Chapter 09: Land of Sighs (9)

Rong Ye Gu Hai Li felt that this competition was terrible.

His mother demanded that he must win. His elder brother had already managed the family group in an orderly manner and had the sole attention of his profit-seeking father.

And he was just a *7.7.zl playboy and illegitimate child.

So he was arrogant and domineering, and acted flamboyantly. Anyway, his father would never blame him, and his poor mother was busy trying to please his father, the head of the family. The nobles in the same circle respect him as "Young Master Hai Li" on the surface, but secretly disdained him.

Rong Ye Gu wanted to win so that his father would turn his attention back to him.

He was ambitious. He wanted to become the future head of Hai Li, not an illegitimate child who was idle and had no real power.

When he saw the blue-eyed girl's black hair, which was different from the usual black hair in District 15, he admitted that jealousy took over his heart.

He didn't dare to kill the high-ranking nobles, nor could he fight them.

But as if to prove something, he still chose arrogance. From the moment the explosion sounded, he couldn't turn back. Rong Yegu knew that this was a mistake, and he would lose miserably.

Ice spikes appeared one after another, and the sharp tips were cut off and slid off, revealing smooth and neat cuts. Figures walked through them, and the ground cracked, and every inch of the cracks approached the slender girl. She stood in the depression left by the previous explosion, staring at him quietly.

"Young Master Haili."

The ice wall exploded with surging power, forming an independent space that isolated all sights and voices. The chill penetrated into the bones, almost freezing the entire venue. When the clear voice sounded, Rong Yegu was surprised to find that the other party was already standing in front of him. Instinctively, he stepped back.

Dorota smiled, "Do you want to be the head of the Haili family?"

The answer was announced in his heart. In the barrier of ice and snow, the resistance in the pupils of the black-haired young man was as pale and powerless as a cover.

How could he not want to! He tried to

hide it, but it was more obvious. He was eager and afraid. He didn't dare to say the answer. If the designated heir knew his thoughts, the consequences would be unimaginable. After all, he also had the blood of the Haili family flowing in his body.

He wanted to deny it outright, but his frank desire was already revealed in his eyes.

"...What do you want to do?" Rong Ye Gu stared at her warily, his lips curled in mockery, "So what? Do you want to tell my brother? He won't care at all."

"After all, he can get rid of a useless illegitimate child without much effort."

"...Really?"

Rong Ye Gu's pupils shrank slightly as his long hair fell down. He looked at the hairband that belonged to him on Dorota's fingertips and was stunned for a moment.

"Want to make a deal?"

"Apart from the ties of the Hai Li family, you are neither the young master of Hai Li nor a illegitimate child, you are just a wild man."

"Just throw away everything to fight and rob? No one can beat a madman who doesn't care about anything, right?"

"You can try to trust me."

"Because only I can help you rise to the top."

She walked slowly, like a tempting demon, and the deal she proposed would drag him into an endless hell. She was the embodiment of tempting the ignorant to sign a death contract.

He should have sneered at this stranger he had just met for the first time, even if she was a high-ranking noble, even if she had the power to help him realize his ambitions.

"...What is your purpose?"

But he hesitated.

"Me?"

Dorota had no intention of turning enemies into friends at first, but when she pulled out the other party's family from her memory, things became interesting - tracing the origin just needed to expand the power in the Elu District, and the emerging Haili family was easy to control.

But the current head of the family was too stubborn, so it would be better to change him.

"It's just that the family in the Elu District is needed as a helper."

The ice wall split, and the ground shaken by the explosion was basically unstable. At this moment, it collapsed directly. Dorota held his wrist and spoke faster: "It was you who cut the ice wall, and it was you who caused the vibration." "

From now on, you are a senior."

The noisy shouts came one after another, and Rong Yegu seemed to see the figure of the medical staff running onto the stage. Finally, before he lost consciousness, his eyes touched the cold eyes of the person in front of him.

