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Five hours have passed.

Jiang Feng died a total of thirty-seven times.

Each time, his body was pierced by that cyan longsword.

But his eyes grew increasingly excited.

The woman in green was indeed incredibly skilled with her swordsmanship, but her weakness was also obvious: she lacked staying power.

In particular, her ultimate sword technique, "Azure Shadow Serpent Sword," is incredibly powerful, but once unleashed, it drains nearly 80% of her internal energy.

If you can withstand this move, you can defeat her!

"Whoosh!"

A sudden gust of wind arose, and the purple bamboo forest rippled with waves of green.

The river breeze swirled and danced on the tips of the purple bamboo.

His clothes had already been torn to shreds by the sword energy, but he didn't confront the woman in green head-on. Instead, he used the elasticity of the bamboo forest to create distance.

Once, twice, ten times...

A hint of impatience finally flashed across the woman in green's icy expression.

Just as Jiang Feng stepped onto a withered bamboo, his figure inevitably froze for a moment.

She moved.

"hiss!"

A sharp hiss, like a venomous snake flicking its tongue, echoed through the air.

The woman in green suddenly sprang up, her long sword transforming into a phantom of a green snake, its gaping maw aimed straight at Jiang Feng's heart!

The Jade Shadow and Green Snake Sword!

"That's exactly what I've been waiting for!"

Jiang Feng's eyes shone brightly, showing no sign of panic at all.

Thunder Breathing Technique, activated!

"boom!"

Lightning burst forth, and he transformed into a raging bolt of lightning. Instead of retreating, he advanced, gliding past the Azure Serpent Sword Qi with a cunning, low-lying stance!

Approaching!

Close-fitting!

"Shattered Star Legs!"

Jiang Feng suddenly exerted force from his waist, and his right leg, like a battle axe imbued with immense power, slammed into the protective true energy hastily gathered by the woman in green.

"Snap!"

With a cracking sound, the armor formed from true energy shattered.

The woman in green opened her eyes wide, and a hint of surprise finally appeared in her beautiful eyes.

"It's not over yet!"

Using the force of the recoil, Jiang Feng forcibly twisted his body in mid-air, and the crimson Burning Heaven True Qi surged wildly into his right fist.

"Burning Heaven Flame Fist!"

The scorching heatwave baked the surrounding purple bamboo until it turned golden brown.

With a single punch, carrying the force of an unstoppable force, it smashed down fiercely!

"Bang!"

The punch landed squarely on the woman in green's chest.

Although there was an astonishing softness at the point of contact, Jiang Feng showed no mercy and his violent fiery true energy penetrated directly into her body.

"boom!"

The woman in green let out a muffled groan and flew backward like a kite with a broken string, breaking more than a dozen purple bamboos along the way before finally crashing heavily onto the ground covered with withered leaves.

Won!

Jiang Feng was panting heavily when he looked up and saw the woman in green's body turn into specks of eerie blue light and gradually dissipate.

But at that moment, she suddenly raised her head.

Those eyes, which were originally devoid of emotion, trembled slightly at this moment.

The chilling killing intent faded, replaced by an intense, unyielding longing.

She just stared at Jiang Feng, as if trying to etch his face into her soul.

"Brother Jiang Feng, thank you... for bringing me warmth."

I have no regrets.

The light vanished the next moment.

"boom!!!"

Before Jiang Feng could understand what the other party meant.

A massive flood of memories suddenly rushed into my mind.

……

That was the life of the woman in green.

The snow in the North always carries a pungent, bloody smell.

When she was seven, a strange beast ravaged the city, and the image of her parents being trampled into mincemeat by its claws became a lifelong nightmare for the girl.

She was chained up like livestock by a high-level beast, forced to eat raw, bloody flesh in the freezing cold, and subjected to endless scorn and trampling.

The beast royal family saw her potential and threw her into the assassin camp of the Ten Thousand Gu Devouring Hearts.

"Survive, and you will become the sharpest blade of royalty."

Eleven years later, the girl turned eighteen.

Dressed in green, wielding a sword as sharp as a venomous snake, he became the perfect killing machine for the enemy's high command.

The scene shifts to a dark and damp hostage camp.

The beast royal family set a trap, allowing her to infiltrate and assassinate the human general.

On that very day, a blinding ray of sunlight cleaved open the dungeon door.

A young man dressed in human military uniform walked in.

He kicked the iron cage to pieces and pulled her up, her face covered in mud.

"Don't be afraid, I'll take you home."

That was the first time she met Jiang Feng.

The royal decree was immediately issued:

"Infiltrate Jiang Feng's side, become his woman, and obtain intelligence about the human army camp."

But Jiang Feng is a blockhead.

During the three years they spent together, he treated her like a younger sister.

He would stuff the last of his dry rations into her hands, and drape his only coat over her shoulders on a cold night, but he never crossed the line of romantic love.

"Brother Jiang, you're too kind... I'm not good enough for you."

"If I didn't have that status, I really want to be with you for the rest of my life."

By the campfire, the girl murmured countless times in her heart, her love spreading wildly and incurably like poisonous weeds.

Until that day, the beast royal family issued their final death order: steal the border defense deployment map and coordinate with the beast army to launch a night raid on the military camp!

On a frigid mountain cliff, clutching the intelligence, the girl made the craziest decision of her life.

She pretended to send back incorrect information, then turned and rushed into Jiang Feng's tent, revealing the entire deployment of the alien beasts' forces.

That night, flames soared into the sky, the human race achieved a great victory, and millions of alien beasts lay dead.

But it was also on that night that the girl's identity as a spy was exposed.

Under the heavy rain, special envoys from the military law department surrounded the camp.

Jiang Feng, pinned to the ground in the mud, roared at his superior with bloodshot eyes, "She's innocent! She's the one who delivered the intelligence! Go to a military court, I'll go!"

Inside the tent, the girl was wearing the blue dress that Jiang Feng had bought for her when they first met.

As she listened to the hoarse roar of the river wind outside the tent, her tears finally broke free, but a poignant smile bloomed on her lips.

"Brother Jiang, the hardest time in Qingyi's life was the first half..."

"The sweetest thing is meeting you."

"How could I... let you bear the crime of treason because of me?"

A flash of cold light.

She used the dagger Jiang Feng had given her for self-defense to cut open her snow-white carotid artery.

"Qingyi!!!"

Jiang Feng broke free from the obstruction and rushed into the tent like a madman, only to catch a body that was gradually growing cold.

Crimson blood stained his blue robe, and it also stained his entire world.

She collapsed into Jiang Feng's arms, her hand trembling as she reached out, wanting to touch his cheek one last time, but her hand fell limply to her side halfway...

……

The wind stopped in the bamboo grove.

Jiang Feng stood there blankly, his hands trembling slightly, and tears uncontrollably streamed down his face.

The excruciating pain, even if it was just a memory, still made it hard for him to breathe.

He gazed at the empty bamboo forest, at the spot where the girl had vanished, and his voice, hoarse, uttered that name from deep within his throat:

"Su... Qingyi..."

[Ding! Congratulations, host, for defeating Instructor Su Qingyi and obtaining the King-rank low-grade sword skill: Azure Shadow Serpent Sword!]

[Ding! Your fist technique has broken through! Congratulations on entering the "Dark Realm"!]

[Ding! Host's true energy is overflowing; you have met the requirements to break through to the fourth-grade martial artist level!]

……

P.S.: There will be two more chapters tonight, a little later.