333: Chapter 333 The Sole Escapee, Faceless Man Reappears

"Old Li, watch out!" President Xia Yun shouted.

The Principal of the Northern Territory was incredibly fast, rushing to the black light gate in the blink of an eye and slamming into it head-on.

However, the scene of passing through space that was expected did not happen.

"Thud!!!" A dull, thunderous sound echoed across the square.

On the surface of that pitch-black light gate, ripples of indestructible black energy surprisingly spread out.

The Principal of the Northern Territory, a dignified Tier 5 Grandmaster, was like someone who had crashed into an impassable wall of divine iron; he was forcibly bounced back by the recoil force!

He tumbled dozens of times in mid-air before barely managing to land, shattering the floor tiles beneath his feet.

"This gate... it has been locked from the inside!"

The Principal of the Northern Territory clutched his chest, looking at the black gate with disbelief on his face: "This power has not only tampered with the laws, but it has also turned the entrance into a one-way dead end! Not even a fly from the outside can fly in!"

Cannot close! Cannot contact! Cannot enter! Once these three fatal conclusions were reached, the entire square instantly fell into complete panic!

"My god... what on earth is going on?"

"Are all those prodigies trapped inside?"

"Hasn't Forbidden Zone No. 009 already been cleared out? Why would something like a law tampering happen? Could it be that a sleeping ancient Demon King has awakened?"

The one hundred thousand spectators in the stands were in total chaos, and the panic spread like a plague.

Those contestants who had just been eliminated and had their lives saved were now standing in the safe zone, looking at that black gate that seemed ready to devour everything, feeling a chill down their spines.

If they hadn't been eliminated just now, the ones currently trapped in that unknown cage of death would be them!

The high-level area of the Organizing Committee was even more shrouded in gloom.

Principal Pang Ban gripped his clothes tightly, his fingernails digging deep into his palms.

He gasped for air, his Heart pounding uncontrollably.

In the previous round, when facing the world-destroying sea of fire, the authorities at least had the authority to issue an evacuation order, and the contestants could still escape using the death-immunity jade tablet.

But now, the entire secret realm was completely out of control, turning into a black box isolated from the world!

What on earth happened inside? Who is tampering with the laws? The fear of the unknown is often more tormenting than facing death directly.

"Report to the Martial Arts General Administration immediately! Mobilize the highest-level formation grandmasters of the Great Xia to force open the formation!" President Xia Yun made a prompt decision, sweating profusely as he issued the order, "Bring over the heavy armor-piercing spiritual energy cannons from the Imperial Capital Military Region. If that doesn't work, use physical means to blast this gate open!"

The entire competition center had completely entered the highest level of combat readiness.

Time ticked away minute by minute. Every second felt like torture in a frying pan for the high-level officials and the audience present.

Those children inside were the future hope of the Great Xia Martial Arts World. If they all perished inside, everyone present would become sinners for all eternity.

One minute. Three minutes. Five minutes passed. That pitch-black teleportation gate still stood silently there, without making a sound, as if what it connected to behind the door was already a dead, silent tomb with no signs of life.

Just as President Xia Yun was so anxious that he was ready to personally attack the gate, and everyone's Hearts had sunk to the bottom, "Hum—" A trace of extremely faint ripples suddenly appeared on the surface of that black light gate, which had been like stagnant water.

"There's movement!" Principal Pang Ban, who had been staring fixedly at the light gate, was the first to notice the anomaly and immediately let out an exclamation.

Swish! The eyes of everyone in the arena instantly converged, and the breathing of one hundred thousand people stopped at this moment.

The black ripples grew larger and larger, and then, the center of the light gate suddenly bulged outward, just like a stomach that had eaten too much and was retching.

"Thump!" A figure was ruthlessly "spat out" by that black gate!

"Someone has come out!!!" the commentator roared at the top of his lungs, his voice filled with ecstasy and shock.

