93: Too late, the seal has already been repaired.
Jia Heng kept uttering strange words while letting out chilling, maniacal laughter.
But his actions made the Consultant feel even more disgusted.
"I don't care what kind of evil omen you are! Get back to hell!"
The Consultant cursed under his breath, giving Jia Heng no further chance to act crazily, and plunged a knife straight into his chest!
*Pfft!*
The blade easily pierced his chest, and the Consultant pulled it out forcefully!
Blood splattered along the blood groove. Jia Heng's body trembled, and he finally slumped to the ground.
A black-and-purple flame appeared out of thin air, quickly igniting Jia Heng's body.
The flame had no heat, but as it burned, it warped the surrounding space.
The Consultant took a step back and watched cautiously.
In just a few seconds, Jia Heng's corpse turned into a pile of ashes and vanished along with the demonic flame... The Consultant remained silent for a moment, shook the blood off the blade, sheathed moon shadow, and deactivated the Slime possession state.
The crimson Slime reappeared on top of the Consultant's head, swaying gently, its two small eyes fixed on the red magic array, subtly showing disgust.
The Consultant patted it, then looked toward the magic array.
Jia Heng's death did not make the magic array disappear; instead, the red light deepened, and an eerie aura continuously spread from the edges of the damaged array!
"Is this seal about to be broken?"
The Consultant frowned.
He remembered how powerful that hand monster was back then; even now, he would have almost no chance of winning against it.
And that was when the seal hadn't been broken. If it were truly lifted, the entire school might be destroyed.
No one else had arrived yet, but viewing the seal from the perspective of a Rune Master, it probably wouldn't last another two minutes.
"How about... I try to fix this magic array myself?"
The Consultant muttered to himself.
With the system's help, he had recently learned some Sealing Runes.
Since there was no other choice, he could only try, even if it just bought them a minute.
He decided to act immediately!
The Consultant pressed his lips tightly together, put his knife back into his space ring, and quickly walked to the front of the Hexagram Magic Array.
Inside the array, the eerie aura continuously leaked out, making the Consultant extremely uncomfortable, as if he were facing an incredibly powerful Demonic Beast!
Moreover, the Consultant recalled the hand from last time.
He suspected that what was sealed here was only a part of some extremely powerful Demonic Creature!
"Hiss... Whew!"
The Consultant took a deep breath, raised his hands, and mobilized the magic power within his body as much as possible, gathering it into his hands.
Deep green light flickered in his eyes once more.
Runic Magic spells continuously appeared in his mind.
The Consultant quickly filtered through them one by one, finally keeping a few runes suitable for immediate use.
But each one was extremely obscure and difficult to understand, a world apart from the Reconnaissance Rune he had used before.
These must be Advanced Runes.
The Consultant thought helplessly.
Even with the system assisting him, it was difficult to use these runes, but he gritted his teeth, raised his hands, and waved them in the void.
He still used his finger as a brush and magic power as ink.
As he wielded the brush, his strokes were vigorous and fluid!
Green light flickered; within a small space, all things and phenomena were contained!
But this was truly the profession the Consultant had awakened independently; he might genuinely have some talent for it.
Although it was extremely difficult, the Consultant managed to draw the rune properly.
Although this rune looked completely different from the Hexagram, its brushwork, outline, and magic flow shared a marvelous similarity!
It was almost... as if it came from the same person!
As soon as the Consultant finished drawing the rune, he immediately felt all the magic power in his body drain away, making it difficult even to stand for a moment.
But he still gritted his teeth, thrust out his palm, imprinted the rune onto the Hexagram Magic Array, and lightly shouted:
"Return Rune!"
Given the Consultant's current Rune Master level, he wasn't capable of drawing a rune that could completely seal it.
So he could only make do with this Array-Repairing Rune.
Fortunately, as the rune landed on the magic array, it immediately emitted countless glistening green light spots.
