183: Bloodline awakens, sacred artifact chooses master! A new king is born, bowing in reverence!

"Then Lu Yuan... what is his current strength? Does he really possess two gold cards?"

Zhan Chengfei pressed.

"Absolutely true!"

Lei Xiao answered decisively.

"The Leimeng Squad saw it with their own eyes! When Student Lu Yuan was fighting Bedrock, who was at Fourth Rank Peak, he successively summoned two gold Origin Cards: the ancient sea shark war halberd and the Raging Waves Sea Soul! And with his own strength, he severely wounded Bedrock!"

"Wait a minute! I remember he also has a gold beast taming card called Heavenly Thunder Light Falcon!"

"Holy crap! Three gold cards!!!"

Hiss!

Even a top expert like Zhan Chengfei, who had seen countless storms, couldn't help but secretly take a deep breath.

Third-tier eight-star, three gold cards!

Each card slot filled with a gold Origin Card!

Who in this world could be more arrogant than him!

And he even severely wounded a Fourth Rank Peak opponent across ranks!

Actively pursuing an enemy into the void turbulence!

This... this could no longer be described as genius!

This was simply a monster! A fiend!

"Good! What a Lu Yuan!"

Zhan Chengfei's eyes gleamed, and an uncontrollable admiration welled up within him.

"With such temperament and talent, if he can grow, his future achievements will be immeasurable!"

"My Mobei Province, it is fitting that such a prodigy should emerge from it!"

Lei Xiao: ... It's still too early to say.

The five military bigwigs behind Zhan Chengfei also nodded, a hint of envy in their eyes as they looked at Lei Xiao.

To be able to recruit such a student, the academy had truly found a treasure this time.

"What about Blazing Flame?"

Zhan Chengfei's tone shifted, and his eyes became sharp again.

"You just said he also chased in?"

"Yes!" Lei Xiao affirmed, "After Bedrock fled into the spatial rift, Blazing Flame, in a rage, also tore through space and chased after him! We... we only dared to hover at the edge and didn't dare to approach the core battlefield."

In reality, they ran as soon as they saw it, without any delay.

Zhan Chengfei nodded, his expression solemn.

If a Seventh-Tier Flame Venerable were to fight fiercely in the Nine Heavens Secret Realm, the destructive power he would cause would be immeasurable.

Moreover, there were still many low-tier New Students undergoing trials in the Secret Realm.

If not controlled, the consequences would be unimaginable.

Zhan Chengfei's gaze swept over the messy scene below, and further away, the Mobei Province city shrouded by the Nine Heavens Grand Array's light curtain, and he made a decisive decision.

"Issue my orders!"

"First, completely seal all entry and exit points of the Nine Heavens Secret Realm. No one is allowed to enter or exit without authorization!"

"Second, evacuate all New Students undergoing trials in the Secret Realm as quickly as possible and safely return them to the academy!"

"Third, dispatch elite search teams into the Secret Realm to fully search for the Seventh-Tier Flame Venerable's whereabouts! Once found, report immediately, do not act rashly!"

"At the same time, I will personally lead a team to search in the void turbulence!"

"Fourth..."

Zhan Chengfei paused,

"Find Lu Yuan by any means necessary!"

"No matter what! Those three gold cards and that crown must not fall into the hands of outsiders!"

"Yes!"

Lei Xiao and the five military bigwigs responded in unison. Once the Old Dean became serious, the entire Mobei Province would be shaken!

Just as the Mobei Military Region and the academy's high-ranking officials were formulating countermeasures due to the appearance of the High Priest.

Deep in the void turbulence.

Still at that same location.

The High Priest's figure floated there, his face so gloomy it almost dripped water.

At his feet lay a pile of broken cards and... some charred remains, the relics of Bedrock.

He had turned over everything Bedrock had dropped, even scanning the ashes with his divine sense inch by inch.

Nothing!

Still nothing!

The flame heart crown he had painstakingly searched for was not here at all!

Bedrock, this damn ant, actually didn't have the crown on him!

"Roar—!!!"

"Where is the crown?!!!"

"Our clan's sacred artifact!!!"

"Where is my crown?!!!"

Suddenly!

A voice sounded in his ear—

"Here!"

"It's with me."

"No need to look."

The High Priest turned his head, only to see a figure tearing through the last layer of the void wall not far above his line of sight, quietly appearing.

It was a slightly slender young man.

His clothes were torn and covered in dust; it was Lu Yuan!

He had actually returned!

The High Priest was startled at first.

He seemed to have completely unexpected that this Third-Tier Card Master, who was as weak as an ant in his eyes, would dare to appear before him on his own initiative in his rage.

Provocation??

"Little bug!"

"You still dare to appear?!"

"The flame heart crown!"

He stared fixedly at Lu Yuan, as if he wanted to devour him alive.

"Hand it over!"

"Otherwise, this High Priest will make you—beg! for! life! but! cannot! beg! for! death! but! cannot!"

Lu Yuan smiled, and he slowly raised his right hand.

In his hand, at some unknown point, there was now a crown emitting a reddish glow.

It was the flame heart crown!

The High Priest's breathing suddenly caught when he saw the crown!

Immediately after, Lu Yuan made a move that made his eyes split with rage, almost causing his soul to scatter.

The other party's expression was calm, even with a hint of matter-of-factness.

Slowly, he placed the flame heart crown on his head.

He even adjusted its position!

Making the ruby in the middle... face him directly!

"You!!!"

