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Chapter 123 A School Uniform That Lacks Nothing (Part 2)

"Roar!!!"

A piercing wail shook the surrounding surging gray mist, and the monstrous phantom shrouded in black energy roared to the sky.

"Yes...that's more like it!"

Although half of it was bitten off by the phantom of the "wolf," the two broken pieces of the shadow were quickly pieced back together.

This was a complete monster, its body seemingly rolling black ink without a fixed shape. Its left hand was piecing together a compass, and its right hand was sewing a ruler. Its entire body was wrapped and entangled with old exam papers. Only its exposed face vaguely resembled Bai Zhou, but it was obscured by black mist.

The hoarse, murmured words sounded like a baby crying, or a father and son arguing; if you listened closely, you could even hear a teacher scolding in between.
"You always surprise me, always delight me... but only in this way do you have the value to be possessed by me!"

The moment the words fell, the school uniform seemed to transform into a net that bound the white boat, tightening as if to strangle it.

"This is my home turf, so you—stop struggling!"

"Besides, weren't you enjoying it just now? Why did you resist?"

It opened its arms and slowly walked towards the white boat:
“We are born to be one, so why are you resisting me? As long as we are united, we can rule this school together and share unparalleled glory!”

"Isn't this a delightful and wonderful thing?"

Come—hug me!

The words were filled with some strange emotion, but the voice was exceptionally unpleasant, hoarse and mocking, and the speaker was emitting billowing black smoke.

The eerie scene was incredibly terrifying, sending chills down the spines of the onlookers.

"What exactly is it...?"

Number 9 covered his arm, which was covered in goosebumps.

Something in her mind shattered; she simply couldn't reconcile the ugly monster before her with the mysterious "Senior Zhou."
"In this damned school, every weirdo is some kind of evil thing?!"

"—No! Obviously not!"

The arrogant blue figure turned its gaze down and, without hesitation, solemnly refuted the rumor:
"We've never seen anything like this before—"

"But it does seem to be a product of the school."

After hesitating for a moment, [Arrogant Blue] said with great uncertainty:

"This... must be something unique to Senior Zhou?"

In this monster that resembled Bai Zhou, [Arrogant Blue] simultaneously saw many familiar yet unfamiliar traits such as "exams," "pressure," and "studies."

Of course, in addition to these traits, there are also traits like "greed" and "lust"... traits of those student council officers who were devoured.

It seems that this is the core essence of "Senior Zhou's" existence—similar to these student union cadres, but above them.

"So complex, so vicious, so unfathomable!"

【Arrogant Blue】 was shaken, looking at the pitch-black demon king in the distance with great awe.

If it's this senior Zhou...

Who knows, he might evolve into a super monster at the "principal" level in the future!

"Your home turf?"

"Don't make a fool of yourself."

However, when faced with the grotesque monster that came to embrace him, Bai Zhou simply shook his head.

Then, he pointed to his old friend who was approaching enthusiastically, as if giving an order, and said softly:
"—Bite him!"

"Ouch!"

A wolf's howl suddenly rang out.

A dazzling streak of silver flashed past the white boat.

The dazzling, bright glow is hard not to think of the brilliance of the moon, forming a stark contrast with the blood moon above the mist.

"What kind of scum, like pigs and dogs, do they think they can amount to anything?"

Bai Zhou looked at the monster with a similar face to his own and thought that the Exam King on the other side must have misunderstood something.

Then, the giant wolf pounced.

"Roar!!!"

It was as if the earth was shaking and the thick fog was rolling, tearing at each other and roaring at each other.

Its fur danced in the wind, and the mist swirled and surged. The light around the silver wolf suddenly transformed into countless sharp arrows, piercing the Exam King's body with hundreds of holes. Each movement of its body left a long-lasting silvery-white mark in the mist.

The black patterns spread out like a spider web, seemingly trying to trap the giant wolf's shadow, but the giant wolf tore them all to shreds. The cold light carried a terrifying scorching heat, and every roar made people's hearts pound.

"You remind me of a story."

Observing their battle, Bai Zhou seemed to nod in satisfaction:

"Once upon a time, there was a prince who wanted to marry a real princess, but he could never be sure if she was an imposter."

"One day during a torrential downpour, a beautiful princess, looking disheveled, knocked on the door seeking lodging. So the old queen devised a plan. She placed a pea on the princess's bed and laid out twenty mattresses and twenty eiderdown quilts to test the princess."

At this point, the three people who had been eavesdropping, number 9, showed expressions of sudden realization mixed with confusion.

So it's the story of the Princess and the Pea, everyone's heard it... But what does the current situation have to do with the Princess and the Pea?
Watching the wolves fight the monster, Bai Zhou remained expressionless and continued his narration:

The next day, the princess said she had barely slept all night and felt like she was being poked by something very hard.

