Although he had used an avatar to slap the Church of Light in the face not long ago and dominate the headlines of supernatural newspapers across Origin Star, Tang Qi's expression still changed slightly at the sight before him, and a powerful urge to resist rose within him.
In truth, Monica's actions were not particularly strange in the bizarre Mystic Side, much less disgusting.
But even if they really were disgusting, there should be no room for scruples at a moment of life and death.
For Tang Qi, however, this was still far from a life-threatening situation.
So at that moment, he directly rejected Monica's goodwill with his actions. He made his move. Like most scholars, although he could not fight like some powerful supernatural professions, his breadth of knowledge gave him a great variety of methods to deal with things.
Scholars like Rose Madeline, who focused entirely on attaining the rank of Great Scholar and therefore did not study any other professions, were actually rare.
In front of Monica, Tang Qi raised both hands and pretended to cast a spell, while directly uttering a True Word Curse.
"Petrification Spell!"
"Buzz!"
Something miraculous happened at once.
The moment Tang Qi's Sword Bearer colleagues stepped through the door, they were struck by one Petrification Spell after another and turned into statues. This included the vine shoots growing from their bodies, and they soon toppled to the ground in a fan-shaped pile with a series of bangs.
Having dealt with his mutated colleagues, Tang Qi and Monica had no time to say anything.
The entire hotel—no, the whole of Knova Island—seemed to tremble.
Both of them looked toward the still-active light-and-shadow spell, and an incomparably terrifying scene appeared.
In Knova Island's Port District, every human—whether travelers staying there or local residents—had gone