Chapter 289 Spirit-speaking Technique VS Time-Returning Bird
"Tick tock, tick tock."
In the dormitory, the second hand of the clock jumped tirelessly and made a continuous sound.
Emma lay on the bed, covering her ears tightly with her hands, tossing and turning, unable to sleep.
She wanted to turn around several times and remind Enid, who was on the middle bed, to ask her to disconnect the battery of the clock, but when she saw the other person sleeping soundly, she couldn't bear to wake her up, so she could only endure it by herself.
Damn it, it’s like this every night.
Emma complained in a low voice, but her thoughts drifted involuntarily to her distant home.
It was better to be at home. No matter how noisy the surroundings were, she could sleep peacefully without worrying about bad people daring to break in.
That's right, the reason why she couldn't sleep right now was because of the sound of Little Wolf Girl's clock. She was totally worried about whether the group of weirdos in human skins she had discovered earlier would attack them tonight.
Principal Pei ignored their warnings. Emma and Wednesday, who had originally planned to unite the teachers and students of the school to fight back, now had to fight alone, watching in this small dormitory.
Oh yeah, and there’s that little wolf girl Enid who has no superpowers and sleeps defenseless.
Emma sat up from the bed, picked up the water glass on the bedside table and took a big sip.
She decided not to sleep tonight and spend the whole night guarding the bad guys.
Anyway, I am in a period of confinement. I don’t have to go to school during the day, so I can use it to catch up on my sleep.
Just as she was thinking this, a faint voice came from the bed opposite, "You can actually sleep for a while. I will be here at night, and I have also set up magic circles around me. Anyone who breaks in by force will be killed by us." Discover it the first time.”
Emma turned her head and looked at Wednesday, who was opening her eyes, and shook her head slightly: "I'm not afraid that they will hurt us, I'm just worried about other students in the school."
She frowned and explained: "This group of human-skinned monsters has been lurking in the school for more than a day or two. They were already there when we entered school. They obviously have a bigger evil plan."
Hearing this on Wednesday, a trace of surprise flashed in his eyes, and he asked strangely: "Why didn't I know you were so compassionate? Now, do you care so much about the life and death of strangers?"
"What strangers, they are our classmates. And Enid"
Emma pointed at the sleeping wolf girl and said in a serious tone, "She is our friend. What if she also has an accident?"
Wednesday curled his lips, and when he was about to say something, his eyes suddenly froze and he turned sharply to the window.
At the same time, Emma seemed to have caught something, her whole body tensed up, and she looked out cautiously.
downstairs.
In the courtyard, the man in a suit named Walter was walking leisurely, with his hands folded across his chest, his fingers tapping his arms lightly, and his steps were extremely relaxed.
Behind him, the four cleaners had shed their human skin, revealing gray skin. Their bodies suddenly rose to more than ten meters tall, their limbs were unusually slender, and their torsos were as thin as dead branches. Their overall appearance was strange and unpredictable, just like those who specialize in catching children in fairy tales. The elongated ghost is chilling.
As Walter approached the student dormitory step by step, the surrounding trees and grass seemed to be deprived of life by invisible forces, quickly withered and turned into ashes, and the deathly silence was ominous.
However, just as they were approaching the student dormitory, countless invisible lines suddenly appeared in the air, tightly binding him and the monsters behind him.
Walter looked down, a trace of surprise flashing in his eyes.
At this moment, the surrounding scene seemed to be controlled by the passage of time. Walter and his group actually moved backward at a faster speed until they reappeared outside the school gate.
The two dead demon hunter guards miraculously resurrected and stood up again in their previous posture, as if nothing had ever happened.
When everything was restored to normal, Walter returned to the starting point again, facing the men who still had their human skins still on them, and the guards who were obviously dead but strangely resurrected. They pointed their guns at him in horror.
"Wow~"
Walter exclaimed, with a playful smile on his lips, "You people on Earth are really unpredictable. Ninety-nine percent of humans are as fragile as ants, but those few possess the power that even the gods desire. .”
Before he finished speaking, a dazzling white light suddenly lit up in the sky above the college. A bird that looked like a crow fluttered its wings and turned into a human form when it landed.
It was Principal Peregrine who scolded Emma and Wednesday in the office during the day!
This "Miss Pei", who was famous in the dark world, looked so gloomy that she was about to drip, and her eyes were coldly staring at the man in the suit in front of her.
"It only shows that you have little knowledge. Also, who said I am a human being?"
As he spoke, Principal Pei suddenly spread out a pair of shining black fluorescent wings from his back. As he waved gently, countless sharp air currents shot towards Walter like arrows.
However, when these air blades, which were capable of cutting gold and stone, touched Walter, they dissipated instantly like a mud cow entering the sea, without causing any damage to him.
"Angel? Demon?"
