In the dead skies of Russet Rock City.

The crimson knight-general looked around at all the hollow-eyed students. "Which should I kill first?" he mused to himself happily.

It pleased him greatly to see all these annoying gnats now standing around like docile lambs waiting for the slaughter.

Finally, his gaze stopped on Lan Lan. The strongest of them, the one who had the Duke Art that had wounded the Bloodtailed Other. Even he had been shocked by that level of power. Pre-merge with the Bloodtailed Other, that attack would have wounded him seriously as well.

"Finishing a Duke Art while still at the Heavenly Pearl Stage is really extraordinary," he chuckled. It was...