"You..."
Liu Yuanhao was furious upon hearing this, wishing he could slap Nalan Su a few times.
"Enough!"
Lin Yuanrong, the dean of the White Tiger Academy, interjected and stopped the argument.
Lin Yuanrong also knew that the Azure Dragon Academy had the strongest overall strength among the four academies, and they had lost to them again this time.
What puzzled everyone next was that no one else emerged from the secret realm's gate except for Nalan Wuxia.
This left everyone feeling bewildered.
Nalan Wuxia sneered inwardly, then put on a panicked expression and reported to the four deans.
"Deans, something terrible has happened!"
"What is it?"
Liu Yuanrong asked with a frown.
"It's like this, for some unknown reason, nine strange coffins appeared within the Tiankeng Secret Realm. My junior brothers and sisters have all been killed by those nine monsters, and I barely managed to escape."
Nalan Wuxia spoke with a look of guilt on his face.
"What! Strange coffins within the Tiankeng Secret Realm?"
"Where is my daughter, Liu Fuyao? Where is she?"
Liu Yuanhao asked anxiously.
"Junior Sister Liu... she was also captured by those strange coffins."
Nalan Wuxia replied with his head bowed, while sneering inwardly.
"Scoundrel!"
Liu Yuanhao roared, and was about to rush into the secret realm.
The other two deans quickly pulled Liu Yuanhao back, "Dean Liu, please calm down and let Nalan Wuxia explain the situation first."
"Hmph, listen to him? Listen to what!"
Liu Yuanhao said resentfully.
"Dean Liu, the nine coffins in the secret realm all possess pressure close to the Heavenly Venerable level. To prevent these evil creatures from breaking out of the secret realm, I propose we close the secret realm's gate."
Nalan Wuxia said in a low voice.
"Wuxia is right. Since all the students inside are dead, it doesn't matter if we close the secret realm's gate."
Yang Qingchuan, the dean of the Black Tortoise Academy, also nodded in agreement.
"Just on this kid's word, you're all sure the students in the Tiankeng Secret Realm are dead?"
Liu Yuanhao snorted coldly.
Nalan Su looked at Liu Yuanhao coldly and said, "Liu Yuanhao! You need to understand the situation! Those nine coffins are demons at the Heavenly Venerable level. Once they are released, the entire Four Symbols Academy will be in danger!"
"Are you willing to put the entire academy in danger for the sake of a few dozen students?"
Nalan Su sneered inwardly, thinking: Anyway, my Nalan family's students are out, what does it matter to me if others die.
Especially since Liu Yuanhao's daughter, Liu Fuyao, was dead, which made Nalan Su even happier.
The many students in the plaza, thinking of their own safety, all supported Nalan Su.
"Dean Liu, close the secret realm!"
"Yes, if those nine coffins really break out of the secret realm, then our Four Symbols Academy will surely be bathed in blood!"
"Dean Liu, please think twice!"
The many students persuaded him.
Nalan Su felt smug inwardly, but dared not show any signs of triumph.
"You guys...!"
Liu Yuanhao pointed at them, so angry he couldn't speak.
"Dean Liu! Please think twice!"
"We are doing this for the sake of the Four Symbols Academy!"
"Dean Liu, we beg you to close the secret realm!"
"We beg you!"
The many students pleaded.
Liu Yuanhao gritted his teeth, filled with resentment.
However, under the pleading gazes of the many students, he finally endured it, glaring fiercely at Nalan Su.
Although Liu Yuanhao was angry, he had no choice but to close the secret realm, as it concerned the safety of the entire Four Symbols Academy.
With the dean absent, they could not deal with Heavenly Venerable level demons.
Nalan Su sneered inwardly, looking at Liu Yuanhao's expression, he felt even more pleased.
Just as the four deans were working together to close the secret realm, Nalan Wuxia, who was standing beside them, trembled inexplicably, his face pale, and his eyes blood red.
A terrifying aura emanated from his body, as if it would devour all things in the world, and Nalan Wuxia's expression became distorted and ferocious.
Suddenly, a bloody claw emerged from within his body.
And under the astonished eyes of everyone, it pierced through Nalan Su's chest.
Blood gushed out of the wound, quickly dyeing his clothes red, dripping onto the ground.
Nalan Su's eyes widened in horror, filled with confusion, and he looked down at the giant claw on his chest.
He turned to look at Nalan Wuxia, unable to believe what was happening.
"You... you...!"
Nalan Wuxia's eyes became hollow, like a walking corpse, and he stood there motionless.
"Nalan Wuxia, what have you done!!"
Seeing Nalan Wuxia's actions, the other three deans felt a sudden sense of foreboding and roared in anger.
"Hahaha... Hahaha...!"
Nalan Wuxia let out a manic laugh.
A monster with sharp ears, fangs, and blood-red eyes emerged from his body.
It was the blood ghost from the Tiankeng Secret Realm.
Nalan Su's blood was instantly absorbed, and his entire body shriveled, quickly becoming a skin-and-bones husk.
"Dean Nalan!"
"Nalan Su!"
Seeing Nalan Su's death, the other three deans and many students' faces changed drastically.
"Not bad, the blood of a king-level human slave bug tastes good!"
The blood ghost licked its lips, its eyes radiating a bloodthirsty light, as if looking at its food.
"Run!"
"Hurry and run!"
"Get out of here quickly!"
The many students fled towards the periphery.
Liu Yuanhao shouted to Lin Yuanrong, "Quickly go and inform the hall masters in the academy to protect all the students. Yang Qingchuan and I will stay to hold off this demon!"
Liu Yuanhao charged towards the blood ghost as he spoke.
The blood ghost disdained to pay attention to this human slave bug; its target was the secret realm's gate.
The blood ghost extended its bloody claw towards the secret realm's gate.
"Swoosh!"
The secret realm's gate instantly expanded many times over.
A large number of blood spirit creatures rushed out from within, opening their gaping maws and attacking the students.
The Four Symbols Academy was ultimately facing an unprecedented crisis.
Within the Tiankeng Secret Realm.
"Hahaha... I am finally free!"
The blood ghost laughed at the sky, its voice filled with arrogance and wildness.
Nalan Wuxia was deliberately let go by it.
Now, the blood ghost in the Four Symbols Academy's Sacred Beast Plaza was its blood demon clone.
It controlled both inside and outside the Tiankeng Secret Realm. Once it dealt with these human slave bugs, it would lead a large number of blood spirit creatures out and slaughter all the humans.
Mu Qingqing, in the spiritual space, looked at the blood ghost laughing wantonly in the sky and sensed that its strength had weakened considerably.
It seemed that breaking the seal prematurely had greatly reduced the blood ghost's power.