Deep inside the isolated bamboo forest...
Ji Yuan's calm expression suddenly shifted. He slowly raised his eyes toward the distant, darkened sky.
"The school's protective formations have just fallen...." Ji Yuan's quiet, even voice echoed softly through the rustling bamboo. He paused, a rare gravity settling over his features. "They are coming here."
His dark eyes shifted downward toward the resting form of Baihu. The little tiger cub remained peacefully asleep within his thick, swirling cocoon of violent spiritual energy. Unfortunately, his royal breakthrough was still far from complete.
At almost the same moment, Bai Xifeng also sensed it. Dozens of terrifying, malicious auras were rapidly approaching the boundaries of the Inscriber Division. Each individual aura was incomparably powerful, far stronger and heavier than anyone she had ever fought in her life.
Just then...
Cough!
A heavy, muffled cough suddenly broke the silence of the clearing.
