Moonlight poured like a waterfall, spilling over the wilderness outside the Royal Capital.
Lucia’s elegant figure leaped high under the moonlight, like a soaring phoenix spreading its wings. The longsword in her hand carved an graceful arc through the air.
Then her blade descended from on high, like a blue lotus suddenly blooming in the night wind.
The Sword Qi was overwhelming, exploding outward in all directions with her as the center. The fierce Wind Blades howled past, and the hard ground was as soft as tofu before the terrifying gale—easily sliced open.
Deep, bottomless cracks spread outward, and rubble flew high along with the dust.
“Tch—”
Selina gritted her teeth, her small figure rolling, dodging, and weaving through the overwhelming storm of Sword Qi.
The golden fairy girl under the moon revealed a satisfied smile.
‘Ah, this is about enough. Training to this level is sufficient for Miss Selina to handle the Sera Academy exam.’
‘But Miss Selina is really amazing. Not only does she have terrifying talent, but she also has that never-say-die spirit. If I weren’t taking advantage of my superior cultivation level, it’s hard to say who would win or lose…’
‘Well then, as a reward for her hard work, I’ll go easy on her. I wonder what request Miss Selina will make of me? This is really exciting!’
‘Will she treat me to a meal? Or want me to accompany her shopping?’
‘Or… give a more… excessive order?’
At the thought, the corner of Lucia’s pretty mouth curled into a sly arc. Her slender brows bent like crescent moons, and her golden eyes held a hint of anticipation, like a shimmering lake surface that made one want to drown in them.
However—
Just as Lucia was about to lower her longsword, pretending to be exhausted, and give the Silver Dragon girl an opening…
What this brilliant, heaven-blessed maiden never expected was that the Silver Dragon Loli on the opposite side would not advance but retreat. Instead of charging after her as predicted, she quickly widened the distance.
?!
Lucia was slightly stunned, a flicker of surprise passing through her golden eyes. ‘Could it be that Miss Selina saw through me? She’s unhappy that I’m taking it easy?’
‘Huh?’
From the ring, Lilith’s voice grew anxious: “Stupid lizard! Why are you retreating! She’s out of magic now! This is your chance—go hit her!”
But the Silver Dragon girl remained unmoved, only continuing to increase the distance. Then she revealed a look that saw through everything.
‘Heh heh heh—’
‘A proud Phoenix Dominator, a Heaven’s Chosen Female Protagonist—how could she run out of stamina so quickly?’
‘Are you kidding?’
‘Does she think I wasted all those light novels in my past life?’
‘Such an obvious trap would only fool that idiot Laura!’
Selina’s eyes darted, her mental abacus clicking: ‘Heh heh heh, Lilith, you’re such a small fry. That blond jock is clearly pretending to be low on magic, just waiting for me to charge in! Then, when I excitedly pounce, she’ll turn around and one-shot me—tsk tsk, I’ve seen this routine too many times in anime!’
‘Gigigi!’
The little Silver Dragon felt extremely clever, her silver-white tail raising proudly behind her like a cat that had stolen a dried fish.
“Uh… I feel like she’s deliberately going easy on me?” Lilith’s voice grew puzzled, uncertain.
“Stupid bat!”
Selina rebutted fiercely in her mind, her childish tone carrying a hint of superiority: “Who knows Lucia better—you or me?”
She frowned, gritting her teeth as she looked at the elf girl and began analyzing: “A blond jock like her absolutely loves showing off! She must want to defeat me thoroughly, then flaunt her power so I submit completely—
Heh, I’ve already tasted this kind of routine too many times!”
Lilith listened, then suddenly clapped her little hands in realization: “Wow, I thought she was trying to take it easy and make you happy…” She paused, her tone laced with indignation: “Tch, how nasty—that little girl from the Kerill family. Just as nasty as her ancestors. Lucky you saw through it!”
“Of course!”
Selina put her hands on her hips, proudly lifting her little head, her tail nearly pointing to the sky: “Follow your mama Selina and watch closely! Back in school, they used to call me the ‘Love Saint’!”
As she spoke, she wagged her tail triumphantly.
But—
‘If you want to lure me into a trap, I’ll just turn your strategy against you!’ The Silver Dragon girl’s expression grew serious.
Moreover, she opened her mouth and took a deep breath, as if struck by sudden enlightenment, her eyes lighting up: “Lilith, I think I now understand what you meant about using blood to enhance magic!”
Her voice carried confidence. After the sparring, she felt her movements grow faster. The Wind Blades she could barely dodge at the start she now evaded easily. And her blood was boiling, constantly supplying her with greater strength.
The feeling of getting stronger as she fought was incredible. If consuming a portion of her blood could replenish her magic, even enhance her speed and strength, wasn’t that a conditional ‘Wind Spirit Moon Shadow’?
From the ring, Lilith was stunned for a long moment before reacting: “Wait, hold on? What do you think you understand now?”
Silver-white magic power continuously surged from the Silver Dragon girl’s fingertips, draping her like a thin veil as she danced gracefully under the moon. With her elegant steps, cherry-pink flames also began to burn in her hands.
Ice and fire—two forces that were originally incompatible—now slowly interwove in her dance, like a wandering Silver Dragon and a soaring fire phoenix, dragon and phoenix in harmony. The exquisitely beautiful girl in the dance lifted her head, her gaze meeting Lucia’s, her voice wild and unrestrained.
“Take this, Miss Lucia!”
Then Selina unleashed everything—her full power poured into this one strike. This was the limit of what she could achieve. If this attack missed, even without Lucia lifting a finger, she herself would be unable to move from overconsumption of magic and blood.
“Not good!” Lucia also sensed the terrifying magical power contained in that strike. She didn’t dare take it lightly and quickly gathered cyan magic power in the air, forming layers of wind walls to resist.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
The wandering Silver Dragon, wrapped in a burning fiery coat, broke through several wind walls unstoppably and arrived before Lucia. Even the always-composed Lucia had to get serious now. She raised both hands, golden magic surging forth to meet the charging dragon head-on.
“Come, Selina, let me see your full strength.”