The call ended.
The Crown Prince went to make arrangements to save his own skin.
Just then.
Clusters of fireworks shot skyward from the direction of the Square, bursting into dazzling light.
Cheers rose in waves.
The Enrollment Ceremony was in full swing!
Xu Yuan watched for a while and drifted into memories.
Back when he had won an esports championship on Earth, he had set off fireworks with a few teammates that night.
They had gone to a secluded spot on the coast outside the city.
He could still see it all clearly.
Of course, he had taken on a new Identity and adapted to life in this world.
Whether as a Cultivator or an Immortal Species, he had taken to it like a fish to water.
The only problem was that the world was not at peace.
If the world were peaceful, humans and the Demon Race lived in harmony, and the Immortal Species played with their own mud in the Outer Heavens, how wonderful would that be?
Then...
He could sleep in every day, scrounge a meal from A Fei whenever he got hungry, and take Xiao Bing traveling whenever he felt like it.
Cultivation was fun too. Once he reached Foundation Establishment Peak, he would be able to fly.
He would wear a pair of briefs over his pants and soar beneath the blue sky above the turquoise sea.
What a shame.
That relaxed, dreamlike life existed only in dreams.
He could not even get through today's Enrollment Ceremony in peace.
As Xu Yuan was thinking, he heard a man's voice call from the distant Square:
"Challenge Xu Yuan... right to debate..."
"Xu Yuan?"
"Xu Yuan, get up here!"
Someone had challenged him?
Good. That was the spirit!
They were all young. If they never fought