The Peak Tournament drew to a close!
The contestants and their Contract Spirits returned to the center of Golden City's arena, greeted by thunderous cheers from the audience!
The Alliance's official commentator roared into the loudspeakers, his voice brimming with excitement:
"Thank you to all the Contract Spirit Masters' spirits for giving us such thrilling, spectacular matches!"
"The top three in this year's National College Spiritmaster Championship have been decided!"
"Now, I announce... the Contract Spirit Master standing at the pinnacle as our champion is... Mo Shiyu of North Sichuan Spirit Contract Master Academy, Cloud River Province!"
"And our champion Contract Spirit, Xia Yuan!"
The cheers and shouts in Golden City nearly pierced the heavens!
"Woooo! Our king took the championship with ease!"
"A well-deserved victory! He's incredible! I'm officially a brainless fan now!"
"Mo Shiyu really hit the jackpot. She's just a freshman! How did she get to form a contract with our king?!"
"My Abyss God was the MVP! Mo Shiyu was just dead weight who got carried!"
"Exactly! She's clearly holding our king back. If he had a high-level Contract Spirit Master with vast spiritual power, wouldn't he be even stronger?"
"I'm so jealous! I'd give anything to take her place!"
"..."
Mo Shiyu stood frozen. Listening to the cheers filling the arena, she still felt as though she were dreaming.
As a freshman Contract Spirit Master, she had become the national championship's winning master in just a few months...
But just as some of the spectators said, she had been carried to victory...
All of this was Xia Yuan's doing.
Every bit of this glory came from him.
She had done absolutely nothing...
From the stands, malicious gazes filled with envy, jealousy, and resentment fell upon her, prickling against her back!
Mo Shiyu lowered her head