195: Chapter 195: Ji Shuyue Gets Jealous After Instantly Killing Five Bodyguards
Through the surveillance footage, Ji Shuyue followed Yun Zhuo all the way to Intersection 70, seeing the five Elite Guards blocking the path ahead.
She thought the same thing as Yun Zhuo: Chen Qi was cheating.
Someone was giving him outside assistance.
Although the maze map was randomly generated each time it opened, the school could instantly generate the correct map using the serial numbers of the surveillance cameras inside.
But she didn't have time to think about who was helping Chen Qi cheat right now.
Her eyes were fixed on Yun Zhuo; when he encountered those five Elite Guards, not only did he not slow down, he actually accelerated into a sprint.
Was he planning to rely on his speed to charge through?
Although Yun Zhuo had sounded very confident before, and Ji Shuyue had full faith in him...
...when the moment of confrontation finally arrived, Ji Shuyue held her breath.
With her arms crossed over her chest, Yun Zhuo's speeding figure was reflected in her beautiful eyes, her slender fingers gripping her arms tightly.
Her bright red nails left five red marks on her fair skin, yet she didn't feel any pain at all.
Charge through?
How was that possible? At such a distance, no matter how fast he was, it would be enough time for the opponents to react.
Most importantly, this was a tunnel; the space for passage was limited. Once the five of them transformed, they would completely block the path.
This exam was live-streamed on the campus network every year. In previous years, few people paid attention, but this year, the viewership was exceptionally high.
Because everyone had placed bets, watching to see when Yun Zhuo would die and how.
"It's over, it's over. That kid is finished. Blocked by five Elite Guards, there's no way he's escaping this time."
"Don't worry about him yet; think about whether you bet on him dying today or not."
"Holy crap! I didn't bet on today! Damn it, that brat Chen Qi is cheating. He's cheating, can't you see?"
Previously, seeing him lead the pack, everyone thought he would smoothly make it through the first day, so no one had bet on him dying today.
They didn't know Yun Zhuo, but they knew Chen Qi.
He was a tyrant at Imperial Capital University. Forget freshmen; even among the sophomores, few were his match.
And someone who could make Chen Qi suffer a setback was hardly a piece of trash who would die as soon as he entered.
When everyone saw Yun Zhuo leading the first stage with a jaw-dropping speed that left Chen Qi unable to even see his taillights...
...everyone felt the bet was safe. A person like Yun Zhuo couldn't possibly die in the first stage.
But now, that grandson Chen Qi was actually cheating, getting outside help to take a shortcut and sending five Elite Guards to intercept Yun Zhuo. This was big trouble.
Yun Zhuo was impressive, but in this cramped space, no matter how good he was, he couldn't take on five at once, right?
However, in the next moment, a flash of lightning appeared on the surveillance screen.
"Swoosh!"
Just as the five Elite Guards were about to complete their transformations and the two sides were about to collide...
...in the next second, Yun Zhuo was suddenly behind them, pinning one person against the wall.
What kind of escape technique was this? So fast!
Before anyone could react, the sound of blood exploding erupted on the surveillance screen.
At the very moment the photons from the four Elite Guards' War Princesses were about to envelop them, all four Elite Guards exploded.
Blood holes blasted open at their throats. The gushing blood, like a high-pressure water cannon, tore their heads from their necks and sent them flying.
They hit the roof of the tunnel and were smashed to pieces, like four watermelons thrown against a wall, creating four large blossoms of blood.
Strands of brain tissue hung from the ceiling, dripping blood. Upon closer inspection, an eyeball was even dangling there.
"Holy crap!"
Seeing this, everyone watching the live stream instinctively leaned back.
It was as if they were trying to avoid the brain tissue exploding on the holographic screen from splashing onto their faces.
Finally, someone realized this wasn't an escape technique.
To put it simply, an escape technique is for running away. But Yun Zhuo wasn't running; he had killed everyone in an instant at a speed no one could see—or rather, a speed the surveillance cameras couldn't even capture.
Wait, it seemed one was still alive.
Shen Zhao, pinned against the wall by Yun Zhuo, was completely numb.
