Chapter 150 Water Sounds

Nighttime at the hotel where the students were staying.

Jiang Xiao and Li Weiyi gathered in Han Jiangxue and Xia Yan's room, just like last time, watching the match videos.

During the day, Jiang Xiao and the others had already witnessed the battle for the top spot in Group B, Xin Danxi No. 11 Middle School versus Jiacheng No. 1 Middle School, live at the venue.

The Xin Danxi No. 11 Middle School ultimately emerged victorious. The match was impressive, a real feast for the eyes.

Wu Haoyang's strength was undeniable, but Jiang Xiao was somewhat surprised by Qian Zhuang, the stuttering guy, who turned out to be quite skilled.

That round-faced kid was truly deceptive; as a mage-type, his control and output levels were likely among the best in this year's cohort.

Currently, the group was carefully observing Qian Zhuang's fighting characteristics, referencing the student star technique list provided by the school.

"Pa." Han Jiangxue pressed the pause button.

On the screen, Qian Zhuang was conjuring an ice shield, directly blocking the melee charge from Jiacheng No. 1 Middle School.

"Frozen Heart has a significant impact on Jiacheng No. 1 Middle School's melee fighters," Han Jiangxue said.

Xia Yan and Li Weiyi both nodded, familiar with this star technique.

Frozen Heart was considered a passive skill, but it needed to be activated.

Once activated, it would continuously consume star power. During this phase, when the user suffered a melee attack from an enemy, there was a slight chance that the opponent's body would be frozen.

Back then, when Xia Yan and Li Weiyi were focusing their attacks on the shield warrior Zhang Weiliang from Jiangbin No. 3 Middle School, they had particularly bad luck and got hit by it, even with the slight chance.

A thin layer of frost appeared on their bodies, not enough to immobilize them, but in the ever-changing battlefield, even the slightest impact could alter the entire course of the battle.

At that time, No. 1 Middle School was crushing No. 3 Middle School, and Zhang Weiliang couldn't stir up any trouble.

But looking at the Xin Danxi No. 11 Middle School's lineup, it seemed that Qian Zhuang, as the team's only mage-type output, shouldn't be the focus of attacks.

The Frozen Heart star technique was indeed tricky, especially since Qian Zhuang, as a mage-type, even possessed star techniques like Ice Shield.

It was probably related to Qian Zhuang's Star Chart.

Qian Zhuang's Star Chart was an exceptionally beautiful snowflake image, with 24 star slots, making him a genius as well.

"Those who can make it to the finals are not simple characters," Li Weiyi sighed softly. "These star techniques all come from alternate dimensions that are not open to the public."

Frozen Heart and Ice Shield came from the Ice Cave, a unique alternate dimension in the Central Jilin Province, from a creature called the Icebound Walker.

The Icebound Walker also possessed the Ice Spear star technique, which could be used for melee or ranged attacks. Zhang Weiliang had once used Ice Spear to throw at Jiang Xiao, but according to this list, Qian Zhuang didn't have the Ice Spear star technique.

In addition to the Icebound Walker, there were two other creatures in the Ice Cave: Ice Fairy and Ice Soul.

As mentioned earlier, the Ice Soul possessed three star techniques: Ice Bullet (Bronze), Ice Mist Armor (Silver), and Ice Roar (Gold).

And the Ice Fairy possessed three star techniques: Ice Thorn (Silver), Snowstorm (Silver), and Ice and Snow Heart (Silver).

Jiang Xiao had seen the Ice Fairy's star techniques. Back then, when he encountered the mercenary团's attack in the snowfield, Jiang Xiao had seen the three star techniques of the Ice Fairy in a pile of "Stinky Mud" star technique lists.

Qian Zhuang possessed Ice Thorn and Snowstorm.

After Jiang Xiao learned about Qian Zhuang's Star Chart and star techniques, he was more than once grateful that he hadn't fought them in the snowfield.

Qian Zhuang was already so fierce in this football field; if it were in that snowfield, in his home turf, Jiang Xiao was afraid that he would be pierced all over his butt by the ice thorns on the ground...

"What do you say?" Xia Yan looked at everyone. "Should we focus fire on this round-faced kid, or focus fire on the support?"

Han Jiangxue frowned slightly and said softly, "This team's support is difficult to deal with. The defense capabilities of these twins are very strong."

Xia Yan rubbed her short hair in annoyance and said, "Two little nurses, their sustain is too strong. We can't win this fight without taking them down."

Li Weiyi's expression was grave as he said in a deep voice, "Wu Haoyang, Qian Zhuang, and the An sisters are not good breakthroughs."

Xia Yan turned to look at Jiang Xiao, who was silent, and said, "Little Pi, what do you think we should do?"

Jiang Xiao was holding the information sheet, looking at An Youyou and An Luming's star techniques, as if he was seeing what a real healer should be like.

Xia Yan leaned over and said with some distress, "Your Blessing is probably going to be weakened to the point of uselessness."

Jiang Xiao: "Huh?"

Xia Yan extended her slender index finger and pointed to a star technique on An Luming's star technique list.

Purification Scepter: Dispels negative statuses from targets within a certain range.

Jiang Xiao smiled and beckoned to Xia Yan.

"Huh?" Xia Yan leaned down, curiously bringing her head closer.

Jiang Xiao held Xia Yan's head with both hands and shook it from side to side: "Did you hear that?"

