"Combat skills?"
Ye Feng looked at Ling Xi with some confusion and surprise.
"Of course!"
Ling Xi nodded, "I've observed your battles, whether it was the kobold strongman before, or the tusked boar you encountered today,"
"Basically, the opponent would charge at you with roars, and then you'd draw your saber and hack away..."
"There's almost no combat technique involved in this..."
"You're pretty much fighting purely on instinct. Because you have this exceptionally sharp Tang saber, you might not have noticed..."
"But in my eyes, your 'fighting' is like a child's brawl... just throwing punches, whoever is stronger wins, you don't know how to use your opponent's force against them at all..."
"If you encounter someone of similar strength, or someone weaker but in large numbers, you might suffer a great loss because of it!"
Ling Xi hesitated slightly, but decided to speak the truth, even if it wasn't pleasant.
"You... are your combat skills very good, and your combat experience very rich?"
Although Ye Feng had known his shortcomings for a long time, so he would often deliberately train himself, he was a little skeptical about Ling Xi claiming to teach him combat skills.
"Let's try!"
Ling Xi beckoned Ye Feng over, "Now that I've lost my angelic power, I'm just like an ordinary little girl. Your strength should far surpass mine!"
"This..."
Ye Feng frowned slightly, put the Tang saber into his spatial warehouse, and rushed towards Ling Xi, intending to grab her arm and restrain her.
"Hmm?"
Ye Feng, who had just grabbed Ling Xi's arm, was suddenly surprised.
Because Ling Xi's arm twisted sharply along the direction of his movement, and she instantly broke free.
Then, Ling Xi lifted her leg and lightly kicked the side of his knee.
"Ugh!"
Ling Xi clearly didn't put much force into it, but Ye Feng felt a sharp pain, and his leg went weak, buckling.
Immediately, Ling Xi sidestepped, twisted Ye Feng's arm behind his back, and with a downward press, pinned him to the ground.
"This..."
Ye Feng was greatly shocked.
He tried to struggle to get up, but as soon as he exerted force, he felt pain in multiple joints, as if his own strength was conflicting with itself...
"Don't use too much force, you'll get hurt!"
At this moment, Ling Xi's voice sounded.
Before she finished speaking, Ye Feng felt a sense of relief throughout his body, as Ling Xi had let go.
"You... you're really amazing!"
Ye Feng stood up and praised her sincerely.
"It's nothing. These are just basic grappling and counter-grappling methods. They don't even count as combat skills!"
Ling Xi waved her hand, saying it nonchalantly.
"I..."
Ye Feng felt dejected. This was too disheartening.
"Come on, use all your strength!"
...
For the next half hour,
Ye Feng tried several more times, but each time he ended up being pinned to the ground by Ling Xi...
"You're too unbelievable. You said you were like an ordinary little girl after losing your angelic power."
"Is there such a terrifying little girl in this world?"
Ye Feng leaned under the shade of a tree, sweating profusely and panting, feeling utterly dejected.
Through the sparring just now, Ye Feng even felt that if he were to use his Tang saber or gun, without resorting to sneak attacks, he might not be Ling Xi's match in a head-on confrontation.
This was because often before Ye Feng could even move, Ling Xi would see through his intentions and act first...
"Brother, I think we're almost at the place the ogre mentioned~"
At this moment, Xiao Xiao ran over and said to Ye Feng.
As she spoke, she showed Ye Feng the map from before.
"Ogre? You mean Lin Senhai? A place with crocodile people!"
Ye Feng quickly understood, his expression quite serious.
...
A few days later,
In the evening,
The three of them were walking on the road, with Ling Xi and Xiao Xiao in front, while Ye Feng, who was sore all over after his battle with Ling Xi, walked behind.
However, Ye Feng was in a good mood because the scenery before him was quite pleasing to the eye...
The tall Ling Xi wore a white top paired with a crimson short skirt. When she had the silver armor on her legs before, it wasn't so noticeable.
Now that the silver armor was gone, it revealed two round, straight, fair, and smooth slender legs...
Because they were somewhat close, Ye Feng could even see the faint blue capillaries on Ling Xi's legs. Coupled with her walking, Ling Xi's buttocks swayed slightly...
This sight made Ye Feng's face flush.
Just then, Ling Xi suddenly stopped and turned around, nearly causing Ye Feng, who was walking with his head down, to bump into her.
Under Ye Feng's bewildered gaze, Ling Xi parted her lips and asked, "Is it good-looking?"
"G-good-looking..."
Ye Feng replied almost instinctively. In the next second, his entire face turned completely red, redder than the sunset in the sky.
It turned out that Ling Xi knew he had been peeking at her...
"Little one, peeking is wrong~"
Ling Xi chuckled and said, looking directly at Ye Feng.
"I..."
Ye Feng was so embarrassed.
"Hmm?"
Ye Feng suddenly frowned, his gaze shifting to a certain spot.
"Uh~ Cough cough~ Hack..."
A strange sound came from a pile of grass.
"Brother, there's a green-haired zombie over there!"
Ye Feng had naturally noticed it too. Before Xiao Xiao could finish speaking, he charged forward, his wooden sword hacking at the back of the green-haired zombie's head at a peculiar angle.
"Chop~ Crack~"
The green-haired zombie fell to the ground with a thud, no longer moving.
"Uh~~ Hack..."
At this moment, a grinning zombie, a bit farther away, also ran over.
Ye Feng directly lifted his foot and kicked a stone the size of a child's fist towards the zombie, hitting its knee squarely.
The grinning zombie, which was running, had its knee soften, and it fell to the ground.
Then, Ye Feng stepped forward and finished it off with his wooden sword.
"Ding~ Host has defeated two zombies, acquiring 2 usable points~"
The system's voice rang out immediately.
"Hoo~"
Ye Feng let out a breath. He was quite happy after easily dealing with two zombies.
After the initial close-quarters combat skills training, for the past two days, Ye Feng had used his Tang saber to sharpen a wooden sword and spar with Ling Xi.
Although Ye Feng was defeated every time, he still felt that he had become much stronger.
Especially in his use and control of strength, and the instantaneous transitions between attacks and defenses...
At the same time, through Ling Xi's guidance, Ye Feng gained a deeper and more detailed understanding of human anatomy.
"Thank you!"
Ye Feng walked back to his original spot and thanked Ling Xi sincerely.
Without her, he would have undoubtedly taken many detours, perhaps even becoming a simpleton who only relied on [Strength] and [Agility].
"You don't need to thank me~ I'm counting on you to protect me!"
Ling Xi smiled slightly at Ye Feng, but in her heart, she was quite surprised.
Because Ye Feng was growing so fast in terms of combat skills, and sometimes he would suddenly give her a feeling of becoming stronger...
"This kid has quite a few secrets~"
Ling Xi glanced at the Angelic Blade in her hand, her eyes thoughtful.
...
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In the morning,
As they were nearing the place mentioned by the ogre Lin Senhai,
Ye Feng did not engage in strenuous activities like driving military Humvees anymore. Instead, he parked the military Humvee in a hidden spot, camouflaged it, and the three of them proceeded on foot.
After walking a considerable distance, Ye Feng, Xiao Xiao, and Ling Xi arrived under a dilapidated stone tablet.
"This... Zhan Bi City?"
"What a strange name?!"
Xiao Xiao looked at the name inscribed on the stone tablet for a while before recognizing the characters carved on it.
...