The confrontation at this time was a decided victory and loss, which could not be changed. The stalemate had long been resolved. But Shi Yongkang's eyes were filled with reluctance. He had not even seen the upheaval caused by the Emperor's Seal. A few powerful waves of air were not enough to calm his expectations. Therefore, he still wanted to stand up and fight again.
The previous blast of air had slammed him into the ground, leaving him lying in the broken soil, in a state of disgrace. His clothes had long been torn, and his flesh and blood were all over his body. With such injuries, it was impossible for him to fight again. But this man with a face as hard as stone gritted his teeth and was about to stand up. Even if his bones were broken, he would try to control the Emperor Seal again. It had not yet exerted its true strength, and he still had a chance, so he had to try, he had to try, otherwise he would regret it!
"it's over."
Xia Xiao swung his broadsword to end the contest. Perhaps this was different from what Shi Yongkang had thought. He had thought that there would be a physical fight between the Emperor and the Queen, but he had not expected that the contest would end so hastily. He thought it was the beginning of the confrontation, but it was actually the climax of the contest. The prelude and the ending were all forgotten.
Shi Yongkang's condition was worse than Xia Xiao thought, so under a wave of air, blood streaked through the air, and fell to the ground like a pile of rotten meat, his breath weak. But Xia Xiao spread his wings, and although he flew slowly, he still returned to the flat ground not far away.
After the previous Emperor Seal's wind wave washed away the snow-capped mountains, they looked different everywhere, as if summer had arrived early, and the thin snow in many low places had melted into water. But no matter how they changed, the flat land in front of the entrance to the Earth King Hall remained the same, without a single snowflake missing.
The strong man sits here, so this place must be safe. It can be seen that Xia Xiao's return has changed the emotions on their faces.
Sun Zhonglei and Guan Zhongyi nodded to Xia Xiao, and he bowed and walked towards the Earth King Hall at the entrance of the cave with the help of Ah Zhu. When the hall master Ren used his vitality to bring back his unconscious disciple, he asked:
"When will the next battle be? It can't be until tomorrow, right?"
"No, just wait for me for two hours."
Xia Xiao answered very quickly, and after he left, they sat here and waited. For these two hours, they could do nothing but wait.
When the Valley Master saw Xia Xiao's back and Ah Zhu, he smiled secretly, a cunning smile, a scheming smile. The Tower Master also looked at Xia Xiao, whose clothes were torn, but she was thinking about something completely different from the Valley Master. She was thinking about whether to let Luo Jing give up, because what she saw with the Rainbow Eye yesterday was beyond her ability to resist. If she insisted on competing, she might be seriously injured like Shi Yongkang.
At this point in the battle, people from the academy and the alliance were seriously injured. Their injuries were extremely serious and if they were not careful, it would affect their lives. The tower master did not want to compete for the title of the five major forces, so he did not want his disciples to get hurt, so he was ready to give up. But Luo Jing had other ideas and was still hesitating.
The departure of Xia Xiao and Azhu took away all the topics of conversation among the people present. They just sat there, looking at the big ball in the sky, which had not disappeared yet.
The previous battle was too intense, and they were all paying attention to who would win and who would lose. Only now did they have plenty of time to observe the strange big ball. The ball was irregularly round, even like an ellipse, and the fluctuations of the vital energy in it caused ripples to appear continuously. The ball, which was several thousand meters in size, splashed out extremely strong fluctuations due to the ripples, which made the people on the alliance side curious and shocked.
As the weakest in the alliance, Gang Leader Hong was already frightened by this aura, because this fluctuation was far greater than his own. This kind of horror made him even more afraid to speak. This was the first time he had seen the horror of the academy with his own eyes, and one of the disciples had the ability comparable to his own. What capital did he have to speak out? Not only him, but the others were more or less shocked. This kind of trick should not be released by Xia Xiao's strength. And how did he gather all this vitality? This is also a mystery.
During the competition, Xia Xiao behaved normally and didn't even take the medicine pill. The competition didn't prohibit that kind of auxiliary means, but who among them was so proud to use medicine pills to improve their strength?
Even without any external help, they would never be able to learn Xia Xiao's breathing at that moment, or even see through it. One breath to sense the heaven and earth, one breath to call upon the universe and call upon the vital energy. How profound is this? Ordinary people don't know, and it's hard to imagine, but Xia Xiao did it, and it was so easy that it seemed like he had this ability innately.
