However, not long after Chen Cheng picked up those Spatial Rings, a wave of Magic Energy suddenly came from the outskirts of the mountain range. Chen Cheng instantly sensed that it was within the scope of this practical lesson.
This wave of Magic Energy could travel over a hundred li, reaching deep into Calamity Ridge. Clearly, whoever had released it was no ordinary figure.
In Hui Dun City, the only truly capable people were Dean Adolf and the returned Professor Pempes. Yet neither of them could possibly be here. The only possibility was that outsiders had arrived.
Thinking of Melinda, Fini, and the others still being there, Chen Cheng secretly cursed his bad luck. He immediately leaped onto the Black Dragon Emperor's back and said:
"Go save them."
Though the Black Dragon Emperor was reluctant to leave his lair, he had no choice but to obey Chen Cheng's command.
With a beat of his wings, he shot through the air like a black lightning bolt. In no time at all, he carried Chen Cheng across a hundred li and arrived at the source of the disturbance.
By then, the forest had already descended into chaos. Melinda was organizing the students' evacuation, while the City Guard stationed there had begun resisting the enemy under their commander's lead.
Unfortunately, facing them was an army of Undead Skeletons. At the forefront of that army stood Coles's Simpleton, the one Chen Cheng had knocked unconscious.
But Simpleton no longer looked human at all. His already massive frame had swelled to nearly ten zhang tall, and his face had twisted beyond recognition. He had become a monstrous creature.
"An undead army? Where did all these ghostly things come from?"
Chen Cheng cried out, then jumped from the Black Dragon Emperor's back and told him to