Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios
Second Last said slowly while limping forward. She should have been sprinting madly, but a strange sight was taking place on the battlefield.
Her pace was slow, and since she was facing the group of White Ghouls opposite, she was even more conscientious, careful, and guarded as she advanced forward.
Second Last slowly began to scurry forwards and sped up when she ran into the White Ghouls. She then instantly began to sprint.
Her large body flinched and she was extremely flexible. She dodged a claw and began dodging left and right like a loach that encountered some fishes. She did not let any obstacles hamper her.
She dashed out of the group of White Ghouls and reached the White Ghoul Witch.
Panic was written all over the White Ghoul Witch’s pale face as it swiftly retreated and roared.
It turned out that the White Ghouls that were continuously summoned to the edge of the pit and forbidden from joining in the battle were not just watching a show and were, in fact, there to protect the White Ghoul Witch.
The White Ghouls yelled and dashed forward in the darkness of the night. Second Last put off her facade and she seemed to have revealed her cheetah-like bloodthirsty fangs.
The crisp sounds of bones breaking could be heard together with the sounds of White Ghouls yelling.
Jiang Xiao had no idea who he should face. There are so many White Ghouls here. How do I persist?
Big Cat!
Hurry!
The fierce Second Last seemed to have heard Jiang Xiao’s innermost thoughts as she dragged the thin White Ghoul Witch’s body along while the White Ghouls chased aggressively. She stepped on the edge of the pit and leaped up before landing in the middle of the pit, right beside Jiang Xiao.
Huff...
Jiang Xiao felt like he had already been thrown out and up forcefully.
Jiang Xiao grew flustered while Second Last stomped her foot against the ground and the silver star slot suddenly lit up.
Unlike the shocking explosion she executed just now, she was detonating the surroundings instead of herself this time.
Jiang Xiao saw Li Weiyi using that Star Technique before.
—Silver Quality Star Technique, Scorch
Compared to the bomb-like Scorch that Second Last was putting out at this moment, Li Weiyi’s Scorch seemed to be like firecrackers.
The flares shot up into the sky.
The White Ghouls that were chasing the White Ghoul Witch’s corpse irrationally swarmed together before getting blasted away.
They were covered in wounds and their mouths were full of blood. Like cannons, they were continuously being launched into the large pit.
The White Ghouls managed to form a huge whole in the strong, frozen soil.
The thing that had once put Jiang Xiao’s life in danger was actually effortlessly destroyed by Second Last.
No matter what, it was good that he had survived.
Jiang Xiao, who was still elevating, felt relieved but still felt that something was wrong.
Why am I still rising higher?
When will this end?
I’ve indeed escaped the explosion, but aren’t you being a little too forceful?
I may not be bombed to death, but I’ll probably fall to my death.
Finally, the elevation began to slow down and Jiang Xiao fell from the air.
The feeling of falling made Jiang Xiao’s heartbeat to rise rapidly, and he was overwhelmed with a thrill!
I love this life!
I hate this feeling!
I... have gone mad.
The burning flames began to fade and a ball of fire seemed to have lit up under the immense Star Power. Second Last stared at the descending Jiang Xiao.
She arched her legs and leaped forward, grabbing Jiang Xiao’s body and flipping him over nimbly. She then held him around her waist and fell onto the ground.
As she extended her arms, Jiang Xiao staggered and moved away. He just wanted to go back to school and have fun with his schoolmates. He didn’t want to have anything to do with her.
“Are you not willing to follow me?” Second Last asked while staring at Jiang Xiao.
Frankly speaking, she was standing in the huge pit and was surrounded by creatures of another dimension, as well as the White Ghoul Witch which had been badly mangled.
At this moment, she did sound rather convincing by saying such words.
However, the stone-hearted Jiang Xiao simply unbuttoned his tattered military uniform and handed it to Second Last.
Jiang Xiao said, “Put on your clothes. It’s better that we don’t speak to each other while being naked.”
