"And calming down after drawing blood was another major abnormality. Normally, being beaten bloody would only make someone angrier!"
Qin Fangyang said, "According to them, once they calmed down and thought back over everything, it felt all the more wrong. It was as though someone in their minds had been constantly egging them on, stoking their fury until they had no way to restrain it!"
"If that savage emotion couldn't find release, it would only keep building. They needed an outlet, and Li Chenglong happened to become the target of the first wave. Later, beating Long Yusheng and Wan Lixiu, and even ganging up on everyone in Class Nine, were all attempts to vent. It seemed that only by doing so could they feel a little better."
"Then, after Zuo Xiaoduo gave them a savage beating, leaving them bleeding and injured... they actually regained some clarity."
"After school, Ge Yuanhang himself felt something was wrong. When he got home, he asked his father to straighten out his meridians and even underwent a Mind-Clarifying Mirror examination. Only then was the influence of that negative state dispelled. I believe that alone is enough to substantiate my suspicions."
"A Mind-Clarifying Mirror? So that negative state really existed?"
Li Changjiang's expression was so dark it seemed water might drip from it.
"Yes, it really did. That was what Ge Yuanhang said, and several other students experienced similar conditions. This is no longer something we can explain away as coincidence."
"So you think this was... a negative influence caused by Broken Army's frenzied battle intent?"
"It hadn't reached the level of frenzied battle intent yet."
Qin Fangyang said, "If it had been frenzied battle intent, someone would have died long ago. My judgment is that it was something like a Soul-Confusing Lure."
Li Changjiang paced.