The Red-Clothed Specters behind the door constantly teetered on the brink of life and death. They were extremely perceptive.
Although the Painter's three subordinates had been fighting the other Red-Clad Specters at the Ghost School, most of their attention was focused on Chen Ge.
Everyone, including the Painter, was curious about how Chen Ge, a living person, had gotten so many Red-Clad Specters to obey his commands.
How had he done it? What did he have backing him?
The unknown was always the most frightening thing. That was why the Painter and his subordinates hadn't attacked Chen Ge. They didn't know what he was hiding, and could only watch as he grew stronger, with more and more Red-Clad Specters gathering around him.
"Is the reason you can control other Red-Clad Specters hidden in The Shadow?" The blindfolded man tried to read something from the changes in Chen Ge's expression.
But to his disappointment, Chen Ge showed no unusual reaction. He only quickened his movements, his face so calm it was frightening.
One candy after another landed on the shadow, slowly dissolving like snow.
Not just the blindfolded man, but all the Red-Clad Specters around them could sense a faint aura in Chen Ge's shadow.
The aura was slowly growing stronger, as if something were waking from a deep sleep. The process, however, was extremely slow.
"I remember Teacher Bai once said there was a special being hidden in his shadow," Zhou Tu said, sounding as though he were talking to himself. He was gravely injured and hiding in the rear.
"Yes, I heard Teacher Bai say that too." Wang Yicheng, another student Chen Ge had brought out of the East and West Campus, quietly agreed. "We could sense it before we left the West Campus, but after we left, we