71: Tilt the scales!

“You…” Su Yuanchen was utterly bewildered for a moment, the burning pain making him lose face, and he trembled with rage as he pointed at Yu Qiu.

“What ‘you’? My name is Yu Qiu. What, do you want to have a match with me?” Yu Qiu’s aura was incredibly strong. Su Yuanchen knew he couldn’t possibly defeat someone who ranked third in the college entrance exam, so he was choked up and dared not speak.

“I’d say you’re all foolish. This is a Void Realm invasion! Don’t you feel the energy of the protective shield?”

“Have you all forgotten the last words of the War God?”

“Fear no battle, dread no death.”

“You all shouted those slogans so loudly, and now Xia Qi just wants to go out and check the situation. Why are you stopping him?”

“If monsters really come, isn’t it a battle? I, Yu Qiu, am the first to say: Fear no battle, dread no death.”

After hitting Su Yuanchen, Yu Qiu pointed at the obstructors and reprimanded them, making them all lower their heads, too embarrassed to face anyone.

Indeed, they were very passionate when shouting slogans.

But facing the unknown terror, they began to feel fear.

Now, after being scolded by Yu Qiu, many people woke up and looked at Xia Qi with ashamed expressions.

Yes, Xia Qi dared to go investigate the situation alone. What right did those hiding underground have to criticize him?

“Thanks.” Xia Qi smiled slightly at Yu Qiu. He hadn't expected Yu Qiu to step forward and resolve the trouble for him.

Crack!

Crack!

The sound of glass shattering was clearly audible. In an instant, all the examinees underground changed their expressions drastically.

They instantly appeared on the stadium, looking around.

Xia Qi’s Void Worms had already covered the protective shield in a dense mass.

The protective shield, which had been reinforced by dozens of principals adding energy, was once again in jeopardy.

Dozens of people looked at the cracks in the sky with bitter expressions.

They hadn't expected the Void Creatures’ invasion to be so fierce, exceeding their expectations.

If even they couldn't hold on, then the examinees in the underground space would truly be in danger.

“Does anyone still have energy recovery items? Take them out; don’t hold back.”

“Where would we still have them? Our family fortunes are depleted. Who would put so many supplies in their storage space?”

“With so many principals, is there no one with an energy recovery talent?”

“There are some among the examinees, but their Rank is too low to be of much use to us. Calling them over now would also be futile.”

The Great Examiners and principals were anxiously fuming.

The number of Void Creatures must be extraordinary, and the energy in their bodies was rapidly draining every second.

At this rate, the protective shield would probably completely shatter in at most two more minutes.

“I have energy recovery items.” Xia Qi quickly walked up to the principals, pulled out a bottle of energy water from his storage space, and handed it to Wang Changyuan.

“Xia Qi, why are you here? It’s dangerous here, hurry back.” Wang Changyuan urged him anxiously, large beads of sweat constantly seeping from his forehead, showing the immense pressure he was under.

Xia Qi was the most outstanding examinee of this batch; if he died here, it would be a huge loss for humanity.

The Great Examiners and other principals also urged Xia Qi to leave, but Xia Qi didn’t move. Instead, he put bottles of energy water into everyone’s hands.

“Drink it quickly,” Xia Qi said calmly.

“It’s useless. Energy water of too low a talent Rank can’t replenish much energy at all,” Wang Changyuan said with difficulty.

Under normal circumstances, with the Rank difference, low-level supplies indeed had little effect on them.

Because after the Rank increased, the total energy would undergo enormous changes.

If the Rank and talent were too low, the recovery ratio would also be infinitely reduced, even negligible.

Seeing that the principals and Great Examiners weren’t drinking, Xia Qi also grew anxious and directly forced the energy water into Wang Changyuan’s mouth.

“Uh… I already said…”

Gulp, gulp.

Wang Changyuan, who reluctantly drank the energy water, was about to dissuade Xia Qi when he suddenly found the somewhat depleted energy in his body surging instantly. His energy value had actually recovered by one-third.

“Holy cow, it works!”

“This… what Rank of energy water is this? My consumed energy directly recovered by one-third.”

At these words, everyone present was stunned for a moment.

Are you kidding? They were at such high Ranks, and the energy water Xia Qi gave actually worked.

“Old Wang, don’t talk nonsense. How could it be useful? Are you telling jokes?”

“Yes, Old Wang, you can’t joke about something like this. You’re not intentionally praising Xia Qi just because he’s your student, are you?”

“Instead of asking me, why don’t you just try it yourselves?” Old Wang couldn’t argue with so many mouths, so he simply took another bottle of energy water and drank it in a few gulps.

Not to mention, it tasted pretty good.

Seeing this, the others couldn’t resist either and all picked up the energy water Xia Qi gave them and drank it.

Upon drinking it,

Everyone, including the Great Examiners, instantly brightened their eyes.

Holy cow!

It really works!

The dozens of principals all recovered about one-third of their energy, while the Great Examiners recovered one-tenth of their energy.

This was incredibly terrifying.

One must know that the Great Examiners were at least Rank 70 Awakened ones.

But they had never heard of energy water made at a low Rank having an effect on high Ranks.

Unless!

The talent Rank of the person who made the energy water was at least S-Rank.

“Is there more?”

“I want more; it’s too delicious.”

“Xia Qi, where did you get this energy water? It’s so amazing!”

Facing the thirsty expressions of the principals, Xia Qi was embarrassed but said, “A friend I know sent these to me. There are only 150 bottles in total.”

“150 bottles, that’s enough!” an excited Great Examiner shouted.

There were only forty people present, so each person could have more than three bottles.

With this energy replenishment, they were confident they could support the protective shield for at least another ten minutes.

Soon, when everyone had replenished their energy,

Above the sky,

The protective shield, which seemed about to shatter the next second, once again returned to a smooth, mirror-like surface.

No matter how hard the Void Creatures crashed into it, it remained as solid as a rock.

???

The Void Realm commander, standing on the giant whale and leading the attack, was momentarily dumbfounded.

Why, when it was clearly about to be breached, did the human defense line suddenly return to normal?

At this time, ten minutes had passed since the Void Realm invasion of Xijiang Province.

Reinforcements mobilized from various cities had also arrived successively, joining the teams repairing the Void Realm rifts and counterattacking the Void Realm invasion.

The scales of victory had, unknowingly, begun to tip towards humanity.

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