Ying Li, dressed in a loose star robe and still looking astonishingly adorable and childlike, stared at us in surprise. She was Mo Xu Great Cosmic Heaven's direct disciple.
Beside her stood Mo Xu, whom we had dealt with during the previous practice matches, along with several other young talents.
"What? I can't come?" I asked with great interest as I walked up to the little girl.
In truth, Ying Li only looked cute. She wasn't short at all, and was no different in height from an ordinary young woman.
"Hmph, it's not that you can't come. It's that why did you come?" Ying Li was clearly very displeased.
"With the grand competition about to begin, of course we had to come here and try our luck. Maybe we can even get some good stuff out of it, right?" As I sized her up, a male Great Origin Heaven behind her immediately reached out to shove me away.
There was no way I would let him succeed. In an instant, I wrapped an arm around Ying Li's waist and flew backward, pulling away from our original position.
"What are you doing!?"
"Stop!"
"Xia Ye! How dare you abduct someone in broad daylight?!"
The group of Star Controllers instantly erupted, each of them rushing forward.
Even Ying Li hurriedly tried to push me away.
But I said, "Luckily, I was quick enough just now. Otherwise, that fellow behind you would have succeeded in ambushing you."
"What ambush?! You clearly abducted me by force, didn't you?!" Ying Li struggled as she spoke.
I pretended to be astonished and could only let her go. "I can't agree with that. He made the first move, and I rescued you afterward. How can you call that abducting someone?"
"I saw it too. Xia Ye rescued