The fat man had told me that the blood baby wasn't fully formed yet. It had to eat Guo Mingming's three souls before it could become a real carnivorous baby.
Old He and the others were having a hard time dealing with the blood baby. If we waited until it ate Guo Mingming's soul, I was afraid that all of us would be in big trouble.
We had to stop it!
I understood it, but I was so scared that my limbs had gone soft. I couldn't get up no matter how hard I tried.
The fat man wasn't afraid of anything. His eyes reddened and he got up from the ground. He stormed forward and tried to hug Guo Mingming's soul.
Who would have thought that he would grab onto nothing, and his hands would directly pass through Guo Mingming's soul?
A soul was an illusory object. How could the fat man hug it?
The fat man was bewildered. Guo Mingming's soul took a few steps forward and stood in front of the coffins. He was just one wall away from the blood baby.
Right at this moment, the blood baby screeched. Black mist burst out of its body. Then, it opened its mouth at an exaggerated angle and bit forward.
A cracking sound rang out, and the invisible barrier around the small coffin seemed to have been torn apart. The blood infant hissed as it poked its head out of the coffin, then opened its mouth to chomp down on Guo Mingming's soul.
"Evil creature!"
Old He's angry roar came from behind us. Then, a white light descended from the sky and slashed at the blood baby.
At the same time, the fat man's father got up from the ground. He shouted at the fat man and me, "Attack together! Don't let it bite this soul. Otherwise, we won't be able to save your classmate!"
While talking, he used the small wooden coffin in his hand to hit the blood baby's head.
At the same time, the fat man stormed forward. He found a mop from somewhere and crazily hit the blood baby.
They were all attacking. I didn't know where my courage came from, but I gritted my teeth and got up from the ground. I ran toward the blood baby.
Old He, the fat man, and his son attacked at the same time. The blood baby fell to the ground. Black water gushed from its body, forming a puddle on the ground.
However, this did not stop it. The Blood Infant seemed to have infinite strength. Soon, it bounced up from the ground and continued to rush toward Guo Mingming's soul.
When Old Man He saw this, he took out a brush from somewhere and started drawing in the air. At the same time, he chanted loudly, "The Art of Taishang receives me, the Heart of Jade Blood transforms …"
As he finished his last sentence, a ball of flame appeared on the wooden sword in his hand. Almost in an instant, the wooden sword slashed down. The Blood Infant squeaked as half of its body was set ablaze.
It could be seen that Old Man He had used all his strength. After this strike, he sat down on the ground and stopped moving.
However, the Blood Infant didn't stop moving. It screamed as it moved toward Guo Mingming's soul.
Seeing this, the fat father and son also threw the things in their hands at the blood infant.
At this moment, I dashed toward the fat father. Since I didn't have anything in my hands, I clenched my jaw and punched the Blood Infant.
Unexpectedly, the blood infant's footsteps halted when I punched it. Right after that, it let out an unprecedented shriek. The left side of its face that had been hit by my fist instantly melted, turning into a puddle of black liquid that flowed downwards. Before it could reach the ground, it was burned into nothingness by the flames on its body.
At this moment, the Blood Infant seemed to be scared. It stopped moving toward Guo Mingming's soul and lifted its head. It gazed at us with its remaining right eye for a while. Then, it turned around and dashed out of the room.
I lifted my head to look outside. The Principal was craning his neck to look inside the room. The Blood Infant dashed past him, and the Principal saw it. He slumped back to the ground.
The Blood Infant had run away. Besides me, the fight had exhausted everyone. The fat father and his son were in the same state as Old He. They were panting and sitting on the ground.
No one said anything, but the fat man's father squinted and looked at me suspiciously.
I was also surprised. Although Old He's attack was powerful, I knew that half of the Blood Infant's body had been destroyed because of my punch.
Since when did my punch become so powerful?
I lowered my head and saw that the hand that had hit the Blood Infant was holding the jade bracelet that belonged to the red shadow.
I remembered that I had taken the jade bracelet off my neck when I was trying to save the Dean. Everything had happened too fast, and I had been holding the jade bracelet in my hand the whole time. I hadn't noticed it when I was hitting the Blood Infant.
Was it because of the jade bracelet?
The fat father looked at me for a while then turned to ask Old He, "Uncle He, the Blood Infant has run away. What should we do now?"
Old He sat there and panted for a while. Then, he said in a tired voice, "This flesh-eating baby is strange. Although it hasn't fully formed, it's as powerful as a fully formed flesh-eating baby. I tried my best, but I could only hurt it. I couldn't capture it."
The fat man's father nodded and didn't look at me. He also thought that Old He was the one who had hurt the Blood Infant and not me.
Old Man He spoke again, "Let's rest for a while. The Blood Infant has been severely injured and there will definitely be traces of Yin Qi on the way back. Later on, we'll follow the Yin Qi and we'll definitely be able to find its hiding place.
