Within the dark currents of the Abyss, the figure of the Dark Star constantly shuttled through space like a venomous snake crawling in a cave, rushing toward its prey.
On the other side, a holy white light flickered in mid-air like the sun; by simply existing there, it could deal unimaginable blows to the surrounding darkness.
Swish swish swish—!
Although invisible to the naked eye, in Skirk's perception, Edelweiss indeed released countless sword lights, attacking everything around her almost indiscriminately.
And this Abyss created by Skirk, which should have been like The Chasm—solid as a rock and immovable as a mountain—
Actually turned directly into Enkanomiya under Edelweiss's attack...
Edelweiss was the Dainichi Mikoshi at the center, capable of influencing the entire Enkanomiya at any time, but Skirk was no pushover either.
Even though the entire Abyss became turbulent due to Edelweiss's influence, Skirk still didn't show any nervousness, but instead...
Attacked fiercely!
Clang—!
Two white blades clashed in the air. The current Edelweiss was actually on par with Skirk in terms of strength, not even retreating a single step.
No, that's not it...
Skirk narrowed her eyes slightly. Edelweiss's strength was inferior to her own—that was a certainty, and the previous probing had led both sides to that conclusion.
But how long had it been?
It had only been a few seconds, yet Edelweiss already had a way to counter it.
If Edelweiss's strength wasn't enough once, then stacking it several times would be sufficient.
She only needed to use the extraordinary speed of the Wings-Aligned Sword at the moment of the strike, stacking multiple slashes on the sword's trajectory to reach a level of power equal to Skirk's.
If a few times weren't enough, then she would stack dozens or hundreds of times!
Until she could overpower Skirk!
In the next instant, the force transmitted through the azure radiance suddenly overpowered Skirk; clearly, Edelweiss had stacked even more Wings-Aligned Swords.
The method was simple and crude, but the effect was indeed obvious.
She did indeed suppress Skirk head-on in a short period, but this didn't mean Skirk was without any moves...
The Black Snake Swordsmanship taught by the Supreme Evil Knight Surtalogi was performed to the extreme by Skirk. Although it was no longer the orthodox Black Snake Swordsmanship of Khaenri'ah, by the time Surtalogi brought calamity to the cosmos, the Black Snake Swordsmanship had long since become increasingly perfect.
Since coming to this world, the only person Skirk could practice swordsmanship with was Jingliu, and now...
She had encountered another!
Skirk and Edelweiss both exerted their full effort, using no extra abilities at all, relying purely on swordsmanship for a head-on confrontation.
Under Skirk's influence, the Wings-Aligned Sword was no longer as hidden as before, but instead, along with Skirk's sword light, covered this Abyssal world.
Fortunately, before the battle began, Skirk had the foresight to pull Edelweiss into this space to fight. Otherwise, if they really fought outside, even if they held back their power, the entire region would probably sink into the sea, wouldn't it?
However, Skirk didn't care about this land in the Far East anyway; what did it matter to her whether it sank or not?
The main issue was that her mission wasn't finished yet, and students with the talent to become Desperados were too hard to find. Other than the original male and female leads and supporting characters, Skirk really couldn't think of anyone else who might have that potential.
But now, she had to focus on the battle before her, even going as far as to let the Jingliu on the other side completely stall so she could concentrate her spirit fully.
Whether this battle ended in victory or defeat was not important to Skirk.
The important thing was whether she could grasp the true essence of a Desperado during her battle with Edelweiss...
However, staying in a stalemate forever wasn't an option.
To more easily observe a Desperado, Skirk decided to put a little pressure on Edelweiss!
The Black Snake Swordsmanship she was originally using against Edelweiss transformed in an instant. Within those sword techniques were contained the swordsmanship skills of all the nations on the continent of Teyvat.
Mondstadt, Liyue, Inazuma...
Sumeru, Fontaine, Natlan...
As well as Nordic and Snezhnaya.
Wherever Skirk had been, she had learned the combat techniques of the relevant regions. This sudden change in moves caused Edelweiss, who had been enduring the Black Snake Swordsmanship, to freeze for a split second.
If it were just a sudden shift to another single technique, Edelweiss would surely have reacted immediately, but what Skirk shifted to were almost all the techniques of the Teyvat continent simultaneously, equivalent to an entire world.
Edelweiss, known for being able to face a nation alone, was now actually facing the swordsmanship of the entire world of Teyvat! And even more shockingly, Edelweiss actually held her ground!
Facing the combat styles of an entire world at once, Edelweiss appeared to be struggling somewhat—even her exposed abdomen was reflecting light from sweat—but holding on was holding on, no explanation needed.
What did she use?
This allowed the concentrated Skirk to see a faint thread... it looked a bit strange, like the red thread of fate tied by the Old Man under the Moon, but with many differences.
This was not a thread describing love, but a deeper one belonging to the Power of Destiny.
She really saw it!
The reason so-called Desperados are called existences that transcend destiny is that they can mobilize the Power of Destiny to rewrite their own fate to a certain extent. Edelweiss had just done so.
Skirk's sudden change of moves should have left a bone-deep wound on the female swordsman, but such a thing was influenced by the Power of Destiny, giving Edelweiss ample time to react and withstand Skirk's attack head-on.
Most importantly, there was not a trace of confusion in Edelweiss's eyes; they were filled with sharpness!
This is a Desperado!
For some reason, Skirk suddenly had a feeling, as if she had already touched that bottleneck and only needed one final push to step through.
Thus, she once again set her sights on the white-haired woman before her. Since she had already gained so much from her, she wouldn't mind gaining a bit more, right?
After all, Skirk's change of moves wasn't limited to swordsmanship, but included all combat techniques!
Because Skirk was a master of all weapons!
No matter the weapon or the combat technique, Skirk was not weak; she was even excessively well-rounded.
So what Edelweiss had to face next was an even more violent offensive than before!
Sabers, swords, spears, bows, and staves.
All sorts of martial arts appeared at this moment, also making this world's strongest female swordsman feel a fatal crisis...
That was a horizontal slash aimed right at Edelweiss's abdomen!
If she didn't dodge, Edelweiss would probably become "Edel / Weiss"!
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