131: Zhang Gu Yanxi

"Everyone stop!"

After sending Ye Lingtian flying, Li Mingxuan coldly shouted, his recent performance combined with his astonishing Spear Style directly stopping everyone's movements.

Liu Ruyan, Ye Wuji, and the others quickly approached Li Mingxuan, each of them also showing faces of shock.

"We won!"

"We actually won!"

Qin Tian also whispered a sentence, then said in wild joy, "Hahahaha, we actually made it to the finals!"

In this competition, if the Captain is eliminated, that team is considered defeated, so the moment Ye Lingtian was sent flying, the Netherworld Team had already won.

Just as Li Mingxuan was about to say something, the audience outside the arena was already boiling, everyone shouting the names of the Netherworld Team and Li Mingxuan.

He first glanced at everyone, then looked towards that corner of the audience seats, only to see Li Wuji also wearing a smile.

The two exchanged glances, and Li Mingxuan showed a brilliant smile.

Soon, due to the referee's call, the Netherworld Team members left the arena.

However, in the passage of the martial arts arena, their steps paused. Qin Tian and Zhao Qianjun also looked at the approaching team with faces full of astonishment.

The two of them, as if by prior agreement, pulled at Li Mingxuan in front of them, and Li Mingxuan also had a complex expression.

Before he could speak, the approaching team also stopped, and the leading figure looked at Li Mingxuan with a slight smile.

"What's wrong, don't you recognize me?"

Li Mingxuan looked at Leng Qingying in front of him and slightly shook his head. He had seen her performance earlier but hadn't had a chance to meet her.

"Be careful."

After speaking, he didn't stay any longer and left with the Netherworld Team members.

Leng Qingying looked at Li Mingxuan's back, lost in thought for a long time, until a girl in purple behind her called out.

"Captain, you know each other?"

"Consider us friends."

"Then this Li Mingxuan is too cold, isn't he? Captain, you're the Fuxi Academy's Rookie King and campus belle."

The girl in purple pouted indignantly. Leng Qingying said nothing, just led the team forward.

"Let's go, this opponent isn't simple."

In the audience seats, after seeing Leng Qingying enter the arena, Li Wuji began searching for Hu Lai's figure in the audience.

He had seen Leng Qingying earlier and looked for Hu Lai but found no trace.

"Never mind, we'll meet again eventually."

Li Wuji shook his head and stepped away, leaving. The remaining Li Mingxuan would likely rest to prepare for tomorrow's finals.

And he happened to go back to research the Heart of Machinery; he felt this thing had great potential.

Meanwhile, thousands of kilometers away, as a hover train stopped, several figures successively disembarked.

The last to disembark was a seven-person team, with Gu Yanxi prominently among them.

They had encountered Leng Qingying's team in the top 32 and were defeated. After the defeat, they didn't stay but watched Li Mingxuan's match via live broadcast on their way back.

"Sister Yanxi, this Li Mingxuan is really impressive. I think his cultivation talent is at least S-grade.

I estimate his comprehension is also a rare existence among everyone this time. At this age, he can Cultivate a B-grade body refinement technique to Great Accomplishment."

"Yeah, I just don't know if they can win tomorrow's final."

"We were really unlucky to run into Fuxi Academy's Rookie King; otherwise, we wouldn't have stopped at the top 32."

Gu Yanxi had a faint smile on her face, occasionally offering a few words of comfort. However, she seemed to sense something and left after saying goodbye to everyone.

Soon, she found a secluded alley and walked in. After entering, she looked around, and only after a long time did she slowly speak.

"You're here, but you don't dare to come out and meet me?"

As she spoke, she drew her long sword and vigilantly looked around, but the surroundings were silent with no response.

However, Gu Yanxi gave a tragic smile, and immediately, strong winds rose around her, with electric arcs flashing within.

"Buzz!"

Following a buzz, two lumps actually bulged on Gu Yanxi's back. The next moment, the lumps pierced through her back clothing, revealing a pair of mismatched wings on her fair, jade-like back.

It seemed as if something was being nurtured. Her eyes were filled with chilling killing intent. "I can feel you're nearby. You turned me into..."

"Whoosh!"

Before her words fell, a sound of air breaking rang out, and a black-robed figure instantly appeared in front of him.

The newcomer was precisely Yang Shuo. He had come to find Gu Yanxi when Shadow went to White Tiger District, wanting to further strengthen the Thunder Jiao he had hidden within her back then.

Unexpectedly, as he approached, he directly sensed Gu Yanxi's location. He hadn't paid attention at first, just thinking it was the resonance between himself and his power.

But as he entered the alley, he vaguely sensed that something was wrong. With Gu Yanxi's actions, this feeling grew stronger.

Until the other party's back revealed that pair of small wings, his pupils constricted violently, only because that pair of wings was exactly the same as the wings he had just after his transformation back then.

It was just that the energy was less and the size was smaller, but there was indeed an inexplicable connection with him.

"How could this be, how could this happen?!"

After carefully sensing the power within Gu Yanxi's body again, Yang Shuo's face became even paler.

Just as he was somewhat lost in thought, he felt a warmth on his face, followed by a pair of warm, smooth hands stroking his cheek.

Yang Shuo's eyes focused on the person in front of him. When he met those gentle eyes, his heart trembled. "Yan... Yanxi..."

"A'Shuo, is, is that you?"

Gu Yanxi looked at the youth in front of her, who had shed his immaturity. She was somewhat disbelieving, but she could never forget that familiar face.

As if thinking of something, her expression changed, and she looked at Yang Shuo somewhat anxiously.

After a moment, she breathed a sigh of relief. "Thank goodness, thank goodness, you didn't..."

Yang Shuo didn't wait for her to finish speaking. He threw off his robe, his figure dispersed, and that pair of huge, mismatched wings full of mysterious runes appeared behind him.

"Sorry... Yanxi, back then, back then I just wanted to protect you, not let that guy hurt you."

As he spoke, Yang Shuo actually shed tears. "I didn't know I would turn you into a monster too. I didn't want to, really..."

At this moment, Yang Shuo seemed to have returned to his youthful appearance from back then, his face full of panic, and his eyes filled with deep self-reproach.

After a brief moment of stunned silence, Gu Yanxi's eyes were full of doting affection. "Was this why you rejected me back then?"

"I, I..."

Yang Shuo didn't know what to say for a moment. Gu Yanxi, however, suddenly changed her expression and pushed him away.

"You've made me like this now, don't you want to take responsibility?"

"Huh?"

Yang Shuo was startled, seeming not to understand what Gu Yanxi meant by saying that.

"I, I'll definitely find a way to change you back. I'll go beg god, at any cost...!"

"Smack!"

As Yang Shuo spoke, he suddenly received a slap on his face. Gu Yanxi directly stepped forward and kissed him.