"Quick! Medical staff, follow!" President Xia Yun, Principal Pang Ban, and a group of high-level bigwigs from the Martial Arts General Administration couldn't care less about their status or image; they ran faster than rabbits, swarming forward and directly surrounding the person who had been spat out.

This was the first living person to come out after the secret realm went out of control! What he held in his hands was absolutely the most authentic first-hand intelligence from inside!

The bigwigs rushed forward and took a closer look. Lying on the ground was a contestant wearing the uniform of some unknown small academy.

At this moment, he didn't have any obvious fatal external injuries, but he was curled up in a ball, his hands clutching his head tightly.

His eyes were unfocused, his pupils trembling violently, and he was incoherently muttering something, in a state of extreme confusion and fear.

"Student! Student, wake up!" President Xia Yun pulled the little contestant up, pressed his hands on his shoulders, and shook him hard twice, trying to wake him from his terror.

Dozens of eyes exuding the pressure of high-ranking figures were staring fixedly at him. Being surrounded by so many bigwigs he usually only saw on TV.

The student from the small academy shuddered violently, and his unfocused eyes finally began to focus. When he saw the anxious old face in front of him, he burst into tears with a wail.

"Pre... President Xia Yun?" The little contestant was covered in tears and snot, clutching President Xia Yun's arm tightly, as if he had grabbed the last straw of hope.

"It's me! Child, don't be afraid, you are safe now!" President Xia Yun softened his tone, but his eyes revealed an uncontrollable anxiety: "Tell us quickly, what on earth happened inside the dungeon? How did you get out?"

Everyone pricked up their ears, not even daring to breathe. The student was stunned for a moment, his mind seemingly replaying some terrifying scene, and his body trembled involuntarily.

He swallowed his saliva, and with a crying voice, shouted out a piece of news that made all the high-level officials present tremble with fear: "The jade tablet... the jade tablet has failed again!!!"

Boom! Hearing this sentence, the principals felt the world go black, and they almost fainted on the spot.

The little contestant wiped his tears and continued: "After the jade tablet was crushed, it only generated a white shield outside the body, but it couldn't teleport me out at all! I was just trapped inside that light shield and couldn't get out!"

Cannot teleport? The death-immunity jade tablet has turned into a turtle shell that can only take a beating? Hearing this bad news, the faces of several principals turned deathly pale.

If the protection of forced teleportation was lost in the secret realm, facing those frenzied demonic beasts or enemies who would kill without mercy, once the shield was broken, it would mean true and certain death!

"Wait a minute!" A high-level official from the Martial Arts General Administration next to him immediately spotted the blind spot. He furrowed his brows and asked loudly: "Since the teleportation function of the jade tablet has failed, and even we can't get in from the outside..." "Then how did you get out just now?"

This question hit the nail on the head. Everyone's eyes were once again locked tightly on this little contestant.

"I... I..." The student sniffled, a hint of deep grievance and absurdity flashing in his eyes. He seemed to recall some extremely outrageous encounter and said through gritted teeth: "It was a strange man!" "He was wearing a tattered black windbreaker, and on his face, he was wearing a mask of the Faceless Man!"

The moment they heard the words "Faceless Man". Principal Pang Ban of Magic City Martial Arts University in the crowd stiffened as if struck by lightning, his eyes widening wider than copper bells!

The student continued to complain, his voice full of grievance: "That Faceless Man even snatched away my storage ring! Wuwuwu, that had all my life savings from three years in it!"

"After he robbed me of my things, he casually tore open a black space crack, and then, like throwing a sandbag, he grabbed me by the collar and threw me out directly!"

All the bigwigs present, after hearing this, all froze in place like statues.

Someone else had actually sneaked into the secret realm? And they could ignore the closing laws of the S-Rank Dungeon, tearing open space with their bare hands to throw someone out? What kind of heaven-defying expert must this be?

And in this dead silence. Principal Pang Ban's complexion had turned from pale to iron-blue, his hands clenched into fists, his knuckles turning white. "The Faceless Man... it's that Faceless Man again..." "Could it be that that guy has come..."