Chapter 1237: The Might of the Legion

Teacher Ye can actually control the thoughts of these Calamities??

Chen Ling’s surprise grew even greater. Even though the Calamities of the Bitter Flesh Turbid Forest were right in front of them, Teacher Ye was still able to turn its minions against it right in front of the Calamity of Turbidity, making them help him save people instead.

Is this the power of the Calamity of Thought?

This scene undoubtedly further provoked the Calamity of Turbidity. As a root that blotted out the sky was raised high, the large swaths of plant Calamities around it dove directly into the ground, surrounding the Fusion Faction members at an extremely fast speed.

"Run," Teacher Ye’s voice echoed in everyone’s thoughts.

Teacher Ye, in mid-air, raised his palm, and the roots he controlled also dove into the earth, clashing with the Calamities extending from the Bitter Flesh Turbid Forest. In an instant, the entire Gray World earth trembled, and countless roots surged underneath, as if they were about to turn the entire land upside down.

"RUN!!"

"RUN!! Everyone, don't scatter!!"

"The younger ones stay near the middle, the higher-ranked ones guard the outside, let’s rush out together!!"

“……”

Led by Old Wolf, Zhao Yi, and others, the Fusion Faction students immediately gathered together and fled into the distance.

The massive Mother Tree collapsed during the battle, its incomplete trunk falling to the earth with a roar. The behemoth that had supported a piece of the sky here just crumbled away bit by bit before everyone’s eyes...

The children looked back as they ran, their eyes already red. Fear and anxiety filled everyone’s hearts, and bursts of crying sounded among the crowd.

Brushing shoulders with death and witnessing the collapse of their home—for these pure-hearted children, today would be a nightmare that could never be erased.

"Watch out!! There are Calamities under the ground ahead!"

Someone shouted, and the people running in front were momentarily panicked. The next moment, they saw the earth burst open, and thick roots extended from underground. The flesh-and-blood trunks danced in the air like octopus tentacles.

Just then, a giant red shadow also burst from underground. A cold light flashed, and that plant Calamity was instantly sliced in two!

A centipede body, even larger than it, like a red demon shuttling between the surface and the underground, was frantically reaping the lives of the Bitter Flesh Turbid Forest Calamities. The entire centipede legion followed behind it, carving a path for the Fusion Faction children!

Unlike the clumsy and slow plants, the Calamities of the Ghost-Mocking Abyss were born as the dead of the underground. They were nimble, ferocious, and good at fighting... On the battlefield beneath the earth, they were the nemesis of the Bitter Flesh Turbid Forest!

"It’s Brother Chen Ling’s centipedes!!"

"They’re carving a path for us!!"

“……”

The centipede legion was like a red blade, easily tearing a gap in the encirclement. And atop Wu Yi, who was as unstoppable as a god of war, a figure in a bright red opera robe raised a hand toward the sky...

"GET... OUT OF THE WAY!!"

The next moment, shimmering starlight intertwined into a torrent, rolling forward across the sky of the Gray World.

[Starlight Sonata].

The moment Chen Ling’s starlight appeared, most of the Calamities in its path subconsciously retreated to the sides, seemingly having a natural fear of this thing. As for the relatively high-level Calamities, they were directly shredded by Wu Yi and the centipede legion!

Chen Ling and the centipede legion joined forces and charged at the very front, actually tearing a path for the Fusion Faction members!

Facts proved that the Calamities of the Bitter Flesh Turbid Forest were more suitable for positional warfare. After all, they were plants, and their movement speed was simply too slow. If it had been the Calamities of the Sighing Wilderness that attacked today, at least half of the Fusion Faction would likely have died.

Teacher Ye saw out of the corner of his eye that Chen Ling had led the people out of the encirclement, and his tense heart relaxed quite a bit. He looked back at the Calamity of Turbidity moving over aggressively in the distance, the lines of thought rotating in his eyes mysterious as a vortex.

"If you want to fight me to the death, I don't mind keeping you company to the end..."

"But you’d better think clearly: does fighting us to a mutual destruction at this juncture actually benefit you?"

"I know the Calamity of Thought sent you here. Go back and tell it for me: if it wants my life, it has the ability to come and take it itself... Don't lay a hand on those innocent children."

Hearing this, the Calamity of Turbidity paused significantly.

Its massive figure stood among the crowded Bitter Flesh Turbid Forest, its full appearance unclear, but Teacher Ye could sense that the Calamity of Turbidity didn't intend to move forward anymore.

Actually, from the beginning, the Calamity of Turbidity hadn't used its full strength, but had always hidden among the other Calamities of the Bitter Flesh Turbid Forest, destroying the Mother Tree from afar with roots... Just as Teacher Ye said, it was only doing things for the Calamity of Thought, and it didn't intend to consume too many of its subordinates here for the sake of the Calamity of Thought. After all, at this point in time, it had more important things to do.

Deep within the Bitter Flesh Turbid Forest, the Calamity of Turbidity took one last look at Teacher Ye, then its massive shadow slowly turned and moved toward the west.

As the Calamity of Turbidity turned, the other Calamities of the Bitter Flesh Turbid Forest also seemed to receive some kind of signal, immediately giving up on fighting Chen Ling and the centipede legion head-on, and followed it away one after another...

Seeing the enemy retreat, the morale of the centipede legion under Chen Ling soared even higher. They were just about to dive into the ground to kill their way back and have a good time, but Chen Ling’s voice sounded calmly:

"Don't chase them. Once we enter their home turf, we’ll be the ones at a disadvantage."

Chen Ling had fought the Bitter Flesh Turbid Forest before. He knew that although the centipede legion was very capable of fighting now, once they fell deep into the Bitter Flesh Turbid Forest, they still wouldn't be able to retreat unscathed. Since the Calamity of Turbidity had left sensibly, they couldn't go looking for death themselves.

The good news was that with the joint protection of Teacher Ye, the centipede legion, the starlight carving a path, and several high-level members of the Fusion Faction, there were almost no casualties among the Fusion Faction students. This was already a stroke of luck amidst misfortune.

"Are... are they really gone?"

"That was close, I almost thought I was really going to die this time."

"The centipedes are so cool, killing those Bitter Flesh Turbid Forest plants like cutting vegetables!"

"Did you not listen well in class! Teacher Ye specifically mentioned it: the Calamities of the Ghost-Mocking Abyss are the kings of the underground world. I remember it very clearly, so I actually wasn't afraid at all just now!"

"Bullshit, your legs were shaking with fear just now!"

“……”

Just as everyone was in the relief of having survived a disaster, Teacher Ye’s gaze gradually relaxed. As the bulging veins all over his body gradually subsided, beads of sweat the size of beans seeped from his temples, and his face instantly turned pale as paper!

His figure swayed, and he actually fell directly from mid-air!

"Teacher Ye?!?"

"Teacher Ye!!"

Several exclamations sounded simultaneously, and countless figures reached out to catch the falling Teacher Ye.

But the person closest to Teacher Ye at this moment was Sun Bumian. He leaped lightly, stepped on the cloud-step, and steadily caught Teacher Ye... Seeing Teacher Ye’s state behind his small round sunglasses, his expression became incredibly grave.