"Exactly. So now, it depends on how Ayaka handles it."
'Of course, if she doesn't handle it well, I will.'
The latter part of the sentence was said by Shiki in her mind. Swords have no eyes, and injuries are inevitable. Chika was unleashing all her power, and if she couldn't hold back, wouldn't Ayaka get hurt?
She only had one wife, and she hadn't even cherished her for a few days before she got hurt. Isn't this a joke?
As she spoke, Shiki entered her hyperspeed thinking mode again. The clash between the two, in her eyes, suddenly became like a turtle's crawl. Their speed was naturally not as fast as lightning, so there was no need to accelerate to the limit, although she didn't believe that was her limit.
Moreover, in this hyperspeed thinking mode, her body could also keep up with her thoughts. After all, how fast can normal people swing a sword? The difference between that and lightning is more than a hundredfold.
If she couldn't even keep up with this, then she would have this power for nothing.
Currently, Shiki can accelerate the speed her eyes can perceive to 1300 times that of a normal person. At this speed, she can even see the spread of lightning, which is why she could observe the Lines of Death on Balladeer's lightning.
However, the speed at which her body can react is far from this level; it simply cannot keep up with her eyes.
Moreover, at this speed, the duration of a single use is extremely short, about 0.5 seconds, but she can use it consecutively, though it consumes a lot of elemental power and puts a great strain on her body.
Otherwise, why did she lie on the ground for so long after cutting down Balladeer? She was exhausted!
Fortunately, this state can be actively entered and exited, and the acceleration multiplier can be adjusted, from 1 to 1300 times that of a normal person, with basically every fifty times counting as a notch.
Correspondingly, the duration of a single use will gradually shorten from slow to fast, ranging from several hours without issue to being exhausted to death in 0.5 seconds, which is quite extreme.
And the hyperspeed mode Shiki has now entered is fifty times that of a normal person. This level is sufficient to ensure Ayaka's safety, and her body speed can also keep up.
However, it turned out that Shiki was completely overthinking. Ayaka transformed into ice and scattered, and Fujiwara's Uchigatana, engulfed in lightning, swung through the air.
"Wh..."
Fujiwara had no time to react. An ice element mark appeared at her feet, and then...
Whoosh!
An ice pillar made of frost rose from the ground. Seeing that the frost was about to touch her, Fujiwara immediately released all the lightning attached to her body, which was used to enhance her physical abilities.
Boom!
The lightning left her body, forming a sphere around her. This 360-degree barrier prevented Fujiwara from being corroded by the ice element.
However, her opponent wouldn't just stand by and watch.
Ayaka reformed her physical body, placing her Amenoma Kageuchi at the right side of her cheek.
Seeing this familiar movement, Fujiwara's pupils immediately constricted. She would never forget that stunning sword strike in the Meikyo Shisui Ryu dojo, and she froze on the spot.
However, she quickly realized that no one else could learn that move, so what her opponent was using must be a different technique.
The Amenoma Kageuchi transformed into a sky full of frost under Ayaka's gentle caress with her left hand, while Fujiwara also condensed a large amount of electro element onto her sword, then plunged it into the ground.
"Kamisato Art: Soumetsu!" "Raijaku!"
A purple light screen extended towards Ayaka, and a vortex of frost surged forward to meet it. Just as the two were about to collide, a golden bolt of lightning suddenly descended from the sky!
Immediately following was the deafening thunder!
Rumble!
A sudden thunderclap, the Archon's clearance manifested at this moment, forcibly dispelling Fujiwara's purple light screen while utterly shattering the frost vortex.
The strong light made everyone close their eyes, and then a clear, cold voice came from the center:
"Not bad, not bad. You two really didn't hold back at all."
Kazuha was the first to open his eyes. Turning his head, he found that the girl beside him had already vanished.
As the smoke and dust dispersed, Shiki's figure gradually emerged. In her drooping hand, a few lingering golden electric arcs remained.
"Although it hasn't been fifteen minutes yet, the strength you've displayed is truly worthy of a Menkyo Kaiden. Congratulations, you can now establish your own school."
"I'll issue you a certificate later with my personal signature. If anyone is foolish enough to trouble you, they're probably doing it on purpose."
"Cough, cough, I understand all that, but why are you standing in the middle completely unharmed?" Fujiwara said, coughing twice. The dust earlier had made her throat uncomfortable.
"Your attacks are quite good for ordinary people, but compared to that Balladeer fellow, they're still lacking," Shiki said, returning to her initial posture with her arms crossed.
"Although I dislike that guy, his strength is truly formidable. He's the strongest opponent I've ever fought, the kind you can only defeat by giving it your all."
"Also, do you want to have dinner together? It's rare that I feel like cooking today, so I'll make you a few Liyue dishes."
"Anyway, looking for a venue isn't urgent, and besides, your Menkyo Kaiden certificate hasn't come down yet, so you can't open a school even with a venue."
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