Chapter 584 - 571: Be Your True Self

Chapter 584: Chapter 571: Be Your True Self

Ten minutes later, Lei Yun’Er and Lei Yue’er walked with their heads down, fidgeting with their fingers like they had done something wrong. Meanwhile, Mu Chen strode ahead of them with a grim expression, his hands clasped behind his back. Five cracks had appeared on his pitch-black mask, and the cheek beneath it stung with a faint, burning pain.

He was in a very bad mood. Not only had he been taken advantage of, but he had also been slapped for no reason. Moreover, that slap had carried the power of an Eighth-Ring Martial Emperor, and he had taken it completely off-guard.

Lei Yue’er’s little face was still flushed. Following behind Mu Chen, she would occasionally peek at his back. When she saw that he wasn’t saying a word, she lowered her head again, feeling wronged as tears welled up in her eyes.

"Sob, sob... Brother Mu Chen... I know I was wrong... Please don’t be mad at me... I really... I really didn’t do it on purpose..."

Hearing the crying from behind him, Mu Chen’s heart instantly softened. The one thing he couldn’t stand was a girl crying because of him—especially one who was younger than him and so adorable.

Sighing softly, Mu Chen turned around and placed his hands on Lei Yue’er’s shoulders. "Alright, alright, I don’t blame you," he said helplessly. "After all, it was a sudden situation."

"Sob... Really?"

Glistening tears slid down Lei Yue’er’s mask, and Mu Chen’s heart felt as if it had been viciously stabbed. He had been through countless trials; how could he stoop to getting angry with such a delicate girl? Thinking back on it now, he really had been a bit too harsh.

Gently, he took hold of Lei Yue’er’s mask and, with a light squeeze, removed it. The sight made his heart ache. Her once-adorable face was now streaked with tears, and her large, golden eyes were brimming with mist. He truly hadn’t expected his momentary anger to cause the delicate Lei Yue’er so much pain.

He quickly wiped away her tears with his sleeve and ruffled her hair, saying softly, "I’m sorry. I shouldn’t have gotten angry with Yue’Er. It was Brother Mu Chen’s fault. Don’t cry anymore."

His words had an immediate effect. Lei Yue’er stopped crying at once and asked again for confirmation, "Really?"

"Really," Mu Chen replied without hesitation.

"That’s good. But I think I used a lot of force just now. My hand even hurts from hitting you." As she spoke, Lei Yue’er shook her hand.

Mu Chen’s mouth twitched. He gave a dry cough. "Are you saying I’m thick-skinned?"

"No, no, no, I’m not."

"Is that so?" Taking a deep breath, a wisp of Fire Attribute Elemental Power rose from Mu Chen’s palm, drying Lei Yue’er’s mask in an instant. He then used a trace of Ice Attribute Elemental Power to dissipate the residual heat before putting it back on for her.

Lei Yun’Er, who was standing to the side, saw everything unfold. She didn’t try to stop Mu Chen’s actions because she felt an emotion from him that she had never experienced before. It wasn’t love, but it made her want to rely on him immensely. In that moment, she was very envious of Lei Yue’er. She even began to fantasize, ’imagining she was the one whose hair was being ruffled, whose tears were being wiped away, the one being comforted—not her sister.’

However, her disposition was naturally more mature, so she immediately cast such fantasies aside and returned to her usual self.

With the tense atmosphere broken, Mu Chen could finally ask about the camp battle. Thinking of this, he said directly, "Yun Yue, what should we do next?"

"Yun Yue?" Lei Yun’Er was instantly displeased. She said scornfully, "You call my sister ’Yue’Er,’ but you call me by my codename. That’s a pretty big difference in treatment."

Mu Chen broke into a nervous sweat. "But isn’t she the younger sister?"

"Tch." Lei Yun’Er pouted. "My mental age might be a bit older than Yue’Er’s, but I’m only one minute older than her in actual age, okay?"

"Er... alright, then I’ll call you Yun’Er." After speaking, Mu Chen’s expression faltered for a moment. He rubbed his chin. ’Something feels off about this.’

Lei Yun’Er’s eyes curved into a smile. "There’s nothing off about it. Next, we need to search. Search for students from the White Camp. Now that we have a High-level Thug like you, Yue’Er and I finally don’t have to find a place to hide. By the way, did you ask the registrar for a crystal?"

"A crystal?" Mu Chen’s mouth fell open. He gave a bitter smile. "I think I forgot."

"How could you forget that!"

"Er, you have to be understanding with a newcomer."

"..."

And so, all the way from the forest to its edge, Mu Chen was subjected to Lei Yun’Er’s scornful complaints. But just then, four white figures suddenly emerged from their side!

"Three targets! No summoned Magical Beasts! Three crystals in the bag!"

The moment the words fell, the four white figures shot toward Mu Chen’s group with a WHOOSH. Mu Chen didn’t even look. His years in the Demon Beast Forest had long since accustomed him to listening to the movements of the wind, so he had already detected the four of them the instant he stepped out of the forest.

There was no need for Lei Yun’Er or Lei Yue’er to even act. Mu Chen’s figure blurred, and with a flash of lightning, his Primordial Power erupted. A blinding silver flash burst forth, and with a deafening BOOM, the entire world fell silent.

"That’s... an Attack Technique, Flash Thunder." Lei Yun’Er’s dazed eyes flickered. At this moment, she was finally certain that Mu Chen possessed the other two techniques of Furious Thunder Force. Not only that, but he had also cultivated both combat methods to the state of Great Success!

A few breaths later, Lei Yun’Er and Lei Yue’er’s vision finally returned to normal. However, the scene that greeted them left them speechless. Sprawled on the ground were four figures, all unconscious. And Mu Chen? He was currently patting them down, muttering to himself, "Crystals, crystals..."