"So everyone could see that she was a real princess, and the prince chose her as his wife."

At this point, Bai Zhou paused, his expression changing:

"However--"

"Actually, the princess is a thief disguised as a woman. He and his lover, the queen, had conspired beforehand to seize the castle and take over everything in it."

"...?"

The three people number 9 were stunned when they heard this.

What kind of "Princess and the Pea" is this?

"Fortunately, on the eve of the wedding, the fake princess, unable to resist her habit of stealing, was caught red-handed by a vigilant hunting dog, exposing the man's true identity!"

Bai Zhou's strange gaze fell on the giant wolf, which was opening its huge mouth and gnawing at the Exam King's head with a hissing sound.

"—Just like now!"

That’s all I have to say.

The situation has already become clear.

The King of Exams' dark figure was torn apart countless times, like a rag doll that could heal itself, and was being ravaged by the giant wolf that had found a toy.

Despite its ability to heal itself, it was almost powerless against the giant wolf, and any means it used seemed to be completely ineffective in the face of moonlight.

The exam king was dumbfounded.

"Not enough, not enough!"

Exam King glared with his scarlet eyes and looked at [Arrogant Blue] and [Slothful Black] to the side.

It grinned at them, its sharp, white teeth grinding together like two buzzing chainsaws.

"Huh? Not good!"

【Arrogant Blue】and 【Slothful Black】are not quite right.

Clever as they are, they turned and ran away as fast as they could.

But in the next instant—

"Pfft! Sizzle!"

A compass pierced the heart of [Arrogant Blue], followed by a ruler that sliced ​​off the head of [Slothful Black].

"Junior students, lend me your strength—"

Join the glorious evolution!

With its mouth wide open, it swallowed and sucked in everything it could, completely draining the two junior students who had turned into specks of light.

At this point, the entire student council of Yuanmeng Middle School was completely wiped out!

"not good……"

Bai Zhou, who had been expressionless the whole time, finally changed his expression.

Various shadows appeared and merged into one on the King of Exams.

A new power emerged within the King of Exams.

As if water were being boiled, the jet-black ink that formed the body boiled violently, and the form of the Exam King vaguely began to change shape.

It seems poised to evolve once again!
Correspondingly, Bai Zhou's destiny space is also in turmoil.

Another "exam king" is causing trouble here, and things seem to be getting a little messy.

"And you-"

The exam king simultaneously reveals a greedy, burning gaze, undisguised desires, an arrogance that sees others as food, and a lazy desire to take shortcuts.

It turned its head to look at the three people, number 9, and revealed a hideous and ugly smile, chuckling eerily:

"I smelled a lie."

"You guys—you must also be poor students who don't study hard, right?"

The moment the words fell.

The enormous figure, three or four meters tall, appeared before the three people, its back bent low.

The shadows twisted and fell, and the scarlet gaze swept over the three bodies, creating a terrifying and suffocating sense of oppression.

"If you're a bad student, you'll be eaten..."

"Not a bad student! Not a bad student!"

The three tried to run, but they were unable to move their limbs.

The surrounding spirituality seemed to become their enemy, enveloping them completely, and the stagnant air made it even more difficult to move than a swamp.

—In the face of a powerful Level 4 anomaly like the Exam King, a Level 2 Extraordinary is nothing.

At this moment, suffocating despair enveloped the three of them. They opened their mouths and made a "hoarse" sound, but no sound came out. Their hands and feet were colder and more numb than ice cubes, and they were completely unresponsive.

then.

The exam king moved so fast that no one could see it clearly.

As the gray fog dissipated and a gust of wind swept through his hair, Number 9 smelled the putrid stench of ink emanating from the monster.

Pupils contracted, and Number 9 was forced to stand frozen in place.

So this is what it feels like when death strikes...

The sporty girl wearing a baseball cap, a vibrant female college student, thought to herself.

But just then——

"bass!"

A tiny, blazing light suddenly appeared in the girl's dazed eyes.

First a tiny flame ignited, then a raging torrent of flames rose up, as if a shooting star had streaked across the sky.

Then, the girl smelled a warm and pleasant scent, completely different from the stench of rotten ink, like a blanket that had been sun-dried.

The boy's figure swept past the girl's line of sight, and once again lifted the bangs on her forehead.

"This is……"

The figure of "Senior Zhou," whose back was turned and who gave the girl a sense of security, stood before a gigantic monster three or four meters tall—

Punch!

At that moment, what he was clearly throwing a punch looked like a knife swing to the King of Exams.

"cut!"

Bai Zhou let out a low shout in his heart.

What kind of "斩" is it?

—【Moonlight Oath Saint Slash】!
The sublimated spirituality was ignited.

