Chapter 355 Disharmony
Lin Xiaolu felt a lot of pressure.
It wasn't just because of the exam content that she was stressed out. Rather, if we only talked about the process of her conquering the maze nodes, it was actually quite smooth.
It’s better to say that it went too smoothly.
She thought she had the ability to sense the entire field, and Bai Jingxuan was not weaker than her to some extent. Although the remaining beast at this node was indeed very large, and although there were countless low-level remaining beasts besides this "big guy"... she believed that even without the help of others, she and Bai Jingxuan could conquer this node.
Maybe it will take a little longer, maybe.
However, when the magical girl codenamed "Arrowroot Potato" took the lead and rushed into the battlefield, the situation evolved far beyond her imagination.
The way of fighting between magic girls and crippled beasts was completely different from what Lin Xiaolu was used to. Arrowroot didn't rely on magic to cause external injuries to the crippled beasts and thus destroy their bodies. Instead, she transformed into countless bats and black mist to invade the crippled beasts' bodies, and then the crippled beasts would begin to become inexplicably weak.
Those low-level beasts could not withstand this move at all. After just a short while, they quickly deflated and disappeared like balloons that had the gas drained out.
As for the big guy, it was not eliminated so quickly. But after a short period of weakness, it fell into a rage.
"roar--"
Its roar echoed throughout the entire node cave. It ran like a madman, attacking everything it could sense without distinguishing between friend and foe.
Not only Lin Xiaolu and the others, but even the low-level beasts that jumped down from the wall could be crushed by it. It obviously didn't feel anything about this, it just identified Lin Xiaolu and the group of "culprits", thinking that its pain must come from these uninvited guests, so it used all its means to chase them.
Lin Xiaolu now truly felt what it felt like to have the earth shake.
When this giant beast, which was more than 30 meters long, began to run wildly in the cave, she even felt that the ground beneath her feet was about to become a trampoline.
"Don't just run, do a little favor and don't let those little beasts get close to it!" Arrowroot's voice sounded in Lin Xiaolu's ears.
"What? Who's talking?" Lin Xiaolu, who was busy dodging the giant beast's attack, was startled and almost got hit by its claws.
"It's me, I'm inside its body!" Arrow Potato continued, "It just hasn't discovered the reason why it's feeling unwell yet. Once it realizes it, it will swallow those little critters into its body to find me! If that happens, I'll have to deal with those small fish first, which will be very troublesome, so help me keep them under control."
"Don't you know this guy is crazy?"
Lin Xiaolu screamed: "Shouldn't we suppress this thing first?"
"I can do it quickly! Just hold on for two minutes!" Arrowroot Potato vowed.
"It's not difficult to just hold on for a while..." Lin Xiaolu looked at the movements of the remaining beast in the distance, assessed its possible destructive power, and made her own judgment: "But will it really only take two minutes?"
"Three minutes at most!"
"Sure." Lin Xiaolu immediately took out her magic suit, turned around and used her spear to repel the giant beast's claws: "You said it, if I can't handle it, I won't be so easy to talk to!"
"Oh."
Arrowroot Potato just laughed and then said nothing more.
Then, three minutes later, when Lin Xiaolu and the others were still trying to dodge the attacks and block the low-level beasts, the giant beast suddenly paused. Then, it fell to the ground with a bang, as if all its strength had been drained away.
Exactly the same time as described by Arrowroot Potato.
Before its body dissipated and turned into an echo, Lin Xiaolu saw the appearance of the giant beast - just like those low-level beasts killed by Arrowroot Potato, its body was haggard and shriveled.
This reminded Lin Xiaolu of a being that only existed in fantasy stories: vampires.
According to legend, this monster feeds on the blood of living creatures, is afraid of sunlight, walks in the dark, and is closely related to the image of "bats". Not only that, it is said that when they attack their prey, they can drain all the blood from the prey's body, causing it to die from blood loss.
