Chapter 96: Is Shengzai from the Chanyuan Family?

After delivering Sasaki Senpai and Jingkou Senpai to a safe location, Fukuroi Hui and Huzhang quickly arrived at the school rooftop, where the cursed energy was thickest and constant massive disturbances occurred.

Only upon reaching the school rooftop did the two understand why they had encountered almost no curses while inside the classroom building.

Because all the curses in the entire school, and even within several kilometers around, were now concentrated here.

Even Huzhang , who had never seen such a scene before, stood frozen in place as he stared at the rooftop, now covered in curses of all kinds and varying ranks—let alone Fukuroi Hui, a Level Two sorcerer.

Although no terrifying Special-Rank Cursed Spirits had appeared here, the sheer number of curses was far beyond what a single Level Two sorcerer could handle.

Besides the overwhelming number of curses, Huzhang and Fukuroi Hui also saw the only human present—Shengzai, completely surrounded by Cursed Spirits.

“Let’s work together to tear open a gap and rescue him. Sorcerers who specialize in spirit summons usually aren’t strong in anything else.”

“His spirit just went to protect your senpai and senpai—probably all his other spirits have been destroyed under the curses’ assault.”

“We don’t have time left—if we don’t act now, he’s going to be killed by these curses!”

As Fukuroi Hui gave orders to Huzhang beside him, he summoned two Jade Dogs and a Nue, preparing to forcibly carve a path through the cursed horde to rescue Shengzai.

Huzhang had wanted to say something upon hearing Fukuroi Hui claim Shengzai’s physical abilities were weak, but before the words could leave his mouth, Fukuroi Hui cut him off again.

“My Jade Dogs and Nue will assist you in rescuing him. Afterward, you must buy me some time—I need to reseal the Two-Headed Demon’s finger.”

“Otherwise, with this many curses here, none of us can leave.”

Earlier, when they had escorted Sasaki Senpai and the others out of the school, Fukuroi Hui and the others had learned that the Two-Headed Demon’s finger was now in Shengzai’s possession.

So before arriving here, Fukuroi Hui had specifically returned to the classroom where Shengzai had been, and retrieved the cursed seals he had previously unsealed.

The number of curses drawn here by the Two-Headed Demon’s finger was simply too great—it was unrealistic to eliminate them all.

Therefore, the best solution was to reseal the Two-Headed Demon’s finger, causing the curses gathered here to gradually disperse on their own.

Just as Fukuroi Hui was about to act, Shengzai’s action inside the cursed Baoweiquan left him utterly stunned.

In Fukuroi Hui’s view, Shengzai could command a powerful spirit like “Wei Huo Hu,” meaning his strength was at least Level Two, if not Level One—and he must have had considerable combat experience.

His best course of action while surrounded should have been to defend fully and wait for their rescue.

But to Fukuroi Hui’s shock, after seeing them, Shengzai didn’t choose cautious defense—he chose to attack!

Even if you wanted to break out with an inside-outside pincer, you’d charge toward us, right? Why are you running the opposite way? What the hell are you doing?

“Wenren Martial Arts—Kong Ming!”

As Shengzai threw a straight punch, a sharp sonic boom erupted instantly before him.

The immense fist pressure crushed the air like a bursting balloon, forming an invisible sonic column directly ahead of Shengzai, instantly shattering several curses along its path.

Since Shengzai had been surrounded, the curses behind and to his sides seized the opening created by his punch and lunged at him.

“Spirit Summoning—Qinglong—Kang Jin Long!”

“Hu——————!”

As Shengzai’s clear, resonant voice echoed through the air, a wall of wind suddenly rose from the ground beneath his feet.

The curses that had lunged at him—those of weaker rank—were instantly sliced into fragments upon colliding with the wind barrier.

The stronger ones, though not killed outright like the low-rank curses, were all repelled by the swirling wind field encircling Shengzai.

“Hou——————!”

Just as the wind surrounding Shengzai grew fiercer, until it fully engulfed his figure, a loud dragon’s roar suddenly erupted from within the gale.

Dragon claws tore through the wind, and a sleek, graceful form soared skyward. When Huzhang and Fukuroi Hui saw Shengzai standing atop the snarling dragon’s head, looking down upon the curses below, both were dumbfounded.

“Uh… Fukuroi, do we still need to follow your original plan?”

“I feel like even if we don’t move, Shengzai’s fine on his own.”

Hearing Huzhang ’s useless comment, Fukuroi Hui grimaced. As a Level Two sorcerer prodigy who had been rated right after entering the Tokyo Metropolitan Sorcery High, he’d lost count of how many times he’d been humiliated today.

Earlier, he’d claimed only professionals could handle curses—that even if Huzhang ’s friend was strong, it wouldn’t matter—yet the man turned out to be a formidable sorcerer.

After arriving on the rooftop, he’d said sorcerers who used spirit summons were usually weak in other areas—then Shengzai had thrown a vacuum punch that obliterated multiple curses.

“Is your friend surnamed Chanyuan?”

Watching Shengzai ride the dragon spirit soaring skyward, Fukuroi Hui asked Huzhang beside him.

In the sorcery world, the Three Great Families—Gojo, Chanyuan, and Kamo—held immensely prestigious lineages.

The Gojo family specialized in “Limitless Technique,” but had nearly declined. The Kamo family excelled in creating and using various cursed tools.

The Chanyuan family specialized in summoning spirits for combat, and many among them were also skilled in hand-to-hand combat.

At least, Fukuroi Hui knew of Senpai Maki from the same Tokyo Metropolitan Sorcery High, and the current Chanyuan patriarch, Chanyuan Zhipen.

Though Fukuroi Hui had never seen Shengzai’s spirit or martial arts before, such a similar combat style made it natural for him to assume Shengzai was from the Chanyuan family.

“Chanyuan? No, no, no—Shengzai’s surname is Wenren. He doesn’t even know who his parents are—he was raised in an orphanage, just like me.”

Hearing Shengzai’s background, Fukuroi Hui fell silent. Though he used the Chanyuan family’s “Ten Shadow Techniques,” he himself wasn’t surnamed Chanyuan—he was surnamed Fukuroi…

Shengzai was raised in an orphanage—perhaps he shared a similar past with him?

Of course, investigating Shengzai’s origins was meaningless now—because under Huzhang and Fukuroi Hui’s gaze, Shengzai had already ridden Kang Jin Long up to a hundred meters in the air!

(End of Chapter)