217: Chapter 217 Award Ceremony (Part 3)

Crushed in speed, crushed in power, crushed in technique... If not for his rich combat experience, he really wouldn't have lasted a few rounds against this kid. He even felt as if the battle techniques he had learned before were fake...

However, being a Genius after all, Mu Changqiu quickly adjusted his mindset.

He spoke harsh words to the expressionless youth in front of him, saying he hadn't been serious just now, but now he would focus ten thousand percent of his attention.

The result...

In the end, to save his Face, he had to instantly erupt with sixth-order spiritual power to break free from the youth's eerie space.

Finally, under the youth's somewhat playful gaze, he had to pretend to smile and say through gritted teeth, "Truly, heroes emerge from the youth; to think you could actually fight me to a draw," such embarrassing words.

Afterward, feeling too ashamed, he could only return in disappointment.

He thought that was the end of it, but later, by Opportunity, he encountered Qian Mo again when he wasn't wearing any disguise.

This appearance immediately attracted a large wave of fanboys and fangirls. At that time, he could see the blond guy next to Qian Mo pointing at him excitedly and saying something.

He was long used to such scenes, even somewhat bored by them.

But what suddenly made his spine chill was that the youth actually gave a mysterious sneer and then glanced at him with a look of contempt.

Thus, Mu Changqiu realized one thing—this guy definitely knew he was that mysterious senior!

And after that "fleeting glance," an invisible grudge was formed between the two...

Now, seeing the youth in front of him ranked one place higher than himself, Mu Changqiu silently bit his lip.

He slapped himself hard several times in his mind; if he had known this guy was so fierce, he shouldn't have slacked off...

Meanwhile, Feng Xiu, who had already gone up on stage, sighed amidst his shock, thinking to himself that the road to seizing the position of boss was still long and difficult...

But soon, some voices of doubt began to emerge from the crowd.

Because now the big screen had started to replay the footage of his battle with the Mutant Species in the underground bar, which meant his record might only be this one. While this result was stunning, it couldn't compare at all to Mu Changqiu's feat of repelling a Star Cult Priest, even with the weighting coefficient factored in.

Just as the voices of doubt were about to spiral out of control, Yun Long, who had been silent for a long time, spoke up.

"There is no problem with Qian Mo's ranking."

With just that one light sentence, everyone's mouths were immediately shut.

If the ranking was correct, it meant Qian Mo's contributions were more than just this. Then why were there no other images in the projection? It must be because they were too classified to be shown!

Everyone was intelligent and almost instantly made that connection.

"Next, announcing the second place... White... White-Robed Mysterious Person?"

Yun Long looked at the name on the projection again with some uncertainty; it was indeed the name "White-Robed Mysterious Person" in large characters.

He turned his head again to look at his good disciple beside him. The girl blinked her eyes, looking at him with an innocent Face.

This...

Yun Long hadn't expected this at all.

According to his original plan, Mu Changqiu and White-Robed Mysterious Person should have been in the first and second positions respectively.

But now, not only had a variable like Qian Mo appeared, but his precious disciple hadn't even taken first place?!

The sixth-order demon core he had prepared was completely tailor-made for White-Robed Mysterious Person, and it had already been placed in a box and handed over to the Notary.

Although as the Human Leader and an eighth-order Esper, he could still produce another such sixth-order demon core, seeing the situation he had worked so hard for—which he thought was a guaranteed win—turn out like this still made him feel a bit displeased.

The projection showed the girl wearing a white robe moving through various battlefields, with brilliant sword light flying across the sky, slaying various Star Beasts and Star Cult members.

The onlookers marveled repeatedly, everyone deeply attracted by the girl's gorgeous and invincible combat style. Combined with her stunning beauty, the hearts of many hot-blooded youths had long since begun to throb much faster.

The popularity of a certain topic on the Campus Forum soared rapidly—if Young Miss Xing Yan and Young Miss White-Robed Mysterious Person were to fight at the same rank, who would win?

However, the representatives of the various Families below the stage weren't as excited as the others; on the contrary, their expressions were somewhat solemn.

They were all old foxes and quickly noticed that the expression of the Human Leader on stage was very wrong.

Once the process ended, White-Robed Mysterious Person stood somewhat cautiously in the position belonging to second place.

"Finally... let me see who the first place is..."

Whether it was their imagination or not, the onlookers felt Yun Long's voice drop a pitch, and the atmosphere of the entire award ceremony became inexplicably more oppressive.

Everyone held their breath, staring at the projection screen in the sky with curious and excited eyes.

Everyone was very curious about which big shot had taken this first-place ranking.

Finally, the projection screen changed...

"Golden Light Hero?!"

Looking at these three words on the screen that seemed like a joke, everyone was stunned.

"Pfft... mmm..."

Abrupt laughter rose and fell below the stage, but it was silenced as if people were covering their mouths.

After all, it was a major occasion; even if they couldn't help it, they had to hold it in for dear life...

[Is there a problem with the equipment? Where is the person in charge? Go deal with it immediately!]

On stage, Yun Long spoke to the people in the Security Bureau headquarters using the invisible earpiece clipped to his ear. His voice carried suppressed anger.

At the first sight of these three words, he was truly laughed into a rage...

He swore that if he found out which person in charge had drunk too much, he would definitely send them to spend a few years behind bars for the crime of a major accident to reflect!

Soon, an urgent female voice came through the earpiece.

[Director, this is not an accident, this is not an accident... I just checked the backend data. This so-called "Golden Light Hero" is very mysterious and has almost never shown their Face in public.]

[Many times, we received calls where the person on the other end said they saw a flash of golden light in a certain place and could vaguely see a human figure. After we sent people to check, we found some Star Beast corpses where the golden light had flashed.]

[And then there are the Enforcer teams we sent out. The information they reported said they were originally hunting hidden Star Beasts, but with a flash of golden light, they found that the Star Beast they were hunting was also left as a mere corpse.]

Yun Long: [The Star Souls are gone?]

Female voice: [All gone...]

Yun Long fell silent.

Seeing that he didn't speak again, the other side continued to report:

[Because the appearance of this mysterious person has obvious commonalities, the System automatically attributed these combat merits of killing Star Beasts to this mysterious person and, based on the characteristic of the golden light flash, automatically named them "Golden Light Hero"... Pfft...]

Well, obviously, anyone would be unable to keep a straight Face at this Heaven-Defying name.

However, the White-haired girl quietly watching from a distance in the square kept a straight Face.

Her body trembled slightly, her fists clenched until they creaked, and cross-shaped veins popped out on her forehead.

Fine, fine, fine... Damned humans... This Young Miss kindly helped you solve so many problems, and you actually gave me such a Heaven-Defying name, didn't you...