Chapter 268: Xiao Wu

"Boom—!"

Amidst the violent sound of the explosion, a scene of true wind and fire intertwined appeared; flames and wind vortexes roared, and the impact force frightened everyone nearby into using their own soul power to defend themselves.

"The intensity of Feng Xiaotian's soul skill is clearly stronger than this strike from Qin Jian; it looks like he really has exhausted his soul power," said someone with a discerning eye.

But Salas, who originally did not favor Qin Jian, suddenly had his expression darken: "Wind aids the fire's momentum, and conversely, fire also overcomes wind. He has won."

Jian Douluo was expressionless, Ning Fengzhi smiled slightly, and the two big shots had remained calm throughout.

On the field.

The Demon Wolf Storm, which had been slowly pressing down, was gradually held back. Wind power was constantly being swept into the flames; as wind aided the fire's momentum, one grew while the other waned, and soon it turned into a prairie fire of wind and flame, surging back in reverse.

"Ugh, ahhh—"

The reversal of the situation happened too quickly. By the time Feng Xiaotian was enveloped by the flaming wind vortex and let out a painful cry, the others only then thought to rescue him.

And when their lead teacher rescued him, he discovered that there wasn't a single patch of good skin left on his body...

All sorts of Healing techniques were cast as if they cost nothing. The lead teacher was furious and was about to accuse Qin Jian of intentional murder.

"You—"

But when he looked up, he saw that Qin Jian was also surrounded by the Shrek group, and Jiang Zhu was currently Healing him.

From the crowd, one could also see that Qin Jian was covered in blood at this moment, looking incredibly miserable, also appearing as if he were in no state to participate in the Grand Finals.

Furthermore, Ning Fengzhi and Jian Douluo were already standing by his side, which made the Shenfeng Academy lead teacher silently swallow his words back.

"It's fine, it's fine... I'm faking the injury..."

Qin Jian quietly winked at Ning Rongrong, who was shedding tears from heartache, and whispered: "Feng Xiaotian will need at least half a year to recover from this. If I don't look miserable, it won't be justifiable... It's all standard procedure, don't worry... At most, I've just exhausted my Spirit Power and soul power... I'm just... uh... dizzy..."

The next moment, his vision went black, and he collapsed into a soft embrace. He couldn't tell whose it was, but he could rule out Zhu Zhuqing based on the magnificence of it, hmm...

However, his left hand sank into something, hmm... this one is Zhu Zhuqing...

The world before his eyes finally turned completely dark. He wondered if the three of them—Zhu Zhuqing, Ning Rongrong, and Xiao Wu—who were supporting him together, would throw him directly onto the ground if they knew what he was thinking... and then stomp on him.

The match ended, and it was clearly Shrek Academy that had won, but the entire arena remained silent for a long time.

A one-on-fourteen victory; they didn't know if they would ever see such a feat again in their lifetimes.

Although Qin Jian was a Soul King, firstly, he was a few years younger than Feng Xiaotian and the others, and secondly, it was a wheel battle. No one would feel he was bullying the weak with strength; rather, it was a proper victory of the weak over the strong.

"Looking back at the entire Preliminary Tournament and Promotion Tournament, in the end, probably only Qin Jian will be remembered by everyone..."

Emperor Xueye sighed: "Especially in the Promotion Tournament, he single-handedly fought through every team. This record will surely be maintained for many years. Future generations looking at history might not remember you or me, but they will remember such a young man who, in a competition that prizes team cooperation, used the brilliance of one person to make everyone else look dim..."

He looked at Ning Fengzhi again and said: "Ning Sect Master, I am truly envious that your sect has him in the future. If he weren't already engaged, I would have wanted to marry this girl, Xue Ke, to him."

Ning Fengzhi smiled and shook his head, saying: "Young people have too strong a competitive spirit, but being too rigid makes one prone to breaking; he still needs to be polished."

In reality, what he was thinking was...

There's no need to marry Xue Ke over; he could marry Qin Jian to Xue Qinghe... simply perfect!

Qin Jian naturally didn't know that his father-in-law was full of wild ideas. With his body completely overdrawn, he slept soundly.

Anyway, now that he had fused with the Lovesick Heartbroken Red, let alone a Title Douluo, even a god...

emmm...

A god could still discover his true form.

Originally, Jian Douluo had rushed over at the first moment to help him conceal his aura, but he discovered that after Qin Jian overdrew himself, he couldn't detect anything at all, which left him puzzled for quite a while...

But when Qin Jian woke up, he found that he had returned to the large bed in the academy dormitory.

Waking up was always in the late afternoon, the moment when night was about to fall.

However, unlike the last time when he was heavily injured by Shi Nian, this time he wasn't surrounded by three beautiful girls; there was just one Xiao Wu curled up by the bedside.

One... no problem there.

Qin Jian couldn't help but stroke her head.

"Mmm..."

Xiao Wu hummed softly, rubbing against his palm with great familiarity, before she began to wake up.

"Brother, you're awake! Has your body recovered?"

Xiao Wu's voice was always full of vitality.

Qin Jian touched her smooth cheek and said: "I'm already fine, it was just an overdraft."

"Why are you here alone?" he asked again.

Xiao Wu immediately pouted: "Don't you want to see me? Do you want to see Rongrong and Zhuqing instead?"

Qin Jian blinked and said: "No, it's just that it's rare to be alone with Xiao Wu, and I wanted to figure out why they weren't here so I could be at ease doing other things."

"The three of us agreed to take turns watching over you. According to the agreement, this afternoon half-day is mine, the first half of the night is Zhuqing's, and the second half is Rongrong's... eh? No, that's not right..."

Xiao Wu's face heated up for no reason, and she lowered her head: "What other things did you just say you wanted to do?"

"Of course it's..."

Qin Jian suddenly threw off the quilt, grabbed Xiao Wu's hand, and amidst her exclamation, pulled her onto the bed.

"Clatter."

A pair of gray high heels fell to the floor...

"What are you afraid of?"

Qin Jian nibbled on her earlobe.

Xiao Wu trembled slightly, and her earlobe turned rosy.

"You... you were too scary at that time... I... I was afraid..."

Xiao Wu's weak voice made Qin Jian rub his forehead: "So much time has passed, have you still not recovered from it?"

"Who told you to do that to me... do that to me at that time..." Xiao Wu protested.

Qin Jian propped his head up with one hand and used the other to playfully stroke her cute rabbit ears, saying: "I didn't do anything particularly excessive, did I? I was just expressing some closeness!"

"Who expresses affection by stripping someone bare and gnawing them all over?!"

Xiao Wu suddenly turned her head and bit down on Qin Jian's chin.

Qin Jian took the opportunity to hold her little head with both hands, his eyes full of smiles: "But I saw that you... were quite comfortable later on..."

(End of chapter)