"Don't even think about betraying me."

Her long hair was flying, black and white were intertwined, and the dazzling light penetrated the dome and fell, like a veil covering the girl's face. He looked at her from a distance and mistakenly read holiness and mercy.

She was the angel praised in the church murals.

But was she bringing salvation or destruction?

"Dolota!"

Makisuke ran down the audience seats in a panic, but was blocked by the crowd surrounding the arena. The staff were busy maintaining order and had no time to pay attention. He was so anxious that he wanted to rush in directly. At this moment, Dorota helped the unconscious young man out of the collapsed area.

"I'm fine." Dorota blinked lively. She put the Rongye bone on the carpeted floor. Seeing this, the awakened one with healing ability hurried forward, a white light appeared in his hand, and then nodded to her, "It's just a minor injury. It will be fine after a rest."

"Okay, thank you for your hard work."

Dorota watched the androids carry the transaction object away to the lounge with confidence. Originally, she wanted to pretend to be dizzy, but after the same-level competition, there was a random competition across colleges. The opening was a duel between Makisuke and Youbai. She was quite looking forward to it and didn't want to miss it.

When the afternoon duel started, Dorota, with white hair on her head, mixed in a pile of black brain shells, couldn't help but sigh. If she cheered for Makisuke, it would definitely be very obvious.

But she would never do that.

Dorota propped up her chin and half-closed her eyes to pretend to sleep. She ignored the student beside her who was hesitant to talk to her. She raised her left eye slightly and looked down at the restored arena.

The game began.

"I won't show mercy."

You Bai did not shake back the hand that Mu Jie extended in a friendly manner. She crossed her arms in front of her chest and added coldly: "Don't lose miserably like last year. I hope you can make progress."

"Don't let the teacher down."

Mu Jie didn't say much. His tactical gloves turned into daggers and sank into the fierce wind. As the black-haired girl dodged, he turned his wrist and crossed her forearm. You Bai maintained a casual standing posture and stepped back carelessly to avoid it. The distorted space easily shattered half of the dagger in his hand.

You Bai's ability [Space Lord].

It's not easy to deal with.

Dorota looked at the situation on the stage, which was not optimistic. The ending was almost decided from the beginning. One was a mid-level with great development potential, and the other was a high-level who perfectly controlled the ability. It was an overwhelming victory.

What would you do?

The dust and debris on the platform turned into spikes and were swallowed up. Makisuke dodged the space with deformation characteristics. He quickly pulled out the short knife tied to the leg ring and threw it hard without paying attention to the twisted vortex that was too close!

Even as a high-level, You Bai could not affect too many spaces at once. She temporarily gave up defense and chose to attack, twisting several spaces in succession. The small vortex-shaped space was as dangerous as a black hole.

The short knife barely avoided the new distorted space and rushed towards her, but the target was obviously not to directly hit the enemy's vitals, but to aim at the angle where she might dodge and cut her forearm!

Blood seeped out.

You Bai reacted almost instantly. She turned around without hesitation and walked into the space of the same size and disappeared. The next second, the blood beads rolled down and turned into a small bomb like a magic trick and exploded, but unfortunately she was not hurt.

"Is it fun?"

The moment his hand was on his shoulder, Makisuke spun around and raised his foot. You Bai raised her hand to block him. She lowered her eyes and stared at him. Her emerald eyes, which were soaked in coldness, seemed to be completely lifeless and extremely cold. "Are you trying to make me angry?"

"You succeeded."

The amount of space distortion increased exponentially. Seeing this, Dorota let out a small "wow". This was the beginning of her seriousness.

You Bai's temper was still as irritable as ever. It was not a good thing to explode too easily.

Anyway, it was already chaotic enough, so why not let her add fuel to the fire.

Dorota curled her lips.

This was a good opportunity to level up.

You Bai felt that her emotions were not right.

