Chapter 1 Watching

Looking at Ziyan Liuyun's confident smile, yet hearing nothing, Zhao Yueru was beside herself with anxiety, but there was nothing she could do except stare blankly at the arena.

Only Bai Qingxue remained calm, quietly observing Ziyan Liuyun.

Previously, Bai Qingxue had only given Ziyan Liuyun a cursory glance because of the Spirit Serpent, without any real observation.

Now, upon closer inspection, she discovered that this little girl, Ziyan Liuyun, although seemingly lively, clever, and harmless, possessed an indescribable sense of oppression, completely different from Canglang Zhantian.

Canglang Zhantian was more akin to a slumbering, hungry wolf, exuding coldness, brutality, and sharpness.

As for Ziyan Liuyun, Bai Qingxue didn't know how to describe it, because she had never encountered this feeling before.

It was like the starry sky at night: silent, vast, and profound.

"Just who is this little girl Yefeng brought?" Bai Qingxue had great confidence in her keen sixth sense; it had never been wrong, especially after playing God's Domain, it had become even more acute.

Ziyan Liuyun naturally noticed Bai Qingxue's constant attention, and merely nodded at her with a playful smile.

In the arena, Shifeng and Tengshe faced each other, both observing the other.

Both were Swordsman class; the only difference was their levels. Shifeng was only level 22, while Tengshe was level 24. The two-level gap, coupled with Tengshe's mastery of the combat skill Eye of Perception, which far surpassed ordinary people in terms of insight, made it seem like a one-sided situation in Tengshe's favor.

However, even after the signal for battle had sounded, Tengshe remained motionless, like an old monk in meditation, with no intention of charging at Shifeng.

"Tengshe, what are you doing?"

"Why isn't he moving?"

Cao Chenghua and the others found Tengshe's behavior strange. Normally, Tengshe was a battle maniac who would go crazy at the start of a fight, never acting like this.

Today was certainly strange.

"Tengshe truly has extraordinary talent." Canglang Zhantian smiled faintly, watching the motionless Tengshe.

"Brother Canglang, what does that mean?" Lingshe asked, puzzled.

"Battle is not just about physical condition, but also mental state. Maintaining appropriate calmness and excitement in spirit is the best state for battle. Tengshe is doing this to adjust his mentality," Canglang Zhantian slowly explained.

Just as Canglang Zhantian was explaining, Tengshe in the arena was no longer so excited, his eyes carrying a trace of clarity, clearly having prepared for the best battle.

Suddenly, Tengshe drew his twin swords, stomped hard on the ground with one foot, and charged straight at Shifeng.

As the first apostle of the Devouring Serpent, Tengshe's equipment was naturally beyond reproach. His two long swords were one Dark-Gold rank and one Fine-Gold rank, and most of his equipment was Fine-Gold rank, making it absolutely top-tier equipment in God's Domain right now.

A distance of twenty-plus yards was covered in an instant, and he immediately began a speed attack.

He had no intention of playing slowly with Shifeng.

However, facing Tengshe's speed attack, Shifeng merely leisurely drew out Abyssal Blade and Hellfire Shadow, leaned forward, and lightly waved his twin swords, adopting a stance to meet the attack.

Suddenly, the atmosphere in the entire arena changed, and almost everyone felt a shiver and their hair stood on end.

"What... what's going on?"

Bai Qingxue clearly felt it; the sensation came from Shifeng within the arena.

"Just who is this Yefeng? Why do I feel a chill just from seeing the stance he's taken?" Cao Chenghua looked at Shifeng with shock.

Just adopting a stance to meet the attack caused everyone in the arena to be intimidated, their hearts pounding wildly, the arena deathly silent, as if the entire arena had been swallowed up.

Facing Shifeng's intimidation, Tengshe was like a startled bird, suddenly stopping in his tracks.

As for why Tengshe stopped, even Tengshe himself didn't know.

After reacting, he immediately charged at Shifeng again.

"Commendable courage." Shifeng nodded after seeing Tengshe's actions, smiling faintly.

Although Shifeng's voice was soft, Tengshe, with his keen senses, clearly heard it, and was immediately enraged, using Chasing Wind Sword, his speed increasing again, slashing out with his sword.

However, after Tengshe entered attack range, Shifeng swung his sword even faster.

This sword was as fast as lightning, fleeting in an instant.

Abyssal Blade landed directly on Tengshe's neck, but a strange scene occurred: the sword, which should have struck Tengshe, missed. Tengshe's upper body completely disappeared from Shifeng's sight.

Upon closer inspection, it could be seen that Tengshe was arching his body backward, using this to evade Shifeng's fatal blow.

"Too bad." Tengshe grinned hideously.

Before Tengshe could finish speaking, somehow the two sharp swords in Tengshe's hands had already pierced towards Shifeng's side abdomen, the angle of attack incredibly tricky, making it impossible to avoid.

Shifeng had no choice but to activate Sword's Orbit, blocking the two strikes and creating distance.

"Just what is going on? Tengshe can even dodge such a fast sword?" Zhao Yueru considered herself to be an expert, with excellent dynamic vision. In her opinion, the sword that Shifeng had swung earlier was perfect, fast to the extreme, impossible to dodge, but it didn't hit Tengshe. Instead, Shifeng was struck by two swords; it was simply too bizarre.

In the arena, Shifeng looked at the location where he had been struck earlier, then looked at Tengshe's smug smile, and said unhurriedly: "I didn't expect you to hide so deeply; you actually have such fast reaction speed."

"I am the number one of the Twelve Apostles, and a Swordsman. How could my reaction speed be slow?" Tengshe laughed. "But what surprises me is you. You are not simple either, being able to use Sword's Orbit at the first moment. Your reaction is not slow either."

"No, that's not what I meant." Shifeng shook his head and said, "More precisely, your nerve reaction speed is too fast, so you were able to avoid my sword, wasn't it?"

"Oh? You noticed so quickly?" Tengshe said with a slight surprise, laughing nonchalantly. "But so what if you noticed? Do you think you can break it?"

"Qingxue, what are they talking about?"

In the audience, many people heard the conversation between the two, but Zhao Yueru was completely confused and looked at Bai Qingxue, who had a look of realization, and asked curiously.

"You saw the sword Shifeng swung earlier; it can be said to be perfect, but Tengshe dodged it. Do you know why?" Bai Qingxue said with a very solemn expression.

"Isn't it because Tengshe noticed Shifeng's attack and dodged it?" Zhao Yueru completely didn't understand.

"You could say that."

"But noticing is one thing, and dodging is another. With the speed of Shifeng's sword and such a short distance, even the top Assassin wouldn't be able to dodge that sword, but Tengshe did it."

"The reason is Tengshe's nerve reaction speed. When ordinary people perform actions, the brain goes through three processes: cognition, understanding, and response. The time required for this entire process, based on the nerve reaction speed of ordinary people, is approximately 0.3 seconds. Even top sprinters who have undergone rigorous training take about 0.15 seconds."

"This speed of nerve signal transmission, no matter how much ordinary people train, will not be less than 0.1 seconds. Of course, this is common knowledge, but based on Tengshe's previous reaction speed, it was 0.07 seconds, or even only about 0.06 seconds, far exceeding ordinary people. In other words, ordinary people can make three or four actions in one second, while Tengshe can make more than ten actions."

"Because of this, Tengshe not only dodged Yefeng's sword, but also simultaneously thrust two swords at Yefeng."

"This is no longer a problem that can be solved with skill and effort, but rather talent..."

"It can be said that Tengshe is a true combat genius!"