"What are you..."
"Ah!!!"
The reporters panicked, and the scene grew somewhat chaotic.
Sun Wen's face also turned somewhat pale at that moment.
"Shh..."
"Be quiet..."
"Don't interrupt me on... this final stretch..."
Sun Wen smiled again and spoke softly.
As his words fell, everyone present went utterly silent, as though someone had pressed a mute button.
Ink Academy.
"Fuck!!!"
"That bastard Sun Wen!!!"
Zhao Zicheng, who had been idly scrolling through his phone before setting out for Demon-Suppressing Pass, suddenly grew red-eyed. He cursed through gritted teeth, rose, and left.
"What's wrong?"
Mu Yu, A Tai, and Xiao Xiao cast puzzled looks his way, then saw the livestream on the others' phones.
In an instant, the smiles vanished from their faces, replaced by utter gloom.
A Tai's eyes, in particular, were frighteningly red.
Veins bulged across his body, and he exuded a terrifying aura like an ancient Fierce Beast.
Without a word, without even exchanging anything between them, they silently shot into the sky and sped toward Ink City.
"Really..."
"Who exactly was it... who made my student..."
"suffer like this?"
"Don't they know that Sun Wen... is my biggest financial backer..."
Xu Yuanqing murmured to himself. As his words fell, a Sea of Fire formed in midair, and the Fire Phoenix's furious cry rang out.
By the time anyone looked again, Xu Yuanqing had vanished.
"Mm..."
"I'm at the ninth awakening now. Or rather, the ninth awakening peak."
"To be more precise, pseudo-tenth awakening..."
"That would be a more accurate description."
"So the spiritual energy inside me will automatically repair my heart, keeping me from dying immediately."
"But with my heart damaged, all I can do is make myself die a little more slowly."
"Saving me is... no longer possible."
"I did a rough calculation..."
"Five