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Could it be that he had abandoned and run away?
Qiutong, unable to wait any longer for reinforcents, thought of a possibility that sent shivers down her spine.
After all, the two had only just t for the first ti, and had been together for no more than two hours. If Ma Lu saw that the situation was dire, it wasn't impossible for him to abandon her and flee.
At first, Qiutong's wild thoughts caused her steps to beco disordered, giving Instructor Zheng, the shadow looming behind her, an opportunity to close the distance and pounce toward her aggressively.
Qiutong quickly stepped to the side, but Instructor Zheng's pounce was just a feint. After Qiutong moved, it adjusted its direction and charged at her again.
If it had been before, Qiutong, despite being shaken, could have relied on her excellent reflexes to adjust and dodge again; but now her mind was in chaos, and her physical strength was almost depleted.
Her movents had beco sluggish, and just as she was about to be overtaken by the shadow, that familiar voice reached her ears next.
"Close your eyes!"
The voice was sowhat distant from her and didn't co from the main entrance, but Qiutong instinctively did as instructed and closed her eyes.
Imdiately after, a massive pillar of light descended from the sky, piercing through the night and striking Instructor Zheng!
Instructor Zheng was knocked to the ground by the impact, and the dense shadow around him faded significantly, but unlike other shadows, it did not vanish. Instead, it looked up toward the top floor of the school building.
There, Ma Lu was sprawled on the windowsill, hands on the ground, with his back feet on a chair, turning himself into a searchlight that fixed on the shadow.
However, Ma Lu didn't know if it was because the distance was too great or because Lord-level shadow demons' physique was too strong, his move, "Light Judgnt," didn't manage to finish off the opponent.
Moreover, seeing the unfavorable situation, Instructor Zheng actually ignored Qiutong, who was right in front of it, and turned to flee.
This creature's intelligence level was indeed extraordinary. If it managed to escape, luring it with the sa strategy would probably be even more difficult.
Consequently, Ma Lu also hurriedly adjusted the direction of the searchlight, knocking Instructor Zheng down again, but the creature still didn't perish. It rolled on the ground twice and then staggered up, continuing its escape.
On the other hand, Ma Lu was also reaching his limit. He hadn't encountered other enemies, but to extend his head out of the beam of light to see the scene below, he had adopted a very awkward posture that put a strain on his waist.
Moreover, he was also doing a plank, which truly was quite challenging for him.
He struggled to adjust the angle once more, but this ti Instructor Zheng managed to dodge it.
"Ah, a bit more to the left," Qiutong, who had opened her eyes at so point, said regrettably.
Ma Lu's heart stirred, and he shouted, "From now on, you be my eyes, tell where to shine."
"Ah... okay, okay," Although she didn't understand why Ma Lu made such a request, Qiutong still agreed.
Ma Lu was finally able to close his eyes, returning to a slightly more comfortable position, though he still needed to plank, but at least it greatly alleviated the discomfort in his spine.
Afterward, he rapidly adjusted the direction of the light pillar according to Qiutong's shouts.
"Left, to the left, it's running to the left."
"Quickly... raise it a bit more, it hit! Ah, it's up again! This ti to the right."
"It hit again!"
Qiutong, operating the human cannon nad Ma Lu, kept striking Instructor Zheng, knocking it down over and over again. Although Instructor Zheng always managed to get up, the shadow surrounding it grew weaker and weaker.
After Qiutong had knocked down the Shadow Zheng Instructor for the fourth ti, his body suddenly underwent a transformation, turning from Zheng Instructor into Cao Jinhua, even the large felt hat on his head was exactly like Cao Jinhua's.
Afterward, the Shadow Cao Jinhua kneeled to Qiutong, continuously bowing his hands as if he were begging Qiutong to spare his life for the sake of their past student-teacher relationship.
Qiutong was montarily stunned, but she quickly realized that the figure in front of her was not Mr. Cao, but a monster from the Catastrophe Belt.
The most crucial point was that Mr. Cao's character was such that he, even in battle, would never kneel to an opponent. Thinking this, Qiutong felt a surge of anger rise within her.
"Shift right 10 degrees, fire, fire!"
A huge beam of light imdiately swept towards the Shadow Cao Jinhua on the ground. Cao Jinhua couldn't dodge in ti and was fiercely penetrated through the chest by the beam.
It attempted to get up and run again, but alas, half of its body was already gone.
You could say this was cosplay at a hellish level.
The remaining half of Shadow Cao Jinhua's body was also enveloped by the beam of light, and in a short while, it was completely reduced to ashes.
"We won!" Qiutong excitedly jumped up from where she was.
But she didn't get a response from Ma Lu, almost at the sa ti when the Shadow Cao Jinhua was eliminated, the beam of light on the rooftop also disappeared.
"Mr. Ma, Mr. Ma, are you okay?" Startled, Qiutong called out.
After a long mont, a feeble voice from Ma Lu ca from the rooftop, "You sure enjoyed blasting, but it was all moving."
Normally, his record for planking was only 50 seconds, but this ti he had outperford himself, enduring for a whole two and a half minutes. Towards the end, it was almost purely by willpower, and Ma Lu's willpower wasn't usually that great, but this ti he had really pushed himself.
Once the monster was dealt with, he imdiately collapsed; his arms were trembling.
Ma Lu lay on the rooftop for five minutes, just having regained a bit of strength, he imdiately ca down to check out the spoils of war.
Following Qiutong's lead, he found the key in the security room next to the playground, unlocked the gate to the playground, and then hurried to where the monster had been killed.
He first picked up four goose egg-sized green stones there.
Additionally, as soon as he entered, the Traveler's Bracelet reacted, alerting him that he had discovered a new ingredient—[Cardcaptor Sakura].
Ma Lu noticed a strange cherry tree that had grown where the Shadow Cao Jinhua had fallen.
The trunk of the cherry tree was golden, made of light, and the cherries on the tree also emitted a dazzling glow like white silk lamps.
Ma Lu found it quite novel—this thing didn't even have a physical form, could it really be edible?
Also, where did this thing grow from, why hadn't he noticed it before, and what was its relationship with the shadowy monsters from before?
Qiutong couldn't answer any of these questions, but that didn't stop her from getting excited too, because with the Lord's death, they could finally leave this place.
The surrounding darkness was receding like the tide, revealing the real world outside bustling with traffic, bright lights, and lively colors.
Ma Lu could already hear the roar of car engines from beyond a wall.
However, what arrived quicker was the school's security patrol; they might have been patrolling this area. Holding their kerosene lamps, they spotted the uninvited guests rushing into the playground and shouted loudly at Ma Lu and Qiutong.
"Who's there? Co out!"
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