Travelling through the interstellar world, starting with the real and fake daughter

When Mai Dongzi told Zhuang Huiya to endure the pain of burning flames, she knew it would be very painful, but she didn’t feel too much turmoil inside.

In her past life, she had witnessed various forms of death and had even hovered on the brink of death herself several times. So in Mai Dongzi’s mind, as long as there was no danger to life and the injury was one that could be treated, no matter how painful, it was bearable.

However, when Mai Dongzi saw the young man already engulfed in flames, yet still persistently charging toward Erica, her heart inevitably ached.

If she hadn’t shared the strategy with him, the young man would have likely taken a more roundabout approach to avoid a direct fire attack.

Seeing Zhuang Huiya willingly let the flames engulf him just to attack Erica, many students in the audience gasped in surprise.

It was the first time Erica had seen someone so fearless of death. Amidst the audience’s astonished gasps, she tried to retreat, but Zhuang Huiya had already reached her side.

In a single exchange, Zhuang Huiya delivered a powerful kick that sent Erica flying into the arena’s railing, which meant she was out of the match.

At this point, the arena’s mechanical medic quickly sprayed fire extinguishing agents, putting out the flames covering Zhuang Huiya.

However, the fire from a fire-type ability user was intense. Even though it lasted only for a few dozen seconds, it had already burned Zhuang Huiya’s skin black, and the pain was immense.

The medical staff were unsure how to move the severely burned young man onto a stretcher, but they certainly couldn’t leave him standing.

Mai Dongzi, not caring about hiding her mental strength, gently “lifted” the young man using her mental power and carefully placed him on the stretcher.

After kicking Erica, the young man had fallen into a semi-conscious state due to the extreme pain, and he was only able to stand firmly because of the pain.

Seeing Zhuang Huiya in such a state, the other three girls from the Phantom Squad couldn’t help but feel heartbroken. The scene was too tragic.

Though Mai Dongzi’s expression was only slightly serious, after placing Zhuang Huiya on the stretcher with her mental power, she knelt beside it and held the boy’s hand.

Her kneeling posture made it seem as if she was deeply pained by the boy’s injury.

The audience, who had heard about the rumors between the two, immediately stopped their astonishment and looked at them with intense gazes.

The two medics carrying the stretcher initially wanted to stop Mai Dongzi from touching the injured, but Mai Dongzi’s actions were too swift. By the time they began to speak, they felt the pressure of her mental power.

They quickly realized that the person who had gently placed the young man on the stretcher using mental power was this girl, and they promptly closed their mouths.

At that moment, they sensed the girl infusing the boy with a pure wood-type ability and understood why she had rushed over.

Although Zhuang Huiya was very happy that he had actually defeated Erica, the pain from the flames was excruciating. Even after the flames were extinguished, the lingering pain was still unbearable.

He wanted to cry, scream, or even faint just to escape the pain, but he knew he couldn’t afford to do that.

Just as his consciousness was becoming fuzzy due to the pain, he suddenly felt as if someone had gently lifted him and placed him on the stretcher without causing much additional pain. That person then held his hand, but the grip itself was painful.

Zhuang Huiya flinched from the pain. At that moment, he felt a cool, almost water-like sensation flowing from the person’s hand into his body.

Wherever the coolness flowed, the intense burning pain on his body immediately diminished. After the coolness circulated through him, the unbearable pain became manageable.

As the pain subsided, he regained some clarity.

Zhuang Huiya opened his eyes and saw that his cousin was kneeling beside his stretcher, using her wood-type ability to treat his burns.

To others, Zhuang Huiya’s charred skin had visibly improved in just a minute. Though still dark, it no longer had the intense burning look.

Seeing Zhuang Huiya’s condition improve from severe to moderate burns, Mai Dongzi wished she could reduce it to mild burns. However, after just this one round, her wood-type ability was completely exhausted.

Mai Dongzi had to retract her hand and took a bottle of energy potion from her storage space to drink.

Since her rebirth, Mai Dongzi had not paid much attention to her wood-type ability. Not only did she herself overlook it, but even those aware of her mental and martial abilities tended to disregard her wood-type powers.

It wasn’t until today that Mai Dongzi recognized the benefits of her wood-type ability. Even though her wood-type ability was still too weak to fully heal Zhuang Huiya, it had at least alleviated his pain.

After they had sent Zhuang Huiya into the treatment chamber, the command department students in the treatment room were reluctant to leave.

Mai Dongzi learned through Chen Xinhe that although Zhuang Huiya had entered the command department as the fourth-ranked first-year student, his impoverished background had made him rather underestimated in the elite class.

After all, in the Blue-Black Empire, especially on Capital Star, even if someone has ability, without connections or backing, it’s hard to rise to the top, and Zhuang Huiya was not particularly outstanding.

However, Mai Dongzi looked at the group of students who were either speaking quietly or remaining silent and realized that today’s battle had likely changed their perception of Zhuang Huiya.

Zhuang Huiya’s mentor, Mentor Lu, said with emotion to Mai Dongzi, “Classmate Xi, since my students joined the Phantom Squad, each of them has made significant progress. Especially Zhuang Huiya—I never expected him to come this far. This is all due to your excellent guidance as the team leader.”

“They were already very talented, so progress is natural. Zhuang Huiya’s previous training environment must have been poor, and in a good environment like the Capital University, he naturally flourished and made rapid progress. I really didn’t do much,” Mai Dongzi humbly replied.

Besides Zhuang Huiya, she did not give special attention to others; she was simply fulfilling her duties as a team leader.

After today’s battle, Zhuang Huiya would likely replace Wang Yiyi as the top first-year student in the command department.

To prevent others from envying and resenting Zhuang Huiya, and to avoid the impression that his rapid growth was due to being the rumored boyfriend of Mai Dongzi, Mai Dongzi decided to present Zhuang Huiya as someone with excellent potential and talent but who had been held back by his family’s poverty and lack of training resources. With the better resources at Capital University, his advancement naturally accelerated faster than others.

Mai Dongzi deliberately spoke these words a bit louder so that everyone in the treatment room could hear.