Chapter 156: Thrilling?

"Rain Arrow!"
"Wind Erosion!"
"Vine Dance!"
"Fire Serpent!"
The exact moment Damon and the other two were forced back, four crisp shouts rang out simultaneously. The elemental energy of heaven and earth fluctuated violently as four spells formed and converged on Qi'er.
"Ah—"
Raising her head, Qi'er let out a piteous and agonized scream. Her eyes turned blood-red at some unknown moment, white downy fur began to sprout across her face, and her fingernails grew strangely, turning sharp and slender. Crimson gas flickered at the tips of her claws, and a violent, oppressive aura spread through the air.
A harsh screech...
With blood-red eyes and emitting a non-human shriek, Qi'er completely abandoned her tail attack, lunging forward with her entire body. Her ten fingers clawed directly at Pril, whose wind erosion spell was the fastest and had arrived first.
Wind Erosion, a tier-5 wind attack spell, possessed formidable weathering and corrosive properties, making it the most powerful magic Pril could currently cast.
"Watch out—!"
Seeing Qi'er attempt to withstand the magic purely with her physical body, Gus, who was resting nearby, couldn't help crying out in alarm. But before he could finish, he froze in place, utterly dumbfounded.
Rip—
With a fierce tearing motion from her crimson-wreathed fingers, the hurricane generated by the wind erosion spell was violently ripped apart. Without a moment's pause, she then tore the incoming rain arrows, vines, and fire serpents to shreds in rapid succession.
"Gulp!"
The formidable display of Qi'er shocked everyone present. Someone swallowed hard, and the rest snapped back to reality, realizing they were in the middle of a battle where the slightest carelessness could leave them torn to shreds by those crimson claws.
"Oh mom, run!"
Shirley shrieked bizarrely and quickly leaped onto Femi. Seeing this, Bonnie followed suit and jumped onto Femi as well, urging her to run away immediately.
"Fall back!"
Pril, snapping out of her daze, cried out in alarm, and everyone immediately began to flee wildly. Unfortunately, it was too late. The strangely transformed Qi'er not only had vastly increased attack power, but her speed had also surged dramatically.
Swish—
The group only felt a blur before their eyes as Damon, the strongest among them, was directly batted away. Lisa and Kero suffered the same fate immediately after, each coughing up a mouthful of hot blood while still airborne.
"Humph!"
With a cold snort, Wang Luo produced half a broken bone sword, but his body abruptly paused as he suddenly remembered that his bone sword had snapped last night.
"Earth Shield!"
A delicate little earth shield flashed into existence once more, but it offered no resistance whatsoever. The crimson fingers, like death scythes coming for their souls, rapidly closed in on the group.
"Qi'er, this is Tianxuan Academy!"
A stern shout suddenly rang out eerily. Qi'er's body was instantly blasted backward, and Elijah's figure appeared before them. A chilling aura pervaded the air, signaling the master's present mood.
Roar...
Throwing her head back in another strange shriek, ignoring the thread of blood spilling from the corner of her mouth, Qi'er's blood-red eyes flashed with undisguised, intense ferocity as she lunged directly at Elijah, her attacking power surging by yet another notch.
"Humph!"
With a cold snort, Elijah's figure vanished in a flash, reappearing inexplicably right behind Qi'er. Pressing his middle and index fingers together, he tapped directly at the back of Qi'er's head as a flash of emerald green light vanished in an instant.
Thud—
The frenzied Qi'er stiffened abruptly as Elijah retracted his fingers. The very next moment, she collapsed straight to the ground. The three fox tails behind her, the downy fur on her face, and her strangely elongated fingernails all vanished without a trace.
"Phew, that scared me to death!"
Patting her chest, Shirley wore an expression of lingering fear. The others looked at each other in dismay and let out a collective sigh of relief; it had been a dangerously close call.
"Teacher Elijah, what happened to Qi'er? Could she have suffered a deviation in her cultivation?"
After thanking Teacher Elijah as a group, Pril glanced at Qi'er, who was lying in Gus's arms, and asked Elijah. They hadn't provoked Qi'er at all just now; she had simply charged straight at them the moment she saw them.
"Judging by Qi'er's state just now, it was likely the precursor to a cultivation deviation. But rest assured, she has quieted down now and will be fine once she wakes up!"
Giving the pale-faced Qi'er a deep look, Elijah spoke indifferently, as if nothing had happened at all. What he was thinking in his heart, however, remained unknown to anyone present.
"Teacher Elijah, was Qi'er's condition caused by her cultivation going awry? It didn't really seem like it!"
After a brief hesitation, Pril, prompted by a gesture from Wang Luo, had no choice but to bite the bullet and ask further. The others also looked at Elijah, waiting to hear his explanation.
"Well, most cultivation deviations result in a chaotic riot of magic and battle qi, causing the body to burst apart and die instantly. Aside from a few individuals with astonishing willpower who can forcibly suppress the internal turmoil and battle the demons within their hearts, the rest meet essentially the same fate once they fall into a cultivation deviation. All of you must remember this!"
Since he had served as an instructor at Tianxuan Academy for some time now, Elijah slowly began to explain. After reminding everyone to exercise caution during their own cultivation, he finally brought up the cause of Qi'er's demonic transformation.
"Qi'er's deviation probably wasn't caused by her cultivation. It was likely triggered by some intense, unbearable psychological shock. I must go drive away the magical beasts of the Trial Forest to prevent them from interfering with the emergence of the spirit herb. Since you were all in the same class to begin with, I leave Qi'er in your care!"
With those words, without waiting for anyone's agreement, Elijah's figure vanished, leaving behind a group of people staring blankly at one another. Just moments ago, Qi'er had tried to kill them and almost ended their lives, and now they were expected to take care of her? The role reversal happened a bit too quickly.
"What kind of nonsense is this? We have to take care of her? I'm not doing it!"
Shirley was the first to voice her objection, followed closely by the eccentric Bonnie. Although the others didn't say anything, they clearly harbored strong reservations, and Gus inevitably cast his gaze toward Wang Luo.
"Forget it. We're all classmates; we can't just leave her here to be fed to the magical beasts. Let's bring her along with us on the road. The spirit herb is about to emerge anyway!"
Meeting Gus's expectant gaze, Wang Luo could only shrug and speak to the group. Though a part of him wanted to finish Qi'er off with a sword right now—since such an opportunity didn't present itself every day—he was even more curious to know what kind of event could have driven Qi'er into such a violent deviation.
"Teacher Elijah saved our lives just now, so it's no big deal if we take Qi'er along with us. Besides, none of us are seriously hurt anyway!"
Pril was the first to declare her support for Wang Luo's suggestion. Abigail, Kero, Damon, and Lisa successively voiced their agreement. Even though Shirley, Bonnie, and Femi wanted to refuse, their objections now carried little weight.
"If you want to drag her along, go ahead, but count me out!"
Glaring fiercely at Kero, Shirley spoke up, then angrily marched off in the direction of the multicolored pillar of light. The others smiled and followed after her, while Qi'er ultimately ended up in Wang Luo's arms. Well, there was no helping it—who told him to make the suggestion in the first place...
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