High School of Demon Hunting

Chapter 173: Chapter 97 Ge Zhitianxi_1

601, Main Teaching Building East.

In the morning, the sunshine is still abundant.

The silver-gray curtains are wide open, and the large floor-to-ceiling windows are half-closed. A gentle breeze percolates playfully into the classroom through the crack in the window, tickling the students during the class.

Nevertheless, at this moment, during the Magic Spell class of Astronomy Class 08-1, all students are holding their breath, as if facing a formidable enemy. Despite the carefree wind outside the window, no one pays attention to its enjoyment.

The root cause is the enormous gorilla standing in the center of the classroom.

This is an old male gorilla with silver-white hair on its back and two crisscrossed, terrifying scars on its chest. Its lips are slightly curled, revealing its grayish-yellow canine teeth.

At this moment, it is sitting in the middle of the classroom with its round belly sticking out, one thick arm propped on the ground, scratching itself nonchalantly with the other. Its wrinkled nostrils swell slowly, and its dark brown eyes are hidden in its dense fur, as if it were sound asleep.

However, the young wizards standing in front of it would beg to differ.

Everyone remembers how a few minutes ago, this ferocious beast easily broke free from the Binding Spell cast by Class President Tang Dun, and it was no exaggeration to describe it as effortless.

”An 800-pound gorilla can sit wherever it wants to,” sighed Xiao Xiao, standing behind Zheng Qing, muttering his conclusion: ”It has no regard at all.”

”If it wasn’t for the professor’s limitations, I could manipulate it in any way I wanted,” Zheng Qing turned his head unconvinced and argued lowly: ”Moreover, Old Yao is sitting behind it, do you think the beast can afford to show no regard?”

Xiao Xiao rolled his eyes and didn’t utter a word.

”What Xiao Xiao said is a colloquialism in the wizarding world,” Jiang Yu, who was standing next to the two, hesitated for a moment after hearing their argument, then whispered to Zheng Qing, ”It means this gorilla is extremely powerful—there is a silver gorilla-like demon in the A-level warrant issued by the Wizard Alliance. It has lived a very long time and has not been caught. The phrase originated from describing it.”

Zheng Qing rendered speechless.

Xiao Xiao’s low chuckle came from behind him.

”But I am curious,” Jiang Yu suddenly giggled, ”if you can manipulate this gorilla in eighteen ways, what would those methods be?”

Zheng Qing’s face turned an even darker shade of red, and he stammered: ”It’s just.. just a rhetorical expression.”

Jiang Yu smiled slightly and did not continue her line of questioning.

In the classroom.

Seeing that no one had stepped forward for a while, Professor Yao shook his head silently, and said slowly:

”The spells you know now are mostly basic magic that you have learned in middle school—like Tang Dun’s ’Vine Entwining,’ which is simply a plant created through magical ability.”

”The advantage is that it’s easy to learn and the spell formula involved is very simple, the majority of wizards have no difficulty casting it, as long as you have the talent of a wizard, you can perform it... The disadvantage is exactly here, this spell pays too much attention to the wizard’s ability. If you are a powerful wizard, the gorilla in front of you might be grinded into mincemeat by this spell. If you are a newly enlightened little wizard, it’s a miracle if you can summon a creeper with this spell.”

”As far as I know, when most people first encounter this spell, they can only summon a few stems of foxtail.”

The freshman students burst into laughter.

The atmosphere in the classroom suddenly became a little lively and not so tense.

The Silverback gorilla sitting under the lectern snorted with disdain, sending a puff of dust into the air.

But this time, no students lost their composure.

Old Yao nodded with satisfaction and continued to speak:

”As in the situation just now, your spells could hardly deal with animals like the gorilla, which are not even that powerful. So, what if you encounter more ferocious and powerful demons?”

There was a slight commotion in the classroom, but no one spoke. Every pair of eyes were wide open, staring at the professor on the podium.

Zheng Qing’s face showed a thoughtful expression.

Old Yao’s eyes scanned over the faces of everyone, gradually sobering up, raised his voice, and emphasized, ”This is a concept you will learn through the spell class—your abilities are limited, how to use limited abilities to summon more powerful forces?”

”Today, I will teach you a spell.”

”I hope through this spell, you will understand this idea and have a deeper understanding of spells.”

With that, Old Yao snatched up his pipe and knocked it heavily on the blackboard.

Two lines appeared on the blackboard: ”Ge Zhitianxi, apply to...”

”This is a powerful spell.”

Old Yao looked at the students below who were diligently taking notes, a pleased expression on his face:

”This spell uses a genuine name of a potent magical plant— ’Gē’, and a potent progressive verb— ’tan’; while the ’Zhi’ and ’Xi’ connecting these two words are illusory languages that can accommodate ancient vibes.”

”Gē, refers to Ge Zu, a huge spirit creature whose age is already beyond traceability. Legend has it that its vines spread in every corner of the Great Thousand World, with its real body coiling in the river of time. Of course, many wizards believe these are exaggerations in ancient books, but it is hard for us ordinary wizards to verify the accuracy of these descriptions. Let’s not discuss that here.”

”Though mighty, Ge Zu is simple-minded and straightforward, and it likes the mana fluctuations of wizards very much. Therefore, before eternity, the powerful beings of the wizard world made an eternal contract with it. Ordinary wizards can summon its avatar through a spell to help bind enemies.”

”The ’Tan’ in this spell is the ’contract word’ of this ancient contract. Wizards stimulate Ge Zu through its genuine name, restrict its behavior through the contract word, and finally complete this spell.”

”When using this spell, pay attention to the latter half ’apply to...’. This indicates that this spell is a semi-open spell. This is very rare in most spells, but it also gives this spell wider and stronger abilities.”

The classroom is quiet.

Even the talkative Xin Fat Man is faithfully copying the spell and analysis onto the Law Book with his quill.

This is the first formal spell they’ve encountered since starting university.

Everyone was trembling with fear, afraid of missing a single thing.

Old Yao seemed to fully understand their nervousness, only starting to speak again when the last student put down his quill:

”Now that everyone has written down this spell, it’s still necessary to practice.”

He squinted, looking at the young wizards below who were uneasy, hesitating.

”This attitude is not positive enough...” the professor pondered for a while, then pointed to a little witch standing in the front row: ”Li Meng, you give it a try.”

Suddenly, everyone in the hall breathed a sigh of relief.

Although they had just learned a spell that seemed very powerful, without practical practice, no one really had any confidence.

”Me?” Li Meng widened her eyes, pointing at her own nose.

Old Yao nodded affirmatively.

Li Meng timidly looked at the two-meter-high mountain of flesh under the lectern, couldn’t help turning her head to look at Jiang Yu.

Jiang Yu raised her fist, gesturing to encourage her, and gave her an encouraging expression.

Zheng Qing also made the gesture of ’university student’ with a big smile at her side.

The little witch’s face fell, and she reluctantly walked up to the stage.