The cold wind gusted, and from time to time the snow fell from the canopy, stirring up the sound of falling to the ground. As the altitude increased, the temperature dropped a lot lower than when they first entered.

Resisting low temperatures, Ronald naturally no longer has a problem.

After the transformation of the energy droplets, Annina's body has fully adapted to the environment here, she is wearing an autumn coat and does not feel the cold.

The Demon Flower is a blue five-star flower that grows on black-purple vines, and can be found everywhere in the Abyss Plane. However, to refine a drop of energy droplets, millions of Demon Realm Flowers are required to be consumed as materials.

With so much material consumed, the natural effect is significant.

After the transformation, Annina's physical toughness and strength have changed significantly. And the most intuitive manifestation is that she can easily smash the thirty-centimeter-thick granite stone with one punch at this moment.

In the past, she had to use a weapon to barely split a crack. And this is the requirement of the second-order professional to "cut the rock".

But now Anina can already cut through the iron armor with the help of weapons, meeting the requirements of the third-order professional "cutting iron".

Above, there is a fourth-order professional known as the "strong level", that is, a warrior at the "Wind Chopping" level, or a ** master who can release fourth-order magic.

With the joy of being empowered and the sweetness of the joy of fish and water, Anina has been in good spirits these days. She pestered Ronald and asked him to teach her martial arts, looking diligent and studious. In fact, she had more thoughts in her heart to talk to him more and grasp the precious time that could be lost at any time.

"Martial arts are not achieved overnight", Ronald instructed her to exercise after a solemn warning. With 1,000 years of combat experience, he naturally has a unique set of teaching.

Under his careful teaching, Annina felt miserable, but she could really appreciate the gradual growth of martial arts.

"Don't get too happy, it's because you're still on a fast rise, so it's going to feel like everything is going well. When teaching knowledge, Ronald is particularly stern: "When you have a solid grasp of it, you will be greeted by a long and boring life." At that time, it is the so-called bottleneck, you need to experience it yourself, to break through, it is difficult for outsiders to help you. ”

"Alright, alright, Mr. Ronald. Anina tilted her head and interrupted the long and boring sermon with a grin: "One step at a time, right?"

"That's a good summary. ”

"So, let's go, shall we?"

Ronald was noncommittal and let Anina take the initiative to explore the way.

Looking at her light and cheerful figure, Ronald couldn't help but rub his sideburns. During the day, she has to travel and train, and at night Anina is always unable to resist temptation, which makes Ronald very strange.

How did this girl, how did her energy become so vigorous? It was like blessing her heroic struggle, and her head was full of fighting spirit? It's been ten days, and she is still full of vigor and energy?

Belly slander is belly slander, and he doesn't mind the two of them hugging each other and sleeping at night.

After that night, he also solemnly said that he didn't love her. But Anina didn't care at all, just smiled and avoided talking about it, wrapping around him.

He had curiously asked her "Are you that happy", but Anina didn't answer. But Ronald saw in her face the look of Marilyn's wedding day, an irrepressible joy.

Is it a sense of happiness...... Even if you know I don't love her, that's it?

Ronald sighed softly, intrigued by the complex emotions that humans possess.

Feeling some unusual rustling sound under his feet, Ronald had sharp eyes and stepped on a black scorpion that tried to sneak up on him. He looked up at the gray sky and wondered if he should take a break.

"Go, goal, the mountain ahead!"

Annina's silvery tone broke Ronald's fleeting thoughts. Looking at her who had been rushing ahead of him, Ronald couldn't help but smile and shook his head.

"It's still half a day before it's dark, try to walk more. ”

Suddenly.

Anina's face froze.

She immediately made a nimble backward jump, avoiding unknown danger. Before she could see what was attacking her, a reminder from Ronald came behind her.

"Be careful, it's a blow needle!"

As she spoke, Anina saw that several tiny blow needles were coming at her.

Whoosh!

She quickly turned sideways, took a few quick steps and flashed behind the trunk of the tree beside her. Staring at the few shaky thatch bushes in front of her, Anina drew the dagger at her waist, ready to find an opportunity to rush forward.

Ronald didn't help, but reminded softly: "Remember, fast, accurate, ruthless." ”

Anina nodded, and stepped forward.

