The bell... the bell rang!
It really rang!
Even the weakest spectators present were considerably stronger than the challengers inside the Primordial Chaos Domain.
And they all had Primordial Chaos Eyes. Even if those eyes did not excel at sight, the more than a thousand Tai Yu officials could still see that a figure had appeared beside the Chen Bell!
It was a white-haired youth wearing the tiger armor of the lowest-ranked tiger soldiers!
Young, bright, full of spirit, yet composed and steady, calm and unhurried...
After ringing the bell, he did not lose himself in excitement. Instead, he looked as though he had expected it all along. Time seemed to slow around him as he turned toward the black floating platform and bowed deeply.
No one knew exactly whom he was bowing to, but the highest-ranking spectators were all on that black floating platform...
The Chen Bell's second toll seemed to freeze even the ten thousand or so challengers inside the Primordial Chaos Domain.
They were still caught in the Godvault Star Puppets' onslaught and the shock of those strange creatures' sudden appearance. They were still trying to break through... so how had the bell already rung?
By the usual rules, the Chen Bell's first toll signaled the start of the challenge. But the second meant someone had made it through, didn't it?
"Who was it?!"
"Impossible..."
"His Highness may stand above everyone else, but even he couldn't be that fast!"
"Could the Chen Bell be malfunctioning?"
Being inside the challenge, they had the worst view of the Chen Bell, even worse than the view from the black floating platform.
Interestingly, the images shown by projection barriers throughout Tai Yu were wider and clearer than what the spectators at the scene could see... they could even make out the