Merging with Demon Spirits

Chapter 445: Chapter 324: Probing

The competition ended, and the audience stood up one after another, clapping and cheering for the contestants who contributed to this exciting match.

”Red Cloud Team!”

”Ye Qiu!”

”Zhan Tianyu!”

”Lin Feng!”

”Emperor Kai!”

The final match had finished, with results unexpected to most, leaving the audience feeling their attendance was worthwhile, yet somewhat longing for more.

After the match, both sides followed the tradition of friendly handshake, emphasizing friendship first.

Though losing the match was a bit painful and regrettable, the Great Wall Team did not show much disappointment.

Red Cloud Team won through strength, accepting defeat convincingly.

For Ye Qiu and the others, as members of the Avengers Alliance, Red Cloud Team’s victory maximized their interests.

Victory and defeat weren’t that important at this moment.

”Congratulations.”

While shaking hands with Lin Feng, Zhan Tianyu was the first to offer congratulations.

”You’re too kind, the performance in this match was average.”

Yu Qiao chuckled from the side, making Zhan Tianyu roll his eyes.

This fellow kept silent during the battle, as if even his breathing could not be heard, like an invisible venomous snake, seldom making a move, but when he did, surely taking one down.

Nobody knew when he would strike a deadly attack, eerily calm, yet normally his behavior was extremely infuriating, being quite offensive with his words.

While everyone was shaking hands and chatting, Lin Feng suddenly noticed Bu Zheng stood up, his face slightly changed.

Not only Bu Zheng, many strong individuals present also stood up, including team leaders from various universities, all Grandmasters at least, who began to leave the venue, some engaging in conversations, with faces looking somewhat serious.

Did something major happen?

”What happened?”

Like Lin Feng, Yang Ningbing quickly noticed the anomaly, asking with a puzzled expression.

She looked towards the family’s position, and at this moment, clan members also stood up, even her grandfather Yang Qingtian’s expression slightly changed.

As the Clan Leader of the Yang Family, one of the Ten Great Clans of Shangjing, even he found it tricky, signifying the severity of the situation.

”It should be some emergency, though it hasn’t occurred yet, otherwise the news would have come out. These past days, the ’rats’ from the New World have been quite restless, it’s likely related to them.”

Zhan Tianyu frowned slightly.

He previously obtained some information, though not completely clear.

At this moment, not only Yang Qingtian but also his uncle, the Guardian, had left in advance.

Most of the strong individuals present left, which was unusual.

It’s important to know that in an hour, the Great Wall Team still needed to compete with the Demon Star Team to determine the second and third place.

The audience was looking forward to this match too, worth watching, although without much suspense, it wasn’t worth leaving early.

Besides, after the match, there was a grand award ceremony, though now it seems no one cared.

Most of the audience were unaware of what happened, still very excited.

However, some Martial Artists and Demon Spirit Masters clearly noticed the anomaly, some received the news, looking flustered, leaving early too.

”Such a big commotion, could it be again?” Little Sister Dong asked quietly.

She didn’t finish her sentence, but everyone understood.

Days ago, such a big commotion resulted in a massacre.

Everyone’s expression slightly changed, the atmosphere suddenly becoming tense.

”This is Shangjing, with the strongest comprehensive strength among the Twelve Base Cities, and supposedly the safest place, how could anything happen?”

Zhan Tianyu, although somewhat worried, still shook his head in denial.

He had confidence in Shangjing’s security.

After experiencing a brutal lesson, various Satellite Cities were on high alert, implementing various protective measures, unlikely to repeat the mistake.

”Let’s not discuss this, we should first find out what’s happening.”

Faced with the audience and cameras, it’s evidently inappropriate to discuss this topic.

There were over 300,000 spectators on site, with at least tens of thousands outside Glory Sports Center. Even encountering a major event, panic was not an option, as it would cause more chaos.

Lin Feng was the first to leave the competition venue, his face showing a bit of coldness, the joy of victory instantly vanished.

Not just Lin Feng, except for Chen Xing and Zheng Yanni, the others felt the same.

That disaster left them still with lingering fear.

These days, whenever night fell, it was often accompanied by insomnia or waking from nightmares.

Although knowing they did nothing wrong, facing the innocent people who were implicated and died due to them, they still felt unresolved guilt.

These days, they focused on the competition, deliberately not thinking about it; the news media also stopped reporting, everything seemed to have returned to normal, originally thinking they could forget, yet unexpectedly, this feeling of guilt and hatred had deeply imprinted into their soul, unable to be forgotten.

And indeed cannot be forgotten!

”After the handshake between the two teams, they left the competition venue, taking a short break for an hour, about to proceed with...”

Song Xiangrong continued the commentary, though his tone slightly changed.

The audience could not tell, but the observant listeners sensed a bit of unease.

Lin Feng came to Bu Zheng’s side, even before he spoke, Bu Zheng seemed to know what he wanted to ask and directly said:

”I don’t know what happened either, though it’s related to the New World, many rats started emerging, the situation must be significant. Shangjing has entered yellow alert, those over Eighth Grade have received assembly notices, I did too, though I have to ensure your safety, so I can skip it.”

Lin Feng remained silent for a while, sensing the situation was far more serious than he had imagined.

It’s important to know Shangjing not only boasts the strongest comprehensive strength but also has seventeen Guardians, equivalent to seventeen King Level powerhouses.

Among the Twelve Base Cities, Shangjing has the most Guardians, while Jiang City only has twelve, some of the Base Cities even only have eight or nine, nearly half less comparatively.

With so many Guardians, yet still needing to summon various strong individuals for help, even without knowing what’s happening, Lin Feng knew this would definitely be far more severe than the previous massacre.

”Related to us? Revenge?” Lin Feng asked.

Bu Zheng was slightly taken aback, seemingly not expecting Lin Feng to ask such a thing, a hint of hesitation flashed across his face, though he quickly returned to normal, calmly saying:

”Perhaps, but you aren’t that important, it’s more of a probe.”

”A probe?”

Yu Qiao was also puzzled.

”You seven hunted geniuses in Jade Seal City, causing significant losses to the Alien Race, the Alien Race detests you deeply, even placing bounty on each of you, but ultimately, you only killed some Fifth and Sixth Grade geniuses, accounting for merely a third. Perhaps it will have a notable impact a dozen or twenty years later, but for the current situation, it doesn’t change much.”

Lin Feng nodded, indeed that’s the case.

Geniuses represent the future.

Their slaughter of so many Alien Race geniuses wasn’t as impactful as the combat power of a King Level powerhouse.

”Of course, your achievements were glorious, even more honorable than sealing off ten Space Gates. With so many fewer Alien Race geniuses, in future contests for the Elemental Space Gate Keys, the Human Race will gain more advantage, alleviating some pressure.

You seven, though not as strong in combat as a King, accomplished something even seven Kings could not.”

Bu Zheng said slowly.

”Probe what?” Yu Qiao continued asking.

He always felt Bu Zheng’s words were somewhat roundabout, couldn’t he just get straight to the point?

Compared to Yu Qiao’s impatience, Lin Feng could understand why Bu Zheng spoke this way, understanding his thoughtful intentions.

Bu Zheng worried about them experiencing psychological stress, deliberately stating they weren’t so crucial, while also fearing they might deny their actions, thus recognizing their contributions highly.

Seemingly somewhat contradictory overall, but actually not.

Bu Zheng glanced at Yu Qiao, the latter feeling a chill along his spine, with an urge to go invisible.

Bu Zheng withdrew his gaze, facing the puzzled looks of everyone, ultimately explaining:

”Perhaps, probing the Human Race’s strength, probing the timing of future invasion, who knows!”