Heaven, Earth, Me

Chapter 684: The next ten waves and the start of the fourth event.

They both were teleported back to their rooms, and Yasenia stretched. 'Sigh, not being able to hug Baby for a few hours is giving me a cuddle lacking disease.' She then chuckled. 'Well, it was fun.'

Suddenly, an announcement happened.

[Congratulations to Du Xian, Rank 921st, for winning against Yasenia Dravory, Rank 2nd. From now on, because of the significant distance in ranks, Du Xian will earn thirty percent as an extra of what Yasenia Dravory wins.]

Yasenia blinked and then smiled wryly, not expecting it to be announced in such a high-profile way.

The next second, Yasenia heard the communication device sound with a flood of messages from her dears.

Evelyn asked with evident concern. "Yasenia, how did you lose? Are you okay?"

Andrea's soft and deep voice was next. "Are you okay, love? Are the injuries deep? Be sure to take care of yourself."

Tatyana's voice was next. "Little Treasure, are you injured? Tell me later how you lost so that we can work on what you lacked."

The rest also sent similar messages of concern.

The dragoness felt her heart melt with love, and she quickly answered. "Don't worry, don't worry. I didn't fight. I just made a deal with Du Xian and surrendered without fighting. I'm unscratched."

Angel answered. "Thank the heavens..."

"Why did you surrender?" Cecile asked, curious.

Yasenia explained what happened, and the girls listened in silence. After explaining, the dragoness didn't hear their voice, making her feel something amiss. "Um, dears? Are you there?"

Cecile was the one who answered her. "Hmmm, so you cuddled with that woman for an hour."

The tone was calm, but Yasenia felt her muscles tensing for some reason. "S-Sweetheart. She has a husband."

"She does?"

Yasenia felt an unknown threat and blurted quickly. "She even has a child older than me!"

"I see."

Cecile's tone didn't change, but Yasenia somehow felt a sense of relief. Then, she heard Angel mutter. "Should I lose on purpose and challenge her later..."

A droplet of sweat fell from her temple. "D-Don't do that, baby. I want to see you end as high as possible."

Her baby's cheerful tone reached her next. "Okay!"

Yasenia released her breath, feeling that she had overcome a very dangerous opponent. 'As expected of my dears, not even Xiang Yinnu gave me this sense of pressure.'

The other girls also fought their battles, but none of them were defeated, nor close to being defeated. While a few matchups took a bit of a toll on them, they always had it somewhat controlled because the people who were as strong as Xiang Yinnu were in the top 50 and, therefore, wouldn't challenge them.

An hour before the third event started, Yasenia got challenged one last time as soon as the timer finished.

[You've been challenged by rank 601, Huang Ming'er.]

Yasenia turned and saw another pretty and cute girl. She was feeling somewhat speechless. 'Is there no other creature besides these cute girls in this tournament, or what? I remember that there weren't that many when I surveyed the area in the first event!'

The woman pointed at her and sneered. "If you lost to number 921, it seems that you were ranked second out of luck. I'm number 601! You should surrender before I attack you."

Yasenia saw that the woman was on the high level of the Ethereal Soul Realm, and her lips twitched. 'Do I really look like such a weak person?'

Then, Huang Ming'er sneered. "If you don't surrender, don't blame me when I kill you!"

Yasenia's entire being switched from calm to cold. While Du Xian challenged her, she didn't really direct killing intent toward her in the beginning, but this person wanted to kill her.

Her lips arched in a chilling smile. "I wanted to test my seduction skills, so an unexpected thing happened. Do you think that two people can have the same luck? [Empyrean Galaxy Domain]. [Celestial Cosmos Dress], [Celestial Intent]."

BOOM!

Her overwhelming aura flooded the arena, and the high-level Ethereal Soul woman almost pissed her pants. It felt as if Yasenia's presence had swallowed everything in the entire area, and she was nothing but a speck of dust before the Sun.

