"Ganging up on someone? I like it!"
As soon as he spoke, several black shadows emerged beneath Cheng Xiao's feet.
Before Xue Beng and the others could react, pitch-black figures suddenly rose from the ground. They did not look human at all; rather, they resembled Soul Beasts!
The spoiled young masters who had been shouting about teaching Cheng Xiao a lesson were immediately frightened to the ground by the suddenly appearing Shadow Soldiers. From these black Soul Beasts, whose bodies seemed clad in black armor, they felt a fear known as death.
A few of the more timid ones even wet themselves, rolled their eyes back, and fainted on the spot.
This sudden development left the noble students of Heaven Dou Royal Academy stunned. Xue Beng, who stood at the front, looked especially awful. He had never expected the other party to actually dare make a move right outside the academy gates.
Apart from a few quick-witted soul masters who summoned their martial souls, the rest had either collapsed in fright or passed out.
Even those spoiled young masters who had summoned their martial souls were not faring much better. Although the Shadow Soldiers were not as strong as Cheng Xiao, they exerted tremendous pressure against students who had not even reached the Soul Elder rank.
Moreover, the Shadow Soldiers were far more intimidating than ordinary Soul Beasts. Their pitch-black appearance, paired with eyes like black holes, threw the surrounding young masters into increasing panic.
"Heh, weren't you going to beat me up?" Cheng Xiao sneered. He spread his hand, and a short sword fell into his grasp, glinting with an eerie, icy light beneath the setting sun.
The people around him unconsciously swallowed, their eyes filled with fear as they looked at Cheng Xiao.
At the same time, three