The King of Curses

Chapter 47: Crazy kid

"Brother Cen, you want to leave? Now?"

Zhang Xiu looked up in surprise.

"We were just talking about what happened to Teacher Tian and the others..."

"There's nothing much to say, actually." Tian Jingwen pushed the frame of his glasses on his nose and said with a wry smile, "We just came to this place suddenly."

According to him, during the tutoring session between teachers and students in the afternoon, there was a break. For some reason, he fell asleep on the podium, and several students also fell asleep. When they woke up, the sky around them had changed.

The ground was filled with hunched, deformed black figures, and for a moment I thought I had arrived in the underworld.

These people were smart enough to notice that these dark figures had no ability to hurt people, so as long as they were careful to avoid being attacked.

"Our school is a designated shelter and has supplies stored."

Tian Jingwen pointed to the corner of the classroom, where there were several sleeping bags.

"As for electricity, some places have it and some don't, and I haven't found any pattern. Food and drinks are all taken from the cafeteria canteen, so there will be no shortage for the time being."

After the teachers and students were drawn into the haunted house, they initially thought about looking for an exit, but they found nothing. In addition, the place was full of ghosts, so they soon gave up.

Given their situation, even if they are not killed by ghosts for the time being, they will be trapped and die in this place sooner or later.

“Why do you stay in this classroom?”

"Well... because we found that this is the only place with few ghosts nearby and electricity, so it can barely be considered a safe house..."

"Do you think it's really safe here? You're just lucky that you didn't encounter any ghosts or evil spirits."

It might not even be good luck, it could be that the owner of the haunted house is deliberately playing tricks on them -

Advanced ghosts have considerable intelligence and, in a sense, possess "humanity", but their emotions towards living people are vicious and greedy.

"But Brother Cen, look at the lightning and thunder..." Zhang Xiu looked at the dark night outside the window, "It's really not suitable to go out. Can't we wait until the weather gets better?"

"It won't get better. The weather in the haunted house is fake."

"……how do you want to do it?"

"There is only one way. If you want to exorcise the haunted house, you have to find the core ghost and defeat it."

"That's easy to say." Liu Xiaochuan said, "How could you possibly..."

"One person is enough. You stay here and protect these ordinary people."

That's enough words.

Under the gaze of everyone, Cen Dongsheng walked out of the classroom without looking back.

"..."

Looking at his back, Liu Xiaochuan was a little shocked.

Looking at the young man's appearance, he doesn't seem like the kind of person who would brag. Could it be that... he can really do it?

This doesn't make sense - he tried to deny this speculation. If this is true, then the gap between him and me, and the curse masters I know, is really too big...

*
Cen Dongsheng walked out the door.

He took a deep breath and found that even the air was moist.

The dark clouds were a sign of impending storms. According to several surviving teachers and students, this situation had lasted for two days and three nights.

He knew very well that the inside of the haunted house was a supernatural world where anything was possible, but he still felt magical every time he saw a scene that seemed to be a reflection of reality, but at the same time exuded a weird feeling that was very different from reality.

Among the haunted houses he had visited, some seemed to be consistent with real buildings, but they looked old after several decades; some were dilapidated and had become ruins with broken walls; and some were floating in the void.

Some are covered with strange mushrooms and spider webs; some look exactly the same, but when you look up, you can see a giant blood moon hanging in the sky.

Abnormalities like "it's always night and the sun never rises" or "it's always thundering and raining" are considered trivial.

Cen Dongsheng left alone without taking anyone with him and was not worried about anyone's safety.

If there really is a ghost or a person stupid enough to want to hurt her, the best thing for the rest of the people to do is to get away from them as soon as possible.

Just like he is now.

By the way, it was mentioned before that King Pingdeng’s final fall was due to the siege by the other three “ancestors”.

But to be precise, it was a joint action initiated at the personal call of the Director of the Governing Bureau.

Since there is almost no precedent of "Ancestors" joining forces to fight the enemy, it is actually more like a siege and blockade by various forces to kill King Pingdeng and his followers.

The final showdown took place between An Zhizhen and Yi Qingyan.

The head of King Pingdeng was chopped off by King Philosopher herself; the price she paid was that she herself had her intestines ripped open and was seriously injured for more than half a year.

