Chapter 6 Sharing a Dorm in the Wilderness: The Right Way to Get Along with the School Beauty
"Ah—!!"
That scream pierced through the morning light of the Mist Forest, not only startling countless birds but also making the Zhao Family death warriors in the distance shudder and quickly shrink back into the shadows.
Su Qingyue pulled her leg back as if she had been electrocuted, her cool and peerless face now turning so red it looked like it might drip blood.
As the dignified Young Miss of the Su Family and the cold school beauty of the Third High School, when had she ever had her ankle held like a pillow?
And this guy... did this guy just rub against it twice?
"Jiang Chen! Get up right now!"
Filled with shame and anger, the longsword in Su Qingyue's hand even let out a clear, sharp ring.
Jiang Chen opened his eyes groggily. The warm, delicate sensation in his arms had vanished, replaced by a cold sword blade just 0.01 centimeters from the tip of his nose.
"Morning, Classmate Su." Jiang Chen let out a huge yawn, looking at the Su Qingyue, who was full of Killing Intent, with a dazed expression. "Practicing your swordplay this early? But pointing your sword at a teammate isn't great; it might go off accidentally."
"You... what did you just do?!"
Su Qingyue ground her teeth, looking as if she wanted to slice this rogue in half with her sword.
"Me?" Jiang Chen scratched his head, looking innocent. "I was dreaming. I dreamed I was at home hugging my spongebob pillow. Who knew that pillow would suddenly come to life and try to hack me with a sword."
Su Qingyue's chest heaved violently. If looks could kill, Jiang Chen would have already been sliced into a thousand pieces.
Treating her leg as a spongebob?
This bastard!
But at the thought of that eerie scene from last night—Jiang Chen crushing a second-order Demonic Wolf King to death in his sleep—Su Qingyue's anger was forcibly suppressed.
This man was too mysterious, too dangerous.
"Pack your things, we're moving on." Su Qingyue coldly sheathed her sword and turned away, afraid she wouldn't be able to stop herself from attacking.
Jiang Chen chuckled and leisurely packed up his set of deluxe sleep gear.
[Ding! The host slept in close proximity to a high-quality member of the opposite sex (Su Qingyue) last night.]
[phoenix blood resonance successful.]
[Obtained Physique enhancement: Physical Body strength +10%, poison resistance +20%.]
[Current Blood Qi Value: 1.3 (Third Layer Peak of the Qi and Blood Realm).]
Feeling the surging power within him, Jiang Chen was in a great mood.
This Su Qingyue was practically a walking human tonic; just one night of sleep was worth three months of bitter cultivation.
I definitely have to find a way to sleep together a few more times!
The two set off on their journey once again.
This time, they entered the depths of the Mist Forest—the "Red Zone."
This was an area where true first-order Peak or even second-order Demonic Beasts were active, an absolute forbidden zone for students.
But for the sake of points, and also for some inexplicable curiosity, Su Qingyue chose to go deeper.
"Be careful, the miasma here is very thick." Su Qingyue took a detoxification pill and warily observed her surroundings.
Jiang Chen, however, looked like he was on a picnic, hands behind his head. He seemed careless, but he had already activated the System's [Low-power Sensing Mode].
"Three o'clock to the left, there's a venomous lizard hiding behind that withered tree. Don't step in that pit." Jiang Chen spoke lazily with his eyes closed.
Su Qingyue looked over skeptically and flicked her longsword.
Hiss!
Sure enough, a lizard camouflaged as dead wood suddenly lunged out, only to crash right into Su Qingyue's blade.
"To the right, five meters above, man-eating flower."
"The bushes straight ahead, go around them, that's a swamp."
Along the way, Jiang Chen was like a radar with a full-map hack. Even though he spent most of his time dozing off and sometimes even walked with his eyes closed, every direction he casually pointed out was terrifyingly accurate.
Su Qingyue went from initial doubt to surprise, and finally to her current state of numbness.
She looked at the boy walking beside her, yawning incessantly, and her curiosity grew stronger.
What kind of perception did he have? Could he be a legendary "Natural Awakener"?
Moreover, as the time they spent together increased, Su Qingyue was horrified to find that the neurasthenia that had plagued her for years was actually relieved when she was near Jiang Chen.
As long as he was nearby, even just hearing his breathing, her tense nerves would inexplicably relax.
It was as if he had a special magnetic field that could soothe all anxiety.
"Is this guy... the Reincarnation of a sleeping pill?" Su Qingyue thought to herself.
However, just as the two were about to reach a water source in the core area of the forest, Jiang Chen's lazy footsteps suddenly stopped.
He snapped his eyes open. Those eyes, which were usually misty with sleepiness, now flashed with a hint of gravity.
[High concentration of Malice Inducer detected.]
[Warning: A third party is guiding a high-level Demonic Beast closer.]
Jiang Chen twitched his nose, smelling an extremely pungent, sweet-metallic scent.
He looked toward the high ground in the distance; that was the upwind direction.
"Someone... no, some big fellow doesn't want us to sleep." Jiang Chen sighed and rubbed his temples irritably. "I really hate neighbors who don't have a sense of boundaries."
Thump!
Thump!
Thump!
The ground began to tremble, as if a giant were beating a drum.
The dense forest ahead was roughly pushed aside, and two trees as thick as a hug were uprooted like toy blocks and sent flying.
A suffocatingly terrifying pressure, accompanied by a strong stench, swept over everything.
"That's..." Su Qingyue looked up, her pupils instantly shrinking to the size of needlepoints.
A giant ape, three stories tall and covered in muscles like black rock, stood there, its crimson eyes staring fixedly at the two little bugs that had intruded into its territory.
"Second-order Peak Demonic Beast—Violent Vajra Ape!"
Su Qingyue's voice was trembling.
This level of Demonic Beast was simply not something students could handle!
Even if the school's teachers came, it would take several of them working together to stand against it!
On the high ground in the distance, Zhao Feng held a pair of binoculars, a cruel smile hanging on his lips. "It's finally here. Vajra Ape, tear them to pieces for me!"
"Run!"
Su Qingyue didn't hesitate for a second, grabbing Jiang Chen's hand to retreat.
But the Vajra Ape clearly had no intention of letting the snacks in front of it go, especially since they were covered in the scent of Beast-Attracting Powder. It let out a roar, its massive palm grabbing a boulder the size of a millstone and hurling it like a cannonball.
Boom!
The boulder crashed into the spot where the two had just been standing, blasting out a deep pit and sending stone fragments flying.
The powerful shockwave sent Su Qingyue flying, slamming her heavily against a tree trunk.
"Cough..." A trace of blood leaked from the corner of Su Qingyue's mouth; she felt as if her internal organs were being displaced.
"Roar—!"
The Vajra Ape beat its chest with its fists, letting out an ear-splitting roar. The sound reached 120 decibels, like a thunderclap exploding right next to the ear.
It leaped into the air like a black mountain, stomping down fiercely toward the fallen Su Qingyue!
That was pure power, enough to stomp an armored vehicle into a pancake.
The shadow of death enveloped Su Qingyue.
"Am I... really going to die this time?"
Time seemed to stretch out at this moment, and the world was put into slow motion.
Su Qingyue closed her eyes in despair, waiting for the death that would crush her into a pulp to descend.