Like a beautiful butterfly, she flew through the forest of snow and dead branches, and the forest goblins who tried to chase her eventually collapsed in a pool of blood.

It went by quickly, and the journey went smoothly.

"Another trap has been found. Fortunately, the means of concealment do not enter the stream at all, but only cover up a layer of snow very casually, and you can distinguish it with a little care. ”

Anina interjected with a smile: "Do you think those brainless greenskins can make any decent traps?"

"I didn't say that. Ronald spread his hands: "After this peak, let's go back." ”

"......" Anina was silent for a moment, but quickly smiled again: "Hmm." ”

"Then let's go. ”

Not long after walking, they hid in the bushes, lying together and peeking at a makeshift camp in the distance. Ronald squinted slightly, pointing to a few shadows halfway up the mountain: "Look." ”

"Goblin Lair. ”

"Or are you on?"

Anina nodded lightly: "Well, I'll go first." ”

As soon as he stood up, Ronald suddenly grabbed her: "Goblins rarely establish territory directly on the ground, and if they dare to do this in the forest, there are quite a few of them." ”

Hearing the concern in her tone, Annina narrowed her eyes slyly: "Isn't there still you, Teacher Luo." ”

After seeing Rollin crawling towards the goblin camp on the mountainside, Ronald quietly followed behind. Although Anina's strength is getting stronger, he understands that she is almost reaching the bottleneck of iron cutting.

Chopper enters the chopping wind, as the literal meaning suggests, what is needed is a speed breakthrough in all aspects of the body. While maintaining the power to cut through steel, you can also make your movement speed and attack speed reach the speed of the wind, or even faster than the speed of the wind. Only such a person is qualified to be called a "strong man" and officially enter a broader world.

Naturally, the physical fitness requirements of the warrior are much higher than the simple requirements of the one-sided pursuit of destructive power such as the previous chopping wood, rock, and iron. And this class, that is, the vast majority of martial artists who look up to it and stop it, cannot reach it in their lifetime.

Ronald looked at the light-footed girl and pulled out a small smile, he was engrossed in the camp ahead, ready to rush to the rescue at any moment.

And Annina, who had already touched the outskirts of the camp, hid in the bushes and observed for a while, and then drew her dagger. She fixed her gaze on a goblin walking on the outermost side, carrying a wooden spear.

"Chirp, chirp. ”

The goblin, who felt something unusual, immediately stopped wandering. It puffed out its eyes and looked strangely from side to side, searching for the source of the sound. Soon, a looming short figure appeared in its line of sight.

The green-skinned imp blinked, and walked over curiously. As soon as it got there, it was stabbed in the chest with a sudden straight stab.

After stabbing the goblin to death, Annina, who was lying on her back on the ground, pulled the corpse, which was still with a surprised expression, into the bushes.

And she, the cat, continued to move forward.

After walking a few steps, a short figure flashed through the entrance of the cave, and it appeared in her eyes. Anina's eyes sharpened, and she caught a glimpse of several of the goblins holding a wooden pole with strips of cloth on them with red ghost talismans.

Remembering something, Anina immediately retreated.

However, the whispering of the mantra had been completed, and four fireballs instantly erupted from the dark cavern, whizzing towards the retreating figure.

Caught off guard, Annina's back was grazed by the fireball's tail flames. Feeling the burning heat coming from her back, she immediately rolled on the ground, using the snow to extinguish the flames.

Ronald's voice behind him quickly came: "Do you want to help?"

Anina shook her head unwillingly, frowning as she looked at the goblins who were already in battle. Within his sight, more than a dozen of the little ghosts ran out of their heads, but they didn't rush as brainlessly as before, but gathered around those goblin mages.

"Whoa, whoa, die!"

A goblin mage wielding a wooden pole shouted, and a crimson glow erupted from the flag.

She stared at the vague figure hiding in the darkness of the cavern, trying to rush in. But after thinking about it, the cave is really small, and it is extremely unfavorable to itself. Anina frowned, a little helpless with them.

Seeing Anina frozen in place, Ronald, who was watching the battle, suggested: "With your strength, it's still difficult to deal with, so leave it to me." ”

"Okay. ”

Anina pursed her lips, a little unwilling. But in order not to delay the time, she had no choice but to accept this suggestion.

