Surprise showed on Mengdie's face. The sharp sword edge almost whistled past her chest, bringing a chill that immediately tensed her battle nerves. Unconcerned about her torn clothes, Mengdie swiftly rolled backwards several times, retreating more than ten steps away, vigilantly watching the two men slowly standing up.
Her chest was completely exposed, revealing the snow-white skin underneath. Although the drooping clothes still covered the most crucial parts for a "woman," it was barely so, exposing "dangers" with the girl's every movement.
Mengdie didn't pay much attention to her open clothes. Instead, she was more concerned about Xiu and Edward. Seeing their eyes filled with fighting spirit and inexplicable excitement, Mengdie thought for a moment and then clenched her fists, assuming a combat stance.
"What do you two want to do?"
The glimpse of snow-white skin from her open chest made Edward's blood boil, his nerves nearly collapsing several times! After a few glances, he abruptly bit his teeth, stabbed his sword into the ground, quickly took off his jacket, and threw it to Mengdie.
"Here... put on some clothes first! I mean... it wasn't intentional! It was purely an accident!"
After speaking a few words, Edward's face turned red again.
Mengdie caught the jacket Edward threw, pondering. Truth be told, her current outfit was indeed tattered. After all, she had been wearing it for over two months without changing. Although she never had the sweaty odor of a man...
Mengdie nodded, draped Edward's jacket over herself, and got dressed. Once ready, her gaze returned to the two men before her.
Xiu remained silent, a smile on his lips. His staff's tip again began to gather a spectrum of lights. Edward also didn't hesitate, pulling out the obsidian sword, with the spiritual sword technique already applied. It looked like they were serious!
Mengdie took a deep breath and pulled out her pair of gauntlets. After removing the last flame magic fragment, she put on the gauntlets, brought her hands together, and bowed to the two men—
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"Well then. Let's put aside the reasons for now. The best way to get stronger is through real combat! I won't hold back, and I hope you don't either. Bring your best fight to me!"
Edward and Xiu exchanged glances, apparently misunderstanding Mengdie's intention. Xiu didn't seem to mind, but Edward's eyes lit up, thinking Mengdie was really accepting the challenge! He nodded slightly, held his sword level, aiming at Mengdie, no longer trembling. And just as he was ready for confrontation, the girl, ten steps away, had already reached him!
"Whoa!!!"
A powerful punch, without mercy, aimed at Edward's chest, startled him! He instinctively pulled back his sword-holding hand, placing the sword flat in front of his chest! The punch landed on the sword, and the loud explosion and trembling made Edward lose his grip, sending him flying backwards!
Wow... such speed! Such strength!!! If not for actually fighting her, one would never realize how terrifying she really is!
Edward uncontrollably flipped three times in the air and fell clumsily on the distant grass. Mengdie, having landed a hit, didn't pursue. Her main target wasn’t Edward, but the one frantically conjuring magic—
Xiu!
"Xiu Mula! Don't think I'll give you time to cast your magic like I did with Edward!!!"
With Edward, who had been blocking Xiu, now repelled, there was no longer anything between Xiu and Mengdie. The staff was still gathering colorful lights when Xiu saw Mengdie approaching. His face changed, and he hurriedly hugged his staff and turned to flee! But how could his speed compare to Mengdie's? Suddenly, the back of his neck tightened, grabbed by Mengdie's hands! Grabbing the collar, Mengdie, without hesitation, used the momentum to leap up, bending her knees, aiming accurately at Xiu's waist!
Knees and elbows are the most damaging parts of the body for striking. Mengdie's knee strike clearly showed that her earlier statement about not holding back was no joke! Xiu's face turned pale, no longer caring about the incomplete magic, the colorful lights dispersed from the staff, blocking between him and Mengdie!
"Bang—!"
Despite the magic barrier, the huge impact still sent Xiu's lower body flying uncontrollably! But since his neck was caught, he couldn’t fly away and was instead smashed directly onto the grass by Mengdie! Another loud noise, and the injured Xiu was in so much pain his eyes almost popped out.
"Wow! You... you really want to kill me, don't you?!"
Lying flat on the ground, Xiu's mouth involuntarily leaked blood, his face filled with terror as he yelled. But his terror was not yet over when he saw a small figure somersault onto his chest and sit down. One hand held his head, the other already clenched into a fist! And the face of that small figure... was wearing an excited smile!
"I said, I'm absolutely serious!"
Clearly, Mengdie was excited... Ever since coming to this world, her battles were always accompanied by some reason. And she had always been fighting for these reasons. But that wasn’t her nature. Her nature was not the result of the battle, but the process of it! For her, the perfect fight was one without reason, without shackles, purely for the sake of fighting! Only this way of fully immersing herself in the battle could truly bring a smile to her face.
"Swish!"
Just as Mengdie's fist was about to crush into Xiu's chest, a surge of sword energy from the side forced her to jump off Xiu. The black sword blade flickered, turning into dots of black light under the moonlight, aiming at Mengdie's head, chest, abdomen, and other vital parts. And the girl's mouth still held an excited smile, fighting with those ordinary sword-resistant gauntlets. For a time, the sound of clashing filled the air.
"Mengdie! Please believe me, I will become the man you expect! And then, marry me——!!!"