Gray mist crashed down, instantly blanketing the entire Spirit Ice Plaza. The once-bright sky went completely dark. All the surrounding light was forcibly stripped away.
The boundary between life and death was brutally drawn at that moment.
"Netherworld Rebirth!"
A low chant exploded in everyone's ears.
Within the roiling gray mist, twelve towering figures slowly rose.
Twelve Death Knights.
They rode Bone Warhorses, their bodies encased in heavy, dark gray armor, each carrying a Bone-Cleaving Greatsword over three meters long.
Chilling death energy spread outward in a ring.
Dozens of nearby freshmen did not even have time to scream. The instant the death energy touched them, their skin shriveled and their hair fell out.
"Run!"
Someone shouted, and the entire plaza descended into utter madness. More than ten thousand people shoved and trampled one another.
The Death Knights swung their greatswords.
Gray-black sword light dozens of meters long swept out along the ground.
The flagstones shattered inch by inch.
Lu Guan stood at the edge of the plaza and reacted fastest.
The muscles of his back tore open as his dark red Bloodbone Demon Wings unfurled instantly. With one powerful beat, he shot backward.
At the same time, he seized Xu Xiaoyan by the collar and pulled her behind him.
"Don't run off. Stay close," Lu Guan said in a low voice.
Xu Xiaoyan's little face went deathly pale with fright, and she clung tightly to the hem of his clothes.
A Ruheng's muscles swelled, blood qi bursting out of his body as he stepped in front of them.
"What the hell are these things?!" A Ruheng swung his fist, smashing apart a stray blast of death energy.
Lu Guan did not answer. His gaze remained fixed on the sky.
Yun Ming, Long Yeyue, and Mu Ye had already surrounded