The Whole City!

Chu Yuan sprang to his feet and punched the wall beside him.

The plaster crumbled away, revealing Blood Veins before his eyes.

"Teacher, are the markings on the Energy Gathering Array supposed to look like this?"

"Of course not! This is..." Panic filled Huang Bo's eyes. He realized something had gone terribly wrong.

"Quick! Get out! Don't stay in the classroom!"

However, apart from him, the other students had already run out of strength and were sitting on the floor.

Huang Bo lifted his foot, only to find it rooted to the ground.

The densely packed Blood Veins had him in their grip...

Chu Yuan punched the Blood Veins again. They burst like splashes of blood, shattering into pieces.

But before he could breathe a sigh of relief, the Blood Veins were restored by energy from who knew where.

They weren't especially durable, but they repaired themselves far too quickly!

Chu Yuan decided not to waste time fighting them. He flashed to the classroom door and kicked it apart.

Then he gathered his Spiritual Power and severed the Blood Veins beneath Huang Bo's feet!

"Teacher, get out first!"

Huang Bo had wanted to tell him to save the students first, but Chu Yuan had already rushed toward Yang Yi before he could speak, so he kept quiet.

Huang Bo stepped out of the classroom. Just as he found his footing, someone came flying toward him.

He caught the person and realized it was Yang Yi.

Before he could say anything, another figure was tossed his way.

He set Yang Yi down and reached out to catch the next one...

Chu Yuan moved incredibly fast. In just a minute, he had carried every student out of the classroom, leaving them piled up in the hallway.

Then he ran out himself.

He hadn't expended much energy. The Blood Veins seemed almost helpless against his Spiritual Power.

If this was all the backup plan Yan Xuan had prepared, then his scheme for today was doomed to fail!

"Chu Yuan! Do you still have strength left?"

"Yes."

"Go help the other classes." Huang Bo wasn't ordering him; he was pleading.

Someone had tampered with the Energy Gathering Array. No one knew what it had become, and by the time they'd noticed the Blood Veins, it was already too late.

Although Huang Bo didn't know why Chu Yuan was unaffected, there was no time to ask now.

"Okay." Chu Yuan agreed at once. He kicked open the classroom door next to them and saw a crowd of students collapsed on the floor...

It wasn't just Chu Yuan who knew. Huang Bo knew it too.

Chu Yuan alone couldn't save everyone.

At the rate the Blood Veins drained them, students who hadn't reached the Blood-Qi Realm would be sucked dry within five minutes!

There simply wasn't enough time!

First High School had thousands of students, and twelve senior-year classrooms had Energy Gathering Arrays installed!

Even if Chu Yuan cleared a classroom every minute, it would take at least twelve minutes!

That was more than enough time for students who hadn't reached the Blood-Qi Realm to die twice over...

Qi Da suddenly turned to look to one side.

Huang Bo leaned out from the outer wall of the hallway and shouted, "Principal! Something's wrong with the Energy Gathering Array, but Chu Yuan saved us all! He can deal with this thing!"

He didn't know if this information would help Qi Da, but he had to tell him!

Qi Da's eyes lit up. Chu Yuan could do that too?

Then he looked at Yan Xuan, whose expression was just as stunned, and roared, "Yan Xuan!"

His body suddenly blurred into a streak as he dropped from the sky and brought his leg down in a chop.

A violent gale howled, like a mighty axe splitting a mountain!

Yan Xuan raised his arms to block the blow, but with a thunderous crash, he was driven deep into the earth!

All that remained was a massive crater...

But...

Out of the corner of his eye, Qi Da saw Huang Bo in the distance suddenly collapse as if he had died on the spot!

"..."

Qi Da reacted quickly and immediately understood.

Chu Yuan probably hadn't broken the Blood-Sucking Array after all.

The marks the Blood-Sucking Array had placed on Huang Bo and the others hadn't been removed!

But Huang Bo couldn't be blamed. He was only in the Internal Breath Realm and lacked experience. He'd never even seen a Blood-Sucking Array before.

"Haha, Teacher Huang really is a funny man..." Yan Xuan climbed out of the crater again, sneering.

"Principal, you really are mighty. That kick of yours just killed at least ten of your own good students... Tsk, tsk."

He stood completely unguarded, but Qi Da's face was grim. He didn't dare attack again.

That was what made these rebels such a pain!

They were no match for the Martial Suppression Bureau in a direct fight, but they always came up with vile tricks!

Yan Xuan was also a little confused. He had already tampered with the Energy Gathering Arrays in all the senior-year classrooms. Once activated, no one should have been able to escape.

Those classrooms could be called the "array cores," after all.

The damage they dealt should have been even greater!

But according to Huang Bo, that Chu Yuan could escape the effects of the Blood-Sucking Array—and even save people?

At that moment, the sky suddenly seemed to turn red.

Qi Da looked up instinctively and saw five blood-red pillars of light rising from Chenyang City into the sky! They radiated an eerie, ominous aura!

Yan Xuan looked up too, his expression turning feverish.

"Principal! I've been waiting for them to activate the array... What have you been waiting for?"

With a mocking laugh, a blood-red pillar of light rose from Yan Xuan's body as well!

Qi Da's eyelid twitched. His hands and feet went cold.

"The Compound Array..."

He finally realized that he had underestimated Yan Xuan and the ambition of the people behind him!

He had thought they merely wanted to cause trouble at First High School, but now he understood.

Their real goal was to offer up all of Chenyang City in a blood sacrifice!

"You're insane... Even if Chenyang City falls, you'll die too!

"You'll be hunted down by Seventh Realm or even Eighth Realm experts!"

"Hah! What good will that do? Even if a Ninth Realm expert shows up... won't everyone in Chenyang City already be dead?" Yan Xuan didn't care about Qi Da's threats.

The array was fully activated. From then on, all he had to do was stay put and serve as its core.

Qi Da didn't dare attack him, because any harm done to Yan Xuan would be suffered by the teachers and students inside the Blood-Sucking Array!

But if Qi Da didn't attack, everyone within the Blood-Sucking Array's range would still die!

And communications in Chenyang City had been cut off as soon as the operation began! The authorities couldn't receive word in time, so no experts would come to help!

By the time the authorities discovered something was wrong with Chenyang City... it would probably have become a city of the dead!

"Principal, why don't you kowtow to me?

"For every kowtow, I'll let one person out. How about that?" Yan Xuan taunted him. "If you kowtow fast enough... maybe you'll save several hundred people?"