The shuttle in the second dimension

　"This is - Lin Xuan? Who is the other one!?" Stella murmured, staring blankly into the distance.

　"【Biyi】, the other one is 【Biyi】!!" Ikki, who had fought with 【Biyi】, instantly recognized the owner of the sword style, and he also recognized the owner of the knife style.

　"Is this the real gap between us, Lin Xuan?" Looking at the direction of the knife, Dao Hua bit his lower lip and said bitterly.

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　When all those who could feel the two forces were shocked and terrified, the two forces finally met.

　This is an abandoned old factory. Although it is surrounded by various waste materials and abandoned buildings, there is a large open space in this abandoned factory. Although it is not big, it is definitely enough for sword and knife battles.

　Holding [Destroy] tightly in his right hand, Lin Xuan looked blankly at the pure white Valkyrie holding two swords standing opposite him.

　The pure white Valkyrie holding two swords standing opposite Lin Xuan was none other than [Winged] Edwards. At this moment, apart from her swords, the only thing in her eyes was Lin Xuan standing in front of her, just like Lin Xuan now only had his own sword and her in front of him in his eyes.

　After meeting, the two did not greet each other as they did before. Instead, they just looked at each other silently.

　The next moment, as if they had agreed on something, they both moved in tacit understanding. In an instant, the dark blade light and the pure white sword light began to bloom.

　chi chi-

　In just a second, the residual force of the two swords left crisscrossing cuts on the ground and the air.

　As time passed, in a matter of moments, the soaring old factory suffered unprecedented destruction. The overwhelming wind pressure frantically cut everything around it, leaving smooth cuts on the ground, buildings, and equipment. As the pure white sword light flashed, the air was continuously sliced ​​apart, leaving behind a series of air faults. A leaf floated gently across the air faults, being cut into tiny fragments without any hindrance, and continued to float in the wind.

　The knives and swords kept colliding. The speed at which the two men swung their knives and swords was so fast that it was invisible to the naked eye. If it weren't for the fact that they swung their swords (knives) so fast, and bursts of light were ignited when they brushed through the air flow, and the sparks splashed when they collided, it would probably not be felt that they were swinging swords (knives) at all.

　When Lin Xuan was watching Ikki fighting his fake, he once said that Edward's sword was the king of swords that combined speed and sharpness, and his knife was the king of knifes that combined speed and power.

　Edelweiss, already inferior to Lin Xuan in strength, was even weaker when Lin Xuan's swordsmanship prioritized power. Furthermore, she wielded two swords, relying on only one hand to swing them, making her even weaker than Lin Xuan, who wielded them with both. Therefore, Edelweiss's hands trembled slightly with each collision. While the two swords weakened her strike force, they dramatically increased their frequency. This also forced Lin Xuan to swing her sword even faster to withstand the dual swords' ferocious attack frequency.

　Lin Xuan knew very well that when facing Edwards who wielded two swords, his attack frequency could not keep up with her, just as she could not keep up with him in strength. Therefore, while Lin Xuan tried to speed up his sword swinging speed as much as possible, he also tried to make those blows that he could not take in time fall on unimportant places.

　Of course, Lin Xuan was not completely exhausted from resisting. Due to the difference in the power of the slashing, Edward's slashing would sometimes be deflected by Lin Xuan, and Lin Xuan also took advantage of such opportunities to leave scars on Edward, although they were also in unimportant places.

　boom--

　After this collision, both sides tacitly agreed not to swing their swords again, but instead took a step back and stopped.

　Finally, Lin Xuan and Edwards' warm-up was over.

Chapter 2: Battle

　Sorry, I had an exam (professional course) a few days ago.

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　The warm-up is over and the real battle officially begins.

　The next second, the two parties that had stopped suddenly disappeared from the spot.

　With the constant collision and friction between the sword and the knife, countless sparks began to burst out. This was a more dangerous collision than before. No matter whether it was the sword or the knife, they were all shining with a cold light. Every knife and every sword was aimed at the enemy's vital points. The residual power caused by every knife and every sword was destroying the venue. Every knife and every sword was carried with strong emotions.