The initial anger should have subsided, but the irritability intensified, and the murderous intent was not concealed. During the stalemate, she raised her hand, and the spikes that had been swallowed fell out and fell into a new space. After repeating several times, the brown-haired young man had several more scars on his body!

Mu Jie slid to his knees to avoid it. He kept his knees on the ground and thought about countermeasures. At this time, You Bai spoke.

"You know, I have always disliked you."

"Or rather, it's jealousy."

Mu Jie was stunned. He raised his head, a little at a loss.

"When I was young, my parents wanted to sell me as a 'commodity' to a supernatural organization in exchange for money. At that time, I had just awakened and could only hide in a corner and wait in despair." You Bai walked closer slowly, and the figure of the young man standing upright again was reflected in his pupils, "But the teacher appeared."

"She destroyed the organization's stronghold and became so powerful that people yearned for her. When many 'commodities' were taken away by the members who followed her, she walked towards me alone and asked gently if I was willing to go with her."

She brought new life.

"She made me feel the warmth that I had never experienced throughout my childhood. My parents always looked at me with disgust, and they often said that I was a burden. Only she would look at me and encourage me so gently. Teacher is the only family member I care about."

Mujie had never heard Youbai say so much, or perhaps, they had not spoken like this for a long time, not to mention that both sides were frank with each other, and in such a battle situation.

Youbai lightly lowered her black eyelashes, suppressing the surging negative emotions, "but she gave all her preferences to you."

"In less than four years, you have grown from a non-esper to a mid-level awakener. You are already very good."

Unlike the distorted space, a dark vortex like a black hole spun at her fingertips, and she swung it at high speed to fly towards Mujie, like a bullet out of a gun!

"But what the organization needs is high-level combat power."

"And I am indeed a coward."

"But why should I pay for your selfishness and anxiety!" The emotions that had been suppressed for many years suddenly erupted at this moment, and the roaring voice seemed to pour out all the accumulated dissatisfaction. He rarely lost his composure, as if he was inevitably affected. "Do you know that if you kill me, it will damage the interests of the organization?"

"Why do I always want to have a good relationship with you? An organization cannot be supported only by leadership and strength! There must also be unity! Do you think a teacher would want to see the students she teaches in opposition?!"

"Why, why don't you stand on the side of the organization! Why don't you look at it from the perspective of a teacher!"

Using the space with supernatural powers to silence the outsiders, Maki's hoarse voice echoed, passing through the barrier and reaching the ears of Dorotar, the only one who could hear it: "Who do you care about, yourself or the teacher?!"

"Whatever you say."

You Bai knew that she was an overly stubborn monster. She didn't make any excuses, but just looked at him calmly, madly and without regard for the consequences, "Don't forget that you are just a middle-level person."

Non-superpower, low-level, middle-level, the titles that Maki heard in recent years are mostly the division of abilities.

This is it again.

They tore through the veil completely, no longer holding back, going all out, the flowing space ripples like the ups and downs of the tide, the dust flying around turned into a new prop weapon, blood overflowed and flowed down the young man's jaw, but this time it did not turn into a dagger.

After all, he was exhausted, Makisuke waved his hands to make a new weapon, but the superpower of the overload was already dry, he shook his body and barely stabilized, his eardrums throbbing, and between gasps, vague fragments of memory emerged, covering the figure of the person opposite.

"Makisuke."

The black hair fell to the ground and covered the spread of the skirt, as if in a dream, just like those eyes, containing Chisato Haru who had long passed the coldest winter season. The long sleeves slipped down, revealing the thin wrist bones that seemed to break at a touch. She held the yellowed paper book, sinking into the light, a vision that hurts when she thinks about it.

"Do you remember what I said?"

"Don't just pursue power."

"Isn't faith also the direction of progress? Don't be anxious, see yourself clearly, and find your goal."

Her tone is always gentle, like a beautiful bubble that will burst at the touch.

