The sunny boy in Cardcaptor Sakura

Chapter 491: Heartbeat
The clouds in the glittering silver sky changed color, and the mighty thunder beast roared continuously. The plasma clouds that submerged the entire sky, coupled with the thunderous roar of the beast, made it a grand scene at first glance.

Unfortunately, this is not a decisive battle, not even a difficult battle, but just an ordinary process of obtaining cards.

"Leave it to me from now on, little wolf."

Under the flashing light, Sakura held the magic wand without any retreat. Her not-so-tall figure seemed quite reliable, which made Li Syaoran feel relieved but also made his heart beat faster.

He didn't dislike the strong and handsome Sakura. Instead, he was a little attracted to her.

For a moment, Sakura's handsomeness suppressed a certain obsession in his heart. Although he didn't let it go completely, it didn't occupy his entire mind like before.

Sakura is not a little girl who needs his protection in everything, but a magician with great power. He should trust Sakura.

Great power can bring misfortune, but if it's Sakura, then it's absolutely fine.

The moment this thought came to mind, Li Xiaolang suddenly felt his body and mind open up, and even the magic power flowing back into his body became much lighter.

The heavy pressure that had been weighing on him was swept away, and he couldn't help but shout: "Xiaoying, I believe you, it will be absolutely fine!"

"Ok!"

Sakura, who had her back to Li Syaoran, did not turn around, but just turned her head and smiled back: "Absolutely! No problem!"

"fly!"

A translucent flying object like cloth appeared from the transparent card, and then it wrapped around Sakura and tied into a bow at the back of her waist, and Sakura flew into the sky with it.

On the ground, Li Syaoran half-knelt with a sword in his hand, propped himself up and looked up at the sky, silently cheering for Sakura in his heart.

And above the sky, the thunder beasts, who had long been unable to contain themselves, immediately saw the opportunity and roared as they poked out of the plasma cloud, falling like meteors one after another with a loud rumbling sound.

Roar——!!

The blinding lightning pierced the earth, illuminating this illusory space.

"reflection!"

Facing the thunder beasts, Sakura threw out a reflective card with her backhand and tapped her wand. An invisible barrier instantly appeared, rippling in the air like waves.

In an instant, the thunder beasts that turned into lightning attacked. The bloody mouths of the materialized thunder element bit the barrier, but due to its reflective properties, it could not break through the invisible barrier.

Realizing that their bite was powerless, the thunder beasts did not hesitate. Their bodies instantly glowed with silver-white light, and electric arcs like branches kept splashing and roaring.

The next moment!
Boom! ...

A blazing white light lit up, the dazzling lightning illuminated the sky and the earth, and a rumbling sound resounded throughout the entire space.

Li Xiaolang's face below turned pale under the white light, and his heart beat faster again. This time it was not because of his heartbeat, but simply because of fear.

Seeing that they could not break through the reflective barrier, the attacking thunder beasts simply exploded. Even though they were far away, he could feel his skin tingling.

As for the situation of Sakura who was facing the explosion, he could not see anything because of the blinding light and the blazing whiteness. He could only hold his heart in his chest and pray silently that Sakura would be safe.

He didn't know if his prayers worked, but when the white light faded and the picture became clear again, he couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, and his heart was relieved at the same time.

Above the sky, Sakura's small body was still flying safely in the air. In front of her was the Thunder Beast, which had already consumed more than half of its strength, and was wandering in the plasma cloud with its teeth bared and claws sharpened.

Although her small figure looked like an ant trying to shake a tree against the backdrop of the group of hideous thunder beasts, she still gave people an inexplicable sense of security.

At this time, the sky.

Perhaps knowing that their attacks were useless, the remaining thunder beasts did not launch another attack. Instead, they vigilantly huddled in the plasma cloud, waiting for their chance to come.

Seeing this, Sakura, who was facing the group of thunder beasts, chuckled and took back the reflection card, then took out another card while talking to herself.

"Now that you have finished your attack, it is my turn."

She is no longer the Sakura who can only passively defend. If the group of thunder beasts had not attacked her first, she might have been the first to launch an attack.

"spiral!"

The transparent card glowed faintly, and the spiral card in front of the magic wand immediately turned into an abstract spiral, twisting and spinning, pulling the wind, causing the space to appear slightly distorted.

"Crush all the thunder!"

At a command, the continuously rotating spiral instantly rushed straight into the sky, stirring up the space in front and causing continuous vibrations.

Pillars of lightning fell from the sky, as if to stop the spiral from moving forward. However, as soon as the lightning got close, the spiral ground it into fine arcs like a millstone, and then dissipated into the air.

The next second after all the attacks were dealt with, Spiral had already arrived in the plasma cloud, stirring up ripples in the cloud and scaring the thunder beasts to roar continuously.

