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Just ten seconds ago, this was a heavy serrated blade deeply embedded in the ground.

"The body is stiff, the heartbeat is slow... the consequences of an ordinary person being tainted by pure yin energy."

"However, this infection didn't last long, so the curse didn't take my life. But I'm bound to get a serious illness afterward."

Cerberus, who was examining the fat man, flapped his wings and flew back onto Kazama's shoulder.

"Luckily you stopped in time, otherwise there would be another charred corpse here."

Kazama didn't speak, but looked at the dark and deep teaching building in front of him, lost in thought.

As the butcher's body exploded, a dark shadow darted back into the school building, leaving Kazama no time to cast a spell.

"A possessing spirit..."

Cerberus's voice continued to ring in my ears.

"This possession ability has been enhanced quite well... I didn't even notice."

"Cerberus".

Kazama suddenly called out Cerberus's name and pressed the fire card in his hand onto Cerberus's body.

The elemental card merged into Cerberus's body the moment it came into contact with him.

Golden light began to emanate from Cerberus's body, and his body rapidly expanded.

Within seconds, a majestic lion with white wings on its back appeared beside Kazama.

The true form of Clow Reed's familiar, the sealed beast representing the sun.

After Kazama subdued the Fire Card, Cerberus was able to unleash some of its power.

As Kazama pressed the fire card into Cerberus's body, a sudden gust of wind arose in his hand, and an invisible wind blade shot out from his hand, tearing apart a cursed spirit in the shape of a one-eyed raven in mid-air.

"I'll take care of that possessing spirit. You take care of the rest of the spirits in this area," Kazama instructed Keroberos.

As a top-tier special-grade cursed artifact, Su Nuo's fingers, when contaminated, meant that this school harbored more than just one cursed spirit.

There are also scattered traces of cursed energy scattered throughout the academy; these cursed spirits also need to be eliminated.

"Be efficient, we don't have much time," Kazama reminded him again.

Kazama's actions were rather sudden, and Kerberos was also slightly taken aback when he felt the power abruptly filling his body.

After all, since Clow Reed sealed him and the Clow Cards, this kind of posture had been extremely rare for him.

However, Cerberus immediately became excited and nodded enthusiastically.

"Leave those to me. I'll show you what Grandpa Cerberus is all about."

After saying this, Cerberus flapped his wings and left the spot.

Kazama then activated the chariot and instantly left the spot.

The true ability of the cursed spirit that had devoured Sukuna's finger was possession, which did surprise Kazama. Furthermore, this surprise gave rise to some other thoughts.

However, this is harmless.

The spirits here are the lowest level of earthbound spirits and cannot leave the school at will.

At the same time, the aura emanating from Su Nuo's fingers was incredibly clear to him.

"Heh...Trying to escape?"

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The black phantom seemed to transform into an arrow and swiftly darted into the teaching building.

It arrived at the room it had originally left, which it had converted into a slaughterhouse.

The black liquid seeped from the original slaughterhouse and transformed it back into a lectern; the hooks on the ceiling also turned into a mass of liquid. These black substances then converged back into the black phantom.

The slaughterhouse instantly transformed back into that ordinary, abandoned classroom.

After doing all this, the black phantom trembled and came to the unconscious fat man lying on the ground.

Black liquid flowed from the phantom and covered the fat man's entire body; the 'Butcher' was resurrected once again in the classroom.

However, its size has shrunk considerably compared to before.

His originally nearly three-meter-tall, inhumanly massive body has shrunk to just over two meters, making him a burly man who is about a size larger than a normal person.

The four single eyes on that white mask still glowed red.

However, compared to the brutality of ten minutes ago, there was something else in those eyes.

Indeed, most cursed spirits lack intelligence; those below the first level act almost entirely on instinct.

Only when a cursed spirit reaches the level of a first-grade cursed spirit to a special-grade cursed spirit can it be said that the cursed spirit has broken free from its instincts and gained a trace of consciousness.

Such awareness is far from being 'wisdom,' but it is enough to reach the level of knowing the principle of 'avoiding danger'.

