The sky-filling rain of fireballs lit the originally dim alleyway as bright as day.
The Soul Emperor leading the group jerked his head up. The moment his gaze landed on the graceful figure wrapped in flames in midair, he felt as if he'd fallen into an ice cave.
"Flame Maniac? Ma Xiaotao?!"
How was this possible?!
They'd been hiding in the shadows just moments ago, and had clearly seen Ma Xiaotao fly back to the Inner Academy with something in her hands! How had she suddenly appeared here?!
But he had no time to think about it.
The Shrek Academy of the past ten thousand years had all sorts of problems, but there was one thing that was universally acknowledged across the entire continent.
When students who'd come from Shrek Academy faced Soul Masters of the same level, they were practically guaranteed to crush them.
And Ma Xiaotao was one of the top geniuses in the Inner Academy!
On top of that, thanks to Huo Yuhao's help lately, her control over the Evil Fire within her had improved by leaps and bounds.
At full power, she was simply more than these few assassins could handle.
Blazing fireballs trailed long tails of flame as they hurtled straight into the mass of assassins.
"Ah—!"
Two shrill screams rang out almost simultaneously.
The two Soul Kings, neither of whom was good at defense, didn't even have time to unleash a defensive skill before they were engulfed by the extreme heat. In the blink of an eye, they burned to ash.
The other two Soul Kings desperately managed to activate their defensive Soul Skills, but the blasts still sent them coughing up blood as they crashed hard into the alley walls, their bodies charred black. It was anyone's guess whether they were still alive.