353: Chapter 353 Breaking the Barrier, the Inheritance Tournament Ends!

"The removal isn't difficult, but three days have already passed, so the situation probably won't be very optimistic."

"Regarding the broadcast footage, I suggest not airing it immediately."

King Xu Yan sized up the large purple cocoon on the outskirts of the Ancient Battlefield Continent, then looked at Ai Xin and Jiang Ling, speaking slowly.

Upon hearing this.

Both of them frowned in concentration and nodded silently.

Indeed.

Based on the strength of those dark shadows they had seen before.

Three days of slaughter.

The Contestants inside were most likely in grave danger.

If they were lucky, perhaps a small portion of Contestants might have survived; if unlucky, they might have even been completely wiped out.

They needed to prepare for the worst-case scenario.

Immediately after.

In the blink of an eye, King Xu Yan disappeared into the void.

When he reappeared, he was already in front of that large purple cocoon.

In the next second.

King Xu Yan formed a strange seal with his hand and struck it violently toward the cocoon.

Instantly.

An extremely terrifying spatial fluctuation swept through the surrounding starry sky.

And following that.

The large purple cocoon began to slowly melt and dissipate.

When that Ancient Battlefield Continent reappeared in everyone's sight.

Outside in the starry sky, Ai Xin, Jiang Ling, Sang Gan, and the others from the Branch all subconsciously held their breath.

They were all now desperate to know the casualty situation inside.

And soon.

Once the large purple cocoon had completely dissipated.

They finally saw the group of Contestants on the continent once again.

It could be seen.

At this moment, there were still many Contestants on the Ancient Battlefield Continent.

Although the number had been halved compared to three days ago, with nearly two-thirds dead, the presence of over three thousand survivors still surprised and delighted them.

Because this was much better than the outcome they had anticipated!

However, what puzzled them slightly was.

Those dark shadows were actually nowhere to be seen.

Could it be that they sensed King Xu Yan's arrival and all retreated?

For a moment, this was the only reason they could think of.

It couldn't be that the Contestants had driven away or killed those dark shadows, right?

That would be too unrealistic!

And before they could react.

King Xu Yan had already struck another seal toward a corner of the Ancient Battlefield Continent.

That was aimed exactly at the dimensional rift deep within the valley.

Boom!

Accompanied by a terrifying loud noise.

The deep valley quickly began to collapse.

Within moments, the continent surrounding the deep valley collapsed into the void along with the dimensional rift, dissipating completely and leaving behind an almost bottomless abyss.

Once everything calmed down.

King Xu Yan's figure reappeared beside Ai Xin and Jiang Ling.

"Recently, this kind of situation has been occurring more and more frequently; pay more attention."

"I'll leave the rest to you; I have other tasks."

King Xu Yan spoke slowly, no emotion visible on his face.

In response, Ai Xin and Jiang Ling immediately bowed deeply to King Xu Yan again, expressing their gratitude.

King Xu Yan simply nodded and then vanished into the void.

After King Xu Yan left.

The eyes of everyone present turned once again to that ancient continent.

"My Lords, shall this Inheritance Competition continue?"

At this time, Sang Gan cupped his hands and asked a question to Ai Xin and Jiang Ling.

Jiang Ling's gaze turned toward Ai Xin.

After all, Ai Xin was the lead for this Inheritance Competition; whether to continue or not depended on her.

After a brief silence, Ai Xin gave her answer and also provided a compensation plan.

"There's no need to continue; it's already meaningless."

"According to the current leaderboard, the top three will receive the inheritance. The top one hundred will get the opportunity to study at the headquarters. The rest will be given a portion of cultivation resources. As for the deceased Contestants, they will be given a certain amount of compensation."

Hearing this.

Sang Gan and the others couldn't help but nod.

This arrangement was quite reasonable.

Especially for the top one hundred Contestants, they had effectively turned a misfortune into a blessing.

Originally, they wouldn't have had any chance to study at the headquarters, but now, this turn of events had led Ai Xin to offer such a...

As for those fallen Contestants, one could only say it was a pity.

Perhaps they were destined to face this calamity.

And immediately after.

Sang Gan flew above the Ancient Battlefield Continent and announced the news that the competition had ended.

"It's over?"

"As expected. After such a major incident, it's unlikely to continue."

"Then how will the rankings be calculated? Are they going to restart the competition?"

"Maybe they'll restart, maybe not. We'll find out once we get out."

"Who cares about rankings? I'm already satisfied just to have survived this time!"

"Indeed. Luckily, I had a quick wit and hid under a pool of water; otherwise, I might not have lived to see today."

In various corners of the continent.

After hearing the news of the competition's end, the remaining Contestants were all buzzing with discussion.

Most of them were not surprised by this and had a very calm mindset.

Because the appearance of those dark shadows had already caused their will to fight to waver violently.

If they were really asked to continue fighting.

To be honest, many of them might not necessarily be willing.

As the end of the competition was announced.

Images of the Ancient Battlefield Continent appeared once again on the main channel.

In just an instant.

A massive wave of shock swept through the entire main channel!

"Look! There's a picture!"

"Is the problem finally solved?"

"*Hiss!* Only this many Contestants are left?"

"It looks like only two or three thousand Contestants are left. Before the incident, there were over nine thousand. Two-thirds have actually fallen?!"

"With so many Contestants dead, the impact this time is probably going to be huge!"

"So, is the competition continuing now?"

"It seems like it won't continue. These Contestants aren't going to kill spirit bodies anymore."

"So does anyone know what exactly happened in these three days? Which power did it? The Star Field or Source Energy Mountain?"

"Who knows. But in a few days, the Cosmic Cloud Company should provide an explanation. They need to give an account to the families of the fallen Contestants."

...

After three days.

When the Wushan Seat Public saw the images of the Ancient Battlefield again, they were undoubtedly uncontrollably excited.

And seeing that two-thirds of the Contestants had already fallen, everyone couldn't help but gasp in shock.

Such a casualty rate far exceeded any previous Inheritance Competition.

As for this result, for the families of the Contestants, it was a mix of joy and sorrow.

The joyful ones were naturally the families of the Contestants who were still surviving on the field.

After waiting anxiously for three days, seeing their family's genius still alive—there simply couldn't be better news!

For example, Li Fan's family, Li Daguo and the others.

"Xiao Fan is still alive!"

"I found Brother Fan! He doesn't look injured!"

"I knew it! Brother Fan couldn't possibly stop here!"

Inside Li Daguo's virtual space, cheers from Gu Ling, Lu Qilai, Ma Xiu, and the others had already broken out, each one of them extremely excited.

Especially Huang Lan and Gu Ling; the two women were very emotional, and their eyes were now red with excitement.

If Li Fan were gone, they might not want to live anymore.

The sorrowful ones were naturally the families of the Contestants who had already fallen.

They had spent huge sums of money and gathered hundreds or even thousands of years of family fortune to cultivate such a genius.

Only for everything to end in just three short days.

This was unacceptable to them.

And soon.

The announcement from the Cosmic Cloud Company declaring the end of the Inheritance Competition was released.

Simultaneously.

The details regarding the subsequent handling of the situation were also published.