Right before August emerged from the barrier, he took out the vial containing the blood virus and used his wind mana to scatter the blood inside it across the arena. Once it had merged with the blood stains and traces of blood scattered on the ground, August nodded satisfactorily as he emerged from the arena.
On the other hand, to the apprentices who were unable to see the battle from outside, the signs of unconscious trepidation and wariness that were evident in their body language had not abated. The apprentices with keener spiritual perceptions were able to pick up on the terrifying power of demonic and elemental energies that were constantly clashing violently against each other. With that kind of power, none of them had the slight confidence of enduring a minute inside the fierce battle ongoing in the arena.
