Qi Yuan's expression was somewhat fanatical, even... ferocious.
It was like a cat spotting a mouse.
This reaction left Hong Mei and Zhao Yan dumbfounded.
After all, merely from the Academy Master's description, they understood just how powerful, terrifying, and despair-inducing their enemy was.
Powerful, and impossible to kill.
How could one fight such an enemy? How could one kill it?
The Academy Master also wore a hesitant expression, confusion in his eyes.
In the past, quite a few prodigies had asked him about the existence of Black Heaven and Black Earth. Every single one who heard his account had become despairing and dim.
Someone as fanatical as Qi Yuan was unheard of.
It was as if he were not from the Divine Wood Universe, but from Black Heaven and Black Earth instead.
"White Moonlights like this are truly top-grade." Qi Yuan nearly wanted to swallow his saliva.
This expression left even the ever-composed Academy Master somewhat puzzled.
Yet in the next instant, the Academy Master's expression shifted slightly.
"The Malevolent Gods... have arrived."
He was not anxious, merely regretful. It seemed he was also hinting that Qi Yuan should flee quickly.
"Malevolent Gods?" Qi Yuan narrowed his eyes. "What Malevolent Gods? These are my dear, adorable White Moonlights!"
Qi Yuan rose from his reclining chair and looked up toward the heavens.
In that instant, heaven and earth darkened.
An enormous shadow replaced the light over the vast land.
Within Cloud Blood City, many citizens instinctively raised their heads toward the sky.
When they saw those colossal figures, many froze before collapsing to the ground.
Others kept kowtowing, snot and tears streaming down their faces.
"The Malevolent Gods have descended!"
"I told you, couldn't those people just live properly? They insisted on resisting, and now they've provoked the Malevolent Gods'