Chapter 691: Begin the Escape! Discovered!

Inside the cavern, Ling Shuang, who had always been coldly beautiful and aloof,

finally chose to change her mind in the face of the forceful and domineering Xu Jingming.

Once the words left her mouth, she felt an inexplicable sense of relief and joy.

"Then it's settled, Teacher Ling."

Xu Jingming also breathed a sigh of relief.

If Teacher Ling had refused, he really would have been at a loss.

"From now on, don't call me Teacher Ling. Call me by my name, or Sister Shuang."

Ling Shuang corrected him without thinking.

It was fine before, but after what just happened, hearing that title always felt oddly strange to her.

"A teacher for a day, a father for life!"

"Teacher Ling, you've taught me so much and helped me a great deal. Calling you Teacher Ling still feels more respectful."

Xu Jingming replied with righteous solemnity.

"Is that really respect? I can't even be bothered to call you out on it!"

Ling Shuang shot him an annoyed sideways glance, her expression a mix of embarrassment and vexation, and the heavy fullness of her chest swayed faintly along with it.

Xu Jingming was fine in every other respect, but he always liked to try all sorts of strange things—her whole body was still sticky to this day.

Ahem,

though she had enjoyed it too, and even came to understand that remark the Sky Demon made yesterday......

"Just a joke, just a joke."

Xu Jingming chuckled, no longer joking: "Then you get dressed, Sister Shuang. I'll go try my breakthrough first."

"Breakthrough?"

Ling Shuang froze, saying in disbelief: "You really have the confidence to break through to seventh-tier?"

"Mm, I've had a vague premonition for a while now. I should be able to succeed this time."

Of course that was a lie—it was simply because Xu Jingming had absorbed the divine blood of the Lei Ting Storm Dragon King, fulfilling the requirements for advancement.

"Your advancement speed......" Ling Shuang was already starting to feel numb.

A seventh-tier Grandmaster at twenty—who would believe that if word got out?

"Still, you'd better not try breaking through right now."

After a moment's thought, Ling Shuang said contemplatively, "For an esper going from sixth-tier to seventh-tier, their strength will receive a massive boost.

My spatial ability can't be deployed at full power. I'm afraid I won't be able to mask the commotion of your advancement."

"Then I'll just have to wait until we're back before advancing." Xu Jingming said helplessly.

"Mm, my body and abilities have fully recovered too. Once I get dressed, we'll set out immediately."

Ling Shuang nodded, only to find Xu Jingming still standing in place, not stepping out of the blood cocoon.

"Aren't you going out?" Ling Shuang asked, puzzled.

"There's no need to break through, so naturally I don't need to go out." Xu Jingming said, as if it were the most natural thing.

"How come I never noticed how thick-skinned you were before?"

Ling Shuang's expression was a mix of embarrassment and vexation, but she didn't say any more.

Throwing back the blanket, her curvaceous, voluptuous figure appeared once more before Xu Jingming's eyes.

It instantly stirred a reaction in him, but Xu Jingming did nothing.

There was plenty of time ahead; the crisis hadn't been resolved yet, and this was not the moment for such things.

That expression of his instead caught Ling Shuang off guard, and her good feelings toward him grew once more.

She was well aware of the allure her body held for men, especially after yesterday's frenzy.

Yet Xu Jingming could still hold himself back, which spoke to his astonishing willpower.

"Well, if his will weren't so firm, he wouldn't have chosen to battle fierce beasts for so long."

Coming back to herself, Ling Shuang secretly found her own thoughts from moments ago amusing.

Xu Jingming had never been the sort of man to lose himself in the land of tender affections.

Otherwise, he wouldn't have chosen to come to Dayangzhou in the first place.

Wouldn't it have been better to stay at the Lei Ting Martial Hall headquarters, dropping by the Demon Academy every now and then to see those two little girlfriends?

