"Mm..." The woman in red shifted, instinctively covering her chest with her right hand as she sat up from the hospital bed. She murmured, "So cold... so uncomfortable... Hm?"
Gradually, she opened her eyes. Her irises were a faint pink, the blood-red hue completely gone. There was a trace of confusion in her gaze. "Strange, why am I not hot anymore?"
She suddenly flipped herself upright and instinctively looked down. The clothes that had been soaked through by the chill were now completely dry.
She jumped out of bed. Sunlight streamed down onto her face, revealing a slightly pale, oval face. She looked to be around twenty. Her features carried a hint of coldness, yet it could not conceal her breathtaking beauty. Her voluptuous, soul-stirring figure was like a fully ripened peach.
"You're awake." An aged voice sounded out, followed by a long sigh. "Xiaotao, Shrek may be facing a great crisis this time. Among the inner courtyard students who went on this mission, only you and Dai Yueheng survived. Shaozhe and Lin'er..."
Upon hearing the old man's words, Ma Xiaotao's eyes cleared considerably. But his unfinished sentence made her face change drastically. "Mu En, could it be that Teacher and Dean Lin'er also..."
On a reclining chair nearby, Mu En half-squinted as he gazed up at the translucent ceiling of the Sea God Pavilion. "Shaozhe and Lin'er are no longer in mortal danger. But Shaozhe's Soul Power has been completely crippled, and Xian Lin'er has also dropped one rank."
"What..." Ma Xiaotao felt as though the sky had collapsed. "Mu En... what exactly happened then? I only remember a black shadow suddenly descending beside the mission target. It shouted a single sentence and knocked me unconscious..."
Mu En shook his head. "Her name is Bella, a newly born... Fierce