Chapter 705: Chapter 523: An Urge to Cry
Before picking up the Gongshan Siblings, Lin Feng specifically instructed Yun Tianqi and Ye Xing to disguise themselves and act low-key, all to hide the identities of the Gongshan Siblings.
The Infant Spirit that Gongshan refined was very special. Although this Demon Spirit grows slowly, its innate skills are extremely abnormal.
Devouring Beast Souls and others’ souls, replicating their abilities—just hearing this evokes an evil feeling, sure to instill fear in others.
Even close teammates would constantly be on guard, especially in dire moments, since no one wants their soul to be imprisoned after death.
Nor do they want to be ambushed and assassinated.
The more special the ability, the more one fears it.
This kind of ability would also attract the scrutiny of certain forces, possessing value for exploitation and development.
Not to mention the unprecedented situation of the Infant Spirit merging with Gong Xiaoxiao, which will likely lead many factions to want to research and experiment on it.
This is also why Gongshan deliberately hid the existence of the Infant Spirit on Awakening Day.
And why he dared not expose his sister’s uniqueness.
Lin Feng gave many instructions, and Yun Tianqi and Ye Xing did disguise themselves, but this evidently had no effect.
After they returned to the hotel, photos and information about the Gongshan Siblings had already reached the media’s hands.
While Lin Feng and his group were dining, major TV stations started to scramble to report on it.
For the past half month, the topics of who submitted resumes, who had special abilities, and who could potentially become the new members of the Avengers Alliance have been hot topics for the media and the entire nation.
Some corporations and forces tried every possible way to network through various channels, even offering sky-high prices, all to obtain a membership spot.
It’s not an exaggeration to say that becoming a member of the Avengers Alliance is even more precious than getting a spot in the King Becoming plan.
Some geniuses purposefully caused a stir to attract the Alliance’s attention, drawing media focus and reports.
This past half month, there’s been no shortage of news.
But throughout, no success stories emerged.
Just at this critical moment of inducting new members, Yun Tianqi and Ye Xing personally brought back a pair of siblings, making the answer obvious.
The girl is only about five or six years old, with no strength to even truss a chicken, naturally making her unlikely to become a new member of the Avengers Alliance.
That leaves only the boy.
Detailed information about Gongshan was investigated and made public, but nothing special was found.
From Zhouyun City, his parents unfortunately died during a Demon Beast siege, leaving just the siblings. At eighteen years old and having dropped out of his senior year, Gongshan, a Ninth Rank Body Cultivator, failed his Awakening Day and couldn’t refine a Demon Spirit.
How could such an ordinary high school student, who can’t even refine a Demon Spirit, qualify to join the Avengers Alliance?
He must have some special ability!
Special enough to make the Avengers Alliance ignore his strength and make an exception to admit him.
Speculation about Gongshan’s abilities climbed to third place on the national trending searches within an hour.
The emergence of a new member in the Avengers Alliance, especially someone unknown and not even a Martial Artist, not only sparked widespread debate but also dissatisfaction among some super talents who submitted resumes. Some were so upset that they vented their dissatisfaction and questions on forums, hoping for an official response from the Avengers Alliance regarding their selection criteria.
But facing these doubts, how could Lin Feng and his team take notice?
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"How could this happen?"
When Gongshan’s identity was exposed, Chen Zong turned pale watching that familiar figure on TV.
He already had a bad premonition in his heart.
When the Gongshan Siblings left, he hadn’t cleared out the villa, leaving a way out for himself.
He had prepared for the worst, but never expected it to be this bad.
He never imagined Gongshan would join the Avengers Alliance.
How could he possibly join the Avengers Alliance?
At this point, Chen Zong finally understood why those two ignored him, not even sparing him a glance, completely treating him as nonexistent.
Because those were Yun Tianqi and Ye Xing!
It’s completely normal for them to disregard him, what qualifications did he have to earn their attention?
He knew he was done for.
Everything was over.
His years of accumulation, half a life’s effort turned to nothing.
He began to regret it, regretting his greed.
But regret was already useless.
He didn’t dare make any moves out of fear of provoking Gongshan.
Whether he could continue to live depended on just a word from Gongshan now.
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Even before joining the Avengers Alliance, Gongshan was already feeling overwhelming pressure.
On TV, out of ten channels, three had news about him, and Martial Artist forums were filled with posts about him.
"Who’s this guy!"
"He looks so pathetic, not even a Martial Artist, what makes him qualified to join the Avengers Alliance?"
"He must have a special ability, just not sure what it is?"
"Could this be a connection?"
"Maybe they let him join out of pity."
"There are lots of pitiful people, what’s he?"
On the forum, netizens almost uniformly questioned and mocked.
Avengers Alliance members are too Demon Fiends, with achievements too glorious, and fans in the billions. Everyone knows the future is limitless if one joins.
Hundreds of thousands of people want to join, even super geniuses and Kings can’t get in, yet a seemingly ordinary teenager can join, why?
