Tian Song, Tang Qiu, and the other deans all looked as if they were facing a formidable enemy.
The Holy Spirit Academy's Academy Guardian Beast was a Radiant Holy Dragon that had lived for several thousand years. Its strength was terrifying, its conduct domineering, and it was both cunning and calculating.
Although the Five Great Academies' Academy Guardian Beasts were all at the Earth Sovereign level—more precisely, Lower Earth Sovereigns—that old dragon was by far the strongest.
One foot had already stepped into the Upper Realm, making it a Half-Step Upper Earth Sovereign.
Even so, the four academies working together should have been able to pin the Radiant Holy Dragon to the ground and rub its face in the dirt. The Northern Abyss Dragon Kun, Azure Heaven Roc, Fire Cloud Phoenix, and Black Tortoise (its descendant)—which of them wasn't an ancient divine beast with an age-old bloodline, ranked on the Heaven Ranking?
Why was the Holy Spirit Academy so confident? Could it be that the dragon had successfully broken through its bottleneck?
Dean Tai Cang's expression grew even more solemn. He, too, held a Pitch-Black Thunder Bead in his hand.
If things proved impossible, he had no choice but to summon Lord Bei Ming to descend and hold off that old dragon.
He just didn't know how many of the Five Great Academies would still be standing after this battle.
But no matter what, he was determined to protect Mu Chen today.
He, Tai Cang, had been in charge of the Northern Heavens Spiritual Academy for several hundred years. If he couldn't even protect a mere student, what kind of dean would that make him? He might as well go home and sell sweet potatoes!
"Rumble!"
The milky-white portal, which seemed to connect to the Light God Realm, swung