Yes, Yi Qingyan and An Zhizhen——

These two people were mortal enemies in their previous lives.

...For some reason, once Cen Dongsheng thought of this, he inexplicably felt that his future was bleak and uncertain.

He came to the corridor, which was full of wandering dark shadows. When they saw someone approaching, they slowly surrounded him.

He aimed at one of them and gave a flying kick.

The black shadow that was kicked away was three or four meters away from the ground, rolling together with its kind like a rolling gourd, and then Cen Dongsheng who followed him stepped on it and broke its neck.

……

The first thing is to find the core ghost.

Without teammates and reconnaissance abilities, Cen Dongsheng still used the simplest and most brutal method: pushing forward all the way.

But whether the method is stupid or not depends on the person. It is just right for him.

Regardless of the speed of time, the biggest flaw of the "stupid method" is the consumption of the spell master. But after mastering the first level of supernatural power, Cen Dongsheng's physique and true energy were strengthened to a critical point by the power of the tiger demon.

If he didn't encounter those ghosts and monsters that he had to spend a lot of effort to deal with, the remaining small pieces would not be worth consuming at all.

The Yin Qi from refining was enough to make up for the loss of True Qi, and the strong body could provide him with the ability to maintain a non-stop fighting state for more than 24 hours. Compared to a living person, Cen Dongsheng, who was fully activated, was more like a Terminator robot.

Since he had this ability, Cen Dongsheng naturally would not hold back. He kept walking quickly, killing his way from the third floor of the laboratory to the second and first floors, through the corridor to the teaching building opposite, and then killing his way all the way up.

The young man's fists and feet were as heavy as mountains. Wherever they hit, the outline of the ghost would disappear without a trace and would not become an obstacle at all.

If you look from the direction of the classroom opposite, Cen Dongsheng running in the corridor is just like the protagonist in a horizontal action game. Ghosts are beaten into the air and killed one after another like mowing the grass. The corridors from the first to the fourth floors of the No. 1 teaching building have all been cleaned up by Cen Dongsheng.

After the shadows dispersed, even the originally dark and gloomy sky seemed to brighten a little. But he knew that this was just the beginning.

The haunted house covers the entire Caixin Middle School. The only ones wandering in the corridors are floating spirits. Lonely souls, evil spirits, and even core ghosts are all lurking in other places, such as...

In classrooms.

Cen Dongsheng's eyes fell on the window of one of the classrooms facing the corridor.

On the other side of the glass, the classroom seats were crowded with people, and the sound of reading aloud could be heard from inside.

"…The setting sun and the lone wild goose fly together, the autumn water and the sky are the same color…The fishing boats sing in the evening, and the sound reaches the end of the Pengli shore…"

The sound of the collective recitation was neat yet vague, as if it came from a distant place.

Cen Dongsheng came to the door of the classroom and kicked it open.

When he broke in, the chanting-like reading sound suddenly stopped, and the room was as quiet as a grave, and you could hear a pin drop.

The black figure standing on the podium pretending to be a teacher turned his head. Although there were no facial features on his face, one could still feel the cold and evil gaze staring at him.

Cen Dongsheng grinned and laughed.

He stepped hard and rushed forward like a tiger descending from a mountain.

The black shadow suddenly rose up, like a soft-bodied insect standing up, at least three meters high, with its limbs winding upward and its head almost touching the ceiling.

It pounced forward suddenly, but before that, Cen Dongsheng had already approached it.

His five fingers were hooked into tiger claws and swept across the blackboard, making a sharp and piercing friction sound and leaving deep marks.

The true energy condensed at the fingertips was like solidified flames, which instantly grabbed the entire black shadow and sent it flying backwards with a scream.

At the same time, the dark shadows in the entire classroom began to riot. The students who were originally sitting on the chairs and studying obediently all stood up, their deformed bodies twisted and swelled, stretching like mollusks, and pounced towards the young man who broke in with their fangs and claws.

When Cen Dongsheng turned his head, he saw countless black shadows rushing towards him like a tide.

He did not dodge or evade, but protected his face with one hand and rushed towards the black tide.

