Chapter 140 Released

Accompanied by Minister Song and Han Jiangxue, the three prisoners completed registration at the entrance. After confirming that the time for solitary confinement had arrived, the two senior students let them go.

In fact, even if the time hadn't arrived, with Song Chunxi, the Minister of Agile Combat, present, these guarding students on duty would give her some face.

"Hoo..." Jiang Xiao took a deep breath, tilting his head back as soon as he stepped outside.

The weather was exceptionally good today, sunny and perfect for getting out of prison.

Hmm...

"Out?" A clear, sweet voice rang out. Jiang Xiao turned his head and saw a tall man and woman standing not far away, staring intently at them.

The young woman seemed to be the dominant one. After attracting everyone's attention, she smiled and greeted Song Chunxi, "Good morning, Sister Song."

Song Chunxi also smiled, as bright as the sunshine, as if dispelling the gloom of the solitary confinement cell behind her. She nodded, "Hmm, Xue Yi, why are you so free? Visiting?"

The tall girl with a ponytail shook her head, her ponytail swaying, and said, "No, I'm here to pick someone up."

Song Chunxi was slightly stunned, noticing the couple's gaze shifting back and forth between the three prisoners. She knew what they were up to and couldn't help but laugh, "Want to go the double support route?"

Then, Song Chunxi wondered, "Double support, double mage? That's an unusual lineup."

"Hehe, Minister Song is joking," the tall young man said with a shy smile. "We wouldn't dare poach anyone from you. Besides, we know these two champion junior siblings can't be separated. We're here for him."

As he spoke, the young man pointed at Bai Ye.

"Huh? Me?" Bai Ye was taken aback, pointing at himself. Then, Bai Ye sized the couple up with a scrutinizing gaze, his attitude somewhat rude, "What do you want with me? I don't know you."

Xue Yi gave Song Chunxi a helpless look, "Hand him over to us?"

Song Chunxi looked at Jiang Xiao uncertainly. After all, she wanted to win over Han Jiangxue, and in Han Jiangxue's mind, Jiang Xiao's position was unquestionable. Who knew how Jiang Xiao and Bai Ye had gotten along in these three days? Who knew if Jiang Xiao wanted to include Bai Ye in his team?

Jiang Xiao understood the couple's intentions. It seemed Bai Ye had finally managed to sell himself.

Jiang Xiao certainly wouldn't team up with Bai Ye. He pushed Bai Ye, saying, "You're like a hedgehog. You don't even know their strength. How can you find good teammates with that attitude? What if they were the overall champions last year?"

Bai Ye was startled. I know who the champion was last year, and it wasn't them. Which league were they champions of?

Bai Ye looked foolishly at the couple and asked, "Are you champions?"

The couple looked at each other, shaking their heads.

Bai Ye: "..."

Xue Yi smiled and walked over, saying, "We saw a remarkable junior, so Zheng Qiu and I came to take a look."

The young man called Zheng Qiu said, "This kid is a troublemaker. He caused a ruckus at the school gate on the day he registered and then got into a brawl at Apartment Building 17."

Bai Ye snorted, "So what?"

Xue Yi held her forehead, suddenly feeling the urge to beat Bai Ye up. She said, "We watched your college entrance exam videos from last year and this year and found your strength isn't bad. Our two teammates reorganized with other teams, so we came to see if you have what it takes to be our teammate."

Bai Ye was unhappy to hear that and said disdainfully, "See if I have what it takes? It's the other way around, right? I should be seeing if *you* have what it takes."

Xue Yi was taken aback. Song Chunxi couldn't help but chuckle. The famous support Xue Yi was finally getting a taste of her own medicine.

Xue Yi spread her hands helplessly, "Fine."

As she spoke, star power surged around her, constantly piecing together. Suddenly, a large number of... balls? appeared around her body.

No, not ordinary balls. It seemed like something was about to crawl out of them?

Jiang Xiao was shocked and instinctively retreated.

Inside the blue spheres made of star power, one ant after another quickly crawled out, and they were growing rapidly!

After crawling out only a few meters, the ants had already grown to their maximum size, about the size of a small puppy.

Since these were enlarged versions of ants, their antennae and legs were also enlarged, and the legs were covered in long, barbed spines...

Wait, aren't ants supposed to have six legs?

Jiang Xiao finally came to his senses. It was all because these creatures from another dimension looked too much like ants, giving Jiang Xiao the initial impression that they were ants. In the end, they were all creatures from another dimension.

As the star power finally took shape, the outer skin of the giant ants gradually turned black. Each had a large head, long antennae tapping the ground, and the dense, barbed spines on their bodies were somewhat frightening.

At least 20 or 30 ants quickly crawled towards Bai Ye, quickly surrounding him in the center.

"Hiss..."

"Hiss..." Accompanied by strange cries, the giant ants raised their forebodies, and their black compound eyes gradually changed color.

Anyone could feel the change in the atmosphere!

Bai Ye's body tensed, and a layer of purple light had already appeared on his body.

Silver-quality Star Technique *Bauhinia Armor*.

Bai Ye was probably scared or surprised. He looked at Xue Yi from afar and stammered, "Platinum-quality Dark Ant Queen Star Bead? Gold-quality Star Technique *Proliferation*? Gold-quality Star Technique *Ant Command*?"

Bai Ye rattled off the names of a Platinum-quality Star Bead and two Gold-quality Star Techniques.

