Chapter 92

Cold winds rose from all sides, the bloody smell in the air stabbed into the nostrils.

The sandworm, having resumed its movements, was like a speeding train, twisting its body without restraint.

The crowd fled in panic, dodging the terrifying mouthparts behind them.

saii!

Every time the mouthparts protruded, they inevitably brought gruesome death to crowds of survivors.

Chewing and swallowing, he felt satisfied.

Boduoyi rose its body, its mouthparts swinging to crush half of its body, while several elemental-system Awakened Ones nearby, unable to flee in time, frantically tried to activate their skills.

"Quick! Quick, hit his weak point!"

The voice choked with sobs, an Awakened One from the arts department desperately urged the wind blade in his hand, he turned his head to look at his partner collapsed on the ground, and urged him with heart-wrenching desperation.

"Quick ah ah ah!"

"Just like before!"

"Lightning Arrow!"

"Wind Blade!"

Two dazzling skills struck the edge of the sandworm's mouthparts, blasting off a short leg into fragments.

It had no blocking effect as before.

The wind blade capable of cutting iron plates passed like a breeze, leaving not a scratch.

The sandworm, after being hit, stopped chewing, half-bent its body aiming at the Awakened One whose expression had frozen.

"Whoosh!"

"Why... why didn't it work!?"

With his last doubt before death, the Awakened One who had unleashed the wind blade was instantly smashed into a mist of blood by the sandworm's high-speed body.

"It's useless! The weak point is fake! Run! Run quickly!"

The Awakened One collapsed on the ground wept bitterly, in extreme terror crawling backward on hands and feet.

Like a snake hunting, the sandworm's massive body repeatedly protruded, each time bringing death to dozens of survivors.

"No one... can defeat it..."

The Awakened Ones who had originally gathered around Lin An, ready to act, muttered in despair, their legs trembling uncontrollably.

"No one has...!"

"Haha, we're done. We're all going to die!"

As if driven mad by stimulation, when the remaining Awakened Ones again concentrated fire to unleash skills trying to hinder the sandworm, they merely despondently discovered that even though their skills seemed powerful, they could not interrupt Boduoyi's feeding.

"I knew it! Haha, I knew this monster is just like before, fundamentally not something we can oppose!"

Half crying, half laughing, the Awakened One who first spoke out, wearing sportswear, had a ferocious expression, from fear when the sandworm appeared to ecstasy at killing it, now to despair.

Repeated high-intensity stimulation almost completely destroyed his sanity.

Behind Lin An, the leadership and Awakened Ones crawling on the ground lowered their heads until they were level with the ground.

Unlike the simple-minded students, Huang realized from the moment Lin An did not answer his question that the sandworm had not died.

When he figured out what Lin An intended to do, chills ran through his heart.

Having been immersed in officialdom for many years, he knew what the best way to govern subordinates and conquer people's hearts was.

But knowing is one thing; actually doing it is another.

Behind such conduct lies the planner's extreme cold-bloodedness.

Giving hope while simultaneously giving despair—only thus can the mind be utterly destroyed.

When the will is destroyed, then appearing as a savior, he shatters people's innermost last line of defense.

Using the deaths and blood of Awakened Ones to highlight Lin An's strength!

"Almost there..."

Lin An calmly watched the sandworm pursuing the crowd in the distance; after he awakened the black dragon, the brainless Boduoyi instinctively avoided the area where he was.

As fellow demonic beasts, the aura of the imperial-level black dragon made it fearful.

If not for the youngster still being in its juvenile stage, any adult black dragon could, simply by its dragon might, crush Boduoyi to death alive.

"Zhang Tie, go make your presence known."

Lin An lightly issued the order in the squad channel.

"Withstand one hit, then pretend to be gravely wounded and withdraw."

"Jing Tian, you are responsible for rescuing some ordinary people, especially the weak."

"Wen Ya, at any time give everyone a mental power boost to deepen the memory later."

"Received!"

The three's expressions tightened as they replied in unison; Zhang Tie again activated his bear transformation and rushed straight toward the distant sandworm.

"Don't leave me behind! Please, take me with you!"

An ordinary male student, face pale, hands braced on the ground, despondently watched as the sandworm had already locked onto its next target—him.

Several Awakened Ones, legs weak, desperately ran; behind them, the sandworm seemed to toy with its prey, each attack swallowing only one person.

"We're friends! Li Ming! Wang Haoran! You aren't Awakened Ones, are you? Don't abandon me!!"

No one turned back; past friendships were like a joke.

The Awakened Ones enjoying the best treatment ignored any ordinary person's pleas for help, fleeing like dogs.

