Chapter 28

1

Hanya ran up the outer wall of the bell tower, closely followed by the assembled blue giant sword made by Situ Liyao. The giant sword dragged along the outer wall, leaving deep marks.

Who should pay for the repair of this outer wall? It's not me anyway.

Everyone stared at the top of the tower, ready at any moment.

"Attack!" All attacks focused on one point - the snake head, solid projectiles, and grayish-white flames. Since the speed of each magic was different, the timing had to be calculated individually. Situ Liyao showed no intention of avoiding the attacks, not even a hint of evasion. She seemed very confident.

"Buzz!" After Situ Liyao's "Golden Bell" was attacked, it emitted a piercing sound that echoed throughout the campus. I couldn't help but cover my ears, nearly bursting my eardrums. Even though I covered my ears, I could still sense a strong energy rippling, along with the evaporating steam from the fused water, making the cold winter feel like a hot summer. Fragments of unmelted ice flakes floated in the air, and lightning filled the sky.

When our collective attack hit the "Golden Bell," I immediately used teleportation to appear next to Hanya and quickly took her away.

"Are you okay?"

"Well, my clothes got torn a lot!" Hanya's cat outfit was in tatters from the "Golden Bell," but she only noticed a minor scrape on her wrist and licked it with her tongue.

"If you're injured, use medicine. Why lick it?"

I looked at the shattered "Golden Bell" behind Situ Liyao, but I didn't feel happy in the end because Situ Liyao immediately accelerated out of it, shedding layer after layer of the "Golden Bell" fragments. She looked like a dazzling phoenix breaking out of its shell.

"Just licking is enough. It's not a serious injury." Hanya licked her small wound very seriously.

"She has two layers of the 'Golden Bell'?" After all the fragments on Situ Liyao had fallen off, it turned out to be another layer of the exact same "Golden Bell." Who set up this disgusting numeric magic?

"Tesha?"

"Don't rush me. This system is quite robust." Tesha read through lines of text at a glance, her hands busy and completely invested, not wanting to be disturbed.

"Hey! The second layer probably won't work. We can only wait for Tesha. Hanya, you don't need to go, I'll go attract her. If she can't find a target, Situ Liyao should go find the Emperor of the Empire."

"Wait, I think Situ Liyao is very strange."

"What do you mean?"

"The battle has been going on for so long and she hasn't said a word. Her breathing is steady, and she hasn't even opened her eyes! I think she's sleepwalking."

"Sleepwalking? No breaks during the battle? Could it be a necromancy control puppet magic!"

My eyes turned crimson, and several words were written in dragon script in my eyes, suspending in a circle in front of my eyes - the Analysis Patterns.

I could see the flow of all mana in front of me, while normally, mana would flow throughout the entire body. But for Situ Liyao, it was flowing from top to bottom, from the outside to the inside, with mana lines flowing from the direction of the gymnasium and connecting to every joint seamlessly, manipulated flawlessly. What's more terrifying is that Situ Liyao had an invisible crucifix above her head. The person manipulating her from behind possessed extraordinary ability.

"Wenxin! Are you in the gymnasium?" Without giving it further thought, I left this place in a grand manner, allowing Situ Liyao to lock onto me as the target while connecting the communicator to Wenxin.

"Bro? I'm here. Some people got injured during the aerial bombardment."

"I have something urgent. Find the principal immediately and give her the communicator!" This person has been hiding for so long without being discovered by anyone. No, he is more likely to be a demon. It's better for the principal with a higher probability to find him.

"Hey, is our acting president busy?" Principal Guffy's voice came from the communicator on the other side.

"Principal, please, we need someone with high abilities to find the person manipulating that blue mecha in the gym. You, as the highest-ranking principal, are the most suitable. That person is very likely to be above the God level and may not be human."

"Huh? Does this involve gods and demons?" The easiest guess for something not human is gods and demons.

"It's very likely to be a demon."

"How's it going there?"

"It's fine."

"Can you be more specific?"

"Tesha is in the Black system. We broke through the first layer of the opponent's magic barrier. It's estimated that there is no more magic to break through the second layer. We can only rely on Tesha and this person manipulating it."

"If it's a demon, I can't guarantee we can find him."

"He must be in the gym. Exclude the students, so it shouldn't be difficult to find."

"Then let's hope he's not a demon."

2

"Principal Gu!" The emperor of the empire remained calm and composed. Holding imperial power for decades, he had seen countless assassination attempts. The people around him must react quickly, not allowing any harm to come to him.

"Your Majesty!"

"The imperial army has surrounded the academy as you requested, without stepping a foot onto the campus. However, relying solely on student forces may not be enough against strategic-level weaponry. Although I understand that you want Qin Yang to showcase his talents in this matter, but..."

"Your Majesty, if this matter can be resolved by students alone, I believe foreign powers will be even more wary of our country. In recent years, other countries have been provoking us frequently. Don't we need to make them fearful?"

"While deterrence is better than war, as the emperor of the empire, I must be accountable to the people."

"Midnight, twelve o'clock, the final waiting time."

"Alright, I also want to see what Qin Yang is capable of to take Li Liu away."

After a tug-of-war with Situ Liyao for about ten minutes, there was still no news from Tesha. The principal was equally clueless, which was really worrying.

"Qin Yang, I... This is... my last value."

Suddenly, a blue flame flashed before my eyes. Lilith, with her small body and black wings of a demon, attacked Situ Liyao directly. It seemed that she only suppressed the Dark Fire temporarily and didn't have complete control over it.

"Lilith?"

Lilith tightly held onto Situ Liyao while the Dark Fire relentlessly attacked the "Golden Bell," showing no mercy. It seemed that she either didn't have control or she was intentionally attacking recklessly, allowing Situ Liyao to counterattack. Even though Lilith was in pain from the damage inflicted by the "Golden Bell," tearing her clothes and smooth skin, she still charged forward, taking Situ Liyao with her into the air.

Situ Liyao was hit with a strong impact like a cannonball, and the subsequent force made it difficult for her to move.

"Qin Yang, don't let Lilith take her out of the academy's network, and don't let them go together. I'm so close." Tesha's voice sounded extremely urgent, indicating her extreme concern.

Who allowed you, Lilith, to die?

I activated my Flame Wings and broke through the air resistance at the fastest acceleration I could achieve right now. Five seconds later, I was only five millimeters away from Lilith, almost at the same speed as her.

"Ten more seconds, and they will be out of the range of the academy's network coverage. Ten... Nine... Eight..."

"Lilith, let her go!"

"Five more seconds!"

Five millimeters, five seconds, five millimeters, five seconds... Damn it! It hit! The Fire of Misfortune! The Dark Fire is under control, preventing it from wreaking havoc.

"Two seconds, done! The 'Golden Bell' system is shut down! That test machine had zero defense. If we want to interrogate, we need to leave a bit intact."

"Wow? Why didn't you say it earlier!" Just when I managed to control the Dark Fire and keep Lilith from separating, the Fire of Misfortune directly burned Si Tu Liyao. The armor of the test machine turned into fragments, and Si Tu Liyao became a pale white fire woman with a wave of her hand. When Lilith and I moved away from her, the flames were still burning. With a wave of my hand, I could only reduce the flames by half because Lilith was unconscious and not easy to manipulate.

"Yao!" Xiao Yao just heard our conversation and was already prepared to extinguish the fire! Holy water enveloped Si Tu Liyao, causing the flames on her body to gradually disappear.

The Fire of Misfortune is not easy to extinguish, and those burned by it die without a soul or physical body.