Chapter 373 Stripeys New Toy (2/2)

Whoosh!

The world around the Qin Qiong statue suddenly went dark as a long shadow fell over it.

Boom.

The ground beneath the statue's feet shook violently.

The only exit out of the valley was blocked off in an instant.

Blood-red light spilled out from the cracks on the craggy rock wall that had sealed off the valley's exit. The statue was shaken to its core by the menacing aura around the rock wall at that moment.

The Qin Qiong Statue eyed the rock wall warily. Looking up, it saw that that the wall stretched all the way up into the sky, completely blocking all sunlight.

”Don't worry, Stripey. I'll find a way to make you smaller,” said Gao Peng, smiling at Stripey.

Stripey nodded happily. ”Okay! Gao Peng, you're the best!”

When Gao Peng and Da Zi left the valley, Stripey hurriedly stood up and propped four of its feet on the mountain peaks around it. The mountains trembled and cracked slightly beneath Stripey's weight. From this position, Stripey looked out over the mountains and stared at the receding figures of Gao Peng and Da Zi in the distance. When both of them finally vanished into the horizon, Stripey despondently climbed back down from the mountain peaks.

”I'm not stupid... I know that I'm getting bigger,” mumbled Stripey. ”Gao Peng, will I be able to see you again?”

Taking advantage of Stripey's distracted mumbling, the Qin Qiong Statue had already run a few miles into the forest. Branches slapped against its metallic body as it made a mad dash for freedom.

Stripey threw a disdainful look at it and said, ”Get back here!”

Then it slammed one of its legs on the ground.

Boom...

A powerful shockwave spread out across the ground from Stripey's leg.

The ground rose up like a tidal wave. In an instant, it managed to cover a distance of three miles through the forest.

The statue stumbled as the ground beneath its feet went soft. It suddenly felt half of its body tipping forward and then soaring through the air in the opposite direction. as the seismic wave threw it back to where Stripey was. The statue landed unceremoniously before the mountain spider's feet.

”Gao Peng said that you're supposed to play with me!” said Stripey.

The Qin Qiong Statue stared at it mutely.

What the hell do you people want from me? I was just excited to find one of my own kind and got curious about it. Now I'm not interested anymore!

Once he was back at the academy, Gao Peng began asking around about what had happened during his absence.

Nothing much had happened, aside from a scuffle between the students. Some of the students had fought with each other in the corridor during recess one day when one of the students slammed a door on someone else's thumb.

”The injured student was sent to the infirmary to be treated. Fortunately, the Holy Angora Rabbit was able to fix her thumb. There were no side effects,” said the academic director.

”That's good to hear,” said Gao Peng, nodding. ”It's normal for the students to be a bit excitable. However, a school is still a place of learning. If the students have nowhere else to channel all that excess energy, I'd suggest that the school start a number of clubs for the students to join, like a Monster Hobby Society, a Monster Breeder Exchange Society, a Monster Trainer Exchange Society, or maybe even a Treasury Club. How you go about this is entirely up to you,” said Gao Peng. He had offered a general outline of a solution. The details of its execution would be left to those below him to handle.

”Also, the other day, I had someone contact Yuzhou's National High School Association. They've agreed to let us join them. How you use the opportunity that I've given you to make this place one of the best schools in the region will also be up to you,” added Gao Peng flatly.

”Understood,” said the two rows of school officials sitting on both sides of Gao Peng.

After pausing for a moment, Gao Peng said, ”I know that our school's students aren't academically on par with the other schools. Still, you don't need to put unnecessary pressure on them. Just make sure they're able to improve at their own pace.”

”Understood.”

”All right then. Meeting adjourned.”