I am a god-slayer, not your hero.

That slash, like a shooting star streaking across the night sky, was fleeting, leaving behind a chilling glint.

With that slash, the air seemed to freeze for a moment, leaving only that white light darting through the space, leaving behind a series of afterimages.

However, this slash was also silent, like the Grim Reaper's scythe silently sweeping across the night sky.

As the white light flashed, it had already reached the throat of the plucked string.

It was so fast that Mingxian had no time to dodge.

Even the instantaneous teleportation of [Empty Clarity Chasing the Mist].

Even though Mingxian had no murderous intent.

Edelweiss still felt the pull of fate, and with his "mind's eye," he saw through everything and sensed the approaching zither.

Without hesitation, she swung her sword.

The sword light, like a dragon, cleaved through the sky.

Such swordsmanship has reached the realm of the gods.

The last time I saw such sharp swordsmanship was with Tony.

However, this man's swordsmanship surpassed Tony's.

Because of his cursed power, Tony was completely helpless when it came to controlling "qi," and he only managed to reach a state of no thought or intention through swordsmanship.

This sword strike, however, contains destiny, using magic to interfere with phenomena, concepts, and matter.

This sword strike was too sudden to dodge.

Gene lock level three, open!

The exterior view reflected this glint of sword light, and then the sword, which was about to touch Mingxian's neck, suddenly slowed down, as if it had been paused.

My own time has been adjusted.

An imaginary amount of time has been added to the long river of time.

In the relativity of time, Mingxian gained more personal time.

Although it's not a moment turning into eternity, that extreme personal world accelerates.

However, this also stretched that second to be billions of times longer.

Thinking faster.

This acceleration, due to the immense curse power of the Godslayer, cannot be reflected in the physical body, but it is enough for the string to react.

In the long river of time, in the blink of an eye, the zither resonates.

The zither resonated.

The sword light flashed in front of him.

Edelweiss's gaze sharpened, revealing a strong killing intent.

She was certain that the way Mingxian moved to her side was not due to spacetime interference, conceptual interference, or causal interference, but rather fate!

This is fate interfering!

Moreover, even if the demon exhausted all its magic power, burning its soul and sacrificing its destiny, it could only barely reach the intervention of fate.

Edelweiss wielded two pure white swords with both hands, like two butterflies fluttering. With each breath, the swords flashed, weaving a series of unrecognizable combo attacks.

With light steps and sharp strikes, all movements were carried out in complete silence.

Sound is a product of air vibration, a wave of force propagation.

If one can control the energy of one's actions just right, so that every movement does not waste a single bit of force.

What will happen then?

The result is that all movements are as gentle as a breeze, silently containing speed and attack power that are close to 100%.

But such a realm has long transcended the human realm.

The action of striking the string is also silent and slow, neither accelerating nor decelerating, remaining constant throughout.

It is—no beat.

Posture, pauses, presence, and rhythm—everything that opponents could use to predict the next move—has been erased to the extreme.

This is what "no-shot" means.

This is an attack that draws out the greatest power with the least amount of movement, and only a handful of people in Shinryu-ji can do it.

The exterior view reflects every subtle movement of Edelweiss.

The zither's notes flowed like water through the gaps in the sword light, each movement swift and decisive.

Its movements are like a clear stream, and no matter what obstacles it encounters, whether they are dead trees or rocks, it will calmly pass through their gaps and eventually flow into the vast ocean.

The shape of the Azure Dragon is flowing water.

Its footwork is unpredictable; no matter how hard the opponent tries to catch it, it will still seem as if water is flowing over the fingertips.

Use slow to control fast.

At this moment, time seemed to stand still, leaving only the sword light dancing with the clear stream.

In just a brief encounter, Edelweiss understood—

"Magical intervention is useless against him."

All forms of interference—whether temporal, spatial, causal, or fateful—are ineffective. Even if a demon exerts all its power and pushes its abilities to the limit, reaching the level of a god, it will still be forced to resist by the opponent activating its own curse power.

Then use a sword!