Blazing Flame felt an indescribable fury erupt,

"You dare to—desecrate the sacred artifact!!!"

He roared, and terrifying Seventh-Tier Source Power had already condensed in his palm, transforming into a giant fiery hand capable of crushing the opponent, about to swat down at Lu Yuan!

However.

Just a split second before his attack was about to be unleashed.

Blazing Flame's entire body suddenly trembled!

A tremor originating from the deepest part of his bloodline, from the very core of his soul, surged through his entire body!

That feeling... was like a wanderer who had been away from home for billions of years, suddenly hearing the most intimate call from his homeland.

Or like a devout believer, at the end of despair, finally bathed in the gaze of a deity.

It was an irresistible, incomprehensible, yet incredibly clear—sense of submission!

At the same time.

The flame heart crown on Lu Yuan's head, the moment it touched his scalp, bloomed with a soft yet incredibly majestic crimson light.

"Om—!"

An invisible, yet seemingly capable of enveloping the entire universe and star sea Royal Authority domain, with Lu Yuan as the center, suddenly spread out!

Yan had made his move!

This power was precisely that trace of origin power that Yan had said accumulated over long years!

It had now transformed into the purest symbol of Royal Authority!

The Sai'an bloodline within the High Priest, the moment it came into contact with this Royal Authority domain, actually began to boil uncontrollably!

It was no longer the chaotic and violent burning from before.

But a kind of... worship originating from the instinct of life!

A kind of reverence for a supreme existence!

His Seventh-Tier Flame Source Power, which he was so proud of and capable of burning mountains and boiling seas, also became docile under the illumination of this crimson light, like a soldier meeting his monarch, retracting all his sharpness and aggression.

The giant fiery hand also quietly dissipated in his palm.

Killing intent, like a tide, receded.

Only endless bewilderment remained... The High Priest's expression underwent several drastic changes within a few short breaths.

"Why..."

He murmured, lost in thought:

"Why... would the crown acknowledge an outsider?!"

"Such a... weak outsider?!"

"Impossible! This is absolutely impossible!"

He shook his head violently, as if wanting to shake off the absurd thought in his mind.

"I am the last guardian of the Sai'an Civilization!"

"I am Yan's descendant! I am the only one under this starry sky worthy of inheriting the crown's will!"

"I am..."

His voice grew softer and softer, and his confidence became increasingly insufficient.

Because he could clearly perceive the extremely pure and majestic Sai'an Royal Authority aura emanating from the flame heart crown on Lu Yuan's head!

That aura was more ancient and more noble than any memory passed down in his bloodline!

That was the true authority belonging to the King of Sai'an!

Beyond doubt, beyond desecration!

Every drop of Sai'an blood in his body was conveying the same message to him—submission!

This suppression originating from the soul's origin, however, made him feel immense humiliation.

He could disregard Lu Yuan's strength, he could view Lu Yuan as an ant.

But he could not ignore the choice of the flame heart crown!

That was the last hope, the last symbol of the Sai'an Civilization!

The will of the crown was the will of Sai'an!

Just as the High Priest was struggling fiercely internally, almost on the verge of a Faith collapse.

A slightly childish voice directly sounded in the depths of his soul.

This voice was transmitted to him directly through the flame heart crown's mental link.

"Old man!"

"Don't be stubborn!"

"This lord has already acknowledged him, what else do you have to be conflicted about?"

It was Little Red!

The High Priest suddenly trembled!

He was too familiar with this voice!

So cheeky and annoying, who else could it be but Little Red?

"Little Red... you..."

The High Priest's voice was filled with confusion.

He could feel that Little Red's soul was perfectly integrated with the flame heart crown at this moment, and was emitting a life aura countless times more vigorous than before.

This indicated that Little Red not only was unharmed but had also gained a tremendous fortune from this misfortune!

"Hmph hmph!"

Little Red's smug voice sounded again, with a hint of a little adult's tone.

"To tell you the truth, old man!"

"This Lu Yuan guy is much more powerful than you imagine!"

"Moreover, he is more suitable to lead us than you!"

"The choice of the crown is the choice of the bloodline! It is also our Sai'an's last hope!"

"Submit! High Priest!"

Little Red's words, like the final straw, completely crushed the High Priest's remaining stubborn resistance.

He could perceive that from the flame heart crown, there was not only the incomparably pure Sai'an Royal Authority decree but also Little Red's nascent soul fluctuations.

That was the continuation of his bloodline, the object he had always wanted to protect.

Now, even Little Red acknowledged Lu Yuan.

What reason did he have to question the will of the crown?

Perhaps... perhaps this young man from another world, with a special soul, could truly create miracles?

The struggle and confusion on the High Priest's face gradually faded, replaced by unwillingness, relief, perplexity, and a hint of... expectation.

He took a deep look at Lu Yuan, the light in his fiery pupils changing several times.

Finally, all emotions transformed into a long sigh.

He slowly reined in the raging flames around him, and the Seventh-Tier pressure capable of incinerating stars also receded.

Then.

Under Lu Yuan's calm gaze.

This Seventh-Tier Flame Venerable, who had roamed the Lost Water Realm for countless years, striking fear into countless living beings, the High Priest of the Flame Realm Remnants!

Slowly, he knelt on one knee in the void.

He lowered his head, which had once been so arrogant and unyielding.

"Flame Realm Remnants..."

"The sixty-third High Priest—Blazing Flame!"

"Greets—"

"My King!"

"I respectfully request My King to lead our clan to restore the glory of our civilization!"

"I am willing to submit!"

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