Enemy Attack

A group of people gradually left the Secret Realm, while Ye Bai frowned and glanced at his watch.

There were still fifteen minutes until five in the afternoon.

The Information System said Li Weiyang would face a shooting. Where was the killer?

But judging from the intelligence provided by the system, Li Weiyang would be seriously injured. That meant the attack would be too sudden for those protecting her to react, or they had not arrived yet.

When the awakening took place, the entire school's Electromagnetic Wave shielding had already been activated. Then Zhang Lingxue had rushed the students into the Secret Realm without stopping, while her Goddess of Light Butterfly continuously searched for strange fluctuations.

Li Weiyang had awakened an A-Rank Talent. She would surely be placed under heavy protection, so logically speaking, she should have been extremely safe.

It seemed an organization was deliberately hunting humans who had awakened rare talents.

There had to be spies from other nations among the upper ranks of the Yan Country Alliance. Otherwise, how could these people know such confidential information?

Every person on Blue Star awakened a different talent, but a talent like Eye of Insight stood among the very best.

Although the Yan Country Alliance had only classified talents into ranks S, A, B, C, D, and so on for everyone's convenience.

In the Beautiful Country Alliance, however, Eye of Insight was marked as a strategic-level talent, one capable of affecting a nation's destiny.

The Homeroom Teacher had already reported Li Weiyang's talent. It could be said that after awakening Eye of Insight, Li Weiyang had already reached the finish line the moment she stepped onto the starting line, with one foot through the gates of a top academy.

Once they left the Secret Realm, people sent by Flame Kingdom would protect Li Weiyang layer upon layer, inside and out.

No one would have expected someone to launch an attack during the brief gap when Li Weiyang walked out of the Secret Realm.

Therefore, if they wanted Li Weiyang's blood, this was their only chance.

As for the bet Ye Bai had mentioned, Li Weiyang probably would not take it to heart.

After all, she would soon be taken away by people sent by a top academy.

So Ye Bai truly was using an empty hand to catch a white wolf, exchanging a false promise for He Qingyuan's "hard-earned gold and silver."

Li Weiyang and Ye Bai walked out of the Secret Realm one after the other. The Homeroom Teacher was delayed because she had to verify the number of Pet Beasts collected with the person in charge of the Secret Realm.

There was only one minute left until five. Ye Bai watched the surroundings with a wary expression.

For now, he found nothing unusual. His palm secretly clenched with sweat as he let out a deep breath.

Meanwhile, atop a high-rise a thousand meters from the Secret Realm, a blue-haired beauty took the elevator to the very top floor.

She used her hairpin to pry open the building's wire fencing and entered the rooftop. Her beautiful eyes swept over the surroundings before she found a suitable position.

There were thirty seconds left until five.

"Very good. The timing is about right."

"Come out, Bullet Ant."

A slender crimson ant was summoned by the beauty.

Its body was long and thin, like a hemp stalk. Its sharp eyes gleamed like blades, and its eight long legs primarily supported its body.

Bullet Ant had a huge abdomen, as though it were pregnant, with a massive ant nest inside.

Its wings were as thin as cicada wings.

It was 1.5 meters long and looked like a heavy sniper rifle.

Bullet Ant was a rare Pet Beast. It could spit out thumb-thick Drill Ants and Explosive Ants from its mouth.

Drill Ants could pierce through prey like bullets, while Explosive Ants would explode the instant they struck an opponent.

However, Bullet Ant could breed Drill Ants relatively easily, while Explosive Ants took much longer to breed.

The beauty took out a telescope with an eightfold lens and looked toward the Secret Realm's exit.

Li Weiyang was walking out of the Secret Realm. A handsome young man followed behind her, apparently one of her classmates.

The two were standing rather close together.

"Close enough. Bullet Ant, begin the attack."

"These newly awakened little nobodies only need Drill Ants. Don't waste precious Explosive Ants."

A flash of blue light passed through the beauty's eyes as she shared Bullet Ant's vision through their contract.

Then Bullet Ant suddenly spat out a bullet—a Drill Ant. A piercing whistle tore through the air.

A crimson streak flashed past.

Several cracks appeared beneath Bullet Ant's feet, while wisps of white smoke rose from the corners of its mouth.

The beauty looked at Li Weiyang with pity in her eyes. "Such a beauty with such grace, only to perish like jade crushed and flowers fallen."

"Don't blame me. Blame yourself for awakening such a rare talent."

"And blame yourself for being born in the Yan Country Alliance."

"Every key factor capable of strengthening the Yan Country Alliance's national power must be eliminated."

"This is our mission as killers. Sorry!"

There were only a few seconds left until five.

Ye Bai immediately noticed the crimson streak that had suddenly appeared in the distance. After awakening his talent, not only had his memory improved, but his five senses had also been enhanced.

Li Weiyang, meanwhile, calmly continued walking forward, completely unaware of the danger closing in.

Having awakened Eidetic Memory, Ye Bai's brain possessed formidable calculating power. Through the wind speed and the bullet's velocity, he could deduce where it would land.

Just as that crimson streak was about to blow Li Weiyang's head apart with a single shot—

"Watch out!!!"

