Chapter 220: Live Kissing

"Qin Jian, I have finished absorbing it."

When Huo Wu woke up from absorbing her Soul Ring, she saw Qin Jian standing in front of her with a grin.

She subconsciously curled her lips, then saw six bruised and swollen figures behind Qin Jian, all absorbing their own Soul Rings.

"Huh? What happened to Brother and the others?" Huo Wu frowned and asked.

Qin Jian spread his hands and said, "They were probably beaten up by a Flame Beast..."

Huo Wu's eyes went straight: "Can a Flame Beast even beat someone until they're bruised and swollen?"

Qin Jian nodded with a straight face: "That's right, when a Flame Beast gets angry, it can also use its little fists to pummel people."

Huo Wu was no fool; hearing him spout such nonsense, she could naturally figure out what was going on.

She rolled her eyes and said, "It was you who bullied them, right?"

"How can you wrong someone like that?"

Qin Jian raised his hands in grievance: "It was clearly them who wanted to bully me, and they just ended up getting countered and killed."

"Then do you need me to come and comfort them?" Huo Wu said crossly.

She couldn't help but glance again at her brother's pig-head face, which looked painful just to see: "You were a bit ruthless with your hands..."

"That can't be helped, I was already holding back quite a bit; if I had used my martial soul, they would probably be dead by now," Qin Jian said, spreading his hands.

After improving his control over his soul skills, he was already able to achieve some level of restraint with his Fourth Soul Skill, such as this method of not using his martial soul, or cutting off his soul power output in time.

"What level are you at now?" Qin Jian asked curiously.

Huo Wu smiled with some pride: "Level 43."

"Wow, the effects of this Fire Prison of yours are really good," Qin Jian exclaimed in admiration.

"You seem to have mentioned that you also have your own academy team, preparing to participate in the Elite Spirit Master Tournament of the entire Dalu, right?"

Seeing Qin Jian nod, Huo Wu smiled and said, "Then we will be opponents when the time comes; aren't you worried about facing me?"

"Worried about what?"

Qin Jian looked very puzzled: "Why would I be worried about my own woman?"

"I never agreed to be your woman!" Huo Wu tilted her head up, still acting haughty.

"Yes, yes, yes..."

Qin Jian walked up and took her into his arms: "You didn't agree to me, it was me who pestered and pursued you..."

"That's exactly it."

Huo Wu leaned comfortably in his arms, seemingly completely unaware that there was anything wrong with her having just denied their relationship, yet now being held by Qin Jian with a submissive expression.

"Qin Jian!"

Huo Wushuang's voice broke the intimacy between Qin Jian and Huo Wu.

The two separated and looked back to see Huo Wushuang and the others standing up one after another.

Afterwards, each of them approached with a pig-head face and an expressionless look.

"Let's spar again!"

Huo Wushuang voiced what was on everyone's mind.

"Brother!"

Unfortunately, Huo Wu immediately put her hands on her hips and blocked Qin Jian: "You are not allowed to bully him!"

Huo Wushuang was so angry his nose almost went crooked: "Huo Wu! Who exactly is bullying whom! Didn't you see that we are the ones beaten until we are bruised and swollen?"

Huo Wu was clearly biased toward her lover over her friends: "That's because you provoked him first, how can you blame Qin Jian?"

"Are you still my sister or not? Why do you keep speaking up for an outsider?" Huo Wushuang said unhappily.

"Qin Jian is not an outsider..."

Huo Wu's voice suddenly dropped, and her cheeks flushed red: "He is my man..."

Huo Wushuang and the other five, along with Qin Jian, all widened their eyes.

One can only say that she is indeed Huo Wu—thick-skinned, daring to love and hate, and very cute.

Qin Jian then embraced her from behind and said with a chuckle to Huo Wushuang: "Brother-in-law, why don't we compete again at the Elite Tournament?"

"Who is your brother-in-law?!"

Seeing Huo Wu protecting Qin Jian so tightly, Huo Wushuang could only say: "Then we'll compete again at the tournament; by then, Huo Wu won't be on your side."

"That's not necessarily true..."

This sentence from Qin Jian was not heard, because clusters of fiery streamers suddenly began to erupt within the Fire Prison, and the giant rocks blocking the magma below also began to move, once again completely covering the magma.

"The Fire Prison is about to close, let's get out quickly," Huo Wu said.

Huo Wushuang and the others nodded and rushed upward first.

Huo Wu turned back, grabbed Qin Jian's hand, and the two looked at each other and smiled before following them upward.

Before long, the group of eight returned to the top layer of the Fire Prison, and at this time, the closing of the Fire Prison had reached its end.

"Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh..."

Like the final eruption before the end of the world, countless fiery streamers shot out from below, like streaks of fire-star light arrows; they caused no harm, landing on people and bursting into sparks, making the entire Fire Prison look magnificent for a moment.

Everyone was immersed in the beautiful scene before them.

"So beautiful..."

Even a carefree little girl like Huo Wu had a glowing face at this moment, her beautiful eyes filled with twinkling stars.

"Yeah, truly beautiful..."

Qin Jian was not looking at the streamers, but at her.

A fiery red world, fiery red streamers, a fiery red her—truly beautiful.

"Mmm..."

Qin Jian suddenly pulled her close, and a kiss landed, accurately breaching the gates.

Huo Wu was stunned for that instant, while the six big lightbulbs around them all widened their eyes, looking like copper bells.

However, Qin Jian had neither the time nor the mind to care about what others were thinking; he was immersed in a brand-new heat, unable to extricate himself.

This girl was truly like a ball of fire; even her lips were filled with a scorching aura, and a gradually scorching response...

Until the Fire Prison closed completely, the two of them did not separate.

"Whoa—"

Then they heard the sound of jeering like a mountain-toppling, sea-draining roar.

Huo Wu parted her lips from Qin Jian, looked over with somewhat dazed eyes, and instantly all her tenderness was scared away.

It turned out that outside the Fire Prison, there were actually hundreds of Blazing Academy students waiting for them to come out!

So, the two of them had just been live-streaming!

Even with Huo Wu's thick-skinned nature, she couldn't handle the crowd's gossiping gazes and the vast expanse of auntie-smiles at this moment.

So she made the most girlish move of her life, burying her head directly into Qin Jian's embrace, leaving Qin Jian to face the countless scrutinizing gazes.

Fortunately, Qin Jian's skin had long been trained to be like a city wall; he held Huo Wu with one arm and waved to everyone with the other, just like a leader on an inspection tour.

"Alright, alright, everyone disperse."

Finally, Huo Tianhua walked out and began to disperse the crowd.

Once the people had mostly left, he said, "This time, it is also thanks to you, Qin Jian, that Huo Wu was able to obtain the best Soul Ring."

"Hm? You could see us the whole time?" Qin Jian said, glancing sideways.

Huo Tianhua laughed, "As soon as you entered, there was a projection playing here, so Qin Jian... you are now a celebrity at our Blazing Academy."

Flirting with Huo Wu, beating up Huo Wushuang, and taking on six people at once—it is no exaggeration to call you a man of the hour.

"I watched Huo Wu grow up; it is gratifying for us teachers to see that someone actually wants such an overbearing little girl." Huo Tianhua looked at the two of them hugging and also had an auntie-smile on his face.

"Teacher!"

Huo Wu noticed the onlookers dispersing and finally lifted her head from Qin Jian's embrace, aiming her spear at Huo Tianhua: "What do you mean 'someone actually wants'? Is this young lady lacking suitors?"

Thanks to book friend 【Rensheng灬Ruci】 for the 1888 book coin tip!

(End of this chapter)