Chapter 763 Countdown to Sacrifice (3k)
“Hmph!”
With a cold snort, the Red Warrior took a half-step forward. His arm trembled, and the broad saber suddenly stirred up an orange-red stream of light in the dark night, and then fiercely collided with the thick bear paw. Instantly, a dull sound that made the scalp tingle rang out—
“Bang!!”
A terrifying blast of air spread out like a tide from the point of contact. Along the way, cracks burst forth like a spiderweb across the ground, and trees were reduced to fragments and shot out rapidly.
“Bang…”
The broad saber and the thick bear paw paused for a moment upon contact, and then the latter’s body trembled violently. Under a fierce blast of air, it retreated more than ten steps, stamping its feet on the ground, before barely stabilizing itself.
“Your strength is not right, how could it suddenly increase so much…”
A hint of panic appeared in the bear’s eyes. It didn’t understand why the opponent’s strength, from being slightly weaker than itself, had directly soared to being one to two tenths stronger.
If it had this much strength, why had the opponent been holding back and feigning an attack earlier?
The appearance of the Red Warrior before them stunned everyone, both inside and outside the screen. The administrator outside had a look of disbelief on his face. He had initially thought that these students were doomed, but unexpectedly, there was a twist of fate!
“Administrator, is this Japanese Warrior your…?”
Someone asked him with considerable surprise, treating it all as a backup plan made by this administrator.
“How is that possible? If I had this ability, would I be working with you?”
Glancing at the other person speechlessly, the administrator shook his head slightly, his gaze fixed on the tablet. A gleam appeared in his eyes, and he murmured, “This is likely a measure arranged by someone who predicted the situation inside. As for who…”
He had a guess in his heart but did not speak it out. Instead, he looked towards the audience seating outside the broadcast room, trying to find a group of people who liked to wear black clothing.
“What’s going on…”
Stabilizing his body, the giant bear quickly looked up. A look of caution was added to its murderous furry face. His gaze inadvertently swept over the cerulean array amplification beneath Feng. His crimson eyes suddenly fixed on the butterfly girl who had clasped her hands together, and he roared:
“Is it you!?”
Following this bear’s roar, almost all the eyes in the venue turned to Bairnis. Whether it was Zhou Zhizhi and the others, or Lin Feng and his group, their gazes completely solidified. They had thought that Bairnis’s strength would be very high…
But damn it, being able to influence a Battle God level battle, was that something that could be described by the word “strong”?
“Damn it, no wonder I said they couldn’t break Zhou Zhizhi’s defense!”
“Pfft, you idiot, that’s because you didn’t hit them…”
Someone, in the tense atmosphere, suddenly shivered, causing a few sparse laughs, which dispelled some of the chilling atmosphere.
Directly in front, ignoring the surprise of the other party, Bairnis simply reversed her grip on the phantom scythe and raised it. A blue light flashed in her eyes, and she swung it forward fiercely, sneering and exclaiming, “Devour it!”
“Swoosh swoosh—”
As Bairnis finished speaking, clusters of glowing red butterflies shot out from her slender fingers, rushing towards the giant bear. If one observed carefully, they would notice that along the mouths of these butterflies were rows of sharp teeth like shark teeth, which were terrifying!
The younger girl’s face held a somewhat eerie smile, a look of eagerness for battle. If this school uniform were replaced with a Western-style long dress, her aura would not lose to Vivian.
At this moment, she seemed to have returned to the era when she was the head army doctor in the war. Her clasped hands were for saving people, and when she took off her priest’s robe, she was a knight of the expeditionary army.
If one were to describe them, Vivian was the noble rose, while Bairnis was the sometimes gentle lily, gentle only to specific people, just like the singer back then.
And Feng in front of them also stomped his foot, turning into a red blur with a “whoosh” and charging towards the giant bear. This speed, relying entirely on his body, directly created sonic booms along the path, astonishing the students.
Looking at Feng and the butterfly swarm charging towards it, the giant bear’s heart sank slightly. After the brief exchange earlier, it knew that this ghost swordsman’s strength had surpassed its own and was extremely agile, without any sense of pain.
Coupled with these terrifying-looking butterflies, if a real fight ensued, it would definitely not be a match for these two. It was best to leave this place quickly and report the situation to its master.
It was unexpected that two initial stage Battle Gods would appear in such a weak place.
“Run!”
Looking at the attacking forces converging ahead, the giant bear’s only thought was to escape. Its crimson eyes became as clear as a university student’s in an instant.
“Chira!”
Just as this thought arose, Feng’s figure had already appeared at its chest’s “crescent moon” position. As the maple leaves danced, the broadsword, accompanied by a sharp sonic boom, heavily slashed at the giant bear’s body.
“Pfft!!!”
Instantly, the gray-black blood gushed out from its shoulder like it was free of charge. Its upright body was forcefully pushed down by immense force, sitting down so hard that the yellow earth beneath it cracked open.
With debris flying everywhere, its eyes fearfully watched the rapidly approaching stinging butterflies. In an instant, its soul was in a state of panic.
“Crunch crunch crunch—”
Before the many students and the live broadcast screens, the butterflies pounced, tearing into the giant bear’s wounds like Red Tilapia in the Nile. No matter how much it flailed its arms, it could not drive them away.
