Chapter 246

Dean Ailin, standing to the side, was filled with disbelief. The tidal shield she had set up could neither block the opponent's power nor break due to interference; it was completely ignored. This was the truly terrifying aspect.

The scene fell silent as if a mute button had been pressed.

The contestants, who had previously been thinking about challenging the emperor, fell silent.

Little Ye's displayed strength had already shown them that there were always people stronger than them. Although the surprise attack was a factor, anyone with eyes could see the difference in their abilities.

If it weren't for this crucial 'pause,' this group could have created chaos and then safely retreated.

"Your Majesty, we..."

The guard leader reluctantly stepped forward, preparing to propose imprisoning these people.

The next moment, a terrifying aura suddenly descended.

The Deep Sea beneath the peninsula where Mystic Radiance Academy is located.

Xie Ming's figure rose Extreme Speed, without causing the slightest ripple in the water.

"It failed..."

He had been planning his revenge for four years, preparing countless schemes. This was the most likely outcome yet, even with the Emperor of the Empire attacked... the Prophet still hadn't appeared.

Xie Ming originally planned to lure out the Prophet during this chaos, then sacrifice himself to summon the evil god and perish together with the Prophet.

If the enemy does not appear, your companions can also retreat.

However, he had considered the three deans and all the information he knew about the Federation's powerful figures, but he had not anticipated that the Emperor's strength would be this great.

"Perhaps I should have..."

Soon, he arrived at the ice layer of Mystic Radiance Island, and the jade Wilderness Weapon in his hand began to glow.

He was enveloped in light, and everything solid in his path turned into liquid, allowing him to continue his journey to the competition venue at an undiminished speed.

"At least this time, we can save them."

The sky above Mystic Radiance changed color.

The clear blue sky was instantly obscured by churning dark clouds, and thunder roared within the clouds.

The Federation's technology is already capable of perfectly controlling the weather in a region, but the weather at this moment is not a natural phenomenon.

An invisible sense of oppression enveloped the entire venue, as if some ancient and terrifying entity was awakening.

The technological equipment recording everything around began to malfunction, but not in the same way as in the Out-of-Control Zone. Instead, the resolution of the ultra-high-definition recording equipment decreased, resulting in blurry pixelation and increasingly noisy audio.

"What exactly is going on?!"

The Federation viewers watching the live stream outside the Mystic Radiance Academy were extremely anxious.

Following the attack, the opening ceremony garnered even more attention, almost reaching the point where the entire nation was online.

Because the technology was so stable, the Ten Star Group's surprise attack was broadcast live without any mishaps, and many people cheered for them.

However, at this moment, the situation seemed to be out of control.

A terrifying atmosphere, incomprehensible to the live stream viewers, enveloped the entire venue. In the plaza and in the audience seats, some people were unable to move, some began to tremble, and some covered their eyes and ears.

Everyone's rationality was slipping away. As Awakened, they even forgot at this moment that they still had the path to enter the Ancient Wilderness Realm.

Only a few strong individuals on the scene were able to barely react.

"Down below!"

Fu Yuan gritted his teeth and spoke slowly, trying to suppress the trembling in his voice—not because he was terrified, but because his body was out of control.

His mental strength was exceptional and powerful, allowing him to be the first to sense where the real threat came from.

Dean Ailin changed drastically, as if she knew something. "It's him... stop him!"

The two struggled to move, but the next moment, they were surprised to see that the person next to them had already taken the first step.

Chapter 246

When Wen Jing's figure disappeared from the podium, Fu Yuan and Ailin were both startled.

An invisible sense of oppression continued to spread, like a giant, unseen hand gripping the heart of everyone present.

Even though Dean Ailin knew that the key to stopping 'His' descent was to prevent it from happening, she could not overcome her fear in an instant and decisively approached the ever-growing terror below.

Everyone's body instinctively wants to escape; to not retreat already demonstrates remarkable willpower.

Something enormous is about to emerge.

Reason told the people at the scene that they absolutely mustn't look and should run away immediately.

But their bodies were completely out of their control...

At that very moment, Wen Jing seemed to break through the ocean tide, rushing directly into the terror that had already materialized.

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty..."

Dean Ailin managed to utter a sound, while the other members of the delegation, the captain of the guard, and others who witnessed this scene stared wide-eyed, completely unable to move, let alone stop it.

Wen Jing entered the largest crack in the ground, his figure Extreme Speed sinking.

Something unusual has happened in the underground area of the venue.

The materials of the building ruins have changed; they are cold, dark, and carry an indescribable smell of decay.

