bookrebus Chapter 1808 The Fluctuation Reappears!
Chapter 1808 The Fluctuation Reappears!
The eerie buzzing sound was like a pebble thrown into a calm lake; though the ripples quickly subsided, it cast a deep shadow in the hearts of several top experts in the Spirit Realm.
The finals continued, the cheers and shouts were still deafening, and the clash of wits on the stage became increasingly intense, but the atmosphere in the main stands was quietly tense.
Master Lingxu spoke up to reassure everyone: "Do not make a sound, lest you alert the enemy and cause unnecessary panic. Since the other party has chosen such a covert method to spy, their intentions must be significant, and they must be extremely patient. We only need to remain outwardly relaxed but inwardly vigilant and observe the situation quietly."
Everyone present was a person of exceptional intelligence. Upon hearing this, they immediately suppressed their outward surprise and doubt, their faces regaining their composure, even displaying a faint smile as if they were watching the game, as if the abnormality of the moment had never occurred.
But their covert operations never stopped.
Mingchuan quietly spun a wisp of his mind into the core of the Observation Mirror. Through the hidden sub-mirrors that had been set up in various places on the Viewing Platform, he began to silently scan and record all the subtle energy fluctuations and spatial anomalies in the entire area, paying particular attention to those contestants who had experienced momentary stagnation or discomfort and the surrounding areas.
The Blue-Faced Fox remained seated gracefully to one side, but the blue fox markings between her brows maintained a barely perceptible, lustrous sheen. She extended her keen life perception and purifying power to the extreme, like the most precise detector, filtering out every possible trace of evil and chaos in the air.
The others were equally active, using their individual skills to control the overall situation.
The intensity of the final, thanks to this silent battle, seemed to have gained an even more real sense of brutality and life-or-death struggle.
Zhao Hu's swordsmanship became increasingly powerful and fierce, and he defeated three opponents in a row, temporarily placing him among the top scorers.
He fought with undivided attention, seemingly unaffected by anything, but only those who knew him well could see that each time he sheathed his sword, his gaze would briefly sweep over a few specific directions.
That was the area that Mingchuan had informed him of beforehand, an area that required extra attention.
Chen Shu, Jinwa, and Yaya, the three little ones, also gave it their all.
After Chen Shu narrowly won the match, his face was pale and he was panting heavily, but his eyes were bright. He secretly glanced towards the main stands and saw Ming Chuan nod slightly. He immediately grinned and was full of energy again.
Jinwa and Yaya worked together and surprisingly defeated a formidable brother-sister duo, drawing cheers from the crowd.
Although the Qingyuan Sect disciples brought by Su Hao and Luo Yang ultimately only reached the middle level, they still displayed their prowess and earned respect.
Su Hao looked at his junior brother who was fighting hard on the stage, and then at Ming Chuan, who was sitting calmly and composedly on the main stage with the powerful figures from all sides. He was filled with mixed feelings, which finally turned into a soft sigh and an even more determined look.
Time passed amidst the fierce competition, and the setting sun cast a golden glow on Wangxiantai once more.
The top 100 round-robin tournament is more than halfway through, and the rankings are gradually becoming clearer.
Just as another exciting match ended and the referee was about to announce the next opponent—
"Om..."
That eerie, soul-piercing fluctuation appeared once again!
This time, it was clearer than before, and lasted for a slightly longer moment!
Moreover, the source seems to have... shifted?
On the stage, more than a third of the contestants simultaneously showed obvious stiffness or made mistakes, their expressions changing drastically!
Among the spectators, many gasped in surprise and clutched their heads in pain.
"over there!"
Almost at the same instant the fluctuation appeared, the gazes of Lingxu Zhenren, Mingchuan, Qingmianhu, and Chiyanhu were like sharp arrows, instantly locking onto the relatively crowded area of scattered cultivators watching the ceremony in the southeast corner of Wangxiantai!
The fluctuations are emanating from there and are moving outwards at an extremely fast speed!
"Trying to leave?" A flash of red light appeared in the Crimson Fox's eyes.
But Master Lingxu is even faster!
He did not get up, nor did he make any earth-shattering noise. He simply flicked his finger in that direction, hundreds of feet away, and gently flicked it.
"Certainly."
Words become law, and laws respond!
In that southeast corner area, time and space seemed to freeze instantly!
Everything that was moving, everything that was waving, everything that was even the dust that was being stirred up, all seemed to freeze in place!
Only one blurry, pale gray phantom, almost blending into the shadows, was forcibly ripped from the frozen spacetime, emitting a silent, violent struggle!
The phantom had no fixed form, sometimes resembling a person, sometimes like smoke, with a strange dark purple spot of light flashing wildly at its core, which was the source of the abyss's fluctuations!
"Take a picture."
Master Lingxu uttered another word, and the finger that had been flicked out from afar slightly curled back.
The struggling pale gray phantom was as if it were being gripped by an invisible hand, and it flew uncontrollably toward the main grandstand!
All of this happened so fast, from the reappearance of the fluctuations to the capture of the phantom, it only took two or three breaths!
Except for a few highly perceptive high-level cultivators, most people only saw that the light and shadow seemed to distort for a moment in the southeast corner. The next moment, a blurry shadow appeared in front of the main grandstand and was imprisoned in mid-air by a soft moon-white halo.
"What...what is that?" The crowd below the stage was filled with doubt and speculation.
Sect Master Ye rose at the opportune moment, his voice gentle yet reassuring: "Please do not panic, everyone. Just now, some petty villains attempted to interfere with the competition using evil magic, but they were subdued by Senior Lingxu. Such clowns do not undermine the fairness of the competition; rather, they demonstrate the spirit of our Spirit Realm's seniors in protecting their juniors. The finals shall continue!"
His explanation was reasonable, and given Master Lingxu's formidable reputation, the commotion below the stage quickly subsided, and attention returned to the arena.
However, many people inevitably harbored doubts.
In the main stands, everyone's eyes were focused on the imprisoned phantom.
The closer you get, the more you can feel the eerie aura of chaos, coldness, decadence, and thirst emanating from it, which is of the same origin as the Abyss of Demons, yet seems to have been refined or disguised in some way.
“It is neither a living thing nor a complete divine soul.” After carefully sensing it, the blue-faced fox frowned. “It is more like a specially refined divine thought clone or imprinted entity, carrying some kind of command and spying function.”
"The refining technique is extremely sophisticated and deeply concealed. It would be almost impossible to detect unless it actively triggers a wave resonance." A purer flame ignited at the tip of the Crimson Flame Fox's finger and approached the phantom. The phantom immediately emitted a "sizzling" sound and twisted violently, but it could not be refined immediately.
"It also contains a self-destruct restriction, but the real person acted too quickly and it didn't have time to trigger it."
Mingchuan stared at the wildly flickering dark purple spot of light and said in a deep voice, "This fluctuation... is from the same source as the mark in Han Li's body, but it is more advanced, purer, and more purposeful. It seems that Yueyao or the forces behind her have not given up on using the power of the Demon Abyss, and their methods are more covert and... professional."