Far away, the dark sky-city resembled an ink-wash painting. Across the vast grasslands, an unsettling aura constantly lingered.
The enormous Outer Realm Battlefield portal towered over the grassland, surrounded by a newly rebuilt camp.
The camp had been destroyed when the portal malfunctioned and came under attack from a large number of demon fiends. Everyone responsible for guarding the portal on the battlefield side had died as well.
Kong Yun had been commissioned by the headquarters of the Azure High School Alliance to investigate the portal accident. Some time had already passed, yet he still had not found any useful clues.
On the day of the accident, more than half of the portals throughout the Grand Alliance had suffered mishaps. Demon fiends had broken free from the battlefield, causing immeasurable losses. At present, the entire Grand Alliance had suspended the high school league, sealed all the portals, and begun internal investigations.
Two days earlier, Kong Yun had deliberately visited the portal at Shituo Ridge, the other portal nearest the Huoyun portal, and briefly met with the person in charge there.
The accidents had occurred at the same time. The students from Huoyun High School who had participated in the battlefield happened to be returning, so they managed to hold back the Mad Demon Bull that was about to break through the portal. That was why the accident had not become especially serious.
Shituo Ridge, however, had been far less fortunate. Its students were still on their way back from the battlefield and had not yet reached the portal when the demon fiends broke through. In the end, more than a dozen demon fiends successfully invaded Shituo Ridge's main city.
The three governors of Shituo Ridge were furious and joined forces. It took them nearly half a day to kill all