His punches were like wielding a knife, his swings like crescent moons, and flames roared from Bai Zhou's fists!
This is also the principle of change that Bai Zhou learned from the Wolf Knight.

A knife can be a knife, a bench leg can be a knife, and a fist—of course—can also be a knife!

Bai Zhou used a scorching hot fist on the exam king—

"Boom boom boom!!!!"

The evolution of Exam King has been halted.

The exam king collapsed, instantly shattered by the punch. With an incredulous roar, over two hundred writhing ink fragments scattered across the sky.

But it's not over yet.

More than two hundred writhing fragments of ink emitted more than two hundred angry roars, overlapping each other densely.

As long as the ink can still bind, the King of Exams can return!

"Ow!"

However, at that moment, the pale giant wolf immediately leaped up.

The giant wolf lowered its body and, in a whirlwind, devoured all the ink fragments in the blink of an eye!

"belch……"

The giant wolf let out a burp.

The more than two hundred roars abruptly ceased.

The exam king returned like lightning... only to meet his second death even faster than lightning!

Only a sliver of translucent colored light remained, slowly floating into the air, about to dissipate and return to the gray mist.

Fallen leaves return to their roots.

But then the autumn wind sweeps away the fallen leaves.

"Buzz!"

A tremendous suction force suddenly appeared on the school uniform, drawing in this ray of colored light.

Then--

Eat it all in one bite!
Just as the Exam King devoured [Arrogant Blue] and the others, the school uniform has now devoured the Exam King's "essence," preventing it from returning to the school.

This school uniform is no longer the original form of the exam king.

It devoured its past self.

Now, it's just "Senior Zhou's school uniform".

This school uniform, which has brought together the entire student council and consumed its past self, has everything it needs.

"clatter."

Bai Zhou stopped in his tracks, looking at the empty space beneath his feet, lost in thought.

The King of Exams vanished right here.

"...To jointly control the school?"

He blinked and whispered, as if he were chewing on the words.

I'm sorry, he never thought of that.

After all, his vision had never been so short-sighted.

Special Administration, Armory, Ghost Market, Ghost Corpses, Bauhinia Group, Path of Glory and Path of Blasphemy, and the many mysteries surrounding Raven...

This world is wonderful, you're just a frog in a well...

"but I am not."

Bai Zhou whispered something, and the illusory image of the pale giant wolf beside him quietly returned to his body.

"Buzz!"

The [moon] character, imprinted on the sea of ​​ignorance, hummed.

The phantom of the giant wolf suddenly disappeared into it.

at the same time.

"Do not!!!"

A bewildered and unwilling roar echoed across the surface of the sea of ​​ignorance.

Under the watchful eye of fate, the monstrous, twisted shadow was torn to shreds by the enormous wolf shadow, and evaporated completely under the bright sun!
The sea of ​​ignorance, which had been churning just moments before, is now calm and still, as if nothing had happened.

Thus ended a "rebellion".

The dust has settled.

"call……"

Slowly letting out a long breath, Bai Zhou looked down at his school uniform.

With the disappearance of the exam king, school uniforms also fell into obscurity.

But this silence doesn't mean it loses its previous effectiveness; rather, it's... digestion!
The evolution and transformation that just happened to Exam King has not stopped; the process has simply been prolonged.

It absorbed too many strange things, including the dead King of Exams himself, all of which need to be digested.

When digestion is complete...

Bai Zhou's heart was pounding.

He thought of the confidence and the hint of terrifying aura that the Exam King displayed during his evolution.

Once digestion is complete, will this school uniform be equivalent to a successfully evolved Level 5 monster?

What will he gain from this?
Shirashu is quite looking forward to this.

All of this is thanks to a huge contributor...

Bai Zhou viewed the space of destiny and his gaze fell upon the [Moon] character in the Sea of ​​Ignorance.

In fact, the timing of the exam king's appearance was just right, and the risk in that moment was far greater than it appeared.

The Exam King who appeared before him was easy to deal with, but the Exam King who appeared in his heart almost corrupted and possessed Bai Zhou!
Fortunately, at the crucial moment, the characters 【抚】 and 【月】 both made great contributions.

Especially the character 【月】!

Today marks the first appearance of the character "月" (moon).

In fact, hidden within the [Moon] character is the phantom of a giant wolf, which can be summoned by Bai Zhou to fight alongside him.

Bai Zhou only needs to expend a very small amount of spiritual energy to maintain this illusory image, as if it were Bai Zhou's innate companion spirit beast, and it was in sync with Bai Zhou's mind.

However, what corresponds to this rare intelligence is the wolf's exceptionally outstanding fighting ability!
It has practically ingrained its fighting instincts into every corner of its head, claws, tail, and even its entire body!

