“Understood, master!” The cactus Huang Xiaoxian saluted sharply with a right-hand snap.
Then, with a swift flip, it leaped from Agui’s shoulder into the midst of the monkeys, crying out, “Ah, ah!”
It moved with the agility of a war god, effortlessly sending a much larger monkey flying with a mere sweep of its hand.
The monkeys’ blows barely fazed it, and the sharp thorns left them yelping like Tom the Cat, clutching their hands.
It was clear that having natural armor was a huge advantage!
Huang Xiu watched for a moment, satisfied that the cactus could handle the monkeys, and relaxed.
He guided Agui to the young woman, then channeled the remaining bit of his spiritual energy into the tree beneath him, forcing it to grow a massive leaf large enough to cover a person.
The strain of using his depleted spiritual energy left the girl’s face pale, adding to her delicate, frail appearance.
For a young special ability user still in the larval stage, the intensity of today’s battle was far beyond what was safe.
Any other user of the same level would likely have already passed out several times.
“Cough, cough.” Huang Xiu coughed lightly, right hand supporting his dizzy head, left hand clutching the jade pendant at his chest.
“It’s okay, you don’t need to be afraid anymore.”
He directed Agui to cover the naked girl with the giant leaf.
“…….” The girl looked up, her eyes empty and lifeless, like a doll without a soul.
“Has she suffered a mental breakdown?” Huang Xiu’s brow furrowed, but he had no good solutions for the moment.
The danger here was not yet over, and he couldn’t spare the time to escort the girl to safety.
After ensuring the girl was safe, he turned his attention back to the battlefield.
In a short while, the cactus had nearly finished off the monkeys.
“Someone is watching me?”
With her keen senses, the girl vaguely felt a multitude of strange gazes fixed upon her.
Following the prickling sensation, she turned to see a group of female students peering through their dorm windows, their eyes wide with disbelief.
They had heard the commotion and opened their windows to see what was happening.
Now, they stared in stunned silence at Huang Xiu, perched on the giant tree, her own three-story-high.
Their expressions said it all—this was beyond their comprehension.
Huang Xiu, equally bewildered, tilted her head, locking eyes with the students.
Oh no… This is the girls’ dorm!
Her mind raced, and she forced a cool, confident expression, despite her discomfort.
A plump girl in a thin nightgown broke the silence, her eyes shining with excitement.
“You’re a magical girl, right? Right? You’re absolutely stunning!”
No way!
Huang Xiu’s temples throbbed. He was no magical girl, and if he had to be, it would be a magical boy.
Damn you, anime!
“No, this is clearly the Night’s Watch from Game of Thrones! She’s not wearing a uniform, and there’s no QB.”
A girl with glasses, clearly a bookworm, pushed them up and made her own assessment.
“You’re wrong! She must be a Dragon Squad agent! My sister is so cool!” Another girl, blushing deeply, chimed in.
“No, I’m not! I’m nothing! Stop making up ridiculous backstories for me!”
Huang Xiu screamed internally!
He was just a regular high school boy!
“Are you from our school? Which class are you in?” Someone noticed Huang Xiu’s uniform.
That voice was familiar. Huang Xiu instinctively followed the sound and broke into a cold sweat.
Oh no, it’s someone I know!
The voice belonged to Yuan Ting, Fang Miaoging’s best friend!!!
The boy instantly felt uneasy, crossing his legs tightly, right hand nervously fidgeting with the flower buds on Agui’s back.
He knew his current girl body was completely different from his original form, but he still worried that Yuan Ting might notice something reminiscent of his masculine features.
Thankfully, the school uniforms were the same for both boys and girls, and he had never altered or decorated his uniform.
If he had remained as Shi Lei, with his habit of scribbling on his uniform, he would have been caught red-handed long ago.
Yuan Ting continued to study the beautiful girl, her eyes narrowing as she tried to place the familiar features.
“She looks a bit familiar…” she murmured to herself.
She couldn’t quite pinpoint where she had seen those eyes and brows before, but no matter how hard she tried, she couldn’t recall.
“Is my memory failing me?” she wondered aloud.
“She’s not from our school, is she? A girl this gorgeous, I’d remember her!”
A student, a member of the student council, shook her head. She checked attendance for late-night study sessions every evening and would have remembered a girl as stunning as Huang Xiu.
“Maybe she’s a transfer student, or someone who hides their identity until the critical moment and then transforms?” A girl suddenly exclaimed, snapping her fingers.
“That must be it!”
“Or maybe she’s a boy who transformed?” A short-haired girl countered.
No, no, no!
As the girls’ theories became more outrageous yet closer to the truth, Huang Xiu grew increasingly anxious.
His uniform was damp with sweat, sticking to his back like paper.
He tugged at his hem, shifting uncomfortably.
Suddenly, his body stiffened, and a suspicious flush spread across his face.
Oh no!
Tears welled in his eyes.
The transformation had changed his body, but not his clothes—he wasn’t wearing a bra, and the gap was still there!
That movement had rubbed against his sensitive area, sending waves of sensation through him.
It was so intense, it left him dizzy.
Fortunately, the night was dark, and most of his body was hidden under the leaves of the tree.
The dormitory students didn’t notice his discomfort.
He took a deep breath, gazing at the noisy dormitory, his eyebrows twitching involuntarily.
It was so dangerous here, with an injured girl on the ground, and these students had no sense of danger at all?
“Get back to your rooms and stay inside!”
He raised his voice, ensuring everyone could hear him.
“It’s dangerous out here. If you break the rules, you might provoke a monster attack.”
“I can’t protect everyone.”
“Is that so?”
The students finally seemed to grasp the situation, and the excitement died down.
Earlier, the screams of the girl outside had frightened them, but the fear had quickly dissipated with Huang Xiu’s appearance.
Their minds hadn’t yet adjusted to the new reality.
But perhaps the noise from the dormitory had disturbed something.
The door of the dormitory manager’s room on the first floor creaked open, and a shadow slithered out, crawling along the ground at great speed.
It was a creature with the body of a person and the head of a snake, its form distinctly feminine, with prominent breasts.
“Breaking dormitory rules, causing a commotion.”
Its venomous snake eyes gazed up at the ceiling, as if choosing its next prey.