Naked Sword Art

"I'm coming"

.

.

.

Xiao Fang had no time to reply, nor did he intend to, because the moment she spoke she rushed towards him. 

Unexpectedly, Xiao Fang met her half way, but he stayed on the defensive after the first few exchanges. Fighting her was something he couldn't take lightly, he knew if he made even a single mistake the fight would be over. 

[ Misdirection ]

She simultaneously delivered 4 kicks from both directions, 3 of them being illusions, but Xiao Fang didn't react to any of them, only blocking the real kick to the side of his head.

Li ChangYing's eyes widened in disbelief, and it reminded her of the first time they met.

'Can he really not see any of my illusions? Can such a man exist? No, it must have something to do with the blindfold he's wearing,' she thought, but she had no time to think about it as Xiao Fang's attack quickly came next. 

"Too slow," she said.

Spending no time to block his attack, she spun herself to dodge it and deliver another kick at the same time. However, Xiao Fang's attack wasn't real, but his use of the [ Misdirection ] technique made her think he was positioned in a way that would leave himself open to another kick. All the while, his real body remained still, giving him plenty of time to attack the new opening he created. 

'He...'

The moment she realized what he did, it was already too late.

Li ChangYing wasn't just shocked, she was terrified. In less than a second he had already put her in a vulnerable position. The misdirection technique wasn't supposed to be used that way, so she was more enlightened than shocked.

"You're too hasty," Xiao Fang said.

There was no time to think about what kind of pressure point he might attack, she understood she was the most vulnerable around her lower abdomen and waist in that moment, so she instinctively defend it, but Xiao Fang had something else in mind.

*Slap*

The sound of his hand slapping her face rung out through the entire forest.

"Did he just..."

In that moment, there was no one in the Nameless guild spectating that didn't have their jaws dropped. Even Su Lingxi couldn't believe what she was seeing. Not only did he get a clean hit on a Dragon-Class disciple, but he wasted his opportunity to deliver a critical blow to simply slap her.

After landing back on her feet, Li ChangYing covered the side of her face he slapped and looked at him feriously, but she eventually concealed it.

"You bastard!" The Li girls shouted in anger, but Li ChangYing held out her hand as if to tell them to stay back. 

Ever since he stepped outside, the only thing Xiao Fang was thinking about was the incident between Li Xiang and Li ChangYing. Although it was none of his business, Li Xiang was punished by Li ChangYing after giving Xiao Fang the [ Misdirection ] technique, so his only intention was to return the favor.

The look in Li ChangYing's eyes were different now, because she finally came to the realization that Xiao Fang had the upper hand. 

Not only did she have to reduce her Body Cultivation realm to match his for the fight, she couldn't use her Spirit Cultivation techinques at all because Xiao Fang could see right through her illusions every time. On top of that, he could still use his Illusionary techniques against her, and it wasn't anything to take lightly. 

It finally made sense why the other girls were no match for him. If Li ChangYing was going to beat him, she needed to defeat him with nothing but pure martial arts.

'It seems she already figured it out,' Xiao Fang thought.

He wasn't confident in his own martial art skills to win against her, he only made it this far because the other girls were too reliant on their [ Misdirection ] technique to work against him.

Still, Xiao Fang had used the [ Clone Duplication ] technique before coming outside, so it didn't matter what they did to his body, he had another Solid Clone sitting in a meditative position in the guild house.

Suddenly, changing her stance, Li ChangYing came at him again.

[ Striking Starlight Stream ] 

The other girls couldn't understand what she was thinking, but seeing her fight with pure martial art techniques was just as exciting. Not even 5 seconds went by before she was able to land a clean hit on him. Luckily it wasn't enough to destroy his [ Solid Clone ], but Xiao Fang knew it was only a matter of time till he lost this fight.

He had only ever went all out on a hand to hand combat against his mother, so he was surprised to see how far it would get him against other martial artists. Clearly, from the last exchange, he was not in Li ChangYing's league.

"I'm going to end this," Li ChangYing said.

Even if she didn't say anything, Xiao Fang knew this would be the final exchange.

Xiao Fang would just barely get her once, but she'd get him back 3 times more. Slowly getting cleaner hits on him before landing a powerful strike directly at his shoulder, lower abdomen, then chest. 

On one knee, Xiao Fang could feel a crack on his chest starting to form, and it was spreading quickly. 

'This was the end,' Xiao Fang thought.

Xiao Fang got up from his knee to show everyone present what was happening to his [ Solid Clone's ] body.

"You... what are you," Li ChangYing asked in shock.

"I'm merely a Solid Clone. You didn't think you were fighting against the real me did you?" Xiao Fang replied.

"That's a load of crap, do you really expect us to believe that you beat so many of us with a clone?" One of the Li girl's Xiao Fang had earlier defeated shouted to him.

"Believe what you want, but I'm telling the truth. This [ Solid Clone ] technique is our Nameless Guild's unique technique!" Xiao Fang announced loud enough for everyone to hear.