In the colorful, ever-changing light ball, the stone hand gradually lost its power because its owner had fallen and the connection was not broken. The earth element energy in the stone hand was constantly absorbed and crushed by the four elements of energy, turning it into a dead object. Finally, Sun Zhonglei waved his hand, and the light ball turned into thousands of strands of energy, returning to various places, making the Changbai Mountain range mysterious and unpredictable. However, the stone hand had changed from a snowy mountain to countless waste stones and slag, which fell to the ground and shattered into a pile of rubble. This scale is too different from the original.
In fact, the winner and loser had already been decided, but the Academy kept silent, showing the last respect to the Alliance. But whether they gave up the last round or continued to fight, it didn't matter much, and what they were protecting was just a little dignity.
No one said anything, no one spoke. They just drank the hot tea brought by the servants and waited for Xia Xiao to come back.
In the Palace of the King of Earth, Xia Xiao walked into his room with the support of Azhu.
"Just bandage it up casually. You'll be injured again soon anyway."
"You're going to die sooner or later, so why don't you just lie down and wait for death?"
Ah Zhu's rebuttal almost made Xia Xiao laugh out loud.
"Who did you learn this nonsense from?"
"You, you love to make up stories the most."
"fart!"
Xia Xiao took off his shirt, tore off his trouser legs, and asked Ah Zhu to apply some medicine on him. It didn't matter whether he bandaged or not, because after stimulating his vitality, he would recover just as fast. The sourness from the ointment touching his body made Xia Xiao's eyes bleary, and he couldn't open them in the end.
Seeing these hideous wounds, Ah Zhu bandaged them carefully while nagging him. However, she was very skillful and finished the bandaging in just a quarter of an hour. She had some skills. However, the way Xia Xiao fell headfirst into the bed startled Ah Zhu, but the pain made Xia Xiao sleepy and he didn't want to get up.
"Who told you to be so arrogant? Now you know we have to fight in more than an hour. We might as well do it in the afternoon."
"You don't understand. This way they won't cause trouble."
"You're the only one who understands!"
Ah Zhu pouted while Xia Xiao lay on the bed, the pain making him sleepy enough for him to take a nap, but he still pointed at his back and waist in a daze.
"Use that potion on me."
Ah Zhu knew what the potion Xia Xiao was talking about, so she went back to the room to get it, and then rubbed it on him. She imitated Xia Xiao's usual way of rubbing, making him secretly sigh with pleasure. This feeling was very comfortable, Xia Xiao fell asleep in a daze, but Ah Zhu did not stop the action in her hands, and even sweated from exhaustion. After the vitality enveloped Xia Xiao's whole body, Ah Zhu sat aside and wiped the sweat from her forehead.
"worn out."
Ah Zhu gulped down two large cups of tea, waiting for Xia Xiao to wake up. She had only been massaging for ten minutes, but she felt very tired. Xia Xiao usually massaged for at least half an hour. Thinking about it this way, he was really tired. But Xia Xiao liked to show off too much. Continuous fighting was not something worth showing off. Why was he so enthusiastic?
In fact, Xia Xiao was not a warlike person, nor did he feel itchy if he didn't fight for a day, but he wanted to solve the problem, and it would be bad to keep shirking it. Dragging a tired body up and defeating the enemy would be more important than winning the competition in a complete state. He alone could not represent the academy, and it might let the alliance know that they were still a long way from the alliance.
After exhaling a few times, Ah Zhu paid attention to the time, fearing that Xia Xiao would oversleep. But he sat up in less than half an hour, formed seals with his hands, and began to recover his vitality. An hour was enough time for Xia Xiao to recover his vitality and his injuries could be healed.
Ah Zhu supported his chin and looked at Xia Xiao. When he woke up, there was no bursting vitality in his body, nor was there much momentum, only a joke.
"What are you looking at? I have nothing on."
Ah Zhu blushed and turned away. She didn't mean to do that, and she didn't look around before. Ah Zhu felt more and more guilty, so she smiled and looked back. Xia Xiao had a well-proportioned figure, not too big, but with very clear body lines and well-developed muscles, like a strong beast, all his strength was concentrated in the seemingly simple muscles.
After putting on his clothes, Xia Xiao coughed twice. Azhu immediately stood up and turned his little face towards the door, trying to show that he didn't see anything, but he felt a little guilty.
"Let's go!"
Xia Xiao's mouth corners slightly raised, and she occasionally glanced at Azhu. She was still a little shy.