375: Chapter 375 Wow! Are we really the champions?

The more Old Li spoke, the more animated he became, his tone dripping with undisguised sarcasm:

"If you really can't afford to lose, you could just say so. Why make up such a ridiculous excuse and drag everyone out here in the middle of the night to stand in the cold wind?"

Facing such stinging, pointed sarcasm from the technical director, several surrounding high-ranking officials shook their heads and sighed, their eyes filled with a hint of impatience as they looked at Principal Pang Ban.

Dragging everyone out in the middle of the night for this, only for it to be a complete waste of time.

However, Principal Pang Ban, standing in the center of the crowd, completely defied everyone's expectations.

The old man didn't fly into a rage; instead, he simply tucked his hands into his sleeves and watched Old Li's performance quietly.

On that weathered face, there even hung a mocking, cold smile, as if he were watching a monkey show.

Only when Old Li had talked himself dry and stopped to catch his breath...

...did Principal Pang Ban slowly turn his head to look at President Xia Yun in the main seat.

"Old Xia."

Principal Pang Ban reached out a hand, his tone so calm it made people's skin crawl: "Give me access to the full-map broadcast for the dungeon. I'm going to call our Magic City Martial Arts University team member out."

"You..." The technical director, upon hearing this, was about to continue his mockery, but was stopped by a raised hand from President Xia Yun.

President Xia Yun took a deep look at Principal Pang Ban.

He knew his old friend too well. Although Principal Pang Ban was usually protective and unreasonable, he would never be so stubborn in a situation of such great importance.

Unless he truly had absolute certainty.

"Grant him access," President Xia Yun ordered in a deep voice.

The technical director gritted his teeth, and could only reluctantly press a red button, handing over a microphone connected to the secret realm's full-frequency amplification array.

"I'll see where you put that old face of yours when you scream your throat out in a moment and no one answers!" Old Li muttered quietly.

Principal Pang Ban took the microphone and cleared his throat.

"Hello? Hello, hello?"

The old man tapped the microphone, confirming that the sound had penetrated the spatial barrier and was echoing in every corner of Forbidden Zone No. 009.

On his wrinkled face, a smile suddenly bloomed—one that was incredibly kind and even carried a hint of pride.

"Mo Wu! Stop hiding!"

"The competition is over! You did a great job, kid. No one discovered you; you are the undisputed champion of this second round!"

"Hurry up and crush your jade token to come out. I'll take you all to the best restaurant in the Imperial Capital for roast duck!"

The broadcast voice faded.

The plaza fell into a deathly silence.

One second. Three seconds. Ten seconds passed.

The radar on the big screen remained dead, as if nothing had happened.

Technical director Old Li looked at the silent dungeon and finally couldn't hold back anymore.

A sneer curled at the corner of his mouth, and he opened his mouth, preparing to unleash all the sarcasm he had been holding back onto Principal Pang Ban's face.

"Principal Pang, it seems your team member is sleeping quite soundly. Do you want me to help you turn up the volume..."

"Yay! Are we really the champions?!"

"Principal, did I really win?!"

A sudden cheer, filled with surprise and disbelief, exploded right by the technical director's ear without any warning!

The voice was so close that the technical director could even feel the hot breath from the speaker spraying against the side of his face.

"Holy f*ck!!!"

In that instant, every hair on the technical director's body stood on end like steel needles!

He let out a shrill scream, sprang up, and scrambled backward several steps, nearly crashing into the railing at the edge of the plaza.

"Who?! Who's speaking?!"

Old Li had a look of seeing a ghost, pointing at the spot where he had just been standing, his finger trembling like a sieve.

You have to know, he was a genuine Rank 5 Early-Stage expert!

His perception was top-tier even across the Great Xia.

Yet just now, he hadn't noticed at all that someone had been standing right next to his shoulder!

All the big shots in the plaza, including President Xia Yun, felt their Hearts tighten, and they all turned their heads in unison to look.

They saw that beside Principal Pang Ban, without anyone knowing when, a boy wearing the Magic City Martial Arts University substitute uniform was standing quietly.

The boy was thin and weak. Looking at the crowd, who were treating him like a formidable enemy, he seemed a bit awkward and aggrieved, shrinking his neck slightly:

"Um... hello, teachers. I am the substitute member from Magic City Martial Arts University, Mo Wu."

Silence. The plaza was deathly silent.

A living person had appeared right under the noses of a group of martial arts world big shots without anyone knowing.

There were no spatial fluctuations, no leaking aura, and even the intuition of a Rank 5 expert had been completely blocked!

What the hell kind of paranormal event was this?

Principal Pang Ban looked at Mo Wu, who had suddenly popped up, and the majesty on his face instantly vanished.

He couldn't care less about enjoying the technical director's utterly comical expression; instead, he rushed forward in three strides and grabbed Mo Wu's shoulder.

The old man looked up and down at the student before him, who didn't even have a single hair out of place. Feeling the boy's steady breathing, his nerves, which had been tense for half the night, finally relaxed completely.

There was no wild joy from the victory; in Principal Pang Ban's eyes at this moment, there was only pure relief at seeing his student return safely.

"Good! It's good that you're not hurt!"

Principal Pang Ban patted Mo Wu's shoulder heavily, his eyes slightly red, and he couldn't help but laugh out loud:

"Hahahaha! Good kid, I really didn't misjudge you! You've rendered a massive service to our Magic City Martial Arts University!"

Facing the Principal's praise, Mo Wu lowered his head a bit embarrassedly, smiled honestly, and his voice revealed the innocence and optimism of an honest person:

"Principal, you praise me too much. Actually, I was quite scared in there at the time."

"But I remembered the tactics you gave before I went in, so I turned my Supernatural Ability to the max, found a deep pit dug by a beast, crawled into it, and didn't dare to move at all."

"Later, it was quiet all around, so I didn't dare come out. Until I heard your broadcast, then I crushed the jade token. Just after coming out, I saw all the teachers here..."

Mo Wu said it lightly, but the big shots present felt a chill down their spines.

That technical director still didn't want to believe it; he shook his head violently and pointed at Mo Wu, questioning him:

"Impossible! Even if you came out from inside, how did you avoid the radar? And where did you pop out from? I clearly didn't even see an ant just now!"

"Shut up!"

A low shout, mixed with the pressure of a Tier 6 Grandmaster, instantly silenced the technical director, who had been caught in self-doubt.

President Xia Yun walked over slowly and glared fiercely at Old Li.

This president of Imperial Capital Martial Arts University had an extremely grave expression right now. In his eyes as he looked at Mo Wu, there was no longer any contempt, but rather a hint of deep gravity.

"He didn't use any illusion techniques, and he certainly isn't lying."

President Xia Yun took a deep breath and spoke in a complex tone: "Just now, I had been keeping my spiritual energy covering the plaza's teleportation array. I saw with my own eyes on the broadcast screen that this child stood up from a patch of grass, and then crushed the jade token."