These light spots, like starlight, gently settled onto the array.
Just then, something unexpected suddenly appeared around him.
They were... elements!
Faint electric sparks, embers, sand, and the power of nature appeared!
The power of these elements absorbed some of the Consultant's magic power consumption, helping him reconstruct the magic array more easily!
This was not the Consultant's power.
The Consultant missed a breath and urgently turned his head to the side.
It was in the direction of Li Yi's corpse.
The elemental power currently helping the Consultant repair the array was the element Li Yi had used as a Shaman Priest... Even though Li Yi was dead, he was still helping him.
"Thank you."
The Consultant had only spoken two words before his voice choked up. He nodded softly, then turned back and urged all the power within his body forward again.
With the help of the elemental power, the red glow of the magic array gradually faded, finally turning back into blue light.
The eerie aura also rapidly disappeared, resealed back into the array.
"It succeeded?!"
The Consultant looked at the no-longer-threatening magic array, and the corner of his mouth couldn't help but curl up slightly.
The next moment, his strength gave out, and he plopped down onto the ground.
But before he could recover, a surge of magic power suddenly emanated from behind him.
The Consultant's heart tightened. He quickly turned his head to look, but after seeing who it was, he relaxed.
The arrivals were the two Deans, Jiang Cen and Jin Teng!
Although it was all over by the time these two old fellows showed up.
After all, less than ten minutes had passed from the moment he and Li Yi arrived at the Star Bell Tower until now, when he killed Jia Heng and repaired the seal.
Moreover, the flow of time in the Illusion Realm was different from the outside world, so the delay was practically negligible.
Therefore, their appearance was still considered 'timely.'
"Consultant, are you alright?!"
As soon as Jiang Cen appeared, he quickly looked at the Consultant and asked anxiously.
The Consultant shook his head. Just as he was about to speak, the grief in his heart made him close his mouth, and he could only raise his hand to point to the side.
Jin Teng followed the direction of the Consultant's finger and saw Li Yi, whose body was already growing cold, and his expression instantly changed.
"Li Yi!"
A rare look of panic appeared on Jin Teng's face. He quickly ran a few steps to Li Yi's corpse.
Ignoring the blood on the ground, he knelt down, picked up Li Yi's body, and continuously shouted his name.
But besides the lingering elemental energy drifting nearby, there was no response.
Li Yi was Jin Teng's most cherished student, even regarded by him as his future successor.
"Li Yi, wake up! The Dean is here, look at me!"
Jin Teng completely lost his usual composure, shaking Li Yi's body while tears streamed down his face.
Jiang Cen walked over silently, watched the scene, and could only pat Jin Teng's shoulder in comfort.
A blue magical power appeared, slowly flowing into Jin Teng's body.
After a few minutes, Jin Teng's emotions finally stabilized.
The Consultant, however, felt that this old man, who had previously seemed so cunning, now looked as if he had aged more than a decade!
"What exactly happened?!"
Jin Teng gently laid Li Yi's body back down on the ground, turned to the Consultant, and asked through gritted teeth.
He didn't suspect the Consultant, as Jiang Banxia and the others had already notified Jiang Cen and Jin Teng beforehand.
The Consultant sniffled and recounted everything that had just happened, naturally omitting the fact that he had awakened a Third Profession during the battle.
The story wasn't long, but the expressions of both Jiang Cen and Jin Teng grew darker the more they listened.
Upon hearing the strange words Jia Heng had spoken just before his death, both men's faces changed drastically at the same time!
"What? Two seals have already been broken?!"
"This is bad!"
Jiang Cen quickly stood up and walked to the side of the magic array.
Even Jin Teng ignored his grief and joined Jiang Cen in carefully observing the magic array floating in mid-air.
The Consultant didn't dare disturb the two of them and stood silently to the side.
After a long while, Jiang Cen and Jin Teng exchanged a strange look and voiced a question.
"This magic array... has been repaired?!"
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