Just as everything was proceeding harmoniously, suddenly—
Boom—!!
Countless blood-vine dao plants burrowed up from beneath the ground in the once-peaceful academy!
These blood-vine dao plants punched directly through the sturdy ground of the Divine Treasury Clan's special construction, as though they had ripped open an abyss within the academy!
The blood vines danced nimbly and densely, looking like slender crimson tapeworms writhing in agony, enough to make one's scalp crawl.
"What are those things?"
"Ah!!! Mother!"
"Help! Don't come any closer!"
"Put my little sister down!"
The children in the academy were all frightened out of their wits, their pupils contracting as they screamed instinctively in terror.
In only an instant, several thousand children were snared and lifted by the blood-vine dao plants!
The blood vines were covered in hooked thorns, which in an instant sank deeply into the children's flesh!
The blood-vine dao plants writhed as they tightened, sucking away their origins and gradually devouring their life force...
All of this happened in an instant, and the targets had been clear!
"It hurts so much!!"
"Someone, save us!"
Tens of thousands of Divine Treasury Clan children cried out helplessly, their faces pale at this sight.
Some tried to save their companions, only to become targets of the blood-vine dao plants themselves and be snared as well.
"Put me down!"
"Wuu wuu wuu... Where did these things come from?"
For a time, cries of anguish filled the land!
Terror and despair shrouded these young members of the Divine Treasury Clan, making them weep without stop.
The children who had been snared desperately reached out to pry away the blood vines embedded in their necks, waists, and flesh. They clawed until star blood dripped from their hands, tears streaming endlessly from their frightened eyes.
They cried and struggled, but their