A ninth phase expert, a Master of Energy, had ambushed their team of five.

As for the seemingly blood-soaked figure, it was Humanoid True Energy that had slipped in as quietly as a ghost, and disappeared just as suddenly.

Normally speaking, if five freshman students in the eighth phase were attacked by someone in the ninth phase, they would be wiped out. Sadly for their attacker, though, the freakish Yang Qi was there to fight back.

Suddenly, an eerie voice echoed out in the distance. “Who would have guessed that there would be an expert hidden amongst the freshman students of the Demi-Immortal Institute?”

Along with the voice, a demonic wind swept through the desolate ruins that reeked of blood. The stench was so unbearable that the group nearly vomited.

“That’s a blood-toxin energy art!” Hua Yinhu said, struggling to pull a medicinal pill out of his garment. “Get your antidote pills ready!” After consuming the pill, some color returned to his pale face, and wisps of blood-colored toxic energy seeped out of him.

“You take one, Brother Yang,” Li He said, digging out some pills. Clearly, everyone else in the group was experienced enough to have come prepared for something like this. 

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