Before entering the Imperial Academy, the attackers had already prepared themselves mentally. They expected ambushers to be waiting for them, gunpowder traps, marksmen lying in wait... They had imagined all sorts of possibilities to ensure they wouldn't make a wrong move if something unexpected happened.
Yet when they saw the road sign, everyone still couldn't help but freeze for a moment.
"Looks like the master of this place has set us a difficult problem," the Grand Steward said with a smile.
"Playing tricks! Nonsense!"
A man in black rushed over and shattered the road sign with one punch. He sneered, "Does he think this can scare us away—"
Boom!
The shattered road sign instantly collapsed onto the solid-liquid Blazing Radiant Gunpowder mixture beneath it. The heat produced when the lime powder reacted with the water ignited the Blazing Radiant Gunpowder. A torrent of fire tore open the floor, engulfing everything around the man in black. The fire dragon that erupted shot straight into the clouds, setting the night sky ablaze!
Smack! Smack! Smack!
Chunks of blasted corpses scattered nearby. The road sign's position had become a huge pit, and even the streetlamp had been blown apart, plunging the surroundings into darkness.
The sudden darkness and explosion, combined with the enemy's precise knowledge of their movements, not only unsettled the attackers but even filled those who had resolved themselves to die with fear!
Death was nothing to fear, but they couldn't stand the thought of their deaths becoming a joke!
Buzz!
Just then, the sound of wings vibrating suddenly rang out in the darkness!
"What is that sound?" The already tense crowd immediately panicked and searched for the unknown danger in the darkness, until someone suddenly cried out in pain!
"It's killer bees! The Hemolytic Killer Bees of the Azure Ancient