“He's moving so slowly. I'm sure he's nervous now,” someone spat.Another sneered and shook her head. “Before Professor Shen, all trickery is useless.”In the crowd, Zhuge Qingyun and Laycon sighed heavily. Vonn was also with them. Unlike Thane, he hadn't rushed to the forefront to argue with the others.In his own words, Thane's position in the Rothmere family was so solid that they would clean up any mess he made and even go the extra mile to protect him. Although Vonn was a spoiled heir himself, he didn't have the liberty to casually get into trouble that had no immediate connection to him.He could only watch from the background.Ragnar finally stopped before the blanket and carefully sat down. A pillow had been placed on it. He calmly rested his hand on it and offered Professor Shen his wrist.She placed a thin strand of spirit-star silk over his wrist before taking his pulse through the cloth.Almost immediately, Ragnar felt a warm stream of energy invade his body. He instinctiv

The man behind the screen stiffened. Without hesitation, he crushed a jade talisman and vanished from the spot. Professor Shen froze mid-step and shook her head. “They escaped.” Professor Mariette looked around, a hint of confusion crossing her face. “Who escaped?” Professor Shen turned toward her, a trace of anger still lingering in her eyes. “With a hall filled with more than five hundred cultivators, you didn't notice two suspicious people sneaking in?” Her voice hardened. “Is this how you normally manage the academy?” Professor Mariette immediately lowered her head. “Professor Shen, it's all my fault. I... I was careless.” Shen Jingxuan didn't spare her another glance. Her attention shifted directly to Jorvin. She took two more steps toward him and slowly sniffed the air around him. Jorvin froze like an icicle. Shen Jingxuan stepped back, a look of confusion appearing on her face, as though she'd sensed something but couldn't quite confirm it. She hissed in a sharp bre

The person in black froze, clearly surprised by what he heard. He quickly scanned the list. Among the geniuses they intended to force into their circle, Ragnar's name was nowhere to be found.“Weren't you going to choose the person with the most suitable skill for the grand plan?” Confusion colored his voice.The veiled man scoffed.“That boy with the strange powers? Of course I have no intention of letting him go.”His reasoning was simple.Ragnar had appeared to be close to Ryujin. Given Ragnar's temperament and arrogance, approaching him directly would never produce the desired result.But if someone Ragnar trusted were placed beside him as a spy, things would proceed much more smoothly.He would be caught firmly in their grasp. Like a turtle trapped inside a jar.“Get the swordsman first. The others can follow gradually. Just keep an eye on everyone on the list. Once they're backed into a corner, they won't have any choice but to take our route.”The veiled man suddenly froze. His

Ragnar thumbed the ring around his right forefinger, his lips pressed into a thin line.He couldn't very well go there and demand that they delete the footage. His mind replayed the battle. He hadn't recalled seeing any camera inside the ring, which was precisely why he'd used the black mist to shroud the stage before activating ‘Banish to the Void’ and swallowing all the lingering energy and techniques.If they saw a terrifying technique capable of swallowing anything, they might start investigating him. Greed was a vice present in the hearts of every human. It's impossible to escape. That was why some certain things that might attract envy are better kept hidden.He had been fast enough that no one else inside the ring had noticed exactly what he'd done. But if this team of professors went through the footage carefully, they would surely raise questions.Space techniques were incredibly difficult to master. Wouldn't this be equivalent to handing whoever was searching for the Void Ic

Ragnar's mouth fell open.It was exactly as he had feared.They were going to seize this opportunity to pile even more pressure onto him.As expected.At this point, he couldn't help wondering if there was some hidden reason everyone seemed determined to treat him as the academy's public enemy number one.“What nonsense are you talking about?” Thane shot back. “Anything can happen in a fight. Besides, he had been standing perfectly fine for a while. How did this suddenly become Ragnar's fault?”“Didn't you hear Professor Shen say he was tainted by dark energy?” someone fired back. “What else could it be?”“Incompatible energy, not dark energy,” Nika immediately argued. “Besides, what proof do you have that this was Ragnar's handiwork?”Bai Luyan scowled, visibly displeased.She marched to the forefront of the crowd.“If it wasn't him, then it must have been you!”Nika gasped, furious and momentarily speechless. She pointed at Bai Luyan, her chest heaving too tightly for words to come