So many people are jealous, those comments are infuriating, but after seeing so many, Gongshan has become numb.
Since he can’t refute, he chooses not to look.
Besides, he hasn’t truly joined the Avengers Alliance yet, and isn’t sure if he can sign the Contract. It might be his sister who signs the Contract, he could just be an auxiliary member.
Only by signing the Contract can one be a member of the Avengers Alliance and have the possibility of quickly increasing strength. Gongshan knows this.
But he also knows the preciousness of the Contract quota.
He doesn’t dare hope both quotas are given to his siblings.
Lin Feng didn’t specify the details, he also doesn’t dare to ask.
Everything depends on testing his sister’s abilities first.
Gong Xiaoxiao slept for a whole day, a full 24 hours. When she woke up the next day, it was just time for a meal, and after brushing her teeth and washing her face, she began the Big Stomach King mode again.
This meal, she didn’t eat as extravagantly as yesterday, her food intake was reduced by a third, but still was the most among everyone.
Despite her small body, even with reduced food intake, it still seemed very exaggerated.
After the meal, she took a simple break, then began testing Gong Xiaoxiao’s strength.
Everyone went to the training hall.
On the way, Gongshan first experienced what it feels like to be the center of attention. Everyone passing by used curious and questioning looks to peer at him.
Gongshan could only pretend to be calm, without changing expression, though inwardly flustered.
Inside the spacious training hall, four cages were already placed, inside were four small Demon Beasts, namely a Two Tier Wind Spirit Fox and Profound Ice Turtle, Three Tier Jade Blood Spider, and Fourth Tier Illusion Bird.
All four Demon Beasts were currently in a comatose state, eyes closed, lying motionless within the cages.
"Start with the Two Tier ones first."
Lin Feng said.
In the next second, Yang Ningbing waved a hand, a lightning bolt struck down, instantly turning the Wind Spirit Fox in the first cage into charcoal.
A fist-sized, illusory Demon Spirit appeared, instinctively wanting to escape, but was bound by a force, floating in midair.
Gongshan, holding his sister, came to the cage, his mood somewhat tense. He knew whether he could join the Avengers Alliance depended on this test.
"Sister, absorb."
Gongshan placed his sister on the floor, speaking to her.
Gong Xiaoxiao looked dazed, stood there somewhat confused, seemingly not knowing what to do.
"Sister, absorb the soul, absorb the soul."
Gongshan repeated several times before she reached out towards the Wind Spirit Fox.
When she stretched her hand, a phantom beast shadow seemed to be squeezed out, appearing above the Wind Spirit Fox’s corpse. As this soul state beast shadow emerged, the Demon Spirit bound in midair instantly shattered like foam, turning into a stream of energy, absorbed by the beast shadow and ultimately fused into Gong Xiaoxiao’s body.
This time, without her brother’s reminder, Gong Xiaoxiao waved her hand, a face basin-sized Wind Blade quickly coalesced, flew over ten meters, and dissipated into the air.
The Wind Blade’s power was small, but it relieved Gongshan greatly.
The Wind Blade is the Wind Spirit Fox’s innate skill, and the fact that his sister can wield it already proves her ability.
"Having one-third the power of the Wind Spirit Fox, continue testing."
Lin Feng also relaxed his expression and said.
Half an hour later, all four Demon Beasts were turned into charcoal.
The test was very successful, Gong Xiaoxiao fused with the Infant Spirit, possessing its innate skill.
Gong Xiaoxiao’s strength reached Two Tier, able to absorb Three Tier Beast Souls but not Four Tier Beast Souls.
In other words, the Beast Soul cannot exceed her two ranks, and Beast Souls need to be fused with Demon Spirits, otherwise, the Beast Soul will disintegrate, unable to use its abilities.
Since she can absorb Beast Souls, she can naturally absorb human souls, but it cannot be tested now.
Just the Beast Souls are actually enough.
The successful test also means Gong Xiaoxiao can sign the Contract and join the Avengers Alliance.
Gongshan was very excited; this was the moment to change his sister’s destiny.
The others were somewhat nervous too, because Gong Xiaoxiao was whether a human or a ghost was being determined at this moment.
Lin Feng casually summoned the Little Green Monster, and said to Gongshan: "Let Xiaoxiao relax and not resist."
Gongshan quickly picked up his sister and comforted her next to her ear. When the Little Green Monster opened its large mouth and inhaled hard, Gong Xiaoxiao trembled, showing a painful expression on her face, but under her brother’s soothing, she did not resist.
A coin-sized, gray phantom appeared on the Little Green Monster’s chest, and under everyone’s gaze, this phantom looked like Gong Xiaoxiao.
This also indicated that Gong Xiaoxiao wasn’t devoured by the Demon Spirit.
When the Contract was established, a special feeling emerged, and everyone’s gaze towards Gong Xiaoxiao became more gentle.
At this moment, Gongshan hugged his sister tightly; although he firmly believed his sister was still here, he inexplicably felt a surge of wanting to cry.
