In the briefest instant, the situation had completely reversed. The Academy Alliance fleet was like a fish out of water, its seemingly massive formation falling like kites with their strings cut.
By contrast.
Aside from the Dragon Derivatives cunningly prowling and launching sneak attacks in the distance, who seemed to be just as terribly uncomfortable as the human scholars, these absurd creatures that had originally been nothing more than cannon fodder in the eyes of the scholars had actually grown even stronger in this vacuum environment, where the vital energy of their natural enemy had dispersed.
"Dean."
A figure flashed into view beside a massive fireball over fifty meters in diameter. It was none other than [Dizang Wang] Qiu Dao.
At this moment, even standing close to the true body of Reilo's projection power, he did not feel the slightest discomfort.
Clearly, his strength had already become incomparable to what it was before!
"You're here."
Within the fireball, Reilo had a much clearer grasp of the battlefield's situation than Qiu Dao did at this moment.
Thousands of scholars were plummeting toward the ground in despair, with more than half already dead or wounded in the brief instant. Of the balloon airships that had fallen, fewer than one in ten remained. Only the Sky Fortress, powered by the Energy Source, had yet to be affected and still stood in the sky.
But it was not as though no low-level scholars had distinguished themselves.
Aside from the very few scholars of the new era who had been less affected, as well as the small number of scholars who had been allocated Moon Well Water from the Life Tree Academy and had relied on the abundant energy it provided to overcome the vacuum environment, there were also a very few exceptionally intelligent scholars