Second Last was speechless.
Jiang Xiao was only 16 years old and he was still in the midst of puberty. However, he did not think that he would be able to grow from 1.76 meters to 2 meters tall in the future.
The torn and bloodstained military uniform seemed to have become a tight singlet on Second Last’s body.
However, he felt fortunate for the fact that it was too tattered. So, she did not put them on.
As for her pants...
It’s alright, the sky is dark.
Since Jiang Xiao wasn’t interested in her anyway, she didn’t mind it. Hence, they decided that it would be better to just bear with it.
The interesting thing was that her hair and eyebrows were all intact. Could it be that she had automatically turned back into lava mode?
Jiang Xiao was getting busy while thinking about it.
Busy with what?
With pulling the White Ghouls out of course.
Jiang Xiao had exhausted plenty of energy while trying to pull the White Ghouls out after they got blasted into the walls of the pit.
While releasing “Bell” and “Blessing” to help himself and Second Last recover quickly, he used his dagger to split open the skulls of the White Ghouls in a bid to find some Star Beads that would possibly exist.
“Jiang Xiao,” Second Last said softly and threw him a Star Bead.
She had, of course, checked up on the team when they were imprisoned, so she knew that his name was Jiang Xiaopi.
However, when she introduced herself just now, Jiang Xiao introduced himself to her as Jiang Xiao and not Jiang Xiaopi.
Hence, she simply thought that he was just using a shortcut of his name.
Since the two characters were pronounced in the same way, Jiang Xiao did not discover anything. He turned around and pressed the Star Bead which was obviously from the White Ghoul Witch beneath his feet.
That Star Bead was extremely expensive. Jiang Xiao reckoned that Second Last was probably not a money-minded person. Or perhaps, she was giving it to him as a reward.
He protected her while she resolved all obstacles and crises for him. That was quite a valuable transaction.
However, Second Last felt touched about the fact that Jiang Xiao had used his life to stall some time for her. He even used his Medical Star Technique to save her.
Jiang Xiao had indeed saved her life, and she did intend to die together with the White Ghouls.
To her surprise, she could open her eyes again and look at this familiar world.
Jiang Xiao did not say anything much because it was not the time to be humble and give in. Hence, he absorbed the White Ghoul Star Beads immediately.
The Star Power surged into his body and his Star Techniques Blessing and Decoy were subsequently upgraded to Silver Quality Level 1 (1/10).
COMMENT
10 Brass Quality White Ghoul Star Beads were required for the advancement of one small level, so 100 were needed for the quality to be upgraded to Gold.
Jiang Xiao could only rely on himself, and he could not afford the price of those Star Beads.
Fortunately, as an Awakened, he could still maintain a livelihood through selling the corpses of White Ghouls and ordinary Star Beads. Otherwise, Jiang Xiao and Han Jiangxue, who were still students, would have trouble surviving.
Hmm?
Jiang Xiao suddenly thought of something. If my parents whom I’ve never met have already passed on, the nation would probably give us some monetary incentives, right?
Could it be that I’m not as poor as I thought?
I won’t be wealthy, but I should be able to make ends meet, shouldn’t I?
Han Jiangxue doesn’t seem to be here in the snowfield to work as I thought?
No, I must ask her about it when I go home.
Jiang Xiao had harvested a total of 26 Star Beads and was enjoying his gains. He turned around and tried to give Second Last half of his gains, only to see that she had already climbed onto the edge of the pit and was squatting on the ground.
The cold wind was blowing against her hair that was fluttering away. In the dim sky, her eyes made her seem like a female leopard waiting to hunt.
“Follow her,” Second Last said in a hoarse voice. Without even turning around, she swiftly made her way forward.
Jiang Xiao frantically chased after her.
He was very sure of his own stand and position.
He was a great healer.
With the team around, he would be able to help them exhibit their greatest battling power.
Without the team, Jiang Xiao could only make his enemies exhibit their greatest battling power...