"What was that?"
"That was the Blood Barbarian Demon Soul!"
"It really was the Blood Barbarian Demon Soul!"
The instant the agonized screams rang out, the academy disciples turned and looked into the sky.
A colossal phantom of the Blood Barbarian Demon Soul appeared before their eyes. The Blood Barbarian Demon Soul seemed to be suffering unbearable agony, its figure thrashing through the air as its soul disintegrated.
"Th-that's the legendary mysterious senior brother, isn't it?"
When the academy disciples near Su Xiuyi saw him, their eyes lit up, and a trace of shock appeared in them.
They stared fixedly at Su Xiuyi in his golden mask, his figure engraved in every one of their minds.
"Check-in available here. Would the host like to check in?"
The system's mechanical voice rang out in Su Xiuyi's mind.
"Huh?"
Su Xiuyi was genuinely stunned for a moment. He had never imagined that he could check in somewhere outside the Myriad Text Academy.
Su Xiuyi's gaze fell on Ji Wuming, and a thoughtful look appeared in his eyes.
The next moment, his eyes lit up.
A brilliant gleam filled them.
"Check in!"
Su Xiuyi waited with nervous anticipation, unsure whether the result would be what he had in mind.
If he could obtain the Blood Barbarian Demon Race's undying divine ability, he would have struck treasure.
"Ding! Check-in successful. Congratulations, host, on obtaining the Blood Barbarian Demon Race's divine ability, the Undying Heavenly Scripture!"
The system's voice rang out in Su Xiuyi's mind.
At that instant, Su Xiuyi's whole body trembled.
Disbelief filled his eyes. Su Xiuyi had hoped for this result, but he had not expected to actually obtain the secret of the Blood Barbarian Demon Race's immortality by checking in.
"Undying Heavenly Scripture?"
The moment those words rang out in his mind, Su Xiuyi trembled with excitement.
But this was no time to examine the Undying Heavenly Scripture carefully, for Su Xiuyi could clearly sense countless figures heading his way.
His identity absolutely could not be exposed.
The next moment, a "Yin" Will Character appeared beside Su Xiuyi. The area where he stood turned into a patch of shadow, concealing him within it.
Su Xiuyi vanished from their sight. He activated the "Earth" Will Character, merged into the ground, and disappeared.
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!
Sounds of rushing air rang out as figures soon arrived. Amid its agonized screams, the Blood Barbarian Demon Soul in the sky also vanished completely.
"Where did he go?"
"So fast. Is this senior brother still unwilling to meet us?"
"What a shame!"
The eyes of the first disciples to arrive were filled with disappointment.
Whoosh!
An elder arrived from afar. Unlike the others, he did not search the surroundings, because he understood that mysterious disciple. If the man did not want to appear, there was no way they could find him.
The elder's gaze fell on the two figures on the ground.
When he saw Ji Wuming's corpse, his whole body shook.
A brilliant gleam burst forth in his eyes.
"He's dead. Ji Wuming is dead. No, the Blood Barbarian Demon Soul is truly dead."
"Good! This is wonderful! Southern Heaven Academy's calamity has been averted!"
Seeing that Ji Wuming was dead, the elder felt the blood in his body boil, as though he had been reborn.
Though they had still been alive before, every one of them had known in their hearts that, with the Blood Barbarian Demon Soul free of its seal, their lives were nearing their end.
But now that Ji Wuming was dead, the calamity had naturally been nipped in the bud, and the crisis was over.
"Hm?"
"Isn't this Tiezhu from the Literary Court?"
The elder frowned at the sight of Tiezhu, but he still went over and checked his breathing.
"All the meridians in his body are severed, yet he survived such injuries. Could it be that he intervened?"
"Since you saved us from fire and water, I'll take care of Tiezhu from now on!"
The elder stood and immediately ordered the academy disciples to take Tiezhu away to recover. A cold smile touched his lips as he grabbed Ji Wuming's corpse and headed for the academy.
"How did it go?"
On his way back, the elder met the elders hurrying over from the sealed land. They all asked him anxiously.
"The Blood Barbarian Demon Soul is dead."
"The calamity has been nipped in the bud."
The elder immediately held up Ji Wuming's body and spoke with a smile.
"What did you say?"
"Is it true? The Blood Barbarian Demon Soul is dead?"
The approaching elders' pupils contracted sharply, and they hastily turned their eyes to the corpse in his hand. The moment they recognized Ji Wuming, their bodies trembled.
"He's dead."
"Ji Wuming is dead!"
"No, the Blood Barbarian Demon Soul is dead! The academy's calamity has been nipped in the bud!"
At that moment, some of the elders burst into tears.
"The calamity has been averted."
The Blood Barbarian Demon Soul had been like a sharp sword hanging over their heads, and now it had finally vanished. Who would not be excited?
"Come on, let's go see the grand preceptor and the academy heads and tell them the good news. There's no need to ask the imperial family for help anymore." Everyone hurriedly suppressed their emotions and headed for the sealed land.
In the sealed land, the academy heads were anxiously suppressing Ji Zhan's injuries. Ji Wuming had gravely wounded him, and he had also burned his essence blood once. He was in a terrible state.
Whoosh!
An elder came rushing over as fast as he could, having even used a Will Character to increase his speed.
"Grand preceptor, academy heads, Ji Wuming-no, the Blood Barbarian Demon Soul has been slain! The calamity has been nipped in the bud. The corpse will be brought here shortly, and the demon soul has been wiped out too!" The elder was like an excited child.
"What?"
"The Blood Barbarian Demon Soul is dead?"
The academy heads treating Ji Zhan's injuries all turned to look at the elder.
"Yes, the Blood Barbarian Demon Soul has been slain."
Knowing the academy heads did not believe him, the elder repeated himself.
"Come, let's go see!"
"I won't die just yet!"
Ji Zhan was so excited that he could no longer spare a thought for his injuries. He rose and headed straight outside.
As soon as he left the sealed land, he saw a great procession of academy elders approaching. The man at the front carried a corpse, and all of them were smiling.
"Greetings, grand preceptor and academy heads. The Blood Barbarian Demon Soul has been slain. That mysterious disciple was the one who did it!"
The elder who had seen Su Xiuyi immediately made his report.
Ji Zhan and the academy heads looked at Ji Wuming's corpse, which had been dropped on the ground. Once they confirmed that it really was Ji Wuming, their pupils contracted sharply.
"It really is that beast!"
No one had expected the Blood Barbarian Demon Soul, so difficult to kill, to have been slain.
With their cultivation, they naturally had no need to touch Ji Wuming's corpse to sense that not a trace of life remained in his body. It had been entirely consumed by the power of death.
"The calamity is finally over."
The weight that had hung over Ji Zhan's heart finally fell away.
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