Absolute Speed ​​of a Certain Anime

The passionate commentary of the announcer could be heard from all the broadcasts around the venue.

"First, there's the incredibly handsome young man who emerged from the red gates. Less than ten days into school, he's already captured the hearts of countless female classmates, like an angel descended from heaven! Incidentally, I'm also a fan! But don't think he's just good-looking. In the entrance exam before school started, he had the astonishing record of defeating the chairman, formerly the world's third-ranked 'World Clock', head-on! He's from Class 1, Grade 1, Pojun Academy, and possesses the strongest causal interference ability. He's a dark horse super freshman, Nanxiang Jiangli!"

"Come on, Nanxiang-san!"

"You're the best!"

The moment Jiang Li walked out of the gate, the venue erupted in amazing cheers. The magnificent sound waves drowned out all other sounds at the scene, making him the focus of the scene at this moment.

But Jiang Li ignored any cheers. He cut off his hearing and focused all his attention on the girl who came out of the opposite gate.

"Next up is the other side! She was ranked second in the Pojun Academy rankings at the end of last year. She's participated in numerous 'special calls' and has experienced real battlefield combat. Her bloody abilities earned her the nickname 'Scarlet Lady.' She was also one of the representatives of Pojun Academy at the Seven Star Sword Dance Festival last year. She's from Class 3, Grade 2, and she's from Kanata Guidehara!"

Opposite Jiang Li, a girl holding a parasol walked into the battle circle with graceful steps.

"Now, two powerful magic knights have come face to face. Who will win or lose in this match must have weighed on the hearts of countless people. Now, we will reveal the answer to this question—!"

Chapter 62: Sword Knight (Scarlet Lady)

2023-06-01

"Everyone, get ready!"

The referee walked up, stood right between the two of them, and gave instructions to both of them at the same time.

The referee was a beautiful woman with her black hair tied up in a bun and wearing a suit. She looked very capable and strong.

"Is it actually the chairman himself who is serving as the referee?"

There were vague sounds of surprise coming from all around.

Shinguji Kurono shrugged.

She hadn't originally planned to come, but since her friend asked her personally, she couldn't refuse, so she took on the refereeing responsibilities for the game.

She understood what Xijing Ningyin meant. She simply wanted her to use the power of stopping time to save Jiang Li in time when he was fighting for his life. An ordinary teacher could not rescue him as efficiently as she did.

In the field.

Jiang Li and Guideyuan stood about twenty meters apart.

Following the instructions of Shinguji Heino, Jiang Li silently stretched out his hand, and in a flash of light, the silver-shining Bu Ling Knife was in his hand.

"Come with me, Francesca."

Guideyuan Bifang opened her cherry lips slightly and chanted a spell.

Amidst the magical light surging like shining stars, a rapier appeared out of thin air. Its blade was as thin as a cicada's wing, light and translucent, like an exquisite glass handicraft.

That was none other than the inherent spiritual outfit of Kitano Kitano, Francesca, a typical Western sword-type spiritual outfit.

She held a sword in her right hand, horizontally across her chest.

Then, she extended her left hand, resting it on the blade—and thrusting it slowly.

But the blade of the rapier was too fragile. Before it pierced the other person's palm, it shattered into countless star-like fragments, blending into the surrounding air, flickering.

This is the Scarlet Lady's fighting stance.

Shinguji Kurono watched as Guidehara Kanata shattered his rapier, his eyes narrowed in alertness, but he did not notice any foul play, so he did not say anything but raised his hand.

Then he swung it down suddenly—

“——Let’s go ahead (the game begins)!”

At this moment.

Jiang Li took a sudden step forward, raised the Buling Knife in his hand, and condensed all his strength into one stream. His dark eyes showed a heroic spirit of facing death with indifference.

"Lightning flash? Use it right at the start?"

Shinguji Kurono retreated to the edge of the arena, without taking his eyes off the two people in the battle circle. He was surprised to see this.

She had experienced this trick herself.

The speed of his sudden outburst catches people off guard, and he has a very powerful ability to kill on first sight. If you don't know his special ability and are completely unprepared, you will most likely be defeated by him with one blow.

The only way to deal with this kind of move is to jump to the side as soon as he strikes this stance and before he can activate his ability, so as to prevent him from aiming at you.

At that time, she didn't see through his special ability and thought of confronting him head-on, but she was hit directly and became one of his achievements, which was very embarrassing.

"Because I know that the opponent's ability can restrain me, I planned to start with a quick attack, but——"

Shinguji Kurono shook his head secretly.

This trick won't work.

This distance works!

As Jiang Li was getting ready, his intuition was also sending him signals.

Because people's reaction abilities vary, Jiang Li uses his intuition to judge at what distance it is most appropriate to use Lightning Flint.

During the battle with Shinguji Kurono, he felt that he had to release this move within five meters, and during the battle with Guidehara Bana, Jiang Li felt that even if he released it at a distance of twenty meters, it would be completely sufficient.

Kanata Kitokuhara is not a physical knight. Her strength is overwhelmingly dependent on her own sword-cutting ability. Her reaction ability has not been specially trained and is far inferior to that of Kurono Shinguji.

Just as Jiang Li expected, when he took on his lightning-fast stance, the opponent had not even reacted to the instructions for the start of the game.

This one blow is enough to decide the outcome!

Jiang Li gathered all his strength and let the magic power flow out of his body, intending to decide the outcome in a flash from the start.