Yasenia used [Heavenly Constellation Steps, first sky: Pegasus Steps] and appeared before the scared woman in an instant. The woman, who was at the same cultivation level as the dragoness, didn't even have a chance to react before Yasenia attacked. "[Sun Dragon Claw]."

The Huang Ming'er hastily used a defensive skill and crossed her arms, and right after, Yasenia's hand smashed against the woman's arms.

BANG!

Her body flew, creating a trench through the arena floor while the Sun Energy explosion charred her arms.

"[Monarch Intent], [War Intent], [Sun Dragon Body]."

BOOM!

The aura around her raged like an inferno, flooding the entire arena with her menacing presence. While she chanted the skills, the dragoness jumped up high and took a deep breath.

Soon enough, they found the cute squirrel woman looking around with her big eyes and round animal ears flickering.

'Cute.'

It was a unanimous thought.

Unlike Angel, who had a hint of seductiveness in her purity and adorableness because of her curvy body, Du Xian perfectly fit the "small herbivorous" kind of woman.

The man's voice echoed, garnering their attention. "This event is called [Treasure Land]. As the name implies, it was created to give those who reached the fortieth wave a chance and a reward. In front of you, there is a treasure land. You have two days to investigate it and gather treasures at will. Then, you can leave or continue challenging the trial in order to reach the top fifty and gain the final reward."

Yasenia and the others looked over the vast rocky landscape with volcanic flora and some pieces of land with thick reddish-black vegetation and found it interesting. 'Volcanic flora and fauna. It's indeed very rare and an appropriate reward. I wonder what we can find."

When they felt their bodies able to move after the man's speech ended, our girls approached Yasenia.

But to their surprise, a group of short people also approached, with one of them being even quicker than them. It was Du Xian's group.

Du Xian was excited to see Yasenia again and dove into her arms before the stunned eyes of our girls.

"Yasenia! Did you see my rank? Did you? I'm 128th! It's all thanks to you, hehehe."

The dragoness blinked in surprise, but then she laughed and patted her head. "It's also thanks to your own efforts, Du Xian."

Du Xian smiled brightly. "Yes! Also, do you want to explore the secret realm tighter?"

A teasing and elegant voice was heard from their side. "Hello, is my little treasure's embrace comfortable?"

Du Xian's fur puffed up as chills ran throughout her body, and she instinctively hugged Yasenia tighter in fear. "W-who!?"

Looking sideways, her breath was stolen away by an enchanting pair of red eyes. The black-haired woman was a beauty who could probably cause a war between two countries to have her smile.

Tatyana spoke with a smile. "Hello~."

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Andrea: We are approaching the final section of the competition. With the points advantage a few gained, it's becoming interesting.

Yasenia: Maybe we can steal, I mean, gain a few interesting things during these two days.

Evelyn: ... Love, you are truly bottomless.

Yasenia: The more treasures, the better.

Evelyn: Hahaha.

Author: Let's move on~. I summon you!

Kaszty: Hello.

Kali: Oh? It has been a while, Kaszty.

Kaszty: Yes. I'm here to ask Tatyana something.

Tatyana: I'm all ears.

Kaszty:Since Yasenia's birth, how much of your heart started to heat up, and how many heart demons were you able to heal?

Tatyana: That's... a complicated question.

Tatyana: Hm... It's difficult to quantify, but from what I heard from my direct subordinates, I'm much softer than before.

Kaszty: Didn't you just annihilate a few kingdoms in the Sky Continent?

Tatyana: Right? Why would they say I was merciful?

Valeria: She probably would've annihilated more than a few kingdoms in the past.

Kaszty: Cough. I see.

Tatyana: Probably? I don't know. Now, about my heart demons... Is there anything that I was able to squash? Well, I'm constantly fighting with them, so I don't really know.

Mirrory: Her soul is honestly a mess. If a normal soul without heart demons is smooth like a bedsheet, Tatyana's is like a messed-up ball of yarn. To unravel that, it will take much more than a few years of happiness.

Yasenia: ...

Kaszty: I see. Thanks for answering.

Tatyana: No problem~.

Author: And that's all for today.