CHAPTER 238: CHAPTER 181 CRITICAL HIT!!! SUPREME MYSTERIOUS DIRECTIVE! (5000 WORDS)_1

The person who stepped forward was Xiang Tiange.

He stared at Luo Hongyi, who was clad in red, her exquisite face filled with pride. His eyes shone with an intense frenzy.

Without a doubt, combat was his greatest delight! Direct, brutal combat was what he yearned for.

Having just entered the Ancient Sanctuary and encountering such a formidable opponent, Xiang Tiange felt an uncontrollable restlessness surge through him. His blood roiled as streams of white vapor, taking the shape of dragons, burst from his seven orifices.

CLANG!

He slammed the butt of his Great Halberd into the ground. The earth trembled, and the cliff looked as if it would split open at any moment. Even the surrounding void twisted and contorted under the ferocity of his roiling blood and energy.

BOOM!

With a stomp of his foot, several cracks as thick as an arm spread across the cliff face. The onlookers’ expressions changed, and they hurriedly leaped into the air, fearing the cliff would collapse entirely.

In an instant, Xiang Tiange appeared before Luo Hongyi. The massive Great Halberd tore through the air, imbued with pure, raw strength, smashing toward her beautiful face. This strike was immensely powerful; if it landed, Luo Hongyi’s head would likely burst open.

"Somewhat interesting, but not by much..."

Luo Hongyi’s lips curled into a slight smile. Her red clothes fluttered, and in an instant, she vanished, dodging the heavy blow as if she had blended into the wind.

Xiang Tiange’s pupils constricted, his heart skipping a beat. To his shock, Luo Hongyi now hovered above him, one hand held behind her back, her expression indifferent. Her foot descended from the heavens, aiming straight for his shoulder.

There was no surge of mana in this attack. Like Xiang Tiange, she relied purely on the strength of her physique. Yet the force was so immense that even before her foot landed, the ground beneath them fractured into a spiderweb of cracks. It was as if space itself had been sealed.

Xiang Tiange was utterly astonished.

This woman... her physical strength is this formidable?

At that critical moment, a sudden force yanked him aside. Before he could even react, he was pulled away from that spot.

BOOM!

Luo Hongyi’s foot met empty air, leaving behind a massive pit hundreds of feet across. She then rose gracefully, perching on a tree branch, her brows knitted as she gazed in the direction he’d gone.

Although she hadn’t used her full power in that strike, it shouldn’t have been something a cultivator below the Nascent Soul realm could dodge, let alone while pulling another person along!

Her gaze settled on Wang Xiu, her interest intensifying as a flash of crimson glinted in her eyes.

Compared to the others, this one will probably be more entertaining to fight.

The thought had barely formed when a soft, pleading voice echoed in her mind.

"Don’t... Sister, please don’t fight him, okay? Let’s be friends with him!"

Luo Hongyi’s breath hitched as she retorted internally, "Why are you out again? Do you even know him? Why are you so insistent on being his friend?"

"I don’t know," the voice replied. "It’s just... his aura feels so warm and familiar!"

Nonsense!

Luo Hongyi felt a headache coming on. She couldn’t understand why her sister would develop such a bizarre fondness for Wang Xiu upon their first meeting.

Is it simply because he’s good-looking? To hell with that!

Yet she couldn’t completely ignore her sister’s wishes.

What a headache!

...

Luo Hongyi suddenly froze, silent. To the onlookers, it appeared she was staring at Wang Xiu with ill intent. This immediately terrified the disciples.

Ji Zidian, Li Zuiyue, and the others quickly moved to stand in front of him. "Be careful, Junior Brother!" they warned.

Xiang Tiange, having recovered, said with a grim expression, "She’s very strong. I’m no match for her! If Junior Brother Wang Xiu hadn’t pulled me away, I doubt I could have lasted more than three of her moves!"

The expressions of the other disciples changed. Xiang Tiange was considered one of the finest prodigies of the Sanqing in this generation, ranked twelfth on the Golden Core Ranking. It was hard to find an equal for him in all of Nanzhou! Yet, upon just entering the Holy Academy, he was completely crushed by a local prodigy?

Are all the people in the Holy Academy such monsters?

Luo Hongyi returned to her senses and looked at Wang Xiu with dissatisfaction. "What, you want to take his place?"

Wang Xiu clasped his hands and smiled. "Senior Sister, you jest. I’m just a disciple of the Divination Sect. I’m all talk... fighting isn’t my forte. Senior Sister, your Cultivation Level is astonishing, truly unrivaled among your peers. We are all in awe! Please instruct us, Senior Sister... what should we do?"

Hearing Wang Xiu’s words, the other Sanqing disciples felt a sting to their pride and instinctively wanted to argue. But when they remembered that even Xiang Tiange had been defeated so easily, they deflated and remained silent.

Luo Hongyi’s eyes narrowed slightly.

She had to admit, this young man certainly had a way with words. It was quite pleasant to hear.

"Hmph!"

Luo Hongyi snorted. "You’ve got a good eye. Fine... at your current level, there’s no meaning in defeating you! For the next three months, you will all do exactly as I say... and I guarantee your strength will multiply!"

[DING!]

[Detected someone nearby blatantly boasting, triggering a critical hit and reaching the System’s high bar. Congratulations to the Host for gaining Mana +864, Mana Quality +864!]

[Congratulations to the Host for obtaining a Supreme Mysterious Directive Complete Experience Card!]

Wang Xiu was floored.

See? A little flattery never hurts when you’re out and about. Look at that, instant good karma!

Without hesitation, he chose to integrate it.

Integrate the Supreme Mysterious Directive Complete Experience Card!

HUM!

It felt like a gentle breeze sweeping by. In an instant, a massive amount of pure, substantial energy filled his limbs and bones. His mana flared violently, then vanished in the blink of an eye.