But just when he was about to make this move——

“Buzz buzz—!”

In his mind, his intuition suddenly issued an extremely fierce warning!

will die!

He will definitely die!

If you rush forward like this, you will never survive!

The footsteps he had taken suddenly stopped as if he had stepped on the brakes, and the raised long sword also stopped abruptly in mid-air, unable to move forward an inch.

Jiang Li instinctively sensed the danger of death, and abruptly stopped his movements, freezing in place with his sword raised.

"Wise judgment."

Shinguji Kurono secretly breathed a sigh of relief and put away the spiritual outfit of the thinking goddess.

If Jiang Li had really struck with lightning speed just now, the best outcome would have been mutual destruction.

Guideyuan Bifang would be smashed into a pulp by the supersonic knife, but Jiang Li would also be chopped into a bloody mist, without even a corpse left.

If he really used his lightning-fast skills, then Shinguji Kurono would have to end the game early.

What a troublesome little kid.

"...You look like you want to do something, why don't you continue?"

It was only then that Guidehara Kanata reacted.

But even though she was a beat behind, there was no sign of panic on her face. Instead, she remained unusually calm. However, her tone became much more stern, completely different from her previous elegant demeanor.

This is because she has entered a combat posture. Having experience in direct combat with terrorists, her reaction in the competition is completely different from that of an ordinary student knight.

"Since you don't plan to do anything, let me take the first step."

She spoke calmly.

After saying this, she did nothing.

He neither formed the sword Francisca nor made any attacking gesture. He still stood there elegantly, without even taking off the parasol above his head.

But suddenly.

"clatter!"

Jiang Li suddenly felt a tingling sensation on his scalp.

It was as if there was an evil ghost in front of him, and he was like a cat with its fur standing on end. Driven by instinct, he reacted violently and retreated backwards.

It was not until they were more than thirty meters apart that the sense of crisis lingering in his heart slowly dissipated, allowing him to breathe a sigh of relief.

But at the same time, his mentality became more tense.

“…You are very perceptive.”

Guideyuan Bifang was silent for a moment, feeling a little surprised that Jiang Li dodged his attack just now.

"If you hadn't dodged in time, you would have lost by now."

can not tell.

There were no visible signs of an attack.

Even Jiang Li's eyes could not catch the trajectory of her attack, and he could only rely on his intuition to barely avoid the crisis of defeat.

"However, even if you dodged the first attack, your condition hasn't improved at all."

Guidehara Kanata walked gracefully towards the center of the battle circle.

"Didn't you say you'd never compromise with fate before making an effort? Then let me see if you can escape from the clutches of fate."

She compared herself to fate and regarded Jiang Li as a puppet in her palm, as if she could manipulate him at will.

At this moment.

Jiang Li seemed to be able to see a vast ocean of blood emanating from Guideyuan Bifang's body, rushing towards him with an extremely strong smell of blood.

That was the aura that Guidehara Kanata had developed through training as a knight, mixed with unconscious murderous intent, as if her hands were already stained with countless lives.

This is the swordsman knight, Guidehara Banata.

This is exactly——《Scarlet Lady》!

Chapter 63: We Will Definitely Lose If We Continue This Way

2023-06-01

As Guideyuan approached, the sense of crisis lingering in his heart came back again, making Jiang Lizhi feel his head buzzing and his skull tingling.

If you don't keep the distance, you will definitely lose.

Although he couldn't see Guideyuan Bifang's attack, Jiang Li had seen her battle video.

Because Bifang is famous enough, there is a lot of information about her on the Internet. Thanks to this, Jiang Li knows her sword-cutting ability very well.

But precisely because he knew it so well, he found it difficult.

Guidehara Banata's sword-cutting ability is to freely control the countless blades scattered in the air.

Those blades were formed by the other party shattering the spiritual outfit Francisca. Each one was so small that it could not be identified by the naked eye. Even Jiang Li's eyes could not penetrate its trajectory, and there were hundreds of millions of them.

Those blades surrounded her and rotated at super high speed, enough to cut anything that approached into dust. Not to mention human bodies, tables and chairs, even steel could not pass through the area of blades.

Jiang Li originally planned to use lightning strike to decide the outcome before Bifang activated her ability, but it didn't work because when Bifang summoned her spiritual equipment, her ability had actually been activated.

If he had really rushed forward without any scruples, he would have been chopped into a bloody mist by hundreds of millions of blades in an instant, and would have died beyond all possibility of death.

Even if he does not retreat actively, the other party can control the fragments around him to radiate out, invading the enemy's body through the respiratory tract without his knowledge, and wreaking havoc on his internal organs and tissues.

Because it is invisible, no one can usually prepare for it in advance.

It is precisely because of this that her hands are stained with countless blood in the battle against terrorists.

That's why she got such a domineering nickname "Scarlet Lady".

The other party has absolute dominance in the middle and close ranges, and has an extremely deadly restraint on any swordsman.

If she didn't have a powerful long-range attack method like Stella or Senior Sister Daohua, it would be difficult to defeat her through her absolute defense.

The only long-range attack method Jiang Li possesses is the "Sonic Bomb" move. Throwing the Bling Knife in his hand at the highest initial velocity can form a supersonic attack.

But no.

Guidehara Kanata's defense is C, which is on the same level as his all-out attack. At a distance of dozens of meters, the attack power of the sonic bomb is likely not enough.