Xia Yuan's voice was calm, yet carried an unquestionable authority that rang clearly across the deathly silent battlefield.
Su Yue, sprawled limply on the ground, suddenly focused her blurred vision and stared fixedly at the red-armored, black-haired figure that had appeared with his back to her.
That posture, that tone, that one-of-a-kind presence—as though he stood atop the world, looking down upon all living beings.
"Xia... Senior Xia Yuan...?"
Su Yue's voice trembled from weakness and overwhelming excitement, nearly too faint to hear, but the light in her eyes suddenly blazed, even eclipsing her exhaustion and pain.
It was real!
Not an illusion!
The UR Contract Spirit she had gazed up at countless times in videos, the one she had imagined in her dreams, who stood at the pinnacle of humanity, was now truly standing not far in front of her!
The teachers and students of Sky Dome Academy were collectively dumbstruck.
One moment, they had been in the abyss of despair. The next, that figure who existed only in news headlines and legendary battle records had descended so abruptly, yet so naturally!
The Kunlun Butcher, Xia Yuan!
He had actually been at Sky Dome Academy all along?!
The tremendous shock and sudden feeling of having survived a catastrophe left many people gaping, unable to make a sound.
The Executor of Justice stopped moving. For the first time, its golden eyes turned toward Xia Yuan with genuine gravity.
It could sense that this "Contract Spirit" who had just appeared was completely different from the imitation from before.
They were not on the same level of power at all.
"Another... obstacle."
Justice's voice still carried that hollow echo, but it seemed to have lost some of the absolute certainty it had possessed while delivering its verdict. "You are strong, but justice