Zheng Yiran and others who returned with Meng Huai were already inside the academy. Seeing the situation was not good, Meng Huai casually threw aside a controlled person and made a communication call to Zheng Yiran.
"Come help over here!"
After the communication connected, Meng Huai spoke not a single wasted word, finishing his sentence before hanging up.
Originally, there were only about ten people who had come to this area, and Meng Huai dealt with them casually. However, after dealing with one, a second one would take its place. And more people were coming continuously!
Why was this?
It was because of this demonic energy! When one person fell, the demonic energy would directly search for the next target. When a person died, the demonic energy would not dissipate. As long as someone was nearby, the demonic energy could find them.
Although the demonic energy could not enter the Imperial Military Academy's formations, it could find targets among those outside the academy.
Similarly, among those controlled by demonic energy within the Imperial Military Academy, when one person fell, the demonic energy could search for a more powerful target within the academy.
Therefore, the situation was quite chaotic. You never knew if your teammate at this moment could become your enemy in the next.
The Demon King, seeing these people in a flurry, finally stood up. He was feeling quite pleased with himself and threw his head back, laughing heartily.
"Fight! Fight on!"
Enjoying the spectacle, the Demon King was both arrogant and excited.
Upon receiving the message, Zheng Yiran knew the situation was bad. He quickly said to Hui Xingxiu and the others, "Meng Huai and the others are in trouble, we need to hurry."
He had assumed that with Xie You here and Meng Huai possessing the formation capable of trapping the Demon King, Zheng Yiran and the others did not need to follow Meng Huai and had returned to the academy.
However, something happened shortly after they left. Zheng Yiran and the others hurried towards the research institute, and along the way, Zheng Yiran was reporting the situation to Teacher Wang.
After all, in the Imperial Military Academy, there were still many students and teachers in the combat department, and they could be helpful.
Just as Zheng Yiran and the others arrived, they saw an extremely chaotic scene in the distance. It seemed like one could find an opponent anywhere, but when they ran closer, suddenly half of the people fell to the ground.
"What happened?"
Hui Xingxiu, seeing everyone lying on the ground, quickly inquired.
If one didn't know better, one might think they possessed some special ability! Hui Xingxiu mused.
He had expected to arrive at a scene of endless fighting, as that's how they had been dealing with things in other places recently. But why had everyone suddenly collapsed just as they arrived?
The only one present who understood what was happening was Meng Huai. Only Meng Huai could see the demonic energy, but he didn't have time to explain the situation to Hui Xingxiu and the others.
In an instant, these people became like boneless, lying on the ground because the demonic energy had left their bodies. They no longer had any support!
And where did that dissipated demonic energy go? It gathered together.
The demonic energy within the Imperial Military Academy converged, forming a vast mass of demonic energy swirling in the sky above the academy, but Zheng Yiran and the others could see nothing.
The demonic energy outside the Imperial Military Academy also converged, directly forming another Demon King.
This Demon King directly grabbed a formation flag from the ground and, with all its might, uprooted the flag.
Rong Feiyang, witnessing this, was stunned and exclaimed, "How was the formation flag uprooted?"
Back on Blue Sea Star, they had all tried it. It wasn't easy to uproot the formation flag; at least, they, as mecha pilots, had tried their best and hadn't managed to budge the flag even a millimeter.
Yet, that Demon King seemed to have pulled it out with great ease?
With one formation flag uprooted, the Demon King trapped within unleashed an attack, and the formation that contained him crumbled.
Failure at the last hurdle.
Meng Huai had thought dealing with this Demon King clone would be easy, but he hadn't expected this outcome. Meng Huai felt a sense of regret, but looking at the situation within the academy, he told Rong Feiyang, who was still in a daze, "Fall back!"
Upon hearing this, Rong Feiyang quickly retreated. Being inside his mecha, his speed was very high. He reacted so quickly that he did as Meng Huai instructed without even thinking.
After Rong Feiyang retreated, he understood why Meng Huai had said that.
Because where Rong Feiyang had been standing moments ago, another Demon King appeared.
At this moment, there was one Demon King within the Imperial Military Academy's formation and two outside. The three Demon Kings attacked the formation together, and after a few strikes, a hole appeared in the formation.
Then, the three Demon Kings merged back into one and directly escaped.
The war erupted very suddenly, but it also ended very suddenly. After the Demon King disappeared, everyone present breathed a sigh of relief.
However, looking at the people lying on the ground, Zheng Yiran asked, "What about these people?"
Teacher Wang then arrived with his people, and upon seeing the situation, quickly inquired, "What happened?"
Meng Huai first threw Xie You a perception recovery agent, and then slowly explained the events to Teacher Wang.
As for what to do with these people, that was no longer Meng Huai's concern.
When Xie You received the recovery agent, he didn't ask what it was and directly opened the cap, drinking it all down. After the agent entered his system, Xie You naturally knew what it was.
Unlike the painful experience of drinking the perception repair agent before, he felt that his perception, which had been depleted from setting up the perception barrier, had been instantly restored.
However, the perception that had been extracted was not recovered.
After explaining the situation to Teacher Wang, Meng Huai looked at Xie You, who had already taken the agent, and asked, "How is it?"
"The depleted perception has been restored, but the extracted perception is gone."
Hearing Xie You say this, Meng Huai realized that Xie You's perception had been extracted. He couldn't pay attention to Xie You's situation at all times. Fortunately, his perception hadn't been completely drained...
Meng Huai threw another agent to Xie You, saying, "Take this one when no one is around."