Continuing downwards for tens of meters, even the original rock layers of the Mystic Radiance Peninsula disappeared. This space had been transformed by a strange force into a boundless Deep Sea.

These Deep Sea waters are different from ordinary seawater; every drop is heavy and viscous.

If you delve a little deeper, you'll discover that it's not seawater, but enormous tentacles of unpredictable size and number.

They rise from the deeper darkness, their surfaces covered in slippery, writhing scales.

Anyone who sees them will have the feeling that if any one of their tentacles were to wave, the entire peninsula where the Mystic Radiance Academy is located would crumble like a biscuit.

Of course, Wen Jing, who possesses Gestalt Consciousness, knows that this is just a 'feeling'.

"So, Cthulhu really is in other Ancient Wilderness ruins..."

She had already devoured the remains of a similar civilization once, so she was not intimidated this time.

The ' Boss Cthulhu ' currently showering us with sweetness doesn't actually possess the power described in Cthulhu mythos, but rather gives off a terrifying feeling of ' Cthulhu's arrival,' essentially a powerful, distorted field.

The effect of this domain reaches its peak when Cthulhu's tentacles first emerge from the underground fissures.

Moreover, as a higher-ranking Ancient, Cthulhu not only distorted the spirit in this realm, like the Dagon Altar, but also genuinely distorted some of the matter.

For example, the material transformation that occurs in cracks.

For example, the maritimeization of the Mystic Radiance Peninsula.

For example, Xie Ming, who is about to turn into a tentacle of Cthulhu.

The entire sacrificial summoning was actually a powerful move that released Xie Ming's entire spirit, energy, and life force all at once.

His transformed body is also the only truly existing tentacle under the Cthulhu projection that has descended before him.

"Luckily, it was discovered in time."

Upon witnessing this scene, Wen Jing couldn't help but sigh with emotion.

Otherwise, her resurrection list will have another person added.

The next moment, Xie Ming's transformed tentacles began to shrink, and his originally deformed body began to peel away from within, returning to its original human form as if rewinding a tape.

The whole process took less than ten seconds.

Without its energy core, the entire underground space trembled. The massive, Indescribable structures below, as if without support, rapidly withered and melted, as if the summoned entity was being forcibly forced back to its place of origin.

When the terror subsided and everyone came to their senses...

The Emperor was seen carrying Xie Ming, who had returned to his normal human form, as they floated out of the rift.

"Tutor!"

The members of the Ten Star Group, who were trapped inside the ball of light, were the first to react.

As those whom Xie Ming sacrificed himself to save, they were also affected by the distorted field of the evil god's descent, but they were specially protected and able to maintain their rationality to escape when everything reached its peak.

The calls of his companions jolted Xie Ming awake, and he stared blankly at the world that had regained its rationality.

"This is..."

Then he suddenly realized what had happened, looked down at his intact hands and his regrown legs, and his face was filled with disbelief.

He then looked up and saw the emperor standing right in front of him.

It's her again!

She prevented the Ten Star Group from evacuating and also stopped him from making a sacrifice.

Xie Ming collapsed amidst the mess, panting heavily. At this moment, besides the pain and despair of his painstakingly planned failure, he was also filled with confusion and bewilderment.

Why did the other person save him?

Without a doubt, even if faced with his deadly attack, the opponent's strength could stop everything, and turning him back to his original state from that state would be much more difficult than killing him directly.

They seemed to be aware of Xie Ming's doubts.

The next moment, he saw the emperor of the empire looking at him as well.

Then, under the gaze of everyone present in the venue— the Federation forces, the Imperial delegation, the captured members of the Ten Star Group, and the viewers who had gained a clear live stream view after the 'mystery' was dispelled—her face began to change.

The blue eyes disappeared, and the pupils returned to a deep black.

The red hair faded, turning into long black hair.

With subtle adjustments to her features, the face that belonged to ' Weiluo Seran' vanished like ripples on water, revealing the face that had been sealed away for four years.

Wen Jing gave Xie Ming a familiar smile, "Mentor, it's been a long time."

At that moment, the entire venue fell silent.

Then, the voices of millions of people exploded forth.

Exclamations, whispers, and screams swept through the entire venue like a tsunami.

"She... she's not the Emperor?!"

"It's Wen Jing! She's back!"

"But wasn't she already executed by the Prophet?"

Those at the top levels of the Federation who were qualified to enter the Federation Congress and knew the inside story— Dean Ailin, Fu Yuan, and the heads of the financial magnates—all stared at the person in front of them in disbelief.