"The 'students' are floating spirits, and the 'teachers' are lonely souls... the number is really shocking..."

The black shadows transformed into snakes or insects, stretching out their sharp teeth and claws to grab people, making people feel cold.

Cen Dongsheng, who was wrapped in the black tide, did not waver at all, like an unshakable reef.

Whenever the dark shadows around him bit him, he would punch or kick them in return.

They couldn't hurt his bones, but his punches and kicks were heavy enough to kill with one blow. The wild true energy rushed into and tore the ghosts' bodies until their souls were shattered.

If these "students" were not faceless black shadows, Cen Dongsheng would now look like a vicious robber who broke into the school and started killing people.

After several minutes of fierce fighting, Cen Dongsheng's upper body was covered with shallow scars, his clothes and pants were torn, and the black shadow that originally filled the entire classroom was now only a tenth of what was left.

He put his hands down, gave the "surviving" ghosts a hideous smile, and strode forward, his speed and strength not affected at all.
"Everyone stand still, I'm going to beat you up one by one!"

The black shadow who was stared at by the man had no time to dodge. With a "bang", his head exploded like a balloon.

At the same time, Cen Dongsheng suddenly felt a slight tremor under his feet. He raised his head vigilantly and saw that the entire wall in front of him was shaking.

When I turned around again, the wall opposite the blackboard, the tables and chairs, the door... were all shaking.

The fluorescent tubes above my head were swaying slightly, as if they were about to fall at any time.

He immediately realized what was going to happen next and crossed his arms in front of him.

——The next second, the walls on both sides collapsed. Countless humanoid shadows gathered into a group, and each "group" quickly gathered into a larger group, like waves, one after another, layer after layer, breaking down the wall.

They are the ghosts gathered in the two classrooms next to each other!
There was a common consciousness among these ghosts. The battle that broke out in a few minutes was enough to make them realize that they were no match for Cen Dongsheng even if they fought alone or in groups of dozens.

So, all the ghosts in the entire floor simply gathered together, forming a huge and unstoppable dark tide, rushing towards the man standing in the middle.

Not only that, when Cen Dongsheng was getting into a defensive posture to prepare for the impact, his feet suddenly felt empty, and he fell down involuntarily.

Cen Dongsheng looked down, and as expected—

At the same time, there was a dim classroom under my feet, with dozens of black shadows entangled together. It looked like the fluctuating water of a lake or a deep pit full of poisonous snakes, which made people feel creepy.

He was surrounded by countless ghosts from all directions, front, back, left, and right, and the surging black tide swallowed him up.

*
"This, nothing will happen, right..."

After Cen Dongsheng left, the people in the classroom naturally couldn't sit still and they all ran out to watch.

They saw the young man fighting alone all the way, sweeping away the ghosts in the corridor like autumn wind sweeping away fallen leaves, breaking into the classroom, and playing with noise.

Everyone was stunned. It felt like the originally scary ghost movie had suddenly turned into a brutal and brainless action movie.

And then--

They saw that the entire teaching building had collapsed.

The air was filled with smoke and dust, and loud noises were heard in the darkness, as if there were explosives buried underneath, and the edge of the floor slowly tilted to one side.

Hundreds of human-shaped black shadows emerged from the gaps. They climbed up the walls and the broken corridors. From a distance, they looked like a long dragon made up of ants.

However, the target of the black shadows is only humans of the same size as themselves.

The emerging ghosts were like a tide, instantly submerging the young man's figure.

This scene was both spectacular and bizarre, and it made people feel cold in their hearts.

"No way, I saw him being swallowed?"

"He will find a way..."

"But, but, there are so many ghosts, can one really defeat them all by himself?"

Zhang Xiu suddenly heard footsteps. He turned around and saw that the girl named Yi Qingyan was running towards the stairs.

She was also standing at the railing just now and witnessed the scene of Cen Dongsheng being surrounded by ghosts.

"Hey, wait, what are you going to do?" Zhang Xiu shouted anxiously, "It's too dangerous, don't go!"

He got no response, so he looked downstairs.

After a while, the girl's figure appeared in the night.

Without hesitation, she ran straight towards the collapsed teaching building.

(End of this chapter)