Chapter 186: Chapter 180: When People Become Despicable, They Are Unbeatable_2

The commotion at the city gate naturally alerted the many infernal creatures inside the castle, who then began to assemble squads and head towards the gate.

Before the gargoyles were even cleared out, a large demon patrol descended from the city walls and joined the battlefield.

As if that wasn’t enough, many more demon patrols appeared inside the castle, beginning to surround and besiege the freshmen.

Compared to the gargoyles, which were considered cannon fodder among puppet creatures, the demon patrols were several notches stronger, especially because every squad was accompanied by a hellhound.

Gargoyles and demon patrols were both rare minor monsters, but hellhounds were rare BOSS templates.

Having just dealt with 12 hellfires, now dozens of hellhounds arrived, indicating the monstrous strength within Abyssal Castle was exceptionally formidable.

Just after being betrayed by their own, and having survived the painful beating from hellfires, this moment they faced a frenzy of vicious attacks by hellhounds; truly, when it rains, it pours.

“Well now, your thrown pearl, does it also attract monsters?”

Such a tool with huge side effects that could also gather monsters was definitely designed for grinding!

“Hehe, I’ve added some materials that dark creatures can’t resist.”

Watching Li Mouren laugh with a somewhat lewd expression, the people surrounding him involuntarily retreated two steps to distance themselves from him.

“Let’s get to it, this guy has stirred up a hornet’s nest. If people really die because of him, it’ll be difficult for us to explain once we’re back.”

Causing such a big scene in the combat trial naturally incurred the dissatisfaction of some higher-ups in the official and military ranks.

If this were inside Dragon Academy and they continued like this, offending the academy as well, it would likewise be detrimental to them.

Ying Xueji sighed helplessly; having such a teammate who was a liability was really hard to handle.

Thinking of this, she quietly glanced at Zi Liyuan. He was also an old schemer, but he was powerful. If they could recruit him into their group, he would probably be much more reliable than Li Fengwen.

However, she didn’t know how to woo him over, at least for the time being.

Having entered Dragon Academy, he had skyrocketed in a very short time, and she had learned that the imperial upper echelons had taken notice of him and Shen Yurou, placing great emphasis on them.

With the empire’s endorsement and quietly ushering in the green light, he would have a constant stream of resources he needed, which made recruiting him an increasingly daunting challenge.

Perhaps only with the special resources of the Sea of Realms would she stand a chance to negotiate with him.

But just then…

Thinking of something, Ying Xueji temporarily suppressed her thoughts.

“We can’t just stand by and watch, since these guys are useless, let’s do it ourselves.”

Zi Liyuan calculated the distance, especially that between certain corpses and the freshmen, and pointed his magic wand at the corpse of a Gargoyle King.

A massive surge of dead spirit energy shot up into the sky, and amid the booming explosions, the necrotic aura engulfed a radius of 20 meters.

The LV19 Corpse Explosion Technique still dealt the same damage, 60% of the total life of the exploded corpse as physical damage, but the affected area had expanded to a 20-meter radius.

The Gargoyle King, being a rare BOSS template monster and with a level as high as LV80, had millions of hit points.

The explosion inflicted substantial damage. Even for boss-template monsters like the hellhounds, which could withstand several large blasts, the minor demons of the patrol couldn’t survive such terrifying assaults.

The minor monsters within a 20-meter radius fell like dominoes, all neatly collapsing without a chance to resist, dying under the vast sweep of deadly energy.

The terrifying power of the Corpse Explosion Technique not only wiped out a host of monsters but also alarmed the nearby freshmen, who looked on with trepidation at the necrotic field only a mere meter away, scared half to death.

If caught off guard and affected by the Corpse Explosion Technique, they too would die on the spot!

Necromancers truly were twisted; they were indeed no good!

A group of freshmen, startled out of their wits, felt an itching hate but were powerless to do anything about it.

No way around it, if you don’t have the strength, you can’t take down the opposition, which sucks!

“Zi Liyuan, take it easy, these guys might be annoying, but they’re still going to be your classmates. Don’t kill them in public.”

So, the subtext is, you can kill them sneakily?

A dozen or so people nearby all rolled their eyes at the same time, everyone’s level of alertness towards Li Fengwen doubled.

This guy is no good!

“Don’t worry, even if you’re involved, it won’t affect these losers. Didn’t you see a teacher stealthily lurking above them just now?”

Why kill these guys?

They are his carefully cultivated cash crops, which he’s waiting to harvest slowly. He doesn’t have time to love them enough, much less kill the goose that lays the golden eggs.

As for future begging targets, as long as they don’t overstep the mark and get too annoying, Lord Zi will mercifully refrain from a massacre.”

“When our people go up, don’t pull this stunt.”

Ying Xueji, leading her team forward, left this instruction.

“If I can’t even control a single skill, I don’t deserve to enter Dragon Academy.”

Even without the Spirit’s help to lock in and monitor the distance, Zi Liyuan could still manage to keep the blast radius of the Corpse Explosion Technique within a reasonable area.

The Skeleton Army split in two, leaving the middle open for Ying Xueji’s team members.

With this sort of cooperative advance, they only needed to concern themselves with the enemies ahead, without paying any attention to either side.

Compared to the teams of newcomers, Ying Xueji’s team was clearly a notch above in strength.

Whether it was team synergy, combination of formations, or individual members’ strength, they were all superior to the newcomers.

Teams fostered by members of the four royal families were made up of elite members who were nurtured from a young age and then selected through multiple layers of scrutiny; moreover, all these people were orphans with clear backgrounds.

In essence, these people were all commoners, the only difference being that they had been supported by the royal families since childhood and indoctrinated with loyalty to them.

Having entered Dragon Academy and even been taken under the wing by Ying Xueji and her team, one could imagine the level of their loyalty.

The bridge leading to the city gate was only so wide; when their army marched over, it naturally encroached on the space of the newcomers.

Ying Xueji’s team formation had to remain intact, so Zi Liyuan voluntarily weakened one side of the outer layer of the Skeletons to make a narrow path wide enough for two people to walk side by side.

Faced with Zi Liyuan’s slightly threatening gaze and Li Fengwen’s ill-intentioned smirk, the group of freshmen obediently and honestly retreated through the gap left by the Skeleton Army.

Dozens of hellhounds, held back by the fearless Skeleton Army, were unable to continue their attacks on the newcomers and had to shift their target to these free meal of rib sets that came their way.

Don’t think that the Skeleton Warriors were just elite mobs; against the hellhounds, they were still easy to crunch, a single bite sending bones scattering everywhere.

Inside the city gate tunnel, monsters continued to pour out non-stop, occasionally another hellhound would appear, but they couldn’t even step out of the gate.

Two thousand Shadow Skeleton Mages began casting their Death Decay spells into the narrow space of the city gate entrance.

Two thousand Death Decays covering the same small area, even if each only dealt a little over a hundred points of damage to boss monsters, the sheer quantity was overwhelming.

Amidst the swirling deathly aura, forget about emerging from the city gate; hardly any monster that stepped into the reach of Death Decay could take a second step before being eroded by the deadly aura and perishing.

Having cut off the reinforcements from inside the gate, they only needed to deal with a few dozen hellhounds, and the difficulty immediately dropped a notch.

At that moment, Zi Liyuan’s gaze shifted upwards, looking towards the gatehouse and the city walls.

According to the feedback from the Eyes of Death, there were quite a few boss monsters hidden on the gatehouse and the walls—looks like they’re up to something!