Is It Funny That The Dragon Slayer Failed And Became The Dragon Princess?

174. The Stubborn Sword Saint

The Human Sword Saint, Wright Schubert, had devoted his entire life to the way of the sword, immersing himself in swordsmanship.

Swordsmanship was his lifelong pursuit.

Yet, now there was someone standing before him, saying that they had grown tired of swordsmanship.

This was like dancing on Xia Yi’s landmine.

Her blood pressure was about to explode.

“You… shut up!!”

Xia Yi crawled up from the ground, so angry that her ahoge stood up.

“Atiya, take back what you just said!”

“What did I say?” Atiya asked.

“That you’re ‘tired of swordsmanship’!!”

Xia Yi pointed her sword at Atiya.

“No one has the right to say that!”

Hearing this, Atiya laughed. “Princess, let me ask you something. What identity are you speaking to me with? As the Silver Dragon Princess?”

“You…”

“If you order me with that identity, then as a member of the Royal Maid Corps, I will naturally obey.”

Atiya bowed slightly.

There was another layer of meaning to this.

She could of course take back those words to comply with Xia Yi’s wishes.

But that was Xia Yi as a princess.

If Xia Yi was speaking as a swordsman, she should speak in the way of a swordsman and use her swordsmanship to shut Atiya up.

“Atiya, are you looking down on me… Pick up your sword!”

Xia Yi was getting more and more furious.

Was this questioning her dignity as the Sword Saint?

Hmph!!

How could I possibly back down here?

“I will defeat you! I’ll make you convinced with my strength. Swordsmanship isn’t as simple as you think!”

“But, Princess, I find swordsmanship quite simple. After understanding it a little, I lost interest in playing with it,” Atiya said. “However, it seems like you still have some distance to go before understanding it—”

Xia Yi was about to go crazy.

With Atiya’s silly aura, saying these words had a mocking effect amplified ten thousand times.

She was the Human Sword Saint, yet she was being looked down upon like this.

“Princess, come, can you take this strike?”

Atiya took a stance again.

This time, she widened the distance between her feet, one in front and one behind, lowering her center of gravity. Her weapon was placed at her waist while her other hand was slightly raised as if to lock onto and grasp Xia Yi.

This stance was…

“Nothing surprising, Princess. I think you should know this move too, right? This is Instant Slash. The moment you grip the handle, you increase the speed of the sword to the extreme, unleashing a slash too fast for the naked eye to follow, defeating your enemy.”

Atiya even began explaining the technique she was about to use.

“However, the same sword technique can have different effects in the hands of different users. Experience it for yourself.”

As soon as she finished speaking, Atiya’s hand started moving.

She was about to draw her sword!

This was bad.

In that instant, killing intent emerged from Atiya. She wasn’t playing around.

The next slash would be dangerous and needed to be avoided.

When this thought surfaced in Xia Yi’s mind, she felt immense humiliation.

Even when the opponent had already announced their next action and explained their technique…

Instead of confronting it head-on, she was considering… retreating?

“Damn it!!”

Xia Yi forced herself not to dodge. Like Atiya, she lowered her center of gravity, wanting to counterattack and crush her opponent head-on to prove her way of the sword.

Of course, she also knew Instant Slash, having trained it countless times before. It couldn’t be more familiar.

“Instant Slash,” Atiya said.

“Instant Slash!!”

Xia Yi roared the moment she gripped her sword hilt.

At that moment, a dazzling light sliced through the dim space, causing the air to tremble. The trajectory of the sword slash completely invisible to the eye.

The difference in speed was too great.

Xia Yi had just swung her sword, but Atiya’s sword had already landed in front of her.

It was an undisputed victory.

“Ugh… ah!”

Xia Yi was suppressed again. This time, her weapon even flew out of her hand and clattered to the ground.

Atiya looked at the silver-haired loli lying on the ground. “Princess, do you give in?”

“Uwaahh! No, no, I won’t give in!!” Xia Yi retorted.

She was already at the peak of the Third Tier, almost no different from the Fourth Tier.

And Atiya’s current strength was indeed just at the threshold of the Fourth Tier…

Why, just because of this small gap, was she being completely suppressed?

Who could accept this?!

The more she thought about it, the angrier she got…

Xia Yi’s hand began to glow. This was—the Holy Sword!

She looked at her Holy Sword Mark in surprise.

If she had the Holy Sword, she could instantly close the gap and even surpass the current Atiya without issue.

The Holy Sword was such a powerful weapon.

“Holy Sword, this is a battle concerning my dignity as the Sword Saint!” Xia Yi said firmly. “If I rely on your power here to win against Atiya, I won’t be able to sleep for the rest of my life!”

Hearing Xia Yi’s words, the Holy Sword Mark stopped glowing and gradually dimmed.

Xia Yi stood up, ran to the side, and picked up an ordinary iron sword. “Let’s continue, Atiya!”

“Princess, are you really not going to summon the Holy Sword?” Atiya asked. “The Holy Sword is your exclusive weapon, right?”

“No need! Again!” Xia Yi didn’t even need to think. “What’s the point of using the Holy Sword to defeat you? It doesn’t mean my strength has reached the Fourth Tier!”

“Very well.”

Atiya agreed.

Once again, they engaged in an Instant Slash duel.

But…

Clang!

Xia Yi lost again. She and her weapon flew in two different directions.

“Princess, you lost again,” Atiya said. “As long as your strength hasn’t reached the Fourth Tier, you’ll keep losing, unless you use the Holy Sword.”

This failure made Xia Yi a bit calmer.

In past battles, she had experienced many setbacks and failures again and again.

She didn’t rush to get up, but lay on the ground, pondering the reasons for her failure.

To reach the Fourth Tier, she must defeat Atiya.

But how could she win against Atiya without reaching the Fourth Tier?

To break out of this seemingly unsolvable cycle, perhaps she could take a gamble.

“Maybe… it’s time to find that guy,” Xia Yi muttered to herself.

“Hmm, Princess, who are you talking about?”

“I need to rest for a bit, Atiya.”

“Oh… okay.” Atiya retreated to the side.

Xia Yi closed her eyes, calmed her mind, and began meditating, entering a state of no-self and allowing her consciousness to sink deeper and deeper…

When Xia Yi opened her eyes again, she was standing in front of a huge door.

Countless chains were wrapped around this enormous door, seemingly sealing an extremely dangerous existence.

“I’ve come for you.”

Xia Yi raised her hand, and all the chains shattered under her will.

The door was violently pushed open. Terrifying resentment and killing intent erupted, accompanied by manic laughter.

“Hehehe, hahaha!! You really have a death wish, Wright Schubert. You dare release me?”

“…”

“Aren’t you afraid that I, your ‘Inner Demon’, will devour you? Hahaha, it’s too late now. You’re completely doomed!!”

The silver-haired loli braced herself.

A swordsman in silver-white armor emerged from the darkness, looking exactly like the former Human Sword Saint.

However, upon seeing the silver-haired dragon loli, the armored swordsman froze in disbelief.

One second ago, it seemed like an earth-shattering battle was about to erupt. The next second, there was an awkward silence.

“…”

“Who the hell are you?!!” The Sword Saint’s Inner Demon couldn’t hold it in anymore. “Where’s the Sword Saint?!”