　At this time, neither Lin Xuan nor Edwards had any energy left to think about anything else. They had devoted themselves to the battle wholeheartedly. The only thing left in their minds was to swing their swords and win.

　And in the constant collision, the pure white sword light broke through the pitch-black knife light and fell on Lin Xuan's body, cutting his flank without any hindrance. The high temperature caused by the high speed passing through the air directly burned the wound on Lin Xuan's flank, but no blood splashed out.

　The wound to his side didn't affect Lin Xuan. He continued to wield [Destruction], delivering one slash after another. But soon, he suffered another deep sword wound. As if starting from a bad beginning, as time went on, Lin Xuan's clashes with Edwards increased, and so did his sword wounds. Even though each wound burned from the intense heat of Edwards's high-speed slashes, the blood that flowed from them stained Lin Xuan's shirt red.

　Although Lin Xuan was not completely without achievements, the injuries he left on Edwards seemed a bit insignificant compared to the injuries Edwards left on him.

　With more and more injuries, Lin Xuan could no longer maintain the state of being completely immersed in the battle. As his gaze refocused, Lin Xuan finally came out of that strange state. At the same time, some useless information that he had been ignoring also rushed into his brain, further affecting his state.

　'Even after all these years of hard training, I'm still a little inferior?' This thought flashed through his mind, and Lin Xuan swung his sword to block Edwards's blow that was about to chop off his head.

　"As expected of the world's strongest swordsman, you leave no one with a chance to react. But I don't intend to lose to you again this time." Lin Xuan whispered in his heart, a cold glint in his eyes.

　With a leap, Lin Xuan appeared in front of Edwards. Facing the pure white sword light that Edwards slashed towards his shoulders, Lin Xuan acted as if he didn't see it, and didn't care at all whether his hands would be separated from his body by the two sword lights.

　The fingers of his left hand tightly grasped the base of the blade of [Destroy] under the wrapping of magic power. At this moment, Lin Xuan's right hand suddenly pulled out [Destroy] from the pressure of his left hand. Through the power of his right hand swinging the sword and the power accumulated by his left hand, the slashing blow by Lin Xuan instantly stepped into the next realm.

　The pitch-black blade light slashed upwards towards Edwards' vitals. At that moment, time seemed to be infinitely stretched.

　In that infinitely stretched time, looking at the pitch-black sharp blade that was heading straight for his vitals, Edwards made a quick decision, retracted the two swords that were slashing towards Lin Xuan's shoulders, and turned to resist the attack towards his vitals.

　The next moment, black and white collided with each other. As the sparks dissipated, the white sword light was defeated and forced to reveal its true form. The dark knife light took this opportunity to slash towards Edwards, who was wide open. It could have cut Edwards in half, but Edwards seemed to have foreseen the ending. She took a step back when Lin Xuan swung the knife, and in the end only a hideous wound was left on the white skin of her abdomen.

　But soon after, Edwards' counterattack came. In an instant, the pure white sword light seemed to freeze time. When time continued to flow, the pure white sword light had already swept across Lin Xuan's body and added two wounds to his body.

　"Is this what the [World's Strongest Swordsman] looks like when he's completely serious? Did I let that fight go so smoothly?" Thinking this, Lin Xuan's mouth slowly curled up into a grin.

　"As expected, it's truly wonderful to be able to fight against such an opponent!!"

　In an instant, Lin Xuan once again entered a state where he completely ignored useless information and only focused on the battle. At this time, he could clearly feel that his slashing attacks had become faster...

　Originally, Lin Xuan was at a disadvantage in the swordsmanship competition with Edwards, but now this disadvantage has become smaller and smaller. Moreover, the most outstanding feature of his swordsmanship is not just the speed. If you pay attention, you will find that with the increasing number of collisions, Edwards's hands holding the sword began to tremble slightly.