Xia Yan was a little dizzy from the shaking and asked impatiently, "What?"

Jiang Xiao: "The sound of water."

Xia Yan: ???

Jiang Xiao said with a smile, "My Blessing is not a negative status. Unlike all other control-type star techniques, I'm healing others. You're dizzy because it's comfortable, not because you're nauseous..."

"Mmm." Xia Yan blinked and nodded thoughtfully.

A few seconds later, Xia Yan suddenly pressed one hand on Jiang Xiao's head and shook it vigorously from side to side, asking fiercely, "Are you saying I have water in my brain?"

Li Weiyi ignored these two elementary school students and said, "These two girls' star techniques are ridiculously strong. With them around, Wu Haoyang is basically unbeatable, and we don't seem to have the ability to kill Wu Haoyang with one blow. Han Jiangxue's Shattered Space..."

"Knock, knock, knock."

A knock suddenly sounded, and everyone fell silent.

Li Weiyi got up and walked towards the door, looking through the peephole, and saw a familiar figure.

"Teacher Hai," Li Weiyi said as he opened the door, with a hint of surprise in his tone.

"I heard you're doing well in the competition, so I came to see you," Hai Tianqing said with a smile as he walked in, just in time to see Xia Yan pressing Jiang Xiao's head on the table and kneading it. The corners of Hai Tianqing's mouth twitched awkwardly.

"Hai Tianqing, what are you doing here?" Xia Yan released Jiang Xiao and looked at Hai Tianqing curiously.

"Didn't I already explain it?" Hai Tianqing shrugged and said, "I heard you're going to play against Xin Danxi No. 11 Middle School next game. How is it? Do you have confidence?"

Xia Yan: "Ehhhh..."

Hai Tianqing raised his eyebrows and looked at Han Jiangxue.

Han Jiangxue just silently looked at the enemy's information sheet, completely ignoring Hai Tianqing.

Hai Tianqing pushed up his gold-rimmed glasses awkwardly and said, "Let's go, I'll treat you to something good."

Xia Yan: "Ehhhh..."

Han Jiangxue: "No."

Li Weiyi said apologetically, "Teacher, we have a match tomorrow, so we'd better study the other team more."

Hai Tianqing smiled slightly and said, "I'm here to give you some guidance. Let's go."

As he spoke, Hai Tianqing opened the door and made a gesture of invitation.

Everyone looked at each other. Han Jiangxue finally deigned to raise her eyes and look at Hai Tianqing, her voice cold: "Really?"

Hai Tianqing's face darkened: "I am your teacher."

"Okay." Only then did Han Jiangxue stand up.

Since the commander had agreed, the rest of the team followed her out of the room.

What everyone didn't expect was that as soon as they opened the hotel door, they heard a crisp sound!

"Pa!" The crisp sound stunned everyone.

Under the dark night and the dim streetlights, in this cold winter, a man and a woman were standing by the street not far from the hotel entrance.

Hearing this crisp sound, the few people looked over, their expressions even more astonished.

The boy who had been slapped hard, covering his face, was actually Gao Junwei?

Gao Junwei's body was trembling slightly, not knowing whether it was from fear or anger. He was covering his red and swollen face with one hand, his head lowered, gritting his teeth hard, not saying a word.

Standing opposite him was a female figure, and due to the angle, people could only see her profile.

She was a little shorter than Gao Junwei, with a curvy figure and short black hair.

Jiang Xiao only saw half of her face, but it was enough to see what "frosty" and "aggressive" meant.

The woman clearly felt someone coming out of the hotel. Perhaps to save Gao Junwei's face, she lowered her slightly raised palm and didn't slap him again.

Gao Junwei also lowered his head, with traces of blood flowing from the corner of his mouth. It could be seen that the woman's slap just now was not light.

"Little Pi, keep up." Han Jiangxue suddenly said.

It turned out that Jiang Xiao was so engrossed in Gao Junwei's situation that his teammates had already walked out a few steps, so Han Jiangxue called out to Jiang Xiao.

This call was crucial. Gao Junwei clearly recognized Han Jiangxue's voice, and his body trembled subconsciously.

Whether it was because of a psychological disorder or not, judging from the current situation, Gao Junwei was truly traumatized by Han Jiangxue.

Gao Junwei's reaction was seen by the woman in front of him, and she was immediately furious. She raised her palm and swung another slap!

"Pa!"

"Look at your useless appearance!" The more the woman spoke, the angrier she became. She kicked Gao Junwei in the thigh, directly knocking Gao Junwei to the ground. "Are you afraid just from hearing a voice? Trash! You've completely embarrassed me!"

Gao Junwei scrambled to his feet. Compared to his previous arrogance, he was now truly like a weak and obedient child.

The woman turned her head, her gaze sinister, and looked at the Jiangbin No. 1 Middle School team.

To be precise, she was looking at Han Jiangxue.

Her eyes were like knives, extremely sharp, staring intently at Han Jiangxue's figure.

Han Jiangxue's footsteps froze. She felt a chilling killing intent that made her feel as if she had fallen into an ice cave.

Beside her, Jiang Xiao suddenly reached out and took Han Jiangxue's hand, saying, "What do you want to eat? Skewers or hot pot?"

Han Jiangxue pursed her lips, tightly grasping Jiang Xiao's hand in return, feeling that rare bit of warmth, and said softly, "Whatever you want."