That human was terrifying, and also very dangerous.

The possessing spirit didn't know that the white thing was called lightning. However, it vividly remembered the tremors and pain caused when that white flash covered its body.

And now, the human who can use the power of white flashes is approaching it.

As the master of this territory, it could clearly sense it.

Does it know what to do before the other party finds it again?

First, one must restore one's strength, or even acquire more strength, to truly transcend to another level before one is qualified to protect oneself.

And how to restore and enhance strength...

The cursed spirit's eyes flashed red.

It sensed the prey still fleeing in its hunting grounds.

Only the flesh and blood of the prey, their very souls, can accomplish all this!

Chapter Ninety-Two: A Two-Way Escape

Chen Hao and his two companions were running for their lives down the corridor.

They didn't know how long they ran, until their strength gradually decreased and their lungs felt like they were on fire, before they slowly stopped.

Even after running for so long and over such a long distance, they still couldn't find any exit from the school building. They couldn't even find a staircase leading upstairs.

It was as if the first floor of this teaching building had been completely transformed into an otherworldly labyrinth.

Compared to Zhang Liya and Chen Jie, who were panting heavily, with Zhang Liya even gagging, Zhang Hao was only breathing a little faster. Clearly, his stamina and physical strength were much better than his two companions.

"That damned thing didn't catch up...we're...safe for now, right...?"

Because of his shortness of breath, Chen Jie's voice was intermittent.

"have no idea..."

Zhang Hao shook his head, while cautiously looking around.

To be honest, running around like a headless fly made him feel very uneasy.

Given their previous experiences of constantly returning to the starting point, who knows if their aimless wandering might lead them back to the place where that terrifying monster resides?

“Jiang the Fatty, he…”

Zhang Liya spoke of her companion who had been captured by the monster and whose fate was unknown, her face filled with terror.

"Don't think about him anymore. We're all in a bind right now, barely able to save ourselves. Thinking about him and Gong Si will only add to our troubles and won't do any good."

The thought of the fat man's desperate screams, being carried into the darkness by the monster with one hand, would terrify anyone.

Fear breeds panic, and panic is the greatest enemy in dangerous situations.

Chen Hao tried to comfort himself and mentally prepare himself, taking deep breaths repeatedly to force himself to calm down.

"We have to find a way to get out of this school!"

With his breathing calmer, Chen Jie said excitedly.

Everyone knows this, and no one can guarantee that after that monster takes the fat man away, it won't come back and take them all away again.

The problem is that while we know this principle, we lack the methods to put it into practice.

How do I leave?

After running for so long, there's still no way out.

Even after leaving the school building... none of them had forgotten the monster they had seen wandering outside the classroom.

Going from the terrifying teaching building into what might be an even more horrific hell outside, who can guarantee they won't end up in an even worse situation?

"Let's hide..." Zhang Liya said, squatting on the ground and holding her head in her hands.

"Hide where the monsters can't find you, and stay hidden until dawn."

"How about we just hide inside the classroom?"

Amidst despair and fear, Zhang Liya's eyes lit up as she seemed to have found a seemingly viable path.

"We hid under the window so the monsters outside couldn't see us, and then we locked the classroom door..."

"The classroom door is locked... and then what?" Zhang Hao tried his best to speak in a calm voice:

"A wooden door couldn't stop that monster; the thin wooden door was no more hard than paper in front of that monster."

Zhang Hao had personally witnessed the terrifying power of the other party when he turned around before.

"Besides providing a tiny bit of psychological comfort, it will completely cut off your escape route."

"If we block the classroom door, and that monster finds us, we'll have nowhere to escape and can only wait to die!"

"What should we do then?"

Zhang Liya shouted at Zhang Hao, but her voice immediately lowered as she began to cry.

"Then what should we do?"

"Will we die? Will we die here? My dream isn't fulfilled yet, I'm still young..."

The brief respite allows a person to relax slightly, but it is precisely in this moment of relaxation that a person can break down completely.

Looking at Zhang Liya's appearance, Zhang Hao sighed.