In the end, Mo Xin, who still couldn't figure it out, chose to give up for the time being.
"Damn it! I must ask how this Supernatural Ability is supposed to be used later!"
So, Mo Xin continued to wait. From within a certain room, she could only clearly hear various explosions coming from the outside. Originally, there was a trace of worry and fear on her face, but as the continuous commotion kept coming, her emotions gradually became numb, and that bit of worry and fear slowly vanished. She even had the leisure to complain a bit.
"Is there a world war going on out there? How intense is this fight? By the way, it won't affect me... Oh, right!"
Midway through her sentence, Mo Xin suddenly realized. The commotion outside had been exploding non-stop, and even the ground and the building were faintly trembling. An ominous premonition surged in her heart; perhaps in the end, even the building she was in would be affected.
"Then won't I be buried alive!"
Mo Xin's expression looked grim, clearly realizing she couldn't continue to stay in place and wait for death. Just as she was about to get up, the familiar sound of an explosion rang out again, accompanied by a violent shaking of the building. Mo Xin, whose legs were already a bit weak, stumbled and fell to her knees again.
She couldn't help but grit her teeth and say, "As expected, I must quickly run out of the house. Right! Yunli... Sigh, I can only hope she has already successfully escaped."
Mo Xin was silent for a moment and quickly regained her spirit. She limped toward the door, wanting to leave. However, while the idea was beautiful, reality was harsh. After opening several doors in a row, she was still wandering inside the building. Mo Xin clearly noticed that the originally small cracks on the walls were spreading at a speed visible to the naked eye, each crack seemingly silently telling of danger.
"No way, right? I'm this unlucky right after awakening my Supernatural Ability!"
Looking at the door in front of her, she pushed it open again, refusing to believe her bad luck. "This time, it's do or die..."
However, after pushing the door open, what met her eyes was another familiar black wolf. The person and the wolf locked eyes for a moment.
"Uh, sorry to disturb you, goodbye."
Bang!!!
She slammed the door shut, but in the next second, the entire door was crushed into fragments. Mo Xin, who was behind it, was inevitably sent flying, crashing heavily against the wall.
"Cough, cough, cough, it hurts so much..."
Mo Xin only felt as if her chest had been hit hard by a heavy hammer; pain surged like a tide. Her already weak body was now so painful that she couldn't move at all, completely losing her mobility. She could only struggle, watching that familiar scene play out again. But this time, she didn't even have the chance to fight for her life.
"Damn it... I clearly escaped with my life just now with such difficulty."
Mo Xin's face became distorted with anger and fear, almost crushing her teeth; she was unwilling to wait for death so uselessly again. But looking at the black wolf pouncing toward her, she found she didn't have even the slightest way to resist. Just as the black wolf's eyes flashed with bloodthirsty light and its claws were about to tear Mo Xin apart, Mo Xin's figure mysteriously disappeared in an instant, vanishing without a trace.
The black wolf pounced aggressively but only hit empty air, its sharp claws leaving several deep marks on the ground. Its wild eyes scanned around, as if not understanding where the prey that was just in its mouth had gone...
"Hmm?"
Mo Xin had been staring fixedly at the incoming black wolf, but at this critical moment, the scene before her eyes underwent a world-shaking transformation. When everything returned to calm, she was surprised to find that she had inexplicably appeared on the road of that familiar yet strange Residential Complex from before.
"Did I escape?" Mo Xin was somewhat dazed, but then she suddenly seemed to have an epiphany. "Teleportation? Could my Supernatural Ability be Instantaneous Movement?"
'In the moment of crisis, I kept wishing I could escape, and then I might have inadvertently activated my Supernatural Ability!'
Having experienced several crises, Mo Xin's thoughts became clearer and faster, so she quickly sorted out the reason. Just as a hint of relief surfaced in Mo Xin's heart, she felt as if all her strength had been drained, and her body collapsed uncontrollably to the ground.
"Ugh, so tired... So this is the side effect of the Supernatural Ability; no wonder my body was weak before."
At this moment, Mo Xin's voice was weak to the extreme; she couldn't even lift a finger. She could only try her best to barely lift her head, attempting to observe the surrounding environment to see where she had teleported to.
But when her gaze landed, her expression instantly froze, and she was dumbstruck with shock. Under the dark night, she could only see clearly with the help of the faint firelight. The originally warm and quiet Residential Complex had now become riddled with scars, and the pitted ground looked as if it had been hit hard by countless heavy hammers. A pungent burnt smell permeated the air; the entire Residential Complex looked like it had been baptized by a terrifying war, revealing strangeness and unease everywhere.
