Seven-Colored Radiance Appears, The Entire Audience Stunned

At this very moment.

A broadcast voice echoed throughout the entire arena:

"Distinguished guests, fellow contestants!"

"Today marks the opening of the Sky Sea Alliance Grand Competition, and we are deeply honored to invite a team from the continent's premier academy—Shrek Academy."

"They will engage in a valuable exhibition match against the champions of our Sky Sea Alliance's previous Youth Group seven-man tournament!"

"Given the immense strength of Shrek Academy, and to better reflect the value of this exchange, this match will be conducted across different age groups!"

"Our Sky Sea Alliance Youth Group champions will challenge the Shrek Academy Youth Group seven-man team!"

"Now, let us welcome the competitors from both sides to the stage!"

"Whoa--!"

The entire stadium erupted in an uproar.

Youth Group versus Junior Group?

This age gap was simply too vast!

Although Shrek Academy had a resounding reputation.

The Sky Sea Alliance's Youth Group champions were elites selected through layers of competition, generally between eighteen and twenty years old, with soul power levels mostly at the Four-Ring or Five-Ring stage.

Facing a Shrek Junior team with an average age of no more than fifteen?

This arrangement made many spectators feel both absurd and a faint sense of dissatisfaction at being slighted, while simultaneously sparking immense curiosity about the strength of the Shrek youths.

However, the sequence of events that followed turned all the clamor into instant, deathly silence.

The signal for the match to begin had only just been given.

"BOOM!!!"

A ball of blinding, azure lightning exploded without warning in the center of the competition stage!

Dazzling electric serpents darted wildly, instantly weaving into a massive net of thunder that enveloped the entire stage!

When the light finally dissipated.

On the stage, the seven young Soul Masters representing the Sky Sea Alliance were already lying scattered on the ground, their bodies twitching slightly as they fell into unconsciousness or lost their ability to fight.

As for the Shrek Academy side, the seven youths remained in the exact formation they had started in, not having moved a single step.

Their expressions were indifferent, their gazes calm, as if that terrifying strike had been nothing more than brushing dust off their shoulders.

From start to finish, it took no more than ten seconds.

In an inter-age battle, the Sky Sea Alliance Youth Group champions had been... insta-killed by the Shrek Academy Junior team!

The stadium, which held eighty thousand people, was now so silent that a pin drop could be heard.

An indescribable sense of oppression, shock, and even humiliation spread through the hearts of countless Sky Sea Alliance spectators and contestants.

The gap, it turned out, could truly be large enough to induce despair.

Although Tang Wulin, Xie Xie, and the others were surprised.

Having personally witnessed Wang Chuan suppress a Six-Ring Soul Emperor, they did not lose their composure like the other spectators, though their moods were equally heavy.

Right in the midst of this suffocating silence, the broadcast voice rang out again, its tone even more impassioned than before, carrying a sense of deliberately crafted suspense.

"Many thanks to both sides for this spectacular exchange!"

"Next, we move to the second special exhibition match of this opening ceremony!"

"The Shrek Academy Junior seven-man team will challenge our Sky Sea Alliance's current competition participant, Wang Chuan!"

Wang Chuan?

To the vast majority of the audience, this name...

Was completely unfamiliar.

The voice on the broadcast suddenly rose, as if revealing a mystery.

"Perhaps some of you are asking, who is Wang Chuan?"

"Now, allow me to grandly introduce him to everyone!"

"Wang Chuan, only ten years old, a Four-Ring Soul Ancestor!"

"He is the top-ranked individual on the Youth Wind and Cloud Ranking, authoritatively released by the current Spirit Pagoda!"

"Codename, Phoenix!"

"BOOM--!!!"

A wave of sound, even more intense than the previous lightning explosion, instantly swept through the entire stadium!

Cries of shock, questioning, and heated discussion roared like a tsunami!

A ten-year-old Four-Ring Soul Ancestor?

The top of the Youth Wind and Cloud Ranking?

Such a legendary genius...

To think he would appear at the Sky Sea Grand Competition, and was about to represent the Sky Sea Alliance in battle?

Tang Wulin, Xie Xie, and the others whipped their heads around, staring at Wang Chuan in shock.

They had been completely unaware of this beforehand!

Meeting his companions' bewildered gazes, Wang Chuan explained calmly.

"Last night, Director Long and several leaders of the Sky Sea Alliance came to see me."

"They anticipated that the Alliance would likely lose today's first exhibition match, and lose quite badly at that, fearing it would damage morale and confidence in the Alliance."

"So, led by Sky Sea City, they offered me some resources I found satisfactory to act as their trump card."

"If the first match is lost, I am to step in and salvage their reputation."

His tone was indifferent, as if he were discussing a trivial matter that had nothing to do with him.

He already held a mediocre opinion of Shrek Academy, and since the compensation they offered was generous, plus it would make the entire Sky Sea Alliance owe him a favor...

Why wouldn't he do it?

Furthermore, this favor might well become one of his political assets in his future bid for the position of Federation Council Chairman.

In his view, this deal was well worth it.

At this moment, Wu Zhangkong, who had been silent all along, looked at Wang Chuan with a complex gaze.

He hailed from Shrek and held deep feelings for the academy; even though he had left, that sense of belonging had never faded.

He knew Wang Chuan's strength, and he understood even better that the seven outer court disciples on the stage, no matter how talented, stood absolutely no chance against Wang Chuan.

Once Wang Chuan made his move, the myth that Shrek Academy was "invincible among peers" and "capable of fighting above one's rank" would likely be shattered right in front of these eighty thousand people.

This left him with a complicated mix of emotions.

Wang Chuan seemed to sense Wu Zhangkong's gaze and slowly turned his head, his calm eyes meeting Wu Zhangkong's complex stare in the air.

In an instant, a clear and lofty phoenix cry seemed to ring in Wu Zhangkong's ears, piercing straight into his soul and causing his thoughts to go blank and stagnant for a split second!

By the time he regained his senses, a layer of cold sweat had broken out on his back. When he looked at Wang Chuan again, his eyes held nothing but deep wariness and a trace of indescribable dejection.

Just then, a sudden anomaly occurred!

Brilliant seven-colored radiance soared into the sky, transforming into a bridge of rainbows!

The light flowed, magnificent and beautiful, yet carrying a sacred and majestic aura that instantly drew the attention of the entire arena!

Under the focused gaze of eighty thousand people, Wang Chuan slowly stood up. With a calm expression and composed steps, he walked onto the seven-colored bridge formed by the radiance.

He looked like a god walking among the clouds.

Step by step, he headed toward the competition stage.

A light breeze stirred the hem of his clothes.

The sunlight gilded his edges in gold.

When he finally stepped onto the competition stage and stood facing the seven youths from Shrek from afar...

Four black Soul Rings.

Rose from beneath his feet one by one, pulsing slowly!

The pure and heavy pressure of the Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Rings.

Even through the protective barrier, it made countless spectators in the stands feel a sense of heart palpitations and suffocation!

"Ten..."

"Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Rings?!"

"Four of them... all Ten-Thousand-Year?!"

Among the seven Shrek students, the youth with the steady temperament who had ended the previous match with a single blow could no longer maintain his composure, exclaiming in shock.

This kind of Soul Ring configuration...

Not to mention being unheard of in the outer court.

He had never even seen it on those seniors in the inner court!