*PAH!*
*PAH!*
As Xia was about to hit Yunxi for the third time, Yunxi opened her eyes and held her paw.
( What the hell?!!! You almost gave me a heart attack!!!) Xia sobbed loudly.
It was kind of weird to see a cat crying. The expression on her face…frightening. She was standing on Yunxi's chest, and looking at her worriedly.
" What..happ..ened? " Yunxi asked, her voice hoarse, as she sat up with Xia in her arms. Xia was now bigger, like the size of a month old wolf.
( You tell me ! I told you to beat that wolf into a pulp, but it was the opposite! )
" What exactly happened?" Yunxi asked, her voice back to normal. She just finished gulping down a bottle of water.
( Well, After I was healed. I opened my eyes to see this barrier around me . I tried to turn it off, but I couldn't. As l moved, I realized everywhere was quiet and foggy. Since I couldn't turn it off , I decided to leave it. When I turned around, I found you…You were cold, and your heartbeat was very faint. Out of fear of what was happening to you, I started to slap you out of your unconsciousness. ) Xia narrated.
Yunxi still felt the sting from her hits.
" Maybe…You should refrain from using too much strength." Yunxi said with a smile, and rubbed her head.
Xia was actually scared of the most reliable answer to her predicament, death. Yunxi was feeling every ounce of her emotions, so she knew what was really going on.
( What was happening to you? You were slipping.)
" I was recollecting the past. "
( What past?)
" Ugh! I am so dirty, and slimy." Yunxi was trying to remove the wolf's matter on her. She was covered in blood, and looked to be in a sorry state. She was avoiding Xia's earlier question. She didn't want to talk about it, and Xia wouldn't pester her.
Yunxi removed her clothes and washed her body of the filth before donning another black cloth. Xia wasn't as shy as the first time.
Like , Excuse me ! This is the apocalypse. It's a luxury, if someone was able to find clean water to bathe. Who cares about the surroundings.
" Okay! Let's loot them , and get away from here. " Yunxi went towards the Alpha Wolf and extracted him.
The materials were intact, despite the fact that she had brutally bashed him into a pulp. Yunxi shut the notifications from the system a while ago, since it was distracting her.
She quickly extracted the rest of the wolves and kept the loots in her inventory.
She had leveled repeatedly, causing her inventory to widen in space. And she was instantly healed as she leveled up.
( Where are we going? ) Xia asked curiously.
They were going back the way they came. Instead of leaving the dungeon, since the portal was open.
" If we leave first, they will suspect me . They would probe me , and that can put my family in danger."
( Oh…So that's why! Okay!) Xia's size had reduced back to the baby kitten form with the barrier around her. Meanwhile, Yunxi's original reason was to get revenge for the three students who died brutally, and reap benefits from the other dead students. They were free resources! How could she let them go to waste! Even though they wouldn't give her much , their low talents were upgradable. And +1 strength is something! She couldn't let them die in vain! At least, their deaths would make her grow stronger.
Yunxi walked elegantly in the fog.Turned out Yunxi's poison resistance had evolved and she could breathe normally in the fog. Although the fog was rapidly dissipating.
*CLANK!*
*CLANK!!*
*CLANK!!!*
There was a fight going on. Yunxi jumped onto a tree and watched what was going on with her evolved Enhanced Vision.
" Interesting!" Yunxi muttered under her breath.
( What ?) Xia asked curiously. She was also watching what was going on, but there was nothing interesting happening. What she was seeing were cowards.
The students couldn't fight a level one Man - Eating Rabbit. And there were others who were hiding in a barrier, and chose to watch their other fellow students die at the hands of the monsters. Cowards! They were all cowards!!!
" The level one beasts are too strong for them. Their stats are higher than the students of the same level.But not even fighting to live.…that's an act of cowardice. " Yunxi could understand what Xia was thinking, and explained to her.
When she saw the attributes of the beasts and compared them with the students', Yunxi immediately understood. These Man - Eating Rabbits had their stats buffed because of the fog , they were stronger. But that didn't mean they were invincible.
These students…. After seeing how the rabbits easily killed their comrades, they became scared. Fear is extremely powerful. It made the students disoriented, and split their manpower. The students fled from the others, trying to run away for their lives. In doing so, the teams were broken. And the rabbits had an easier time taking care of each of them.
Fear…Fear….Fear….
Fear is extremely terrifying! The person who doesn't fear death dies out of fear itself!
From the tree, Yunxi saw three family figures running around.
" Xia ….can you pour this blood on them?"
( Of course!) Xia collected the vial of blood from Yunxi , with an evil smile on her face.
She remembered those three! They were the scums of humanity! They didn't deserve to die peacefully! She became invisible and moved behind the three huddled together behind high shrubs. She poured the blood on the ground behind them , and left.
" That was fast. " Yunxi complimented Xia with a smile. Hearing such a compliment, and from a beautiful girl like that, Xia's head swelled with pride. She made a promise to become powerful, so she could get more praises and smiles.
Soon the blood led a handful of rabbits to the location the three were hiding. Screams was what was left in their wake, as the rabbits ferociously devoured them.
Yunxi continued to watch how the students dropped dead one after the other with an indifferent expression.
Suddenly, a sharp glint passed quickly in her eyes. A mile away, a figure with blonde hair was fighting with the rabbits barehanded. She kept smashing her fists into their heads. It was none other than Nalan.
Seeing her as an equal opponent, the rabbits surrounded her . They were too much, and she couldn't handle all of them. And she was getting tired, but the look of determination was blazing in her eyes. Her deep blue eyes were blazing like Azula's blue fire, in the last Airbender.
Just then, a level three rabbit joined the hordes of level one and two rabbits and jumped straight at her. She was already having a hard time dealing with the level twos. But now a level three was joining.
By the time Nalan realized, it was too late. The rabbit was inches away from slashing her throat, when it dropped dead. A dagger stuck its heart from behind.
Nalan was stunned for a minute, before she was pulled out by a scratch from one of the rabbits. She quickly took care of them, before looking around for the person who saved her. But, no one was there. The person was long gone.
' Who…could have saved me?'. Nalan thought.
When she couldn't think of the person who could, she decided to stop. She would find out later.
She walked to the level three rabbit and removed the dagger. It had a black well crafted handle, and was made with a sharp metal which glinted brightly. She tucked the dagger, and looted the rabbits.
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