Chapter 28
Ye Xuan went to Training Field No. 3 as usual.
His appearance confirmed everyone’s guess from yesterday—he had not become an ability user. Today was his last chance.
Even so, no one dared to provoke Ye Xuan’s bad mood. More accurately, no one dared to provoke Nan Yunzhou’s bad mood. Those who were training kept training, those who were sparring kept sparring, and around Ye Xuan, it was as if a barrier had been set up, leaving a large empty space.
Ye Xuan did not care. He repeated his evasion training. In other people’s eyes, he was still working hard to awaken his ability.
Pitifully and laughably working hard.
It was worth mentioning that their original team leader had been dismissed on the grounds of making a major mistake. Now they had a new team leader. He had a good temper and proper looks. Most importantly, he did not look at Ye Xuan through tinted glasses. As for anything more, Ye Xuan did not know, and he probably would not have the chance to know in the future.
Just like that, Ye Xuan trained on the field for an entire day. In the end, he still did not expose the fact that he was already an ability user.
At eight o’clock in the evening, everyone on the training field had left. Ye Xuan sat alone in the stands and looked at the moonlight. Tonight, the sky was darker than usual. Layers of clouds overlapped and blocked the moonlight. The poor bit of light that managed to peek through only illuminated that one small patch.
A dark, windy night like this was most suitable for doing shameful things. Ye Xuan folded his arms together and buried his head in them. If anyone saw him, they would definitely think he was suffering over his bleak future. In reality, Ye Xuan was smiling, smiling brilliantly. He was wondering whether Quan Guanxi would take the bait.
With that brain of his, which was practically just for decoration, he definitely would, right?
On the way back to the dormitory, Ye Xuan deliberately chose a road without streetlights. He keenly sensed that someone was following him.
The tracking method was not skilled at all. It could even be called full of flaws. He could hear the faint scraping sound of metal rubbing together. Ye Xuan guessed that the person following him had prepared some kind of tool to restrict his movements.
He chose to walk straight into the trap.
After being caught in the metal net, Ye Xuan even deliberately pretended to be startled.
Ye Xuan vaguely saw a blurry black figure walk out from the darkness and grab the metal net.
“Fuck, Ye Xuan, you brought this on yourself.”
He had even used a voice changer.
But his tone exposed the identity of the person who had caught him. Ye Xuan knew it was Quan Guanxi the moment he heard it.
That made sense. He had released so much misleading information. If Quan Guanxi still had not taken the bait, that would have been too abnormal.
Besides, the base had only locked Quan Guanxi in solitary confinement for one day and then released him on Ye Xuan’s last day in the reserve team. What they were thinking was obvious.
He might as well use this chance to take revenge.
Even if he had not awakened his ability yesterday, he would still have pushed forward with his plan, because he was certain, absolutely certain, that he would awaken his ability before Quan Guanxi came looking for him.
To live by facing death—that had always been his thought.
Ye Xuan was still acting. He asked Quan Guanxi, “Who are you? Do I have a grudge against you?”
“A grudge? Our grudge is huge.” Quan Guanxi grabbed the metal net emotionally.
He suddenly smiled strangely. “Tonight, you won’t escape. This is a specially made corpse-capturing net. Even some ability users can’t escape once they’re caught, let alone trash like you who couldn’t awaken an ability in seven days.”
How kind of him to tell Ye Xuan that this was a special net. A new idea formed in Ye Xuan’s mind.
Originally, he had only planned to “slightly” teach Quan Guanxi a lesson and make him remember it.
But from Quan Guanxi’s words, he did not plan to show mercy. Then Ye Xuan had no need to hold back either.
“Not talking? Admitting it? You useless trash.”
Quan Guanxi stopped wasting words. After berserking, he directly greeted Ye Xuan’s body with his fists. This time, Quan Guanxi was smarter than before, specifically targeting Ye Xuan’s painful spots.
“Tell me, should I beat you to death? One useless mining waste dying means nothing to the base anyway. Trash just like you will keep entering the base one after another like pests.”
Ye Xuan curled up, dodging most of Quan Guanxi’s attacks, while deliberately taking a few hits to avoid arousing his suspicion.
Quan Guanxi’s attention was fully on swinging his fists. On top of that, the place they were in was dark and shadowy, so he did not notice anything strange about Ye Xuan.
Ye Xuan took a round ball out of his pocket. This was something the new team leader had passed to him on behalf of Nan Yunzhou—a flashbang. It only had to be crushed.
Ye Xuan raised his hand and crushed the flashbang in front of Quan Guanxi’s eyes.
The sudden intense light stimulated Quan Guanxi’s eyes. He instinctively shut them. When he opened them again, Ye Xuan had disappeared from the net.
“Fuck, what’s going on? Where did he run off to?”
Quan Guanxi grabbed the metal net and shook it. After confirming Ye Xuan was not inside, he began to panic. Yet he still forced himself to remain calm and threw threats at Ye Xuan.
“That must be some life-saving trick Nan Yunzhou gave you, right? You must still be nearby, aren’t you?”
Of course Ye Xuan would not answer him. He merely hid up high and watched Quan Guanxi, who was like an ant that had lost its way.
Once he lost his bargaining chip, this big block of a man truly became an idiot.
Quan Guanxi was still vigilantly checking his surroundings, searching every corner where someone might hide.
“You’re here, aren’t you?”
“Here.”
“This?”
After searching everywhere and finding nothing, Quan Guanxi slammed his fist into the wall beside him. “Fuck, don’t tell me that cunning bastard really got away. I spent a huge price on this thing. How could I let that guy just run off like this?”
Of course he had not run. He was observing this pig-brained owner from a godlike perspective.
Ye Xuan flicked a stone, making it land inside the metal net with a sound.
The noise attracted Quan Guanxi’s attention. He clenched his fists until his knuckles cracked and walked toward the metal net.
“So you’re still in the net. Ha, I knew that seller couldn’t have lied to me. You awakened an ability, didn’t you, kid? Invisibility? Not bad.”
“Unfortunately, no one knows. You can only fall here.”
Quan Guanxi lifted the metal net. “Let me see where you’re hiding.”
Ye Xuan flashed behind Quan Guanxi and kicked him inside. Their positions switched. The person inside the net had become Quan Guanxi.
“Fuck! Damn it, you dare set me up?”
Ye Xuan tightened the opening of the net and sneered. “You’re just too stupid.”
Quan Guanxi struggled inside the net. Even when he used his berserk ability to try tearing the metal net apart, the net remained as sturdy as before.
Just as he himself had personally said, ordinary ability users could not escape.
Ye Xuan clicked his tongue and mocked, “Trash.”
“Now it’s your turn.”
Fists rained down on Quan Guanxi from all directions. Quan Guanxi used his berserk ability to resist.
But he had already consumed a great deal of energy earlier. Before long, Quan Guanxi exited his berserk state.
This time, Ye Xuan beat him until he screamed miserably. In the darkness, Quan Guanxi could not see where Ye Xuan’s fists were coming from at all. He could guard the top but not the bottom, protect the left but fail to defend the right.
After a vicious beating, Quan Guanxi had been struck all over his body and howled in pain.
“I was wrong. I won’t provoke you again. Please let me go.”
Let him go? How could that be possible?
This was not even the real punishment yet.
How to get this guy to that place was a little troublesome. This guy was a bit heavy.
The wristband screen lit up with a message notification. Ye Xuan tapped it open.
Xia Chenxi: I’m back. Why aren’t you in the dorm?
Ye Xuan glanced at Quan Guanxi, who was trembling all over, and sent Xia Chenxi a voice message.
“I’ve run into a little trouble right now. Can you come help me?”