　[Ba Jin] was a technique Lin Xuan had created specifically for his swordsmanship. While it didn't make his sword faster, it did make it more powerful and significant. Even Edwards's hands were beginning to feel strained from the constant clashes with Lin Xuan.

　"You have become stronger." Edwards said lightly, with the corners of her mouth slightly raised. By now, her mood began to rise. In fact, to be able to have such a battle, not to mention Lin Xuan, Edwards was also very excited in her heart.

　"If I don't become stronger, how can I defeat you?" Lin Xuan replied with a smile, once again exiting the state of fighting. Unlike the previous forced withdrawal, this time, it was completely according to Lin Xuan's own will.

　After a brief conversation, the two sides collided again.

　This time, both sides seemed to have abandoned their defenses and launched a frenzied attack. In an instant, the air was sliced ​​apart and the earth was torn apart. At this moment, both sides' sword (knife) skills were brought to the extreme. Every sword and every knife was beyond the reach of ordinary people.

　One, two, three, as the battle continued, the wounds on Lin Xuan and Edwards' bodies continued to increase. Some were insignificant wounds, while others were large wounds that were life-threatening. All kinds of sword (knife) wounds appeared on their bodies, and the scarlet color on their bodies turned into dark red.

　At this time, the two people who were originally colliding fiercely suddenly separated.

Chapter 197: The Battle is Over

　"Hahahahahaha I won hahaha" Lin Xuan was lying on the ground in a panic.

　A mixture of blood and sweat soaked his bangs, making them stick to his forehead in a mess. Feeling the discomfort caused by the sweat flowing into his eyes, Lin Xuan closed his eyes tightly, and while preventing the sweat from continuing to flow into his eyes, he raised his left hand to wipe away the sweat around his eyes.

　"Ugh--" Lin Xuan couldn't help but groan at the severe pain coming from his right shoulder.

　Lin Xuan's right hand, which was originally holding the knife, was no longer there, and instead there was a smooth cut that was constantly oozing blood.

　Before, the reason why the two suddenly separated was not because they needed to rest due to the rapid depletion of physical strength, but because they wanted to decide the outcome with the final slash. When the two attacked again, the black blade light and the pure white sword light collided with unprecedented speed and light. At that time, the two could no longer care about anything else. At that time, the only thing in their minds was the slash. At that moment, Edward's slash first cut off Lin Xuan's right arm. When the other side of the sword wanted to cut off Lin Xuan's only remaining left arm, Lin Xuan narrowly missed and hit Edward before Edward could cut off her left arm. She was seriously injured and unconscious, unable to fight again.

　"If the last blow had been slower, not only would I not be able to defeat Edwards, but she would even cut off my left hand." With a wry smile, Lin Xuan stretched out his hand to stop the bleeding of the remaining small part of his right arm.

　"Huh--" Lin Xuan sat up with difficulty using his left hand to support himself.

　"Well!"

　Suddenly, a wound about five centimeters long appeared on Lin Xuan's face.

　"Is it the air fault left by Edwards?" Lin Xuan said with a wry smile as he slowly moved back a distance.

　"Speaking of which..." Muttering, Lin Xuan glanced to his side and saw Edwards lying unconscious in a small pool of blood not far away from him.

　"- Are you still alive?" At the last moment, both of them had launched their most powerful slashes. At that time, they had no time to care whether they would take each other's life. In fact, if they did not have the intention to take each other's life, they would not be able to defeat each other at all. Therefore, after the last slash, Lin Xuan only knew that he had defeated Edwards, but he did not know whether Edwards died under his slash.

　Lin Xuan struggled to get up from the ground, and walked towards Edwards tremblingly, holding on to his sword. Although the distance was not far, Lin Xuan was injured all over, and his physical strength was almost exhausted by the last slash. Moreover, in the fierce battle before, Edwards had no idea how many slashes she had made. Now this area was full of air faults left by her. If he was not careful, he would get a wound on his body like before.

　Finally, after much effort, Lin Xuan reached Edwards's side. He stuck his crutch (knife) into the ground and sat down beside him, not caring if he landed on the small pool of blood beneath him.