He still hadn't figured out how exactly he had been pinned to the wall by Yun Zhuo.
The sight of those four heads exploding so horrifyingly caused the sound of flowing water to come from his lower half.
Yun Zhuo glanced at him and frowned. "Didn't you say you were going to kill me last time? Why are you so pathetic today?"
Shen Zhao was startled, his hollow gaze slowly turning toward Yun Zhuo. As Yun Zhuo's reflection appeared in his pupils, his face instantly turned deathly pale.
"B-B-Big brother, I was wrong. I shouldn't have talked big in front of you. It was all Chen Qi. that scoundrel Chen Qi forced me to do this."
Yun Zhuo shook his head. "You really disappoint me. I preferred the way you were back then—so arrogant and untamable."
As he spoke, the fingers gripping Shen Zhao's neck suddenly tightened.
Shen Zhao's pale face instantly turned the color of pig liver.
His hands frantically grabbed Yun Zhuo's wrist, desperately trying to pull his hand away.
But Yun Zhuo's arm was like an iron vice, gripping him immovably.
Then, his eyeballs bulged outward as if trying to escape their sockets, covered in hideous red veins.
His mouth hung wide open, yet he couldn't draw in a single breath of air, his tongue curling outward uncontrollably.
His hands shifted from pulling to frantic scratching and slapping.
But in Yun Zhuo's eyes, it was all futile and pathetic.
Shen Zhao regretted it. He had thought Yun Zhuo would be like the commoner students he had seen before—people who wouldn't dare utter a word even when bullied.
When Chen Qi recruited him to kill Yun Zhuo, he thought it was a stroke of good luck falling from the sky.
He was just a commoner student who was nothing; killing him would be effortless. What Shen Zhao wanted was to latch onto the great tree that was the Chen family.
Thus, he became the vanguard among the Thirteen Protectors to kill Yun Zhuo, only worrying that he wouldn't run into him. Otherwise, he wouldn't have even needed to wait for the exam; he could have killed him right there in the school.
That led to his grand boasting when he first met Yun Zhuo. Unfortunately, Luo Sen had held him back then, allowing him to escape a disaster.
But who would pull him back now?
In the empty tunnel, only the screams of the War Princesses beginning their aberration remained.
It sounded like the wailing of ghosts, a howl that made one's skin crawl.
He regretted it, but there was no more chance.
Yun Zhuo jabbed his thumb upward.
A crisp crack echoed from Shen Zhao's neck.
The terror in his eyes gradually faded into his dilating pupils.
"Xiao Zhuo?"
Teacher Su stood behind him, watching the five War Princesses on the ground who had lost their War Spirit Masters. Under the erosion of Corrosion Energy, their bodies began to blacken, and their limb joints twisted unnaturally.
Startled, she instinctively stepped back, bumping right into Yun Zhuo's back.
Yun Zhuo turned to look at the shaken Teacher Su, knowing she was terrified by seeing her own kind undergo aberration.
So, he gently took her hand.
She had been the same way when that woman from No. 3 Middle School underwent aberration.
She seemed particularly afraid of this scene. He didn't know if it was just her or if all War Princesses shared this psychological trauma.
The shaken Teacher Su didn't relax until the moment Yun Zhuo's hand covered hers. As the warmth from his palm spread through her fingertips, her pupils contracted slightly, and her tense expression finally softened.
Her wide eyes slowly lowered, her long eyelashes trembling slightly. A trace of moisture still hung at the corners of her eyes, but it was no longer the cold dampness of fear.
She looked up at Yun Zhuo, his handsome face clearly reflected in her pupils. The panic in her eyes had completely vanished, replaced by total reliance.
Her lips pursed as if to say something, but Yun Zhuo spoke first, saying softly, "Let's go."
"Mhm."
As soon as she nodded, she was swept up in Yun Zhuo's arms.
She looked at Yun Zhuo with confusion, and Ji Shuyue, along with everyone watching the live stream, was equally puzzled.
The difference was that a hint of jealousy inadvertently flickered in the depths of Ji Shuyue's eyes.
"What is that kid doing? Without letting the War Princess enter her First Form, is he planning to run the rest of the way on his own two legs?"