Chapter 6: Enemy Attack

A group of people left the Secret Realm one after another, while Ye Bai frowned and checked his watch.

There was still a quarter of an hour until five o'clock in the afternoon.

The Information System said Li Weiyang would be shot; where was this assassin?

However, judging from the information provided by the system, Li Weiyang would be seriously injured, which meant the attack was too sudden, and those protecting her had not reacted in time or had not arrived yet.

At the time of the awakening, the school's electromagnetic shielding had already been activated, and then Zhang Lingxue had led her classmates into the Secret Realm without a moment's delay; her Guangming Nüshen Die had been detecting Weird fluctuations the entire time.

Having awakened an A Ji Tianfu, Li Weiyang would certainly be heavily protected; logically speaking, she should be very safe.

It seemed there was an organization purposefully hunting down humans who had awakened rare talents.

There must be moles from other countries among the high-ranking officials of the Yan Kingdom Alliance; otherwise, how would these people know such confidential information?

Every person on Blue Star awakens a different talent, but a talent like Insight Eye can be considered among the best.

Although the Yan Kingdom Alliance, for the sake of everyone, only classified talents into S, A, B, C, D, etc., for the convenience of distinction.

But in the Beautiful Country Alliance, Insight Eye is labeled as a Zhanlüeji talent, a type of talent that can influence National Destiny.

The Class Teacher had already reported Li Weiyang's talent; it could be said that Li Weiyang, having awakened the Insight Eye talent, was already standing at the finish line of the starting block, one foot inside the gates of a top-tier institution.

Once they exited the Secret Realm, Li Weiyang would be protected by people sent by the Yan Country, surrounded layer upon layer.

No one would have expected someone to launch an attack during the brief gap when Li Weiyang stepped out of the Secret Realm.

Therefore, if one wanted to obtain Li Weiyang's blood, this was the only opportunity.

As for the bet Ye Bai mentioned, Li Weiyang presumably would not take it to heart.

After all, she would be taken away by people sent by a top-tier institution in a moment.

So Ye Bai was truly playing a game of empty-handed white wolf, using a false promise to exchange for He Qingyuan's "real gold and silver."

Li Weiyang and Ye Bai walked out of the Secret Realm one after the other; the Class Teacher was a step behind because she had to verify the number of Pet Beasts received with the person in charge of the Secret Realm.

At this moment, there was only one minute left until five o'clock, and Ye Bai looked around vigilantly.

He had not discovered any abnormalities for the time being; he secretly squeezed a handful of sweat in his palm and let out a deep breath.

Meanwhile, at a high-rise building one thousand meters away from the Secret Realm, a beautiful woman with blue hair took the elevator to the top floor of the building.

She used her hairpin to pry open the building's wire mesh and entered the rooftop area; she searched around with her beautiful eyes and found a suitable position.

At this moment, there were thirty seconds left until five o'clock.

"Very good, it's almost time."

"Come out, Bullet Ant."

A fire-red ant with a slender body was summoned by the beautiful woman.

Its body was very slender, like a hemp stalk; its sharp eyes were like knives, and it had a total of eight long legs, which mainly served as support.

The Bullet Ant's belly was very large, as if it were pregnant, and inside was a huge ant nest.

Its wings were as thin as cicada wings.

It was 1.5 meters long, and from its appearance, it looked like a heavy sniper rifle.

The Bullet Ant is a rare Pet Beast; it can spray thumb-thick Drill-Armor Ants and Blast Ants from its mouth.

The Drill-Armor Ants can pierce through the prey's body like bullets, while the Blast Ants explode the moment they hit the opponent.

It is just that it is easier for the Bullet Ant to gestate Drill-Armor Ants, while the gestation time for Blast Ants is longer.

The beautiful woman took out an eight-times magnification telescope and looked toward the exit of the Secret Realm.

Li Weiyang was walking out of the Secret Realm at this time, and behind her followed a handsome young man, who seemed to be Li Weiyang's classmate.

The two were relatively close to each other.

"It's about time, Bullet Ant, start the attack."

"For this kind of small fry who just awakened, using a Drill-Armor Ant will suffice; don't waste the precious Blast Ants."

A flash of blue light passed through the beautiful woman's eyes; she was sharing her vision with the Bullet Ant through their contract.

Subsequently, the Bullet Ant suddenly sprayed a bullet (Drill-Armor Ant) from its mouth, and a sound of breaking through the air rang out.

A flash of fire-red light streaked past.

Several cracks appeared on the ground where the Bullet Ant stood, and a wisp of white smoke emerged from the corner of its mouth.

The beautiful woman looked at Li Weiyang's face, filled with pity: "What a graceful beauty, only to perish like this."

"Don't blame me; you should blame yourself for awakening such a rare talent."

"And blame yourself for being born in the Yan Kingdom Alliance."

"We must eliminate every key factor that could lead to the strengthening of the Yan Kingdom Alliance's national power."

"This is the mission of us assassins; my apologies!"

There were only a few seconds left until five o'clock.

Ye Bai immediately noticed a fire-red light suddenly appear in the distance; after awakening his talent, not only had Ye Bai's memory improved, but his five senses had also been enhanced.

Li Weiyang was walking forward unhurriedly, not sensing the approach of danger at all.

Having awakened the Photographic Memory talent, Ye Bai's brain possessed strong calculation capabilities; he could deduce the landing position of the bullet through wind speed and the speed of the bullet's travel.

Just as that fire-red light was about to blow Li Weiyang's head off with a single shot.

