What surprised Han Fei even more than Yan Shuang did.
“Sis…” he blurted out instinctively. But before he could say more, Tu Sanqi turned back, grabbed his leg, and started swinging him down onto the ground.
Like smashing a piece of trash.
“Go on, hit! Use your ability! Bully honest people!” Tu Sanqi scolded as she beat him. “Now you want to call her sister? Even if you call her dad it won’t help!”
Han Fei: “…”
Yan Shuang: “…”
Yan Shuang’s eyelids twitched. When Tu Sanqi finished beating him and even yanked out another handful of his hair, she finally stepped forward and asked Han Fei, “Do you know you were wrong?”
Han Fei couldn’t believe the fact that he now had a bald patch. He glared viciously at Tu Sanqi.
“Why should she—”
Slap!
Yan Shuang expressionlessly slapped him across the face and asked again, “Do you know you were wrong?”
Han Fei: “…”
Finally, after being slapped eight times in a row, Han Fei gave in.
“Alright, alright… I was wrong… stop hitting me…” Han Fei held his head and didn’t dare glare at Tu Sanqi anymore.
Tu Sanqi curled her lips and finally returned the handful of short hair she was holding.
Han Fei stared at the hair in his hands, petrified.
Yan Shuang ignored him and pulled Tu Sanqi a little farther away.
“The area he damaged is too large. The teachers will come soon. You should leave first—I’ll go back after handling it.”
Tu Sanqi knew Yan Shuang was thinking of her.
Privately fighting at school would result in punishment.
“Then what about you?” Tu Sanqi scratched her head and asked belatedly, “Did I cause trouble?”
She had only been at school for a week and had already fought an ability user… Tu Sanqi couldn’t imagine how Tu Yu would react if he found out.
Yan Shuang froze for a moment, but she felt a little happy.
“The trouble was clearly caused by me.”
“Thank you, Tu Sanqi.”
Her eyes shone slightly, making Tu Sanqi feel a little embarrassed.
Now that Yan Shuang had awakened her ability, Tu Sanqi wasn’t worried about her being bullied by Han Fei anymore. In the end, she obediently listened and slipped away from the scene.
After Tu Sanqi left, Yan Shuang went back. Han Fei was still sitting there in a daze.
“Are you not getting up?” Yan Shuang’s expression became much colder when facing Han Fei.
Han Fei snapped his fingers and burned the clump of hair in his hand with a flame.
Previously, he had relied on having awakened an ability to suppress Yan Shuang everywhere. But now… Yan Shuang had also awakened one.
And judging from the color of her pupils, her ability level was even higher than his.
Han Fei was the type who knew when to submit. He quickly tucked in his tail.
“Sis…” he said awkwardly, but couldn’t find anything else to say. After a moment of silence, he brought up the girl who had dared to fight him head-on earlier.
“Your friend is seriously strange,” Han Fei said with a pout. “Who fights an ability user like that?”
Yan Shuang was reporting the situation to a teacher. Hearing this, she glanced at him sideways.
“But didn’t you still lose?” she said calmly.
“You really never learn,” she added mockingly.
Han Fei: “…”
Han Fei kicked a stone angrily and snorted.
“I’m not looking down on her! I just think she’s reckless—more reckless than me!”
Yan Shuang ignored him.
Han Fei continued muttering to himself.
“Besides, someone like her will enter the training camp sooner or later. Why would I look down on her…”
“You investigated her privately?” Yan Shuang immediately turned to him, her eyes full of warning.
Anyone targeted by Han Fei rarely had peaceful days.
But Han Fei looked innocent.
“Why would I investigate her? I don’t even know her!” He shrugged and recalled, “When she rushed over just now, I saw her eyes.”
Han Fei said, “They were crimson red.”
Yan Shuang froze.
Han Fei crossed his arms and analyzed, “If you hadn’t blocked that attack for her just now, maybe she would’ve awakened her ability tonight.”
“Ha! I told you my method works!” Han Fei suddenly sounded proud.
Yan Shuang: “…”
Yan Shuang expressionlessly slapped him again.
“Sis!! Why did you hit me again?!”
After eating, Tu Sanqi returned to the dormitory. Until lights-out, Yan Shuang still hadn’t come back—she only received a message saying she was safe.
The next morning, Tu Sanqi received Yan Shuang’s second message.
Yan Shuang said she had been sent to the training camp. She would come back to visit if she had time and hoped Tu Sanqi would awaken her ability soon so they could meet again there.
Tu Sanqi: “…”
That hope sounded extremely slim.
Still, thinking that Yan Shuang had finally awakened her ability, Tu Sanqi felt happy for her… She decided to celebrate by eating two basins of rice in the cafeteria.
Another week passed, and Tu Sanqi’s schedule gained a new class: combat training.
The teacher’s surname was Xiong.
Teacher Xiong was even more burly than Teacher Huo. From her classmates, Tu Sanqi learned that Teacher Xiong was a earth-type strength ability user.
Moreover, unlike Teacher Huo’s physical training, Teacher Xiong’s combat training used no equipment at all—he personally guided every student.
At that moment, the students present were randomly divided into groups.
Xiong Jie said only one word:
“Fight.”
It was Tu Sanqi’s first time attending this class, and she had no idea how it worked. But the moment she heard the word “fight,” she reacted instantly and rushed forward.
Wasn’t combat training just fighting?
Who should she fight? Obviously the opponent in her group!
What if it meant fighting someone else? Whatever! Strike first and worry later!
Tu Sanqi moved quickly. As she dashed forward, she clenched her fist. When her opponent raised an elbow to block, she instantly adjusted the angle of her arm and swung straight toward their abdomen.
As it turned out, Tu Sanqi hadn’t misunderstood.
Other groups on the field also started fighting within their teams.
Xiong Jie wandered around the field. Whenever he passed a student, he would give a few pointers. With just a few words, he could completely turn the situation around.
But when he walked farther back, his attention was quickly drawn to one person.
Eating two basins of rice every meal really helps, Tu Sanqi thought with satisfaction. Even she hadn’t realized how fast her attacks had become.
But suddenly, her raised hand was grabbed by a domineering force.
Tu Sanqi froze and turned her head in confusion, meeting Xiong Jie’s thoughtful gaze.
“…Teacher?” Tu Sanqi asked, puzzled.
Xiong Jie pondered for a moment.
“You fight me.”
Tu Sanqi: “???”
Wait—was she even qualified for that???
“Come!” Xiong Jie planted his feet firmly and beckoned to her, encouraging her with his eyes. “Just think of one thing—treat me like a zombie.”
“If you can’t beat me to death, then you’ll be the one beaten to death.”
Tu Sanqi: “…”
Tu Sanqi stiffly stood opposite Xiong Jie. She took a breath and, as he suggested, imagined him as the low-level zombie she hated the most.
It’s all that zombie’s fault!
Anger rose in her heart. Tu Sanqi pursed her lips and attacked Xiong Jie without mercy.
After Yan Shuang left, Tu Sanqi hadn’t relaxed either. Besides daily classes, she trained in the training pod every morning and evening.
Combined with the fact that she had already used the healing pod once, her movements were now agile and her strength could keep up.
Facing Xiong Jie now, Tu Sanqi used every move she had learned.
But the thing Xiong Jie was observing wasn’t her technique.
He could feel the ferocity in Tu Sanqi’s attacks…
This kid really hates zombies.
Xiong Jie found it amusing inside, but his expression remained serious. He blocked all her attacks and occasionally struck back hard, watching as her expression became calmer while her strikes grew heavier—
Until one moment.
A flash of crimson red appeared in her pupils.