Ye Bai shoved her forward. Li Weiyang immediately lunged ahead, and the Drill Ant veered off course, piercing through her shoulder blade and slicing open Ye Bai's arm.

Blood from his arm dripped onto the Ancient Jade, and the jade gave off a faint glow.

A great volume of blood gushed from Li Weiyang's wound like a spring, splashing over Ye Bai.

Before Ye Bai noticed it, the Ancient Jade hanging from his chest suddenly stirred when it touched Li Weiyang's blood. A large amount of blood flowed into the jade.

Then the Ancient Jade abruptly turned into a streak of light and entered Ye Bai's chest.

A faint stab of pain came from his chest, but Ye Bai did not notice it. The pain in his arm had already made him bare his teeth in agony.

"Enemy attack! Enemy attack! Enemy attack! Everyone, scatter!"

The students scattered like birds and beasts. Only Ye Bai and Li Weiyang remained at the entrance to the Secret Realm.

Even Li Weiyang's simps and the fish in her pond abandoned her. He Qingyuan in particular ran so fast that he did not even notice he had lost a shoe.

A trace of guilt appeared on their faces, but it was quickly replaced by a hint of relief.

Hmph! Simps and spare tires really can't be relied on. I have to stand on my own two feet.

At a critical moment, even Ye Bai, whom I can't stand, is more reliable than them.

Li Weiyang silently made up her mind. Since she had awakened Eye of Insight, she had to become independent and strong.

"Are you all right?"

Ye Bai directly pulled out a white towel and pressed it against Li Weiyang's shoulder wound. A piercing pain surged from her shoulder, making Li Weiyang bare her teeth in agony.

A sharp glint flashed through his eyes. He had succeeded—Li Weiyang's blood.

Later, Ye Bai would find a safe place to freeze the blood and store it in cold storage.

As long as he could find the Seven-Orifice Exquisite Jade, Ye Bai would be able to obtain this rare A-Rank Talent, Eye of Insight.

"Come on, we have to leave here immediately."

Li Weiyang said weakly.

In truth, the Secret Realm guards had already reacted. They charged toward Li Weiyang, hoping to protect her.

She was a Seed Player of the Yan Country Alliance. She could not die here, but they had still been one step too slow.

When Killer Z saw her attack had been intercepted, she was immediately displeased.

According to her calculations, Li Weiyang should have had her head blown apart by the Drill Ant. Yet someone had actually shoved her away.

Killer Z, who possessed a perfectionist personality, was extremely displeased. She bit her lip and ordered Bullet Ant to fire another shot.

Bullet Ant aimed in the same direction as before and fired again.

Alarm bells rang in Ye Bai's mind. A chill crept down his spine, and a bad premonition surged within him.

Without even thinking, he kicked Li Weiyang away.

A dirty footprint appeared on her large white dress. Blood flowed from Li Weiyang's wound and dripped all over the ground.

Ye Bai no longer cared about the piercing pain. He performed a donkey roll on the spot, trying to evade the Drill Ant's attack.

Bang.

The Drill Ant struck the ground not far from Ye Bai, and spiderweb-like cracks immediately spread across the surface.

But Ye Bai discovered that the Drill Ant was not dead. The vicious-looking Drill Ant charged toward him.

Then Ye Bai summoned Thousand Changes Silkworm from the Secret Realm within his body and placed it in front of himself.

That had merely been a Drill Ant. Its power was only slightly greater than an ordinary bullet's.

And Thousand Changes Silkworm's defense was enough to withstand a Drill Ant's attack.

Ye Bai was gambling. He was betting that Thousand Changes Silkworm could resist the Drill Ant's attack.

At this distance, without Bullet Ant's boost, the Drill Ant could at most inflict a minor injury on Thousand Changes Silkworm.

At that moment, Ye Bai raised his voice and shouted, "Teacher, save me!"

He was not worried that Thousand Changes Silkworm would die because of this.

Since they had only just formed their contract, even if Thousand Changes Silkworm suddenly died, it would not cause Ye Bai much harm.

There were three ways for a Pet Beast and a Pet Beast Master to dissolve their contract: the Pet Beast died, the Pet Beast Master died, or both parties agreed to end it.

Bang.

The Drill Ant struck Thousand Changes Silkworm's body with a dull thud. Under Ye Bai's astonished gaze, Thousand Changes Silkworm opened its blood-red eyes.

The sleeping Thousand Changes Silkworm suddenly felt a piercing pain in its butt. Wailing, it shot upward, letting out an ear-piercing shriek.

It fell from the air and crashed heavily onto the ground.

Ye Bai noticed a thumb-sized red ant on Thousand Changes Silkworm's butt. Its body was twisted, and its mouth resembled a drill.

Yet Thousand Changes Silkworm's butt was merely a little red and swollen. Its skin had not even been broken.

"What astonishing defensive power."

When Codename Z saw that Bullet Ant's second attack had also been blocked, her face darkened like ink. Gritting her teeth, she fired a third shot.

At that moment, Zhang Lingxue had already emerged from the Secret Realm. Seeing the two covered in blood, she flew into a rage.

Someone had actually attempted an interception and assassination on her turf.

She had been careless.