Golden light flashed intermittently within the flames. At the last moment, the disciples used the Azure Spirit Cave marks on their foreheads to flee the Five Academies Grand Competition space in panic.
However, a few disciples reacted a little too slowly and were burned to death directly by Qin Lang's flames within the space. Yet not all of those who died had been too slow to react; some were singled out because of their identities. Through Absolute Perception, Bu Lianshi recognized the distinctive spiritual power of several hostile sects and took the opportunity to kill them without holding back in the slightest.
In the blink of an eye, all fifty-odd Azure Spirit Academy members vanished before the two of them, leaving behind only a heap of still-burning vines.
"Let's go. Azure Spirit Academy has sent people over," Bu Lianshi said softly.
The two did not look back at the battlefield's remnants. They turned and left, soon disappearing into the dark-red horizon.
Outside, at Azure Spirit Academy.
Before the grand cave that stood nearly a thousand meters tall, Azure Spirit Academy's low-ranking disciples and all its elders were waiting. While maintaining their spiritual power output, they kept watch on the remaining numbers from each academy displayed on the pentagram astrolabe.
The number of cultivators at the Nascent Soul stage and above was roughly the same for the four academies, all around five thousand. Only Spirit Platform Academy was different, with roughly two thousand more people, showing just how much the Spirit Platform Holy Land boosted cultivation speed.
Judging from the displayed numbers, the populations of all five academies had begun to decline slowly. Yet at that moment, Azure Spirit Academy's number suddenly dropped, losing more than fifty people at once.
The next instant, amid flashes of golden light, fifty academy disciples