A strong wind suddenly blows!

The wind howled so sharply, whistling and piercing, tearing and ripping up the hems of Qin Yuan's clothes. The hems of his clothes fluttered in the wind, and blood continuously flowed from his skin, staining his snow-white clothes a glaring red.

He slowly stretched out his hand in the direction of the Silent Bug.

The blood-soaked hand had trembling slender fingers, but the fingertips were white and almost transparent, as if picking up a bit of crystal snow in the scorching summer sun.

A glimmer of light slowly emerged at his fingertips.

As soon as he appeared, everyone in the battle felt a chill down their spines. Killing intent assaulted them, and a startling, scalp-numbing, intense fear instantly swept over them, crackling like an electric current through their cerebral cortex.

Very strong.

Very strong!

Even the Riftworms and Silentworms felt uneasy.

They suddenly turned around, left Tan Yao behind, and attacked Qin Yuan together!

But just when they were halfway there, the two Zergs suddenly stopped.

The area only one meter ahead was densely covered with threads of mental power.

The extremely sharp silk thread is almost transparent in the dim light, and when tightened, it is enough to cut off the forelimbs of the rift worm.

Gu Qiongsheng, who was standing next to her, had blood on her lips and her eyes were burning without blinking - she was also trying her best, using her strongest power to turn the one meter in front of her into a dead zone!

“Bang, bang, bang!”

Several bullets were fired from behind, blocking the retreat of the Silent Worms and the Rift Worms.

Tan Yao's left arm was broken, twisted backward in a strange, backward position. Sweat dripped from his forehead, and he licked his back teeth fiercely. With his remaining right hand, he raised his gun, aimed, and fired!

All the remaining mental strength was poured into these shots. The bullets fired from the guns turned into a ball of fire, burning as if to melt everything between heaven and earth.

At this moment, a magical tacit understanding emerged between them.

Even without prior communication, Tan Yao could accurately understand Gu Qiongsheng's combat intention, which was to do everything possible to buy time for Qin Yuan.

Strong light is converging.

The entire sky seemed to dim in an instant, and only the light from Qin Yuan's fingertips remained between heaven and earth.

It is bright and sharp, and it hurts the eyes and makes people want to cry.

Feeling the ferocious murderous intent so close at hand, the Silent Worms and the Rift Worms all screamed in fear and anger, waving their tentacles and blades wildly. For a moment, they even ignored the bullets from Tan Yao behind them, and rushed forward desperately, resisting Gu Qiongsheng's silk thread!

The taut silk threads scratched through the hard shells, sometimes leaving only scratches of varying depths, while other times they fiercely cut open their chests and abdomens, splattering blood mist!

Just when the two insects were about to rush to Qin Yuan, something strange happened between heaven and earth.

It was as if the light of the entire planet had gathered at Qin Yuan's fingertips.

Amid the howling wind, the young man slowly opened his eyes.

He held a snow-white chess piece between his fingertips. It was condensed by spiritual power and its color was like the finest crystal white jade.

Then, Qin Yuan slowly and unstoppably threw it forward—

The chess pieces flew through the air, severing time, space, and wind. Wherever they passed, strong light spread like torn wallpaper.

It landed lightly on the Zerg in front of it, like a stone in water, penetrating it unhindered. The terrified Riftworm howled and raised its body. The next second, its body was suddenly shattered by thousands of rays of light, and countless bright lights burst out from its body!

The chess pieces have not yet dissipated.

The Silent Bug, half a step behind, screamed miserably, curling up frantically, trying to retract itself into the remaining stone shell. But it was obviously running out of time. The chess piece fell on it without hesitation, like a falling leaf, light as the wind, yet weighing more than a thousand pounds.

A burst of strong light!

At that moment, everyone's sight was engulfed by the strong light, the sky and the earth were getting farther apart, the sound was fading, the earth was shaking and breaking into pieces, and the sand and dust raised huge waves several meters high and poured madly to the side!

Gu Qiongsheng closed his eyes subconsciously.

But even so, her eyes were sore from the strong light, and her physiological tears could not stop flowing, but were blown away in an instant by the howling wind.

She no longer cared about anything else and just madly used her skills in the direction where Qin Yuan was last standing. One skill, two skills, three skills, single healing, group healing, and continuous healing, madly!

The blue bar was like water from a floodgate, and the bottom appeared in an instant.

In just a few seconds, Gu Qiongsheng used no less than ten skills.

Only then did she hear a slow explosion in her ears—

"Bang!"

Like thunder and lightning, deafening.

…

It seemed like only a second had passed, yet it also seemed like a very long time had passed.

Gu Qiongsheng struggled and slowly crawled out from the dust.

Her ears were still buzzing, her head was dizzy and painful, and her healing blue bar was almost empty. She couldn't even heal herself. She could only grit her teeth and barely hold up her upper body in the dust.

What appeared before her was a huge pit several meters deep.

