The next morning.
Jiangnan got up early, prepared the *Dali* potion, and took a relaxing bath!
He was in his room absorbing a spiritual bead.
Not long after, Xia Yao called out, “Xiaonan! I forgot my towel!”
“Grab it for me, it’s in the second drawer of my wardrobe!”
Jiangnan rolled his eyes, not wanting to move.
He raised his hand, opened a spatial wormhole, pulled a towel from Xia Yao’s room!
Then opened another to the bathroom, passing it over.
Xia Yao was humming happily, enjoying the thrill of her enhanced physique.
As for the desertification issue, she’d long forgotten it.
Just then, she felt a tap on her shoulder.
Startled, she spun around.
Only to see a hand appear out of thin air, holding a towel, waving it around!
“Here~
Xia Yao’s eyes filled with terror!
Like she’d seen a ghost, she leapt out of the bathtub!
“Hey! This… this…”
Sure enough, within half a minute, the sound of “thump, thump, thump!” echoed from the living room.
Xia Yao, wearing just a sports vest, burst into Jiangnan’s room!
Her fair skin still glistened with water droplets, her silver hair dripping wet.
Full of curiosity, “Xiaonan! What was that just now? Your spiritual skill?”
“How did your hand appear in the bathroom?”
Jiangnan flashed a bright smile, opened another spatial wormhole.
His hand appeared behind Xia Yao, closing the door as she looked stunned.
Xia Yao: ???
“Void Koi’s spatial wormhole, can be opened freely within a 300-metre range!”
Xia Yao, “It’s really a spatial skill? Aren’t spatial spiritual beads restricted by the government? How’d you get one?”
Jiangnan grinned, “I’ve got connections!”
Xia Yao pouted, unconvinced, then warned, “No opening spatial wormholes randomly, got it? No sneaking up on me or Xuexue!”
Jiangnan rolled his eyes, “With your sleeping habits, I could sneak up on you and you wouldn’t wake up!”
Xia Yao blushed, recalling being wrapped up like a dumpling.
[Resentment value from Xia Yao +666!]
She ground her teeth in frustration!
“Hmph! So cocky! Today, this girl will teach you a lesson!”
“Show you what a big bad wolf is!”
“Come spar with me!”
Jiangnan: ???
Spar? What’s that about.
Xia Yao dragged him to the third floor of the villa!
The third floor was a hidden gem.
Tons of gym equipment, and in the centre, a soft wrestling mat!
Zhong Yingxue, in workout gear, was sweating on the treadmill, smiling at them.
Jiangnan’s expression turned serious.
Xia Yao and Zhong Yingxue ranked high at Songjiang Lingwu, their success hard-earned.
They must train rigorously daily!
Xia Yao, excited, struck a pose on the wrestling mat, full of spirit.
“Come! Big sis will teach you a lesson, loser gets a forehead flick!”
Jiangnan smirked, getting into it, “You serious?”
Seeing his smile, Xia Yao had a bad feeling.
“No spiritual skills! No teleporting either!”
Jiangnan, “Fine!”
Xia Yao grinned, brimming with confidence!
As a close-combat fighter!
Her hand-to-hand skills were deeply honed.
Not just talk!
Three years of countless spiritual ruin trips!
Techniques polished through real combat.
Today, she’d teach Jiangnan a lesson!
Take back control!
Flick his forehead a hundred times!
Xia Yao moved suddenly, lightning-fast, like a silver phantom!
Her fist aimed at Jiangnan’s eye socket!
Jiangnan was startled.
So fast?
But not fast enough!
He stepped forward, crouched low.
His shoulder met Xia Yao’s abdomen, hands gripping her waist as a pivot!
A powerful push from his back leg, he spun behind her.
Then lifted his hips, executing a perfect suplex!
Xia Yao felt the world spin, and before she knew it, she was slammed to the ground.
As she tried to get up!
Jiangnan’s legs locked her arms, pulling them straight.
Kimura armlock!
Xia Yao: ???
What’s going on?
Why can’t I move?
Zhong Yingxue was stunned!
She forgot to stop the treadmill, nearly falling off!
She knew Xia Yao’s skills; in close combat, almost no one could beat her.
Yet in under three seconds, Jiangnan took her down?
His close combat was that strong?
His moves! His reactions!
Flawless!
“Convinced?”
Xia Yao’s face flushed, “That didn’t count, I wasn’t warmed up, again!”
Jiangnan released her.
Her fist swung at his eye socket again!
“Yo! A sneak attack?”
Jiangnan grabbed her fist, yanked, and threw her over his shoulder!
Xia Yao felt her hips nearly split from the impact!
Her face twisted in pain!
Before she could react, Jiangnan locked her in a chokehold.
Xia Yao helplessly tapped his arm.
“Wow! You cheating? How are you this strong?”
“Where’d you learn that?”
Xia Yao was going crazy.
She’d planned to teach Jiangnan a lesson.
Instead, she became a human punching bag!
A spatial controller this strong in close combat, is that fair?
Jiangnan, “Hehe, not telling you!”
Xia Yao pouted!
“Hmph! I’m not convinced! I’ll flick your forehead today!”
She struggled to her feet, spiritual energy surging around her.
Zhong Yingxue shouted, “Xiaoyao! You…”
Xia Yao transformed!
Her beautiful eyes turned into silver vertical pupils!
Fluffy wolf ears sprouted from her head, three silver streaks appeared on each cheek.
Like whiskers.
Her nails sharpened, her figure became even more curvaceous!
A fluffy, silvery-white wolf tail grew from behind!
Beast transformation!
Jiangnan: !!!
He was mesmerised!
Fluffy wolf ears!
A long silver wolf tail behind her!
Her figure even more explosive! Curvy!
Muscles more defined.
Jiangnan was floored!
Beast-eared girl?
Big-tailed wolf!
Adorably explosive, right?
This was Xia Yao’s beast form?
My God!
Jiangnan’s mind went blank!
Xia Yao seized the chance, charging forward!
Her fist slammed into Jiangnan’s eye socket!
She’d aimed for ages and finally got him!
“Haha! That’s for spacing out!”
Jiangnan clutched his eye, one socket now black and blue!
Damn!
Fell for the classic guy mistake!
He straightened up, solemn, “I’ve decided! No forehead flicks!”
“If I win, I get to touch your wolf tail!”
Xia Yao’s face flushed, “Dream on! Beat me first!”
