Ye Xin and Jia Mei both turned their heads to look at the source of the voice. Jia Mie had a curious but cautious expression on her face, while when Ye Xin saw who was speaking, he was annoyed.
Taking in a deep breath, he stepped forward and looked at Xue Yong in the eye. He wasn't afraid of him; he also saw Xue Wen and Jiang You standing behind him.
All three of them had their beasts summoned.
"Ye Xin, do you know them?" Jia Mei came behind him and asked with a worried tone. She could feel the hostility coming from the three newcomers.
And since the previous experience, she was now a bit worried about strangers. She even held Ye Xin's robe from behind, afraid that the three newcomers might hurt her.
Ye Xin saw her and sighed internally; he could tell that Jia Mei has developed fear towards strangers after the incident with Duan Bo and Qian Geming.
He could tell that she was still traumatically affected by them even when they were already dead. He felt pity for her; by the time he has spent together with her, he could tell that she was a nice and kind-hearted girl, and for something bad to happen to her, this world really was cruel.
Thinking about her, he looked at Xue Yong again. "Wasn't last time enough? Now you guys want to give me more money?" Ye Xin asked, and a mocking smile formed on his face.
"You!" Xue Yong clenched his fist as veins popped up on his forehead; he was thoroughly enraged.
"I will kill you!" He said and pointed at Ye Xin.
"Bakkores, Dragging Heat!" He yelled.
Bakkores was his red beast, and Dragging Heat was the name of the attack. Xue Yong has previously used this attack on Gai Luo.
The Bakkores growled and flames covered it's body; it then started running towards Ye Xin at a rapid pace.
"Jia Mei, can you help me?" Ye Xin asked; he wanted to open up Jia Mei. After what she has gone through, she has developed a fear of strangers, and Ye Xin wanted her to fight strangers so she could know that she was not weak and could fight against anyone that tries to bully her.
Jia Mei gulped her saliva at his words and looked at him. "I... I... Grokie..." She summoned her Grokie, and just when Bakkores was about to attack Ye Xin, the Grokie's punch and Bakkores's falme-filled punch hit each other, and both of them flew backwards.
The Bakkores flew about ten meters, and Grokie flew about fifteen meters back, and only after that did it stand up again and look at Bakkores with an angry glare. The Grokie then growled at it.
Xue Yong looked at the Grokie, and a disdainful expression appeared on his face. "Hiding behind a girl, just the type of man I expected you to be! Haha... Pathetic!" He spat towards Ye Xin.
Ye Xin sighed and looked at Jia Mei. "You are strong; you can easily defeat them; you just have to believe in yourself." He said to her, trying to comfort her.
"Dragging Heat! Bakkores, kill that guy for me, but leave that girl alive; I will teach her a good lesson!" He said and laughed.
The Bakkores's body got surrounded by even more flames that reached up to three meters, and even the ground below it started to melt.
Ye Xin could feel that heat coming from the beast.
"But... But Ye Xin, I am not that strong..." Tears formed in her eyes, and even her body shook uncontrollably when she heard Xue Yong's words.
She held Ye Xin's robe tightly, not daring to let him leave; she was afraid that if Ye Xin left, then she would be violated and killed. It was only because of him that she was maintaining her sanity.
Ye Xin turned silent when he looked at Jia Mei. After taking in some deep breaths, he looked at Xue Yong with a shaky gaze.
Xue Yong, Xue Wen, and Jiang You all felt chills running down their spines when they felt his gaze; it was as if someone had poured a bucket of ice over their bodies. Even the heat coming from Bakkores didn't alleviate their cold.
"Bother..." Xue Wen murmured as she felt fear.
Xue Yong gritted his teeth and then snorted. "He is just acting, trying to show off when he is hiding behind a girl; it's clear that he is scared of us and is acting! He can't do anything; let's kill him! But make sure to leave that girl unscratched." Xue Yong said as he looked at Jia Mei form up to down.
