The Red Mist dispersed, and the Fierce Beasts regained their senses. Terrified by the rolling thunder, they scattered in all directions and vanished in an instant.
Only the surviving students remained where they were.
Two or three hundred had entered, yet fewer than a hundred remained.
If the two great academies learned of this someday, they would certainly fly into a rage and investigate to the bitter end.
These people had all been elites of the two academies. Now that more than half had died, the academies likely would not recover for years.
"Look! Senior Chen Fei is injured!"
As everyone's vision cleared, they saw Chen Fei confronting a frail man wreathed in demonic aura.
Pei Qin had already lost most of his human appearance. His disguise had been completely torn apart.
"He's a demon! Everyone, attack!"
"What? A demon? Weren't beings like that exterminated from Tian Yuan Star long ago?"
"Stop asking pointless questions! Let's subdue him together!"
There was no time to think. The moment they heard the word "demon," everyone reacted instinctively, raising their weapons and charging toward Pei Qin.
Demons were incomparably terrifying existences on Tian Yuan Star. Ten thousand years ago, divine punishment descended from the cosmos, and the Demon Lord ravaged Tian Yuan, devouring countless billions of living beings of flesh and blood.
The heavenly order collapsed, and all living beings fell silent. These immensely powerful creatures known as "demons" stood alone at the summit, nearly bringing Tian Yuan Star's history to an end.
Demons did not cultivate martial arts. They seized the creations of heaven and earth, plundered the essence of all living things, and gained power by devouring others. Given even the slightest indulgence, they could grow into towering overlords.
Tian Yuan Star had once let its guard down and allowed a