NOVEL NEXT Chapter 57: Chapter 57: Who Wants Your Love! So Disgusting!
Just as Xu Cheng's face darkened and he was about to make a move, he suddenly sensed something. The light in his hand gradually faded, and a sly smile curled up at the corner of his mouth.
Bang!
Facing Bei Bei's lunging attack, Xu Cheng sidestepped and took the hit with his shoulder. Although most of the impact was blocked by Hongchen's Protection, the residual force couldn't be completely neutralized, causing him to slide backward for dozens of meters due to inertia.
"Just as I thought!"
Bei Bei felt a surge of joy in his heart. This Xu Cheng was nothing more than an empty shell, relying solely on a high-level soul tool for protection, but his actual strength was pitifully weak.
With this in mind, he launched another attack.
But in the next instant—
Bei Bei's body froze in place. Startled, he looked down at his feet, only to see several jet-black vines tightly wrapped around his ankles, immobilizing him.
"Tang Ya!"
He looked up in surprise.
The unconscious girl who had been cradled in Xu Cheng's arms was now standing by his side, her delicate face twisted with fury. Around her, thick, jet-black Blue Silver Grass vines were swirling wildly.
At her feet, four soul rings—purple, purple, purple, black—emerged and rippled gently.
She's already a Soul Ancestor!
Bei Bei's heart ached even more. Looking at Tang Ya's current appearance—cloaked in black robes, her Blue Silver Grass darker than ever—he could imagine what she had gone through since being taken by the evil soul master three years ago.
Her sect had been massacred, leaving her the sole survivor, and she had been abducted by evil soul masters...
"Tang Ya, listen to me! This guy took advantage of you while you were unconscious. I saw his shifty face, and that's why I tried to rescue you..." Bei Bei shouted.
Xu Cheng: "???"You're just straight-up insulting me now!
"Do I know you?" Tang Ya snapped angrily.
"I...," Bei Bei stammered.
Come to think of it, this was only their second meeting.
But Tang Ya's tragic past, her every smile and frown, had captivated him from the moment they first met.
"Xiao Ya, do you remember three years ago at Shrek Academy? You were wearing a light blue dress, your long hair tied into a ponytail, looking like a celestial maiden who descended into my heart. Ever since then, no other girl has been able to touch my heart. I just want to say..."
Xu Sanshi: "Bro, seriously?!"
After watching the back-and-forth, Xu Sanshi finally pieced together the situation."So you guys only met once?"
But since his bro had already gone all-in, he couldn't back down either.
Meanwhile, Tang Ya's eyes grew colder as Bei Bei continued his heartfelt confession. The dark aura around her intensified.
Swoosh!
Everyone on the scene was stunned.
Bei Bei looked down in disbelief at his chest, where a jet-black Blue Silver Grass vine had pierced through. Intense pain radiated from his chest as his life force and soul power were rapidly drained away.
"Xiao... Ya..." Bei Bei's lips trembled.
Xu Sanshi, being more clear-headed, quickly summoned his tortoise shield, rushed to Bei Bei's side, and slashed through the vines. Hoisting Bei Bei onto his back, he retreated to a safer distance.
"Why... Why did you do this to me?"
"Bro, I'm begging you, please stop talking." Xu Sanshi was close to covering his face in embarrassment.
"Why did I do this to you?" Tang Ya scoffed. "What do I have to do with you? And don't even mention Shrek Academy! Every time I think of that place, I remember what happened three years ago. If you hadn't intervened, I'd already be dead by now!"
Hearing this, Bei Bei's eyes lit up."She remembers me!"
"Then... what about him?" Bei Bei hesitated, looking at Xu Cheng."Just now, while you were unconscious, he..."
"Hmm?" Tang Ya's beautiful eyes widened. "What did he do?!"
Bei Bei felt hopeful again.It seems like she only sees him as a companion at best.
"He... held you in his arms while you were unconscious..." Bei Bei explained.
"...That's it?" Tang Ya asked after a moment of silence.
Isn't that enough? Bei Bei was anxious. A man holding a girl in the middle of Star Dou Forest, and that's not enough proof?
"Oh..." Tang Ya sneaked a glance at Xu Cheng, who remained calm. She grew annoyed and turned back to Bei Bei."Are you done? If you are, then get lost. And don't let me see you again!"
"Xiao Ya..." Bei Bei was desperate.
"Get lost already!" Xu Sanshi quickly covered Bei Bei's mouth and flashed a friendly smile at Tang Ya before swiftly carrying Bei Bei away.
Only after their figures disappeared did Tang Ya slowly turn around.
The atmosphere grew awkward.
She stared at Xu Cheng intently."Did you... really hold me just now?"
"I could've left you lying on the ground instead," Xu Cheng responded indifferently.
"Hmph!" Tang Ya rolled her eyes before striding forward, her long legs moving gracefully.
The swirling dark Blue Silver Grass around them slowly receded into the ground, as if nothing had happened.
With her back to Xu Cheng, a faint blush crept onto Tang Ya's cheeks beneath her black robe.
On the back of a giant crow.
Four people sat cross-legged.
"It's that kid again. Last time, during our mission to rescue the Holy Maiden, he was there too," said Xie Hu Douluo Zhang Peng."He pleaded on her behalf, which left an impression on me. I didn't expect you all to run into him again."
"Pleaded... for Tang Ya?" Xu Cheng's mouth twitched."This Bei Bei... if that's love at first sight, it's way too ridiculous."
He instinctively glanced at Tang Ya.
"What are you looking at?!" Tang Ya's eyes narrowed. "That guy is disgusting! Who asked him to like me?!"
Xu Cheng: "..."He scratched his head awkwardly.
Elsewhere in Star Dou Forest.
Xu Sanshi carried Bei Bei on his back, whose eyes were dull and lifeless.
"All this over one girl? Seriously?" Xu Sanshi sighed.
"You wouldn't understand... you just wouldn't understand..." Bei Bei murmured weakly.
"..." Xu Sanshi was speechless.Bro, that's supposed to be my line!
However, seeing his friend so heartbroken, Xu Sanshi suddenly felt a lot better about his own misery.
(End of Chapter)