Chapter 1115: Chen Ling's Methods

"I'm sorry, Teacher Ye."

Inside the office, Zhao Yi and the others opened their mouths, speaking with disappointment.

"We tried to track the scent of the Jiangtian Sect, but after tracking for about fifteen kilometers, near a volcano, the scent completely vanished... We split up and searched the surrounding area for another two hours, but we still couldn't find them."

Old Wolf and the others stood beside Zhao Yi, their faces covered in gray volcanic ash, looking incredibly disheveled... but compared to their appearance, the self-reproach and helplessness in their eyes were even more heartbreaking.

Teacher Ye sat behind his desk, looking at the soot-covered group. He didn't show any sign of blame, but instead nodded calmly:

"I understand. You all go back and rest... Leave the rest to me."

"Teacher Ye, are you going to use the power of 'it' again?" Old Wolf's expression turned grim. "That thing is too uncontrollable. If you use it frequently, no one knows..."

"It's fine."

Teacher Ye interrupted Old Wolf. "The last time I used the power of 'it' was over a decade ago... Using it once more now shouldn't be a big problem."

"But..."

"Don't worry, I am an expert in this field. I know what I'm doing."

Teacher Ye waved his hand, signaling that Old Wolf and the others could leave. The latter exchanged glances and could only walk out helplessly.

After everyone had left, Teacher Ye slowly pulled open the bottom drawer. A small, pitch-black box lay quietly inside, secured with a six-digit combination lock. The lock was covered in rust and stains, as if it had been there for years.

As Teacher Ye turned the combination lock, a crisp sound came from the box, and a syringe containing a deep blue serum was exposed to the air.

The reflection of the deep blue serum shimmered on Teacher Ye's lenses, and a complex look flashed in his eyes...

Just as he reached out to pick it up, a sudden, loud noise came from outside the Mother Tree, followed by the startled cries of young boys and girls!

Teacher Ye was stunned. He immediately turned and walked to the window, and upon seeing the scene outside, he froze in place.

……

Three minutes ago.

"Strange..."

"There should be something here by now..."

Night was gradually eroding the sky of the Gray Realm. Although the Gray Realm had a sun, it seemed to be at an extreme distance; even at the brightest time of the day, the sun was only the size of a grain of rice, and one could feel no warmth at all... as if it were in another space-time.

At this moment, under the dim night sky, a figure draped in a bright red opera robe wandered outside the canopy of the Mother Tree, as if searching for something.

Perhaps because Chen Ling was naturally eye-catching, from the moment class ended, many students had been leaning on the balcony watching him, from the time the sky darkened until it was pitch black.

At first, the students thought he had something to do, but they soon realized Chen Ling was just pacing back and forth between the Mother Tree and the edge of the Gray Realm, like an idle old man. Gradually, they lost interest, and only a few remained, whispering to each other while boredly watching his red back.

"What is he doing?"

"I don't know... My legs are tired from standing. If nothing else, shall we go eat first?"

"No way, that's Brother Chen Ling! He's the existence that made both the Calamity-Suppressing and Human Realms submit! He must have something important to do, and I'm going to watch right here!"

"But... but he's been wandering for so long, and nothing has happened yet?"

"Is it possible that he's just bloated from eating and simply wants to take a walk?"

"...Should I go give him some digestive tablets?"

“…………”

The red-clad figure in the distance, gradually swallowed by the night, suddenly seemed to have discovered something and stood still.

The lights of the Fusion Faction's Mother Tree lit up silently behind him like stars. Borrowing that dim light, Chen Ling stared intently at a spot beneath his feet, his eyes narrowing slightly...

"Finally found it."

Chen Ling lifted his foot...

And stomped heavily onto the gray-white earth.

Boom—!!!

In an instant, the surrounding earth was shattered into spiderweb-like cracks, and dust swirled into the air.

Seeing this, the young boys and girls of the Fusion Faction were stunned. They didn't understand why Chen Ling would stomp the earth for no reason, but what happened next made their eyes widen in shock.

"Come out." Chen Ling's cold voice echoed in the night, as if issuing a command.

Rustle...

After a brief silence, the spiderweb-cracked earth in front of Chen Ling exploded, and a shadow centipede dozens of meters long frantically burrowed out from underground. Its dense, countless legs waved in the air, making one's scalp tingle!

The aura of Calamity spread through the Gray Realm. After struggling in mid-air for a moment, the centipede fell to the ground with a thud without hesitation.

The ugly, massive centipede head prostrated itself before Chen Ling, wishing it could bury its head into the soil. If one looked closer, they could see its enormous body trembling slightly, like a local deity forced out by the Great Sage—terrified and walking on thin ice.

"He... he he he..."

This booming sound shook half of the Fusion Faction. Many young boys and girls walked out of their rooms, blankly holding food bowls or clothes hangers, looking toward this direction, and then stood there in a daze.

"A Calamity??"

"Judging by the aura, it's at least a Tier 5... no, maybe even Tier 6!"

"Brother Chen Ling stomped his foot and summoned a Calamity???"

"Holy crap, wait... it looks like there's more than one!!"

As the spiderweb-cracked earth continued to heave, behind that dozens-of-meters-long giant shadow centipede, four or five smaller shadow centipedes crawled out one after another.

Their reactions were even more intense than the big centipede; they seemed so terrified they couldn't maintain their sanity. Two of the smallest ones even flipped over on their backs, their dense, tiny legs kicking wildly at the sky in a panic!

Seeing this, the big centipede silently turned and used its legs to nudge the two small ones. After the latter flipped back over, they lay obediently on the ground, motionless as if dead... All six centipedes lay on the ground, facing Chen Ling, and the air fell into a deathly silence.

Chen Ling stood with his back to the flickering candlelight of the Mother Tree, his bright red opera robe fluttering in the wind. He looked down at these Calamities with indifferent eyes, then slowly stepped forward, walking directly onto the head of the Tier 6 centipede and onto its massive back.

Even though it was being stepped on by someone, the centipede Calamity didn't dare to make a single move, burying its head even lower, its entire body radiating a desperate desire to survive.

"I'm looking for two people." Chen Ling stood on the Calamity's back and spoke calmly.

"Mobilize all the Calamities in the nearby Ghost-Mockery Abyss and find their whereabouts for me. If you find them, I'll let you go...

If you can't find them, I'll eat your whole family."