If it were any other girl, she might not have noticed, but Claire Waters was the top martial arts student in Class C-69, and with her unique cultivation method, 【弱水诀】, her perception of the outside world was especially keen. How could William Clark's gaze possibly escape her notice?

Whenever those roving eyes swept over her neck, chest, waist, hips, and legs, Claire Waters felt goosebumps rise all over her body—it was unbearably uncomfortable. She had long heard of William Clark's notorious reputation, but she hadn't expected this boy to be so despicable.

Absolutely outrageous!

"This bastard, he's still looking!" Claire Waters pressed her lips together tightly, biting down with her pearly teeth. "No wonder even the teachers dislike him so much—he's a complete lost cause!"

Seeing William Clark with his eyes half-closed, seemingly unconsciously performing the 【兵形三式】, Claire Waters was both embarrassed and angry, unable to endure it any longer. Her hands floated out lightly, like two long whips curling through the air without a sound, snapping toward William Clark's chest.

"Good!" Instructor Carter praised inwardly. "【弱水诀】 combined with 【兵形三式】—the whip form's fierce power is hidden within, striking the enemy without a trace. Claire Waters's 【兵形三式】 may only be at the proficient stage, but with the support of 【弱水诀】, it has perfect-level power. The Shui family's 【弱水诀】 truly lives up to its name!"

Watching Claire Waters's arms transform into whip shapes and strike out, Carter nodded to himself, quite satisfied with this student. He was also confident that Claire Waters would achieve excellent results in the graduation exams.

Claire Waters had used only a trace of her internal energy; her goal was to send William Clark flying straight to Instructor Carter, so this scoundrel could get a wake-up call.

Her delicate arms silently snapped toward William Clark's chest, but just then, a palm suddenly appeared, transforming into a blade, slicing vertically between the two whips. With a gentle twist, Claire Waters's silent whip form was instantly shattered.

"This..." Claire Waters's beautiful eyes widened. Her whip form had actually been neutralized like this?

Not far away, Instructor Carter's eyes also widened sharply. "What? How did this blade form..."

That blade form was clearly only at the beginner stage, but the timing of the move was so precise—it struck at the weakest point of Claire Waters's double whip form, using a "beginner" blade form to break a whip form with perfect-level power.

To achieve this required keen eyesight, perfect timing, and skill—none of which ordinary people could manage.

Instructor Carter stared at William Clark's back. "Coincidence? It must be a coincidence. How could this hopeless case have such sharp perception?"

At this moment, William Clark had already come to his senses. He thought to himself, This is bad—why can't I break my bad habits? Eight years of watching adult movies had ingrained some truly regrettable instincts.

Seeing Claire Waters glaring at him in a mix of embarrassment, anger, and shock, William Clark couldn't help but feel awkward. Although lust is a natural instinct for males, he really hadn't meant to do it just now—it was purely unconscious behavior.

But with a group of classmates nearby and Instructor Carter watching like a hawk, William Clark couldn't very well apologize—that would be admitting guilt.

Suddenly, William Clark recalled Claire Waters's whip form from earlier: soft on the outside, hard within. Though it was at the proficient stage, it had perfect-level power, but her energy flow was clearly a bit sluggish.

Pausing for a moment, William Clark gave an apologetic smile, raised his arms, and mimicked Claire Waters's earlier move, snapping out a whip form—but this time, the target was not the girl's chest, but her shoulders.

This whip form was almost identical to Claire Waters's earlier one—light and silent, as if performed by a beginner just starting to learn the 【兵形三式】.

But in Claire Waters's eyes, her dark green pupils widened even more. This whip form looked soft and limp, seemingly without any power. But Claire Waters had seen it before.

The perfect balance of softness and strength, the ability to switch between gentle and fierce at any moment—this was the hallmark of a perfect-level whip form.

There was no time for Claire Waters to think further. She knew she couldn't break a whip form with a blade form as he had, so she could only swing her arms, using a whip form to strike at William Clark's elbows, forcing him to change moves.

But as soon as her fair hands touched his elbows, William Clark's arms suddenly vibrated, as slippery as an eel, bouncing her arms away and continuing to snap toward her shoulders.

The back of his hand landed on her shoulders, sending a force that was both soft and hard, making Claire Waters's delicate body tremble. If that force had been just a bit stronger, she might have been sent flying.

"You..." Claire Waters looked up, glaring at William Clark. Was he doing this on purpose, trying to humiliate her? How could this person's whip form possibly reach the perfect level?

But William Clark didn't stop. He pulled his arms back and unleashed another whip form. This time, the twin whips moved like snakes, winding toward Claire Waters's delicate hands, and she had no choice but to meet them head-on.

In the blink of an eye, their sparring had turned into William Clark taking absolute control, with Claire Waters like a puppet, forced to follow his lead in the exchange.

Gradually, Claire Waters realized that under William Clark's guidance, her understanding of the whip form in the 【兵形三式】 was deepening, especially as she personally experienced the subtle power of a perfect-level whip form, causing her own technique to rapidly evolve.