Chapter 362: First Place

The current time is two days after the first round of the Queen Election.

At this moment, Jiang Xia is on the moon, and on its vast, wild surface, the transformed Fourze Ruyue Xian Tairan is launching a full-force attack against the already transformed Orion, each crack on the ground a battle scar from their clash.

"RiderRocketDrillKick (Rocket Turn Knight Kick)."

As the blown-away Ruyue Xian Tairan reached mid-air, he pressed the switches on both sides, attaching the orange-yellow rocket and the continuously spinning yellow turn-head device to Fourze's right hand and left foot, and with tremendous impact force he fiercely attacked the Orion on the ground.

"Speed isn't fast enough." Jiang Xia said, then without hesitation he acted! The starlight flashing on Orion's body shot out like arrows surpassing everything.

Seven beams of light formed from converging cosmic energy, too fast to react, sliced across the air in several arcs like a beast pouncing, directly striking the Ruyue Xian Tairan mid-air.

Inside the Jade Rabbit Cabin, the watching Star Disciple Ge Xing Xian Wu couldn't help but lean back and use his hand to block the flames produced by the explosion, which was the constantly expanding cosmic energy also proving that Jiang Xia's attack showed no mercy.

This is several times more intense than fighting the Star Disciple! This is Ruyue Xian Tairan's current training routine: not only must he be familiar with the precise use of each switch, he must also accurately judge various situations, and whenever launching any attack, he must consider everything clearly.

If he takes a wrong step, he will face an overwhelming attack; moreover, Jiang Xia deliberately switches his attacks to silent and invisible ones at times, and to avoid them one must keep his nerves taut and push his perception to the limit.

What's even more extreme is that when you're beaten to the point of being unable to fight, a precise healing light pillar descends from the sky, healing all battle-inflicted damage, and the cycle repeats.

Ruyue Xian Tairan has been getting beaten for two days now, aside from attending class he just comes over to take hits, but his progress is quite obvious: starting from having no pattern and relying solely on instinct to use the switches, after being knocked down three times in a row by Jiang Xia he finally learned to first assess the situation.

At this moment, as Jiang Xia waved both hands, the bluish-green healing light pillar pierced through the smoke produced by the explosion, precisely landing on the already prone Ruyue Xian Tairan on the ground.

"I just thought I was really going to die!" Ruyue Xian Tairan shot his head up, panting heavily, though his body bore not a single wound, the feeling of death clung to him like a shadow, tightly entwining his heart.

However, after Ruyue Xian Tairan caught his breath for a moment, he sprang up like nothing had happened and shouted at Orion: "Teacher! Again! Next time I'll definitely dodge it."

Because today's training intensity is only half of the previous two days, Ruyue Xian Tairan asked to continue, having deeply experienced the strength of Orion and the Star Disciple in the teacher's hands.

If, as the teacher said, the future enemies are stronger than him, then when they encounter Scorpio they won't even be able to exert their full strength, let alone the fact that there are eleven other such constellation apostles, so becoming accustomed to battle and training is necessary.

The two fought for real; at first he was a bit careless, thinking it was just training, but only when the teacher actually beat him to the brink of death did he realize this wasn't training—it was a truly real battle.

The pain and that extreme sense of oppression are real, and that is what made him sober up and start fighting seriously.

"Let's stop here for today; I have a student appointment for my psychological counseling this afternoon."

Jiang Xia returned to the Jade Rabbit Cabin, disengaged Orion's transformation, changed clothes, and prepared to leave the moon.

"Hey, psychological counseling?" Ruyue Xian Tairan exclaimed in surprise, what does psychological counseling have to do with the teacher? But he suddenly recalled, the teacher seems to be a psychological counselor—it's really hard to imagine, how could a psychological counselor be so skilled in combat?

Ruyue Xian Tairan looked at the clothed Jiang Xia and curiously asked: "Teacher, who is the student who made the appointment?"

Jiang Xia glanced at his watch; the hour and minute hands were moving by mechanical force, with fifteen minutes left until the appointed time, he casually said: "It's Fengcheng Meiyu; she hasn't attended school for two days since the last time."

Chengdao Youmu had been leisurely looking at a magazine about space and aerospace with one hand propping her cheek, until Jiang Xia spoke the name of the student who had made the psychological counseling appointment, then her expression suddenly stiffened, she panicked and said: "Fengcheng senior! Won't we just start fighting like last time?" "Shouldn't be, two days is enough for her to figure things out." Jiang Xia turned his head to look at Ge Xing Xian Wu and asked: "How has Sakuma Tamie been these two days?"

"Well… nothing unusual, she's preparing her speech for tomorrow's Queen Election, her current poll numbers have her firmly in first place, and with Fengcheng Meiyu not attending school for two days, she probably feels victory is in the bag." Ge Xing Xian Wu said.

"But if she discovers Fengcheng Meiyu appearing at school, although the chance is small, she might also launch an attack, plus Scorpio…" Ge Xing Xian Wu pondered a moment, "Teacher, let's go together."

"Good." Jiang Xia said: "Just right to test the results of these two days' training."

Warm-colored light shone from the inner side of the walls, bathing the room in a cozy and relaxed atmosphere; Jiang Xia pushed open the door, stepping onto the red-patterned carpet awaiting the guest's arrival, and the transparent glass curtains were gently drawn shut, making the place as private as possible.

Jiang Xia himself hadn't expected Fengcheng Meiyu to come for an appointment at the school's psychological counseling; whether it was intentional or a whim doesn't matter, it's probably intentional.

He had already imagined Fengcheng Meiyu's look after looking up his data, as if she wanted to tear the files to shreds—it's really interesting.

However, this is no surprise; after he broke through her defenses, she didn't immediately go find someone to attack him, or directly block him on the necessary path—this is already a miracle.

Suddenly, the doorbell chimed with a delicate sound; Jiang Xia glanced at the clock on the wall—it was exactly 4 p. m., and according to the school's schedule, this should be club activity time.

"Please come in." Jiang Xia said.

"You really are the psychological counselor here, I guess I found the right person." Fengcheng Meiyu pushed the door open and strode in, her eyes like knives fixed on Jiang Xia.

"I'll make you regret it, you little psychological counselor, daring to talk to me like this—just wait for the school's dismissal notice." Fengcheng Meiyu glared at Jiang Xia maliciously.

"We'll talk about the dismissal notice later; for now, let's sit down and discuss what exactly is bothering you." Jiang Xia looked at the angry Fengcheng Meiyu and spoke slowly.

Fengcheng Meiyu bit her lower lip and said: "What worries could there be? Everything now is your fault."

"Really? Then let's sit down and talk slowly."

(End of chapter)