"What is going on!"
Everyone's eyes widened, filled with terror. "How did the entrance to the Netherworld Secret Realm break open so suddenly?"
Someone's lips moved as if to answer, but the scene that followed left them utterly stunned, unable to utter a word.
Countless magical beasts surged out like a tide. The beasts' scarlet eyes and the black aura surrounding them sent shivers down everyone's spine.
"Wha... what's happening..."
Everyone felt as if their feet were nailed to the ground, trembling from sheer fear. A voice in their minds urged them to flee, but seeing the tide of beasts rushing towards them, they felt rooted to the spot, unable to move even half a step.
"Beast... tide..."
"It's actually a beast tide..."
The beasts came like a mountain collapsing. The oppressive aura directly triggered the defensive treasures on everyone, but they weren't of much use.
However, the flash of golden light from the activated treasures made everyone realize this was no dream; they were truly witnessing a beast tide.
"Run!"
"What the hell, how did the Netherworld Secret Realm's entrance suddenly break open? Did Yan Jiaojiao not close it properly when she left?"
"That's unlikely. We all saw her leave just now, and clearly, the Netherworld Secret Realm closed after she exited."
As they fled, everyone's brows furrowed deeply, utterly perplexed by the sudden appearance of the beast tide.
"Then why did this happen out of nowhere?"
"The entrance to the Netherworld Secret Realm isn't made of straw. There's an ancient formation inside. When the entrance closes, the formation activates. Do you think the beasts could actually break through the formation? Do you think that's possible?"
The more they thought, the more uneasy they felt. But at this moment, everyone was desperately fleeing, seeing the vast tide of beasts about to engulf them. They were so terrified they wished they had wings to fly away, let alone time to ponder these things.
Unable to figure it out, they could only flee in disarray. The beasts, sensing the presence of strangers, began to pursue them. The clatter of beast claws on the ground was so piercing it made their scalps tingle. Everyone wished they could burrow into the earth to escape the pursuit.
But reality was often cruel. The disciples of the Holy Grail Academy were the most shocked to see the beasts. This caused them to fall slightly behind everyone else as they fled. In that brief moment, the disciple at the very end of their group was directly torn apart by a beast.
Innumerable beasts swarmed forward, their bloodlust making them even more ferocious and savage. The sounds of their chewing sent chills down everyone's spines. Some were even on the verge of collapsing, and if not for others pulling them along, they would have fallen to the ground.
In such a situation, falling meant death, as hundreds of people were fleeing chaotically, and no one could possibly pay attention to whether someone had fallen.
"Help me..."
The other disciples of the Holy Grail Academy panicked at this sight. They wanted to call out for help from others, but at this moment, the other disciples were too busy trying to save themselves to stop for anyone else.
Seeing this, a vicious glint flashed in the eyes of the Holy Grail Academy disciples. Thinking they could drag others down with them, they quickly drew their weapons and attacked forward.
The fleeing disciples, focused only on their escape, didn't notice the sneak attack from behind and were hit. Being injured, their pace slowed, and they were quickly caught by the beasts.
"Ah—"
Everyone was shocked that the disciples of the Holy Grail Academy could be so insane. They glared at them with fury, but at this moment, the people from the Holy Grail Academy were like scalded pigs unafraid of boiling water. They only cared about their own imminent death and were determined to drag at least one person down with them, completely disregarding how their actions would affect the reputation of the Holy Grail Academy afterward.
The disciples from other academies realized this and naturally stopped engaging with them.
"Just run! Those people will definitely get their comeuppance!"
The people from the Holy Grail Academy scoffed at this disdainfully.
Now that they were all in the same boat, what was the point of talking about comeuppance?
If they were going to die, they would at least pull someone down with them. Why didn't these people come to save them?
The disciples of the Gunan Academy hiding in the shadows watched this scene with complex expressions.
"We knew the disciples of the Holy Grail Academy weren't good people, but I never expected them to be so shameless. Dragging others down with them, I truly didn't anticipate this. I thought, no matter what, they would still have some humanity."
Yan Jiaojiao glanced at Jiang Yiling, who had spoken, and said dismissively, "If they truly had humanity, why would they incite others to attack us just because something happened to our Gunan Academy? And if it was just about suppressing us, that would be one thing, but they want to completely disband our academy."
"Hmph, do they not know what their disciples will face after an academy is disbanded? Don't think too highly of others. Clearly, those people are heartless. They just want to kill us, it's that simple."
Jiang Yiling found Yan Jiaojiao's words very reasonable and nodded, her regretful expression fading. "Then should we leave now?"
If she hadn't been schemed against before, Jiang Yiling wouldn't have been so indifferent.
They had already notified the disciples who had always been good to them among the current group. They believed those disciples wouldn't expose their plan.
As for those who had bullied them, they were at the very back. Since those people enjoyed playing dirty tricks behind people's backs and liked competing with others, let them compete with the beasts.
"Let's wait a bit longer. I want to know how the people from the Holy Grail Academy managed to gather the beast tide. It's not strange for there to be beasts in the Netherworld Secret Realm, but the beast tide appearing so suddenly, I feel something is not right."
Wen Jinshu had the same thought.
"I agree, this is too strange. One or two beasts would be understandable, but so many? No matter how large the Netherworld Secret Realm is, with so many disciples from various academies entering before, they should have searched every corner. Why didn't we see them before?"
Everyone nodded in agreement.
"Then let's wait a bit longer."
Yan Jiaojiao had initially thought these people would have some backbone, but she hadn't expected the people from the Holy Grail Academy to be so utterly pathetic.
Seeing that the disciples from other academies had abandoned them, and they couldn't even drag anyone down with them, the senior disciple of the academy immediately shouted to their elder, "Elder, quickly send these beasts back! Yan Jiaojiao and the others have escaped. Are we just going to go die?"
Everyone turned their heads in surprise, asking in utter astonishment, "Did you bring the beasts here?"