Chapter 545

As he finished speaking, a trickle of blood seeped from Henggang's lips.

He was injured.

Luo En was stunned and quickly asked.

"Are you all right? Should we withdraw for now?"

Henggang shook his head.

"No, we're already trapped in this encirclement.

If we leave, the curses will follow us out.

Then they'll scatter, and it'll be even harder to deal with them."

With that, he leapt up sharply, like a great roc spreading its wings, and shot swiftly into the darkness.

Accompanied by a series of explosive cracks.

Luo En saw a faint current of energy coalescing on his fists.

It was formed by curse energy.

For the first time, Luo En saw curse energy solidified into substance—it was indeed a very peculiar form of energy.

It differed greatly from the energy within Luo En's body.

Suddenly, a black shadow appeared before the two of them.

It was a tangible black shadow; even Luo En could clearly see it.

It had concentrated the curse's power into a physical form.

This greatly enhanced its strength.

Henggang's expression changed slightly—he knew exactly what he was facing now.

This was beyond his capacity to handle.

But there was no escape now; he had no choice but to press forward.

Yet the opponent's power was far too strong.

In a single exchange, Henggang was blasted backward and slammed hard onto the ground.

He lay there, unable to rise for a long while.

With a "whoosh," he spat out a mouthful of blood.

With a "thud," he collapsed onto the floor again.

The impact revealed he was severely injured.

The curse energy released by the opponent was overwhelmingly powerful.

No matter how hard he tried, he could not possibly resist it.

He looked at Luo En and said helplessly.

"It seems we're going to fail this time."

Luo En clenched his fists.

He said, "Never say you've failed until the very last moment."

He didn't know whether his current strength could even combat such a cursed entity.

But he trusted in his own abilities.

With a muffled boom, the ground beneath Luo En's feet suddenly split open.

A tremendous force propelled Luo En like a cannonball fired from its barrel.

He slammed violently into the black shadow.

Henggang closed his eyes in despair.

After all, Luo En was just a newcomer.

He'd only started class today—how could he possibly possess such immense power?

Besides, he didn't even know what curse energy was—he'd been asking questions just moments ago.

Henggang knew Luo En was probably just a rookie.

Even if he'd somehow defeated that Nai Zi,

fighting a curse was nothing like fighting an ordinary person.

A curse that could take this form—even upperclassmen might not be its match.

The next instant, Luo En felt his fist strike the black shadow solidly.

A deafening crash erupted as immense power surged outward.

In that instant, half the classroom collapsed.

This was only because Luo En sensed something was wrong and immediately reined in his power.

Otherwise, the entire area might have ceased to exist.

The black shadow was shattered outright by Luo En's blow and could not coalesce for a long while.

Henggang stared wide-eyed beside him, unable to believe what he saw.

Was that punch really delivered by Luo En? How? No matter how hard they trained, they could never reach such power.

A single punch had shattered half the teaching building.

And behind the building, a massive crater had been gouged into the earth by that same punch.

Was this even human?

Luo En carefully sensed the surrounding air and found the curse energy had not dissipated.

Instead, it was slowly gathering toward him again.

Clearly, that punch had been purely physical in its force.

But it did not affect these curses.

Damn, it seems relying solely on one's own energy is still useless.

What matters most is curse energy.

Only when curse energy is concentrated together can these curses truly be destroyed.

Luo En knew that if he stepped out of this school's gate this time, he must immediately convert his body's energy into curse energy.

The forces of the curses surged wildly, taking on all manner of forms.

Just as Luo En prepared to strike again, a flash of cold light swept past before him.

The cold light split apart the cluster of darkness.

Then he heard the curse forces let out a shrill, agonized scream.

The forces of the curses melted away like snow.

Luo En looked forward in surprise.

A slender silhouette appeared ahead.

He looked closer—it was Naizi.

He hadn't expected Naizi to come here.

Luo En was startled.

Naizi walked over quickly, glanced at Luo En and Henggang, and smiled lightly.

"What are you two novices doing here? Do you think your pitiful strength can defeat the curses here?"

She had just seen Luo En strike, and was deeply shocked—but she also sensed that the energy he released was merely terrifying in raw power.

It produced no significant curse energy.

Thus, it caused no real harm to the curses.

She then understood: Luo En really was a novice.

Luo En smiled helplessly.

"Why are you here?"

Henggang struggled to his feet.

Although he knew Luo En had already defeated Naizi, and that Luo En was now the top student in the class,

when he saw Naizi, he still felt a deep respect from within.

Especially since Naizi had just saved them.

If Naizi hadn't appeared in time, they truly didn't know if they could have handled these powerful curses.

Henggang explained, "Earlier we received a message.

The curse energy of this school had escaped."