The newly arrived wizard had a pipe clenched between his teeth, his hair slick and gleaming, his head shrouded in white smoke that made his face somewhat indistinct. But every young wizard present knew exactly who he was.
"What happened?"
Professor Yao's gaze swept over the young hunters and the guards trying to stop the monster from going berserk before finally settling on the gray-haired deputy leader of the Teaching Assistant Group. "Zhang Yu?!"
There was obvious displeasure in his voice.
A trace of helplessness flashed through the teaching assistant's eyes. He walked over to the professor's side and quietly explained the course of events.
Professor Yao glanced at the Little Witch in Zhang Boren's arms, then at the Mi-Go's cell issue number.
Mai Dong cautiously shrank back until only half her head remained outside Zhang Boren's cloak. The captain of the Kunpeng Hunting Team wore a guileless grin, scratched his head, and foolishly smiled at the president of Jiuyou Academy. "Professor... this was just an accident."
Old Yao took a deep breath.
All the white smoke clinging around his head was sucked into his belly at once, revealing his waxy yellow face and his signature tiny black eyes.
Whoosh!
The professor forcefully exhaled. The white smoke transformed into the head of a roaring tiger, which opened its bloody maw and swallowed the captain of the Kunpeng Hunting Team in one bite. The smoke spread wildly, completely obscuring Zhang Boren and Mai Dong. The Talisman Cannon carried by the dwarf Barin instinctively swung toward Old Yao, its mechanisms clanking sharply.
The president of Jiuyou Academy lowered his eyelids and glanced at the dwarf.
Barin promptly raised both hands, wearing a fawning smile. "Stress response... battlefield trauma, trauma, hehe."
"Cough, cough... don't do anything rash! Cough, cough." From within the smoke,