Xiefei and Dongfang Jiang exchanged several moves, neither managing to harm the other.
Xi was excitedly recording with a camera.
“Impressive.”
Dongfang Jiang blocked Xiefei with his sword.
Looking at Xiefei, whose chest was slightly heaving, he couldn’t help but praise.
“You’re not bad either…”
Xiefei looked at Dongfang Jiang, who was equally calm, and gave her own compliment.
“Then, I’m going to get serious now.”
Xiefei injected a large amount of Rainstorm Energy into the Magic Devices and aimed them at Dongfang Jiang.
“Flower Rain.”
Xiefei’s dual guns attacked Dongfang Jiang.
Dongfang Jiang manipulated two Elemental Swords to block her attack.
Xiefei’s expression remained as calm as ever.
The blocked energy bullets exploded in midair, pouring down on Dongfang Jiang like rain.
“?!”
Dongfang Jiang immediately turned the Swamp Sword into an Energy Shield.
Xiefei’s attacks were all blocked by Dongfang Jiang’s energy shield.
Xiefei was a bit surprised that Dongfang Jiang could block the first round of attacks.
He was only the second person to block this move unscathed.
Dongfang Jiang didn’t give Xiefei a chance to fire a second shot.
He immediately controlled the remaining three Elemental Swords for a fierce assault, while quickly Harmonizing the depleted Swamp Sword.
“Um, such a vast amount of energy…”
Xiefei’s body turned light blue and disappeared before Dongfang Jiang.
[Host, be careful of your back.]
The System’s voice sounded simultaneously.
Dongfang Jiang merged his three swords into one, centering himself.
This was his first time in a while using his second Authority.
“Guh!”
Xiefei felt her body suddenly become very heavy.
But fortunately, during the earlier fight, she had scattered Rainstorm Energy throughout the entire training ground.
She completed another teleport, creating distance from Dongfang Jiang.
“It’s not over yet.”
Xiefei finished her second charge.
She had originally planned to finish Dongfang Jiang with a single shot at close range, but Dongfang Jiang used the Authority of Control, forcing Xiefei back.
This also gave Xiefei an opportunity.
She fired dozens of shots in succession with her charged dual guns.
“It’s over. Downpour.”
Xiefei was very disappointed that Dongfang Jiang would make a similar mistake.
In her view, Dongfang Jiang, with only one sword left, had no way to defend against her attack.
“That’s not certain.”
With the boost from his Authority, Xiefei’s attacks all stalled in midair, then fell to the ground.
Dongfang Jiang calmly Harmonized the fallen energy.
After replenishing, four Elemental Swords circled around him again.
Xiefei looked at Dongfang Jiang.
She fired several shots in succession with her two Magic Devices.
These energy bullets split into multiple energy bullets in midair, pouring down on Dongfang Jiang.
After entering the Gravity Barrier constructed by Dongfang Jiang, Xiefei’s energy bullets hit her own energy bullets, propelling them forward to attack Dongfang Jiang.
This was the first time Dongfang Jiang had seen such an attack.
Xiefei’s combat awareness was the strongest he had ever encountered.
“It won’t trouble me.”
Dongfang Jiang raised his hand.
His ring emitted a brown light for the first time in a while.
Earth energy burst forth from the ring.
Upon contact with Dongfang Jiang’s Earth energy, Xiefei’s energy bullets were all suppressed to the ground.
“Troublesome. I lose.”
In just a few minutes, Dongfang Jiang went from advantage to disadvantage and back to advantage.
Xiefei felt there was no need to continue fighting.
From a practical standpoint, Dongfang Jiang could have used his Elemental Swords to slice her into mincemeat long ago.
“Thank you for the compliment.”
After confirming the result of the battle, Dongfang Jiang put away the four Elemental Swords.
He wiped the sweat from his forehead and looked at Xiefei.
Xiefei took two Supplement Potions from her Storage Ring.
She tossed one bottle to Dongfang Jiang, then unscrewed her own and took a big gulp.
Then Xiefei looked at Dongfang Jiang and asked a question that had been bothering her for a long time.
“So why didn’t you use that move on those assassins?”
“Ahaha… I didn’t expect hidden weapon sneak attacks… And this move consumes a lot of energy.”
“I see… Then, happy cooperation.”
Xiefei’s mouth curled slightly.
After confirming Dongfang Jiang’s strength, she chose to cooperate with him.
“Oh my, so Miss Xiefei can smile too.”
Bei’er, who had arrived at the training ground at some point, saw Xiefei’s smile and was a bit surprised.
Xi heard Bei’er’s words and used the camera to capture the moment.
By the way, aside from this photo, everything about today was eventually destroyed by Xiefei.
After that, things went smoothly.
With the preparations by Bei’er and Xiefei, Dongfang Jiang used Xiefei to get in touch with the other Guardians stationed at the Badan Family.
Xiefei sat in the Badan Family’s Council Chamber.
She calmly drank the tea prepared by Yisela’s maid, and handed Dongfang Jiang’s personal letter to Yisela.
“I see. So Dongfang’s actions are faster than I expected.”
Qin Ye had been worrying about how to deal with Xiefei, but she didn’t expect Dongfang Jiang had already completed the task himself.
“At this stage, we share a common goal. But you all… are you really Dongfang Jiang’s Guardians?”
Xiefei glanced around the room at the crowd.
It was hard to say whether they were protecting Dongfang Jiang or Dongfang Jiang was protecting them.
“Hey, hey, if you want a beating, Ignatius will turn a blind eye.”
“Apologies. That was rude.”
Seeing Gracia, who was a bit irritated, Xiefei apologized to avoid trouble.
“Let’s get down to business. So our current task is to make Gracia the public face of Dongfang Jiang, right?”
Yisela had long heard of Xiefei’s sharp tongue.
Without much emotion, she calmly spoke to Xiefei.
“Yes.”
“Then…”
“I’ll have you assist in investigating the assassination case of Dongfang Jiang. With Miss Badan and Miss Douglas’s help, Gracia just needs to display Glacier Energy.”
“Okay, I understand.”
After preparations, Gracia disguised herself as Dongfang Jiang.
In full view of the entire Royal Capital’s citizens, surrounded by Pandana and Yisela, Dongfang Jiang was taken by Xiefei to the office for a security investigation.
Within ten minutes, this matter reached the ears of the Kingdom’s high-ranking officials.
“Hmph… Still daring to show up? This man’s courage is bigger than I thought.”
At Wenster’s Mansion, Duke Winster looked at the intelligence report of Dongfang Jiang’s reappearance, his face showing disdain.
He looked at Madam Wenster, who was drinking tea.
“Something?”
Madam Wenster didn’t look directly at Duke Winster, calmly sipping her lavender tea.
“Of course. I need you to concoct a new poison for me. Carry out an assassination on Dongfang Jiang as quickly as possible.”
“…Okay.”