The Black-Robed Man Beneath Nine Abyss

"Whoosh~"

A figure shot straight into the sky from the Nine Abyss, plunging everything in its path into darkness and extinguishing all life.

In the sky, Haze shrouded everything, the wind howled, and the Heaven and Earth Spiritual Energy gathered in one place.

"Roar~"

The spiritual energy throughout the entire world was roaring.

"Oh my god! My Spiritual Power is rapidly draining away!" a student cried out in fear upon sensing this.

"Mine too! It feels like something is draining my Spiritual Power!" another student exclaimed.

"Me too..."

"Mine is the same..."

Terrified screams echoed throughout the Martial Arts Field. With their Spiritual Power being continuously drained, they were powerless against the powerful Heaven and Earth Spiritual Energy.

This situation wasn't limited to the students; even the grandmasters who rushed down to maintain order experienced the same thing. However, their cultivation was somewhat stronger than that of the students, so they were able to stabilize themselves for the time being. But they still couldn't stop their Spiritual Power from being drained, and their feet began to feel unsteady. Clearly, they couldn't hold on for long.

"What on earth is going on!" A middle-aged master in black robes shouted as he looked at the dark figure in the sky.

"Judging from the location, it seems they came from Nine Abyss. Could they be the former deans of the academy?" A black-robed grandmaster standing not far from him asked in confusion.

"Were any of the previous deans as powerful as them?" another black-robed grandmaster asked, frowning. They were all relatively junior grandmasters; the previous deans were figures from five hundred years ago, legends to them.

"Impossible. Of the three remaining deans from the previous term, one specializes in Fire Element Cultivation Method, and the other two specialize in Earth Element Cultivation Method and Wood Element Cultivation Method. This figure is filled with malevolent energy; it couldn't possibly be the academy's former dean." A white-haired grandmaster said in a deep voice while resisting the powerful spiritual energy of the weather.

He had spent a considerable amount of time at the Vast Academy. Although it hadn't been five hundred years, he had heard stories of the previous generation of deans from the older generation of grandmasters. Such a major attribute cultivation technique wasn't exactly a secret, so it was normal for him to know about it.

"If it's not the former deans, then who could it be?" That place is the Nine Abyss, one of the nine ancient ruins, a forbidden area of the Vast Academy. No one can enter except for the former deans.

Of course, if you are lucky enough to stumble inside, then congratulations, that will be your burial place.

"I don't know." The white-haired grandmaster shook his head. No one knew how deep the foundation of the Vast Academy's five-thousand-year history truly was.

"Smack~"

"Oh my goodness~~"

The white-haired master felt someone bump into him. Looking down, he saw it was the new student named Bai Xiaosheng.

"Teacher, help me! Pull me out quickly, or I'll be sucked in!" Bai Xiaosheng cried out, clinging to the white-haired grandmaster's leg. All the Spiritual Power in his body had been drained, leaving him powerless to resist the immense suction. If he hadn't been holding onto the grandmaster's leg, he probably would have been sucked away by now.

"Don't panic, it'll be alright in a bit." The white-haired master didn't kick Bai Xiaosheng away, but instead gently comforted him.

Bai Xiaosheng rolled his eyes, about to speak.

"Whoosh~~"

A figure flew out from Twin Peaks and headed straight for the dark figure.

"Boom!"

The next moment, a deafening roar erupted, and the aftershocks spread outwards.

"Bang~~"

Everyone was hit by the aftershock. Those with higher cultivation levels could barely resist, but most were sent flying, coughing up blood.

"Buzz~"

Hundreds of light shields suddenly rose up at this moment, protecting all the buildings within the Vast Academy. This was the Vast Academy's protective array.

At the same time, the rampant Heaven and Earth Spiritual Energy stopped raging, the suction force disappeared, and the Spiritual Power in the bodies of all cultivators stopped being drawn away. They lay on the ground and breathed a sigh of relief.

"It's the Grand Dean!" The students, who had recovered, looked up at the sky and saw Grand Dean Cang Lan standing about three hundred meters away from the black figure. Her usual playful smile was gone, replaced by a serious, solemn, and even somewhat worried expression.

"It seems that the shadowy figure is an enemy, not a friend."

"How dare they run wild in the Vast Academy? They're asking for trouble."

"Go, Grand Dean! Suppress him!"

The students below shouted in unison.

"A bunch of idiots." Bai Xiaosheng, who had fallen to the side, got up from the ground and was brushing the dust off his sleeves when he heard the students' shouts and couldn't help but mutter under his breath.

"Is this Bai Xiaosheng's classmate? Did you just say that you don't think the Grand Dean has a good chance of winning?"

Suddenly, a student's questioning voice reached Bai Xiaosheng's ears. Bai Xiaosheng looked up and saw that it was Yang Chengzhi, who had competed on the arena earlier. Bai Xiaosheng smiled, clasped his hands in a salute, and replied, "It's not that I don't think he's a good match, it's just that he's no match for me."

"What do you mean?" Yang Chengzhi returned the greeting with clasped hands, looking puzzled.

The Grand Dean is the most powerful dean in the Vast Academy. In the students' hearts, only Saint Chu Feng Yiming of the Chu Kingdom can rival the Grand Dean; none of the other big shots can compare.

In other words, the Grand Dean is already considered the number one expert in the world.

And now someone actually told him that someone else could easily defeat the Grand Dean?

If an ordinary person had said this, Yang Chengzhi would have taken it as a joke, but now it was Bai Xiaosheng who was speaking, the most outstanding figure when he competed with Qin Wudao a few days ago.

His accurate judgment was so impressive that even Yang Chengzhi himself admired it, so Yang Chengzhi believed what he said to some extent.

"There's no point in arguing. Farewell, I have to escape. Classmate Yang, we'll meet again someday." Bai Xiaosheng patted his behind and ran off, not wanting to say another word to Yang Chengzhi.

Yang Chengzhi watched Bai Xiaosheng's retreating figure and fell into deep thought.

High in the sky, Cang Lan silently gazed at the dark figure before her and said calmly, "I want to know, who released you?"

"Hiss~~Whoosh~~~" The figure shrouded in thick Haze let out a sour sound. The Haze followed the sound and quickly surged towards a point, finally disappearing, and a man in black robes appeared before the world.

He looked very ordinary, so ordinary that no one would recognize him in a crowd, but his domineering aura made him extraordinary. Just by standing there quietly, he could become the focus of everyone's attention.

The man in black robes stared at Cang Lan with his deep eyes, his gaze filled with reminiscence, contemplation, and suspicion.

"How come I've never seen you before? Where is that Qing Cang? Is he still alive? Tell him to come out and see me."

Cang Lan frowned slightly and said, "The old dean has passed away."

"Oh~~ so he's dead, don't make it sound so elegant, it's hard to understand." The man in black robes let out a long, drawn-out sigh, then a playful smile appeared on his face, and finally he couldn't help himself.

"Pfft~~"

I burst out laughing.

"Qing Cang scoundrel Qing Cang, you still couldn't outwit me after all. What good are your schemes? You still got worn down by me! Hahahaha~~~~!!"

"Who is Qing Cang?" a student asked quietly.

"Smack~"

His response was a flick on the forehead from a grandmaster, who hissed, "Shut up! How dare you call the old dean by his name?"