Xiao Yan looked somewhat surprised at the sudden appearance of Zi Yan and the other two.
Lin Xiuya addressed the two inside the blood-red cage. "Heh, to be honest, if you hadn't made the first move, we wouldn't have dared to join in."
Liu Qing also glanced at the two in the cage, then said calmly, "The Inner Academy's crisis is not one person's burden."
Apart from Xiao Fan, Xiao Yan, and Zi Yan, Lin Xiuya and Liu Qing were probably the only students in the Inner Academy who could just barely fight in the air. That much was clear from the somewhat illusory Dou Qi Wings on their backs.
Xiao Yan nodded to the three of them, then said, "Just give us one minute. That'll be enough for us to break free."
With Xiao Fan and Xiao Yan attacking together, breaking through the blood-shadow cage was merely a matter of time.
Hearing this, Zi Yan and the other two nodded, then positioned themselves in front of the cage.
Their intervention stirred the Inner Academy students watching from afar into even greater excitement. Gazing at the five people battling Fan Lao in the sky, they shouted their names.
Five of the Inner Academy's strongest students had joined forces to battle a Dou Huang expert. Such a clash made those who had the strength to participate but were held back by their inability to fly all the more excited. Students like Lin Yan and Yan Hao were flushed crimson.
After all, throughout the entire Inner Academy, only students at their level had even the bare minimum of strength needed to join the battle.
"Hmph, a pack of junior ants, yet you dare act so brazenly!"
Watching one small fry after another appear, Fan Lao grew increasingly impatient. Crimson Dou Qi appeared