Su Miu held Azure Thunderlight and looked at the others, who were still shaken. With a calm gaze, he asked whether they needed electrotherapy.
Looking at Ming Cong twitching on the ground, everyone instinctively shuddered, then hurriedly shook their heads.
"No! No need! I feel perfectly normal..."
Everyone from the Imperial Capital Academy had been frightened back to their senses. Seeing this, he nodded slightly and headed outside, saying:
"I'll go slaughter that thing. Stay here."
With that, his figure vanished. Everyone exchanged glances, but not one of them dared make a rash move. They all waited where they were.
Only Bai Tingting seemed a little odd. She had used the water Ming Cong brought back to clean someone else's wounds. The girl quietly approached Mu Ningxue, who was watching Su Miu leave through the window.
"Ning Xue, I'm scared..."
Bai Tingting took her hand as she spoke, looking at her with faintly flushed cheeks. Mu Ningxue froze for a moment, but still reassured her:
"Don't be afraid. The captain will deal with that demon beast soon."
Looking at the beautiful white-haired girl before her, Bai Tingting recalled how Mu Ningxue had saved her from the Scale-Skin Demons during the concert in Mingzhu. An inexplicable adoration filled her eyes...
As the two held hands, a tiny spider crawled out of Bai Tingting's sleeve and slowly made its way toward Mu Ningxue.
Sensing something wrong, Mu Ningxue frowned. Why did Bai Tingting's gaze look exactly like the way those boys had looked at her before the scandal involving the Mu Family, Mu He, and Grand Deacon Hu Jin came to light?
If a boy looked at her that way, she would know he lusted after her body. But a girl looking at her like that, blushing and acting bashful... something was