Failures like this were quite common. Though the young man was somewhat disappointed, his mindset remained fairly good.
His gaze fell on the enormous pillar, and he turned to leave.
But just then.
As if space had trembled, a tiny point of light inexplicably appeared within the young man's field of vision.
It was a wondrous gleam. He could not make out what it was, only vaguely sense that it had some slight connection to him.
"Did the summoning succeed?"
The young man knew from his textbooks what a successful summoning looked like. Though this differed somewhat from what the books described, it was broadly similar.
At once.
Joy appeared on the young man's face as he tried to find out what exactly he had summoned.
The light flared.
It enveloped the young man.
Passersby who saw the scene were all slightly stunned.
Had... the summoning succeeded?
They had seen the young man's actions just now and vaguely remembered that he was quite young.
They had not expected someone so young to succeed in summoning. His talent must have been extraordinarily formidable.
"Did you see who was inside?"
"No idea. There are so many people in the academy; it's impossible to know them all."
"I think I know one of them—Chen Xiao."
"Chen Xiao? Never heard of him."
The passersby stopped and began discussing the person within the light.
"Guess what he'll summon."
"I think it might be a person."
"I'm leaning toward some kind of item."
"Actually, no matter which kind it is, there are strong and weak ones. Didn't someone summon an ordinary person from another world just a few days ago? What the hell use was that?"
"Yeah, I even saw someone summon a rag doll. It cracked me up."
Everyone had different feelings about summoning, so