Volume 3 Chapter 168

Volume 3 + Chapter 168: The Eternal, Unbreakable Legendary Iron Wall

Hearing Biden say he didn’t know Xia Yi’s whereabouts, Hill felt a surge of genuine anger.

Wasn’t it him who personally said earlier that he saw Xia Yi running toward the Laurel Academy? And now he says he doesn’t know?

He even has the audacity to stand on the moral high ground, threatening everyone’s lives to pressure others, pointing fingers left and right—his thick skin is truly beyond words.

If something happened to her own teacher, Hill wouldn’t mind cutting this old bastard Biden in half—symmetrically down the middle.

Hill and Biden glared at each other, sparks filling the air. Everyone thought things were about to ignite and explode—

“Hey, hey, hey!”

Hill heard a familiar voice.

Everyone turned to look and saw a black-haired loli standing at the main gate of Laurel Academy, smiling brightly.

“I’m back!”

All eyes were on her alone. Everyone fell silent.

“Uh… what’s wrong?”

Xia Yi felt a bit awkward.

Why is everyone staring at me like that?

It’s like I caused some huge disaster!

“You’re not dead?” Biden exclaimed in shock.

Xia Yi felt this old bastard really didn’t know how to talk. Was he hoping she’d die?

What bad luck!

“Xia Yi, where did you go? Why couldn’t we see you at all?” Albert asked curiously. “Weren’t you acting together with us? We went to the city gates of Laurel City to fight the mutant beasts—why did you disappear later?”

“Uh… well…”

Xia Yi scratched her head, not knowing how to explain.

She couldn’t exactly say she ran off to see the witch, got surrounded by a bunch of monsters, then unleashed her true dragon form, and in an overwhelmingly terrifying dragon shape, let out a roar full of supreme majesty to drive back the enemies, right?

Just when she didn’t know what to do, she was suddenly hugged.

“Thank goodness you’re safe…!”

Hill hugged Xia Yi tightly, her voice choked, tears welling up in her eyes.

This made Xia Yi feel guilty—it was her fault for running off and making Hill worry.

But…

Although this was a bit awkward and ruined the mood, she could understand her teacher’s feelings. Still, the effect on those around them might not be so good!

The Sword Saint frowned as he watched this scene, not sure what to think.

Biden’s cheek twitched—he was clearly angry.

The other students were starting to make a commotion.

“Whoa!!!”

After all, in Laurel Academy, the most notorious top-tier campus queen and the most popular young teacher were now acting all ambiguous.

Seeing how worried Hill was just now—almost ready to fall out with Biden for Xia Yi’s sake—and now hugging her without hesitation, almost crying…

This is solid proof!!

If someone says there’s nothing forbidden going on between these two—teacher and student—no one will believe it!

Teacher-student? And yuri on top of that? This is way too exciting!

Xia Yi whispered a reminder: “Teacher Hill… everyone else is watching…”

“…Mm.”

Hill reluctantly let go of Xia Yi.

If no one else were here, the two of them might have stayed like that for a long time.

“Where the hell did you go?” Biden roared. “Do you realize how big a mistake you made?! Disobeying orders, leaving the team without permission! Do you know how worried we were?!”

“I… got scared by the mutant beasts and panicked, so I ran off, and then I saw even more terrifying monsters, so I ran back here.” Xia Yi forced herself to make something up.

“You, just wait! When this is all over, you’ll be the first one I deal with! You’ll be punished!” Biden pointed at Xia Yi, his anger boiling over. There was no way this harsh threat didn’t carry some personal grudge.

Xia Yi could only laugh awkwardly and quickly changed the subject.

“Teacher Biden, there are so many monsters outside. What should we do next? Should we all run?”

“Hmph, I already said as long as I’m here, nothing will happen,” Biden said. “As long as I still have a breath left, Laurel Academy will not fall!”

The others were still worried, especially those who had gone outside the city and seen that black ocean.

That sense of oppression was something they had never experienced in their lives. It was impossible not to be shaken.

Even though they had returned to Laurel Academy, they still couldn’t feel safe. A faint sense of despair lingered in their hearts.

“All right, since everyone has already returned to Laurel Academy, let’s begin the final checks and prepare to activate the ultimate defensive line!” Biden ordered. “Everyone with assigned tasks, get moving and return to your posts!”

“Yes!”

All the teachers and students began to move into action.

Hill still had complaints about Biden in her heart, but for now, she had to put the bigger picture first. Once the disaster was over, other matters could be dealt with later.

Just as she was about to move, she suddenly noticed something strange.

On her chest was a strand of hair, glinting under the sunlight.

She picked it up curiously.

“Huh? This is…?”

Hill froze.

Silver… hair?

She was confused and looked around. There was no one with silver hair here.

Not only among Laurel Academy students—even people in Laurel City didn’t have long silver hair.

From this morning until just now, she hadn’t come into contact with anyone who had silver hair. So who left this? And in this spot on her chest—could it be…?

Hill’s gaze slowly shifted toward Xia Yi, her expression growing more and more complicated.

……

……

“Everything is ready.”

Led by Biden, the humans of Laurel Academy gathered together behind him, ready to witness a legendary scene.

Ahead of them was an endless number of monsters.

“That’s… a black ocean!”

“No way—how can they all be mutant beasts? And some are even more terrifying than mutant beasts!!”

“Laurel City has already been swallowed…”

The army of calamity had already entered Laurel City, destroying every building.

Their advance would trample everything flat.

Biden raised his staff high.

“In the past, Laurel Academy has collapsed several times, swept away by disaster and invaded by foreign enemies…”

“To preserve its legacy, heroes rebuilt Laurel Academy multiple times, pouring in endless effort. Finally, in the last era, they created the legendary magic array as the ultimate line of defense to guard this place. Since then, Laurel Academy has never been invaded again!”

“Now, disaster strikes once more. The ultimate defensive line will activate again to repel these enemies and protect humanity’s glory—forever eternal!”

Facing the oncoming sea of monsters, the aged Biden roared:

“Activate! Laurel Academy’s ultimate defense! The Eternal, Unbreakable Legendary Iron Wall! The Infinite Radiance Magic Array!!”