RUMBLE!!!
The deafening explosion seemed ready to overturn all of Jade Capital Mountain!
The "little sun" formed from Omega's wreckage swelled wildly. Like a ravenous beast, its destructive shock wave instantly devoured everything within a kilometer!
A grotesque little mushroom cloud, mingled with energy embers and dust, slowly rose into the sky and slammed into Kunlun University's protective barrier, sending violent ripples spreading across it.
Yet another terrifying phenomenon appeared over Kunlun University's first-year campus!
The disturbance was so massive that it shook the entire university!
Upperclassmen, teachers, and even campus workers on distant floating mountains all turned toward the first-year campus in mild surprise.
They were used to the occasional commotion that Contract Spirit War battles caused at Kunlun University!
But disturbances on this scale were still rare.
At the very least, it was unusual for two to occur in such quick succession...
"A-again?! What is it this time?"
"Holy crap! A mushroom cloud!"
"This year's first-year Melee Day is getting a little out of hand!"
"An explosion with that energy level... considering the first years' three SSR Contract Spirits, it feels like Omega's self-destruct!"
"What? Who could push Firmament Zero Form that far?!"
"Looks like the first-year power structure is about to get turned upside down!"
"Good thing Kunlun University's barrier is famously tough. It absorbs energy, or it would've collapsed ages ago..."
"..."
Exclamations and incredulous discussions erupted across Kunlun University.
Meanwhile, right at the heart of that destructive storm...
Beyond the region that should have been completely consumed, atop a relatively intact tower several kilometers from the blast's epicenter...
Xia Yuan quietly appeared. He had already switched back to his Satoru Gojo form, with silver hair and sunglasses. One hand rested casually in his pocket, while the other held a shaken, deathly pale Mo Shiyu by