Chapter 200: Cutting Your Little Head

This night was exceptionally long.

Once Qin Jian had sorted through these matters, the two could only lean side-by-side against the headboard, silently waiting for dawn.

How ridiculous is fate…

The two people who had just been doing the most intimate of things were now unable to even hold hands…

No matter how much Qin Jian tried to minimize the pain in the process of breaking up, Zhu Zhuqing, clearly feeling the change before and after, inevitably fell into sorrow.

Qin Jian… didn't know how to comfort her either…

On the journey back to Shrek Academy, the two became increasingly silent, eventually reaching a point where they almost didn't know how to speak.

Even though they still cared deeply for each other in their hearts, and even though their feelings hadn't changed, they were still deeply distressed by this breakup.

Qin Jian knew this was the limit of what he could do; from here on, the two of them would have to digest it themselves and get used to a new way of interacting.

A day later, when the two finally stepped out of the borders of the Star Luo Empire and into the Bala Ke Kingdom, they encountered the ambush Qin Jian had expected.

Looking at the Spirit Master in black clothes a few meters in front of them, especially the five Soul Rings on their body—White, Yellow, Yellow, Purple, Purple—each of them frowned.

"Are you the heir of that vassal family that pledged loyalty to Zhu Zhuyun ten years ago?"

Zhu Zhuqing said coldly: "Zhu Zhuyun has already lost her soul power; I didn't expect she could still command you."

"Miss Zhuqing, we are tied too deeply to her; there is no other path to take…"

That person's eyes looked as if they were looking at a dead person: "Therefore, I can only kill you!"

Zhu Zhuqing looked at Qin Jian, only to see his face dark and gloomy, summoning his martial soul without saying a word.

"Hum…"

The four Soul Rings of Yellow, Purple, Purple, and Black unsurprisingly made the opposing Soul King's pupils constrict: "This kind of Soul Ring configuration… impossible!"

"Impossible?"

Qin Jian held his sword in his right hand, his gaze locked on the opponent: "There are many impossible things… for example, you probably didn't expect that you would be killed in seconds by a Soul Ancestor…"

Hum!

The black Fourth Soul Ring rose suddenly, and Qin Jian's entire body was bathed in the light of the netherworld.

"Fourth Soul Skill, Nether… Extreme Sword!"

Before Zhu Zhuqing and the opposing Soul King could see clearly, Qin Jian transformed into a nether figure, pulling out a long shadow like a Teleportation; the moment he neared the opponent, only a flash of Sword Light swept past, and a bright red wound tore open on that person's body.

"Swish swish swish…"

It wasn't over yet; after the first shadow swept past, Qin Jian flashed six more times in succession, leaving a huge wound on the opponent each time. By the time the seven Nether Extreme attacks ended, it seemed to have been completed in an instant in Zhu Zhuqing's eyes, with seven intersecting shadow lines still remaining in her vision, centered on the opposing Soul King.

"Puff!"

The Soul King hadn't even managed to figure out what was going on, and his Fourth Soul Ring was only half-lit, yet the battle was already over.

He looked down at the tip of the Martial Soul Sword protruding from his chest, blood continuously spraying from his mouth: "I… didn't expect… I would really be… killed in seconds… by a Soul Ancestor…"

Bang!

After Qin Jian retracted his martial soul and stepped back, his body slowly fell, crashing onto the ground and kicking up a cloud of dust.

Qin Jian didn't look at him, but turned back to look at Zhu Zhuqing, meeting her gaze mixed with surprise and shock, and said: "Don't look at me like that; after using this soul skill, I'm also exhausted…"

His body swayed slightly, and Zhu Zhuqing subconsciously stepped forward to support him, but stopped abruptly just as her hands were about to touch his arms.

Qin Jian glanced at her paused hands, took a deep breath, and turned around, saying: "Let's go…"

Swish, swish, swish.

After the two figures moved far away from this place, the figures of Dai Mubai and two guards suddenly appeared here.

"I didn't expect him to reach Soul Ancestor so quickly, and that Fourth Soul Ring… terrifyingly strong…"

Dai Mubai muttered: "I originally thought he would need protection to safely leave the Star Luo Empire; now it seems that is unnecessary. Let's go back."

"Yes." The two guards bowed and said.

The three turned and soon left the place, leaving only that Soul King lying on the ground, his blood seeping into the earth, gradually becoming a part of the land…

A few days later, Qin Jian and the other finally returned to Shrek Academy, at which time there was one last day of vacation left.

Qin Jian watched Zhu Zhuqing's back disappear into the corridor of the Girls' Dormitory. He didn't see her off further, nor was he in the mood to test the level of contact with Ning Rongrong right now, because that would be a hurt to Zhu Zhuqing.

Returning to his own dormitory, he found Tang San was not there, so he lay on the bed alone, lost in thought.

On the other side, Zhu Zhuqing, who had originally intended to return to her room alone, couldn't help but knock on the door of Ning Rongrong and Xiao Wu's room as she passed by.

"Creak."

The door opened quickly, and the pretty faces of Xiao Wu and Ning Rongrong appeared in her line of sight.

"Zhuqing, you and Brother are back?" Xiao Wu's eyes lit up.

Zhu Zhuqing nodded gently, but looked at Ning Rongrong and said: "Rongrong, tonight…"

She lowered her eyes, not letting the two see her emotions: "Can you sleep with me?"

Xiao Wu was slightly surprised, but being thick-skinned, she didn't notice anything unusual.

But Ning Rongrong looked at Zhu Zhuqing seriously, then nodded and said: "Okay, I'll sleep with you tonight."

No one knew what Zhu Zhuqing and Ning Rongrong had said, but in the middle of the night, Ning Rongrong suddenly broke into Qin Jian's dormitory…

"Bang!"

The door was kicked open, and Qin Jian subconsciously flipped up, then saw Ning Rongrong walk in with her hands on her hips, looking furious.

She first looked at Tang San's bed, and after discovering no one was there, she cast a knife-like gaze fiercely at Qin Jian.

"Uh… Rongrong, why are you… looking at me like that?"

Qin Jian got up in his pajamas, only to see Ning Rongrong's gaze like a sword, her pretty face like ice, and her whole body seemingly wrapped in a flame of anger.

"Brother Jian…"

Ning Rongrong pressed lightly on the jade bracelet-shaped Soul Guidance Device on her left hand, and a sharp dagger appeared in her hand.

She shook the dagger, her voice soft but devoid of any emotion: "Brother Jian, you've forgotten everything you promised me, haven't you?"

"Rongrong, what you mean is..."

Seeing her brandishing the dagger as if she might stab at any moment, Qin Jian's survival instinct exploded, and his brain whirred at high Speed until a flash of inspiration struck: "You've already spoken with Zhuqing?"

Click, clack...

Ning Rongrong stepped closer, the dagger gleaming right before Qin Jian's eyes.

"That's right, Zhuqing told me everything that happened between you two... every detail, crystal clear..."

She held the dagger and slowly moved it downward: "I'm going to cut off the little head you couldn't control now, do you have any objections?"

Cold sweat instantly broke out on Qin Jian, and he hurriedly grabbed her small hand, saying dryly: "That... Rong... Rongrong... this really can't be cut, you have to think about your own future happiness..."

Clang.

The dagger fell to the ground, and Ning Rongrong bit her lip hard, wanting to stop the tears from falling, but they were completely beyond her control, sliding slowly down her cheeks and landing on the back of Qin Jian's hand...

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