164: Mutation, disaster

"Alright, time is up!"

As the Counselor's voice fell.

A crimson wall of light descended from the sky, completely enveloping the Martial Arts Practice Field.

All the freshmen who hadn't arrived in time were blocked outside the Martial Arts Practice Field, their eyes filled with disappointment.

Being blocked outside meant they would lose half of their Cultivate resources.

For their martial path progress, this was absolutely a major blow.

Some freshmen who rushed into the Martial Arts Practice Field in the final seconds broke out in a cold sweat.

"Thank goodness, thank goodness I made it."

Zhang Ganchao was one of them.

He was panting heavily, leaning on his knees, looking completely exhausted.

Zhang Ganchao's raw strength, among the freshmen of the Imperial Capital Academy, could definitely be considered one of the best.

The best from the bottom.

If it weren't for Li Canglan secretly helping him speed up.

He would never have been able to arrive at the Martial Arts Practice Field in time before the deadline.

For a moment, the freshmen inside and outside the field had completely different emotions.

And the teachers present all had some confusion in their eyes.

"Isn't it enough to just record the names of the late freshmen? There's no need to block them all out, is there?"

This was not a pre-arranged segment.

Amidst the questioning voices of the crowd, the freshman Counselor suddenly turned his head.

His head twisted a full 180°!

Only a layer of skin on his neck remained, connecting his head and hanging it on his shoulder.

Even a terrifying smile appeared on his face.

"Enjoy the grace!"

As the Counselor's words fell, all the freshmen in the Martial Arts Practice Field were stunned.

"Grace? Could there be a reward?"

However, what awaited them was not a reward, but a thick stench of blood that exploded across the Martial Arts Practice Field.

"What happened?"

Thousands of students changed their expressions slightly and began to panic.

Zhang Ganchao was also filled with fear; he took out a C-Rank battle staff and guarded Li Canglan's side.

He didn't know anyone else here; only Li Canglan was someone he could rely on to survive.

On the podium.

After the Counselor's head fell, dense swarms of blood-red insects jumped out from it.

Each insect had dozens of tentacles like human palms.

It looked incredibly creepy.

"It's a Ghost Face Worm!"

The teachers present all changed their expressions drastically.

The weakest among them was a Six-Star Martial Master, but facing these Ghost Face Worms, they still couldn't hide their expressions of terror.

The strength of the Ghost Face Worm is not very strong; apart from the mother worm, the strongest individual Ghost Face Worm is only at the Three-Star Peak.

For these teachers, they could crush them with a casual wave of their hand!

But the reproduction speed of the Ghost Face Worm mother is extremely fast; it can often reproduce thousands of larvae in a single day!

Not only that, if one is not careful and prepared.

Even a Martial Master or even a Grandmaster could potentially fall victim to the Ghost Face Worm!

Each Ghost Face Worm can weaken the enemy's Mental Energy to a certain extent.

When the number is large enough and the enemy's Mental Energy drops to a certain level.

The Ghost Face Worm can gain control.

Thereby directly controlling the enemy's body, and it is said that it can even read the other party's memories!

A Ghost Face Worm legion is absolutely an enemy that no one wants to encounter.

The freshman Counselor had clearly fallen victim to the Ghost Face Worm at some unknown point.

A Six-Star Peak Martial Master struck out with a palm, carrying a powerful gust of wind that instantly turned dozens of Ghost Face Worms into a pool of blood.

But many Ghost Face Worms had already jumped towards the stage below.

It only takes one Ghost Face Worm to easily control these freshmen!

How could there be only hundreds of Ghost Face Worms flying out of the Counselor?

Almost instantly, hundreds of freshmen wailed, and under the control of the Ghost Face Worms, they raised their butcher knives to slash at their companions.

"Damn it, A-Hao, A-Hao, what is wrong with you?"

One of the rough-looking students tried his best to bind his teammate, wanting to make him calm down.

But the other party was like a madman, completely unmoved.

To avoid causing panic, the authorities had never made the information about the Ghost Face Worm public.

Otherwise, I'm afraid that before the Ghost Face Worms even made a move, the panic of the people would have caused the entire society to collapse completely.

Therefore, the vast majority of students had never heard of the Ghost Face Worm.

Beside Li Canglan, there were also freshmen controlled by Ghost Face Worms who lunged at him.

Li Canglan's gaze was calm as he killed the surrounding Ghost Face Worms as much as possible.

When he encountered freshmen who were controlled and rushed up, he did not hold back at all.

With every punch and palm, he easily killed those freshmen.

Better them than me.

He had no way to force these Ghost Face Worms out of the freshmen's bodies.

For his own safety, he could only sacrifice the lives of these people.

"Canglan, what should we do now?"

Looking at Li Canglan, who was calm and composed while killing freshmen, Zhang Ganchao felt a bit flustered.

Among these people, several had greeted him not long ago.

Yet now, one after another, they were dying at Li Canglan's hands; how could he not be afraid?

In fact, if it weren't for Li Canglan's powerful strength, he would probably have already become one of them.

"The Imperial Capital Academy has actually been riddled with holes by these alien races!"

Li Canglan's expression was serious, but he was not flustered.

These Ghost Face Worms alone could not pose a threat to him.

He turned his head and comforted Zhang Ganchao, "Don't worry, the teachers of the academy will definitely find a way."

If they couldn't even survive this catastrophe, then Shenxia Country would have perished long ago.

The freshmen separated by the wall of light watched helplessly as one Ghost Face Worm after another burrowed into the bodies of other freshmen, and they couldn't help but feel their hair stand on end.

It was too terrifying!

This surprise assembly was actually a trap to kill them, the freshmen!

Only the top students who could reach the Martial Arts Practice Field in the shortest time were the targets of these alien races.

Those of them who lagged behind weren't even worth being targeted by these alien races!

For a moment, while they survived the disaster, they didn't know whether they should feel fortunate or bitter.

Those who could get into the Imperial Capital Academy were absolute proud sons of heaven in their own Base City.

In the trajectory of their own lives, they were even existence comparable to protagonists.

But upon arriving at the Imperial Capital, they were just one of the common masses.

They weren't even worthy of these alien races sparing the effort to deal with them.

Just as the battle inside the Martial Arts Practice Field was raging, several strong individuals with auras as deep as an abyss and as steady as a mountain arrived from the air.

"Old Pei, how long will it take to break this Formation?"

One of the strong individuals said in a deep voice with a serious expression.

Pei Qian had a serious look in her eyes as she moved her hands rapidly in the air, and cold sweat soon broke out on her forehead.

"Three minutes!"

"Can you go any faster!"

"No, these alien races came prepared; three minutes is already my limit."

While Pei Qian was speaking, the movements of her hands did not slow down at all.

But in order to break the Formation as quickly as possible, they did not disturb Pei Qian's actions.

The other strong individuals did not continue to speak to Pei Qian, but looked into the Martial Arts Practice Field with worried eyes.

This time, it was a heavy blow to the entire Shenxia Country!