Chapter 57: Devouring the Evil Fire

A few days later, Bosabei, who had just run out of the inner courtyard, spotted a flash of pink‑blue from afar.

Without thinking, he knew it was Wang Qiu'er, so Bosabei jogged over.

Only when he got behind her did he notice that Wang Qiu'er had swapped her black dress for a pink‑blue long gown.

Though it was a bit strange, Bosabei still stepped forward and greeted, "Qiu'er."

"Huh?" The person called stopped, turned around, and Bosabei was instantly dumbfounded.

This person resembled Wang Qiu'er, but her facial lines were softer, lacking the heroic air and instead bearing a hint of sorrow.

Dong'er? How did she revert to female attire?

Indeed, this person was not Wang Qiu'er but Wang Dong'er, and for some reason she had now returned to wearing women's clothes.

Wang Dong'er looked at the strange man before her, blinked, and her large pink‑blue eyes held a touch of innocence.

"I'm not called Qiu'er."

"Uh, sorry for mistaking you," Bosabei said hurriedly, then slipped away quickly.

"Why does he feel so familiar?" Watching Bosabei's retreating back, Wang Dong'er felt his aura was familiar, yet she couldn't place it.

The reason she resumed female attire was because everyone in the academy believed Su Yun Tian was dead.

Moreover, she didn't want to keep sharing a dorm with other boys, so after the competition she informed the academy of her true female identity.

Although the academy's upper echelons had long known.

After running all the way back to class, Bosabei finally noticed that Wang Qiu'er had already entered the classroom early.

After returning to his seat, Bosabei felt a bit flustered.

The tournament had ended, Wang Dong'er had returned, and Bosabei guessed that when the two met something would happen again.

He just didn't know whether Slake Academy had actually won.

As he had expected, when Wang Dong'er arrived at Class One, everyone stared at the pair with bewildered expressions.

Twins? Sister flowers?

Those words popped straight into their minds.

Even Mu Jin, who walked in holding a lesson plan, was a bit dazed.

She knew Wang Qiu'er, she knew Wang Dong, but now why were there two Wang Qiu'ers?

"How do you look exactly like me?" Wang Dong'er gazed at Wang Qiu'er before her as if in a mirror, murmuring.

"I'd like to ask you the same," Wang Qiu'er replied, arms crossed, her voice cold and clear.

One must admit, Wang Qiu'er's acting was indeed good; she appeared utterly innocent, and if Bosabei hadn't read the original work, he would have believed it.

"Which classmate are you?" Mu Jin also realized, turned to Wang Dong'er, and asked.

"Teacher Mu, I'm Wang Dong," Wang Dong'er said, feeling wronged.

"Ah?" In an instant, everyone's brains short‑circuited again.

When did Wang Dong become a girl?

Wang Dong'er's pretty face flushed, and she stammered, "I… I was only inconvenienced by family reasons before."

Mu Jin stepped forward at the right moment, saying, "Alright, let's not worry about this for now; please take your seats."

She didn't want to meddle further either, since it wasn't harmful to her.

After class ended, Wang Dong'er hurried out of the classroom and went straight to find Yan Shaozhe to inquire about Wang Qiu'er.

Upon learning that aside from appearance and name, Wang Qiu'er was otherwise different from her, she finally relaxed.

She had almost thought she still had a twin sister!

Meanwhile, as Bosabei just stepped out of the classroom, he saw Xuan Lao leaning against the wall, looking somewhat flustered.

Upon seeing Bosabei emerge, Xuan Lao reacted as if seeing a savior, heedless of his image, trotted over, grabbed Bosabei's arm, and headed outside.

Bosabei followed while asking, "What's wrong, Xuan Lao?"

"No time to explain; first go to the Sea God Pavilion."

It was clear something major had happened; Bosabei carefully recalled the original story and suddenly remembered that in it, Ma Xiaotao seemed to have lost control of her evil fire after being struck by a seventh‑rank Soul Guide Device, the Sword of Judgment, from the Sun Moon War Team.

Consequently, this also turned Ma Xiaotao into the Phoenix Saintess of the Holy Spirit Sect; seeing Xuan Lao so anxious, Bosabei grew more convinced of his hypothesis.

Upon arriving at the Sea God Pavilion, Bosabei clearly felt the air was somewhat oppressive.

Inside the spacious golden hall, only Mu Lao lay there.

Seeing Bosabei approach, Mu En finally spoke: "Little North, you've come."

"Mm, Teacher, what happened?"

After a long silence, Mu En sighed and said, "In this competition, our Slake Academy suffered heavy casualties; when they went to participate, the academy had assigned them a mission, but due to Xuan Zi's negligence, seven inner‑court students ended up with one dead and six injured."

Hearing this, Xuan Zi's face also showed some guilt.

Mu En continued, "Moreover, among the seven outer‑court students, one was captured and remains alive or dead unknown; to protect Slake Academy's ten‑thousand‑year glory, those inner‑court kids dragged their wounded bodies to compete."

Although they won, they all left with lingering ailments, especially Xiao Tao, who was affected by a Soul Guide Device from the Sun Moon Empire; having previously suppressed her evil fire, it flared up again, and even Shaozhe could not repress it this time.

Bosabei nodded, his expression odd; why tell him all this? He couldn't possibly be expected to help suppress it, could he?

It seemed he had read Bosabei's thoughts, for Mu En added, "Little North, the academy's records mention that the former Sea God Island possessed a special energy called Sea God's Light."

According to the texts, Sea God's Light contains immense energy, capable of suppressing and purifying a person, which is why they wanted to try it on him.

Upon hearing Mu En's words, Bosabei's expression shifted—Sea God's Light?

He did have it, but he had thought of an even better idea.

"Where is the person? I'll go try it."

Mu En pointed to a nearby room, "In that room over there."

"Alright, later Teacher and Xuan Lao, you two stay out; I'll give it a try," Bosabei said. This was practically heaven helping him!

Before, it had been hard to find an opportunity, after all he couldn't openly release his Eight‑Winged Fallen Angel.

Now that the timing, location, and people are all favorable, it's a good chance to try out the Dark Corrosion.

Xuan Zi's expression was a bit hesitant, but in the end they still didn't say anything.

Upon opening the door, what came into view was Ma Xiaotao lying inside a light shield.

At this moment, she exuded a monstrous evil aura from head to toe; those who didn't know would think she was the leader of the evil soul masters.

Su Yun Tian's eyes flashed, and the Eight-Winged Fallen Angel instantly completed possession.

"I'll use you to test my new ability!"

Then, a ring of purple light waves spread outward from within him, and the Fallen Angel Domain instantly opened.

Immediately after, countless black light spots continuously seeped out from his palm, slowly merging into Ma Xiaotao's body.

The evil flames around her seemed to sense the intrusion, constantly resisting, but before the devouring power of the Fallen Angel Domain, they were utterly useless.

The evil flames were continuously devoured, while part of them transformed into the purest energy, feeding back to Su Yun Tian himself.

He was confident that once he fully absorbed these evil flames, not only would he reach level 38, but Ma Xiaotao would also be completely under his control!

(End of chapter)