Chapter 115: Reconciliation

The Qigong Skill Xiao Fen mastered was originally intended to be hidden as a trump card, letting fewer people know about it.

But in this situation, he was no longer allowed to choose. The other party had already developed a killing intent. Regardless of the result, at least Xiao Fen couldn’t just tie his own hands and be caught now.

Seeing Du Juan being shocked away like this, Xiao Fen was happy at first, then immediately startled. He thought to himself that if he really killed the other party like this, he would probably be retaliated by the Du Family immediately. At that time, his own death would be insignificant, but he feared his parents would also be implicated.

However, facts proved that his thought was superfluous, or rather, like an ant thinking it could really kill an elephant. If Trialists were so easily killed, the number of Trialists in this world would have been much lower.

Du Juan, who fell by the wall, suddenly coughed twice, slowly sat up from the ground, shook her body, and looked at Xiao Fen coldly, saying: “You said I wanted to kill you, I see you really want to kill me too.”

Xiao Fen’s fingers twitched involuntarily. If in the Trial World, he could consider using a dagger, using a gun, whatever tool. But this was the basement of the Real World. Apart from a floor full of books, there were no tools.

While thinking, Xiao Fen’s eyes suddenly blurred. Du Juan had already rushed in front of him. In the next second, a heavy blow occurred at the position of his diaphragm between his chest and abdominal cavity. It was accurate and ruthless.

Very strangely, at the moment his body was hit by Du Juan’s punch, Xiao Fen did not feel pain, or rather, the speed at which his body was knocked out was faster than the speed at which the pain spread. It was not until he was about half a meter away from Du Juan that he felt sudden severe pain coming from the diaphragm.

This pain almost spread to his whole body in an instant. For a time, he could hardly breathe. His entire stomach seemed to be hollowed out, and even his spine made creaking sounds faintly, as if it would break in the next second.

This feeling lasted for about 2 seconds, causing Xiao Fen’s mind, which was blank due to severe pain, to suddenly float up the scene from not long ago. Similarly, it was such a heavy blow. The difference was that in the Nuclear Bunker Trial World, it was a monster, and now in front of Xiao Fen was a living person.

A living woman.

While Xiao Fen made this judgment that made him somewhat uncomfortable, his body also banged into the bookshelf behind him. The force of the impact was so great that the entire bookshelf shook once or twice before completely collapsing. The remaining books on the bookshelf were scattered everywhere on the ground.

Before Xiao Fen could recover, Du Juan had already rushed up with a quick step. Her left hand suddenly punched, booming towards Xiao Fen’s head again. The movement was fast and fierce. She was obviously truly angry and wanted to kill Xiao Fen on the spot.

Seeing that Xiao Fen could not move and could not block, and was about to be hit on the head by Du Juan’s punch, unexpectedly, when Du Juan’s punch really hit Xiao Fen’s head, it instantly smashed Xiao Fen’s head to pieces. However, there was no blood or severed limbs, but Xiao Fen’s entire body instantly collapsed.

This was because Xiao Fen accessed his own room in the World Tree in that instant. His self in the Real World turned into a Projection, letting Du Juan punch empty air.

Du Juan did not expect Xiao Fen to respond in this way. She paused for a moment, feeling somewhat relaxed in her heart. However, she did not expect that before Xiao Fen’s figure had completely dissipated, it had already quickly gathered together again, suddenly reaching out to block Du Juan’s fist that she hadn’t had time to withdraw. With a flip, a great force was sent out, and he threw Du Juan, who was caught off guard, out with a shoulder throw.

Du Juan was Level 4, not an ordinary strong woman like Sabova. How could she be affected by Xiao Fen’s shoulder throw? While still in the air, her body had already adjusted. She tapped her feet on the bookshelf, and another row of bookshelves crashed down. Borrowing this force, Du Juan suddenly exerted strength and rushed fiercely towards Xiao Fen.

Just as she was about to hit Xiao Fen, unexpectedly, Xiao Fen raised his hand again at this time. The 75-second reset time of Qigong had passed, and it was just right to use it now. He aimed another strike at Du Juan who was in the air and unable to dodge.

Du Juan had no way to avoid it in the air and could only block her hand in front of her head, taking this hit forcefully. With a bang, Du Juan’s arm was already bleeding from the concussive blast of the Qigong.

Being hit repeatedly by a Level 1 Trialist with a baffling Skill, and suffering damage, the anger in Du Juan’s heart grew even more. Just as she landed, she was about to continue finding trouble with Xiao Fen. Unexpectedly, when she lowered her arm, Xiao Fen’s figure was no longer in front of her eyes. Let alone in front of her eyes, even in the entire basement, Xiao Fen’s trace had been lost.

Obviously, just now, taking advantage of the concussive effect produced by the Qigong, and when Du Juan’s perception was temporarily interfered with, Xiao Fen used the method of accessing the World Tree to escape Du Juan’s subsequent attack.

Facing this almost rogue method, Du Juan was so angry that she laughed instead. She suddenly spat on the ground and said: “I’m not playing anymore. Fighting with a rogue like you is truly beneath my dignity.”

After saying that, she stepped back a few steps. The previous aggressive state suddenly dissipated. She randomly found a few books to pad underneath, sat down, and hung a strange smile on her face, looking at the position where Xiao Fen had just disappeared.

After more than a minute, Xiao Fen’s body reappeared amidst a bout of shaking. Seeing Du Juan’s half-smiling expression not far away, his face also showed some awkwardness. He put aside his previous vigilance, and the Qigong Skill that was ready to be activated at any time also temporarily stopped preparing.

“Finished fighting?”

Du Juan suddenly asked.

Xiao Fen frowned, rubbed his nose, and said: “I didn’t think about fighting at first, but you hit me first. I couldn’t suppress my anger.”

Du Juan smiled again and asked: “How does your stomach feel?”

Xiao Fen shook his head and said: “It hurt a lot at first, but then it didn’t hurt anymore. Thinking about it inside, it was mostly because you showed mercy. Thinking like that, I wasn’t so angry anymore.”

Du Juan nodded and said: “You still have self-awareness. That’s good. Originally, even if you signed the authorization, I still had to test your strength. Now it’s good, no need for this procedure, you have already passed. Be quick, sign the authorization quickly. I have so many things to do in a day, and I’ve been delayed by you here.”

Xiao Fen let out a long breath, knowing that some things simply couldn’t be reversed. Just as Du Juan said, as long as one became a Trialist, many things were no longer his choice. Thinking of this, he nodded, found those authorization documents under the messy books, and looked for a pen on the ground while saying with his back to Du Juan: “I suggest you go wash your face first. You’d better tidy up your hair too.”

Du Juan paused for a moment, suddenly thinking that Xiao Fen’s blast just now probably made her face dusty. Her face turned cold, and she said through grit teeth: “Xiao Fen, if you hadn’t agreed to help me find the Access Point, I would have crippled you here today. Do you believe it?”