CHAPTER 44: CHAPTER 31: ARE THEY HOLDING A SACRIFICE RITUAL?_2

Origami recovery.

Nothing happened!

Who could have realized that, in just six seconds, the Ghostly Creature nurtured at the bottom of the lake was slain and completely devoured, without a trace of ghostly remnants?

Terrifying efficiency and methods that leave no trace—truly frightening.

"Ghostly Creature... Ghostly Creature..."

"They really seem like they’re sacrificing! Three consecutive child abductions, with over forty thousand missing children, even the sacrifices are in full count..."

Xu Ran frowned deeply.

"Could a powerful ghostly entity truly appear?"

"This shouldn’t be related to me... Surely it couldn’t possibly abduct me? Absolutely no such possibility!

I’m currently in the safest place in Jing Province—the Demigod Kindergarten! With the principal and three mentors protecting me, their cultivation is all in the Yue Realm; how could I be in trouble?"

Xu Ran exhaled, casually setting up a flag...

Just as the flag was raised, the principal’s figure emerged.

He flashed from afar to the artificial lake, his gaze sweeping over all present.

"Step back twenty meters, but don’t leave my sight!"

He sternly instructed, as the principal hovered above the lake surface, plunging his palm into the water.

"Splash..."

Half of the artificial lake’s water was whisked into the air, forming a water cube the size of a hill, while the other half remained motionless, as if there was an invisible barrier preventing it from flowing this way.

The principal held up the pale blue water cube, his gaze directed at the exposed lakebed—precisely the place where the Ghostly Creature was nurtured, with perfect accuracy.

"The Assassin Mantis" was precisely at that location, slaying the unformed Ghostly Creature...

Seeing the principal’s precise positioning, Xu Ran was filled with respect: "To pinpoint precisely even from so far away, indeed the principal! Luckily, I recalled the Assassin Mantis early, otherwise, I wouldn’t be able to explain."

Paper Spirit Communication is just too eerie.

Unlike human cultivation methods, it’s difficult for a five-year-old child to explain. What if someone suspects it to be the Resentful God? Xu Ran couldn’t be bothered to spend time and words to prove his innocence, so he concealed whenever possible.

Moreover, it’s his most powerful card for inflicting damage; the fewer people know about it, the higher the chance of a successful ambush. Why expose it?

Thinking this, Xu Ran took on a spectator’s stance, watching the principal’s display of skill.

At this moment.

The principal held the water cube, looking down and probing the lakebed, his brows gradually furrowing: "How can there be nothing?! Clearly perceived the birth wave of the Ghostly Creature, why is there nothing? Where is it hidden? It shouldn’t be able to hide right under my nose!"

The principal murmured to himself, more and more powerful energy surged from his body. Now, it wasn’t just half the lake, but the entire artificial lake’s water was squeezed into a water cube, raised single-handedly above his head.

Although the artificial lake is only the size of two basketball courts, the visual impact of this scene is still extremely astonishing.

"Is this the strength of the principal? So... so strong!"

"Will our children be able to achieve this step in the future?"

"They should be able to, right? After all, this is the Demigod Kindergarten!"

"But what is the principal doing?"

"No child fell into the lake, right?"

The crowd marveled, yet Tiger Girl’s reaction stood out as she clapped excitedly: "Principal, lift it higher."

Principal: "..." If it were under normal circumstances, he would raise it a bit higher to appease the child Liuli, but now he was anxious.

The ghostly entity that was being birthed actually vanished without a trace right under his nose!!

This is extremely terrifying.

Extremely eerie.

The principal felt chills down his spine, his heart pounding, he felt an unprecedented sense of crisis and panic: "Could this ghostly entity belong to a high-tier species?"

"If it can hide under my nose, it can harm the children in the kindergarten when I let my guard down!"

"If it succeeds, my life’s efforts will be ruined!"

The principal swallowed a mouthful of saliva.

Panic!

He was truly panicking!

His heart raced, the arm holding the lake water trembling slightly. Previously, even a small amount of lake water wouldn’t cause a single tremor for half an hour. But now the water shook from side to side, appearing to be extremely strenuous.

Even his forehead was beaded with fine sweat.

Among those nearby learning Body Technique... are Jiang Liuli, Zhu Yuheng, Bian Yue, Bian Jingqiu, Feng Yan, and Zhuge Huangjin! And the "little mentor" Xu Ran!

This is the strongest group of seven since the founding of the Jing Province Demigod Kindergarten!

If even a minor mishap befalls any of them, he would regret it for a lifetime!

Beads of sweat streamed down the principal’s back: "Calm down, stay calm. I should be overthinking this..."

"The birth of a ghostly entity takes forty seconds; it shouldn’t be able to escape to other places in less than ten seconds!"

"I’ll search again, perhaps it is hiding in the silt, which is why I couldn’t find it... yes, yes, it must be in the silt!"

The principal took a deep breath, single-handedly holding the water cube as he leaped heavily into the lakebed.

At the same time, his other hand flipped the lakebed silt three or four times, anything even slightly suspicious was smashed to bits.

Yet even though he dug a zhang deep, he didn’t find any trace of the ghostly entity!

He continued searching several times, even grinding all the fish at the lakebed into minced meat, yet still couldn’t perceive any aura of the ghostly entity.

"It’s over. Could this ghostly entity have already infiltrated the bodies of the children?"

"If that’s the case, then it’s a big problem."

The principal’s heart sank to the bottom, he casually tossed the water cube back into the artificial lake.

"Splash."