Soul Trigger

Chapter 627 Bloody Test

Sally, who had walked over, smiled slightly and put her arm around Ji Li.
"Do you remember when Coach Bond (sports coach) liked watching OFC matches?"

Then quietly approach:

"I gave him two tickets..."

Anya was naturally very unhappy to see Sally embracing Ji Li with a smug look on her face.

Just as she was about to explode, she calmed down and realized that what happened between her and Ji Li was something that ordinary people could not imagine or even touch upon.

Sally's plan was to assign her to the opposite side of Ji Li, then, seeing that Ji Li wasn't in good form, steal her "boyfriend" and win against her in volleyball, right?

The ultimate goal, of course, was to annoy her; this kind of thing had happened many times between Anya and Sally since they were children.

childish!

She snorted coldly, completely ignoring Sally's actions, and kissed Ji Li on the cheek before turning around and striding towards the volleyball court.

This action drew cheers from the young men and women around them, and Sally was also taken aback.

She was taken aback when Anya didn't seem angry at all and just let her hug her boyfriend.

She turned her head to look at Ji Li and found that he was looking at her with a mocking expression. Startled, she subconsciously let go of his hand.

Besides the time Ji Li "went for real" with her, there was also the scene she just witnessed in the locker room.

Now, whenever she sees Ji Li, all she can think about is that thing covered in hot oil going back and forth, and she shudders as if she's suddenly struck by a serious illness.

Then, realizing he might have broken his composure, he suppressed his disgust and pulled Ji Li back into his arms—

She refused to believe that Anya would remain so calm when she snuggled into Ji Li's arms, hugged him tightly, and shoved him into her chest.

However, Ji Li didn't go along with her plan and took a small step to dodge:
Just take a look at the small theater; there's a little bat lurking in the shadows watching you.

As for Jason, who was standing next to him, he was so delighted that he forgot all about finding the history professor earlier.

What could be more satisfying than beating up your love rival with your sweetheart?

As a result, the kiss Anya gave Ji Li on the cheek woke him up, and he changed his attitude faster than turning the pages of a book.

He pushed aside Grayson, who had come up to comfort him, and walked to a corner to call his history teacher.
"I'm not feeling well."

Given his appearance and his status as the grandson of a school board member, the coach gave him a couple of words of advice and then stopped insisting. He then raised his voice and pointed to Grayson, the boy with the earring next to him, to take Jason's place.

Grayson, who had meant well but was slapped by his older brother, was feeling a bit annoyed. But when he heard this, he got excited and decided to help Jason teach Ji Li a lesson.

But he wasn't the only one paying attention to what was happening inside the stadium—

Aiguir pushed through the crowd, snatched the volleyball, and walked up, shoving aside his defeated opponent Grayson, grabbing Ji Li by the collar and pulling him aside:
We haven't settled the score for Ji Li losing the four-leaf clover pendant she stole yet, so why should outsiders have the right to teach her brother a lesson?
"Didn't I tell you to stop hanging around Anya all the time? If Jason gets his eye on you, I won't care!"

Seeing that Aiquier had intervened, Ji Li raised his hands in a gesture of surrender and laughed:
"Thank you for your concern, dear sister, but you don't need to worry about me too much about this."

Aquil was furious at the sight of him.

Pulitzer used to be so subservient to her, like a sick little dog, constantly sucking the blood out of the house, which was annoying to look at.

Pulitzer is now becoming increasingly unresponsive, which is even more frustrating, but if she doesn't intervene, Aunt Duke will be heartbroken, so she can only sigh and let go.

Then, remembering that he had another matter to discuss with Pulitzer, he cautiously glanced around and asked in a low voice with a solemn expression:
"You were called into the room this morning. What did that woman ask you? Did she do anything to you? Were you also given blood samples?"

Faced with his sister's sudden change in attitude, Ji Liqi asked:

"The city officials are investigating past events; it's just a routine inquiry. Why are you so concerned about this?"

Aquil did not participate in the jungle party, so she was not on Angelica's list and naturally did not participate in the inquiry in the morning.

However, her sudden question about this matter, especially the blood draw, is rather intriguing...

Upon hearing Ji Li's answer, Equalon frowned, becoming even more displeased, and said:
"Just tell me, didn't you? You gave me blood?"

"If they want to provide a blood sample, can I refuse?"

"What an idiot..."

Aquil looked anxious, and seeing his bare neck, devoid of the four-leaf clover necklace, she became even more annoyed and angrily said:

"Don't have any more contact with that woman. This is for your own good."

After saying that, he grabbed the volleyball and walked onto the court, uttering a harsh remark before he left:

"Don't cry later, you shouldn't have lost the things I gave you."

Ji Li smiled. So he came to get revenge because of this, and also to check on the tool that was caught in the middle between the evil school beauty and her childhood sweetheart boyfriend?

That's probably how it appears from Eguiel's perspective.

However, Aquile was very sensitive to Angelica's arrival, especially regarding the blood collection.

Adding to this, there's the fact that Aquile could see Clementine before and even produced the spiritual four-leaf clover pendant.

Ji Li could easily deduce that Aquile must have discovered something from Angelica.

