134: Chapter 134 Blood of the Beast King

Same as before, familiar recipe, familiar taste.

Chen Xi once again used a seemingly ordinary [A Ball of Fire] card to precisely attack the Spider King, triggering the Shadow Poison Spider group's "Absolute Protection" mechanism, instantly disintegrating the encirclement around Ji Qing's team.

A dozen or so poisonous spiders crowded together, scrambling to intercept that ball of fire, once again gathering into a perfect target.

"Now! Mu Rou!"

Chen Xi's voice rang out in the air.

"You got it! A bunch of live targets again!"

Li Murou was already familiar with this routine.

She adjusted her posture in mid-air and heavily swiped her fingers across the strings.

"Zheng—!!!"

[Sorrowful Elegy · Duet]!

The familiar sound wave swept across the entire field.

This time, it happened to trigger the Duet's passive effect.

Those poisonous spiders that were sprinting didn't even have a chance to react; they were instantly frozen in place by this force of rules.

They maintained their running and jumping postures, turning into lifelike ice sculptures.

"This... this..."

Ji Qing's team members were dumbfounded at this moment.

"Their speed... it all slowed down? No, they just stopped moving entirely?!"

"Is this a rescue? Where did these god-like teams come from?!"

Lei Gang looked at those four people in shock; this control ability was too overbearing!

Ji Qing looked at this familiar scene, watching Chen Xi standing at the very front, commanding with ease, her eyes red with excitement:

"It really is them again! Those perverts from the freshman year!"

She had never imagined that one day, seeing the Nirvana Battle Team would make her feel so at ease.

"Stop spacing out! Watch closely!"

In mid-air, Su Xiaoxiao had already finished charging her power.

She looked at the group of frozen poisonous spiders below, a flash of disdain in her eyes.

The same trick was just as effective the second time.

"Annihilate!"

Su Xiaoxiao shouted delicately, waving her magic staff down.

Rumble—!

White light filled the sky.

One after another, huge [Sword of Apocalypse] descended with the power to judge everything, slamming heavily into the immobilized Shadow Poison Spiders.

"Boom!!"

The earth trembled, and airwaves rolled.

Ji Qing and the others had to raise their arms to shield themselves from the blinding light and flying dirt.

When the light dissipated, the dozen or so Third-Tier Fierce Beasts that had originally pushed Ji Qing's team into a desperate situation and nearly wiped them out had vanished without a trace.

Only a huge, charred deep crater remained on the ground.

Cleared!

"Gulp."

Lei Gang swallowed hard, his giant axe nearly falling to the ground.

"Are we saved?"

Teammate Wang Kai asked blankly:

"It just... it just ended?"

Ji Qing took a deep breath, looking at the four people slowly emerging from the smoke and dust, and said bitterly yet gratefully:

"Yeah... it's over."

...

As the smoke cleared, Su Xiaoxiao slowly retracted her magic staff and let out a long breath.

Continuously releasing the S-rank skill [Sword of Apocalypse] at high intensity left even her feeling a hint of mental exhaustion. However, looking at the corpses of the fierce beasts littering the ground, the sense of achievement was real.

"Tha... thank you!"

Ji Qing and the others had already stood up, supporting each other.

Ji Qing walked up to Chen Xi, her expression somewhat complex.

She glanced at the charred corpses of the poisonous spiders on the ground, then looked at this former opponent in front of her, took a deep breath, and bowed deeply to Chen Xi:

"Captain Chen Xi, and everyone from Nirvana... thank you so much for this."

"If you hadn't intervened in time, our team probably would have really met our end here today."

Chen Xi nodded indifferently:

"Just a casual act."

Ji Qing bit her lip, seemingly finding it hard to speak, but she still raised her head and said with an open gaze:

"Also, there is one more thing I feel I must apologize to you for in person."

"Regarding the Freshman Challenge Tournament at school before... encircling you in the Echo Gobi was not my original intention."

Ji Qing gave a wry smile:

"I'm not trying to make excuses, it's just that I owed Zhou Hanguang a big favor in my early years. Zhou Tianren used that favor to come to me and ask me to help intercept you, and I... had no choice."

"Today, you were able to set aside past grievances and save our lives. I, Ji Qing, will remember this kindness."

Hearing this explanation, Su Xiaoxiao and Li Murou exchanged glances, their expressions softening quite a bit.

Actually, they could tell.

Even though Ji Qing had been ruthless in the competition, there was no personal malice; it was more of a helpless situation of "taking someone's money to eliminate trouble for them."

Chen Xi waved his hand, his expression calm and magnanimous:

"No need to mention the past. That was a competition, and everyone served their own masters. I didn't take it to heart."

His gaze swept across the gloomy forest around them, and his tone became serious:

"Besides, this is Outside the Border."

"Here, there are no school grudges, nor are there factional disputes from noble families. Our only identity is that of human Professionals."

"Facing fierce beasts, if humans don't band together, then we are not far from extinction. Helping each other out at such times is the right thing to do."

These words were resonant, and the perspective was instantly elevated.

Ji Qing's teammates behind her listened with awe, and even the originally somewhat arrogant Berserker captain, Lei Gang, had a look of admiration on his face.

Chen Xi glanced at the mission progress on his wristband, his brow slightly furrowed:

"Alright, since you're fine, we'll be heading off first. Our mission isn't finished yet; we still need to find a few more nests of these poisonous spiders to kill."

After speaking, he signaled to his teammates and turned to leave.

"Wait! Brother Chen Xi!"

Just then, the captain named Lei Gang suddenly called out to him.

Lei Gang strode forward, took out a well-sealed, specially-made metal box from his chest, handed it to Chen Xi with both hands, and said sincerely and generously:

"Brother Chen, there are no words to thank you for such a great kindness. You saved our five lives. If we just walked away like this, we would be too ignorant."

"I can also see that your team is this strong in their freshman year; you will definitely be the pillars of the Dragon Kingdom in the future. I, Lei Gang, am a rough man, but I also want to make friends."

"This thing is something we risked our lives to get just now. Although it's precious, it's nothing compared to our lives. Please accept it as a token of our gratitude!"

Chen Xi was stunned and took the box with curiosity.

"Click."

The box opened, and an extremely rich blood aura instantly rushed into his face, even faintly accompanied by the roar of a beast.

Inside the box lay a blood bead as crystal clear as a ruby, with magma seemingly flowing inside it.

Chen Xi's pupils contracted.

[Item Name: beast kings blood]

[Grade: S-rank]

[Description: Taken from the heart blood of a high-tier fierce beast king, containing terrifying vitality and violent energy.]