Chapter 28: Self-Elimination

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Naturally, no male could match Duan Yilin’s speed.

Duan Yilin widened her beautiful eyes. “No! I mean, don’t let him interfere!”

She stamped her foot angrily.

Why couldn’t this male understand plain speech?

The two males hurried to placate her. It took quite some time before they finally soothed her.

In the end, Xia Ningxue and the other two still left.

Feng Jingxuan stared at her in disbelief. “So you were only saying that?”

Xia Ningxue rolled her eyes. “Of course. If I hadn’t vented my anger, how could I have left feeling so aggrieved?”

So many people wanted to kill her, yet she had refused to leave. She had stayed for no other reason than to vent her anger.

Still, she could not appear before Duan Yilin again. She might as well leave one person alive to kill her in the end.

Xia Ningxue had always felt a strange sense of danger warning her not to appear before Duan Yilin again.

In any case, staying away from Duan Yilin was the best option for her.

Unfortunately, the idea had been sound, but once the fighting began, they had gotten carried away. By the time the three of them came to their senses, only Duan Yilin’s team and theirs remained.

Poor Guo Yanfeng had run into Duan Yilin and been eliminated by her own hand.

Xia Ningxue said, “What... what do we do?”

Feng Jingxuan and Zang Zexin exchanged a glance, identical awkwardness on both their faces.

They had gotten carried away as well and failed to restrain themselves.

But after this battle, they had gained an entirely new understanding of Xia Ningxue.

Who would have thought that a seemingly delicate wood-element ability user could fight so well?

No one here knew Xia Ningxue’s true identity, so naturally, no one had held back against her.

She had deflected every attack.

Many opponents had been beaten half to death by Xia Ningxue before the other two finished them off.

If she had not been concerned about her companions, Xia Ningxue alone could have slaughtered her way through the entire game.

That realization nearly made the two males’ jaws drop.

“Forget that. What I really want to know is where you learned those techniques. They’re incredibly powerful!”

Feng Jingxuan stared at Xia Ningxue with shining eyes. It was almost as though dazzling stars sparkled in his almond-shaped eyes.

Xia Ningxue gave an awkward little cough. “These are exclusive secret techniques. They can’t be passed on, unless...”

Feng Jingxuan’s eyes widened as he waited for her answer. “Unless...?”

There was anticipation in Zang Zexin’s phoenix-shaped eyes as well.

Xia Ningxue scratched her head. “I haven’t decided yet.”

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The Flower Nation’s secret manuals could not be passed down to outsiders. But once she confirmed that they were people from the Flower Nation, everything would be fine!

The question was, how could she confirm it? She would need to think about that.

Feng Jingxuan and Zang Zexin nearly needed oxygen.

“Let’s go.” Seeing their incredulous expressions, Xia Ningxue blushed and hurriedly changed the subject.

She changed it so abruptly that Feng Jingxuan failed to react. “Where?”

Zang Zexin explained, “To find that female, Duan.”

“Oh, right!”

Only a small area at the center remained now, so finding her would not be difficult.

Xia Ningxue stopped, struggling with her thoughts. “How about the two of you go and bring one of the males beside Duan over? I...”

Feng Jingxuan grinned, paying no attention to her hesitation. “Come on, come on! Females have very high standards when choosing males. After hearing your accent earlier, Duan probably crossed you off her list of potential mates already.”

After all, with so many males around, there was no need for a female to hang herself from a single tree.

They had been taught from childhood to practice polyandry: if one did not work out, they simply chose the next. There was no reason to remain fixated on a single male.

If a female became overly attached to one male, the other females would even tease her for it.

That was why, in Feng Jingxuan’s eyes, Xia Ningxue’s concern was entirely unnecessary.

Xia Ningxue had no idea what Feng Jingxuan was thinking. She simply trusted her instincts. She did not want to seek out Duan Yilin.

“No! I can’t go!” Her instincts had helped her escape death countless times in the apocalypse. Compared to Feng Jingxuan, whom she had known for only a few days, she naturally trusted the intuition that had saved her life again and again.

Zang Zexin and Feng Jingxuan turned back in surprise.

“It’s all right,” Zang Zexin said. “The female, Duan, won’t mind.”

Xia Ningxue shook her head. “You don’t understand. I have my own reasons for doing this.”

Feng Jingxuan did not understand, but he respected her decision. “Fine. Since you insist, Zang Zexin and I will go bring a male over.”

With that, he left with Zang Zexin.

Xia Ningxue stood alone where she was, watching the encircling formation draw ever closer. Suddenly, her eyes lit up.

That was right! Her mind had been muddled just now. Getting out did not mean she had to be killed!

The moment Feng Jingxuan and Zang Zexin appeared before Duan Yilin and the two males, the system issued a notification.

[Snow has been eliminated.]

Feng Jingxuan and Zang Zexin froze. They stared at the system notification several times in disbelief.

A flash of regret crossed Feng Jingxuan’s face. “We shouldn’t have come over together! If only you had stayed behind to watch her.”

Zang Zexin regretted coming along as well.

Duan Yilin had already spotted them. Her gaze moved between the two males. “Are you this male’s companions?”

Her tone was extremely unfriendly.

She had received the system’s notification too. Since no opponent was shown to have died, Xia Ningxue could only have remained outside the encircling formation for too long.

Now, only their two teams remained on the battlefield, and that male’s two companions had both appeared before her.

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There was no need to ask how Xia Ningxue had died.

Duan Yilin trembled with rage.

At first, she had not been particularly obsessed with Xia Ningxue. But after Xia Ningxue had pulled such a stunt, Duan Yilin once again found herself wanting to claim her.

“What is her name? What is her identity?”

It had to be said that Duan Yilin truly deserved her title as the most beautiful female in the interstellar world. Even with a cold expression, she possessed a unique charm.

Unfortunately, no one present was in the mood to appreciate it.

Tang Chengjun and Jiang Zhiyi regarded the two young males before them with hostility.

Duan Yilin choosing to give up was one thing. Xia Ningxue not wanting her was another.

Even if they were jealous, Tang Chengjun and Jiang Zhiyi would never tolerate another male toying with their female!

With all three of them staring at them, Feng Jingxuan and Zang Zexin broke out in a cold sweat.

They should never have come over.

But there was no medicine for regret.

Under Duan Yilin’s gaze, Feng Jingxuan stammered, “She’s our roommate. We’re students at the First Military Academy...”

Unless a male already had a female of his own, he was forbidden to lie in front of another female.

Duan Yilin raised an eyebrow. Even such a simple gesture carried extraordinary grace when she performed it.

“You’re students at the First Military Academy? Then does she have a fiancée?”

If she did, Duan Yilin would feel a little better.

At least the female already belonged to someone.

Feng Jingxuan was just about to answer when Zang Zexin cut in first. He nodded. “She does.”

Feng Jingxuan concealed the shock in his eyes and continued watching Duan Yilin nervously.

Zang Zexin had gone insane! He absolutely had to be insane!

He had actually lied in front of a female!

If anyone found out, his future would be ruined!

Having dropped that bombshell, Zang Zexin remained perfectly calm. His expression did not change in the slightest, as though what he had said were simply the truth.

Duan Yilin looked at him suspiciously. “Really?”

Zang Zexin’s palm was sweating, but his face remained composed. “Of course. I would never dare lie before a noble female.”

Feng Jingxuan was so anxious he nearly stamped his feet, yet he did not move a muscle.

He absolutely could not drag his roommate down.