“Attention. The beast horde will arrive within range of our fortress cannons in five minutes. The cannons will fire for thirty seconds. After the cannons cease fire, charge and kill!” Li Kaihao, the commander of Fortress Three, commanded as his voice rang across the hall.

The teachers started briefing their students. Qiling Academy’s teacher present was the Withered Wolf, Mu Xiao, a tier four martial artist. “Students, we’ve been assigned to kill all the beasts in area C2. Most of them will be tier one. Don’t panic if you meet a tier two beast, work with each other to kill them together,” he instructed.

“Instructor Mu, why just tier one? We’re all at least tier two, four-star martial...