Walter also showed curiosity at this moment. He rarely set foot on the earth on weekdays. He only sent his men to search for children with powerful spiritual powers throughout the universe, so he did not have a deep understanding of this planet.
The slender ghost hiding next to him explained in a low voice at the right time: "Sir, this woman is the lifelong principal of Nefermore College. It is said that her body is a 'back-in-time bird' that can control time and space, and has powers better than those of angels. You also need strong time management skills.”
"Timebird?" A trace of curiosity flashed in Walter's eyes.
At the same time, Principal Pei on the opposite side did not show the slightest surprise when she missed the hit. She spread her wings and gracefully retreated tens of meters back, keeping a distance from Walter.
The attack just now was just to test the opponent's strength, but the result was obviously unsatisfactory.
She couldn't see how this man could resolve his attack.
Since she can't win in a short time, as the principal, her most important thing now is not to confront the opponent, but to organize the staff to protect the students and ask for help from the outside world.
So, under Walter's gaze, the female principal who had been standing in front of the school gate with a cold face a moment ago spread her wings and disappeared directly from his sight.
Immediately afterwards, in Walter's sight, groups of heavily armed demon hunters rushed out of the surrounding buildings. They were wearing battle armor and holding submachine guns and automatic rifles.
If it weren't for the row of silver bullets and silver daggers on his waist, he would have looked like a soldier who had just come off the battlefield.
Following the leader's order, countless bullets engraved with exorcism inscriptions roared out from the soldiers' guns and shot at Walter accurately.
Looking at these bullets, Walter somehow suddenly thought of an old friend.
It's just that the opponent is using a revolver made by the Fairy of the Lake using the materials of the Sword in the Stone. Its power is very different from these inscribed bullets with exorcism effect.
At this moment, facing this scene of gunfire and bullets, he still crossed his arms and walked forward calmly, as if the bullets were just phantoms of nothingness.
Incredibly, the bullets fired at Walter suddenly stopped in mid-air, as if controlled by an invisible force.
Walter picked up a bullet from the air and rubbed it gently. The hard bullet turned into powder and dispersed in the wind.
"Who is this guy?"
The guard leader's eyes widened. As a demon hunter and having worked in the Alien Academy for many years, he had seen many monsters that were not afraid of bullets, but this was the first time he had seen an enemy like Walter who could easily neutralize their gun array offensive.
At present, it seems that this guy not only has weird methods, but also has amazing power.
Without hesitation, he pulled out the grenade from his chest, bit open the latch, and prepared to throw it.
But at this moment, a demonic voice sounded in their hearts:
"Killeachother!"
Everyone was stunned for a moment and watched as Walter walked past them.
Then, an unknown person fired the first shot. The eyes of the demon hunters who were fighting side by side turned dark and they pointed their guns at the brothers beside them.
Gunshots rang out and blood splattered.
Listening to the gunshots behind him, Walter walked past the killing demon hunters expressionlessly and walked into the dormitory building ahead.
At this moment, in every building on campus, black magic speakers appeared out of thin air in the corridors. Principal Pei's cold voice came from the speakers. She urged the students to get up immediately and go to the top floor to gather because there was an invasion of foreign enemies. .
In the office, Principal Pei was on the phone while observing the situation below with eyes that seemed to penetrate the wall. When she witnessed the demon hunters starting to kill each other because of Walter's words, her originally calm face couldn't help but show a look of astonishment.
She suddenly thought of a legendary super power. Spirituality?
The law is followed when spoken, and the constitution of heaven is in the mouth.
A person with the super power to pronounce the sentence of life or death of the other party with just one word.
As an immortal, she has seen countless legendary gods with her own eyes, but no matter it is the immortals and Buddhas in the East or the gods and demons in the West, except God, no one has such powerful power.
"Who is this guy?"
Principal Pei was filled with doubts. She put down the microphone in her hand and informed the school board of directors that the college was facing a foreign invasion.
Nefermoor College is an institution with a history of thousands of years, and its directors are almost all big figures in the dark world.
Although her own fighting ability is not outstanding, with the super power of the returning bird, she is confident that she can contain the opponent until the members of the board of directors arrive.
"Principal!"
At this moment, the office door was pushed open suddenly, and Emma, Wednesday and the little follower Enid burst in together.
From the moment the lanky ghost shed its human skin and Walter appeared, they had sensed the danger and witnessed Walter's weird superpower.
"Why are you here?"
After Principal Pei saw them, he immediately said seriously: "Didn't you hear the sound from the loudspeaker? Hurry up and gather on the top floor. The teachers of the college will protect you there."
"No, those teachers can't even beat me." Emma immediately shook her head and refused.
"You"
Principal Pei was about to get angry, but when he thought about the opponent's record of defeating the school teacher with one move, he couldn't say anything.
