Chapter 264: Eerie Changes In The Art Studio
“Evil God Follower?” Wu Xian furrowed his brows.
“That’s right,” Zhou Qi said with lingering fear: “Good thing my mental power is decent enough that I broke free in time, otherwise I definitely would have fallen into it.”
Wu Xian’s expression was odd, “There are so many teachers in the art studio, and school leaders too?”
“They’ve probably already fallen into it.” Zhou Qi shook his head with a light sigh.
“Does the association know?” Wu Xian asked seriously.
“Yeah,” Zhou Qi nodded, “I’ve already notified Senior Xu Lu’s side, they should be rushing over too.”
Wu Xian understood, and after secretly probing to confirm Zhou Qi had no issues, he decided to go to Dengfeng Art Studio to investigate.
However, for safety’s sake, he specifically brought along his direct disciple, Sacred Spirit Dojo Goddess Highness, Xu Cunxin.
Although he was now strong to a scary degree, the opponent was an Evil God Scroll Painter after all.
Having Xu Cunxin, this T2 top-tier expert, with him would make things much more secure.
“Evil God Scroll Painter? And causing chaos in the art studio?”
On the way to the art studio, Xu Cunxin’s expression was odd.
“Yeah… all I can say is that the situation in our Yaoyang City is quite complicated,” Wu Xian didn’t have time to explain too much, “Daring to strike directly at the art studio means the opponent definitely isn’t simple.”
Xu Cunxin nodded slightly, not taking it to heart.
“Have you encountered any powerful Evil God Scroll Painters before?” Wu Xian asked in passing.
“Of course,” Xu Cunxin replied without hesitation, “Our Holy Spirit Scroll Painting is quite effective against some Evil God Scroll Paintings.”
Wu Xian understood; after all, he’d always thought Xu Cunxin was an old homebody protected in an ivory tower.
After learning Xu Cunxin had experience dealing with Evil God Scroll Paintings, he wasn’t worried anymore.
Not long after, the three successfully arrived at Dengfeng Art Studio.
After a mental power probe, they didn’t detect any evil aura.
But just as Zhou Qi said, the interior of the art studio faintly exuded a somewhat eerie atmosphere.
Students from various grades in the art studios came and went, chatting and laughing, everything just like usual.
Only… this scene seemed a bit too beautiful, with every student radiating happy radiance on their faces, without any worries.
Upon seeing Senior Student Zhou Qi, they greeted him enthusiastically.
And Wu Xian, as Yaoyang City’s current number one hotshot, naturally caused quite a stir among the student group too.
“It wasn’t like this before.” Zhou Qi reminded quietly.
After taking in the feeling, Xu Cunxin mused, “Looking closely, the kids really do have a bit of a drunk life dream death vibe; normally, there’s supposed to be a lot of competition and pressure in the art studio.”
Wu Xian pondered, curiously observing every blade of grass and tree in the art studio campus.
Come to think of it, this should be his first time entering Dengfeng Art Studio; he didn’t know much about the art studio’s campus life and atmosphere.
“As expected of an art studio; the environment and facilities are truly top-notch.”
Wu Xian exclaimed in admiration; who could have thought his first step into an art studio would be in this way.
“It’s all superficial; whether you achieve anything ultimately depends on yourself,” Zhou Qi shook his head with a smile, “The art studio can at most teach some foundation stuff.”
At least in his view, everyone in the art studio combined couldn’t compare to Wu Xian, this unconventional path guy.
“Where did you first realize something was off?” Wu Xian asked seriously.
“The library.”
Zhou Qi led the way ahead with a serious expression.
The vast library was unusually quiet, with many art studio students here checking information and studying scroll painting knowledge.
Everything seemed extraordinarily harmonious.
But shortly after stepping into the library, the three clearly felt a trace of anomaly, as if a relatively mild power was trying to erode and influence their consciousness.
“When did Evil God Scroll Paintings become this mild?” Wu Xian was secretly surprised.
Xu Cunxin nodded, “It really doesn’t seem like the style of an Evil God Scroll Painter.”
“Could I have been wrong?” Zhou Qi asked doubtfully.
As Wu Xian looked around, he directly summoned Sun Star Lord and let out a【Morning Crowing】.
The rooster’s crow echoed through the library, an invisible purification power spreading from the library center to the entire art studio.
“Such strong power!”
Xu Cunxin couldn’t help but be amazed by Sun Star Lord’s power, her worship of Wu Xian growing even stronger.
Morning Crowing’s invisible power swept through the entire library; the students clearly showed some dazed expressions, but soon returned to their “drunk life dream death” state.
“Over there—!” Xu Cunxin’s eyes narrowed, pointing to the anomalous spot.
Wu Xian and the other two turned to look, only to see the library administrator standing there like he was frozen, his body surrounded by writhing strands of light qi, his face showing pain.
Looking closely, those writhing light qi around the administrator seemed to be the administrator’s soul, frantically struggling in some kind of agony.
But strangely, the library students seemed unable to see any of this.
“It’s definitely evil power,” Xu Cunxin confirmed, “But… what’s the purpose of the opponent doing this?”
After getting closer and observing carefully.
The library administrator was like his soul had been hijacked, mechanically “playing” his role and duties.
Evil God Scroll Painters were usually ruthless killers who obtained evil spiritual substances from human bodies in various ways.
In his doubt, Wu Xian summoned Black and White Impermanence, attempting to perform transcendence on the administrator’s struggling soul to free it.
Facts proved that Second Master Impermanence was very professional in this aspect.
The distorted, struggling soul around the administrator quickly calmed and returned to his body; the administrator jolted awake from a nightmare, startled and panicked.
“Teacher Qin, calm down~ calm down!” Zhou Qi hurriedly soothed.
However, Library Administrator Teacher Qin seemed to have mental disorder, flailing wildly with a ferocious face, starting to crazily attack the three.
Wu Xian immediately flung out the Dragon Binding Rope to bind him upon seeing this.
“Mental disorder, consciousness collapse.” Xu Cunxin showed an unprecedented seriousness, “This Evil God Scroll Painter hiding in the shadows is probably far more powerful than we imagined, even stronger than any Evil God Scroll Painter we’ve heard of before.”
“Evil power at the mental and soul level?” Wu Xian pondered.
“Probably not that simple,” Xu Cunxin said: “A kind of evil power we’ve never heard of, and we can’t even detect its existence or mechanism.”
At the same time, the Evil Extermination Temporary Command led by Xu Lu had also arrived at the scene.
After learning of the situation Wu Xian’s side had discovered, they too fell into deep confusion.
This Evil God’s power completely exceeded their existing cognition.
“First find a way to evacuate the students.” After understanding the situation, Xu Lu quickly ordered, “By the way, where is Principal Liang?”
However, just as they tried to evacuate the students, the entire art studio academy instantly fell into a eerie hue.
The students not only didn’t cooperate but resisted the association personnel’s arrangement, getting emotionally agitated one by one, completely ignoring commands.
The entire art studio also fell into a eerie terrifying atmosphere.
The sky was overcast, the world outside the art studio was empty and void, the entire art studio as if trapped in some eerie mental realm.
“What the hell?” Zhang Mazi and his group activated their human scroll painting tattoos, their evil suppressing guard auras surging, “Come out and fight if you dare! What’s with the sneaking around?”
Wu Xian’s trio and the association members on site were shocked.
In contrast, that group of students returned to their drunk life dream death-like study state.
