Battle Erupts

"Damn Fiery Demon Valley. If we can get out of here this time, I'll make them pay."

Hu Jia tightened her grip on the long whip in her hand, her voice filled with hatred.

In this ambush, Jia Nan Academy had already suffered considerable losses. Those students were all elites of the Inner Court, and some of them were even members of the Lu Alliance.

Hu Jia had long hated Fiery Demon Valley to the bone.

If the gap in strength between them had not been so great, she would have charged out long ago and fought these people for three hundred rounds.

Hearing Hu Jia's words, Wu Hao shook his head and said, "I'm afraid they won't give us that chance."

"Although the distress message was sent, the academy is simply too far from here. It will likely take quite some time for the academy elders to arrive."

"And the reason these people have surrounded us without launching a direct assault is merely because they fear that, once driven to desperation, we'll fight back to the death."

"But they aren't fools either. They know we're stalling for time. Before long, they'll probably make their move."

Wu Hao's expression was grave. On their side, the strongest were only Elder Xu, a Dou Wang, along with himself and Hu Jia, two eight-star Dou Lings.

Fiery Demon Valley, on the other hand, had no fewer than three Dou Wangs.

In terms of overall strength, they were at a complete disadvantage.

Though he and Hu Jia had fought fiercely enough to make those Dou Wangs somewhat wary,

as time passed, those people were growing increasingly impatient, and that small degree of wariness would eventually be suppressed.

When that happened, an attack would be inevitable.

Just as Wu Hao finished speaking, Elder Xu opened