Chapter 157: Encountering a Group of Sand Sculptures

In fact, before Zhou Yun awakened, she used to shop a lot. Whenever her living expenses were not enough, she would regret and think about cutting back, but she never had the determination to do so.

Later, when she truly awakened the ability of Thousand-Armed Guanyin, she could confidently cut back without worry. After all, it was just a dharma body, and she could regenerate after being cut…

At this moment, the last male student said, “Let me introduce myself. My name is Qin Kai, and my ability is the Spatial Pocket. My combat power is limited, but this time, if you want to reap the rewards, you can’t do without me!”

Upon hearing Qin Kai’s words, Long Hanjie immediately laughed and said, “You can forget it. Do you call that limited combat power? Clearly, you have no combat power at all.”

Qin Kai, feeling displeased, retorted, “You can eat anything, but you can’t say anything randomly. If it weren’t for the rebirth of spiritual energy, someone like you, I could take on eight of you. I am a disciple of Master Ma, the founder of the Taichi Fist of the Primordial Form. My Lightning Five-Whip Strike is unparalleled. Ordinary people, even ten of them, can’t get close to me!”

Unfortunately, with the rebirth of spiritual energy and the emergence of awakeners, we traditional martial arts inheritors have no place to showcase our skills anymore!”

Long Hanjie, upon hearing Qin Kai’s words, said with a smile, “Do you know? I’ve noticed that the awakened abilities and personalities are actually somewhat related. For example, Zhou Yun is a shopaholic, so she awakened the Thousand-Armed Guanyin. Your ability must also have a certain reason behind it!”

“What do you think the reason is?” asked Qin Kai.

Long Hanjie immediately replied, “Because you are a glutton, that’s why you awakened the Spatial Pocket skill.”

Qin Kai immediately got angry and said, “Get lost! If I could beat you, I would have done it long ago!”

Listening to the conversation of the students, Chen Ya smiled and said, “Alright, we are about to leave the Chinese airspace soon. Compared to the domestic situation, the danger abroad is much higher. Everyone should stay vigilant!”

Long Hanjie said seriously, “I understand, Mother-in-law.”

The transformed eagle flew in the sky for a while, then Long Hanjie exclaimed, “Look, it’s a sand sculpture!”

Qin Kai, feeling angry, said, “Instructor Chen, your daughter’s husband is insulting me!”

Pointing ahead, Long Hanjie said, “No, I didn’t insult you. Look, it’s really a sand sculpture!”

In the distance, a large group of sculptures flew towards them. These sculptures were five to six times larger than ordinary sculptures and did not seem to have flesh bodies but were composed of countless sand particles, similar to the sand people in Marvel.

Qin Kai exclaimed, “Oh my, they are real sand sculptures! Let’s take action!”

Ye Xuan’s ability was most suitable for aerial combat. His whole body transformed into the form of a Kunpeng deity and charged towards the group of sand sculptures.

Ye Xuan’s speed was extremely fast, and the Kunpeng wings were razor-sharp. After a few back and forth movements, most of the sand sculptures were cut in half.

However, when Ye Xuan returned to the back of the transformed eagle, the group of cut sand sculptures unexpectedly recombined.

Seeing this, Su Mengli also prepared to take action, but Chen Ya said, “Wait, let me handle it. If you take action, it will only become more difficult.”

Su Mengli looked at Chen Ya and asked, “Why?”

Chen Ya explained, “These completely elementalized mutated beasts must have become what they are now due to some special reason. Their current essence is sand, not sculptures. Because their essence is sand, they are not afraid of physical attacks. After Ye Xuan tore their bodies apart, they easily recombined. What do you think will happen if you use your fire against them?”

Su Mengli looked at Chen Ya in confusion, “What will happen? I have no idea!”

Su Mengli was obviously not good at physics.

Chen Ya chuckled, “You’re clueless. When sand encounters high temperatures, it turns into quartz. If this group of sand sculptures turns into harder quartz sculptures, it will be even more difficult to deal with. Let me handle it; sand is afraid of water.”

These sand sculptures were not invincible; it’s just that the abilities of others were not very suitable for dealing with them.

For example, Chu Han’s ability could definitely kill these sand sculptures, but it was a single-target attack. Using his ability against the sand sculptures would be like using a cannon to kill a mosquito, too wasteful.

The reason why Chu Han and Chen Ya were arranged to escort Ye Xuan and the others together was that as a couple, they could handle the vast majority of situations.

Chu Han had no other abilities besides his unstoppable ability, which had extremely strong single-target killing power.

On the other hand, although Chen Ya’s destructive power was insufficient, she had various means at her disposal. With her Mirror Image Avatar, she could deal with many situations and resolve different scenarios.

Soon, a blue-clad female mirror image appeared beside Chen Ya.

After this mirror image appeared, it opened its mouth wide.

Then, like a high-pressure water gun, the mouth sprayed out a terrifying stream of water, drenching the group of sand sculptures and turning them into soaked chickens.

Under the effect of this terrifying water flow, the bodies of the sand sculptures were washed away, turning into mud and falling to the ground.

Ye Xuan was surprised, “Is it resolved just like that?”

Chen Ya shook her head, “It’s temporarily resolved. At least it won’t affect us. When the water dries up, perhaps this group of sand sculptures will revive again.”

Ye Xuan couldn’t help but ask, “Are these sand sculptures so troublesome?”

Chen Ya explained, “Their transformation process is different from ordinary mutated beasts. Being able to elementalize to this extent makes it very difficult to completely kill them.”

Ye Xuan thought of the sandman in Marvel, who seemed to be the same. The only thing they feared was water.

However, even water could only temporarily subdue them. In a short time, they would revive again, just like the sand sculptures.

At this moment, Ye Xuan suddenly became curious about Chen Ya’s mirror image avatar. He asked, “Instructor Chen, how many mirror image avatars do you have in total now?”

Chen Ya thought for a moment and said, “Probably more than a hundred. I didn’t keep some duplicated abilities or those with low potential. I kept all the abilities of super geniuses like you guys.”

“But now our abilities are too weak, and the mirror image avatars are not strong enough. Will we need to update them when our strength increases?” Ye Xuan asked.

Chen Ya smiled, “There’s no need for that. There is a mysterious connection between your mirror image avatars and your original selves. When the development of your abilities increases, the mirror image avatars will also strengthen. If I can live to see you all grow up, by then, I can even beat your master!”

Upon hearing this, Ye Xuan thought to himself, “Unfortunately, you won’t live to see that day.”

Meanwhile, Chu Han was feeling a bit dissatisfied, “After all, mirror image avatars are just avatars. There is quite a gap compared to the original body. Moreover, it’s not easy to enhance the development of your abilities, right?”

Chen Ya rubbed her fists and said, “What? You’re not satisfied? Shall we practice?”

Seeing this, Long Hanjie said, “Father-in-law, Mother-in-law, can you two stop arguing? You’re an old married couple, and you still argue every day. Look at the young couple, always so affectionate with each other.”

Su Mengli was originally leaning against Ye Xuan’s chest, lying affectionately in his arms.

Upon hearing this, her face blushed slightly, and she said, “Instructor Chen, will we encounter an octopus on this mission?”

Chen Ya was puzzled, “An octopus? That shouldn’t happen. The place we are going to is a desert. Why are you suddenly asking about this?”

Su Mengli smiled and said, “I had a nightmare last night. I dreamt that Ye Xuan was stabbed in the throat by an octopus monster. It felt so terrifying!”

As soon as these words were spoken, Ye Xuan was shocked. Stabbed in the throat by an octopus monster? Wasn’t that the way he died in his past life? How could…

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