After dealing with the Soul-Devouring Tree, Xia Zihan stood proudly in her purple robes, radiating a chilling aura. Purple spiritual energy surged forth, dyeing the sky behind her a noble purple hue.
Behind her, countless starlight transformed into fireflies, outlining a dreamlike scene, yet within the halo lurked endless killing intent.
Xiao Chen looked at Xia Zihan in front of him. Although the thin veil covered most of her face, revealing only a pair of bright and beautiful eyes, he caught a glimpse of her stunningly beautiful face under the veil.
That moment of stunning beauty almost made him lose his composure.
However, upon sensing Xia Zihan's undisguised hostility towards him, Xiao Chen suppressed his inner turmoil and calmed down, concealing his slight amazement.
With a calm expression and a low voice tinged with suppressed confusion, he spoke:
"What do you mean by this, young lady? I kindly warned you of the danger behind you, but you..."
Unfortunately, as soon as his question rang out, Xia Zihan remained expressionless, her jade-like hands moving as she formed hand seals.
Instantly, the tiny stars that had just appeared behind her rushed towards Xiao Chen with a whistling wind.
Each star shimmered with a blinding purple light, so dazzling that it was impossible to look directly at them. Wherever a star streaked across the sky, a sharp, piercing sound ripped through the air, and visible distortions spread through the atmosphere.
Seeing this, Xiao Chen's face darkened. The silver dragon scales on his arms spread at an extremely fast speed, completely covering his hands in just a short moment. His original palms had transformed into dragon claws that shimmered with a chilling silver light under the cover of the dragon scales.
Xiao Chen stared at the approaching miniature stars, let out a low shout, and forcefully tore forward with his dragon claw.
The surrounding space began to churn wildly with this tear, fluctuating in a distorted way, like boiling water violently churning.
Under this strange fluctuation, when the approaching stars were within a hundred feet of Xiao Chen, they seemed to sink into a viscous swamp, and their speed was slowed down infinitely.
From a distance, it appeared as if it had been frozen in mid-air, completely still, with only the dazzling purple light still flashing, but it could no longer move forward.
"Young lady, I have no grudge against you, why did you resort to such cruelty the moment we met?"
Xiao Chen's deep voice, carrying a hint of suppressed anger, echoed in the space.
Upon hearing this, instead of receiving a response from Xia Zihan, the powerful voice in her mind rang out again:
"Xiao boy, are you falling for someone?"
Xiao Chen was stunned for a moment, while keeping a wary eye on Xia Zihan in the distance, he asked the being in his mind with a puzzled look, "Elder Long, why do you ask this?"
"Sigh~" Elder Long's voice carried a hint of surprise and teasing, "You brat, have you been bewitched by that girl's looks? Have you forgotten where you are? This is the Shattered Continent where the academies are vying for supremacy, and open and covert struggles between the various academies are commonplace. It's perfectly normal for her to attack you without saying a word. Where did your usual composure and quick wit go?"
Hearing this, Xiao Chen seemed to snap out of a daze. He took a deep breath, trying to completely calm the amazement in his heart. His hands, hidden beneath the silver dragon scales, clenched tightly, and his eyes regained their usual composure.
"This...this is where Xiao Chen has gone astray."
Xiao Chen responded somewhat awkwardly in his heart, then re-examined the stars frozen in the sky before him.
Just then, three sharp sounds whistled through the sky, piercing the silent expanse.
Immediately afterwards, three figures stopped beside Xia Zihan.
The leader had dazzling long golden hair, neatly tied into a high ponytail that swayed with the descent, each movement revealing her inherent arrogance.
She had a graceful figure and an exquisite face. Although she was slightly less stunning than Xia Zihan, who was said to have brought ruin to the country, she was still a rare and beautiful woman, like a rare orchid in a secluded valley.
This person was none other than Dongfang Yingluo. She knew Xia Zihan's strength, which was why she felt at ease going ahead to find the other team members.
"Zihan, are you in trouble?"
Dongfang Yingluo immediately sensed the tense atmosphere in the room. She raised an eyebrow as she looked at Xiao Chen, who was surrounded by silver dragon scales and exuded a powerful aura.
However, the slightly shorter woman in the pink dress behind Dongfang Yingluo widened her eyes and opened her cherry-like mouth involuntarily the moment she saw Xiao Chen clearly, letting out a gasp of surprise:
"Brother Xiao?"
The shout sounded like an emotion that had been suppressed for a long time, filled with endless surprise. Her eyes were fixed on Xiao Chen, filled with surprise and a hint of unspeakable emotion.
Upon hearing that familiar voice, Xiao Chen's gaze involuntarily turned to the woman in the pink dress. The moment he saw her face clearly, his eyes were filled with astonishment:
"Miss Caihuan?"
"I never imagined that we would meet again in this way after we parted ways that day."
Seeing the two of them acting strangely, Dongfang Yingluo's beautiful eyes darted around, and she subconsciously turned her gaze to Caihuan in her own team, her eyes full of inquiry.
Caihuan felt inexplicably flustered under Dongfang Yingluo's gaze, a rare blush rising on her cheeks. She quickly began to explain:
"Sister Yingluo, this Xiaochen is a member of the Starfall Sect who came to our Spirit Phoenix Sect two years ago to participate in a sparring and exchange activity. At that time, he was the best member sent by the Starfall Sect to participate in the sparring and exchange activity."
"The Starfall Gate two years ago?" Dongfang Yingluo frowned, and after a moment's thought, she suddenly realized:
"Oh, I remember now. So it was the time that Zihan and I didn't participate that he defeated you in the sparring match?"
At this point, her gaze shifted back and forth between Xiaochen and Caihuan again, her eyes full of suspicion. "Something's not right. Although he defeated you before, judging from your tone just now, I feel that the relationship between you two isn't that simple."
Hearing this, Caihuan's cheeks burned even hotter. After hesitating for a while, she stammered and whispered:
"Well... Ever since that sparring match, I felt that my strength was insufficient, so I volunteered to take on some extremely difficult missions, thinking of honing myself. Who would have thought that I would accidentally fall into a desperate situation during a mission, and after a fierce battle, I was seriously injured and almost died... It was at that time that I met him again by chance."
"I was seriously injured and unconscious at the time, and he appeared just in time to pull me back from the brink of death. We became acquainted after that, and he generously shared some valuable cultivation insights and techniques with me, so..."
As she spoke, Caihuan's voice grew weaker and weaker, and her head drooped even lower involuntarily. A blush spread across her face, making her even more beautiful and alluring.
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