"Kugi Lang, you're shameless!" Watanabe Hideaki was furious, trying hard to retract her leg, but upon exerting force, her leg retracted while the shoe dropped into Kugi Lang's hand.

With one shoe missing, Watanabe Hideaki's face instantly flushed red.

But Kugi Lang laughed and said, "Ming Xingpian Shimei, what are you doing? How come after a spar there's still a token of affection left behind? I know you admire me, but isn't this too obvious?"

Watanabe's voice shyly said, "Quickly, give me back my shoe!"

Kugi Lang laughed, "How could a token of affection be returned? I plan to take it home and hang it up."

After speaking, Kugi Lang turned and walked in the direction he came from, but suddenly, a figure appeared on the icy surface, instantly blocking Kugi Lang's path.

"What are you doing? Why are you blocking my way?" Kugi Lang asked the newcomer.

Of course, it was Ling Zhenfei. It was for him that Watanabe Hideaki performed the sword dance, thus triggering such a situation. Now that Watanabe Ming Xingpian was humiliated, how could Ling Zhenfei sit idly by?

"Nothing much, I just want you to leave Ming Ying's shoe behind," Ling Zhenfei said casually.

Kugi Lang laughed, "You think it'll be left just because you say so? Doesn't that make me quite shameless?"

Ling Zhenfei replied, "Leaving it now is already giving you face; if I use other methods, it'll really be a loss of face, like if I take it back myself."

Kugi Lang chuckled, "There's nothing I've gotten that anyone has managed to take from me."

"It seems you're severely lacking in education; haven't your parents taught you not to take others' belongings casually?" Ling Zhenfei's voice turned cold and his gaze became sharp.

Anger tinged Kugi Lang's expression, "Kid, do you know who you think you are? If you're looking to die, I will fulfill that wish!" As he spoke, Kugi Lang drew out his blade.

Previously with Watanabe Ming Xingpian, Kugi Lang hadn't even used his weapon, which showed his strength was knowingly above Watanabe Hideaki. Now, however, he unsheathed his blade.

Firstly, he couldn't see through Ling Zhenfei, indicating that Ling Zhenfei's strength was at least equal to his. Secondly, it meant he had killing intent towards Ling Zhenfei.

Ling Zhenfei chuckled, "Looks like I really need to educate you on behalf of your elders, so you don't remain so rude in the future."

Kugi Lang snarled, "Kid, you're really arrogant, today I'll show you the prowess of my Phantom Blade!"

After that, Kugi Lang's body lunged towards Ling Zhenfei like a giant bird, with his samurai outfit swelling as if it had a sense of Zhao Tianbi Ri.

In the air, the long blade in his hand started to dance; one blade seemed to become three, slashing towards Ling Zhenfei.

Ling Zhenfei's heart stirred, knowing the power of the Phantom Blade was not limited to this. Three blades were just the beginning; if they multiplied, it would truly be hard to defend against.

With superior vision and incredibly strong Divine Sense, Ling Zhenfei knew the other two blades were Northern Spiritual Energy illusions, clearly understanding which two phantom blades were fake.

Ling Zhenfei's figure flickered, lightly dodging to the side, and then grabbed Kugi Lang's hand with one hand.

Kugi Lang was suddenly stunned; earlier, he grabbed Watanabe Hideaki's hand, and now his hand was caught by Ling Zhenfei.

He exerted force trying to pull his hand out, but no matter how hard he tried, it wouldn't budge, showing Ling Zhenfei's Spiritual Power was much stronger.

"Let go of me!" Kugi Lang shouted.

Ling Zhenfei laughed, finding it amusing, recalling how Kugi Lang was talking about Watanabe Hideaki earlier.

Ling Zhenfei said, "Is this brother feeling regretful for wrongdoing, thus hesitating to strike me? Hurry, take action, I'm getting a bit impatient."

This statement enraged Kugi Lang to the point where even his face turned red.

"Kid, don't think I can't beat you, you're just asking for death." Saying this, Kugi Lang threw a punch at Ling Zhenfei, but unexpectedly, Ling Zhenfei grabbed his Life Gate.

"Oh kid, what the heck did you do? Why does it hurt so much?"

Ling Zhenfei said, "Why are you so hesitant to hit me, have you fallen for me? Let me tell you, I only like women, I'm not interested in ugly, incompetent people like you."

Kugi Lang felt a thousand-point critical hit, the depression in his heart was unspeakable.

"Kid, if you've got guts, let me go and see how I kill you."

Ling Zhenfei glanced at Kugi Lang and said, "Oh, so you want me to let go, why didn't you say so earlier."

With that, Ling Zhenfei lightly pushed, causing Kugi Lang to uncontrollably tumble onto the icy surface.

Watanabe Hideaki was shocked watching everything unfold, she never imagined Ling Zhenfei was so formidable. Initially, she thought Ling Zhenfei wasn't that capable, but she was surprised at how impressive he was.

Watanabe Hideaki knew Kugi Lang was very skilled, he was quite famous among the young ones in Iga-ryu, all because of his prowess.

Watanabe Hideaki was very aware of this, so she didn't want to fight Kugi Lang earlier, but never thought Kugi Lang would resort to such cowardly tactics.

Kugi Lang defeating her was something within her expectations, but she never thought Kugi Lang would do such a thing.

Kugi Lang once pursued Watanabe Hideaki but was rejected by her, yet unexpectedly, such an incident would occur today.

The most infuriating thing was how Kugi Lang took her shoe, it was truly inappropriate, but unexpectedly, Ling Zhenfei stood up for her at this critical moment.

Initially, she was worried about Ling Zhenfei, but who would have thought that Ling Zhenfei was so powerful, defeating Kugi Lang with just two moves.

What kind of strength could toy with Kugi Lang so easily?

Kugi Lang struggled to get up from the ground, embarrassed to lose face in front of Watanabe Hideaki, his face turned red, and he was very angry. He shouted to the people on the shore, "Why are you watching, hurry up and help."

After his words, those who came with Kugi Lang finally reacted, quickly leaving the shore and rushing over.

Ling Zhenfei, however, ignored it, instead taking Watanabe Hideaki's shoe in his hand and walking up to her.

"Let me put on your shoe."

After speaking, Ling Zhenfei bent down, starting to put the shoe on Watanabe Hideaki.

Watanabe Hideaki was suddenly shocked; she couldn't believe Ling Zhenfei would do such a thing.

In Japan, there's a strong tradition of valuing men over women, thinking women should stay at home, bear children, and support the husband, leading to many women being housewives.

These are things Japanese women are expected to do, and although Watanabe Hideaki is cherished by Watanabe Nagayumi in the Watanabe Family, she is, after all, a woman.

Thus, seeing Ling Zhenfei bend down to put on her shoe, she was momentarily shocked, unable to speak, and looked at Ling Zhenfei in a daze.

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