So far, Ji Li has not sensed any obvious spiritual fluctuations from Aiquier, with whom she spends every day, which means that Aiquier is not an Awakened.

However, she does exhibit an unusual sensitivity to spiritual matter, and it is highly likely that she possesses a sustenance object, as the characteristic of sustenance objects is that their spiritual matter fluctuations are very subtle and difficult to detect when not activated.

Ji Li glanced at Aiguir, who was dressed in formal sportswear, and found nothing special except for a volleyball glove, so he wasn't in a hurry.

The coach specifically mentioned himself and Jason, who happened to be the ones Angelica was targeting, so they needed to be more vigilant.

After all, he didn't know what "special method" Angelica was planning to use to test him and Jason.

Just as Ji Li lifted his leg to walk towards the center of the field, a striking silver hair caught his eye out of the corner of his eye—

Angelica Laurent.

She emerged from a small door beneath the audience seats, accompanied by a town government official in a suit.

A coach also came out, clapping his hands to attract everyone's attention.

He told everyone that the young man next to him had come to Red Maple Town for the county sailing competition and was a visitor from the neighboring town government.

Since it's PE class time right now, let's join the school activities with the police officers who are visiting today, get everyone to applaud and welcome them, and clear out a competition area.

Turning his head, Ji Li met Angelica's gaze. He smiled and waved lightly, but a thought flashed through his mind:
The volleyball coach selected the four-person match team because Sally bribed the coach using his personal preferences, specifically targeting Anya.

But his previous guess was correct; the selection of the person had nothing to do with Angelica. However, she, who had been observing this place, probably wouldn't let go of this opportunity to test the waters, and she came now.

However, Jansen is currently on the sidelines, and her reason for playing on the court is to play volleyball with government officials. How is this young girl planning to test the waters?
They chose the most eye-catching volleyball court, which was the one where Ji Li and the others were.

The volleyball courts are not large, but there are several of them scattered throughout the venue.

A practice session takes just the right amount of time, but a single class period is certainly not enough to accommodate all students, so other volleyball courts are now also used for students to score in mini-competitions.

Angelica took over the volleyball court that Ji Li and the others had prepared, so the place where Ji Li and the other three had their class volleyball match was moved to a spot next to Angelica against the wall.

It was right at the corner, where some cleaning supplies and sports equipment were piled up, along with some sharp objects, such as bare-knuckle fencing swords and pitchforks commonly seen in Europe for farming.

Are you trying to cause an accident and induce bleeding?
Angelica's blood-related abilities reminded Ji Li of this, but it seemed somewhat far-fetched.

And Jason was in that corner of the stands right now, or was he planning to throw a volleyball at his face?

While I was pondering this, a fight had already broken out on Angelica's side.

Aquile, who had been observing Angelica, turned her head and saw Ji Li also watching, realizing that he had taken her advice to heart. As a reward, before the coach even blew the whistle, she hurled a volleyball at him. Ji Li's eyes flickered, and he pretended to slip to dodge, but the volleyball struck away a pale arm that was slapping towards his shoulder—

The sound of rubber colliding with flesh and bone made Sally Foster cry out in surprise, and she rubbed her arm hard.

Anya, who was standing opposite, burst into laughter, while Sally's annoyed gaze flickered back and forth between Aiquier and Jili.

But for the sake of her tactics, she rolled her eyes and, with a tearful expression, hugged Ji Li, her big eyes blinking:

"Pulitzer, could you rub it for me?"

Anya immediately exclaimed "tui!" Childish, shameless!

The coach noticed Aquile's "false start" and blew his whistle to get everyone back to their positions. After checking on Sally and finding that she only had a red mark, he gave Aquile a verbal reprimand and then gave the order to start.

Aiguil served first. Anya, who had just finished a high-intensity workout with Ji Li in the locker room, was like a dead dog, standing there yawning, clearly trying to get through this PE class.

Ji Li, who was watching Angelica's side, was speechless.

Although Aquile knew that Angelica had a problem, she had no experience with Awakened Ones and obviously did not think that the other party would make a move at this time, so she began to take revenge on Ji Li with confidence.

Although Ji Li really wanted to send this girl back with a cannonball to show her the power of her brother when he got serious, considering that Angelica was right next to him, he once again chose to dodge as the powerful ball came hurtling towards him.
Anyway, it'll only be three balls, let this wild girl finish those three balls quickly and then we'll talk.

Just as he was thinking this, he heard a scream from behind him.

As he dodged, the volleyball bounced off its original spot and struck Sally in the face.

As the ball landed, the stiff girl, her face flushed, glared angrily at the brother and sister:

"you?!"

Anya burst into laughter again.

He was clutching his stomach, laughing so hard he could barely breathe. If it weren't for his image, he probably would have laughed himself to the ground.

Ji Li was also surprised by the girl's bad luck and was speechless for a moment:
"...Shall I rub your face?"

Sally wiped her face; she changed her mind.

On purpose, absolutely on purpose.

Anya must have spoken ill of her to Pulitzer. Equiel is his sister, and the three of them are in cahoots. He did it on purpose!

