Chapter 81

Chapter 81: Reincarnation VI

The thunder rumbled and the earth trembled with immense force.

With the first bolt of lightning striking down, the bright, dazzling fire blazed like a meteor, falling from the sky. The purple lightning hit the ground, igniting a group of corpses on the east side of the Yang Qi circle.

One after another.

The lightning tore through the sky, the electric snakes stretching for hundreds of kilometers, darting through the low sky, illuminating the vast wilderness and the Northern Yin Temple.

A deafening roar.

"Land God Spell!"

"Hurry!"

Chen Xiu shouted at everyone to protect their Yin Eyes, but his voice was swallowed by the thunder, barely noticeable.

The sound was too loud, too overwhelming.

Ming Yue felt her eardrums hurt. She opened her mouth and covered her ears, trying to use the pressure in her throat to resist.

However, Chen Xiu’s voice still broke through intermittently, vanishing amidst the thunder.

Qi Renjie shouted at Chen Xiu:

"Should we retreat outside the Yang Qi circle?"

"This thunderfire is too powerful!"

"It’s too dangerous, Chen Xiu!"

Chen Xiu decisively rejected: "No!" He pointed at the group of corpses nearby, which were screaming in agony as they burned from the thunderfire. They split into two groups: one resisted the absorption of Yin by the living beings' Yang Qi, desperately running outside the Yang Qi circle; the other rushed towards a few dozen bait students.

"We need to trap them within the range!"

"Spread out, balance the Yin and Yang, and the thunderfire will disappear!"

The rain kept pouring, droplets hitting Chen Xiu’s face, soaking him completely.

Qi Renjie was also in a sorry state.

"What are you planning to do?"Chen Xiu shouted, "Think of a way, we can't let these corpses escape."

Guo Tianyang and Ming Yue almost spoke at the same time: "Use the Golden Light Divine Spell and the Land God Spell."

After speaking, the two exchanged a glance.

Guo Tianyang was surprised: "How did you know this combo?"

Ming Yue wiped the water off her face and chuckled, "Senior, you probably forgot, but there was that time in the fourth year when we had a combat class at the gym, and I just happened to ask you a question."

"You told me about this idea of yours."

Guo Tianyang: "……"

Guo Tianyang patted Ming Yue’s head: "Good memory."

Although Qi Renjie was not a student of the Spirit-Sealing Academy, the reputation of the Eight Divine Spells was widespread. Students from other schools, even if they didn’t have the conditions, would still try to learn it. As the president of the Yu University, Qi Renjie naturally knew the spells, though not all of them. His knowledge didn’t mean everyone knew them.

"Chen Xiu, your prerequisites are a bit harsh."

"Of these forty people, it would be good if twenty of them could do the Golden Light Divine Spell, let alone the Land God Spell—damn, this rain is so annoying." While speaking, Qi Renjie tugged at his drenched clothes.

Just as they were talking, the dense cluster of thunderbolts began scattering in all directions. A lightning strike suddenly struck down without warning, very close to the group of students, causing the team to scream in panic.

Ming Yue’s scalp tingled as well.

Chen Xiu, truly a tough man, didn’t change his expression when the thunder exploded nearby. He even teased Qi Renjie, who had been complaining earlier:

"It’s just the Land God Spell, can’t you do it?"

Qi Renjie: "……"

Qi Renjie rolled his eyes at the silent disdain: "Of course I can."

"But it’s not a must-have skill—alright, don’t tell me this is a must-have skill for your academy, that’s just common sense."

Chen Xiu threw out a Heavenly Gang Spell, blasting a wave of approaching corpses into the air. Blood and flesh splattered onto the students: "See, that works."

"If someone knows it, they’re responsible for making the spell."

"If someone doesn’t, they’re responsible for sticking the spell and providing support.""Clear responsibilities, well-defined division of labor."

Qi Renjie: "……"

Qi Renjie was speechless: "You Spirit-Sealing Academy people really are bold, thinking straight without any detours."

Guo Tianyang urged: "Alright, you two big shots, stop showing off."

"Do you want to be struck by lightning?"

"If you don't, hurry up and get to work!"

East side, by the banks of the Wangchuan River, in the crack of the earth.

The environment was pitch black.

Only the frequent lightning strikes could briefly illuminate the dark crevice, and the electric light flashed, tearing apart the dark purple sky, revealing a mountain wall full of living people.

Countless students clung to the mountain wall, like a mass of living maggots, tightly packed together and motionless. Heads pressed against heads, feet stepping on shoulders, the damp soil wall flowing with the rainwater from the vast wilderness above, falling into the abyss and forming small waterfalls, soaking the students' bodies.

The rainwater was cold.

The deafening sound of thunder kept coming, whipping up a hurricane. The students clinging to the wall shuddered slightly.

