“I cultivated and even advanced to First Rank. But the books say it takes at least half a month of cultivation to break through to First Rank. How did I break through in just one night?”
Si Junni widened her eyes in astonishment. If she didn’t truly understand Tu Yaoyao’s personality, she would have almost thought this person was humble-bragging!
Originally, Si Junni had been proud of her own three-hour breakthrough. Now thinking about it, that was really too ordinary.
“Someone is coming to kill me later. Remember to hide behind Jiaoyue, or leave now.”
Si Junni calmly spoke these words. Tu Yaoyao was a bit confused and turned to look at the petite girl, who resembled a little loli. Hide… behind Jiaoyue?
Jiaoyue nodded, stepping sideways to the front, shielding the two behind her.
Tu Yaoyao directly replied, “I can fight! My Innate Skill can connect with the earth, allowing me to defend against attacks three ranks higher than myself without taking damage!”
Si Junni looked utterly bewildered. Are you crazy, silly kid??
“Do you know what an Innate Skill is?”
“Of course I know. S Rank Awakened all possess an Innate Skill after their Awakening.” Tu Yaoyao answered seriously. Jiaoyue also looked at Si Junni with confusion.
Si Junni instantly felt immense pressure.
“Innate Skills… are every Awakened’s trump card. They shouldn’t be revealed lightly except at critical moments! And you can only tell your teammates!”
Si Junni explained very seriously to Tu Yaoyao.
But Tu Yaoyao became even more confused. “But… if someone is coming to kill us, isn’t that a critical moment? We’re together now, so aren’t we teammates? I didn’t say anything wrong.”
Tu Yaoyao’s logic was perfectly self-consistent.
Si Junni helplessly repeated: “I said someone is coming to kill me, not us.”
“But we’re together!”
“Then you leave.”
“I’m useful! I won’t hold you back. You have a Healing Ability, you’re more precious than me! You hide behind us, I’ll protect you!”
Tu Yaoyao spoke sincerely, but Si Junni felt even more uneasy. This person…
Today was really a mistake. Originally, she wanted to take Tu Yaoyao to experience the cruel world of Awakened, to broaden his horizons and increase his knowledge.
Not only did she fail to achieve that, but she also brought danger to him. This world… being too weak is really no fun. She needed to work hard to become stronger quickly.
And Tu Yaoyao… this person’s brain doesn’t work well, unwilling to leave, and communicating with him is too difficult. Si Junni directly gave up. Fortunately, she had made arrangements in advance, so it wouldn’t be dangerously exaggerated.
Even though Si Junni had been chatting with the two beside her, she remained constantly aware of their surroundings.
When she noticed fewer and fewer passersby, she knew… the ones who should come had probably arrived.
Although Tu Yaoyao was simple-minded, his danger perception was indeed good. With Si Junni’s reminder, he quickly noticed something was wrong.
He stubbornly bypassed Jiaoyue, standing alone at the front. Even though he felt somewhat panicked inside, he stiffened his neck and raised his head.
Jiaoyue tentatively looked at Si Junni. This sense of danger made Jiaoyue very uneasy. She really wanted to transform into her Beast Form but was afraid of causing trouble for Si Junni.
She didn’t know what to do…”Low-level Beast Transformation requires a hand gesture; you can’t transform instantly. Later, come up with one—point to your forehead, twist your hand, circle it, and point a single finger toward the sky, something like that.”
Si Junni whispered a reminder, and Jiaoyue nodded solemnly. This felt a bit beyond her scope—she had never seen how others performed Beast Transformation!
She simply followed Si Junni’s instructions. First, she pressed her hands to her temples, then made a circling motion above her head, twirled once, and pointed a single finger toward the sky! Transforming into Wolf Form!
Thankfully, the transformation succeeded; otherwise, her flushed face would have been too embarrassing! It really felt silly, and Jiaoyue was so nervous her claws were twitching uncontrollably…
Si Junni also struggled to hold back laughter. Hearing movement, she quickly composed her expression and glared sharply toward the front.
Almost out of thin air, three figures in black robes appeared, closing the distance in the blink of an eye.
“Obey the divine decree, return to our Divine Domain. If you refuse, kill! Kill! Kill!”
The three black-robed figures could have attacked directly, but they too had a hand gesture—index and middle fingers pressed to their brows, slowly extending toward the sky!
It looked even sillier than Jiaoyue’s earlier move.
Jiaoyue was genuinely comforted by this.
“Take one each according to your position!”
Si Junni wasn’t sure if her two teammates understood her meaning, but she had already unleashed her Reverse Healing Art toward the middle figure.
It was her first time using it in actual combat, and Si Junni wasn’t certain about her accuracy. Only when the enemy suddenly stumbled and spat blood on the spot did she realize she had succeeded.
Jiaoyue moved with remarkable agility, pouncing forward and instantly kicking one of them away.
In the first moments of the clash, two of the three Divine Servants were injured—an outcome none had anticipated!
How could three newly Awakened students possess such strength?
“Do not persist in your delusion. I can take you to meet the Yanyang God’s Envoy! Enter our Divine Domain and never decay!”
Si Junni grinned. “Today, I’ll show you what decay looks like!”
Si Junni remembered clearly: capturing a Divine Domain Apostle would earn a reward!
Her supplies were depleted, and her account was empty. In her eyes, these three black-clothed loaches were nothing but big gold coins!
Currently, Si Junni had no other offensive skills, so she focused on unleashing the “Reverse Healing Art”!
Her accuracy was decent—three attempts, all successful, mainly because the enemies were unprepared.
However, the three of them managed to separate Jiaoyue from Si Junni and Tu Yaoyao.
Two of them flanked Jiaoyue, while one confronted Si Junni and Tu Yaoyao head-on. Suddenly, a shower of flames descended from the sky.
Tu Yaoyao immediately activated her Innate Skill. In an instant, Si Junni felt as if the sky had turned dark, enveloped by a swirling mass of yellow earth…
“Yaoyao, leave me an opening! I need to use my skill!”
“Ah! Aren’t you a Healing Ability user? Do you still need to target the enemy with a skill…?”
Though puzzled, Tu Yaoyao instinctively obeyed Si Junni’s words, creating a small opening in the middle of the earthen mound.
Si Junni felt incredibly advanced, as if she were wearing an ultra-thick protective shell…
The black-clothed loach outside had been attacking relentlessly for a while, expending quite a bit of special ability, yet the massive earthen shell remained completely unscathed.
They couldn’t help but exchange bewildered glances. How much time had passed?
Even if they had advanced to First Rank, how could they withstand so many attacks from a Second Rank Awakened?On Jiaoyue’s side, she initially held her own without falling behind in the 1v2 situation. However, her injuries had not fully healed, and as time went on, it became increasingly difficult. The wounds on her body began to split open and bleed again…
The main issue was that the coordinated attacks from the opponents made Jiaoyue somewhat uncomfortable.
…….