ALL NOVEL Chapter 55: A Group of Monsters
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Chapter 55: A Group of Monsters
After the battle ended, Xiao Yan suddenly felt weak, and his vision turned black as he collapsed directly to the ground.
"Cousin Xiao Yan!"
"Xiao Yan ge ge!"
Xiao Mei and Xiao Xun'er rushed forward, both showing expressions of panic. Xiao Yu also looked worried as she approached Xiao Yan, squatting down beside him and furrowing her brows as she looked at him.
"Are you okay?"
"Ah, I'm fine," Xiao Yan forced himself to stay awake and squinted his eyes, managing a weak smile. "I just don't have any strength left, nothing to worry about."
"You really are..."
Seeing that Xiao Yan was indeed not seriously injured, Xiao Yu let out a breath of relief. Her gaze then shifted to Xiao Yan's left arm, which was still wrapped with a whip.
At this moment, Ruo Lin also finally snapped out of her shock. Wordlessly, she retracted the whip, squatted down in front of Xiao Yan, and gently stroked his purple-blue arm with her delicate white hand, using life-energy infused water-attribute Dou Qi to relieve the pain in his arm.
In just a moment, the purple and red swelling on Xiao Yan's arm visibly subsided, and Xiao Yan also clearly felt the pain in his left arm ease significantly. He then cupped his fists toward Ruo Lin in gratitude.
"Instructor Ruo Lin, thank you...!"
Just as Xiao Yan's hands met, his expression suddenly twitched, and a sharp pain shot through his left arm again.
At this moment, Ruo Lin slowly spoke.
"Your arm bone has already shattered. All I can do is relieve the pain. Go home and rest properly."
"Instructor Ruo Lin, about that year's break..."
Xiao Yan looked at Ruo Lin and inquired. Ruo Lin sighed deeply, then showed a helpless smile.
"I approve. Go ahead and do what you want to do, as we agreed earlier. No matter what trouble the academy has, I will help you deal with it."
"Thank you so much!"
Xiao Yan spoke solemnly, and Ruo Lin shook her head lightly. She stood up and looked at the others, saying, "Today's admissions are mostly finished. The new students who have qualified should come back here in seven days. Everyone else can go home and rest, prepare your things." After speaking, Ruo Lin looked at Xiao Yu and reminded her, "Remember to apply medicine to your cousin's arm when you get home, in case there are any long-term effects."
"Mm!"
Xiao Yu nodded, and then Xiao Ning came up to Xiao Yan, softly asking, "Cousin Xiao Yan, can you get up?"
"Sorry... I can't muster any strength."
Xiao Yan smiled awkwardly, and Xiao Ning helplessly shrugged.
"With your fighting style, it would be strange if you had strength left now. But there's really no way around it."
Xiao Ning bent down and helped Xiao Yan up. After Xiao Yu and Ruo Lin said their goodbyes, Xiao Ning, along with other members of the Xiao family, accompanied Xiao Yan as they left the admissions yard.
It wasn't until all the new students had left that the older students slowly regained their composure. Luo Bu's teeth chattered as he stared at the ground and walls that had been shattered by Xiao Yan's punch, his face filled with fear.
Is this a Dou Practitioner? Is this really a Dou Practitioner?!!
At this moment, Luo Bu once again recalled the shadow in his heart — the time when Xiao Yu, a one-star Dou Shi, chased a nine-star Dou Shi around the inner academy selection tournament, and the other side couldn't even retaliate.
And now, this was even more ridiculous than that! The power behind Xiao Yan's punch was evident to everyone. At that time, Instructor Ruo Lin hadn't had time to react, and Luo Bu didn't believe that Ruo Lin, without a Dou Qi armor, could survive a direct hit to her head!
Even though Instructor Ruo Lin is a Da Dou Shi!
Are all the people in the Xiao family monsters of the same kind? Can everyone fight above their level?
Suddenly, Luo Bu recalled Xiao Ning's words from earlier, and a chill ran down his spine.
Could it be... he's also...?
"Instructor Ruo... Ruo Lin?" Xue Ni slowly approached, her voice trembling as she asked, "That boy... is he really just a three-star Dou Practitioner?"
"..."
Ruo Lin fell silent, slightly turning her body. She once again looked at the ruined yard behind her, deep fear hiding in her beautiful eyes.
Indeed, because of Xiao Yu's previous example, Ruo Lin didn't believe that Xiao Yan was just an ordinary three-star Dou Practitioner.
But she never imagined that he would be seen as an opponent on the same level. Deep inside, Ruo Lin had always looked down on Xiao Yan, like a lion facing a rabbit.
However, the gap in strength was so great that Ruo Lin had long forgotten that even a lion uses all its strength to catch a rabbit.
It was her own pride, her own arrogance, that caused her to narrowly escape death.
If Xiao Yan hadn't deliberately avoided her head and hit her elsewhere, she might have already perished.
Ruo Lin believed that not just herself, but any Da Dou Shi facing Xiao Yan could end up in defeat, unless they treated Xiao Yan as an opponent from the start and did not leave any openings.
But to have a Da Dou Shi treat a Dou Practitioner seriously from the beginning... probably no one would be willing to do that.
The pride and dignity of a strong person aren't so easily discarded.
In that battle just now, Xiao Yan knew he was weaker than her, and he realized that if he kept dodging passively, he would only lose.
But he didn't give up.
At the cost of losing an arm, he created an opening and made a desperate, full-force punch at her in that moment.
Xiao Yan treated this contest as a real battle.
In contrast, the disdain that had been hidden deep in her heart was laughable.
But besides that, there was something else that made Ruo Lin feel uneasy.
Or rather, something felt out of place.
After seeing the result of the battle, all the Xiao family's younger generation, including Xiao Yu, showed only concern for Xiao Yan's physical condition, with no real shock at how Xiao Yan had been able to suppress her.
Was it because they were so worried about Xiao Yan that they forgot to be shocked? Or had the younger generation of the Xiao family unconsciously blurred the huge gap between levels?
Suddenly, Ruo Lin recalled Xiao Ning's words to Xiao Yan earlier.
"With your fighting style, it would be strange if you had strength left now. But there's really no way around it."
In that moment, a chill ran down Ruo Lin's spine! She finally realized what felt out of place!
Earlier, all the Xiao family members were concerned about Xiao Yan, but not a single one of them criticized his reckless fighting style!
This meant that not only Xiao Yan, but any Xiao family member here would make the same decision if they fought against her!
It was just a contest! It didn't require life-and-death stakes!
But they didn't seem to care at all, as if they were all accustomed to fighting desperately!
These Xiao family juniors have no common sense at all!!!
"Xue Ni," Ruo Lin said darkly, "Go with the others and clean up over there. We still need to recruit new students in the next few days. Don't make it look too messy."
"Yes!"
Xue Ni immediately responded, calling the others to help clear the broken blue stones and walls.
Ruo Lin then turned around, her gaze following the Xiao family juniors as they left the admissions yard. Her eyes were tightly narrowed.
Originally, she had been pleased with the number of talented individuals recruited.
But now, she felt deep unease and fear about it.
These Xiao family juniors are not geniuses. They are monsters.
A group of monsters that cannot be understood by common sense.
(End of Chapter)
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