Even more horrifying was that countless severed limbs of beasts were scattered on the ground; some broken legs lay across, and some severed arms were stuck diagonally, outlining bloody and terrifying scenes on the dilapidated streets. Those broken bones still had undried blood on them, emitting a nauseating stench in the breeze, as if silently telling what a tragic and cruel slaughter had occurred here.
Seeing this scene, the already weak Mo Xin's face turned even paler; she finally couldn't take it anymore, her body trembling slightly as she began to dry heave on the spot. Then she thought of something, her face showing disbelief.
"It's over! Could Yunli have also already..." Mo Xin didn't dare to think further; her eyes had already turned red unconsciously. In such a tragic situation, even though Yunli was an Ability User, she clearly believed it was impossible for Yunli to survive.
While Mo Xin was feeling sad about this, a slight noise came again. Her eyes were red, and she looked toward the source of the sound with tears. It turned out that several surviving beasts nearby seemed to have smelled the scent of food and were approaching Mo Xin step by step. Their eyes were filled with greed and desire. Truly out of the wolf's den and into the tiger's lair...
"Ugh... Sorry... Yunli... It's me who burdened you..." Mo Xin cried, tears sliding down her cheeks drop by drop. She was really tired of being inadvertently involved in such danger. After several twists and turns, she even awakened a Supernatural Ability and thought she could survive because of it. But looking at the hellish scene presented in the Residential Complex, her heart was almost completely broken. Especially that cute girl who went out alone for her...
"...Sorry, Yunli."
She was now like a lamb to be slaughtered, her entire body completely unable to move. Even her body's instinct told her that if she used her Supernatural Ability again, her body might give out first. She watched helplessly as the beasts surrounded her, and for a moment, she shed tears of relief.
'Yunli... I'm coming to join you soon.'
...Whoosh!!!
Just as they were about to bite, a sound of breaking air arrived. A heavy sword cut through the dark environment and flew over at high speed. Several beasts only felt themselves being hit by a huge force and retreated a few steps abruptly. A small figure followed closely behind. She precisely caught the rebounding heavy sword; the blade was instantly enveloped in a layer of flames and then slashed out fiercely like a bolt of lightning.
"Rock—Crushing—Shatter."
Accompanied by a sharp shout, several beasts were directly slashed to pieces by the sword. The remaining black wolf's eyes were instantly filled with fear, and it turned to flee from this place. Yunli wouldn't let them escape. She leaped high and threw Old Mettle fiercely.
The fleeing black wolf suddenly sensed something was wrong and then noticed the incoming Old Mettle, but it wasn't given any time to react. Old Mettle pierced through the black wolf's body fiercely, and the black wolf's massive body was instantly smashed to pieces. Old Mettle was firmly embedded in the ground, and Yunli's fair feet landed steadily on the hilt of the sword.
She looked at the debris on the ground with disdain in her eyes. "Hmph, seeking your own death."
"...Yunli... is that you?" Mo Xin looked weakly at the familiar back in front of her.
In the ink-black night, a petite figure stood steadily on that heavy greatsword. The red cloak's tail was like a burning flame, fluttering wildly in the night wind, each moving ribbon looking like a jumping spark. As Yunli slowly turned around, what met her eyes was that familiar and cute face.
"It really is you! Yunli, you're still alive!" Mo Xin's faintly collapsing emotions finally improved a lot. After all, it was truly hard to imagine that the peerless hero with extraordinary skill, holding a heavy sword and splitting a thousand catties, would actually be a petite and cute little loli!
Yunli of course also noticed Mo Xin's figure. She had faintly heard a sparse sound of crying over here just now, so she came over to take a look. She didn't expect it to really be Mo Xin.
"Are you okay? Are you injured anywhere?" Yunli jumped in front of Mo Xin and knelt to carefully help check the latter's injuries. She found that the other's current appearance was indeed a bit wretched. The originally youthful and cheerful atmosphere of the girl had now diminished by more than half. Her entire body was covered in a layer of dust, as if telling how many hardships and difficulties she had experienced during the time Yunli was away.
Yunli checked carefully, but found that the problem now was... "Strange, there are no injuries? Can you stand up now?"
Yunli checked seriously several times, but besides her wretched appearance, there were no injuries on her body.
"That's because I awakened the Supernatural Ability 'Teleportation,' and now it might be some kind of side effect, causing my body to have no strength."
Confirming that Yunli was still alive and well, Mo Xin's mood finally recovered a lot. Having someone to accompany her in such an oppressive environment really made her feel much more at ease.
"Is that so? Then I'll help you up."
Learning that Mo Xin had awakened a Supernatural Ability, Yunli was also slightly surprised; she didn't expect her luck to be so good.
"Thank you..." Mo Xin responded softly, then her gaze swept over the surroundings again. The vicinity looked as if it had been slaughtered at will by a fierce beast; the air was filled with the scent of danger, and every corner seemed to hide unknown crises.
