"They got away?"
Honglian frowned as she watched Pan Haining being carried away by the guardian halo's light.
She had intended to kill every last one of them.
Yet she had failed to kill a single person, letting them all escape.
"They were probably Espers from Blue Star. Espers from that place really are cautious. If I'd known they had a lifesaving measure like that, I would've attacked with you," said the spear-wielding man beside her.
The Guardian Wristband's teleportation light could be stopped, but interrupting the spatial teleportation required a quick assessment and decisive action.
They had been careless just now.
"Young master, I failed you!" Honglian dropped to one knee and admitted her fault.
The white-haired young man waved for her to rise. "So they escaped. They're just a few ants. It hardly matters."
He walked over to the Xiaoyang Fruit tree and reached out to pluck its sole fruit.
"With this Xiaoyang Fruit, that makes four."
"There are five Xiaoyang Fruits in this Void Rift altogether. Only one remains now. Find it as soon as possible."
Honglian and the spear-wielding man answered in unison, "Yes, young master!"
Eighth Space.
Two young women were walking through a stretch of hills.
One of them was Xia Qingran!
"Qingran, do you think there'll be any Xiaoyang Fruit here?" The girl beside her who spoke was Qin Nuannuan, Xia Qingran's cousin, who was six months younger than her.
Qin Nuannuan belonged to the Qin Family. Because Qin Lin had married into the Xia Family, the two families were on very good terms.
Qin Nuannuan and Xia Qingran were close, both cousins and best friends.
The Qin Family originally had no slots for this National Competition. The Xia Family had voluntarily given them one, allowing Qin Nuannuan to enter.
Of course,