"What should we do?"

Among the crowd, Bai Linlang was hanging herself on a knife, the knife inserted into the soil wall. The rainwater had turned to mud, flowing down the knife handle. The president’s face, illuminated by the lightning, looked paler than the transparent rainwater:

"So much lightning."

"Will Ming Yue get struck and die?"

Beside her, An Xueru, who was tired from hanging and changing hands: "……"

An Xueru knew the president's personality, and it wasn’t out of malice. Though she was worried in her heart, she still spoke coldly: "Die from being struck? How could that happen?"

"President, did you forget what happened the last time when we were at the Shui Ximen, with Yang Qi and Huo Ming'er burning all night without any issues?"

Bai Linlang: "Of course something happened."

"She was blind for a long time."An Xueru: "……"

An Xueru pouted: "As if her eyes weren't blind before."

"Sigh, Thunderfire is a Yang energy force, it should... the harm to Ming Yue can be controlled, right?"

Bai Linlang, worried, couldn’t even catch her breath properly: "Controlled?"

"How could that be? That's thunderfire we're talking about—ugh, damn." As she spoke, another three explosions of thunder sounded, suddenly striking through the rain, startling Bai Linlang so much that her body bristled with fear.

An Xueru was also worried but still had to comfort the president at this moment: "Don't worry."

"She's a pure Yang constitution, no one would be struck by thunderfire, not her."

Before she could finish, a senior student hanging on a branch curiously chimed in: "Shui Ximen?"

"Ah, right, the people handling the Shui Ximen incident in Jinling City were from the Jin University Spirit-Sealing Academy."

"Hey, classmate, can we talk about the inside story?"

An Xueru: "……"

An Xueru: "What inside story do you want to hear?" There’s no inside story.

A group of students nearby overheard the conversation and quickly gathered around: "Yeah, yeah, we’re all doing the subway feng shui calculations at each school."

"The Shui Ximen incident in Jinling was very serious, didn’t you know about it at your school?"

"……"

An Xueru and Bai Linlang both shook their heads.

An Xueru: "It’s nothing, they were digging at the old city gate when choosing the subway station location."

"It disturbed the ancient ancestors underground, and the feng shui around that subway station was bad, leading to domestic violence murderers."

"Shui Ximen is a burial site, digging it up just uncovered the bodies, that’s all."

An Xueru said it so lightly.

Listening carefully, the other students from different academies could hear the bloody undercurrents in the words."Wow, over here in Chang'an, even though we keep digging up ancient layers, it's still rare to encounter both ancient and man-made disasters together," a senior student exclaimed.

"Tell us, what did you guys encounter?"

Several students asked excitedly.

An Xueru: "……"

An Xueru looked up at the thunderstorm-filled sky and thought to herself, everyone really is a pro, not even worried about being struck by lightning in this storm, but gossiping instead—well, never mind, this kind of weather makes it more appropriate and "elegant" to chat:

"Zombies, living Yin creatures, people with flying hands... probably those."

Surrounding students: "……"

Everyone exclaimed "wow."

Up ahead, Su Hui was hanging at the highest position near the dirt wall, always observing the situation below. Hearing the students chattering, he smiled at the same time as the senior Lu Xingru, who was also at the frontline: "Look, your Spirit-Sealing Academy students sure have seen a lot."

"You're always the center of attention wherever you go."

Lu Xingru smiled, but with no real warmth: "Oh, no, no. Jinling City is just an old capital. The dragon energy today is all in the Imperial Capital. Demons and monsters are all showing up. What we've encountered here is nothing compared to the Imperial University."

Su Hui, with a deathly physique, silently thought, never actually encountering anything like you Spirit-Sealing folks: "You're too kind, Spirit-Sealing's strength is mighty, we still have a lot to learn."

Lu Xingru smiled, not wanting to engage further in such meaningless pleasantries.

The thunder continued to rumble across the wilderness.

Lu Xingru was worried about Chen Xiu and Guo Tianyang, but with Su Hui present, it wasn’t appropriate to delve too deeply into conversation with other students. Through the heavy rain, he faintly saw a few strands of golden light flashing—

That luster.

It wasn't Yang energy.

Lu Xingru narrowed his eyes.

The light was very familiar.

A Spirit-Sealing specialty.

It looked particularly like the Golden Light Divine Spell.Su Hui saw that Lu Xingru was focusing intently on the rain, almost as if his head was about to emerge from the ground, and said, "Lu Xingru, be careful, don’t move away from the cover of the ground seam."

Lu Xingru didn’t hide his intentions: "I want to see how Chen Xiu and the others are doing."

Su Hui nodded, then shouted to the densely packed students below:

"Students!"

"Who has a telescope?"

