"Demigod?"
Once Ian's words sank in, even Lanaia, who was still raging, instinctively drew in a breath.
The visual impact had been too great just now. Now that she'd calmed down, she could really sense a different aura coming from the person in front of her.
Was he really a demigod?
Ian had become a demigod before Li Weixuan!
The appearance of a new demigod should, in theory, have been good news for the Academy, but—
Lanaia glanced again at the distorted scene beside them, her voice icy.
"What exactly is going on? As the head of the Department of Punishment, I demand that you explain yourself."
"Of course I'll explain. After all, this is a great achievement."
Ian paid no attention to Lanaia's stern tone. He gazed at the scene before him with a look of rapture.
"It represents a brand-new direction in the path to demigodhood that we've been painstakingly exploring for years."
"A brilliant, ingenious path."
"It barely even consumes extraordinary materials in the traditional sense, because I've developed a different kind of resource."
"Oh? And what resource would that be?"
Fu Qian asked with interest from beside them.
"Professor Fu Qian, I have to say, you've surprised me quite a bit, too."
At Fu Qian's words, Ian turned to size him up, clicking his tongue.
"To ascend to demigodhood first, Li Weixuan and I had been competing in secret. Who would've thought the Academy of Revelation had such a low-profile demigod all along?"
"My choice was clearly the right one."
"I don't know what your real purpose is, but if Jia Yi's situation hadn't kept you occupied, you might really have interfered with my plans."
This guy's perception was pretty sharp!
Fu Qian thought to himself.
Even Yuan Shan couldn't be entirely sure of his status