　"Luckily, she's not dead." Turning Edelweiss over, Lin Xuan twitched his lips as he looked at her most fatal wound. "Looks like she needs treatment quickly. Otherwise, if she keeps going this way, even if she survives my most powerful blow, she'll die from excessive blood loss."

　With that, Lin Xuan used his restricted powers to simulate Wu Zi's healing magic to treat Edwards. Of course, Lin Xuan couldn't perform precise treatment. After all, he had no professional training. Even if he knew healing magic, it wouldn't be effective. If he used it carelessly, without properly treating certain areas, it would only make the injury worse. He had previously tried to counteract the backlash of his own abilities, but it not only failed, but also worsened the injury, nearly causing him to cough up excessive blood.

　In order to prevent Edward from dying at the hands of a quack like him, Lin Xuan only used healing magic to provide Edward with some simple treatments, at least to ensure that she could hold on until he could take her to the hospital for treatment.

　"Huh..." After taking a long breath, Lin Xuan lay back down. "I'm exhausted from fighting with all my heart and soul, but..."

　“——It feels so good.” Lin Xuan said with a satisfied look on his face, grinning.

　After waiting for an unknown amount of time, Lin Xuan finally got up after regaining some strength. Glancing around, Lin Xuan frowned slightly. "There are too many air gaps left by Edwards. Forget it, let's just do a good deed and clean them all up."

　"But before that again--" Lin Xuan glanced at the broken arm lying alone on the ground, pulled the corner of his mouth, and shook his head helplessly.

　"Okay, now all my limbs are broken once." Picking up his broken wall, Lin Xuan took many detours and returned to Edwards.

　Putting his arm on the ground temporarily, Lin Xuan raised his only remaining left hand, and then accompanied by a burst of magic power, the dark [Destruction] began to overflow from the [Annihilation] blade. The next moment, the dark slash slashed towards Lin Xuan's surroundings, clearing the air faults imprinted in the air.

　After clearing those open air faults, Lin Xuan dispersed [Destroy] and used his only remaining left hand to pick up Edwards and his own broken wall and leave this place.

　Because the place where Lin Xuan and Edwards fought was an abandoned factory. Although the surrounding area was deserted, there was at least a road leading to the highway. When he walked to the side of the highway, Lin Xuan put Edwards down, leaned against a tree on the side of the road, took out the mobile phone that he had put away before the battle, and called Wu Zi.

　"Hello~~~Wu Zi?"

　"it's over!?"

　"Well, it's over. I'll send you an address now. Come pick me up."

　"Are you injured? Is it serious?"

　"It's okay, it's not life-threatening, but there's a seriously injured person here. I'm afraid you'll need to come over and treat him as soon as possible."

　"I know, I'll be there right away."

　"Ah."

　After sending his address to Wu Zi, Lin Xuan closed his eyes and leaned quietly against the tree to rest.

　After waiting for almost an hour, Lin Xuan opened his eyes when he heard the noise and saw an ambulance driving over from a distance.

　“Here I come——”

Chapter 198

　I have been preparing for the exam in the past few days, sorry.

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　"Your injuries--" After getting out of the ambulance, Wu Zi couldn't help but frowned when he saw Lin Xuan's miserable appearance.

　"How can victory be achieved without paying any price? It's good enough that only a hand is broken. Look, this hand is still quite intact. Once it is reattached, it will be just as good as before." Lin Xuan joked, shaking the broken arm in his left hand.

　"You can even make a joke about this? I've lost to you." Looking at Lin Xuan shaking his broken arm, Wu Zi couldn't help but laugh at him.

　"This person—is that your opponent?" Wu Zi raised an eyebrow at the seriously injured and unconscious Edelweiss beside Lin Xuan. Because there were other people present, Wu Zi didn't reveal Edelweiss's identity. "She's more ordinary than I thought. Perhaps that's because she's already unconscious."

　"Alright, hurry up and carry her up. Her injuries are much more serious than mine. If she's not treated, she'll die here."