The powerful impact blasted away all the sand, dust, and rocks at the bottom of the pit, leaving only the bare, shattered rock surface. The Fissure Worm, charred black, lay there, oblivious to life or death. The Silent Worm also lay limp, its tentacles spasming feebly from time to time, like a ball of mud struck by electricity.

It seems that there is less air intake and more air exhalation.

Even if he didn't die, he wouldn't last long.

Finally... I defeated these two...

Gu Qiongsheng breathed a sigh of relief, and almost fainted.

She forced herself to turn her head and look at her teammates one by one.

Wang Mingzi, who was the first to be eliminated, fainted at the bottom of a slope. He was lucky not to be buried by the rocks that flew in the battle.

Zhou Qing, Han Tianming and others were also fine. They were dragged to a safe area by Qin Yuan before. Now the stone hill that helped shield them from the wind and sand is still there, so there shouldn't be any major problems.

Tan Yao was blown away by the impact of the explosion and was now hanging on half of a rock in tattered clothes. It was obvious that he was seriously injured.

But the slightly rising and falling chest proved that at least he was still alive.

The worst thing was Qin Yuan who was not far away.

He lay sprawled on the ground, not a single piece of intact skin on his body, his entire body looking as if he had been fished out of a pool of blood. Gu Qiongsheng had never known that a human body could actually shed so much blood, gurgling and flowing like a lake beneath the frail young man.

Qin Yuan was still awake.

Despite being seriously injured, his eyes were strangely filled with surprise. He exchanged a glance with Gu Qiongsheng from afar, his eyes shining brightly. His bloody right hand grasped the crack in the ground, stretching out towards the girl.

The pale lips moved a few times, as if calling Gu Qiongsheng's name.

But he was seriously injured.

After just a few seconds, like Tan Yao and others, his head tilted and he fell into a coma.

"……call."

Gu Qiongsheng exhaled with difficulty.

Very good.

It's great that everyone is still alive.

She was scared to death. At that moment, she really thought Qin Yuan was going to die. She was closest to Qin Yuan and could sense the huge power hidden in his body, like a huge furnace, or a volcano about to erupt, roaring and gushing, about to destroy everything.

The chess piece condensed at Qin Yuan's fingertips only used a very weak part of that energy.

But even so, it was like a small gap in a weak dam, and the huge energy that had been blocked in the rear for a long time surged in all of a sudden, trying to use this gap as a breakthrough point and be released completely.

Qin Yuan's body is the crumbling dam.

If he were to be blown away by this force, his mental power would explode on the spot, and whether it was the Zerg, the young man himself, or Gu Qiongsheng and others around him, they would probably all die.

...Fortunately, Gu Qiongsheng’s skills were powerful and he managed to restore the “dam”.

The damaged gap was forcibly filled, the broken body was quickly repaired, and the surging energy had to be unwillingly intercepted back, roaring in vain, and was once again sealed into Qin Yuan's body.

“…How terrifying.”

Gu Qiongsheng knelt on one knee and murmured silently: "Is this why you can't take action?"

No wonder the other party is unwilling to participate in the league and never shows up on campus, only locking himself up in a lonely and deserted courtyard.

It turns out that for him, even the slightest overflow of mental power carries such a huge risk.

Gu Qiongsheng recalled the helpless smile of the young man under the camphor tree, and the regret and loneliness hidden in the other's calm eyes. Besides being afraid, he suddenly felt a pang of heartache.

Obviously very powerful.

It clearly has an extremely powerful strength.

He could have become a powerful warrior and a hero with great military achievements within the Federation.

...but they can only pretend to be weak and frail, suffer from the torture of energy riots for years, and are said to have "failed to awaken" and are wantonly criticized by people who do not know the inside story.

When throwing the attack, the chess piece in Qin Yuan's hand was like a devastating light.

But he usually hides his identity and disappears, and he is a shadow that cannot be seen in the light.

No matter what the reason is, the other party must feel very uncomfortable.

Gu Qiongsheng dragged her heavy feet and slowly moved towards the young man lying in a pool of blood. She suddenly wanted to hold his hand and whisper to him that it was okay and that things would be different in the future.

With her around, Qin Yuan doesn't have to worry about the danger of exploding as long as his blue bar is used up.

In this way, the young man can open his heart a little and move a little closer to the outside world he longs for.

“…Boom.”

Suddenly, Gu Qiongsheng heard a faint sound of rocks knocking on each other.

...Is there anyone else here?

She was a little surprised, stopped her tired steps, and slowly turned towards the source of the sound.

In the distance, a white arm suddenly stretched out from under a rock that was blown away by the explosion.

Then there is the intact body and long legs.

——The person who dug out from the crack in the ground was Zhao Qingke.

…

In several fierce battles, Zhao Qing was the only one in the A012 team who did not show up.

