Chapter 625 - 254: Stunning the Audience, The Legion Returns
Chapter 625: Chapter 254: Stunning the Audience, The Legion Returns
From this moment on, this vast Dragon Race graveyard would be filled with his eyes and ears.
Any one of his minions would become a beacon, a point he could manifest at at any time.
...
「Meanwhile, at Longyin Academy, in the central conference room.」
On the massive light screen, Lin Ye’s figure sat quietly cross-legged by the altar, as if resting with his eyes closed.
But the gazes of all the examiners were locked onto the area around him, which was constantly rippling with spatial fluctuations.
One wave... then another...
Endless members of the Celestial Abyss Race were summoned from the void as if by magic, then silently melted into the darkness and disappeared.
The entire process was silent, efficient, and filled with a terrifying beauty that made one’s heart palpitate.
"There’s... more?"
"Holy shit... there’s still more!"
"Another wave! Dammit, just how many is that?"
Sun Lie’s eyes were about to pop out of his head; he was completely dumbfounded.
Although Yi Jiugao remained composed on the surface, the tempest raging in his heart was no less intense than Sun Lie’s.
After that battle, which could only be described as a massacre, the main monitor’s view had remained locked on Lin Ye, as no other conflicts worthy of attention had broken out.
They had thought that those several hundred members of the Celestial Abyss Race were Lin Ye’s limit.
But who could have imagined that was just the tip of the iceberg!
"Just how many of these creatures... does he control?" Even Hou Guanghe was starting to lose his composure.
"This type of spiritual power or ability allows one to control the Celestial Abyss Race for their own use. Regardless of the principle behind it, it places an extremely heavy burden on the Martial Artist’s Spirit. But look at him—his expression is normal, his aura is stable, and he shows no signs of strain whatsoever."
Everyone present was a powerful expert at the Celestial Human Realm. They were all widely knowledgeable, but the scene before them completely exceeded their understanding.
Just then, Yan Che, who had been silent all this time, suddenly spoke up.
His seemingly lazy eyes now gleamed with an incredibly serious light.
"I’ve been estimating their numbers since the first wave appeared."
He paused, then stated a number that plunged the entire conference room into a dead silence.
"Assuming he hasn’t been re-summoning the same ones, the total number of Celestial Abyss Race units he’s summoned so far... is at least fifty thousand."
Fifty thousand!
Those two words struck everyone’s hearts like a heavy hammer.
Yan Che’s gaze grew unprecedentedly grim as he continued his analysis.
"If... and I’m just saying if..."
"...he can exert precise, real-time mental control over every single one of the creatures he commands..."
"...then all those rules we so carefully designed for this selection—the ones meant to test character and stimulate competition—for him..."
"...will be completely meaningless."
Yan Che’s voice wasn’t loud, but it sent a chill down everyone’s spine.
’He’s right. It’s all meaningless.’
’Why bother painstakingly searching for fragments?’
’With fifty thousand pairs of eyes spread out, what secrets could the entire rift possibly hold from him?’
’Why worry about being backstabbed?’
’He’s an army of one. Who would dare to backstab him?’
’Who *could* backstab him?’
The so-called eight-person squads, the resource competitions—they were all a joke in the face of such absolute, unreasonable power.
...
The time on his watch quietly ticked past 00:00.
A new day had arrived.
Lin Ye opened his eyes, stood up, and walked to the altar again, placing a corrupted fragment on it.
BUZZ—
This time, the ancient altar finally reacted.
A soft white light rose from the base of the altar, enveloping the bronze fragment.
Bathed in the light, the chaotic, jumbled energy patterns within the fragment melted away like ice and snow. In their place, a pure, condensed, and clear stream of light appeared.
A moment later, the light faded.
A perfectly intact fragment lay quietly on the altar.
Lin Ye picked it up. Adding it to the two he already had, he now possessed three fragments capable of providing correct guidance.
Just as he was about to put the fragment away, his gaze suddenly sharpened.
A clear piece of information from far away was transmitted directly into his mind through the vision of one of his minions.
In the next instant, Lin Ye’s figure abruptly vanished from his spot.
In his place stood a bewildered-looking Curse Bone Race skeleton that he had just swapped over from those coordinates.
[Castling]!
...
The intense sensation of spatial distortion flashed past.
When Lin Ye opened his eyes again, he was in a completely unfamiliar primeval forest.
According to the intelligence from the Curse Bone Race scout, traces of other human activity had been detected nearby.
Without the slightest hesitation, black scales surfaced on Lin Ye’s skin. He activated [Shadow Scale] and his entire body once again merged with the surrounding shadows, allowing him to creep forward silently.
However, the moment he came within a hundred meters of the target, a voice rang out in the forest without warning.
"Who’s there?"
It was a woman’s voice, as cold as snow yet tinged with an ethereal quality.
Lin Ye stopped in his tracks, a ripple of surprise stirring in his heart.
He saw a figure in a purple dress slowly turn around amidst the dense woods.
Her skin was fairer than snow, her face exquisitely beautiful. Her eyes, like limpid autumn pools, landed unerringly, with pinpoint accuracy, on the patch of shadow where he was hidden.
’It’s her?’
A thought crossed Lin Ye’s mind.
’This Shadow Scale skill... I guess it really is time for an upgrade.’
’How can just anyone spot me these days?’
Almost at the same instant, back in the Longyin Academy conference room, all the examiners jolted to attention when they saw this sudden development on the light screen.
"It’s Xia Lianxue!"
"Those two... how did they run into each other so soon?!"
After all, both Xia Lianxue and Lin Ye were the top contenders they had their eyes on for this assessment.
They had expected the two of them to meet eventually.
But they never expected it to be this soon!