Chapter 208: Chapter 154: Courting Death_2
Long Yi’s appearance at this moment was terrible. The sleeve of one of his arms was completely gone, and half of his hair was scorched. His face was full of uncontrolled liquids that were the result of electrocution.
"Bullshit, all I did was remembering the days when I ran under the sunset, the time of my lost youth!" Long Yi wiped his face vigorously, then limped off.
Poor Long Yi’s body was half-paralyzed by the electrocution. Each step was excruciatingly painful, but inside, he was extremely excited because he could feel the mysterious object that was peacefully resting in his hand. He didn’t know how to describe it—it didn’t seem material nor energy.
Long Yi wasn’t sure what the mysterious object was. He thought that maybe he should take advantage of the moment to investigate it. He estimated that he had already wasted more than ten minutes. He had already elevated his strength to the peak and couldn’t maintain this state for too long. Otherwise, Bajie would be forced to evolve. Long Yi had to make a choice.
Should he look into the mysterious object first or investigate the history of the academy?
In the end, Long Yi decided to check the history of the academy first, because it wouldn’t be just him who understood the mysterious object. For example, the Magic Tutor at the Imperial Magic Research Institute should know, who had even promised to teach him how to make magic scrolls. Perhaps he could visit him, learn how to make scrolls, and inquire about the mysterious object in the meantime.
But could it always be referred to as the mysterious object?
An electric snake? Also enjoy swallowing Fighting Aura?
"I’ll call you Gluttonous Snake." Long Yi declared.
As Long Yi limped in front, the young man and the big man behind him just watched, surprised to see that Long Yi was incessantly climbing up without any signs of stopping after more than thirty levels.
At first, the young man found Long Yi to be an interesting character but now, he began to reassess him.
"The barrier we just passed through was challenging even for us, but he kept moving forward at a steady pace. His strength might not be inferior to us." The young man opens up subtly.
"Hmph." The big man let out a snort beside the young man. Despite his resistance, he had to admit that the young man was right. Just the fact that Long Yi had withstood the onslaught of the rules and was still able to walk was enough to astonish him. Long Yi’s face was just a stream of snot and tears, but if it were an ordinary person, they’d probably have fainted on the spot.
Indeed, neither of them had seen how long Long Yi had been in contact with the electric arc. If they had, their expressions would likely be different.
Long Yi continued to ascend while the young man and the big man followed. Finally, at the forty-fifth level, although his body was still in severe pain, the numbness caused by the electrical shock had completely disappeared, and he was fully mobile. The young man and the big man behind him were amazed at his recovery since the damage caused by the rules disregards one’s individual ability to recover unless the rules disappear and stop after a certain period of time.
Long Yi, however, was perfectly fine?
"I bet this brat saw us following him and put on an act to fool us." The big man speculated.
"Can one pretend to be paralyzed?" The young man gave him a sidelong glance.
"I can!"
"Bullshit." The young man ignored the big man’s boasting and looked at Long Yi, who had already turned towards the direction of the bookshelves, lost in thought. Then, he chuckled, "Impressive strength for a third year. Looks like there are hidden talents among our underclassmen."
The big man scoffed and said, "Hidden talents my ass, I could crush them with one hand! A mere third-year thinking he can show off in front of us eighth-years... He’s got to be sick of living."
"Doesn’t it shame you to talk about crushing a third-year student as an eighth-year?" The young man laughed.
"Damn, I’m ashamed! I can’t argue with you! You’re always right!" The big man shook his head in resignation and climbed up further.
The young man looked at Long Yi, who had disappeared behind the bookshelves, took a step forward, then pulled back, turned around and climbed up.
"Academy history... academy history... academy log... academy log..."
Silently murmuring, Long Yi walked through rows of bookshelves. Even though it was past eleven o’clock at night, there were still quite a few people here. Their clothes and their demeanor suggested that they were already part of the regular forces. After all, this was the forty-fifth floor and two dragon marks were definitely the standard for seventh-years and even graduates.
There weren’t many bookshelves on the forty-fifth floor, but after looking around, Long Yi couldn’t find anything about history or logs.
Could it be a mistake? But the index card on the first floor was clearly new, it could not be wrong, could it?
After a few circles, Long Yi still couldn’t find it, but the loud noise his big figure made stepping on the floor was beyond annoying. Finally, someone couldn’t stand it anymore and stepped forward, lowering his voice to yell at Long Yi: "Either stay quiet or get lost!"
