"Tell me, what is your background!" Zu'an shouted. Those who are this powerful have often already awakened their intelligence.
However, the Purple Flame Ghost did not answer. Instead, it opened its mouth and let out a shrill and ear-piercing scream. Everyone around frowned, feeling extremely uncomfortable to hear it.
Rage from the Purple Flame Demon: +404 +404 +404...
Upon seeing the message about the Rage Value System, Zu An was taken aback. So this monster was called the Purple Flame Ghost. Speaking of which, this Rage Value System can really be surprisingly effective at certain times.
However, I don't seem to have heard of this before. There are no related records among the human and demon races. I'll have Xiu Lou investigate it thoroughly when I get back.
Suddenly, a beam of purple light shot out from the mouth of the Purple Flame Demon, as fast as lightning, and shot towards Zu An's brow.
The hearts of those around them jumped instantly. They hadn't even seen what it was. At such close range, even someone with high cultivation could easily be overwhelmed if they were ambushed.
At this moment, Zuan raised his finger. Although it appeared very slow to everyone, just like an ordinary person raising their hand, it was something no one could catch up with.
But it struck first despite being late, and caught the purple light at the last moment.
Zu An looked closely and saw that it was a rhombus-shaped crystal-like object, only as thin as a cicada's wing, but extremely hard. At such a close distance, it was more powerful than an arrow.
The Purple Flame Crystal emitted a strong purple aura, and in that instant, Zu An had a sudden realization: the essence of the other party's body seemed to come from this object.
Seeing this, the Purple Flame Ghost struggled even more violently, its empty eyes seemed to radiate fear, and the purple flames on its body were visibly weakening.
"So this is why you're still alive." Zu An sneered, and with a forceful push, the monster screamed as if a mountain was pressing down on it. It turned into ashes and vanished completely into the air, leaving only the Purple Flame Crystal faintly glowing.
Zu An frowned slightly; this thing was not alive.
It's also different from ghosts; he had seen all sorts of ghosts in the secret realm before.
This thing seemed to be a life form beyond his comprehension—he couldn't even be sure if it could be considered life.
"The chief priest is truly amazing!"
"That monster was terrifying. Luckily, the priest arrived in time, or we would have been dead."
...
Several students from the academy nearby began to chatter and sigh with admiration.
Zuan put away the Purple Flame Crystal, intending to go back and ask the people at the academy if anyone knew about it.
After talking with the others, I learned that the two male disciples were named Lu Bei and Chang Tian, and the female disciples were named Yao Fang and Mei Rou. They were all disciples who were expected to enter the back mountain of the academy. This training was one of the relevant assessments.
They never expected to encounter such a bizarre situation. Several classmates who came with them had also unfortunately met with a terrible fate.
"Fortunately, we met Miss Xiaoxi. If it weren't for her pills, we probably wouldn't have lasted this long," Yao Fang said gratefully. "Her pills are even better than the ones the academy provides."
Little did she know that Ji Xiaoxi's father was the Second Master—the doctor—who had been missing for a long time behind the academy.
Ji Xiaoxi blushed slightly: "If it weren't for my older brothers and sisters protecting me, I would probably be dead by now. I don't know why, but that monster seems to be completely unafraid of my poison."
She still felt a little scared when she talked about it. Her cultivation level was not high, but she often went to the deep mountains and forests to collect herbs by herself. She relied on the poisons on her body. No matter if it was a human, a demon, or a ferocious beast, she had never encountered this situation before.
“That monster was indeed very unusual.” For some reason, an ominous shadow fell over Zuan’s heart. He asked the remaining academy disciples, “Where are the remains of your companions? We’ll take them home.”
Now that he is the academy's chief priest, he is like a parent to these academy students, so he naturally has to do his part.
"Thank you, Master!" The group was overjoyed and hurriedly led the way, while two male disciples made a makeshift stretcher to carry Sun Hai.
Although Mount Tongluo is eerie and the purple monsters are terrifying, with the priest in charge, there is a sense of absolute safety.
As disciples of the academy, they were already the hottest topic in the academy due to the Meng family incident that had caused such a stir a few days ago, with everyone speculating about the level of the Grand Master's cultivation.
Some even speculated that his strength had surpassed that of the late emperor. Although many people refuted this, it was generally acknowledged that he was at least at the level of an Earth Immortal.
With a celestial being by your side, what danger could you possibly be afraid of!
On the way, Zu'an suddenly remembered something: "By the way, I passed by a camp when I came here before. Was it there that the disciples had their accident?"
He then gave a general description of the camp.
"Yes, that's it." The group exclaimed in surprise, not expecting that the chief priest had also been there.
Zu An's heart sank: "But I didn't see any disciples' remains just now."
The group was stunned: "How is this possible? Our companions were indeed killed by that monster there. Fortunately, they warned us before they died, otherwise we would have been wiped out."
At this point, their eyes all turned a little red.
“There really isn’t one.” Zuan said gravely. “Let’s go there and take another look.”
Soon the group arrived at the previous camp. The female disciple named Mei Rou exclaimed in surprise, pointing to a broken tent: "Wang Shao was lying here before, how come he's gone?"
"And He Lu, he collapsed here earlier." Chang Tian pointed to another spot, looking extremely puzzled.
At this moment, Yao Fang's face turned pale: "Could it be that they were all eaten by that monster?"
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