The insubstantial Black Shadow fell silent instead.
Although the Black Shadow was still trapped by the great formation arranged by the Academy students, it now emanated an unsettling aura.
"What in the world is this thing?"
Liu Bai was one of those closest to it, and he could now see clearly that, strictly speaking, the Black Shadow looked more like a person who had been soaked in filthy black sludge and then fished out.
The black material shifting all over its body was impossible to describe!
Suddenly, the Black Shadow opened its mouth and violently spat out an extremely viscous black substance. The black matter it spewed out instantly corroded the Immortal Binding Rope around its body, and even melted a huge opening in the golden-light formation net, allowing it to escape directly.
"Come back!"
The young man atop the green jade flying sword shouted sternly. In an instant, the Academy students forming the surrounding formation all fled, widening the distance as they went on guard.
Yet the Black Shadow made no further move. Instead, it stared at the person who had seen through it—Xiao Luo SIR.
"You suspected me just because of a bud from a Shapeshifting Grass?" The Black Shadow's voice held no anger, only what seemed to be greater surprise.
Xiao Luo SIR said, "I'm simply rather curious about everything. For example, why had the Shapeshifting Grass that was originally displayed in class as a specimen been moved, and why were some of its buds missing? Brother Liu said that the person cleaning up might have accidentally knocked them off, but I saw that the remaining buds on the specimen were all quite firmly attached. If they had truly fallen off by accident, it would have required quite an accident."
"And what of it?" the Black Shadow