Divine Might Training

Dark Senluo. Sonia hovered high in the sky, holding a wooden sword. Her expression was devoid of sorrow or joy, and her high red ponytail fluttered in the wind, like a sword sheathed to conceal all its keen edge. With a cloud-shattering boom like a silver vase bursting apart, the ferocious purplish-red phantom of the Oblivion Resentful Blazing Dragon emerged behind Sonia, its silent roar vibrating space-time. She opened her eyes, brimming with majesty without uttering a single word. In a single stride, she crossed a hundred meters of open sky, cleaving downward at Yaxiu with a deep, abyss-like malice and killing intent! With that swing, she unleashed the sun, moon, mountains, and seas, making the plain wooden sword cleave out sword light that encompassed all of creation! Sword light illuminated the dark night while phantoms danced across the earth; their clash reached its peak from the very start! Yaxiu's twin swords spun like windmills as he seized every opening to strike back, using every trick in his arsenal to assault Sonia's weakest defenses. Punches, claw strikes, kicks, elbow breaks, and shoulder bashes—he stopped at nothing. He had never studied swordplay for a single day, and because he was proficient in multiple sorceries, Yaxiu had never been obsessed with pure swordplay. Instead, he relied on past experience and combat intuition, forming a gorgeous yet deadly fighting style! Sonia, however, was completely different. She moved as she pleased without departing from discipline, her sword momentum ferocious yet composed and steady. Walking forward at ease, she was unstoppable—a burning, speeding train, a fully armored cavalry charge. She alone was an army of ten thousand. Unless they saw it with their own eyes, no one would believe a twenty-year-old village girl could embody such an overbearing style. But Yaxiu was not surprised in the slightest—the Sword Princess's dominance was not built in a day, but forged from tremendous self-confidence accumulated through victory after victory. Battling Felix, battling Leonie, the school exchange, the Meteor Calamity, Dimi, the Astral Legion, the Sword Discipline Angel... Starting from the Knowledge Sea and Sword Flower University, she had fought across three thousand li and endured countless trials without defeat. She had tasted revelry and tyranny, witnessed blazing stars and lunar stars, and experienced clamor and tranquility, ultimately stripping away all pretense to temper a combat style that swore victory. As the Undefeated Sword Princess, her pride was planted upon the battlefield like a banner. Unlike Yaxiu, who could only act on whims because he had never learned formal swordplay, Sonia was unconstrained yet wielded every kind of swordplay secret art naturally, embodying the elegance of a sword sorcerer to perfection. The Vosloda secret Wave Swordplay technique: "Shift Annihilation"; the Night Moon Swordplay supreme technique: "Hidden Edge"; the Rhythm Swordplay: "Rhythmic Cadence"; the Ode to Flowers and Swords: "Slash, Thrust, Sever"; the Astral Zenith Swordplay: "Starfall"; the Sword Discipline Angel: "Law"... Some swordplays she had exchanged from the Astral Hall, some she had secretly copied, and most of them she had previously only imitated without delving deep. But now, she could master all swordplays from a commanding height, even innovating further with every swing—faster and stronger than the originals, advancing further than their creators! For the first ten minutes, they fought back and forth on equal footing. After thirty minutes, Yaxiu was defending more than attacking. After sixty minutes, Yaxiu had fallen into a complete disadvantage. In such high-intensity, heated combat, the disparity in their swordplay talent was laid bare. At most, Yaxiu could only prevent his performance from slipping, but Sonia continuously improved throughout the battle. Far from growing weary, her thoughts became even more exhilarated and impassioned. She was practically like a Veela among sword sorcerers, constantly drawing nourishment while beating Yaxiu black and blue! During one exchange, Yaxiu carelessly revealed an opening and was struck by Sonia's thrust, flying back more than a dozen meters and slamming into a rock, leaving an indentation. He released his grips and raised his hands in surrender. "Stop—" Smack! Yaxiu took a heavy knock to the head. Clutching his skull, he looked at Sonia aggrievedly, while she withdrew her wooden sword and said casually, "Sorry, couldn't stop." A swordplay demigod telling me she couldn't hold back her sword? Speechless, Yaxiu said, "I feel like that strike had a bit of personal grudge mixed in..." Sonia gave him a sidelong glance, sliced the rock next to her into a smooth chair with one cut of her sword, sat down, and said sarcastically, "What personal grudge could I possibly have against you?" "Last night..." "Don't mention last night to me!" "We were in the wrong last night..." Yaxiu spread his hands. "If we're in the wrong, just be unreasonable!" Sonia said, puffing out her cheeks. "I suspect you were shamelessly letting them catch us on purpose! I kept my voice down—it must have been you who gave us away!" "Now you're being completely unreasonable." Caught between tears and laughter, Yaxiu asked, "Then why didn't you resist?" "Because I have shame!" The more Sonia spoke, the angrier she became, to the point that the Oblivion Resentful Blazing Dragon nearly manifested from her fury. "Did you see that Witch? Celebrating together was bad enough, but her attention wasn't even on you—she kept staring at me the entire time! When I'm intimate with you, I never provoke her like that! And that Silver Lantern, vulgar and shameless! Everyone was watching, yet she still... It's because of her that our boundaries keep getting broken step by step!" She had already undergone an hour of divine might training, and now, stopping only to fume with rage, a light layer of sweat naturally formed over her soul body, her breathing growing shallow and rapid. Yaxiu remembered something and drew close to wrap his arms around her. Sonia showed a hint of distaste. "You just broke a sweat..." "Aren't you the same?" "Just because I'm sweating doesn't mean I can't dislike your sweat, can I? Don't get all sticky on me." Yaxiu wondered if the advice Dead Frenzy gave him was wrong, but seeing Sonia's look of disgust, he raised an eyebrow, pulled her into his embrace, and buried his face in her hair to take deep whiffs. "It's fine, I don't mind you." "Ew." Sonia voiced disgust, yet her eyes and brows were brimming with smiles. She sniffed Yaxiu's neck and asked curiously, "Did you spray perfume? Why does it smell so fresh?" "How could I?" Yaxiu sniffed himself. "No smell at all, and my clothes don't smell like detergent either. Did you smell your own scent? You smell pretty sweet to me." Sonia carefully sniffed herself, then sniffed Yaxiu's neck again, absolutely certain. "It's definitely the scent on you." Sniffing back and forth, they naturally ended up clinging to each other. However, knowing full well that he was a malignant distraction, Yaxiu spoke up after a moment: "I should head back. Are you staying to continue training?" Sonia nodded. "That divine might training just gave me some inspiration. I'll see if I can sort it out." Time to slip away; he had no common language with swordplay geniuses like her. Wiping his lips with the back of his hand, Yaxiu stood up and said, "Then I won't disturb you. Remember to come back for lunch—" Sonia grabbed his wrist, leaned in, and gave him a soft kiss. Her face blushing like fire, she stared intently into his eyes and commanded bossily, "No wiping." "You're like a puppy marking its territory..." "I'll bite you!" Yaxiu pulled Sonia close, undid the ponytail she had casually tied, and parted her red hair into front and back sections. He tied the front half into a short ponytail and the back half into a long ponytail, then threaded the long ponytail through the gap of the short one. That way, her hair was gathered high without pulling tightly at her bangs, making it much more comfortable and aesthetically pleasing. "If you're feeling lazy, find me to tie your hair before training next time. Back when I had to take care of Lisi, I learned quite a few techniques." "Mm." Sonia let out a soft, sweet hum through her nose, and gently bit his neck.