Do you think I've never played volleyball?!
Sally Foster, who had been hit twice, changed her mind:
If the other side serves again, she's definitely going to push Ji Li's face up and let him taste the pain.

Don't you know how precious a girl's face is?!
As for Aiquier, his eyes flashed with a sharp light, ignoring Anya who was laughing loudly next to him, and he looked very unhappy.

As the captain of the school's second volleyball team, she wouldn't tolerate making a third mistake and was determined to give Pulitzer a hard time.

Everyone returned to their positions, and it was Eguier's turn to serve again.

Seeing the red-haired girl's gleaming eyes and the volleyball she threw, the trajectory prediction in Ji Li's ascension agreement became somewhat chaotic.

Watching the volleyball hurtling towards him at breakneck speed, seemingly unavoidable, Ji Li suddenly realized what was wrong with his younger sister:
It's the sports glove she's wearing.

The gloves were enhancing her abilities.

Because this volleyball was so fast that it made a whooshing sound as it flew straight toward Ji Li's face, if it hit him, he would probably be knocked unconscious.

At this moment, Angelica, who was standing next to her, seemed to notice something was wrong. She looked at Aquil with suspicion in her eyes, and then a flash of silver light appeared in her eyes. Without hesitation, she activated her ability.

At the same time, Ji Li also sensed the burst of spiritual energy emanating from the other party, knowing that Angelica was preparing to make her move at this moment.

But most of the spiritual reactions didn't originate from Angelica, but from her left side—

boom! ! ! !

The wooden wall shattered, and to everyone's astonishment, a massive figure roared and crashed out like a chariot, charging towards the group of people in the arena—

It was a giant bear with bloodshot eyes, tearing through the crowd like a hail of bullets amidst a whirlwind of exploding winds that sent splinters flying.

The bear's mouth was spitting, its sharp teeth were bared, and a foul stench wafted over.

Was it because of the jungle party's "bear cave" story that you actually brought a bear?
Ji Li instantly realized that this guy had switched their positions for no other reason than to place them against the wall.

The four of them were the first to be hit when the bear suddenly attacked!

It is indeed "special," but it is also undeniably simple and crude...

As Ji Li's thoughts raced, Xiong rushed in, seemingly heading straight for Aiquier.

But the next moment, his nose twitched as if he had caught a whiff of something, and blood suddenly burst from his eyes. Amidst screams, he slammed his fist on the ground and turned to run straight towards Ji Li.

This scene startled Angelica, the instigator, who quickly realized the problem and looked towards Ji Li's side—

That was Sally, and she was lunging at Ji Li, intending to grab him and make him take the third volleyball, thus completing her little act of revenge.

Perhaps because of the volleyball that hit her face, a trickle of blood seeped from her nose without her even realizing it.

Damn it, this girl is bleeding...

Sally was terrified.

Because she lunged at Ji Li, her current movement was almost as if she were about to hug Ji Li and send him into the bear's mouth together, while a volleyball was flying towards her position at high speed.

She lunged at Ji Li to restrict his movement, but the problem now is no longer about Equiel's ball and the infighting between alumni, but that she is going to die, and possibly kill Pulitzer as well!
In an instant, Sally's mind went blank, and her thoughts began to race.

The next moment she snapped back to reality, the surge of adrenaline making her tremble:

"Pulitzer! Get out of the way!!"

Anya was able to lead her students to fight their way out of the underground castle, perhaps because her younger sister Sally inherited some of their parents' adventurous genes.

Under the intense numbing effect of adrenaline, she twisted her ankle with a sharp crack, and the forward fall pushed Ji Li into the safe angle between the bear and the ball.

Although Ji Li dodged the attack, which is why she took two hits, it was just bad luck at worst.

But now Ji Li is surrounded by a bear behind her, a ball on her side, and in front of her, she has to pounce on the other and feed it into the bear's mouth. Isn't this just forcing the innocent person to their death?
She wasn't thinking about anything else at that moment; in this life-or-death situation, her body moved faster than her brain.

Just as she felt the touch on Ji Li, her mind caught up with her body's movement and she came to her senses:
Pulitzer pushed her away, so what about her?

puff.

"Pulitzer!!! (Sally!!!)"

Amid two piercing screams, Sally heard the sound of bones cracking, felt warm blood splatter onto her face, and was embraced firmly.

She suddenly opened her eyes, which she had closed at some point, and saw a scene that she could hardly believe.

Pulitzer was kneeling on the ground, one hand crushed and bloodied by the bear's jaws, the other hand holding her tightly in his arms.

Then, the volleyball that Aquile hit finally arrived and hit the bear right on the head.

The bear cried out in pain, seemingly stunned for a moment, and then sliced ​​off a large piece of flesh from Ji Li's arm, shaking its head.

The bloody scene brought Sally to tears, but it also allowed Xiong to successfully release Ji Li's arm.

She grabbed Ji Li's arms with all her might and, limping, dragged him desperately toward the edge of the field:

"I'm so sorry... I'm so sorry!!!"
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P.S.: My head is killing me, I'll stop here and rest now...

(End of this chapter)