101: Chapter 99 Power! Return!

As the Star Luo Emperor loudly announced, this grand event that captured the attention of the entire continent officially kicked off.

"Boom! Boom! Boom..."

Accompanied by the roar of salutes, the entire square instantly boiled over. The heaven-shaking cheers sounded like a mountain-toppling tsunami, making one's blood surge.

As the sound of salutes subsided slightly, the tournament host's loud and clear voice echoed across the venue.

"According to the rules of the All-Continent Advanced Spirit Master Academy Soul Tournament, the first round is a knockout match."

"In this tournament, a total of one hundred and thirty-three advanced Spirit Master and Soul Engineer academies have registered."

"Through drawing lots, one academy has received a bye in the first round this time, and a total of sixty-six matches need to be played. The first round is a knockout format, and the losers will directly end their journey in this tournament."

"Next, the first match will start immediately!"

"The two competing teams are the Tianling Advanced Spirit Master Academy representative team from the Dou Ling Empire, and—"

"And the continent's number one academy, which holds countless honors and has swept almost all tournament championships in the past thousand years—the Shrek Academy representative team!"

"Shrek! Shrek! Shrek..."

Accompanied by the fiery waves of cheers, the host's voice sounded once more: "Next, we invite the members of both teams to enter the arena!"

When the seven members of Tianling Academy stepped onto the competition stage with somewhat floating steps, standing opposite them were unexpectedly the seven individuals: Ling Luochen, Gongyang Mo, Xi Xi, Jiang Nannan, Xu Sanshi, Bei Bei, and Wang Donger.

Seeing that the students from both sides were in position, the referee on stage announced in a deep voice: "First round, knockout match, team battle."

"During the match, both sides can use most spirit tools, but in the process of combat, if one side concedes defeat, the other side must not continue attacking. Did you all understand?"

"Understood."

The next moment, as both sides responded in unison and slowly pulled apart, the referee's raised right hand suddenly swung down, shouting: "Match start!"

At the same time, the one hundred and eight Star Luo Empire Spirit Masters waiting in full battle array off the stage all instantly pressed the metal pillars in front of them.

One hundred and eight metal pillars shone with brilliant light simultaneously. Streams of white light pillars soared into the sky, tracing graceful arcs to converge in the air, finally meeting at a point twenty meters above the competition stage.

The moment those one hundred and eight rays of light completely gathered, a layer of soft white light curtain poured down, tightly shrouding the entire competition stage.

At the very instant the barrier condensed, the students from both sides released their respective Spirits at almost the exact same time.

This time on Shrek's side, there were three Spirit Kings, three Spirit Ancestors, and one Spirit Elder, whereas the opposing side had only five Spirit Ancestors and two Spirit Elders.

Under the crushing weight of absolute strength, the match naturally held no suspense.

The instant the match began, Jiang Nannan's second spirit ring suddenly exploded with dazzling light!

"Second Spirit Ability—Air Break!"

With speed amplification stacked with spatial Teleportation, her entire figure flashed into the opposing formation in the blink of an eye.

Immediately following that, her third Spirit Ability, Spatial Body, and fourth Spirit Ability, Spatial Freeze, were activated simultaneously. In an instant, the two Spirit Ancestors on the opposing side were bound by spatial power and eliminated on the spot.

The next second, Gongyang Mo's amplification landed, and Ling Luochen and Bei Bei erupted with full force.

Frost and lightning reflected off each other, completely routing the remaining members of Tianling Academy with lightning speed!

The match ended just like that—fast, truly too fast, so fast that the hundreds of thousands of spectators in the stands failed to react in time.

Until the referee recovered and loudly announced the result, the full house of spectators finally awoke from a dream.

Layers upon layers of cheers exploded at this moment like a mountain-collapsing tsunami, shaking the heavens and earth!

And because Jiang Nannan's crisp, decisive, and stunningly gorgeous figure at the very beginning of the match left such a huge shock upon the audience,

so much that even after she had left the stage, countless burning gazes still closely followed her.

Because of this, when she returned to the contestant area and threw herself into Lin Yan's arms, a chorus of heartbroken sounds instantly rang out across the entire competition venue.

"Brother~"

She gently rested her head against Lin Yan's chest. Experiencing such a magnificent scene for the first time, and feeling the taste of being the center of attention for the first time, the young girl's pretty face was stained with a trace of excited flushing, clearly not as calm as she appeared on the surface.

With warm fragrance and soft jade in his arms, Lin Yan smiled, raised his hand, and gently stroked her soft, golden long hair.

A moment later, Jiang Nannan's mood calmed down slightly, and she somewhat reluctantly released her arms wrapped around his waist.

Facing the varied gazes around them, her jade-like face quietly dyed itself with another layer of charming blush.

After Shrek's match concluded, Lin Yan had no desire to watch anymore, so he left the competition venue together with Jiang Nannan.

Leaving the Star Luo Square, Lin Yan did not return directly to the hotel; instead, he accompanied her to stroll casually through the alleys of this ancient imperial capital.

And shopping was perhaps truly a talent carved into the bones of girls.

When the setting sun leaned westward and the two returned to the hotel, Jiang Nannan still looked high-spirited, without a trace of fatigue on her face.

And when Lin Yan went upstairs back to his room, before he even had time to sit down, his footsteps suddenly paused.

The resonance that had disappeared on the Prajna Heart Lamp—it was back!

Walking slowly to the window, he looked with deep eyes down the long street in front of the hotel.

The setting sun was like blood, and its orange-red radiance spilled over the martial-law-enforced, silent long street below.

Time ticked away bit by bit, and a youth's figure slowly emerged from the end of the street.

From far to near, the outline gradually became clear.

At the exact same instant Lin Yan saw that figure, the previously faint resonance on the Prajna Heart Lamp suddenly became clear and intense.

At the same time, on the precious mirror inside Luo Ye's storage spirit tool, the attached one-third portion of Power also suddenly began to vibrate and resonate.

Between the two of them, those connections that had once been completely severed were rapidly renewing and reconnecting in a manner superior to all things in the world!

As Luo Ye's figure grew closer and closer in his field of vision, Lin Yan finally saw his face clearly.

Meanwhile, Luo Ye on the distant street seemed to feel a gaze from the nether realms at this moment, slowly raising his head. His gaze crossed the entire silent long street, locking eyes with Lin Yan by the window.

At this moment, their gazes intersected, and Karma generated naturally, resembling a key that determined a specific direction.

The resonance between the Prajna Heart Lamp and the Power attached within the precious mirror climbed to an unprecedented extreme in the span of a split second.

All severed connections and all lost imprints from the past all dramatically returned within this fleeting instant!

"Return!"

"Return!!"

"Return!!!"

Perceiving the summons of Lin Yan's will, that one-third portion of Power instantly broke away from the precious mirror, crossed space, transcended time, and descended upon the Prajna Heart Lamp with an unstoppable momentum!

As for this, Luo Ye, who was still walking toward the Star Emperor Hotel below, did not notice it in the slightest.

He was completely unaware that the precious mirror he regarded as his life had completely lost all its divine wonder at that very instant, reduced to a mediocre piece of useless scrap metal.