Bloodied and ghastly, the scene before Heavenly Extremes Academy was a vision of horror.
Row upon row of bloodstained heads had been arranged neatly. Every one belonged to someone Zhou Qingran knew.
She had risen from humble beginnings, traveling far and wide and meeting many benefactors along the way. Their strength varied, but she had sincerely respected every one of them. Now, they were all dead.
Looking at those familiar faces, their eyes tightly closed, Zhou Qingran collapsed to her knees. Her face streaked with tears, she cried out to the heavens in unbearable anguish.
"I'm sorry... I'm sorry..."
Zhou Qingran kept apologizing, slamming her head against the ground again and again. Overwhelming regret filled her heart.
She knew that Duan Jingtian had to be the one who killed Elder Jiang and the others. He was the only one capable of it.
She suddenly regretted everything. If only she had agreed to Duan Jingtian, this would never have happened. Elder Jiang and the others would not have died such horrible deaths. It was all her fault!
"Ah!!" Zhou Qingran pounded the ground again and again, growing more and more frantic. The winds howled across the land, crimson clouds pressed overhead, and lightning ravaged the sky.
Rumble!
The plaza shattered into pieces!
Everyone gathered there backed away in terror. Zhou Qingran's aura was terrifying now. She had gone mad, and the tears running down her face were tears of blood.
"Qingran, Qingran!" Daoist Lu Chen shouted, his voice ringing like a bell as he tried to rouse Zhou Qingran from her loss of control. But it was no use.
Blood tears streamed down Zhou Qingran's face. Her eyes were bloodshot, and she had completely lost her mind.
"Alas... Why did Mentor Zhou have to offend the Main Academy?"
The mentors nearby