Apocalypse: I'm the Landlady of the Refuge

Chapter 72: Chapter 72: Kill Xiang Rui

Chapter 72: Chapter 72: Kill Xiang Rui

No one on the field bid again, and Ji Wanwan successfully obtained the small blood pearl.

After the waiter handed her the small blood pearl, Ji Wanwan toyed with it in the palm of her hand for a moment, but couldn’t figure anything out.

Swallowing it was out of the question; she didn’t want to become a grotesque creature that was neither human nor corpse.

She decided to keep the item first and study it back at the base laboratory later.

The auction was still ongoing, but Ji Wanwan had no interest in listening and quietly looked around the entire underground gambling den.

Although she had already figured out the general layout, Ji Wanwan still wanted to check again to confirm there was no detail she had missed.

Suddenly, a shadow fell behind her.

Ji Wanwan’s eyebrows sank, and she turned around to look.

Seeing Xiang Rui’s figure, Ji Wanwan chuckled, “Oh, if it isn’t Elder Xiang Rui? What a coincidence, meeting again.”

Xiang Rui took a long stride and sat down next to Ji Wanwan, “Although it’s quite surprising to see you sitting here, you indeed didn’t disappoint me.”

“Oh, so that means…” Ji Wanwan’s beautiful eyes turned, staring straight into Xiang Rui’s eyes, “Elder Xiang Rui thinks highly of me, doesn’t he?”

The affection in the girl’s eyes once again made Xiang Rui’s heart itch.

The man couldn’t help but lean closer to the girl, “Of course…”

Wen Yuheng’s body tensed up, ready to make a move, but then he saw the girl laugh softly, pushing the man slightly away. Her previously smiling eyes suddenly became sharp, “So… did you deliberately set me and Wen Yuheng up?”

The hostility in the girl’s eyes shocked Xiang Rui, causing him to startle.

Coming back to his senses, Xiang Rui grew somewhat irate.

He was actually intimidated by the gaze of a little rabbit!

Xiang Rui sneered sarcastically, “Yes, it was intentional.”

The man before her had a confrontational look on his face, his entire demeanor screaming arrogance.

Ji Wanwan clenched her fists tightly, her knuckles turning white.

So what value did human life hold in this bastard’s eyes?

What gave him the right to play with others so recklessly?

The thought of those small blood pearls on the stage caused a surge of anger to sweep through Ji Wanwan’s heart. 𝕗𝗿𝕖𝐞𝐰𝗲𝕓𝐧𝕠𝕧𝗲𝐥.𝚌𝐨𝚖

At that moment, she too began to entertain the idea of turning Xiang Rui into a small blood pearl.

The hatred in her eyes seemed to intrigue Xiang Rui.

He laughed even more wildly and mockingly, “What’s wrong? Are you angry? Unfortunately, Wen Yuheng can’t beat me, so you might have to swallow that anger yourself.”

Ji Wanwan couldn’t help but sneer coldly, “Why do you assume that I need Wen Yuheng to vent this anger?”

So, did this delicate and frail-looking little rabbit actually want to challenge him on her own?

Xiang Rui was about to counter with a sneer, but suddenly realized that he seemed to be trapped in a small space, although nothing around him had visibly changed.

He tried to raise his hand but touched an invisible barrier.

Xiang Rui abruptly turned to look at Ji Wanwan.

As their eyes met, and he saw the coldness in hers, Xiang Rui suddenly felt panicked.

It seemed he had underestimated this girl!

In the post-apocalyptic world, if she did not have some abilities, she wouldn’t dare to walk around so unbridled.

So she had been intentionally hiding her strength from the beginning!

He had naively believed that this girl had no awakened ability!

Realizing this, Xiang Rui was both shocked and annoyed, feeling a nameless rage rising in his heart.

His eyebrows twisted, and he hurled an explosively powerful and destructive Fiery Flame Explosion at the Space Barrier.

“Boom!”

The small space prison was filled with raging fire.

The enormous impact noise momentarily drowned out the sounds of the auction.

Everyone’s eyes turned to look.

When they saw a small space cage, Hu Peng was slightly startled, and subconsciously looked at the white-haired man.

In his memory, only the boss possessed space system superpower. But why would he imprison Xiang Rui?

Could it be because of the girl wearing the White Rabbit mask beside Xiang Rui?

Before he could figure out the answer, seeing the boss’s gaze, Hu Peng was taken aback again.

The white-haired man’s eyes were tightly focused on the space cage and Ji Wanwan.

The fanatic joy and excitement in his eyes left Hu Peng confused and bewildered.

“Boss?”

The white-haired man raised his hand, signaling Hu Peng to stay silent.

The latter respectfully bowed his head and said no more.

On the spectators’ stand, Xiang Rui had not expected that his Fiery Flame Explosion, at eight-tenths strength, would not damage the space cage at all!

But he didn’t know that the face under Ji Wanwan’s mask had already started to turn pale.

Controlling the space cage required a continuous consumption of her spiritual power and physical strength. Dealing with an Awakener like Xiang Rui, she had to use even more energy.

Especially Xiang Rui’s Fiery Flame Explosion just now had a great backlash on her.

But dealing with just Xiang Rui, Ji Wanwan still had an easy time of it.

Now that the secret of her awakened ability had been exposed, Ji Wanwan, intent on a quick battle, increased her control over the space cage.

As the space imprisoning Xiang Rui got increasingly smaller, his body began to twist and deform, struggling more furiously.

Yet these struggles posed no threat to Ji Wanwan at this point.

Xiang Rui was clearly reaching his limit. Hu Peng tensed up and subconsciously looked at the boss.

But the white-haired man was still watching the White Rabbit with great interest and showed no intention of intervening.

With the elder not moving, Hu Peng dared not take any rash action.

The audience on the stands began to jeer, creating a noisy uproar all around.

The space cage grew ever smaller, and Xiang Rui began to bleed from all seven orifices, his eyes bulging.

He turned his eyes desperately, seeking help from the white-haired man, but the latter still showed no sign of taking action.

“Bang——”

A slight explosion sounded, quickly drowned out by the excited shouting of the audience.

Unable to withstand the immense pressure, Xiang Rui’s body exploded into a mist of blood within the space cage.

“Old Xiang!”

At that moment, Hu Peng was dumbstruck, blurting out involuntarily.

The now resistance-free space cage rapidly contracted and finally solidified into a thumb-sized small blood pearl, somewhat resembling the Blood Pearl on the high platform.

Ji Wanwan held the small blood pearl in her palm, pretending to place her hand in her pocket, while actually storing the small blood pearl in System Space.

When she got back, she would research the two small blood pearls to see if they were the same thing.

Feeling the gazes from below, Ji Wanwan fearlessly looked back.

The white-haired man’s beautiful peach-blossom eyes curved slightly, and the next second, he vanished.

“Swoosh——”

A swooshing sound appeared beside Ji Wanwan’s ear. She squinted her eyes and quickly pulled Wen Yuheng, performing an Instant Teleportation, leaving her previous position.

The moment they steadied themselves, the spectator stand where Ji Wanwan had just been collapsed entirely, with the remaining five people on it falling to level -5.

With a loud boom, the spectator stand crashed heavily onto the combat arena floor, stirring up a cloud of dust.

The white-haired man emerged from the dust, spotless and so conspicuously clean it was somewhat glaring.

Such strong energy!

Ji Wanwan’s forehead broke out in cold sweat, her grip on Wen Yuheng’s hand tightened slightly, as she vigilantly watched the white-haired man, ready to initiate a second Instant Teleportation at any moment.