

"At the same level... I'm afraid I wouldn't last ten moves against him," Li Xin thought to herself.

This little monster's combat talent is simply terrifying.

"Slap, slap, slap..."

Rhythmic applause came from the sidelines.

Nalan Shu strode over, his face filled with undisguised amazement and admiration: "Good! Good lad! Brilliant! Xin'er, you've finally met your nemesis."

Li Xin sheathed her two swords, her face flushed.

Ignoring Nalan Shu's teasing, she instead moved closer to Yun Xuan, asking curiously, "Little brother, tell me, how exactly did you cultivate? Your swordsmanship, your reflexes, are simply inhuman... uh, simply not something someone your age should have!"

She simply couldn't understand what kind of training could produce such combat skills.

Yunxuan sheathed the fine iron longsword back into the weapon rack, giving a seemingly perfunctory but undeniably genuine answer: "Practice hard, practice like your life depends on it."

There are no tricks involved, it's all "blood and sweat".

Li Xin was clearly not satisfied with the answer, but Yun Xuan didn't seem to be lying.

An image of a strict teacher with a rigid face and extremely demanding requirements involuntarily came to mind.

To train a teenager to such an extent, what kind of terrifying person must that teacher be?

"I see..." Li Xin nodded thoughtfully.

"Then what kind of person must your teacher be to train you to be like this?"

Yunxuan twitched the corner of his mouth and said, "A... emotionless tool."

This description startled Li Xin, who then filled in the blanks in her mind.

He really is a cold and ruthless strict teacher!

Treating training as the sole purpose and disciples as weapons to be forged, it's no wonder that Yunxuan fights with a calmness beyond his years.

As for Yunxuan's "relentless training," to her...

This further confirms the extreme training methods that are unimaginable or even unbearable for ordinary people.

Her gaze toward Yunxuan held a hint of sympathy.

She had no idea that Yunxuan meant exactly what he said.

Every time Yunxuan made a mistake in actual combat, the price he paid was a real "death" experience.

His opponents in actual combat had no emotional fluctuations whatsoever; they existed purely to defeat and "kill" him.

Thinking of this, Yunxuan couldn't help but shake his head.