The explosion had caused far too much of a commotion to conceal. By the time Huo Hai returned to the Academy, everyone there already knew he had been attacked.
Without even realizing it, Huo Hai had become famous once again. His ability to use poison was especially shocking: he had poisoned several thousand people to death in one stroke. That was even more outrageous than his previous slaughter of over three thousand underground mercenaries. Killing people and poisoning them were entirely different matters. This proved that his poison already had the power to sway the outcome of a war.
Unseen, Huo Hai's deterrent power grew once again. No one knew that Little Gold had exhausted himself so badly in this battle that he would need at least ten days to half a month of rest to recover completely. Huo Hai would be unable to use Little Gold again anytime soon.
Little Gold had produced less mist than Little Cloud, yet needed longer to rest, and there was a reason for that. Little Cloud had had a river to help back then, with ready-made water to draw upon. Besides, ordinary water vapor and poisonous mist were entirely different things.
Producing poisonous mist, especially poison this deadly, took an enormous toll on Little Gold. He had needed to poison several thousand mercenaries at once while continually concentrating his poison, waiting for the right moment to release it all in one burst. In truth, without the help of the inner space and a large number of Star Gu, Little Gold could never have accomplished it. Even though he had managed it this time, the price was considerable.
Fortunately, Huo Hai was the only person who had survived the battle. Most of the mercenaries who had died beneath his sword had also been blasted