"I know a martial art that can let you walk through an army as if strolling in your own garden. However, this martial art is extremely precious. You must make a contract to become my knight before I can teach it to you."

"Become your knight?" Edward White muttered to himself.

A knight does not hold a noble title. Even if someone already has a title, once they become a knight, their title disappears immediately, because a knight is the private property of a noble. Once a person becomes another's knight, their life and everything they have are controlled by that person.

"Little girl, I think you forgot something." Edward White walked up to Sophie Lee, pinched her chin, and lifted her face so that her eyes met his.

Chapter 6: Blade-Edge Step

"Bitch, your life is in my hands right now." Edward White was very interested in the martial art Sophie Lee mentioned, but as for becoming a knight, he had no interest at all.

"You..." Sophie Lee was both ashamed and angry, but in the end, she didn't dare say anything more, afraid that Edward White might really do something reckless. She could only recite the martial art's formula word by word, full of resentment.

Edward White memorized it carefully. After Sophie Lee recited it once, Edward White had already remembered it all, but he still made her repeat it three times to make sure it was exactly the same as the first time. Only then did he begin to ponder the martial art.

This martial art was called "Blade-Edge Step." Its main feature was "danger"—like walking barefoot on a blade, dancing on its tip. Every step had to be taken with extreme caution, as if treading on thin ice, aiming to achieve the greatest effect with the smallest movement. In the midst of thousands of soldiers, it sought a sliver of life between the gaps, like threading a needle. That was an apt description for this martial art.

"Blade-Edge Step... Blade-Edge Step... Why does that sound so familiar..." Edward White muttered with his head down, then suddenly his eyes lit up: "Blade-Edge Step—isn't that the signature martial art of Count Daolun, the one famed for its unrivaled sharpness?"

"What is your relationship to Count Daolun?" Edward White looked at Sophie Lee and asked. Anyone who knew "Blade-Edge Step" must have an extraordinary connection to Count Daolun.

"Count Daolun is my father." Sophie Lee proudly lifted her chin a little.

"Very good." Edward White nodded and said nothing more, earnestly beginning to study "Blade-Edge Step."

No matter how powerful Count Daolun was, he could not break through the barrier to enter the altar area, so whether Sophie Lee's father was Count Daolun or not made no difference to Edward White. If he wanted to escape alive, he would have to rely on himself.

"Blade-Edge Step" was easy to learn but hard to master, focusing on details and mental calmness. Coincidentally, these were exactly Edward White's strengths. In the years he spent hunting the Blade Demons, his greatest gains were calmness and patience, always aiming for a one-hit kill. Practicing the Pain Blade technique also emphasized subtle changes, which happened to be exactly what "Blade-Edge Step" required.

In less than an hour, Edward White had already grasped the basics, performing "Blade-Edge Step" with decent form, lacking only practical combat experience.

Sophie Lee watched Edward White practice "Blade-Edge Step" from the side. At first, she didn't think much of it. The main reason she revealed "Blade-Edge Step" was because she was afraid of being left alone in the jungle, and Edward White gave her an inexplicable sense of security. That's why she came up with this way to stay by Edward White's side.

In fact, Sophie Lee didn't believe Edward White could master "Blade-Edge Step" in a short time. It had taken her a year to reach basic proficiency and use it in real combat. Even her exceptionally talented father, Count Daolun, had needed half a year to apply "Blade-Edge Step" in battle. It was never a martial art that could be learned quickly.

But after watching for a while, Sophie Lee's expression gradually became strange. After just half an hour, Edward White was already moving smoothly through "Blade-Edge Step," as if he had practiced for several months. If she hadn't seen with her own eyes how clumsy Edward White was at the beginning, almost falling after a few steps, Sophie Lee would never have believed he had only practiced "Blade-Edge Step" for half an hour. She might even have suspected he had learned it before.

After an hour, Sophie Lee felt her young heart was deeply wounded—Edward White's "Blade-Edge Step" was already comparable to her own, after years of hard practice.

"It must just look similar. The most important thing about Blade-Edge Step is actual combat. After only an hour, there's no way he can use it in a real fight," Sophie Lee thought to herself.

"We can go now." Time was short, so after grasping the basics, Edward White stopped practicing.

"Where are we going now?" Sophie Lee asked.

"Not we—you're going east, I'm going west," Edward White said coolly.

"How can you do this? You're going back on your word..." Sophie Lee burst out angrily.