Chapter 538: Chapter 498: Principal Park Arrives

"Don’t worry, we’ll just stay here. We won’t get any closer," Li Qian said to the officials who flew over to intercept him, standing atop his Flame Dragon Carving.

In truth, even if they hadn’t told him to, Li Qian wouldn’t have recklessly approached. To do so would have been irresponsible, not only for his own life but also toward Elder Ying and Dean Pan Bing.

Li Qian knew full well that with his status at Shazhou Beast Taming University, if he got trapped, the school would undoubtedly do everything in its power to rescue him. That would only cause them more trouble.

Li Qian wisely stopped in mid-air without getting any closer. A moment later, more teachers from Shazhou Beast Taming University arrived.

No students were to be seen, however. They had likely been forbidden from coming and were all stopped.

In fact, Li Qian guessed that if he hadn’t left so quickly, he would have been stopped as well. After all, this incident was clearly out of the ordinary.

The danger was certainly high.

Many teachers, department heads, and deans from Shazhou Beast Taming University had rushed over. Most of them shot a glance at Li Qian.

Clearly, even if you didn’t consider the whole university, Li Qian was already "famous" within the teachers’ circle alone.

The crowd was stopped, and they all summoned their Pet Beasts—at least one each—to stand guard, ready to provide support at a moment’s notice.

Two of the teachers, whose strength was clearly a cut above the rest, were likely Saint Spirit Level Beast Masters. They were permitted to enter Heishi Town.

Indeed. Just a moment ago, by listening to the other teachers talk, Li Qian had learned the name of the town below.

Li Qian remained patient, gazing at Heishi Town, which, on the surface, showed no signs of anything unusual.

He continued to observe and think intently.

Many of the Shazhou Beast Taming University teachers nearby were doing the same, their expressions uniformly grave.

Li Qian grew curious and glanced at a teacher next to him.

He vaguely recognized this teacher.

He must have met him once before when he went to find Teacher Liang to learn the Array Dance.

A teacher from the Archaeology College.

Li Qian looked at the man and asked, "Teacher Su, what exactly is going on down there?"

"Ah, Li Qian. We don’t know either."

"We just received orders from the vice principal to get here as fast as possible and maintain a perimeter around Heishi Town."

Teacher Su, whom he’d met once before, explained, "If the situation becomes critical, we are to join the array team and provide support. Nothing more was said."

Li Qian wasn’t the least bit surprised that Teacher Su recognized him and knew his name.

By now, he was something of a celebrity at Shazhou Beast Taming University.

Since he couldn’t get any answers, Li Qian didn’t press the issue. Instead, he remained vigilant, his eyes fixed on Heishi Town below.

After about three minutes, a blinding light suddenly flared up around the perimeter of Heishi Town.

The light instantly coalesced, forming a dome-shaped shield.

The shield was like an enormous inverted bowl, covering Heishi Town and completely sealing it off.

Watching this, Li Qian’s brow furrowed deeply.

’They need an Array to seal off the entire town. This situation is definitely not simple.’

"By the way, Teacher Su, do you know why they built a town like this here?"

"I came here once last year, during the previous semester, and I didn’t see this town."

Seeing as he wasn’t getting any information about Dean Pan Bing and the Mountain Guardian Beast, Li Qian decided to change his line of questioning.

"You don’t know?"

Teacher Su gave Li Qian a strange look. "A Dimensional Rift has appeared here in the Black Stone Forest. It leads to a deep Dimension Plane."

"Shazhou Beast Taming University took the lead in establishing Heishi Town to suppress this Dimensional Rift and explore the Dimension Plane within."

"Oh, I see."

An expression of sudden understanding crossed Li Qian’s face.

He nodded in response.

Just as they were speaking, something bizarre happened. The entirety of Heishi Town below began to tremble violently.

Yes, a bizarre tremor, like an earth dragon turning in its sleep, shook the town without any warning.

Watching this, Li Qian’s eyes narrowed.

Amidst this strange tremor, the inverted bowl-like shield—the Guardian Array—flashed with a brilliant light once more.

The light flickered for a moment, and then the entire town fell silent again.

Clearly, some kind of incident had just occurred, only to be suppressed by the Guardian Array.

Just as Li Qian was wondering what had just happened, three more teachers were permitted to enter Heishi Town.

The three teachers entered Heishi Town with their Pet Beasts, then scattered in different directions.

They immediately took action, taking control of the Energy Light Shield from all directions.

Clearly, just as Teacher Su had said, this group of teachers had been summoned by the vice principal for the express purpose of maintaining the Array.

This alone was enough to hint at the terrifying crisis hidden within the Dimensional Rift.

As everyone waited anxiously, their hearts heavy with unease, a figure in the sky not far away shot toward them at incredible speed with a WHOOSH.

The figure cut through the air with a sound like a screaming fighter jet. In the blink of an eye, it was in front of Li Qian.

A look of astonishment crossed Li Qian’s face as he looked at the figure.

The person hadn’t arrived on a Pet Beast—they were flying through the air on their own power.

Li Qian recognized the man. It was none other than the principal of Shazhou Beast Taming University—Park Ji Yong.

Principal Park must have been delayed by something to have arrived so late.

Otherwise, with something this major happening, he would certainly have been the first to arrive.

With a Legendary Level Beast Master like him present, any problem inside Heishi Town could surely be handled.

Principal Park transformed into a streak of light, shooting into Heishi Town at extreme speed and vanishing from sight.

The arrival of Principal Park Ji Yong put all the teachers at the scene greatly at ease, and a buzz of conversation started among them.

"It’s all right, everything’s fine now!"

"Principal Park is here! We’re definitely safe now!"

"That’s right! Principal Park is a Legendary Level Beast Master. No matter what the problem is, he should be able to solve it with ease!"

"..."

Li Qian heard the teachers’ chatter, but his brow remained furrowed. His intuition told him that resolving this matter wouldn’t be as simple as they thought.

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