Ronald gave her an encouraging smile: "Don't be discouraged, you've made rapid progress." ”

With some sweetness in her heart, Annina's face quickly turned cloudy and clear, and she followed closely behind Ronald, guarding the rear while carefully observing his movements.

Ronald deliberately slowed himself down.

In order to give Anina a more intuitive feeling, he did not choose to use the Ice Mirror Technique to deal with it, but decided to simply use martial arts to win.

After approaching the entrance to the cave.

Ronald suddenly leaned over, bent over, and walked like the wind, in a stabbing posture!

Bang!

Three fireballs flashed!

In the face of the oncoming fireball, Ronald suddenly changed the direction of travel, from a straight rush to a leap! In mid-air, a circle of 360 degrees was flipped over.

The fireball whistled by, but it didn't even wipe Ronald's scalp.

"Wow, wow, wow!"

Seeing that the situation was not good, the goblins immediately rushed forward with a shout, preparing to create a second chance for the mages to cast spells.

However, when he landed, he suddenly exerted his strength and rushed up!

With a forward slash, the air flow changed sharply, and it shot out along the front line. With a snap, Ronald felt his hands tremble slightly. Knowing that the attack had hit, he did not look back.

Behind him, a bright red splashed out, and the goblin, who was cut in two, with a frightened look, instantly turned into a burst of blood and slid to the ground.

This is not over, the steel sword in Ronald's hand is like a meteor, rushing forward, spinning, stabbing, and drawing several graceful arcs one after another, bringing out a subtle sound of breaking the air in mid-air.

The arc trajectory is like a meteor, graceful and dazzling, but when you get closer, you can't bear the deadly dare.

The goblins, who couldn't react at all, lost their lives under the ruthless blade. Blood gushed out, soaking the white snow into a hot and humid red stickiness.

In the face of group attacks, Ronald was not afraid at all. His eyes flashed with confident intent, and he jumped from the goblin corpse next to him to the open space. Then, he clenched the steel sword with both hands and swung out a half-moon suddenly. The targets of the half-moon trajectory are the two goblins at the front.

The goblin that was rushing became the corpse of Ronald's sword.

The fireball spell could already be unleashed again, but as it roared out, it also illuminated the frightened faces of the few goblin mages wielding wooden flags.

"Don't rely on instinct to dodge, but judge the direction of the attack according to reason, and use reason to decide the next step!" Ronald shouted as his body stood still, calmly facing the fireballs.

Anina only saw that under the attack of the "pin" shape, Ronald did not choose to dodge. She understood that this was Ronald's deliberate demonstration to her, so she put away her nervousness and concentrated on observing.

She saw that at the moment when the fireball was about to get closer, Ronald grabbed the time difference between the fireballs, and his lower body was motionless, but his upper body twisted a few times in succession, and he easily dodged the fireball triple attack that seemed to be only able to jump away.

The first and second were flanking and reached Ronald's chest almost simultaneously. But Ronald just leaned back and dodged the flanking fireball.

In the interval of more than a second before the third fireball arrived, he suddenly stood up straight and twisted to the right. Hulala, at that rapid speed, the cloak fluttered suddenly, and the last fireball narrowly brushed the cloak behind him.

Annina, who was observing carefully, couldn't help but applaud in her heart.

Is this faster than the wind......

She clenched the dagger tightly, her eyes wide open, not wanting to let go of any discernible details, her eyes flashing with admiration and yearning.

The next thing is very simple, the goblin mages, who have lost the protection of their companions and have no time to cast spells again, are precisely swept across their chests by the sharp blade in Ronald's hand.

Before they could scream, the goblins fell to the ground.

The last goblin mage who wanted to escape was quickly chased by Anina, who followed closely.

With a slight release of her right hand, Annina stabbed the goblin mage in the back of the heart, and he fell to the ground with a thud.

After only struggling and twisting a few times, bright red thick blood oozed from the snow, hiding the red eyes in a pool of blood. The banner that summoned the fireball was also soaked in blood, erasing the strange pattern on it.

After putting away the sword, Ronald earnestly taught: "Now you still need more instinct to fight. But if one day, after you have comprehended the realm of slashing the wind, you need to change, get rid of the shackles brought to you by instinct, and judge with reason, absolute reason!"

Anina grinned and straightened up and saluted him, "Understood!" (To be continued.) )