Chapter 472 (1/2)
Chapter 472: Collaborate
Translator: Thyaeria Editor: Thyaeria
Cough…
Sensing the glittering gazes shooting over from the young girl beside him, Mu Chen instantly gave a dry cough, not daring to continue replying those questions coming from the audacious and fiery Tang Mei’er that would lead to him burning himself. In the next instant, he gave a smile and said, “Captain Mei’er, are you all alright?”
Giving a helpless pucker of her lips, Tang Mei’er replied, “Due to us being poisoned, we’ve been targeted by Xia Hou.”
“Poison?”
Hearing that, Mu Chen gawked, before starting to wrinkle his brows. Although those demonic trees in the dark forest were exceedingly thorny, they shouldn’t be able to force Tang Mei’er and her group to such a point, right?
“We were ambushed by a mysterious group,” replied Tang Mei’er while clenching her teeth. Shadows of seriousness surfaced within her beautiful eyes as she continued saying, “The methods that group employed were rather strange and weird, making it appear as if they are able to control the demonic trees in the forest. We had no time to deal with them, and were caught in their move. Although we managed to force them away at the end, we expended a lot by doing so.”
Hearing her reply, Mu Chen was slightly shocked. Exchanging looks with Luo Li, he could also see the shock on her face. There is actually such a formidable group hiding in there? Furthermore, it should not be any group from the five Great Academies… Indeed, there were crouching tigers and hidden dragons in this Great Spiritual Academy Tournament. From the looks of it, one could never be too relaxed and complacent in here.
Although the five Great Academies were considered to be at the pinnacle of the myriad of Spiritual Academies out there, in this Great Spiritual Academy Tournament, there were some Spiritual Academies that had some hidden connections to a few powerful clans. They had sent a few of the geniuses of their clans into those Spiritual Academies to obtain special statuses and treatment, before letting those genius figures represent the Spiritual Academies in the Great Spiritual Academy Tournament. Groups with them in it would be extremely strong and powerful, and might even be able to contend against the groups sent out by the Saint Spiritual Academy.
Furthermore, due to the Great Spiritual Academy Tournament this time being especially massive, there would be even more crouching tigers and hidden dragons as compared with the past few times, resulting in an even more thorny situation.
m >Seeing as it is, this mysterious group that had ambushed Tang Mei’er’s group would most likely be classified as one of them… From the looks of it, they had to be more cautious and vigilant; if not, they might be meet with unexpected disasters. At that time, it would truly be too late for regrets.
Mu Chen walked towards Tang Mei’er and her group. Indeed, there’s a sliver of black aura present on their foreheads. That poisonous aura gave off familiar fluctuations, precisely being of the poisonous smoke they had encountered earlier while within the Dark Origin Forest. This poison had a corrosive effect towards Spiritual Energy, and upon contact with flesh, it would proceed to devour it like prey. Nevertheless, from the looks of it, it seemed that the poison within the bodies of Tang Mei’er and her group wasn’t particularly serious. If not, it would already be hard for them to preserve on.
“Are you alright?” asked Mu Chen.
“Not too great. This poison’s very sinister, and is continuously corroding away at our Spiritual Energy; therefore, it requires us to constantly use our Spiritual Energy to suppress it. If not, once it erupts…” replied Tang Mei’er helplessly. The corrosive poison in her body was clearly an extreme headache for her. Due to them being unable to clear out this poison, they were unable to muster their complete strength in combat, something that wasn’t good news in this journey to the remnant.
After pondering deeply awhile, Mu Chen said, “Can I try helping you dispel the poison?”
Hearing his words, Tang Mei’er and the other four elegant and beautiful-looking girls of her group instantly gawked. All of them were very clear of how thorny this poison was. Normal methods were completely unable to dispel it…
Seeing their reactions, Mu Chen laughed out. Extending his hand towards them, he said, “Although I don’t know exactly if it is possible, is there be no harm in trying?”
A sweet smile appeared on Tang Mei’er’s face as she extended her slender, jade-like hand. Placing it within Mu Chen’s palm, she replied with an alluring smile. “Then I have to give great thanks to Captain Mu Chen. If you’re able to help us dispel this poison, we can’t thank you enough for this grace.”
Mu Chen felt awkward within his heart by the words said by Tang Mei’er. Nevertheless, not one bit of it was shown on his face. Clenching Tang Mei’er’s slender hand, his poison finger descended right into her palm.
After being grabbed by Mu Chen’s hand, Tang Mei’er still had a grinning look on her face. Nevertheless, as the warmth from his hand started to radiate from him, her heart beat started to increase. At this moment, a shade of pink started to unknowingly appear on her beautiful face, causing her to give off an exceedingly alluring appearance.
Mu Chen gave a gentle tap with his finger, as a suction force erupted out. In the next moment, the sliver of black aura present on Tang Mei’er’s forehead instantly fluctuated. Flowing through her meridians into her palm, it transformed into a ray of black light, drilling straight into the poison finger of Mu Chen.
“You?!”
Upon seeing this, Tang Mei’er’s beautiful face instantly changed furiously. Hastily grabbed onto Mu Chen’s hand, she urgently spoke out, “You stupid idiot, why are you sucking the poison aura into your body?!”
“Uh…”
Feeling slightly embarrassed, Mu Chen shot a sneaky glance at Luo Li beside him. At this moment, the young girl had her hands crossed before her chest, appearing to have not seen anything.
“It’s nothing. My body’s somewhat unique, and this poison isn’t able to do any harm to me,” explained Mu Chen in a beat.
Only after his explanation did Tang Mei’er breathe, while an extra shadow of gentleness and a smile was present in her gaze towards Mu Chen.
“So, which of you first?” said Mu Chen with a smile as he looked towards the other four pretty and beautiful girls.