Arrowroot is like a "vampire" that feeds on the remnants of beasts. Although not all remnants of beasts have blood in their bodies, no matter what she absorbs, she does take something away from the remnant's body. Rather than fighting, the opponent's behavior should be described as "eating".
A magical girl who devours the remains of animals? Or perhaps, she can absorb more than just the remains of animals?
Looking at the Arrowroot Potato that flew out from the body of the remaining beast, regrouped into a human form, and burped with its mouth covered, Lin Xiaolu was shocked by the sudden thought that came to her mind.
But no matter what, the opponent did show amazing strength. Although in Lin Xiaolu's opinion, this level is probably not enough to reach the "other dimension" mentioned by Bohe - she is confident that she can fight this beast alone - but then again, with the participation of Arrowroot Potato, their process of conquering this node has indeed become much smoother.
After the giant beast was defeated, those groups of low-level remaining beasts were naturally no match for Lin Xiaolu and the others. They swept away the remaining beasts like a whirlwind, turning them all into echoes all over the ground.
As mentioned before, their process of conquering the node went smoothly.
However, after that, Lin Xiaolu was caught in a situation that made her feel extremely stressed.
—Because Mint and Arrowroot started quarrelling again.
And the cause of all this was just because of Bohe's ambiguous words: "You have a big appetite, be careful or you may gain weight again at night."
"Come to think of it, before the exam, didn't you publish a list online? Unexpectedly, the response was very good, although you only ranked me second, which made me feel a little unhappy."
Mint's words obviously made Arrowroot a little unhappy. She stood close to Mint. Although she was a few centimeters shorter than Mint, she smiled proudly and powerfully: "You actually put that magical girl named Kapok ahead of me? What kind of ability does she have that makes you recognize her more than me? Or is this one of your goals? Putting me in second place is just one of your usual tricks to disgust people?"
As soon as these words were spoken, the temperature in the cave seemed to drop by several degrees. The atmosphere, which had been barely able to maintain stability due to the victory in the battle, suddenly dropped to freezing point.
"I'm sorry, but it's my business how to rank the list."
The other party stopped pretending to smile, so Mint also stopped smiling: "Maybe she is stronger than you? Why don't you go and compete with her?"
Arrowroot Potato stopped talking and Mint also looked cold, and the two of them just confronted each other.
It would have been fine if the conflict only broke out between these two people, but it was obvious that there was another member present who had a very bad impression of the arrowroot potato.
That’s Bai Jingxuan.
She said nothing, but walked silently to Mint's side with her magic costume, putting on an attitude of "come if you want a fight", and looked at Arrowroot with an indignant look on her face.
"Oh, you wanna fight too?"
Naturally, Jiangenshu would not ignore Bai Jingxuan's existence. Rather, her attention to Bai Jingxuan has always been obvious. When she saw Bai Jingxuan posing like this, her smile became more joyful: "Maybe it will be more interesting than you think."
At this point, the conflict between several people at the scene was about to break out.
To be fair, if it were the usual Lin Xiaolu, she would have rushed out to stand in line and prepare to fight with Jiangenshu in order to protect Bai Jingxuan.
But now, while still in the middle of the exam, Lin Xiaolu realized one thing: if she fought with the opponent here, it would most likely become a very difficult outcome. Whether she won or lost, it would definitely be detrimental to her test scores.
So, if she is the only one who can still remain rational at the scene, then the work of "mediation" can only be done by her.
Do it yourself? Do this kind of thing?
There has never been a moment like this that Lin Xiaolu wishes Cuiqiao could be here.
She had never done such a thing before. It was always her who lost her temper, and it was Delphinium who smoothed things over. But looking at things from Delphinium's perspective, it actually felt like this?
Lin Xiaolu really wanted to think more, but she knew very well that she did not have much time to think.
What should she do? She tried to activate her brain which was almost shut down.
——If it were Delphinium, what would you do?
(End of this chapter)
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