Several enormous, savage-looking serpentine magical beasts loomed in the sky outside Jia Nan Academy, constantly letting out painfully shrill hisses. Each beast carried a figure dressed in dark green robes.
Oppressive auras radiated from these figures and converged into a single force that surged into the clouds and descended upon Jia Nan Academy, confronting the elders gathered at its gates. Under the influence of that aura, even the academy itself appeared blurred and distorted to the spectators.
Outside Jia Nan Academy, people from the surrounding towns gathered, some openly and others in secret. All turned their eyes toward the sky above the academy's gates. Living on the outskirts of its territory, they naturally paid close attention to Jia Nan Academy.
They knew that Jia Nan Academy now enjoyed the protection of Netherworld Hall, a Dou Zun-level faction that had brought almost the entire Black-Corner Region under its rule within just a few years of its founding. Naturally, they were intensely curious about this group that dared openly bring a fight to the academy's doorstep, and all wanted to see what was going on.
"Jia Nan Academy! Do you really think I'll accept your explanation so easily? Xiao Yan came here to study, and now you're telling me he's dead? You owe me an explanation, or after today, Jia Nan Academy will cease to exist!"
At the front stood a serpentine magical beast with eight wings on its back, its immense body almost blotting out the sun. A young woman dressed in green stood upon it, her dark green hair cascading like a waterfall to her slender waist. Her face was fair and exquisite. Though her figure still looked somewhat immature and had only begun to develop, she was already breathtaking.
At that moment, however, rage and murderous intent had twisted