The enormous black shadow in the sky revealed its true form.
A bizarre, enormous, round body, with an octopus-like head, broad wings, and sinister tentacles. The monster floated in the air, emitting a foul, nauseating stench.
Lu Shi couldn't help but cover her nose. "This source of darkness is not only ugly, but it also stinks."
"Teacher Lu, how have you been?" Countless tentacles extended from the head of the octopus of the Dark Root, and the voice came from one of the tentacles.
That's... Fei Zheng.
Actually, we can't call people anymore.
Fei Zheng's body had completely merged with that tentacle; apart from his head, all other parts of his body were gone.
"Oh, how come you only have a head left? That's terrible." Lu Shi shook her head and sighed.
"Haha, it's my honor to merge with the great Dark Lord. You have no idea how joyful and powerful I am right now. Teacher Lu, I don't care about what you did before, nor do I care about the harm you caused me. You are so beautiful and holy, so come and merge with the Lord. Your fusion will surely create the most powerful being in this world." Fei Zheng's head shook with the tentacles, and his voice grew louder and louder.
"Ugly! I'd be doing this a disservice if I didn't destroy you hundreds of times just based on your looks!" Lu Shi made a vomiting motion.
“That’s not up to you, Teacher Lu. Hehe.” Fei Zheng laughed.
The enormous dark overlord suddenly began to shake.
Three tentacles on the octopus's head broke off. The three fallen tentacles shot towards Lu Shi like sharp arrows.
Lu Shi dared not be careless, so she shielded Li Cuiling behind her and raised her hands.
[Tai Chi Diagram]
The tentacles slammed into him.
Bang bang bang.
The tentacles' immense power failed to penetrate the Tai Chi diagram; instead, they were repelled to the side.
An astonishing scene unfolded.
The three tentacles that had fallen to the ground began to writhe and deform. Within seconds, the three tentacles rose from the ground and transformed into three humans wielding black longswords.
Judging from their appearances, they were actually the three high-level mind-based judge magicians who were with Li Cuiling.
"Teacher Lu, your master's subordinates have already merged with the Sovereign, so what are you and your master still insisting on?" Fei Zheng's words rang out in the air again.
"Noisy".
Lu Shi raised both hands at the same time.
【Sacred Paradise】
The golden light was so bright that everyone was momentarily blinded.
Fei Zheng let out a miserable scream.
When he regains his sight.
Lu Shi has disappeared without a trace.
She ran away!
She actually ran away!
Fei Zheng let out a defiant roar.
"Find her!"
As Fei Zheng shouted, all the dark entities in the dark space scattered and began to roll.
The three senior judges of the Inquisition, now transformed into Dark Sword Masters, also unfurled their black wings and took to the air, searching for Lu Shi's whereabouts.
Lu Shi, who had disappeared, carried Li Cuiling and used teleportation to escape, reaching an open space. He then ran towards the student dormitory area on the wind tracks.
In fact, Lu Shi was not particularly afraid of the Dark Overlord that Fei Zheng mentioned. In terms of the sense of oppression, it was far less than the previous Shadow Society.
However, with Li Cuiling, a comatose and burdensome master, Lu Shi felt that she should settle her affairs first.
The sky was filled with darkness, so Lu Shi did not choose to fly into the sky. Instead, she used the buildings in the administrative area as cover and ran along the wind tracks back the way she came.
"Boil the kernels!"
Suddenly, Lu Shi felt a call from a dark magical force. She abruptly turned her head towards a building, and the call came from there.
This summoned shadow magic power belongs to... Xiaoya.
By the way, ever since this little leopard teamed up with Zhang Qinglan to fight, it has found a new playmate and has been pestering Zhang Qinglan every day, so Lu Shi just lets it be.
It only just occurred to me that Zhang Qinglan and Xiaoya lived at the training base, so they were naturally trapped in this dark space.
Since she was called, Lu Shi decided to go and take a look.
If it's safe there, I'll leave my master there so I can focus on dealing with the root of darkness.
Lu Shi patted her head, turned around and ran in the direction of the call.
As soon as I got downstairs, with the help of the dim light, I looked up and saw the words "Test Building" written on the side of the building.
Just as Lu Shi hesitated, the space in front of her distorted, and Xiao Ya's body appeared from the void, jumping onto Lu Shi's shoulder and affectionately licking Lu Shi's face.
"It seems you're all alright." Seeing Xiaoya unharmed, Lu Shi felt relieved.
“Boil the kernels, and the root is too heavy.” A child’s voice rang in Lu Shi’s ears.
Well, Xiaoya has reached level 5 and can now transmit her thoughts telepathically. However, her speech... well, it's only slightly better than a toddler learning to speak.
Xiaoya happily ran upstairs, leading Lu Shi to a room.
The room looks normal.
But when Xiaoya raised her right paw, a silver light flashed, and the door instantly turned silver.
This is spatial magic. The silver gate requires spatial magic to open.
"If you boil the kernels, you will die without any chance of safety!"
Xiaoya tugged at Lu Shi's sleeve and led her through the silver gate.
As Lu Shi stepped through the gate, the scenery before her eyes changed, and she found herself in a vast open space.
This space must have been created by a space-type mage.
Upon seeing Lu Shi, a large group of people immediately surrounded her.
"Finally, someone's here. Are they here to rescue us?"
What's going on outside?
Have all the dark monsters been cleared out?
The barrage of questions from the group made Lu Shi feel a little dizzy.
"Shut up, all of you!" Zhang Qinglan suddenly blocked Lu Shi's path and shouted.
This immediately quieted the scene down.
Lu Shi looked around carefully and discovered that there were about a hundred students surviving in this space, including Li Zicheng and others from J City, as well as members of the representative team from the Capital Magic High School. It seemed that many of the most promising students had survived by hiding in this safe space.
"Teacher Lu, has the darkness outside subsided by now?" Zhang Qinglan asked cautiously.
Lu Shi didn't answer, but simply put Li Cuiling down and said, "No, you're lucky to be able to hide in this safe space. It's very chaotic outside right now, and my master is seriously injured. I'm entrusting her to your care now. I'm going out to deal with the root cause."
“Let’s go together.”
Many students stepped forward, their enthusiasm boiling.
“I know you’re all passionate, but if you’re not strong enough, it’s all for nothing. Besides, the dark space outside can not only bewitch minds, but also drain power and turn people into new dark monsters. Even my master, who was at the peak of the Super Rank, fell victim to it. You should just stay here and wait patiently.”
Lu Shi's words were like a bucket of cold water poured on everyone.
"Alright, everything's taken care of. I'll come and get you out of here. There are some other surviving students outside, but they weren't as lucky as you. I need to go protect them."
With that, Lu Shi turned around and prepared to leave the space.
“Boiling kernels, Wu Yequ”.
Xiaoya jumped onto Lu Shi's shoulder.
"No, you stay here to protect everyone. No one else has the ability to freely traverse the safe zone except you. You must protect and conceal the entrances and exits. So many lives are in your hands, Xiaoya, your task is very important."
Lu Shi patted Xiao Ya's head, taking good care of her.
With a few soft whimpers, Xiaoya jumped off Lu Shi's shoulder.
Lu Shi smiled at all the students.
"Everyone, darkness will eventually pass, and light will surely come. I will be the one to break through this dark space."
After saying that, Lu Shi rushed out of the safe space again without hesitation.
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