"Don't... don't eat me!"

Helpless, despair

"Saill!"

The sand worm flicked off the broken limb on its mouthparts and instantly launched an attack.

"Frenzied Charge!"

From afar, the male student only heard a roar as a black bear charged past him, its whole body glowing red, slamming sideways into the sand worm with a violent impact.

"Heavy Punch—Blast!"

"Beast! Take this punch from your grandpa!"

The fleeing crowd watched as Zhang Tie leapt high, his left fist instantly swelling and blasting toward the sand worm's abdomen.

After taking the potion again, the black bear's punch regained its former might.

"Boom!"

"saill!"

"【Bo Duo Yi】 winced in pain, the worm emitted a sharp cry, and its previously extended mouthparts contracted violently."

Viscous blood spurted from its abdomen, dyeing the black bear crimson.

"What are you staring at!"

"Run!"

Zhang Tie let out a roar, swung his fist again at the sand worm, buying time for the fleeing students.

Tears of gratitude streamed down; the fallen student, seeing the seemingly savage black bear now like a savior, wiped his eyes and sprang to his feet to run.

The fleeing crowd saw the black bear's desperate rescue, and suddenly a spontaneous feeling of emotion welled up in their hearts.

The academy's own Awakened Ones only looked out for themselves while fleeing, whereas strangers who didn't know them risked their lives to save them.

"saill!"

Three seconds later.

After being struck in its weak point and recovering, the sand worm, enraged, twisted its body wildly; its mass of several tens of tons lashed out like a whip, viciously striking the black bear's torso.

"Pfft!"

The whip's roar rang out, unleashing a force capable of shattering a house in an instant.

From that blow, Zhang Tie spat blood and was instantly flung like a cannonball, his body slamming into the hard concrete and gouging a deep crater.

His chest cavity collapsed, his leg bones shattered.

Were it not for the suturer's shell Lin An had previously given him, which weakened the damage, he seriously doubted he would have died on the spot.

Damn it, Lin Dui said to pretend I'm seriously injured! Hell, there's no need to pretend at all!

Zhang Tie, face full of resentment, simply pretended to pass out.

Without Zhang Tie's obstruction, the enraged sand worm no longer toyed with its prey; its already swift body surged forward, lunging at the thousands of fleeing students.

On the high platform, Huang Zheng, at Lin An's indication, bellowed hoarsely, his voice amplified by psychic power and quickly spreading:

"Fellow students! Hurry and flee to Lord Lin An!"

"This place is safe!"

Having said that, he abruptly turned to face Lin An.

"Thud!"

The entire leadership and all academy-affiliated Awakened Ones knelt in unison and spoke together.

Several fire-affiliated Awakened Ones desperately channeled psychic energy, illuminating the entire high platform.

"My lord!"

Half-coerced, half-sincere, everyone shouted hoarsely in earnest.

"Please intervene and save the academy! Please forgive our previous despicable actions!"

"My lord! Please intervene and save us!"

Under the threat of death, all hope now rested on Lin An; no one bothered with dignity, they only wanted to survive.

The distant crowd had already approached the vicinity of the high platform; under the spreading aura of the black dragon, 【Bo Duo Yi】 hesitated and remained in place.

What's happening?

The scattered fleeing students gathered together, trembling with fear as they watched the sand worm halted not far away.

Please, Lord Lin An, intervene?

As if rehearsed a hundred times, the leadership-affiliated Awakened Ones, led by Huang Zheng, shouted in unison:

"Fellow students! Lord Lin An had originally agreed to intervene and save the students, but because some Awakened Ones following Deng Lian grew greedy, wanting to harm him, causing the failure to block the sand worm!"

"Having come to this, we are ashamed to ask for your intervention!"

"But we beg you, for the sake of the thousands of students' lives, to intervene and save us!"

Like a top actor, Huang Zheng, face full of regret, unreservedly slapped his own face.

The Awakened Ones behind him likewise knocked their heads together like insects, producing a clacking sound.

"We are heinously guilty! But the students are innocent!!"

Upon the high platform, Lin An's gaze was calm, seeming unmoved.

Below the high platform, although Huang Zheng and the others spoke extremely quickly, everyone grasped the general meaning.

Like a bolt from the blue, everyone stood stunned in place.

So... the sand worm's breach of the seal was Deng Lian's doing; now, with so many dead horribly, the academy's near annihilation is also the work of this gang?

Repaying kindness with enmity, yet failing to harm anyone.

Now the academy has no recourse but to shamelessly beg this mysterious powerhouse?

For a moment, everyone felt their academy was nothing but a huge laughingstock, utterly absurd and ridiculous.