Provoked, the thunder beasts in the cloud no longer hesitated, but before they could move forward to bite and attack, the spiral suddenly expanded its body and accelerated its rotation speed, wrapping the entire plasma cloud in one breath.

Buzz—!
A slight trembling sound was heard, and the space wrapped in the spiral began to rotate. The thunder beasts were also trapped in the closed spiral and could not escape.

In just a few seconds, all the thunder beasts were ruthlessly crushed by the spiral.

The suppressed plasma cloud also began to shrink its range as the spiral continued to rotate.

When the spiral shrank to its original size, the dazzling plasma cloud had transformed into a star crystal sparkling with a crystal luster.

"It is as expected." Looking at the familiar crystal trapped in the spiral, Sakura understood in her heart that it seemed that not only new cards appeared this time, but also the weather card that failed to be completely condensed.

Judging from the thunder beast and thunder just now, the weather this time should be thunderous.

She thought that during a storm there would be thunder, wind and rain at the same time, but she didn't expect that this time there would only be thunder.

How can I put it? Fortunately, she is in this state now. If she was in her previous state, she might have to rely on others to solve the problem.

But if that was really her previous personality, she probably wouldn't have subconsciously caused the thunderstorm to occur.

After all, according to her naive and innocent personality before she turned around, unless she was really furious, such a thunderstorm would never happen.

While thinking in her mind, Sakura did not just stand there and watch. She flew forward and flew towards the star crystal.

I don't know if I can capture it this time. If not, then forget it. But if I can, I can take advantage of the situation and get it.

When Sakura flew to the side of the spiral, the core crystal trapped inside the spiral seemed to sense Sakura's arrival and could not help but tremble.

"Are you still afraid?"

Sakura muttered curiously, raising her wands with both hands, causing a magic circle to light up beneath the empty space below her feet, and she simply chanted.

"Ownerless things..."

Snapped!
As expected, as soon as she chanted the spell, the crystal suddenly shattered into tiny pieces, just like the last time, and the time before that.

Even with the spiral as a restriction, the broken crystal fragments gradually melted into the air until there was nothing inside the spiral.

Watching the core crystal disappear once again, Sakura was not depressed. After all, whether she was now or before her personality change, she believed that she would be able to obtain this troublesome card sooner or later.

The worst that can happen is that it will just be a little more trouble. There are a lot of strange things happening now anyway, so there's no need to take it to heart.

Thinking of this, Sakura turned the spiral into a card again and put it away, then turned around and flew towards Li Syaoran's position.

Grass below.

Li Syaoran, with a worried look in his eyes, watched Sakura solve all the problems without blinking. Then he could not help but lower his head and gently rub his sore eyes with his hands.

After staring at the bright light for so long, his eyes had become dry and sore. He had kept his eyes open just now entirely by his own will, but now he could finally relax.

But before he could relieve the fatigue in his eyes, Sakura's clear voice suddenly sounded in front of him.

"Don't rub your eyes."

"Sakura!"

Hearing the voice, Li Xiaolang quickly looked up, not caring that his eyes were still feeling a little uncomfortable.

In his slightly blurred vision, Sakura was standing quietly in front of him, holding the wand with both hands behind her back, leaning forward and bending over, with her head slightly tilted and smiling gently.

"How about it? I'm handsome too, right?"

"Well... you're the most handsome!"

"Then did you feel moved again?"

"I……"

Facing Sakura's smile, Li Syaoran's face turned slightly red and his eyes subconsciously drifted to the side.

But as soon as he moved his eyes away, he quickly shook his head and looked at it seriously, his lips trembling slightly, and he gritted his teeth to force the words in his heart out of his throat.

"I, I've always been moved..."

Hearing this, Sakura, who was originally smiling, couldn't help but be stunned, but soon she returned to her previous smiling expression, except that her earlobes turned slightly red.

"Really? You can say something like that..."

Xiaoying murmured in a voice as thin as a mosquito, reached out and pulled Li Syaoran up, and before he could react, she opened her arms and hugged him in her arms.

"Me too, my heart is always beating for you."

When Sakura suddenly hugged him, Li Syaoran's body stiffened and he was a little at a loss.

Just feeling Sakura's strong arms and warm and gentle embrace, his originally stiff body gradually relaxed, and the sword that was tightly held in his hand also slipped away weakly.

Without any words, he hugged Sakura tightly, feeling the intimacy of the one he loved.

After hugging each other quietly for a long time, the two were reluctant to separate.

Although Li Syaoran also took the initiative to hug Sakura, his face was still flushed and he looked shy. Sakura, on the other hand, had completely calmed down, with only her ears still a little red.

The two looked at each other and could see the deep affection flowing in each other's eyes.

"Okay, the crisis has been resolved, we should leave here."

"Well, Xia Yu might be waiting impatiently, let's go over there."

(End of this chapter)