"Watch out!!!"

Ye Bai pushed forward, and Li Weiyang immediately lunged forward; the Drill-Armor Ant deviated from its position, piercing Li Weiyang's scapula and grazing Ye Bai's arm. Blood from his arm dripped onto the ancient jade, and the ancient jade emitted a faint fluorescent glow.

A large amount of blood gushed out like a spring from Li Weiyang's wound, spraying onto Ye Bai's body.

While Ye Bai was not paying attention, the piece of ancient jade hanging on his chest suddenly moved after touching Li Weiyang's blood, and a large amount of blood surged into the ancient jade.

Subsequently, the ancient jade suddenly turned into a stream of light and submerged into Ye Bai's chest.

A faint stinging pain came from his chest, but Ye Bai did not notice it; the pain in his arm had already made him wince.

"Enemy attack, enemy attack, enemy attack, everyone scatter quickly."

The students scattered like birds and beasts, leaving only Ye Bai and Li Weiyang at the entrance of the Secret Realm.

Even Li Weiyang's sycophants, the fish in the pond, abandoned her one after another; He Qingyuan in particular ran even faster, not even noticing when he dropped a shoe.

A look of guilt appeared on their faces, but the guilt was quickly replaced by a sense of relief.

Hmph! Sycophants and backups are truly unreliable; one must be self-reliant and strong.

At a critical moment, they aren't even as reliable as Ye Bai, whom she didn't like.

Li Weiyang secretly made a resolution: since she had awakened the talent of Insight Eye, she must be self-reliant and strong.

"Are you alright?"

Ye Bai took out a white towel and pressed it against the wound on Li Weiyang's shoulder; a piercing pain surged from her shoulder, and Li Weiyang grimaced in agony.

A sharp glint flashed in his eyes—he had succeeded in getting Li Weiyang's blood.

Later, Ye Bai would find a safe place to freeze the blood and put it into a cold storage unit.

As long as he could find the Seven-Orifice Exquisite Jade, Ye Bai would be able to obtain this rare A Ji Tianfu, Insight Eye.

"Let's go, we must leave here immediately."

Li Weiyang said weakly.

In fact, the guards of the Secret Realm had already reacted, and they rushed toward Li Weiyang, hoping to protect her.

This was a seed player of the Yan Kingdom Alliance; she could not die here, but their reaction was still a step too slow.

After Killer Z saw that her attack had been intercepted, she was immediately very displeased.

According to her prediction, Li Weiyang should have been shot in the head by the Drill-Armor Ant, but she had been pushed away.

Killer Z, who possessed a perfectionist personality, was very annoyed; she bit her lip and ordered the Bullet Ant to fire another shot.

The Bullet Ant aimed at the previous direction and fired another shot.

Ye Bai's brow suddenly twitched, his spine felt faintly cold, and a bad premonition surged up.

Without even thinking, he kicked Li Weiyang away.

A dirty footprint appeared on her large white dress, and fresh blood emerged from Li Weiyang's wound, dripping onto the ground.

Ye Bai could not care about the piercing pain either; he performed a roll on the ground, trying to dodge the Drill-Armor Ant's attack.

Bang.

The Drill-Armor Ant hit a spot not far from Ye Bai, and spiderweb-like cracks immediately appeared on the ground.

But Ye Bai discovered that this Drill-Armor Ant was not yet dead, and the ferocious-looking Drill-Armor Ant charged toward the direction where Ye Bai was.

Then, Ye Bai summoned the Thousand-Change Silkworm from the Secret Realm within his body and blocked it in front of himself.

That was just a Drill-Armor Ant; its power was slightly better than an ordinary bullet.

And the Thousand-Change Silkworm's defensive power was enough to resist the Drill-Armor Ant's attack.

Ye Bai was gambling; he was gambling that the Thousand-Change Silkworm could resist the Drill-Armor Ant's attack.

At this distance, having lost the support of the Bullet Ant, the Drill-Armor Ant's attack would at most cause the Thousand-Change Silkworm to suffer a little damage.

At this moment, Ye Bai raised his voice and shouted loudly: "Teacher, help!"

He was not worried that the Thousand-Change Silkworm would die because of this.

Because they had just established the contract, even if the Thousand-Change Silkworm suddenly died, it would not cause too much damage to Ye Bai.

There are three ways for a Pet Beast and a Pet Beast Master to terminate a contract: the Pet Beast dies, the Pet Beast Master dies, or both parties reach an agreement to terminate the contract.

Bang.

The Drill-Armor Ant landed on the Thousand-Change Silkworm and made a muffled sound; under Ye Bai's surprised gaze, the Thousand-Change Silkworm opened its blood-red eyes.

The Thousand-Change Silkworm, which had been sleeping soundly, suddenly felt a piercing pain in its bottom; it wailed and rushed upward, emitting a shrill scream from its mouth.

It fell from the air and landed heavily on the ground.

Ye Bai discovered that on the Thousand-Change Silkworm's bottom, there was a thumb-sized red ant with a twisted body and a mouth like a drill.

And the Thousand-Change Silkworm's bottom was merely a bit red and swollen; not even the skin was broken.

"What an astonishing defensive ability."

When codename Z saw that the Bullet Ant's second move had also been blocked, her face turned as dark as ink; she gritted her teeth and fired a third shot.

At this time, Zhang Lingxue had already walked out of the Secret Realm; she saw the two people covered in blood and was immediately furious.

To be intercepted and killed on her own turf.

It was her own carelessness.

(End of this chapter)