"Su Hui from the Imperial University wants to borrow one!"

Lu Xingru: "……"

Lu Xingru: "You really are good at rallying the crowd."

Su Hui smiled, "It’s what we’re best at in the Imperial University."

A few students, hanging on the dirt wall, responded, though it was late at night and with no lightning, everything was unclear:

"I have one!"

"I have one, Gray Sister!"

"Damn! I also want to see the situation outside!"

Su Hui laughed and said loudly: "Thanks!"

"Everyone can take turns!"

"Soon, I’ll step down, and any student who wants to can climb up."

"But, if you're staying on the front lines, you must take on security duties!"

She smiled, but her words were strict and without room for negotiation.

Immediately, the students who had been chatting loudly before fell silent.

Several telescopes were passed up. The elite students from each department on the front lines quickly received one. They politely said, "It's fine, it's fine, you look," but in reality, everyone was immediately peering through the lenses, scanning the wilderness:

"Damn! It really is the Golden Light Divine Spell!""Wow, hey hey hey, did you guys see that! In the thunderstorm! The Yellow Forest!"

"What are you talking about, the Yellow Forest? That's clearly the Golden Light Divine Spell's forest!"

"Is it the Eight Divine Spells from Imperial University? Is it that powerful! Alright, I’m learning it when I get back."

"Wait a minute, but when I use the Golden Light Divine Spell, why doesn't the range look this big or this flashy?"

Lu Xingru: "……"

That's because you're stupid.

Lu Xingru felt that, as the leader of the Spirit-Sealing team, he couldn’t stay silent any longer, so he cleared his throat and explained:

"Everyone, the trick to expanding the Golden Light Divine Spell’s range is to add another Eight Divine Spell, the Land God Spell."

"If you look at the membrane layer next to the Golden Light Divine Forest, it’s colorless and has a sense of fluctuation. In the rain, it’s not obvious, but when the lightning strikes, you can barely see it. That’s the symbol of using the earth’s power."

A student from Imperial University, holding a telescope, asked: "What’s the main effect of the Land God Spell?"

Lu Xingru: "……"

Lu Xingru rolled his eyes inwardly. With this level, and you guys from Imperial University still want to take first place this year? Dream on. Know yourself and your opponent, and you’ll never be defeated:

"The Land God Spell’s main role is protection. It doesn’t differentiate between Yin and Yang, so it’s not easily controlled by certain Yin-Yang techniques."

"Its effect is relatively mild, protecting what already exists and extending as much as possible on that foundation."

"Simply put, that’s it."

The students in the front row all said in unison, "Oh."

Lu Xingru: "…… Idiots."

Lu Xingru turned back to look through the telescope. This time, he caught sight of a figure—among a group of tall boys, there was a noticeably short girl. In fact, the girl was 1.7 meters tall, which wasn’t short, but surrounded by tall boys, she stood out.

It was Mingyue.

Lu Xingru, who had investigated Mingyue before, immediately recognized her.Why was Lu Xingru able to see it so clearly?

Because the Golden Light Divine Spell flashes, flowing like water from Mingyue’s hands and being passed on to others.

However, the others couldn’t keep up with her speed of drawing the talismans. Mingyue, on the other hand, would occasionally add her own flair to the process—drawing with her left hand while pasting with her right, making it seem like she was putting on a performance, while the onlookers didn’t know what to make of it.

Lu Xingru: "……"

What he could see, everyone around him could see:

"Hey, look, look, this little girl is from the Spirit-Sealing Academy, for sure!"

"Obviously, I know, which academy can draw the Eight Divine Spells this fast?"

"It seems like everyone’s handling it well."

The thunder and fire finally showed signs of weakening.

The wilderness was filled with golden corpse pillars, and as lightning struck, the corpses were shattered, filling the air with the stench of burning flesh. Fortunately, the clean water from the heavy rain could wash everything away.

The combination of the Golden Light Divine Spell and the Land God Spell made a name for itself in this battle, gaining widespread fame across the four academies.

It could be expected that, after returning to school, a new wave of competition to learn the Eight Divine Spells would break out among the major universities.

The reputation of the Spirit-Sealing Academy of Jinling University was made or broken in an instant.

Su Hui thought to herself.

She could foresee these trends, but she wasn’t exactly happy about it. However, at the moment, there was something more important in front of her—3 o'clock.

This year's final exam ended in the thunderstorm, with the students collectively hanging on the southeast wall.

There was no large-scale brawl.

What remained was rare unity, collaboration, and an unknown, eerie disaster brought on by an earthquake.

The crowd below began to stir at the scheduled time.

Su Hui shouted, and the response was immediate: "The thunder and fire have lessened, everyone!"

"Let's go, the exam is over! Let's go welcome our heroes!"