The Blood Refining Fruit wasn't unguarded. Far from it.
The clearing was filled with dark cultivators—at least fifty of them, possibly more. They weren't the weak Level 1 or Level 2 Genetic Soldiers that Levi had been picking off throughout the settlement. These were elites, the core strength of the dark cultivator base.
Levi's eyes swept across them, analyzing their power levels with the perception granted by his cultivation. Most were Level 4 to Level 6 Genetic Soldiers, with at least a dozen Fiend-Warriors scattered among them ranging from Level 1 to Level 5.
And battling desperately against this massive crowd were the academy's top ten Elite Class students!
