161: Chapter 161 Perfect Stealth
"Damn it! I gave you face, but you didn't want it!"
Xiang Kunlun watched the arrogant back of that "Iron Can," shaking with rage!
He abruptly hoisted the massive battle-axe from behind him onto his shoulder.
"Brothers! We're going in too!"
"I want to see if the 'Iron Can' from their Deva Academy is harder, or if my axe is harder!"
A roar of fury!
Xiang Kunlun led his team, who were equally brimming with violent auras, and they charged into the valley like tigers descending from a mountain!
"We're going too."
On the side of Guanghan Palace Academy, there wasn't a ripple of emotion on Moonlight Yao's face.
She simply spoke a few indifferent words.
Then, she led her junior sisters—who looked like lunar fairies—into the valley as silently as falling snowflakes.
A three-way chaotic battle centered around the "source of creation" had officially begun!
...
"They're fighting! They're fighting!"
On a hidden hillside several kilometers outside the valley.
Shi Lei was holding high-magnification military binoculars, conducting a "live broadcast" with an excited expression.
"Holy shit! That hunk from Ba Huang Academy is fucking fierce! With one swing of his axe, he split a Fifth Rank Mid-Stage 'Armored Tyrannosaurus' right in half!"
"Those chicks from Guanghan Palace aren't to be messed with either! Their combined sword formation is too eerie! A dozen or so swords flying all over the place like celestial petals; that 'Three-Eyed Demon Ape' was sliced into pieces before it could even touch them!"
"The most ruthless one is still that Iron Can from Deva Academy! Damn, what material is that armor made of? It took a 'Pyroblast Breath' from that 'Lava Giant Lizard' head-on, and there isn't even a mark! He even fired a backhand shot and blew the lizard's head off!"
Shi Lei clicked his tongue in admiration as he watched, his voice full of envy.
"This is what you call a real fight between gods!"
"Compared to them, the battles we fought before were just kids playing house."
Beside him, Lei Qian and the others didn't have binoculars.
However, they could clearly feel the waves of world-destroying energy constantly emanating from that valley.
Every one of them was trembling, their backs chilled with fear.
They finally understood why the Captain wanted them to "wait" here.
Just based on the terrifying strength displayed by those three teams in the valley.
If they had rushed in recklessly, they probably wouldn't have even made a splash before being effortlessly dealt with as an "appetizer."
"Captain... how... how did you know they would start fighting?"
Lei Qian looked at Wang Pingan, who had been leaning against a tree from the very beginning with his eyes closed, as if he were asleep.
His voice was filled with awe and confusion.
"Because of the human heart."
Wang Pingan didn't open his eyes, simply uttering four words.
"The human heart?"
"Exactly."
"In the face of absolute profit, so-called 'alliances' are nothing but a joke."
"Every single one of them wants to be the ultimate winner."
"So they will inevitably guard against and plot against each other."
"And those powerful native demonic beasts in the valley are the best 'catalysts'."
"They will continuously drain their strength and wear down their patience."
"Until... one of them can no longer help but be the first to raise their butcher's knife against another."
Wang Pingan's voice was very calm.
"Then... are we just going to keep waiting here?" Shi Lei asked.
"No."
Wang Pingan slowly opened his eyes.
An inscrutable glint flashed within those pitch-black pupils.
"Now it's our turn to take the stage."
After saying that.
He slowly stood up from the ground.
Then, under everyone's bewildered and uncomprehending gazes.
He lightly snapped his fingers at the air.
Snap.
Senluo Illusion Realm!
Activate!
Hum—
An invisible yet incredibly eerie wave of spirit, centered on him, silently spread in all directions!
The next second.
All the Xuanyuan University team members were horrified to find.
Their Captain, who had been looking at them calmly just a moment ago.
His figure actually began to become... transparent and illusory.
Finally, within a few short seconds.
He completely vanished right before their eyes, out of thin air!
Not even a trace of his aura remained!
"Cap... Captain?!"
Shi Lei's eyes almost popped out of his head!
He reached out toward the spot where Wang Pingan had just been standing.
But he only felt cold air.
"Where is he?! Where did the Captain go?!"
Lei Qian, Lin Zhan, Qin Wushuang...
Everyone was stunned.
Each of them pushed their spirit to the limit!
Frantically scanning that area back and forth!
But they couldn't feel anything!
It was as if their Captain, Wang Pingan.
Had never existed in this world at all!
"This... what kind of divine technique is this?!"
Only one absurd and unbelievable thought remained in everyone's minds.
"Stop looking."
Just then.
Wang Pingan's lazy voice rang out directly in each of their minds.
"I'm going to handle some 'private business' now."
"Your task is very simple."
"Just stay here and be good 'spectators' for me."
"Remember, until I give the order, if anyone dares to make a move."
Wang Pingan's voice paused.
Then, in a cold tone filled with a sense of "wicked humor," he said.
"I'll throw him into that pile of three-headed, six-armed monsters so he can experience what a 'fight between gods' feels like too."
"..."
All the team members instinctively shuddered upon hearing these words.
Every one of them was as quiet as a cicada in winter, not even daring to take a loud breath.
And at this moment.
The real Wang Pingan had already activated the movement technique of the Starfall Flowing Light Body.
His entire being transformed into an absolute "ghost" that was invisible to the naked eye and lacked even a trace of energy fluctuation!
He didn't take the "safe" path carved out by those three teams.
Instead, he chose the most dangerous and shortest straight-line path!
His figure flickered and dodged like a specter amidst the violent energy turbulence filled with destructive auras!
His Eye of Truth took in everything in this area!
His Starfall Flowing Light Body gave him an incredible movement ability akin to "space jumping"!
He was like a leisurely king walking through his own back garden.
Silently avoiding all "traps" and "guards."
Heading toward that "treasury" filled with endless temptation.
Perfect stealth!