She was beautiful, and his gaze was filled with lust; anyone could tell what was going through his mind by looking at his expression.
Jia Mei moved even more behind Ye Xin; by now both of her hands were holding on to his clothes, and she even de-summoned the Grokie back to her.
Ye Xin could tell that she was shivering behind her, and he could also hear her light sobs. He glanced back at her and could see that her head was hanging down and tears were dripping from her eyes to the ground.
Even more anger flared in his body as he summoned Hong Hai. He was angry by how Xue Yong was talking to Jia Mie; he was considering her as an object rather than a human.
"Die!" Xue Yong laughed and pointed at Ye Xin; now he was more confident in himself, as he had managed to make Jia Mei call her Grokie Back.
"Jiang You, Sister, what are you guys waiting for?! Attack! We have to kill this bastard today to avenge the humiliation we received previously!"
Both of them nodded and released their beasts.
"Shadowless Doppelganger!"
"Phasing Beam!"
Both Jiang You and Xue Wen roared.
Jiang You's Quelpi flew high and dispersed in twenty clones. While Xue Wen's Adera, the rabbit, opened its mouth, a small ball of purple energy circulated in its mouth.
Ye Xin looked at the three beasts attacking him; however, he was calm—too calm; he was so calm that the three felt chills even when they were the ones that were attacking him.
Ye Xin took in a deep breath and looked at Hong Hai. "Frigid Death." He said it in a calm tone.
This was the attack he developed in the last month with Hong Hai; this was his strongest attack.
Suddenly everything in two hundred meters turned silent; even leaves on the tree stopped moving. It was as if death itself had descended in the place.
The three attacks were about to reach him; however, just before that, a red tentacle emerged out of the ground and defected all three of the attacks.
After that, hundreds of more arms emerged out of the ground, and all of them moved towards the three of them and their beasts.
And before they could do anything, Xue Yong, Jiang You, and Xue Wen were caught by the many arms, and even their beasts were caught.
"You stop... Agh!!!" Xue Yong was about to say something, but before he could do so, the grip around his body tightened beyond his power to resist, and a fountain of blood and organs flew out of his mouth. He died before he could do anything, and with him, his Bakkores also perished instantly, his body turning limp.
Ye Xin then looked at Xue Wen.
"Please... I beg you, please let me live; I will never trouble you again." She started, begging, as she felt his gaze on her.
She could tell that her life and death were now in his hands. Ye Xin has overpowered them so quickly, they didn't even have the time to defend.
And now her body was being squeezed with every passing second. She felt choked, and even her bones started to crack internally.
"Ye Xin looked at the two of them with his cold gaze and then looked at Jia Mei." Sighing, he broke Xue Wen's arm and threw her away, and he let loose Jiang You with some light bruises.
"Give me your detection stones." He came near them and ordered.
Seeing his domineering look, both Jiang You and Xue Wen pulled out their stones even when they were getting hammered by pain.
Especially Xue Wen, her right arm was broken; however, she didn't dare to let out a single sob in front of Ye Xin; she felt as if she made even a single mistake, then she would die.
Ye Xin took their stones and found out that Jiang You was now the leader of the group. Mao Roulan told him that if the leader of a group died, then the position would be randomly assigned to one of the group members.
And this information could be seen in their stones.
Ye Xin sneered and threw the stone far away with the help of Hong Hai.
He then took the stone from Xue Wen and threw it in the opposite direction. "Now if you guys want to stay in the examination, go and find your stone; this is your punishment." Ye Xin said and turned back, "Let's go." He said to Jia Mie.
Jia Mei nodded at him and started following him, and soon enough both of them disappeared from the place.
Ye Xin wouldn't have thrown away their stones if he could take their merits; however, he can't, as it was a rule that examines has to follow so can't steal other people's merits.
Both Jiang You and Xue Wen looked at each other after Ye Xin was gone and gulped their saliva.
"Jiang You, help me reach my stone; after that, we can find yours." Xue Wen said.
Jiang You turned silent at her words and slapped her on the face.