"Kill all the bystanders."
Lu Nian said it casually, as though he were merely telling them to take these people away. Yet... he had just ordered their deaths!
The order stunned even Lu Zhenghe. He hurriedly forced a stiff smile onto his face and spoke awkwardly.
"Big brother, have you made a mistake? They're all students from Pearl Academy and Imperial Capital Academy, here on the field expedition with me."
"It's precisely because they're here that we have to silence them all. I don't want any side finding out about this."
Lu Nian's eyes were cold, his voice utterly calm. The fact that he could order a massacre without so much as blinking made it clear that countless people had already died at his hands!
Behind him, killing intent instantly spread from the twenty-odd Military Mages.
They were all officers, with cultivation at least at the intermediate level. Once their gazes locked onto these inexperienced students, they looked like a pack of vicious wolves eyeing a flock of sheep.
In that brief instant, the atmosphere changed completely!
The two girls, Zhao Mingyue and Jingjing, had yet to grasp how serious things were. Holding hands and smiling, they were just about to approach the Military Mages who had come to help them.
But in the next second, several frost-covered chains suddenly appeared beneath their feet. The sharp Ice Locks were about to pierce their bodies.
Just then, a strange ripple seemed to pass through the air. For some unknown reason, the Ice Chains froze in place, unable to move an inch.
Zhao Mingyue and Jingjing had already closed their eyes in despair. When the Ice Locks failed to strike, a feeling of weightlessness swept over them, and the two girls immediately floated over to Mo Xie's side.
Everyone stared in astonishment