A sickly green poisonous mist sprayed from her mouth, turning into a slender poison dragon that shot straight at Yu Tianheng's face.
The two were so close.
Face-to-face exchange—who would have the last laugh depended on whose life was tougher!
"Enough!"
At that moment, Qin Ming's voice exploded beside their ears.
A crimson flame barrier appeared between them, blocking both the thunder claw and the poison breath at the same time.
Qin Ming's figure cut in like a Demon. His hands pressed on their shoulders respectively. With a surge of soul power, he forcefully separated them.
Yu Tianheng staggered back several steps and dropped to one knee. The gray-green on his face was gradually turning black.
Dugu Yan was not much better. Her originally smooth hair had been electrocuted into messy curls, looking like a bird's nest.
Moreover, because she was not yet proficient in Jiao Breathing, her soul power had become restless. Her little face was flushed red from the strain.
Lin Yang promptly appeared behind Dugu Yan, helping her regulate the deviated soul power.
"Yan Zi, detoxify Tianheng. Lingling, treat both of them!"
Qin Ming called out.
Ye Lingling had already skillfully summoned her Nine-Hearted Begonia and began treating Yu Tianheng and Dugu Yan.
The Nine-Hearted Begonia could provide area-of-effect group healing but could not detoxify or restore soul power.
After recovering somewhat, Dugu Yan raised her hand and drew the poison out of Yu Tianheng's body.
Before long, Yu Tianheng stood up again.
However, the massive soul power consumption left his face somewhat pale.
"Are you two crazy?"
Qin Ming's face was iron-blue. His sharp gaze swept over Dugu Yan and Yu Tianheng, his voice terrifyingly deep. "This is training, not a life-and-death battle!"
The two lowered their heads and remained silent.
Qin Ming took a deep breath, his tone softening slightly but still stern. "Remember, this is a training field, not a battlefield. You are teammates, not opponents."
"In the future, when you enter the competition, you will fight side by side. If you fight to the death now, how will you cooperate later? Bury each other?"
Dugu Yan pursed her lips and nodded obediently. "I understand, Teacher Qin!"
Yu Tianheng also replied hoarsely.
Looking at their disheveled appearances, Qin Ming wanted to say more but swallowed the words.
After a moment of silence, he sighed wearily. "Alright. Both of you performed quite well this time."
"Especially Tianheng—even when at a disadvantage, you stayed calm and thought of a counterattack. You must maintain that."
Yu Tianheng was stunned, then raised his head.
"However, although your Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon is powerful, the soul power gap with Yan Zi is an undeniable fact."
"I think you've noticed it too—Yan Zi's poison is no longer the same as before. Be careful next time."
"Yes, Teacher Qin," Yu Tianheng nodded.
Qin Ming then commented on Dugu Yan, emphasizing that her self-invented soul skills were not yet proficient.
If she encountered a real opponent, problems could easily arise.
Dugu Yan nodded.
She could feel that Jiao Breathing placed a heavy burden on her, especially the final technique, which had nearly drained most of her soul power.
"Practice more when you go back. No matter how good the technique is, it's useless if you can't execute it."
Dugu Yan clearly took it to heart and began planning when to ask Lin Yang for some private tutoring.
Qin Ming checked the time and was about to announce the end of today's training.
"Boss! Boss!"
A sharp cry suddenly pierced the sky.
Qin Ming's expression changed drastically. Everyone looked up abruptly.
A massive bird-type soul beast was diving down from above at terrifying speed. In the blink of an eye, it was already above the training field.
How was that possible?
He had not sensed this soul beast's presence at all earlier.
But there was no time to think. Just as he prepared to strike it down, Lin Yang raised a hand to stop him. "Teacher Qin, don't attack. This is my pet."
Qin Ming froze. The soul power in his palm abruptly stopped.
A pet?
Soul beasts could be tamed?
He stared at the diving giant bird, a string of question marks flashing through his mind. What kind of soul beast was this?
And... had it just spoken?
Because of the Demon blood, the current Wind Falcon looked nothing like its original form.
Its former smoky-gray feathers were now pure black, and its size had more than doubled.
Ah Da circled continuously in the air. Its sharp cries echoed, growing more urgent with each one. "Kathleen, something happened."
"Kathleen, something happened!"
Lin Yang's expression turned icy. Without wasting words, he leaped up and grabbed Ah Da's claw. "Let's go back!"
Ah Da carried Lin Yang, its speed undiminished. In the blink of an eye, they vanished into the horizon.
Dugu Yan had visited Butterfly House often and naturally knew Kathleen.
With Kathleen in trouble, she could not be bothered with anything else. She hurriedly said to Qin Ming, "Teacher Qin, I'll go take a look."
Without waiting for a reply, she turned into a streak of afterimage and disappeared from the training field.
Qin Ming pondered briefly, then turned to the remaining two. "You two are dismissed for now. I'll go see what's happening."
Yu Tianheng nodded and left.
Ye Lingling, who usually had little interaction with Lin Yang, silently followed behind Qin Ming.
On the other side, in just a dozen breaths of time, Lin Yang appeared in the sky above Butterfly House.
He released Ah Da's claw and plummeted straight down.
Bang!
With a dull thud, Lin Yang landed steadily, kicking up a cloud of dust.
The others in the small courtyard of Butterfly House were stunned by his dramatic entrance, but Lin Yang had no time to pay them any attention.
"Kathleen..."
Before he finished speaking, a tear-streaked girl pushed through the crowd and threw herself into his arms.
Who else could it be but Kathleen?
"Te... Teacher... please, save my brother!"
Keynes?
Lin Yang frowned and quickly walked into the crowd with Kathleen.
When he saw the scene before him, a cold killing intent erupted in his eyes.
Keynes lay unconscious on a stretcher, covered in blood.
His right arm and left leg were gone—the wounds were clean cuts from a sharp weapon.
The other party had the ability to kill Keynes but had chosen to sever one arm and one leg instead.
Torture!
They wanted to destroy him mentally!
Lin Yang took a deep breath and forcefully suppressed the killing intent in his heart.
This was not the time to assign blame. The most important thing was to save Keynes.
"Carry him inside, quickly!"
As he spoke, he activated his Transparent World.
Keynes's physical condition became crystal clear to him.
His internal organs had suffered varying degrees of heavy damage, with multiple internal bleedings. His heartbeat was faint, as if it could stop at any moment.
With such injuries, the man might not survive long enough for surgery.
At that moment, a figure flashed through Lin Yang's mind: Ye Lingling.
In this situation, probably only the owner of the Nine-Hearted Begonia martial soul could keep Keynes alive.
"Lin Yang..."
It was Dugu Yan's voice. Behind her stood Qin Ming and Ye Lingling.
A flash of joy appeared in Lin Yang's eyes—they had come at exactly the right time.