The Missing Figure

The sky was high and the clouds pale, its might swallowing ten thousand miles like a tiger.

Hunting teams raised their banners one after another and marched forward in formation, circling the hunting ground once before finally halting before the rostrum.

The furnishings and seating on the rostrum were the same as at the opening ceremony. Only the originally monochrome crimson drapes had been replaced for the closing ceremony by curtains in the four academies' colors. Jiuyou Academy's round-heaven, square-earth emblem, Alpha Academy's silver α emblem, Atlas's iron triangle, and Starry Sky Academy's six-pointed star were arranged neatly around the First University's upright Triangular Prism, suspended above the curtains and gleaming brilliantly in the sunlight.

Powerful waves of magic slowly circled and flowed amid the drapes.

The dean of First University Jiuyou Academy, the retired former deans, honorary professors, First University's serving senior professors and chief lecturers, senior workers from the School Labor Committee, and some representatives from the Research Institute sat in order on the left side of the central axis, just as they had at the opening ceremony.

The outside guests who had attended the opening ceremony, including representatives from many famous Wizard Families such as the Cullens, the O'Briens, the Jiang family, and the Zhang family; representatives of other wizard organizations such as the Gypsy Witch Coven, Teutonic Knights, Trinity Brotherhood, Dragon Tiger Mountain, and White Cloud Temple; representatives of several renowned hunting teams; and diplomatic personnel from extraterrestrial civilizations, sat on the right side of the central axis in the order of their arrival.

From the stands all around came wave after wave of louder cheers. Even though the little Trumpet Flowers behind everyone's seats strained their vines purple, they still could not suppress the students' enthusiasm, and their voices grew weaker and weaker.

Especially once