"Those aspirations you once told me, the equality and stability you long for, the hope that black is no longer a symbol of meanness, and the wish that displaced civilians have a place to return to."

"Isn't tracing the origin born for this?"

"We will never give up."

"Even if the road ahead is clear and there is death everywhere."

Even if there is little hope.

The attack failed again, and the heavy feeling of excessive consumption of superpowers made him breathless. He was exhausted and sleepy, and veins bulged on the back of his hands. Makisuke bit the tip of his tongue and used the pain to forcefully stimulate himself.

Even if you are no longer by my side.

His heartbeat was vibrating like a drum, there were bursts of dull pain, his muscles ached all over his body, and even the lines and outlines of the things in front of him were vaguely blurry. Makisuke knew that he had reached his limit, but he insisted on forcing himself. This was very impulsive, and maybe it was because he was unwilling to do so.

He clenched the last sharp blade in his hand, and when he released it, he waved his hand outward, but the short knife had disappeared, and instead, countless grainy gravels flew into the air, falling into the young man's nervous eyes.

He wanted to try it.

So far, he had only made a single change to the substance he was analyzing. He had tried to reconstruct the substance multiple times, but all of them failed.

What about this time?

The sand and stone seemed to have accidentally entered the slow-motion replay camera. He fell down a little bit, and just before he hit the ground, there was an explosion!

Success!

Joy overwhelmed his fatigue, and Makisuke's eyes were filled with surprise. Sweat soaked his hair and stuck to his cheeks, but he had no time to care. An endless stream of power surged up, and he could feel that he had vaguely touched the door to the next level.

"Are you distracted?"

Yu Bai, who appeared in front of Mu Jie in the blink of an eye, stabbed him with a dagger, directly at his eyebrows. Just one finger! The young

man came to his senses and tried to block it, but he didn't have time to notice the unusual space around her waist. He gritted his teeth in pain, turned his dagger around and stabbed it into her shoulder! He dodged to the side, and covered the wound, only to feel the stickiness on his hands. He quickly glanced at it, and as expected, he saw a blur of blood and flesh.

Fortunately, the injury was not that serious.

The pain could not extinguish his high spirits. 's fighting spirit and undying excitement clamored him to continue. He moved forward again, guarding against the distorted spaces that appeared one after another, his eyes burning with fire.

He didn't know enough about space. Compared with time, it was very magical. It could exist in the form of things or be nothing. He couldn't say what the concept of "space" was. But

... so what!

Space is related but it is basically concrete, not an invisible and intangible concept!

This boundary can be broken! In this case, why can't it be defined as the transformation of "matter"? ! So

what if you only understand part of it! He just wants to use part of it Covering the whole! Reversing the conditions, deconstructing it into what he wants, letting the rules break for him!

What he wants is not only skilled deconstruction, what he really wants is to control the supernatural power!

"What..."

A twisted vortex disappeared and reappeared beside You Bai. She dodged it. The reaction ability of high-level awakeners should not be underestimated. Her pupils shrank and she was a little annoyed. "You analyzed my space? "

Dorota in the audience suddenly opened her eyes. The unexpected change in the boring duel caught her attention. She lowered her eyelids and looked at the brown-haired young man with a weary gaze.

She congratulated silently.

Congratulations on your success . He had reached the threshold of a higher level.

This boring match was about to end. Although he had successfully gained some enlightenment and advanced to a higher level, the damage to his body caused by the loss of a large amount of strength could not be ignored.

Dorota mercilessly made the two of them faint temporarily. To others, it seemed that the players had suddenly fallen to the ground due to exhaustion. As for the result... In the end, You Bai was definitely judged as the winner.

She stretched her waist lazily, Then she walked back to the dormitory slowly.

The goal was achieved, and she didn't care about the person.

She would go to watch Suodu's game later to see how he used his ability. That boy's ability [No Abstinence] There is a lot of room for development. If the income organization is cultivated, it would be good.