Lantern Sister is still very capable.

Chapter 72 Surprise

In the quiet of the night on campus, two figures suddenly appeared, one open and honest, the other timid and hesitant.

Chu Deng skillfully led Jin Xiaoyue to the school's auditorium, where there were usually few people and the space was large enough to help Jin Xiaoyue solidify her foundation.

The night wind was chilly, making Jin Xiaoyue shiver. She shivered from the cold and huddled behind Chu Deng.

The campus was quiet and deserted at night, with shadows of trees and people brushing the ground, resembling a scene from a horror movie.

Chu Deng's night vision is just as good as daytime vision, without any impact, but Jin Xiaoyue is different. It's completely impossible for her to practice awakened physical techniques blindly in the dark.

So Chu Deng led the group through the empty auditorium to the preparation room behind the stage. After the lights were turned on, Jin Xiaoyue stopped trembling and stood up with renewed energy, smiling at Chu Deng.

She was very familiar with the preparation room in the auditorium. She often came here to rehearse in her first and second years of high school. But in her third year, she quit the piano club and the street dance club, leaving only the food club, which was used to treat Chu Deng. So she didn't come here much anymore.

"Dengdeng, shall we start now?" Jin Xiaoyue asked.

She wasn't stupid. These days, whenever Chu Deng had free time, he would take her to practice radio calisthenics. Jin Xiaoyue probably had some special effects, similar to qigong.

Jin Xiaoyue, who didn't know much about this, could only guess.

She did whatever Dengdeng asked her to do, because her best friend would never hurt her!

"Okay, let's begin." At Chu Deng's command, Jin Xiaoyue quickly dragged out a yoga mat from the cabinet in the preparation room and began her training.

First, warm up, then think and do the movements at the same time.

Chu Deng instructed her to practice meticulously, without pursuing speed, and to pass only if each movement was performed to the highest standard.

Jin Xiaoyue usually feels a heat in her lower abdomen and a slight fog in her mind when she gets to the fourth movement. The seemingly simple movements are actually quite tiring for her. However, after resting for a while after each movement, she feels refreshed and her mind is very sharp.

"Squeak-"

what sound?

"Lift your leg, flex your instep," Chu Deng said calmly.

Jin Xiaoyue's wandering thoughts were pulled back. She quickly focused her mind and pointed her toes, muttering to herself, "Phew, Dengdeng, these movements are so tiring... Phew, humph, luckily, I've learned to dance... Phew..."

"Hmm, pull in your stomach." Chu Deng placed his palm on Jin Xiaoyue's navel, a strange light gleaming in his eyes.

Jin Xiaoyue looked up and met Chu Deng's eyes, and felt that something was wrong.

Those eyes reflected her own image, and it seemed... something was hidden within them...

"What's wrong?" Chu Deng asked deliberately.

Jin Xiaoyue hesitated for a moment, her eyes fixed on those dark eyes, and stammered, "Yours..." Her eyes were a little red.

"Squeak-"

Chu Deng touched the ground with her toes, and spiderweb-like cracks immediately appeared on the ground. She pulled Jin Xiaoyue up from the ground, "Don't be afraid, stand here."

Jin Xiaoyue, who had been placed on the table in the corner, stared blankly at Chu Deng, feeling that her friend's entire aura had changed.

Unfamiliar yet powerful.

Just as Chu Deng settled Jin Xiaoyue, a suction force came from beneath her feet. Dust rose from where she stood, and a sickening cutting sound came from the ground, centered on her feet. Brown fangs pierced the ground, cutting through the soil beneath Chu Deng's feet, creating a trap.

Jin Xiaoyue's eyes widened as she saw Chu Deng's body suddenly drop a section, her legs burying themselves deep in the ground below the knees. Then she heard several thuds and rustling sounds as several large rats scurried out and rushed towards the immobile Chu Deng.

Chu Deng smiled and said, "They've finally arrived."

In an instant, she easily pulled her leg out and kicked away a large rat that was about to bite her. The rat flew out like a projectile and hit its own kind.

"Squeak!" The giant rat that flew out had bloodshot eyes, black smoke billowing from its throat, and died engulfed in flames. The other giant rat that was hit was also engulfed in flames, and the inextinguishable flames mercilessly scorched its fur. In an instant, both rats turned to ashes.

be cheated!

The leader of the attack, a rat with a dim mind, had this thought flash through his mind and squeaked.

Two mice quickly scurried to the table where Jin Xiaoyue was standing and began gnawing on the table leg.

Seeing the table tilting, Chu Deng picked up Jin Xiaoyue and carried her down. Countless dark figures surged in from all directions, and Jin Xiaoyue bit her lower lip to keep herself from screaming.

Those dark shadows that resembled waves were actually rats, big and small, gray, black and white, their tails swishing like maggots. A foul odor wafted up as the rats gathered, making one's face turn pale.

"Don't be afraid," Chu Deng comforted her.

These are all ordinary rats without any special abilities, but the first few rats were huge and were probably mutated rats in their incubation period. They didn't have any special abilities yet, and only one rat had one.

And it's not elemental!

The rats appeared so silently that even Chu Deng, a peak level four rat, didn't notice them. It's very likely that the leader rat was a space-type rat.

Thinking of the only missing space-type crystal core he had, Chu Deng smiled.

She had only noticed something unusual underground, so she led Jin Xiaoyue into the main hall first. After all, there were many surveillance cameras outside, and if a fight broke out outside, her special abilities probably wouldn't be able to be hidden.

Unexpectedly, there was an unexpected surprise waiting for me.

Chu Deng swept across the area, clearing a space. The rats she touched spontaneously combusted, like fireworks bursting forth, burning one after another with their own flesh and blood.

The alpha rat squeaked in terror, the mournful cries of its kind dying utterly driving it to abandon the human completely.

The burning rats squeaked and scurried about, while the leader rat wanted to take the opportunity to escape but hesitated to make any rash moves.

Having just teleported too many rats, its supernatural power is depleted and it needs to recover before it can teleport itself away.

Jin Xiaoyue held her breath, her eyes reflecting the firelight, nestled in Chu Deng's arms, her frantic heartbeat gradually calming down.

Chu Deng scanned the rats that were almost burned to death by his own flames, searching for the space-type mutated rat.

Under the table, a normal-sized gray long-tailed rat was swishing its tail, its small black eyes watching warily ahead, surrounded by countless trembling rats.

For some reason, the gray-haired long-tailed rat made eye contact with Chu Deng. In that instant, Chu Deng instinctively knew it was the rat.

The leader rat's gray fur bristled, its tail held high, as it desperately tried to burrow under its fellow rats.

run!

The deadly flames, like will-o'-the-wisps, were deadly, leaving only ashes in their wake.

The leader rat desperately fled, constantly using its offspring to shield itself from the flames; it was so close, so very close...

It will be sent out immediately!

The moment the leader rat's paws were swallowed by the darkness, its tail was firmly stomped on.

“Chi!!!”

The leader rat turned around, and the deadly assassin, with bloodshot eyes, was smiling at it.

"Sorry, you lost."