She bent down slightly, put her hands on their shoulders, and said seriously: "First of all, I want to apologize to you. As the principal, I did not discover the crisis on campus in time and put you in danger. But this is me The responsibility has nothing to do with you. For your safety, if you don’t want to go to the roof, then find a place to hide first, and you can notify the elders at home to pick you up.”
As she spoke, Principal Pei stretched out her palm, and a feather shining with black fluorescence appeared in her hand.
"When in danger, just throw it out. Go, kids, and don't stay here any longer."
Principal Pei gently touched Emma and Wednesday's heads and nodded to Enid. Then, she walked quickly downstairs.
Walter had easily solved the school's guards and entered the student dormitory building. Although it was not clear what his purpose was, seeing the evil look on his face, Principal Pei, who had already gathered the students and successfully called for help, had to go down to block the opponent and buy the students time for reinforcements to arrive.
After the principal left, the three people in the office fell into a brief silence.
Enid looked a little anxious. She scratched her head uneasily and asked Emma and Wednesday nervously: "What should we do next? Do we really need to find a place to hide?"
"Do you even need to ask? We Winchesters would never entrust our lives to others to protect us."
"Neither did the Addams's."
Emma put the feather given by the principal into her pocket, and then chased in the direction where the principal left without hesitation with Wednesday.
Although Enid was a little scared, seeing how decisive and brave her two roommates were, she mustered up the courage to follow them.
But just as they were about to reach the stairs, something strange happened.
Their bodies suddenly stopped, and then they walked backwards back to the principal's office faster than before.
Everything around them seemed to have pressed the replay button. When their thoughts resumed, they were back to a few dozen seconds ago!
Several people looked at each other, their eyes full of surprise and confusion.
at the same time.
In the hall one floor downstairs, the headmistress Pei was breathing a sigh of relief.
As soon as she got downstairs, she heard a "suicide" sound like a curse echoing in the hall.
After the school teachers who were guarding here heard this voice, they used various spells and superpowers on themselves without hesitation, and fell to the ground one after another. After just one encounter, they turned into corpses on the ground.
Even she herself, after hearing this voice inadvertently, her fingers flashed fluorescent light inexplicably, ready to point at her forehead.
But she didn't know if there was no reason specifically for herself, but at the last moment she activated her backtracking ability in time, going back dozens of seconds in time.
"Run!"
She shouted loudly to the school employees in front of her, and before Walter could speak again, she pushed her palm violently, and a huge air flow was like a violent hurricane, carrying an astonishing impact and slamming towards Walter.
But just like countless times before, any attack would be inexplicably stagnant or decomposed when it came into contact with this man, as if he was surrounded by an invisible barrier that blocked out all harm.
But Principal Pei was not discouraged. With a tap of her finger, the ceiling seemed to be controlled by an invisible hand and suddenly collapsed, heading towards Walter.
Taking advantage of this opportunity, streams of air burst out from her fingertips, like flexible vines, tightly wrapping around the employees in the hall, quickly moving them to a safe place.
"You are quite professional, yes, I admire dedicated women."
Walter did not stop him. Instead, he pointed his finger at his chin and looked at Principal Pei thoughtfully.
After a moment, he spoke slowly and made a suggestion, "Let's do this. I only want two girls. You hand them over honestly, and I can take them away now without harming anyone else."
"Go ahead and dream!"
Principal Pei didn't waver at all. She didn't even bother to know who the other party wanted, because no matter who it was, she couldn't hand it over.
When Walter heard this, he sighed softly, as if he felt a little helpless at Principal Pei's stubbornness.
"Then I can only say I'm sorry."
Before he finished speaking, the air around him seemed to freeze instantly, and an invisible force was quietly brewing.
Feeling all this, Principal Pei frowned. She knew very well the power of the spirit-talking technique. As long as the other party spoke, the consequences would be disastrous.
So, she quickly closed her hearing, trying to isolate the words that could change reality.
In her sight, she could only see the other person's lips moving, but she couldn't hear what was said.
But just when she breathed a sigh of relief, a deep voice suddenly sounded in her mind!
"Kill yourself."
"Time, backtrack!"
At the critical moment, Principal Pei used her ability without hesitation. The surrounding scene began to distort, and time seemed to flow backwards, everything returned to the few seconds before the man in the suit spoke.
But this kind of backtracking was not without cost. Every time she used it, she felt intense fatigue.
The battle just fell into a cycle.
Every attack by Walter's verbal spirit was eliminated by Principal Pei through time retrieval, and Principal Pei was constantly consuming his own strength and will.
Finally, Walt seemed tired of this endless cycle and contest.
He looked at Principal Pei indifferently, and when the other party was about to start his next recollection, his words turned into characters and appeared in Principal Pei's mind.
"Forget all your ability to control time."
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(End of chapter)