68: Chapter 68 A single word can shake the heavens; one person is a legend!

The voice was very flat.

Yet it made everyone present feel as if ice shards had pierced into the marrow of their bones.

Dead silence.

The entire preparation area of Heavenly Dome Academy was as silent as death.

Everyone's gaze subconsciously converged on the last four team members in the preparation area.

Those four were all geniuses of the Heaven Realm seven-star rank or higher; normally, wherever they went, they were the absolute center of the crowd.

But now, under Lin Yuan's calm gaze, their bodies were shaking uncontrollably.

They could see it clearly.

The hideous wound on Lin Yuan's chest, blasted head-on by the Dragon Emperor Annihilation Wave, with its mangled flesh, was writhing and healing at a speed that defied common sense.

This monster simply cannot be killed!

Huang Sha, the Dean of Heavenly Dome Academy, had all the color drained from his old face, his lips trembling, no longer possessing even a fraction of an Emperor Realm Expert's majesty.

Regret.

Boundless regret, like the most vicious curse, gnawed at his internal organs.

A century of Heavenly Dome Academy's glory, a century of its status as overlord, was today trampled into the dust and crushed to pieces by a youth he had personally pushed away.

He had personally turned a peerless monstrosity, who should have belonged to Tianqiong and was capable of changing the future landscape of the entire Yan Country, into an enemy with whom he could not coexist!

No!

There's still a chance!

A sliver of morbid greed suppressed his fear and grew wildly in his heart.

I must get him back!

At any cost!

Huang Sha abruptly clenched his fist, and an extremely subtle fluctuation of divine sense ignored the spatial barriers to precisely enter Lin Yuan's sea of consciousness.

"Lin Yuan! As long as you are willing to return to Tianqiong, everything from before will be forgiven!"

"The position of Vice Dean! I will personally apply to the council for you! And all the cultivation resources that only the Emperor Realm can enjoy, I will tilt them all toward you!"

"You don't need to worry about the Long Clan Imperial Family; I'll risk my old face to personally mediate with them for you!"

He firmly believed that no young person in this world could refuse the temptation of such a meteoric rise.

Upon the ruins, Lin Yuan slowly raised his head.

Those pitch-black eyes pierced through the noisy crowd and the spatial distance, landing precisely and unerringly on Huang Sha.

He said nothing.

He simply raised his right hand in front of the billions of eyes focused on him and made a nonchalant cutting motion toward Huang Sha's direction.

Buzz!

Huang Sha felt his extended divine sense forcibly severed by an overbearingly domineering and unquestionable will!

Immediately after, Lin Yuan's cold declaration, devoid of any emotion, resounded throughout the venue.

"The 'sky' of Heavenly Dome Academy is too low."

His words were very light, yet they were like heavy hammers smashing into everyone's hearts.

"I'm afraid that if I stand up straight, I'll break through it."

A curve finally appeared on Lin Yuan's face; it was the ultimate mockery.

"Get lost!"

One word.

Exploded loudly!

Pfft.

Huang Sha's chest felt tight, a metallic taste rose in his throat, and he couldn't help but stagger backward, his face as pale as golden paper.

It's over.

A public slap in the face!

This was the most naked public humiliation, leaving no room for maneuver!

The entire martial arts arena fell into an eerie silence for a second.

In the next instant, the dam of sound was completely breached, and a flood of words submerged the entire arena!

"What did I just hear?! He told the Dean of Heavenly Dome Academy to... get lost?!"

"Madman! This Lin Yuan is definitely a madman! He's tearing off Heavenly Dome Academy's face and trampling it on the ground!"

"So arrogant! But so damn cool! This is what a youth should be! This is what invincibility is!"

On the commentary stand, Di Yunxiao opened his mouth, but in the end, he couldn't say a single word.

For the first time, his proud Purple Microstar Pupils, which he believed could see through everything, found that they completely could not see through a person.

The sky of Tianqiong is too low?

What an arrogant declaration, and what firm self-confidence!

In the VIP seats, Yan Tianjin slapped his thigh hard, letting out a dull, loud bang as he laughed uncontrollably, his voice shaking the surroundings.

"Good! What a 'sky is too low'!"

"Well said! Dammit, I love soldiers like this!"