Xue Yi smiled, "You have a good eye, junior. Do you think I'm qualified to be your teammate now?"

"Glug." Bai Ye swallowed, surrounded by a group of giant ants, and asked, "Are you from Guixi?"

Xue Yi nodded naturally.

Bai Ye suddenly froze, as if remembering something, and said, "I remember now! You're Xue Yiren from Linxi No. 4 High School, one class above me?"

Xue Yi said casually, "Just call me Xue Yi. Also, I'm not one class above you, I'm two classes above you. After all, you failed your special admission and were kicked back to school, enrolling two years later than me."

Bai Ye carefully sized up Xue Yi, muttering, "You've changed so much. You look completely different from the photos in the competition materials back then."

Zheng Qiu, the tall young man, snapped his fingers, "Let's get down to business."

Bai Ye was full of doubt, "You're already a junior. Why are you back in freshman year picking teammates?"

Xue Yi's voice was calm as she stated a fact, "University is different from high school, especially in the Imperial Capital Star Warrior University. Some people will stoop to poaching and breaking up teams for their own benefit, turning teams into a mess."

Zheng Qiu suddenly shouted, "Xue Yi."

Xue Yi glanced at Zheng Qiu, stopped the topic, and said, "We watched your college entrance exam videos from both years, and we've seen your eight Star Techniques. We think you're suitable. By the way, you're still at Star Cloud Peak, right? Did you break through during the holidays?"

Surrounded by a group of giant ants, Bai Ye shook his head obediently.

Xue Yi said indifferently, "Well, it's the same anyway. A bunch of sophomores and juniors are stuck at Star Cloud Peak."

As she spoke, Xue Yi nodded to Song Chunxi and the others, "Leave him to me."

The group of four looked at each other and turned to leave.

Faintly, Jiang Xiao heard Xue Yi's voice, "It's time for you to prove you're worthy of being my teammate. Now, survive their siege..."

Jiang Xiao carefully turned his head and saw 20 or 30 giant ants simultaneously spitting out streams of green liquid, followed by Bai Ye's miserable screams...

Holy crap, a new species appeared?

There are even giant flying ants?

This should be a high-quality Star Technique unique to Guixi, right? Jiang Xiao looked at those ugly ants and couldn't help but shudder. He nudged Gu Shian's shoulder and said, "Are you familiar with this Star Technique?"

Gu Shian's expression was unpleasant, and he spoke quickly, "A specialty of Guixi, Star Beads produced in dark caves. There are very few of these other-dimensional spaces, so they're not included in the knowledge points and aren't tested.

Xue Yi's parents are probably serving in the military. Ordinary people can't get the Dark Ant Queen Star Bead. Only those serving in dark caves can risk their lives to kill one or two for their own children.

This type of Star Bead can only be used by one's own spouse and children, not even close siblings, and it's absolutely forbidden to sell or leak it. This is considered a special benefit given by the country to soldiers stationed in dark caves."

As he spoke, Gu Shian quickened his pace again and again. He didn't know what he was in such a hurry for, urging, "Let's walk faster."

Jiang Xiao looked at Gu Shian curiously, "What are you going to do?"

Gu Shian looked impatient. He turned to look at Jiang Xiao, then saw Song Chunxi and Han Jiangxue leisurely strolling along. He held it in for a long time, but in the end, he kept his words to himself.

Suddenly, Gu Shian's eyes lit up. At the intersection ahead, a group of students who had just finished playing ball walked out.

Gu Shian trotted over.

Jiang Xiao looked at Gu Shian curiously and whispered to Han Jiangxue, "This is the shield warrior I've been eyeing. He's quite strong. After these three days of contact, he seems to be a loyal person. Let's observe him further. You can also take a look at his Star Techniques. If his Star Techniques and character are both qualified, let's lock him down."

Song Chunxi raised her eyebrows in surprise. She had always thought that the incredibly strong Han Jiangxue would be the absolute leader of this team, but it seemed that this was not the case. On such an important matter as choosing people, Jiang Xiao seemed to have an unusual amount of say.

Song Chunxi, obviously, had made the same mistake as everyone else. After all, Han Jiangxue was too powerful, so it was natural to assume that Han Jiangxue, as the team's commander, held the dominant position in the team.

And Han Jiangxue's reaction confirmed Song Chunxi's thoughts.

Han Jiangxue nodded thoughtfully, "Yes, let's observe for a while."

Song Chunxi thought to herself, it seems that Jiang Xiao's command at the last moment of the finals was not a flash of inspiration. Could it be that... this team has always had dual commanders? Maybe, at the most critical moments, this support is the absolute leader?

The siblings on this side were looking at Gu Shian from afar, while Gu Shian had already run to the students and said, "Hey, guys, anyone got a smoke? Give me one, I can't hold it in..."

The group of students was stunned for a moment, then burst out laughing. Several of them took out cigarettes from their pockets, knowing that the solitary confinement cell wasn't far away.

They looked at Gu Shian's disheveled appearance and couldn't help but laugh, "Just escaped from Xie Yutou's clutches?"

Gu Shian lit a Zhonghua and took a deep drag...

In the distance, Jiang Xiao watched the smoking ghost speechlessly. This was too embarrassing.

You endured it for three days, and now you can't endure it after coming out?

Jiang Xiao was still thinking about finding a brother to share a smoke with, but looking at Gu Shian, he probably wouldn't even share the cigarette butt, right?