Two Anomalies

Shadow Demon was the exclusive name of the little boy race. Like Borrowed Face Grudge, it was a highly bizarre and peculiar Vengeful Spirit.

As a Vengeful Spirit devoted to learning, it had never underestimated Players, not even low-level newbie players.

From angles and locations to timing and directions, it had accounted for everything. And events unfolded exactly as it had expected—it successfully lured those two Players into its carefully arranged trap.

It was currently on the side of the building that could not be seen from below. Even if one Player had remained downstairs to provide support, it still had ample time to plan.

If ordinary humans were merely minor monsters worth one Experience Point, then these Players were all bosses worth over one hundred Experience Points. A return of nearly a hundred times was enough to make it take the risk.

Once it absorbed these three Players, it would become stronger. It would have enough power to swiftly turn everyone in the entire university into prey, devour them all, and leave at its leisure. A fortune made overnight was nothing more than that.

But it had planned for everything. It had even calculated that, during this special period, the strongest Player sent to deal with this Anomaly would only be Lv3. Yet it had never imagined that while it had not underestimated the Players, it had underestimated ordinary humans.

...It had only been three minutes. How could a human possibly break free from the Shadow Realm it had constructed?

The little boy opened his mouth as if he wanted to say something, but it was already too late. The blow to his head threw off his balance, and Wu Hua seized the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to smash a fist into his face.

White smoke hissed from his cheek as he let out a shriek. The little boy was sent flying uncontrollably, and the Dolls stuffed inside his Backpack scattered all over the ground.

Wu Hua shot a grateful glance at the youth who had suddenly appeared on the Rooftop and saved them. Without wasting time on pleasantries, he lunged straight at the little boy.

He knew the principle of striking while the iron was hot. If they did not take this rare chance to finish the other party off, who knew what unexpected changes might happen next?

Xu Qiang was even faster. At some point, a dagger gleaming with cold light had appeared in his hand. With a flick of his wrist, the dagger flew out and brutally pinned the fleeing little boy to the ground.

"Mm... as expected of Official Personnel..."

Watching the swift, clean movements of the two in front of him, Bai Zhi lowered his head and glanced at the chair leg in his hand. Under the Sunlight, it was rapidly dissolving like snowflakes. He simply shrugged without a care.

After passing through the faintly glowing door, he had found himself on the Rooftop. By sheer coincidence, he had appeared directly behind a certain little boy... The other guy had simply been standing in far too perfect a position. That sneak attack had felt amazing...

Just as the little boy was about to be dealt with, the Rooftop door was suddenly shoved open. Wang Xuan, covered in blood, stumbled out from the Stairwell.

"Cap, Captain, it's a trap. Down, downstairs already..."

Before he could finish, Wang Xuan suddenly coughed up a mouthful of blood and collapsed onto the ground.

"Xuanzi!!!"

Wu Hua's expression changed sharply. No longer caring about the little boy, who was already trapped like a turtle in a jar, he sprinted over to Wang Xuan.

In a panic, he somehow produced a bottle of what looked like medicine and pressed it against Wang Xuan's body.

"Hold on! What happened downstairs!?"

The medicine pressed against Wang Xuan seemed to have actually worked. His complexion visibly improved.

"Cap, Captain, a lot of Killer Dolls appeared downstairs. The police have all been killed. They're hunting the students, I..."

"Stop talking. Stay here and get some rest. Qiangzi, forget that thing—we need to deal with what's happening downstairs!!"

Wu Hua stood up with a grim expression and shouted at Xu Qiang over his shoulder.

As soon as he finished speaking, he rushed toward the Stairwell Entrance.

Xu Qiang glanced back at the little boy on the ground, who was barely breathing. Considering the amount of time it would take to completely destroy it, and the students below who were facing a Life and Death crisis, Xu Qiang quickly made the right choice.

"I'll leave this place to you for now!!"

After saying this to Bai Zhi, Xu Qiang immediately followed Wu Hua and raced downstairs.

And so, in an instant, only Bai Zhi, the half-dead Wang Xuan, and the severely wounded, immobile little boy remained on the Rooftop.

"Uh..."

After thinking for a moment, Bai Zhi picked up a Brick from the edge of the Rooftop and held it in his hand. Then he walked over to Wang Xuan, who was lying against the wall, and crouched down beside him.

"Brother, may I ask your name?"

"I, I'm Wang Xuan. Hurry and run. Find somewhere safe to hide..."

Wang Xuan barely lifted his eyes to glance at Bai Zhi, looking utterly weak and drained.

"You look seriously injured. Are you all right? Do you need my help?"

Bai Zhi tossed the Brick in his hand upward as though he had not heard a word Wang Xuan said, his face still full of smiles.

"N-No need..."

Staring at the highly threatening Brick, Wang Xuan involuntarily shrank back, and the corner of his eye twitched.

"Why are you being so polite with me? Look at you, you're clearly hurt so badly!!"

Bai Zhi raised the Brick in his hand, looking quite displeased.

"Don't worry, my treatment is safe, convenient, and painless. It only takes one little—tch, already ran away?"

Looking at the "Wang Xuan" who had suddenly vanished before him, Bai Zhi clicked his tongue and stood up.

His prediction had indeed been correct. Since there was more than one Anomaly in this school, and they were all intelligent, the other Anomaly naturally could not stand idly by at a time like this.

If he had not known the other Anomaly that had latched onto him yesterday so well, he would never have considered this possibility. After all, no matter how one looked at it, the other party's disguise had been Perfect.

"So, next..."

Bai Zhi turned to look in the little boy's direction.