Just as she was rising to her feet from the ground, she suddenly felt a faint trace of warmth seemingly flowing along the inner side of her thigh.

Ling Shuang's gorgeous face instantly stiffened.

This guy—the quantity was just too much!

Several hours had passed, yet it still hadn't all been absorbed.

Though she very much wanted to take a bath and wash away the filth on her body, the cavern clearly offered no such conditions.

So Ling Shuang had no choice but to quickly put on her battle suit and simply rinse her face with clean water.

She then activated her communication watch, and a holographic projection of a Dayangzhou map instantly appeared before the two of them.

"Our current location is deep within the wilderness zone of Dayangzhou, roughly 540 kilometers in a straight line from Moben.

Even for a spatial-type aberrant, a spatial blockade is an extremely taxing matter—it can't possibly seal off the entire wilderness zone.

I just did a rough scan of my spatial beacon.

Once we cover another 60 kilometers, we'll be out of the spatial blockade range and can teleport straight back to Moben via ultra-long-distance transmission."

When it came to serious matters, Ling Shuang returned to her usual coldly beautiful and earnest self.

"60 kilometers—we can cover it in just over two hours." Xu Jingming murmured.

The only reason was to avoid the possible appearance of high-tier fierce beasts, and the worry of being discovered by the Tianming Sect.

Otherwise, activating Thunder Dragon Wings, 60 kilometers would only take two or three minutes to cover.

"By the way, Sister Shuang, there's nothing else wrong with your body, right?"

Before setting out, Xu Jingming asked one more question.

"No problem, why?"

Hearing Ling Shuang asked, puzzled.

The sticky feeling on her body, and the strange smell, were still tolerable.

"Nothing."

Xu Jingming gave a dry cough and said no more.

When absorbing the divine blood, consciousness was blurred, and there was simply no concept of cherishing anything.

If it had been Song Qiuyun or Jiang Chuxuan, without the recovery of the Heavenly Spirit Spring the next day, they probably wouldn't have been able to get out of bed at all.

But Ling Shuang was completely fine.

One could only say, as expected of an eighth-rank Master Zongshi — her physique was powerful and remarkably durable.

It was just past 4 a. m. on April 12th when Xu Jingming and Ling Shuang walked out of the cave.

The sky was pitch black, the moon hidden behind dark clouds, with only a few stars twinkling with bright light.

Blue Star's technology was advanced; most of its energy came from clean, pollution-free electricity.

Therefore, the starry night sky was far more beautiful than in the previous life.

"Roar—"

"Awoo—"

"..."

Nighttime belongs to the fierce beasts' hunt.

In the pitch-black jungle, the roars of savage fierce beasts rang out from time to time, and occasionally blood-red gazes flashed by.

"Head southwest."

After checking the map once more, Ling Shuang and Xu Jingming confirmed their direction and set out.

The surroundings were pitch black; ordinary people would surely walk with extreme caution.

But for two powerhouses like Xu Jingming and Ling Shuang, there was no difference between night and day.

Moving forward all the way, wrapped in Ling Shuang's space-type ability.

The two were like invisible people, barely drawing any fierce beasts' attention.

Even if they were unlucky and spotted by some fierce beasts, they were all killed cleanly by Ling Shuang with a single spatial slice.

Soon, two hours passed, and the two had already covered more than 50 kilometers.

"Only the last 5 kilometers left. Break through, and we can teleport back to Moben."

The morning sun rose, the horizon faintly brightening.

They were already very close to the distance needed to break through the spatial blockade.

But Ling Shuang's pretty face was still full of Solemn.

To travel a hundred li, half is still ninety — the last 5 kilometers were the most dangerous stretch.

She could calculate the limit distance of the spatial blockade; there was no reason the Tianming Sect wouldn't know.

It was very likely they had specifically set up patrol points at the limit distance.

Just as Ling Shuang was thinking this, suddenly an explosion like spring thunder came from the sky:

"You two below, please stop!"