She had been hiding in the crack in the ground. She was shocked by the sound and aftermath of the battle outside, especially Qin Yuan's last move - the ground was dark and pitch black, and there were tremors under the cracks, huge rocks shook, and dust flew, almost crushing Zhao Qingke to death in the ground.

The girl tried hard to unfold a mental barrier to protect her body, thinking in disbelief, is this really a battle that Ling Kaixuan, Gu Qiongsheng and the others can fight?

This guy, can he still be considered a high school student?

It's horrible, she doesn't want to join in this kind of fun!

Adhering to this idea, Zhao Qingke hid himself tightly under the cracks in the ground and refused to show his head.

Until now, all the noises outside had died down, and it seemed that everything was settled. The girl carefully pushed the boulder away and stuck her head out.

The traces of the battlefield outside are simply shocking.

Sand, gravel, huge pits, and blood of humans and Zerg mixed together all over the ground, all of which showed the cruelty of the battle just now.

Zhao Qingke looked around and found that everyone had fallen to the ground, not knowing whether they were dead or alive, and only Gu Qiongsheng was still awake.

But the other party was obviously exhausted and was only one step away from fainting.

His eyes moved slightly, Zhao Qingke lowered his eyelids, and his expression was gloomy.

In addition to her surprise, a sinister and dark thought that made her heart beat suddenly popped up in her mind, growing wildly against the wind, and gradually became uncontrollable.

No one was still awake.

It's even possible that no one is left alive.

The Silent Bug still has a few breaths left, the Silent Field has not yet dissipated, and the camera is still blocked.

In other words, no matter what she does now, no one will know.

If she could...

She can...

Zhao Qingke's heart was filled with dark waves.

After hesitating for just a few seconds, the girl made her choice immediately.

Gu Qiongsheng watched Zhao Qingke crawl out of the crevice, then he grabbed his weapon without saying a word, his eyes dark, and stabbed straight at her!

She tried desperately to concentrate her mental strength, but there was a sharp pain in her head, like a needle piercing her ear, making Gu Qiongsheng hiss in pain.

He barely grabbed a few silk threads in his hands and held them in front of him.

She was too weak, and the speed of cutting the silk thread was much slower than before. Zhao Qingke just swung his sword and easily cut the silk thread that Gu Qiongsheng had worked so hard to condense.

The girl stood in front of Gu Qiongsheng, her eyes flashing with a malicious yet complacent light, the sharp edge of the long sword flashing, approaching Gu Qiong's neck——

Gu Qiongsheng barely dodged, but his weak legs hit the gravel-covered ground, leaving wounds in an instant.

Blood dripped onto the ground.

She hissed and looked up with a wry smile: "How did I ever do anything wrong to you that you hate me so much?"

"Why are you talking so much nonsense?" Zhao Qingke swung his sword again, slashing viciously. "I just hate you. I dislike you. I hate you to death. If you fail to awaken, why not just die obediently?"

Gu Qiongsheng's last bit of mental strength condensed into a dagger, barely blocking Zhao Qingke's attack.

"If you kill me, aren't you afraid that the examiners will notice?"

With a "crack", Gu Qiongsheng's dagger shattered instantly, and she fell backwards, her mental strength suffering severe damage again.

Facing Gu Qiongsheng, who had no more power to resist, Zhao Qingke's expression was ferocious, his eyes red. "That's a problem I'll deal with later. Now, all you have to do is die obediently!"

The long sword was raised high, and the cold edge flashed with cold light.

Amidst the rustling of wind and sand, Gu Qiongsheng suddenly spoke, "Did you also cause my awakening to fail?"

"Is that potion fake?"

Zhao Qingke laughed out loud, and his triumphant laughter echoed far away in the wind.

"You're not that stupid," she laughed wantonly, but her hands didn't slow down at all, stabbing hard, "Yes, it's me, I'll let you be a wise ghost!"

The sword's tip was sharp, and it approached Gu Qiongsheng's throat in an instant.

“Clang!!!”

The loud sound of metal colliding spread like ripples from the point where the two girls were meeting, echoing far away.

Gu Qiongsheng held a handful of sharp thorns in his right hand.

At the critical moment, she accurately blocked Zhao Qingke's sword.

Gu Qiongsheng raised her head, her frail look gone, her cheeks visibly flushed. She even leaned against Zhao Qingke's weapon, slowly standing up straight, her arms strong and her legs nimble.

——How could he look seriously injured?

"Too."

Gu Qiongsheng used the spike to press against Zhao Qingke, exerting a little force and slowly suppressing the long sword. She raised the corners of her lips slightly and said with a smile, "I'll let you be a ghost who understands."

In the face of Zhao Qingke's sudden frightened gaze, she smiled slightly and raised her left hand towards the girl.

In the palm of his hand, he was firmly grasping a tiny sensor.

The red dot on the sensor was flashing, and the camera was working diligently, dutifully recording everything that had just happened and transmitting it to the spacecraft.

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How did Xiao Gu manage to turn the tide? We'll find out in the next chapter~