"Yunli, you aren't injured, are you? This place is so dangerous; I was really afraid you would suffer any harm."
At this moment, Mo Xin suddenly realized the situation around her, and another wave of worry rose in her heart, making her immediately express her concern. If she still had strength at this moment, she probably would have pounced over regardless of everything.
"Ah? Oh, I'm fine... don't worry. The beasts nearby have been almost completely wiped out by this lady. Even if there are any left, they probably won't come looking for trouble with me for a while."
Yunli was stunned at first, but after noticing her gaze, she immediately understood what the other was worried about. When Mo Xin heard the news that the other was fine, her heart, which had been hanging, finally landed like a heavy burden being lifted.
But then she seemed to feel that something was not right in Yunli's words. 'Yunli seemed to have said just now that she killed all the monsters... Hmm, that's what she said... Huh?!!'
Mo Xin was suddenly struck as if by lightning, her eyes full of shock, her mouth open wide enough to fit an egg. She looked at the state of the Residential Complex with uncertainty and then looked at Yunli in disbelief. She asked with a slightly uncertain tone.
"Um, Yunli... what do you mean by 'finished killing'?"
"Hmm? It's just the literal meaning. Any questions?"
"Then the cause of this environment nearby that looks like a war just ended..."
Speaking to this point, Mo Xin's voice carried an uncontrollable tremble; she urgently looked straight into Yunli's golden eyes.
Hearing this, Yunli's expression stiffened; feeling the burning gaze, her entire cute face was instantly filled with embarrassment. She turned her head away slightly awkwardly and muttered.
"Haha, weren't there just a few more disobedient puppies? I just wasn't paying attention and... haha, I didn't mean to."
Mo Xin: (◎﹏◎)
Numb, numb, Mo Xin was really numb. She was originally worried about how dangerous the outside world was and what a petite little loli like Yunli should do. In the end, you're telling me the biggest danger outside is actually this little loli?
'The real big shot was actually right beside me, and I didn't even know. Damn it! Give me back all my guilt and tears, you jerk!'
Yunli, who was supporting her, felt that the other almost collapsed and couldn't help but say with concern. "Are you okay? How about I just carry you on my back?"
"No... no need. I just find it a bit hard to accept for a moment; let me slow down."
Hearing this, Mo Xin hurriedly stopped her. After all, with the other's short height, carrying her on her back would probably be no different from dragging her along.
Yunli: 'Why do I feel inexplicably offended?'
So Yunli simply changed her method.
"Wait? What are you doing!"
Mo Xin noticed Yunli's movement and suddenly cried out. She saw Yunli steadily reach her hand under Mo Xin's legs while the other hand hooked around the other's slender waist. A classic princess carry easily lifted her up.
"Hmm, this is much faster."
"Wait, put me down! This is so embarrassing!"
Being held like this for the first time, Mo Xin's cheeks instantly turned red. Especially being princess-carried by a soft and cute loli, it made her feel even more ashamed.
Yunli didn't care about it at all. "What's there to be afraid of? No one's seeing this anyway."
Inner thoughts: 'Although her figure is flat, she feels pretty good to hold!'
Yunli bounced her a bit and said. "Hold on tight; I'll take you to a safer place first."
At this point, Mo Xin could only lower her flushed face. She kept comforting herself in her heart that no one saw it anyway...
"Hmm, I didn't expect little Yunli to be here too? Hmm... this little life is quite comfortable!"
However, what she feared most happened. A small red figure was watching this scene with interest not far away. This person was the late-arriving Sparkle.
"Sorry, I'm a bit late, but I just happened to see the scene of a hero saving a beauty." Sparkle's lips curled up, very satisfied with this good show.
Then she turned her curious gaze toward the roof not far away. At this moment, only that building in the entire Residential Complex was still somewhat intact, so without thinking, she knew the mastermind must be there.
"But... to be able to remain intact under Yunli's eyes?"
Sparkle's eyes narrowed slightly, her bright pupils gradually turning into cherry blossom shapes. Soon she discovered the clue.
"I see, The space of this labyrinth seems very unstable. This causes the surrounding objects to keep shifting.."
The energy fluctuation on that roof caused the space there to be the most chaotic.
"I estimate that Yunli's brute force alone cannot get near there, and as time goes by, this mystic realm will even collapse on its own due to instability."
Sparkle quickly analyzed the situation, but this made her extremely dissatisfied. 'Could it be that as soon as I arrived, the fun is over?'
"Forget it, since I'm already here, I'll go over and see who the culprit is."
Sparkle, who had a displeased face just now, instantly changed her expression. A familiar smile appeared on her face. She walked toward the destination with light steps.