Intensive Care

"Xixi." Lu Wanwan caught her.

The proctor and the two volunteers from earlier hurried onto the stage as well and took the injured away for treatment.

In this match, all six had suffered injuries to varying degrees, but Huo Yuxi's were the most severe. Multiple bones were fractured, and Soul Power fragments had cut wounds of all sizes across her body.

When she had blocked Yin Zhicai's third soul skill, her Soul Power had already been nearly exhausted. Forcing herself to use her third soul skill afterward had directly depleted it completely, causing her to fall unconscious.

Meanwhile, Huo Yuhao's group faced a particularly strong opponent this time, so their match ended later. Fortunately, with his and Wang Dong's Haodong Power, they successfully entered the top sixteen as well.

"Class monitor, tell me already. What exactly did you two do? Ning Tian suddenly fainted, and it scared me half to death."

Walking ahead of them, Xiao Xiao insisted that the two explain how they had secretly eliminated Ning Tian on the field.

Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong exchanged a glance, then smiled. "There wasn't really any special method. I 'borrowed' Wang Dong's Soul Power and launched a Mental Impact. She was caught off guard and got knocked unconscious."

"So that was it." Xiao Xiao nodded, her suspicious gaze sweeping over the two of them. "No, something feels off about you two."

"Hm?"

"What is it?"

They were all classmates and teammates. Moreover, Xiao Xiao and Huo Yuxi were roommates and got along well, so Huo Yuhao had already automatically considered her one of their own.

He had explained his situation with Wang Dong earlier only because he was afraid she would overthink it and feel that they were excluding her.

Yet from her tone now, she still had not understood what he meant?

"It's just that... the friendship between you two is a little too good?" At eleven or twelve, though she understood some things, she had never imagined anything like that could happen around her.

"Huh?" Huo Yuhao did not understand.

Wang Dong, however, understood immediately. Seeing Huo Yuhao scratching his head in confusion, she snapped angrily, "Xiao Xiao!"

The atmosphere here was cheerful, but compared to them, Huo Yuxi and Ning Tian in the infirmary were far quieter.

With the help of a high-level Healing Soul Master, Huo Yuxi finally regained consciousness. Her entire body still ached, and her bones felt as though they had been smashed apart.

The infirmary room had two beds. Huo Yuxi lay in the one by the window, and the moment she opened her eyes, her gaze was instinctively drawn to the light outside.

"You're awake? How do you feel?"

Huo Yuxi turned her head. An elegant woman was treating the patient in the bed beside hers.

As expected, that patient was Ning Tian. Huo Yuxi did not recognize her, though; from her angle, she only saw a boy with a handsome profile.

"My body still hurts a little. Thank you, teacher."

Her hoarse voice startled even Huo Yuxi herself. Why had her voice become like this?

Seeing her confusion, the healing teacher said, "You were injured on the field, yet you still insisted on overextending your Soul Power. That caused you to collapse from exhaustion. Drink some water, and you'll feel better."

"The pain is because your bones were shattered. But your body is quite remarkable. Your constitution is clearly weaker than an ordinary person's, yet your recovery ability is astonishingly fast."

After finishing Ning Tian's treatment, she walked over to a small robot holding a tray, picked up a bottle, and headed toward Huo Yuxi.

"If it were anyone else, they wouldn't wake up for three to five days. You're quite interesting. Get a good night's rest, and you'll still be able to participate in tomorrow's match."

"My recovery ability has always been strong since I was little." Huo Yuxi wore a pale smile as she turned to look out the window. Was that a good thing? Perhaps it was. She could still compete tomorrow, though it came at the cost of her body.

Her mother had once said that the faster she recovered, the more severe the depletion in her body was. That was why, before she passed away, she had repeatedly urged Huo Yuhao to take good care of his younger sister.

Huo Yuhao had done exactly that. In those years, he had never allowed Huo Yuxi to suffer even the slightest injury. But now...

Huo Yuxi did not dare imagine whether Huo Yuhao would still allow her to compete if he learned of this.

"Here. This is a pill that nourishes the body. After taking it, stay here and absorb it for a while before leaving. That bottle is for the person in the bed next to yours. When she wakes up, remind her to take it."

"Your assessment is such a hassle. Several students are injured, yet I'm the only one treating them. Isn't my time worth anything? The academy doesn't know to assign a few more people? What if I miss the best treatment window?"

The healing teacher complained about the academy as she moved on to another room to treat other students.

Unlike her appearance, she acted with crisp decisiveness. Her personality was rather similar to Zhou Yi's, though their looks were worlds apart.

Taking a deep breath, Huo Yuxi swallowed the pill. A cool sensation filled her entire body. Not only did her injuries improve, but even her Soul Power showed faint signs of breaking through.

Huo Yuxi simply began cultivating where she sat. After an unknown amount of time, she vaguely heard a crack and successfully broke through.

When she opened her eyes, she sensed someone watching her. Turning her head, she saw that her roommate had awakened.

Ning Tian had been awake for a while. The moment she woke, she sensed Soul Power surging beside her—the sign that someone was breaking through. When she turned to look, she saw an adorable little girl.

She had long, slightly curled black hair, adorned with cute little hair clips just like Ning Tian's. Her round little face was delicate like a doll's.

However, the dull bloodstains on her clothes and face lent that beauty a somewhat shattered quality.

She had not expected the other girl to suddenly open her eyes and catch her staring, so she awkwardly turned away to look at the ceiling.

"Hello. The teacher told me to let you know when you woke up that you should take the pill on the table." Huo Yuxi pointed to the small porcelain bottle on the table.

Ning Tian picked up the bottle and tried to twist off the cap, only to discover that her hands had little strength left. Huo Yuhao really had been ruthless.

Huo Yuxi got out of bed and walked over. She opened it effortlessly and poured the pill into Ning Tian's palm.

"What injury did you suffer? How did you end up in the infirmary's intensive care ward?" Ning Tian asked after swallowing the pill.

"The infirmary even separates wards like that?" Huo Yuxi looked around but did not notice anything unusual. "I'm fine. I've mostly recovered already."

Seeing that she had taken the medicine, Huo Yuxi said, "The teacher said I can leave now. I'll be going first. Goodbye."

After saying that, she turned to leave. But just then, weakness washed over her. Her vision went dark, her feet stumbled, and she fell straight down.

The external wounds she had suffered in battle had already been completely healed by the treatment teacher, but after this fall, her knee was once again a bloody mess.

"Hey, are you okay?"

Ning Tian had only just taken the restorative pill and had not yet recovered her strength. Seeing Huo Yuxi fall, she hurriedly pushed herself out of bed to help her up.

She casually felt Huo Yuxi's pulse and discovered in surprise that it was steady and vigorous, even stronger than an ordinary person's.

That should not have been possible. Huo Yuxi's skin was pale in a sickly way; paired with such a pulse, this body seemed strange no matter how Ning Tian looked at it.