Chapter 49 (1/2)

Four amethyst-colored hexagon crystals continuously hovered around Xia Fei’s body; their speeds were neither fast nor slow as if they were deliberately protecting Xia Fei.

The crystals were only palm-sized, and the faint amethyst color glowed mysteriously with each edge being as sharp as a honed blade. Anyone who touched it would most definitely be severely injured by the sharp edge.

This was Xiao Yu’s special ability, Amethyst Guard!

Protection Special Abilities were considered marvelous out of all the possible Special Abilities. Not only could these crystals automatically defend against an enemy’s assault, but they could also unleash it to attack the other party. More importantly, Xiao Yu would be able to assign some amethyst crystals to her teammates to assist them.

If a team had a high ranking Protection Ability User, then the team’s combat prowess would undoubtedly increase significantly.

A huge reason why Xiao Haili and Team 13 from the executive department was called the Glorious Thirteen was that they had a powerful Protection Ability User, Queiroz.

Even though Queiroz was lecherous and had a carefree personality, he actually possessed a rare special ability, Quicksand Defense!

Coupled with an outstanding Speed Ability User, Bosingwa, and the Nature Special Ability User Xiao Haili. A top-grade defender, top-grade tracker, and a top-grade assaulter. These three top-grade Ability Users worked together to form the Glorious Thirteen, a prestigious name in Endaro Star Region!

Xiao Haili’s Flame Ability and Bosingwa’s Speed Ability might be replaceable, but no one could substitute Queiroz. It was because people who possessed Protection Special Ability were far and few in-between, and could be described as rare.

Under Xia Fei’s feet was a middle-aged man in his thirties. He had a large beard and a stout figure. His face was fierce, though, his two eyes were currently staring dead straight up to the sky, a look of unwillingness frozen on his face.

He had managed to obtain a token to get into the second round only after risking his life, only to fall into a trap in this barren land; how could he reconcile with that?

Xia Fei used his feet to kick that big burly corpse. He was already long dead, lying on the ground, not reacting.

“That was really dangerous just now. This person’s Special Ability seemed to counter your speed. Had it not been for Xiao Yu’s Amethyst Guard protecting you, I’m afraid you might have had a grim fight on your hands,” Phantom stood by Xia Fei’s side as he commented, “Fortunately, this person isn’t too high ranked. Otherwise, he would be a tough opponent to fight just with the four protection crystals from Xiao Yu.”

Xiao Yu was presently just at the Primary Star Base rank, so all she could do was release 4 amethyst crystals for now.

Xiao Yu was just 12 years old, so it would not be an exaggeration to call her a genius considering she was at her current rank despite her age. Furthermore, she had never consumed any medicine and had completely gotten to her current rank just through her cultivation alone.

Xia Fei did not say a word as he nodded. It was unknown why he was in such a bad mood today. He had been having this indescribable feeling like there was a huge rock pressed against his chest, causing him to feel depressed.

Xia Fei was even momentarily at a loss for what to do while he was fighting with that burly man just now. This had never happened to him before, and this was the first time he couldn’t maintain a high degree of concentration during combat.

It was a good thing that he had Xiao Yu’s amethyst crystal protecting him, so no accident had happened.

Xia Fei was fortunate to have had encountered Xiao Yu. It was precisely because of Xia Fei’s silent protection of Xiao Yu that the two of them had managed to build such a high level of trust.

Protection Special Ability Users would normally never give all their defense to someone else, and would surely leave some for themselves to ensure a means of retreat.

Yet Xiao Yu had assigned all four of her Amethyst Guard crystals to Xia Fei, which meant it was no different from putting her own life on the line, which was not something that could be done without absolute trust.

“Your collaboration with Xiao Yu still lacks a bit of brute force. Flexible assassination incorporating a myriad of variations is your attack style, while Xiao Yu’s special ability is defense orientated, and her attacks are only supplementary. If you could find a teammate with an overwhelmingly herculean attack prowess, I dare guarantee that the three of you would be able to dominate all 100,000 candidates!” Phantom somewhat excitedly said.

Protection Ability Users only came by chance; Phantom was beginning to really like having Xiao Yu around, already involuntarily proposing Xia Fei and Xiao Yu’s future prospects.

*Shing!*

Xia Fei sheathed his Chasing Light by activating the mechanism and salvaged a spatial bracelet from the corpse.

This bracelet was pretty and exquisite. Aside from the embedded piece of black spatial stone, there were also crystals of every color that looked very much like a woman’s jewelry.

Xia Fei gave out a foolish laugh. A gruff and tough man wearing such an elegant spatial bracelet was simply too outrageous; it just did not match up.

Xia Fei lightly brushed the spatial bracelet with his finger as Xia Fei pulled out the token required to get into the second round from inside. After thinking for a moment, Xia Fei placed that token back into the bracelet once more.

This space within the spatial bracelet was rather small in volume, barely just 0.3 cubic meters in size. It appeared to be designed for ladies as well, so there was no reason for him to keep it. That was also why Xia Fei had decided to give it to Xiao Yu since the bracelet suited Xiao Yu’s temperament quite well, delicate and refined.

All of a sudden!

The four amethyst crystals that were drifting around Xia Fei disappeared, as his detector vibrated almost instantly.

Xia Fei quickly retrieved the detector and took a look.

He was immediately shocked!

He saw seven glowing dots advancing from the east, and at the same time, two were leaving toward the west!

The seven from the east must be candidates that were passing by, while one of the two glowing dots going west must be Xiao Yu!

Xia Fei only used 0.01 second to think all this as he promptly dashed westward with his 370m/s speed, his maximum speed!

“Xiao Yu has been kidnapped?!” Xia Fei could feel his heart shudder as his scalp went numb!

When passing by that patch of vegetation where Xiao Yu was hiding, Xia Fei took a quick glance over and saw only the tall grass sway with the wind, and Xiao Yu was nowhere to be seen!