The childish voice had just faded when the young man named Qing Zhu hadn't even reacted, and Zhao Shuning had already appeared in front of him.
The young man stretched out his hands, trying to strangle the girl's neck.
Zhao Shuning dodged lightly, nimbly avoiding the young man's big hands.
Then, the young man turned around, with a dagger in his hand. The girl wasn't in a hurry. At this moment, she clenched both hands, sticking out her index fingers, and formed a simple spiritual seal in mid - air. The movement was extremely skillful and fast. Before the young man could even see clearly what the girl had done, he found his body turning stiff.
Then, deep in his mind, from the inside out, there seemed to be an extremely ear - piercing sound. That sound directly impacted the young man's brain. His head instantly began to fill with blood, and then, blood started to flow from his eyes.
The little girl waved her palm, and the ear - piercing sound finally disappeared.
The whole process took less than half a quarter of an hour.
The little girl looked innocent, but her appearance was extremely terrifying.
The young man turned around. Caught off - guard, he fell backward with a thud. At this moment, a strange smile appeared on the little girl's face.
She casually kicked a small pebble. Coincidentally, the pebble was in a triangular shape. Even more coincidentally, the sharp part of the triangle was exactly aimed at the young man's palm. Then, in the next instant, the young man's hand was pierced by a small pebble.
Blood oozed out from his palm.
However, Qing Zhu was a man after all, and with the girl he liked by his side. Although the stabbing pain from his palm was excruciating, he still gritted his teeth and didn't cry out.
"You... What kind of sorcery did you just use?"
Zhao Shuning smiled sweetly, but at this moment, Qing Zhu felt that this girl was like a devil, making him terrified.
Just now? What Zhao Shuning used was just the Fire Fox Curse that all first - grade alchemists would use. She had seen Lin Yang use it once and learned it.
In the past, she disdained to use such a move, but now it was different. In that situation just now, this move was the most effective.
The young man had never seen an alchemist before and didn't know what it felt like to be under the Fire Fox Curse. Moreover, that feeling just now only lasted for a split - second and then disappeared, so he didn't pay much attention.
"Does it hurt? You just used this hand to sneak attack me, right?"
Zhao Shuning always retaliated for any grievance. If he used a certain hand to hit her, she would cripple that hand.
Qing Zhu kept backing away, not daring to get up and not knowing how to answer.
Zhao Shuning picked up the dagger that the young man had dropped during the fight and slowly walked towards the green - clothed girl standing aside.
At this moment, Kong Shishuang was completely stunned by what she saw.
Wasn't Qing Zhu a second - grade spiritual herb master? How could he be defeated so quickly by such an unremarkable girl?
Every step Zhao Shuning took towards Kong Shishuang made Kong Shishuang's heart tremble.
For every step Zhao Shuning took forward, Kong Shishuang would take three steps back. As long as Zhao Shuning kept moving forward, she would keep backing away.
Until she let out a scream, Zhao Shuning finally put away the dagger contentedly.
With that scream, the green - clothed girl completely fell into the lotus pond behind her.
The loud splash attracted the attention of many freshmen.
At first, the senior students thought it was a senior teaching a freshman a lesson, so they didn't pay much attention. It wasn't until the freshmen covered their mouths with shocked expressions that the senior students realized something was wrong and quickly looked in the direction of the splash.
"Damn it, the young lady of the Kong family has fallen into the water!"
"She can't swim. Hurry and save her!"
Immediately afterwards, they heard someone jump into the water.
When they fished Kong Shishuang out, there was a layer of green seaweed on the girl's head. Her hair was messily scattered on her face. Especially her clothes, which were very thin. After falling into the water, they clung tightly to her body, exposing a lot of her body. Many people stared blankly.
It was Qing Zhu lying on the ground who was quick - witted. He quickly took off his clothes with one hand and covered Kong Shishuang with them.
"Miss Kong, why did you fall into the water for no reason?"
"Qing Zhu, how did you get injured?"
"Who did all this?"
Hearing someone's inquiry, Kong Shishuang, whose emotions had just calmed down, couldn't hold it back anymore and began to cry loudly.
Zhao Shuning was sitting in the pavilion on the high platform, looking down at all this and couldn't help but dig her ears.
This Kong Shishuang was already so old. Why was she still like a little girl, crying at the slightest provocation?
Back then, when she was Kong Shishuang's age, no matter how arduous a task her master assigned or how badly she was injured, as long as there were people around, she wouldn't even let out a sound, for fear of embarrassing her master. Look at Kong Shishuang. There wasn't even a single scar on her face, yet she was crying so heart - rendingly. People might even think that she had done something terrible to her.
Zhao Shuning didn't know how long Kong Shishuang cried.
Although the senior students disliked her and were a bit impatient, they still didn't leave. After all, Kong Shishuang's surname was Kong, and the owner of the Misty Rain Tower also had the surname Kong. Although Kong Ye was traveling outside, Kong Shishuang was his only younger sister, so they didn't dare to underestimate her.
"Miss, tell us second - grade students so that we can seek justice for you. Who on earth bullied you?"
The sobbing Kong Shishuang stopped crying. Seeing so many people around her, she gained some confidence. She pointed her delicate finger, and everyone turned their eyes in the direction she pointed.
But there was only a little girl swinging her legs there.
The little girl saw them looking at her and gave them a sweet smile.
"Miss, tell us who it is!"
"It's her, that little yellow - haired girl. She's the one who made me like this."
Hearing what the girl said, Zhao Shuning stood up, clapped her hands, and slowly said on the high pavilion: "Let me introduce myself to all the senior brothers. My name is Zhao Shuning. I'm a first - grade freshman. Just now, this young lady fell into the pool by herself. It has nothing to do with me. Look, that monkey - like young man standing over there is the one I injured."
The little girl's words were calm, and every word reached the ears of everyone present.
"Freshman? A little kid, don't you know the rules? How dare you attack the second - grade senior brothers?"
"Oh, did I break the rules? Then let's just change the rules."