"The Endpoint" 051. (The Guardians of the Sun Forest Chapter) Bewildered by Emotions

Inside the molten lava, a pale blue sphere of light tightly enveloped Dugu Xiaoxuan and Qing Yan. The sphere's wall, like rippling water, only showed faint waves under the bombardment of the blazing, seemingly world-consuming flame. Quiet in the center of this fiery hell, it appeared incredibly strange!

At this moment, Dugu Xiaoxuan was feeling very uncomfortable. Her beautiful face was flushed as if bloody, extending down to the base of her neck. Her soft, willow-like body twisted unnaturally, but she dared not apply too much force. In this narrow light sphere, one careless move would send her plummeting into the scorching molten flame, turning her into ashes!

"You bastard!!"

Dugu Xiaoxuan's breathing was somewhat chaotic and heavy as she cursed in anger. Ignoring the peculiarity in her tone, her jade-like teeth bit fiercely into Qing Yan's shoulder!

In the instant before being completely engulfed by the molten flame, Qing Yan only remembered tightly holding a soft, unidentified object beside him, before falling utterly unconscious, with all thoughts in his mind coming to a complete halt.

In the haze of unconsciousness, Qing Yan seemed to drift through a strange space, his eyelids heavy as mountains, impossible to open. A bizarrely intense sense of loneliness and unease surged into his heart.

At that moment, Qing Yan suddenly felt a faint yet seemingly soothing warmth on his arm. Without thinking, he clung tightly to this warmth like a drowning man seeing a rescue, unwilling to let go!

Thus, even a sudden pain in his shoulder could not make Qing Yan release his tightly held arms.

Dugu Xiaoxuan felt a sharp ache from being held by Qing Yan, her chest pressed tightly against him, making it hard to even breathe. Of course, having trained since childhood, Dugu Xiaoxuan could naturally endure this purely physical pressure.

But what truly made Dugu Xiaoxuan uncomfortable was that her body was being held directly in a boy's embrace! Even if it was only an unconscious action from a fainted Qing Yan, it still caused her a kind of embarrassment and irritation she had never experienced before.

Since childhood, Dugu Xiaoxuan had been the princess of her family.The strong prestige of her family and her astonishing talent made Dugu Xiaoxuan's status even more noble and untouchable. Apart from her father's affection, which other man would dare be so disrespectful to her?!

Originally, for such disrespect from a boy, the kind-hearted Dugu Xiaoxuan could have easily used her mysterious power to repel Qingyan and let him melt into the molten lava, without worrying about his life and death. Yet even Dugu Xiaoxuan herself was full of doubts: Why, when this thought crossed her mind, did she feel a sort of reluctance?

This reluctance didn't feel like so-called love; it was more like that eerie sense of intimacy that surged from the heart when two people first met. This feeling was truly inexplicable.

Looking at the slightly youthful and handsome face in front of her, Dugu Xiaoxuan bitterly smiled at herself.

Clearly, the owner of this face had never done anything to move her; instead, he had done a whole bunch of things that made her angry. And yet, at this critical moment, she trusted the utterly unreasonable, empty feeling in her heart and couldn't bring herself to let him go. How foolish was she?

However, even while scolding herself in her heart, Dugu Xiaoxuan ultimately could not be cruel. She merely twisted her body with a flushed neck, shamefully trying to keep her sensitive parts away from Qingyan's skin.

But even Dugu Xiaoxuan did not notice that, with their slightly hurried breathing, the air slightly heated by the molten lava, carrying minute particles, was inhaled into both of their bodies!

For no reason, Qingyan, who was unconscious in the sea of his mind, felt a rising heat gradually emerging from within his body. Moreover, as time passed, this heat seemed to continue intensifying! Qingyan's breathing also gradually became more rapid under the influence of this strange warmth, and some unnatural flush appeared on his cheeks. His body, which had been unconscious, was marked by a trace of primal desire!

“Ah! Mmm…”

Suddenly, Dugu Xiaoxuan screamed, but before she could break away from Qingyan's sudden force, her lips were invaded by another slightly masculine softness, completely drowning out her words!Qingyan's eyes were still tightly closed, and the flush of color had already clearly risen to his cheeks. His sudden forceful kiss stemmed from that primal desire, appearing very domineering and unresistable. At this moment, Dugu Xiaoxuan, with her wide eyes staring at the nearly touching Qingyan, felt her mind short-circuit completely in that instant, even forgetting to pull her fragrant lips away from Qingyan's mouth.

"Hey, don't take advantage... mmm..."

Finally pulling away slightly from Qingyan's forceful kiss, Dugu Xiaoxuan became somewhat annoyed. However, once again, before she could finish her scolding words, Qingyan's strong kiss struck her fragrant lips again. At the same time, Dugu Xiaoxuan suddenly realized something, and a deep look of fear appeared on her gradually blushing face.

"This air is poisonous! Damn it, my Xuan power can't rise!"

Dugu Xiaoxuan finally felt something was wrong with her body; a heat that filled her with fear began to slowly rise within her! With Qingyan's forceful kiss, this heat surged like a rising flame, attacking her body and invading her consciousness at a perceptible speed!

Her already rapid breathing grew even heavier. Without the protection of her Xuan power, Dugu Xiaoxuan's own strength simply could not break free from Qingyan's firm embrace. Most terrifyingly, a faint haze had covered Dugu Xiaoxuan's wide eyes. Under Qingyan's dominance, the poisoned state of her consciousness could not hold on for much longer!

"Mmm... mmm..."

Words still struggled to escape Dugu Xiaoxuan's mouth. Perhaps even she no longer knew how much strength these words still carried.

There was no doubt that Dugu Xiaoxuan's consciousness was being consumed by this powerful poison. In the final moment of her remaining awareness, Dugu Xiaoxuan struggled and suddenly bit down on Qingyan's tongue with her delicate teeth. Her mouth carried a faint metallic taste of blood, and her still-conscious mind was finally completely extinguished...

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Meanwhile, hundreds of meters below this molten lava, in the deepest part of the Strange Fire Volcano.

Bluish, strange solid ice, the stunningly beautiful Giant Lotus Ice Flower. A lake as smooth as a mirror, yet the water on its surface showed no sign of freezing.Two blue little fish, each the size of a palm, suddenly leaped out of the water, then fell back in, splashing tiny droplets and flashing with enchanting light.\ This is an underground cave about a hundred square meters in size. Extremely bizarrely, beneath this blazing, extraordinary fiery volcano, such a scene has been created—ice and snow, a world of extreme cold, and extraordinarily beautiful!\ At this moment, on a solid ice pedestal within the ice cave, an old man with white hair suddenly opened his eyes, and a sharp gaze instantly shattered an ice flower not far away.\ Astonishingly, it was Qing Yan's teacher, Shi Quanshen!