165: massacre

"Within three minutes, the academy's instructors will break through the Formation set up by the alien race!"

The voice of the powerhouse in brocade robes exploded like thunder in the ears of the students at the Martial Arts Practice Field.

The surviving freshmen breathed a sigh of relief, but deep anxiety followed immediately after.

The minute or so that had just passed had already left them exhausted.

In the vast Martial Arts Practice Field, there was nowhere for them to take refuge.

Although the teachers were trying their best to kill the Ghost Face Worms, it was merely a drop in the bucket given the current situation.

If it were a riot of powerful Demonic Beasts, these teachers could have held them back even by risking their lives.

But the Ghost Face Worms were parasitizing the freshmen, making them impossible to guard against.

As teachers of the Imperial Capital Academy, it was impossible for them to attack these freshmen indiscriminately!

This was destined to be a disaster!

Although the powerhouses outside were urging the teachers to save as many freshmen as possible, they had absolutely no way to do so.

Facing this situation, Li Canglan was also at a loss.

He could guarantee his own safety, and he could also protect the few people around him.

With these freshmen running around everywhere, Li Canglan had no way to use large-scale attacks.

"Everyone who is still conscious, go to the teachers, or come to me!"

Li Canglan was not a saint, but he also didn't want to watch the future pillars of Shenxia Country die before his eyes.

Drawing upon his own Qi and blood, his voice suddenly spread throughout the entire Martial Arts Practice Field,

"I don't care what methods you use, as long as you can prove that you haven't been controlled by the Ghost Face Worms, try your best not to run around outside!"

"Relying solely on your own strength, even if the Ghost Face Worms weren't parasitizing you, you wouldn't be their match."

Although Li Canglan's words were harsh, they were the truth.

Only by staying close to the teachers did they have a chance to survive.

If they continued to tangle with the students controlled by the Ghost Face Worms,

the teachers would have no way to identify whether they were parasitized by the Ghost Face Worms.

After a brief moment of panic, the teachers also realized that what Li Canglan said was the most correct approach.

They hurriedly used Li Canglan's phrasing to shout loudly.

The freshmen who had not yet been controlled scrambled to huddle near the teachers.

Almost no one chose Li Canglan at the first instance.

Li Canglan didn't care; he didn't need the trust of others.

He and these people were not from the same world.

No powerhouse would be unable to survive without the admiration of the weak.

The reason he spoke up was simply because he wanted fewer people to die.

However, the number of teachers was limited.

More and more people crowded around these teachers, and soon it was overcrowded.

Although some teachers were powerful, they were not skilled in large-scale damage Martial Skills.

The freshmen left on the periphery could not avoid a fight after all.

In fact, because there were fewer straggling freshmen, they were instead surrounded.

A freshman with a severed arm saw that there was no hope of reaching the teachers.

He looked at the empty space around Li Canglan and quickly made a decision in his heart.

He didn't know how strong Li Canglan was, but at least for now, it looked like the other party was handling this battle with ease.

The student clutched the wound on his arm and stumbled toward Li Canglan.

But the Ghost Face Worms around them would not let him go.

They went to such great lengths at the Imperial Capital Academy because the development of the Human Race had aroused the fear of the alien race.

They had to cut off the progress of the Human Race's continued development.

This was also the reason they decided to only trap the fastest freshmen inside.

If there were too many people, it might actually affect the progress of their slaughter.

In this situation, concentrating all their power on killing the stronger Prodigies was the choice that maximized their benefits.

Seven or eight freshmen controlled by the Ghost Face Worms tore toward the fleeing student.

His face was terrified, and he used all his strength to call out to Li Canglan for help,

"Save... save me."

Relying on himself, he already had no chance of survival in this situation.

He could only treat Li Canglan as the only straw he could grasp to survive.

His cries caught Li Canglan's attention.

Just as three Ghost Face Worms from three directions were about to grab this freshman and tear him apart,

a thunderous roar exploded within the Martial Arts Practice Field.

Seven bolts of lightning, as thick as an arm, shot over from a distance.

Before those Ghost Face Worms could react,

it blasted the freshmen they were controlling into a pool of blood!

The sudden turn of events left the freshman stunned.

A second ago, it was a life-or-death crisis.

The next second, he had escaped death.

It was just like a person about to drown, finally gasping for air.

He only felt how precious life was.

"Still not coming over here yet!"

Li Canglan frowned slightly and gave a low shout.

The youth with the severed arm reacted and scrambled to run to Li Canglan's side.

"Thank you... thank you."

He had forgotten how to express his gratitude and only knew how to keep thanking him.

Li Canglan waved his hand and didn't say anything more.

His gaze, however, roamed back and forth over the freshmen suspected of being controlled.

As long as he discovered a suspicious target, he would strike with thunderous force and kill the enemy.

Some freshmen who had previously not believed in Li Canglan's strength and had fallen into the encirclement,

were all stunned after hearing the thunderous sound earlier.

Everyone was a freshman at the Imperial Capital Academy, so how could Li Canglan's strength be so much greater than theirs?

But there was no time for them to hesitate at this moment.

All the freshmen began to loudly call out to Li Canglan for help almost at the same time.

Li Canglan's mouth twitched. Did these guys think he was their Senior Brother?

With so many people distributed in all directions, even if he could perform the seventy-two transformations, he couldn't save them all.

"Find a way to get closer to me yourselves, and at the same time, don't forget to find a way to prove your identity!"

As time passed, the Ghost Face Worms' level of control over humans became higher and higher.

Now, the students controlled by the Ghost Face Worms could already engage in basic conversation.

Li Canglan also had to distinguish carefully to confirm their identities.

However, Zhang Ganchao and the youth with the severed arm could help him keep an eye on the flaws of those people at all times.

At this moment, Li Canglan suddenly had an idea.

"All freshmen within a fifty-meter radius of me, stop attacking!"

On the faces of those freshmen, flashes of astonishment and suspicion flickered one after another.

Only a few people stopped their actions after a brief hesitation.

Even when the freshmen in front of them raised their blades to hack at their heads, they endured their fear and did not fight back!

Boom!

The lightning arcs crossed a range of dozens of meters, blasting all those who were still attacking into powder!

Although the Ghost Face Worms could control these students, they had not yet fully adapted for the time being.

Their instinctive desire to kill gave Li Canglan an opening.

Among the students who did not trust Li Canglan and did not stop attacking, a portion of them perished at the hands of the Ghost Face Worms.

It was not that Li Canglan refused to save them, but that he could not distinguish between who was a student and who was a Ghost Face Worm.