Even as Bai Zhou advances further, the giant wolf's phantom continues to grow stronger, making it an extremely cost-effective solution.

Even now, Bai Zhou roughly estimates that the giant wolf phantom is on par with an extraordinary being of Anguisola's level!

However, the most important thing is—

For some reason, this pale giant wolf phantom seemed to have a natural restraint on the sinister and evil strangeness of the Void Realm!
The test king who was just brutally beaten is proof of this; he was directly reduced to a clown doll by the confident test king.

What does this mean for any extraordinary person walking through the Reflection Ruins Realm...?

It goes without saying!
Bai Zhou subconsciously pursed his lips, suppressing the pounding in his heart.

Because this isn't over yet...

Wolves are wild beasts!

Bai Zhou is essentially raising a wolf in his own destiny space.

Wild animals often possess a sense of territory...

Therefore, whether now or in the future, if any evil spirits dare to affect Bai Zhou's destiny space, the first thing to deal with is the pale giant wolf guarding the courtyard!

—This is the real reason why the exam king's conspiracy failed!

"[Wolf]..."

The ingenious use of the character "月" (moon) deeply moved Bai Zhou.

However, the word "Moon" is only a tiny fraction of the true power of the Moon Wolf... Bai Zhou found it hard to imagine what the forbidden power of the complete Moon Wolf would look like.

No wonder the Wolf Knight once believed that this forbidden, heretical power could save the world!

Bai Zhou recalled the words the wolf rider had said to him:
"If you were a wolf..."

"Alright."

Although Bai Zhou does not possess the complete forbidden power, the medicinal power of the [Tears of the Moon Goddess] within his body has already merged with the incomplete power of the Moon Wolf, producing a new chemical reaction.

He simply lacks a guiding ritual to activate and awaken this power...

"Tsk!"

Bai Zhou, lost in thought, turned his gaze to the three people, number 9 and his companion, who were still trembling and looking relieved to have survived a disaster.

However, besides appearing dazed, Number 9 seemed to blush strangely as she looked at Bai Zhou.

In contrast, the other two's reactions to Bai Zhou were much more normal.

Gratitude mingled with reverence, and reverence was tinged with fear.

Humans and the supernatural are ultimately incapable of understanding each other.

"Alright, juniors, please excuse my poor performance."

Bai Zhou slowly gave the three people number 9 an apologetic smile:

"We can't waste any more of your time, it's time for us to move on..."

Before the unknown evolution of the school uniform ends, Shirazu doesn't plan to deal with ordinary anomalies anymore.

The advancement to level 4, the accumulation of spirituality, the elimination of hidden dangers, and the evolution of the school uniform...

Bai Zhou had already received enough benefits and made sufficient preparations. Before he knew it, half of the night had passed.

Time waits not for us!

Now, it's time for adventurer Bai Zhou and his White Rat Squad to get straight to the point—

"..."

The silent quartet navigates through layers of mist.

Led by Bai Zhou, the trio, dressed in school uniforms, felt uneasy while recording everything they passed by with their cameras.

Playground, library, canteen...

Seeing that they hadn't stopped and were only going deeper into the campus, Number 9 mustered up the courage to ask Bai Zhou:
"Senior!"

The girl wearing a baseball cap asked softly, her face flushed:
Where are you taking us?

Before Bai Zhou, who was walking in front, could turn around, numbers 31 and 42 beside him looked at the completely unfamiliar number 9 with expressions of fear and worry:

"Big sister, what's wrong? Are you possessed? Or are you feeling unwell?"

"..."

Number 9 clenched her fists, her shy demeanor instantly crumbling as she glared fiercely at her two useless underlings who were good for nothing.

"arrive."

Suddenly, the white boat stopped.

His figure stopped...

In front of an abandoned school building.

"here it is?"

Without responding to the questions behind him, Bai Zhou squinted and examined the dilapidated, abandoned school building.

In the old and dilapidated Yuanmeng Middle School, it is inconspicuous, just one of many teaching buildings.

However, Bai Zhou remained outwardly calm, but inwardly he immediately became extremely vigilant.

If he remembers correctly...

This abandoned school building is basically a writhing mountain of flesh.

Deep within the mountain of meat, there is also an upside-down girl with a "π" on her head!

"This is it."

Then, with a light cough, Bai Zhou turned around.

Bai Zhou blinked as he faced the varied gazes of the three people behind him.

Then, he quickly stepped aside, pointing to the unremarkable abandoned school building behind him, like a welcoming doorman:
"This is where we usually have classes. Would you like to take a look around?"

A gentle voice, harmless eyes, and a gaze that casually swept over the cameras on the trio's chests.

Standing before the dark, arched doorway of the teaching building, Bai Zhou bent slightly and spoke to the camera:

"—Please come in!"

(End of this chapter)