After making up his mind, he sat cross-legged on the ground and closed his eyes. He didn't talk anymore as if he was trying to recover his energy.
The fat man's father turned to him and asked, "I told you two to go back to class. Why did you still follow us?"
The fat man and I lowered our heads guiltily. We didn't dare to talk. The fat man's father said, "Rest for a while and then go back. Don't follow us blindly …"
Before he could finish his words, Old He opened his eyes and interrupted him, "These two brats have some guts. Why let them go back? If it weren't for these two kids today, we might have to die here. You two don't leave. Take a break and follow me later. We'll meet that flesh-eating baby again."
The fat man and I cheered up. Although the previous experience had shaken us, people were curious. Of course, we wanted to go and see.
Shortly after, Old He got up from the ground and walked toward Guo Mingming's soul.
After the Blood Infant had run away, Guo Mingming's soul hovered in the same spot. However, his body was dimmer than before. It looked like he could vanish at any minute.
Walking up to Guo Mingming's soul, Old He took out a small yellow paper doll from his body, then took out the brush he had just used and a box of something that looked like red ink.
The fat man had told me that it was cinnabar.
After everything was ready, Old He asked for Guo Mingming's birth information.
Yesterday, when we came, the fat man's father had asked for Guo Mingming's birth information. Of course, he remembered it, so he told Old He.
After Old He wrote down Guo Mingming's birth date and eight characters on the little paper doll, he tapped it with his left index finger and thumb, and the little paper doll stuck to his finger.
Then, he pointed the yellow paper at Guo Mingming's body and muttered a few words. Guo Mingming's soul disappeared in an instant, and the originally yellow paper man became somewhat gray, just like Guo Mingming's soul from before.
After everything was done, Old He called us and we walked out of the dormitory.
Outside the dormitory, the principal pulled a long face. He looked at us as if we were his family. "President He, Brother Lin, you're finally out … What was that thing?
It was bloody and scarred. It was scary. "
Old He waved his hand. It seemed he didn't want to talk to him. He pointed at the teaching director, who was still sitting on the ground, and asked, "What happened?"
The principal told him everything that had happened. Old He closed his eyes and formed a seal with his fingers. He chanted in a mysterious manner and waved his hand in the air a few times. Then, he pointed at the dean's head, his eye socket, and his philtrum. Then, he shouted, "Return!"
The teaching director, who had a blank face, suddenly shivered. His eyes started to shine.
This made me feel that Old He was really capable. The fatty's father had been hit and had to stay in his family's ancestral house for a night to recover. Now that the headmaster was here, Old He could easily wake him up. It was obvious that he was much more powerful than the fatty's father.
Then, Old He told the teaching director not to sleep too much for the next two days. He also told him not to go to places with lots of trees.
When we were about to go to the principal's office, the middle-aged man that Old He had sent to the teacher's dormitory to take care of Guo Mingming rushed over and said apologetically to Old He, "President, I didn't manage to lock down that child's soul. Is everything … okay on your side?"
I remembered now. No wonder Old He had sent someone to watch over Guo Mingming. He had already predicted this. But this person didn't do his job well and almost caused an accident on our side.
Old He pulled a long face and looked angry. He asked the person, "How did you lock his soul?"
"I used the Soul Locking Knot. I also used black threads to seal the top of his head and the bottom of his feet." Seeing that Old He was angry, the person lowered his head and answered honestly.
Old He's face looked better. He nodded and said, "This blood baby's cultivation was beyond my expectations. It's normal that you couldn't protect it.
Take this paper doll and stick it on the child's head. Use the Soul Drawing Knot to send the soul back. "
As he spoke, Old He handed him the paper doll from before.
After that, Old He brought us to the principal's office and told the principal to investigate the school's files. Before this year, he had to sort out all the student deaths that had occurred in the past three years.
The principal's office was very efficient. He quickly found all the deaths that had occurred in the school. After sorting it out, it was indeed as the fatty had said. From today onwards, there would be student deaths every three years. However, the way they died was different. Some died from illness, while others died from accidents. That's why no one had investigated further.
After looking through the files, we ate at the school's cafeteria under the principal's lead. In the afternoon, Old He called us to go out of the school.
Along the way, Old He led the way. We took many turns, but we didn't know where he found the way.
Finally, we arrived at the back of the school, at the foot of a mountain about five kilometers away.
There was a small mound near the foot of the mountain. There was a stone tablet in front of the mound.
Old He nodded and said, "It's here."
We walked over and pushed aside the weeds in front of the stone tablet. There was a row of words written on it.
"Tomb of Li Anbang and Li Ying."
Looking at those words, Old He frowned. The fatty and I exchanged glances with each other.