Azure Nether Sword Emperor held his teacup, quietly gazing at that solitary and proud figure; the tea in the cup was as smooth as a mirror, but deep in his eyes, a hint of an uncontainable smile was spreading.

Lin Yuan ignored any noise from the outside world.

Having done all this, he turned his gaze back to the last four members of Heavenly Dome Academy.

"It's your turn."

One of them, the moment their eyes met Lin Yuan's, had their psychological defenses collapse; their legs went weak, and they actually slumped directly onto the ground.

His lips trembled, and he used all his strength just to squeeze out a few broken syllables from his throat.

"I... I admit defeat!"

With the first one, there was a second.

"I also admit defeat!"

"Heavenly Dome Academy... forfeits!"

The four favored children of heaven, under Lin Yuan's demon-god-like pressure, chose to give up resistance.

They would rather bear the infamy of being cowards than take another step forward to face the monster who could even suppress Long Jiuxiao.

The martial arts arena fell into dead silence once again.

Everyone looked at the youth standing alone on the wreckage of the stage.

Sweeping the defending champions with the strength of one person.

This is not a story.

This is a living myth happening right now!

On the referee's stand, the head referee stood up tremblingly, his hand holding the megaphone shaking violently, unable to aim it at his mouth several times.

He took a deep breath and used all his life's strength to roar out the result destined to be recorded in the history books to the audience of all Yan Country and even the whole world.

"This year's All-Martial Grand Competition!"

"The final champion—"

"Yuanwu Academy!"

The moment the words "Yuanwu Academy" fell.

Boom!

The entire venue completely boiled over!

"Yuanwu is awesome!!!"

"God Lin is awesome!!!"

Not knowing who started it, the mountain-like and sea-like shouts converged into an unstoppable torrent, soaring straight into the clouds!

At this moment, everyone forgot the decline of Yuanwu Academy and forgot that it had only one student.

They only knew that from today on, this name would stand atop the peak of Yan Country's martial arts universities once again in the most domineering and incredible way!

The news of victory spread throughout the entire Yan Country at the speed of light.

Luling City.

When the news of Lin Yuan winning the championship arrived, the entire city instantly turned into an ocean of carnival!

Countless people poured into the streets, and brilliant fireworks soared into the sky during the day, blooming with a radiance more dazzling than the sun.

"Lin Yuan! He's from our Luling City!"

"We won! Our Ganling Domain won!"

This was no longer just Lin Yuan's victory, but the supreme glory of the entire Ganling Domain after years of suppression!

Inside the martial arts arena.

With Yuanwu Academy reaching the top, the subsequent top-ten ranking matches instantly became dull and tasteless.

No academy dared to challenge that solitary and lofty throne.

Lin Yuan simply sat cross-legged in the center of the stage, closing his eyes to rest while allowing the majestic vitality of the Immortal Blood Begonia to repair his injured body.

He alone was an insurmountable mountain.

The battles between the other nine major academies, compared to his brilliant performance, seemed like children playing and could no longer pique the slightest interest from the audience.

Everyone's gaze and all the live broadcast lenses were locked onto the youth resting with his eyes closed.

He was the only protagonist today.

Finally.

The Grand Competition came to a close.

The moment Di Yunxiao announced the end of the competition, countless fanatical fans and scouts from major forces rushed toward Lin Yuan like crazy.

But they were destined to be disappointed.

Boom!

A scorching Beacon Fire Domain suddenly expanded, acting like an invisible city wall to isolate everyone outside.

Yan Tianjin's tower-like figure appeared beside Lin Yuan.

At the same time, Azure Nether Sword Emperor silently arrived on his other side.

The two top experts of the current age, one on the left and one on the right, like the most loyal door gods, guarded their treasure.

"Kid, you did well."

Yan Tianjin's fan-like large hand slapped heavily on Lin Yuan's shoulder, his grin almost reaching his ears.

Lin Yuan opened his eyes, said nothing, and simply nodded calmly.

He ignored the crazy shouts and burning gazes around him, and under the escort of the two big shots, he turned and walked toward the outside of the venue.

When he came, he was alone and unknown.

When he left, behind him was the noise and shock of the entire Imperial Capital.

That slender and solitary back was pulled very, very long in the afterglow of the setting sun.

That back was a sharp sword.

A peerless sword stabbed into the heart of the old era, announcing the beginning of a new epoch.