Shi Hao shook his somewhat numb arm and spoke coldly to Yuan Qing.
"Boy, I never thought you would escape even from a place like that."
"You really are hard to kill! But this time, you won't get another chance!"
Sensing the aura rapidly approaching from within the Academy, Yuan Qing hesitated no longer. Streams of azure air gathered in his hand.
Shi Qingyun felt a chill shoot from his tailbone straight to the crown of his head. Divine power surged out of his body, and the phantom of a vast world slowly appeared behind him.
Just as Yuan Qing was about to attack the two of them again-
Whoosh-
With a crisp sound that tore through space, a streak of golden light pierced straight through Yuan Qing.
The Wind Blades in his hand instantly dissipated. The vicious expression on his face immediately turned to shock as he felt pain sweep through his entire body.
He instantly dropped to one knee. Drops of golden blood fell from his mouth into the void, immediately crushing a stretch of space.
"Meng Tianzheng!"
Looking at that piece of withered branch, Yuan Qing spat out the name bitterly before turning his gaze toward the depths of the Heavenly Deity Academy.
"This is no place for you to run wild!"
"Go to the border and fulfill the Ancient Covenant yourself!"
Yuan Qing's expression abruptly changed at those words. He was just about to protest when he felt a trace of killing intent lock onto him from the horizon.
He knew that he no longer had any room to choose.
He had thought that since Shi Hao had yet to join the Heavenly Deity Academy, Meng Tianzheng would not intervene. He had planned to kill him and then flee.
He had never expected Meng Tianzheng to