Immi Mouth Academy, Blind Eye Tower.
Only by closing one's naturally occurring eyes could one open the eyes granted by the gods. This was the most basic rule of the Eye Ritual. That was also why Su Xiao had never chosen to open his god-given eyes. His mastery of the Eye Ritual had always been mediocre, but for him, this level was enough.
The Eye Tower was pitch-black. Only the faint breathing of many people could be heard. In the darkness, Yaerugu the Dean sat among a group of students. Nearly all the upper echelons of Yaerugu Academy had once been his students.
The sound of flesh splitting rang out. A deep-blue eye opened in the center of Yaerugu the Dean's chest. The eye was the size of a fist, and its pupil swirled like a rain of scales.
The faint deep-sea glow of the blue eye illuminated the spacious grounds. Yaerugu the Dean rose and began chanting an incantation that seemed to come from antiquity. The other ancient-god scholars present began chanting as well. In an instant, the atmosphere grew eerie, damp, cold, and gloomy. Even the air seemed to turn into thick, viscous liquid.
As the chanting continued, the resonance of power in the grounds gradually reached its peak. Yaerugu the Dean used both hands to gouge out the eyeball in his chest. With his hands covered in slick blood, he held up the Eye of the Gods and continued chanting solemnly.
With a bang, the floating Eye of the Gods exploded, and the chanting in the grounds abruptly stopped.
After a moment of absolute silence, most of the Eye Scholars present lowered their heads. Some had exhausted their soul power and collapsed on the ground, drooling with their faces pressed against the floor.
"Teacher, did we... succeed?"