During this time, Feng continued to swing his broadsword to inflict cutting damage on the giant bear, restricting its movements. Once it confirmed that the opponent could no longer get up, he straightened up, retreated slightly to the side, and carried the broadsword on his back.
Then, half a minute later, a gray-black skeleton was revealed to everyone. The scene fell silent again, with only the sounds of a few people swallowing.
Clearly, this scene had given these students who were still in school quite a shock.
Guan Xiaorong looked at the butterfly phantom, as if she suddenly understood something. She looked at the back of the young girl and opened her mouth, suddenly calling out, “Teacher? Are you Teacher Bairnis?”
“Teacher?”
The students in Class A beside her were also stunned. They had not been taught by a new teacher like Bairnis, so they did not understand the construction of her skills.
“An unexpected gain.”
Bairnis stepped forward, tiptoed slightly, and used the phantom scythe to hook the high-grade magic crystal from the skeleton’s head. She wiped off the bloodstains and put it into her school uniform pocket.
She then turned to Guan Xiaorong again, smiling helplessly, and walked towards her. She looked up and down at the somewhat dusty little face and said with a light chuckle, “Don’t mind these things. You performed well. At least you can get an A for your final exam.”
Hearing this tone, Guan Xiaorong once again confirmed that the larger loli before her was the usually frosty Bairnis from class. She then nodded, turned to look behind her, and explained, “This is our school’s foreign teacher. She probably anticipated that something like this would happen when she entered.”
“Is she a teacher from our school? No wonder I found her skills so familiar.”
“Damn, so our school is that amazing, inviting Battle God level foreign teachers?”
Hearing their words, the students from Class A, including Zhou Zhizhi, also reacted. They instantly felt the pressure lessen, and it was even like drinking a cold cola, calming them down both physically and mentally.
“Crunch crunch…”
Feng walked over, his over two-meter-tall body looking down at the students below, causing many of them to retreat. But after a second, he suddenly bowed slightly to the butterfly girl before him. After standing up, he spoke in his not-so-standard Dragon Country language, stammering:
“The current situation is very bad. My team members have transmitted information that the central area is not an administrator at all, but a ferryman gathering people. The formations in the northern and western areas have been completely activated. According to the movement of the gourd, the shop owner is now rushing towards the nearest western area…”
Shadow soldiers could share some simple information among themselves.
Feng’s words plunged the students into silence again. As they looked at each other, they could see the exasperation in each other’s eyes. They had thought that as long as they continued forward, they would be fine, but now they were told—
Was the gathering a trap?
If Bairnis had not revealed her identity, these students would have simply given up. They had experienced more excitement in this one day than ordinary students would in a lifetime.
“If Miss makes this decision, we can only rush towards the central area first. Once the Ancient God Sect’s large-scale ritual is formed, it will be very difficult to handle.”
Hearing this, Bairnis frowned. The somewhat pale little hand took the watch from Zhou Zhizhi’s hand and looked at it. It was not too far from the central area now.
As soon as she spoke, many students’ expressions changed. Although they didn’t know what level of member of the Ancient God Sect the ferryman was, everyone knew about the sacrificial array!
Even low-level sacrificial arrays were terrifying, let alone high-level sacrifices. Bairnis dared to say it, but they dared not even think about it.
Seemingly sensing the thoughts of these students, Bairnis scanned them and waved her hand, scattering some butterflies with healing auras, and said softly, “The outside area is too dangerous. I can’t guarantee that you will still be alive after the crisis is resolved…”
The larger loli held out two somewhat pale fingers, very slender, like the tender buds of a camellia: “Now I give you a choice: either stay here and hold on until the danger is over, or follow me to the central area.”
“Holy crap… is that Healing Arts?”
Seeing the butterflies, these students instantly developed PTSD and took several steps back. When they realized it was Healing Arts, they stood rooted to the spot, looking at the butterfly girl before them with hesitation flashing in their eyes.
In the silence, Lin Feng’s voice directly rang out as he walked forward: “Why are you still thinking? Only by following can we survive. If you encounter such a giant bear, do you think you can defeat it?”
He exchanged a glance with Huang Shi and quickly made his choice. With his lead, this team quickly reorganized, only now feeling some awe towards the larger loli.
Bairnis paid no attention to these people, her gaze fixed on the central area ahead, where the last rays of light remained in the sky. The fingers inside the sleeves of her school uniform clenched slightly.
She had taught many of these students. As a teacher, she did not want them to have any accidents.
…
“Hmph hmph…”
In the central area, a little light scattered below. The middle-aged man wearing the White Crow Mask sat on a rock, twirling a blue crystal-like cross in his hand, humming a little tune.
In front of him stood rows of students, almost all of them with terrified faces, yet they dared not curse out loud, for fear of attracting the attention of the devil before them.
In front of these students, bronze crosses were placed with a rather wicked sense of humor. The entire large ground was engraved with arrays required for special rituals. Currently, due to insufficient personnel, they were not yet activated.
He suddenly stood up and looked towards the northern woods. Cuckoos were startled there, and then his eyes narrowed slightly, and he grinned, “We will soon have enough people to make you all becoming cultists.”
As for the blood sacrifice, he needed to wait for the formations in all four directions to be activated before it could be formally carried out. For every missing formation, the summoned divine phantom would be much weaker.
