"What's wrong? What happened this time? Why does everyone keep making such a fuss? Do you have no composure at all?" Luo Di grumbled irritably when another examinee burst in.
He'd been busy coming up with all sorts of plans to make things difficult for Xia Ping. For someone to interrupt at such a crucial moment was practically asking for trouble.
The other examinees glared angrily at the newcomer, their collective outrage roused.
But the panting examinee paid them no mind and shouted at the top of his lungs, "Brother Mu, it's over! We're completely finished! A huge group of Fire-Thorn Lizards has appeared outside—at least tens of thousands of them. They've surrounded us so tightly there's no way out!"
"Even the Fire-Thorn Lizard King is here!"
He practically screamed the words, his voice hoarse and strained.
What?!
The examinees were stunned. They stared blankly, unable to react to such shocking news.
"What on earth is going on?"
Mu Bancheng was the first to recover. He fixed his gaze on the examinee. "This is the Ruined City. Powerful creatures once lived here and often hunted the monsters in this space. Over time, those monsters developed a deep-seated fear of this place."
"So even after countless years, though no one has lived here for ages, no monsters have dared to come near."
"But you're saying a group of Fire-Thorn Lizards has surrounded the city. How could that happen? Unless something thoroughly enraged them and made them forget their fear, this would never happen."
Everyone stared intently at the examinee.
"I-I don't know what happened, either," the examinee said, shaking his head desperately. "I was keeping watch around the city as usual, but then I saw dust billowing in the distance and felt the ground shaking. A huge group of Fire-Thorn Lizards