Swish——

Almost replicating Lin Guang's initial blade light, the ordinary alloy blade carried an inexplicable sharpness, slicing open the back of the innocent pufferfish's neck in an instant.

Pale pink blood began to flow out.

For the first few seconds, it seemed completely unaware.

But soon, the innocent pufferfish seemed to realize something, suddenly shriveling and its entire body turning black and purple, then stopped moving.

Clearly, even borrowing Lin Guang's sword intent, the girl still couldn't completely sever its "thought" and let it realize the fact of its injury.

But at this moment, there was no regret or disappointment in Lin Guang's expression. Instead, he put the poisonous innocent pufferfish into a space ring, quickly tidied up the experiment table, took out a new innocent pufferfish, and sincerely praised:

"Very good, just like that!"

Chelina also nodded, a trace of understanding and enlightenment flashing in her eyes.

Although her life level was extremely high, it wasn't something she cultivated herself but obtained through various accidents and experiments, like a quantum leap... or like a nouveau riche.

Relying on instinct to harness sudden powerful strength is ultimately not the same as fully controlling it with one's will, even if she has been working hard to improve recently, it's indeed her biggest shortcoming while her body is not fully healed yet.

And at this moment, both of them could feel it.

This saber technique seemed to have a special quality, with a method that involved training the heart.

After all, to precisely cut the resentment of the ingredients without affecting anything else, one must first have a strong enough mind and control power.

And while using this saber technique together with Lin Guang, although the intent was borrowed, it was still greatly beneficial for her to master her own strength, far more efficient than practicing alone.

"Come on, continue."

Chelina nodded, swallowing all distractions and words, wholeheartedly feeling the sword intent Lin Guang transmitted, her wrist tracing a silver moon-like arc, slicing open the abdomen of the innocent pufferfish.

This time, the bleeding was successfully completed.

But in the following gutting process, the pufferfish seemed to sense something again, resulting in a failed operation.

"Again."

Lin Guang's eyes showed no surprise or dissatisfaction, only expectant joy, as he sent another innocent pufferfish onto the chopping board.

The third one, the fourth one... as the innocent pufferfish were dissected, the time the flesh remained unchanged grew longer and longer.

And she seemed to immerse in this feeling, applying this power more and more adeptly.

…

The ninth one.

Swish—

Chelina's right hand brought forth a cold gleam, starting to remove the pufferfish's innards.

But her clean and swift hand movements were different.

The girl's amber-orange eyes didn't seem to focus on her blade and the ingredients, but rather slipped into some inexplicable state.

The essence of [Butcher's Heart], in essence, is the user's own mental blade.

Undoubtedly, it also has the function of strengthening the mind, allowing one to better face oneself.

And as the process progressed, even though it was merely borrowing the sword intent from Lin Guang, it naturally and inevitably surfaced countless deeply suppressed thoughts and memories in the girl's mind.

She suddenly felt...

This feeling, somewhat familiar.

The Texas Clan's members begin training in swordsmanship at a very young age.

She vaguely remembered... a long time ago, there was also someone who used to teach and encourage her swordsmanship hand in hand like this.

As she thought about this, slices of pufferfish meat, thin as cicada wings, were picked off by her onto the plate, beautiful like flowers.

Who was that?

The next moment, two faces she hadn't thought about for a long time suddenly appeared in her mind.

Her father and grandfather, both had held her hand in the training ground, teaching her the Texas Clan's ancestral swordsmanship.

That was many years ago, when she had yet to realize the heavy darkness and betrayal she would face from the Texas Clan in the future, and would become a part of that betrayal...

Possibly, it was also her most carefree time.

The pufferfish's skeleton was already exposed, the sashimi was prepared, leaving only the seemingly unaware head still breathing.

This time it seemed to be near success.

Just needed to strike toward the brain... and it would be done.

But...

It was at the moment she delivered the final strike under Lin Guang's sword intent.

Her amber-orange pupils suddenly widened, fleeting images flashed past.

So this warmth instantly turned into biting cold.

Torrential rain and blazing fire.

Betrayal.

The Texas betrayal.

Betraying the honor of the surname, the father who rebelled against the grandfather.

And... having killed the traitors yet also betrayed, soon to betray once more...

[Chelina Texas].

As these thoughts suddenly flashed through her mind, the girl's movements suddenly froze, returning to her senses.

She suddenly widened her eyes, suddenly coming back to reality.

Why would she suddenly think about those past events at this moment, even though she believed she had long prepared and resolved to face them... could it have been influenced by this sword intent?

Wait, about to lose control!

In an instant, Chelina suddenly realized that she had already aimed the sword tip at the gills of the innocent pufferfish, about to pierce, but the earlier chaotic thoughts naturally couldn't perfectly control this sword intent, even the angle of the sword tip itself had gone awry.

Her pupils contracted, subconsciously wanting to forcibly control, but the formidable aura from within her seemed to have the opposite effect.

In an instant, the sword intent, accompanied by her deep blue ether, and the aura from the two [Giant Wolves] within her, burst uncontrollably from her body!

Rip!

The mixed power scattered around her, her maid outfit was suddenly cut with deep gashes, revealing several shallow cuts beneath, and standing behind her Lin Guang naturally wasn't spared, equally cut, with his arm torn into.

The Equal Contract only prevents mutual attacks, if there's no intention of initiating an attack, this mechanism is hard to activate.

But at the same time.

Before the wound could even bleed, Lin Guang's right hand, filled with starry river colors, suddenly exerted force, gripping the girl's right hand tightly.

And then, delivering the strike together with her!

The skewed angle was corrected, the out-of-control sword intent tightly restrained again, along with Chelina's will and ether—

The next instant, amidst the sharp, spanning over ten meters blue sword gleam, the pufferfish's head was instantly pierced through.

And Lin Guang quietly released Chelina's waist, retreating back, from the acupuncture pouch on his thigh, golden needles flew out, beginning to heal himself.

At this moment, the wounds on both of their bodies underwent the same changes under the influence of different powers, healing and rolling back as if time flowed backward.

"Master..."

Chelina immediately reacted, turning around, her pretty face carrying a hint of panic, instinctively looking at Lin Guang several meters away.

——What kind of expression would be on his face?

However, Lin Guang didn't look at her at all, but rather at the experiment table—where a sashimi dish almost identical to what Lin Guang had made before was placed on the white porcelain plate, like an exquisite piece of art.

This meant...

The animosity after death was successfully removed!

The young man smiled, sighing lightly: "Look, didn't we succeed?"

"You did it."

Chelina, though somewhat surprised that the last strike could still work, knew that it was the result of Lin Guang's last strike, softly saying: "But...this wasn't done by me alone..."

Besides, if it wasn't for her own wild thoughts earlier, how would there be so many twists and turns...

"But I remember, you initially said that everything would be wasted and still wouldn't be accomplished."

Looking at the now silent girl, the young man smiled: "But the reality is, we've achieved more than you imagined, with a full four fish left over."

"Isn't this a result countless times better than you imagined?"

"..."

Lin Guang's smile gradually faded, as he looked at Chelina's slightly flickering amber-orange eyes:

"You should know what the [Mystical Technique] is."

Chelina nodded hesitantly.

The so-called Mystical Technique is utilized by Spirit Masters and Spirit Beasts with extremely high resonance, have you ever thought about why this is placed above the individual Spirit Beast Skills and Spirit Master Spirit Patterns?"

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