Edelweiss wielded his silver blade, unleashing a barrage of strikes like a torrential downpour.

Mingxian steadied himself, gripping the ground with both feet to merge with the earth beneath him, thus maintaining his balance. Then, he raised his fists, instantly channeling his magical power into them.

Zheng!

As if it were an illusion, his fists flashed with a steely light.

Perhaps it's a remnant from the body undergoing multiple weaponizations by the [Thousand Body Scorching Stars].

Perhaps the creation of the Godslayer's [Ring of Usurpation] truly granted him the characteristics of the "Steel God," a metaphor for the "sword."

But at this moment, Mingxian's fists were indeed enough to go head-to-head with the demon's "inherent spirit armor".

His fists slammed out in succession, creating a series of afterimages, as if a thousand hands had appeared. The next moment, the thousand hands clenched their fists and slammed towards Edelweiss's twin swords!

boom!boom!

The sounds of clashing weapons continued incessantly.

The power that had been completely concentrated by the two of them, without dissipating even a trace, suddenly shattered like a water bottle, scattering in all directions.

……

The Hagun Academy is quite a distance from here.

Today is the first day of school.

Just as she was about to pick up a special student, Chairperson Shinguji Kurono suddenly raised her head, her gaze fixed in one direction, her eyes filled with shock and disbelief.

"This sword energy! Could it be?!"

Shinguji Kurono involuntarily stood up, her body trembling slightly with excitement.

boom!

The door to the chairman's office was kicked open, and Nishikyo Ningyin rushed in like an arrow. Her eyes met those of Shinguji Kuro, and both of them saw the same shock and solemnity in each other's eyes.

"Xiao Hei!" Xi Jingning's voice was filled with anxiety and concern. "Did you feel it too, Xiao Hei?"

Both of them looked in that direction and saw a terrifying sword aura rising continuously, raging through the air like a raging beast, making them shudder.

The power of this sword energy is so great that even if you search the whole world, there is only one person who can unleash it.

That was Edelweiss, the world's strongest swordsman.

However, beyond this sword energy, an even more terrifying fighting spirit soared into the sky, its power no less than that of Edelweiss's sword energy.

dragon!

Shinguji Kurono and Nishikyo Nene both had this feeling at the same time.

Sword energy and dragon energy clashed in the air, causing all the swordsmen in Tokyo to tremble, and even the city itself to shake, affected by this terrifying power.

Shinomiya Kurono muttered to herself, "Why...why is that monster here?"

Xijing Ningyin also had a grim expression. She knew that this sword energy was related to Edelweiss, but what worried her even more was the dragon energy.

What battle is she fighting?

This aura reminded her of the terrifying creatures in ancient legends, and a chill ran through her.

……

boom!

The shadows of fists and the light of swords overlapped.

The earth suddenly shattered, turning into a bottomless canyon.

Mingxian and Edelweiss also stopped fighting, standing facing each other on either side of the cliff.

Between the two, a 20-meter-wide, kilometer-long rift was torn open by the collision of their swords and fists.

Edelweiss exclaimed, "Martial arts beyond imagination! Although it is a technique from Shinryuji Temple, you have absorbed it all and are no longer bound by the moves."

“You are also very strong. If we only talk about swordsmanship, I have only seen one person who can compare with you.” Mingxian also sincerely praised him.

Edelweiss nodded slightly, as if the whole world fell silent. He focused his mind and gathered his energy, and the gravitational pull of fate surrounding him intensified suddenly. His sword energy, like a raging dragon's roar, became increasingly powerful and domineering.

Her voice echoed through the heavens and earth, like an ancient call.

"I am the one who cleaves the heavens and the earth with two swords, reaching the unreachable peak and the end."

"My name is Edelweiss, the 'Winged Ones'."

Then she shouted: "Warrior against fate, show your soul and let me witness your power!"

As she called out, a blurry heatwave-shaped outline appeared in the void, outlining a Valkyrie who wielded two giant swords and was over thirty meters tall, standing behind Edelweiss like a reincarnation of the God of War.