Feng Yi took General's "Musou Isshin" head-on and not only remained unharmed, but also shattered General's blade?
How could this be possible?!
Kujou Sara, watching from the sidelines, saw Feng Yi in action for the first time and was unexpectedly, incomprehensibly, gaining the upper hand.
If it were anyone else, it would be understandable, but Feng Yi's opponent was the epitome of martial arts, the Electro Archon!
Kujou Sara felt her worldview begin to crumble.
"How is this possible?"
The Electro Archon gazed at the golden, radiant Feng Yi. Her "Musou Isshin" had struck, yet it left no mark, and her weapon was the one that shattered.
The Electro Archon couldn't believe it, but the broken blade in her hand stung her eyes.
She admitted, she had underestimated him.
"Hmph. I admit, you are a formidable opponent. Henceforth, I will go all out. I hope you do not disappoint me!"
The Electro Archon discarded the broken remnants of her sword and, wielding another blade, her eyes alight with excitement and fervor, she looked at Feng Yi.
Since her creation, she hadn't felt this excited in a long time.
Her nearly rusted body could finally move!
"Hold on a moment. Fighting won't solve everything. How about we try a different approach?"
Feng Yi observed the Electro Archon's eager, excited gaze and his heart skipped a beat. It seemed he had pushed things too far.
He had trained with Xiao for a while, and his martial arts were decent, but compared to someone who had maxed out their combat prowess like the Electro Archon, it was inevitably insufficient.
He was merely borrowing the power of the golden paper to temporarily suppress her.
If they were to truly fight, how much golden paper would that consume?
Feng Yi quickly called for a halt, but the Electro Archon didn't listen. Her blade was already crackling with terrifying lightning.
"We can talk about it after the fight!"
The Electro Archon flashed, appearing before Feng Yi, her long sword lunging towards his throat, aiming for a swift kill.
Is she serious?
Feng Yi's eyelids twitched wildly. The Electro Archon truly intended to kill him!
Every strike was deadly, without any hesitation.
*Zzzt!*
A three-zhang wide, dangerously purple lightning slash struck Feng Yi's chest.
Feng Yi's golden radiance flared intensely for an instant, overwhelming the purple light in the blink of an eye.
The immense force from the blade, coupled with Feng Yi being pushed back several steps, was overwhelming.
Feng Yi dodged to the side, and the purple light, following his flank, 'swished' past him.
Even though Feng Yi's golden body had consumed a large portion of this blade's power, its residual force was still formidable. It grew with the wind, and within a few breaths, it had transformed into a massive purple beam several meters long.
This several-meter-long blade energy horizontally bisected the Tenshukaku.
The next second.
*Crackling...*
Several massive wooden beams, too thick for even adult men to embrace, snapped in half. The enormous structure could no longer bear the weight and groaned under the strain.
*Rumble!*
The Shogunate soldiers patrolling outside the Tenshukaku were horrified to discover that the Tenshukaku, representing the General's authority, had collapsed!
Staring blankly at the ruined Tenshukaku, the Shogunate soldiers couldn't believe what they were seeing. Someone dared to demolish the Tenshukaku?
Who gave them such audacity?
Weren't they afraid of the General's wrath?
Feng Yi protested, "The Tenshukaku was destroyed by your General, I am innocent!"
"General! Lady Kujou Sara! Are you alright?"
The Shogunate soldiers, regaining their senses, rushed forward and called out into the ruins.
"All of you, stand down. The General is currently sparring, and this is not something you can interfere with!"
Kujou Sara's voice echoed from the smoke of the ruins.
"Yes, as you command!"
The Shogunate soldiers breathed a heavy sigh of relief. They had thought some rogue element was attempting to assassinate the General.
Turns out, it was just a sparring match.
As the Shogunate soldiers retreated, they wondered inwardly, who could possibly be sparring with the General to such an extent?
As the dust from the collapsed Tenshukaku gradually dissipated, the Shogunate soldiers finally saw the divine being sparring with the General.
It was a man radiating golden light all over, wielding a purple longsword, fighting the General on equal footing.
With every move, it seemed as if they could shatter the void.
This was beyond human capability, wasn't it?
"What are you all doing here? Seal this place off at once! Do not let the assassin who attacked the General escape!"
"Lord Kōyō? But Lady Kujou Sara said it was a spar..."
The Shogunate soldiers looked at Kōyō, who was slowly approaching, feeling bewildered.
Lady Kujou Sara said it was a spar, while Lord Kōyō insisted it was an assassination.
They were unsure whom to believe.
"Sparring? Ridiculous. Would sparring take place within the Tenshukaku? That scoundrel is using the guise of sparring to attempt assassination! Obey my command, seal off the entire area, and do not let that scoundrel escape!"
Kōyō coldly glanced at Feng Yi, who was still fighting. He was greatly alarmed. He hadn't expected the unassuming Feng Yi to possess such power, to be able to fight the General to a standstill.
After Kujou Sara had left, he had followed her stealthily, feeling uneasy, and had unexpectedly witnessed this scene.
He had already offended Feng Yi. For his own safety in the future, he absolutely could not let him live today!
It would be best to cooperate with the General and kill him on the spot.
"This... Yes! As you command!"
The Shogunate soldiers were about to say something more, but upon seeing Kōyō's sinister and terrifying gaze, they were instantly intimidated.
"All of you, retreat! No one is allowed to interfere with the General's duel!"
Kujou Sara hadn't expected Kōyō to arrive at this moment and attempt to interfere with the battle between the General and Feng Yi.
Whether for the sake of fairness in the duel or to protect Feng Yi, she would not allow an outsider to interfere with the fight.
"Lady Kujou Sara, Lord Kōyō, this, this..."
Although Kōyō held a higher position, as the guards of the Tenshukaku, Kujou Sara was their direct superior.
The Shogunate soldiers' gazes flickered between Kujou Sara and Kōyō. Caught between the two, they didn't know whose orders to follow.
"Kujou Sara has been deluded by the assassin and is colluding with him. She is now also an accomplice! As the head of the Kujou clan, I command you to apprehend her as well!"
A trace of malice flashed in Kōyō's eyes. Since Kujou Sara was determined to oppose him, he wouldn't hesitate to discard any past affections.
"Silence! Do not twist the truth any further! You deceive your superiors and collude with the Fatui, bringing disaster upon the people of Inazuma! The General will surely not forgive you..."
Kujou Sara was furious. Being falsely accused and having the tables turned by Kōyō, she glared at him angrily.
The Shogunate soldiers were now completely bewildered, their brains overloaded, utterly clueless about what to do.
Meanwhile, while Kujou Sara and the others were talking, the battle between Feng Yi and the Electro Archon had entered its most intense, white-hot stage...