Go back? There's no going back.

"That's it, that's how it should be...! You must be watching, right? Then open your eyes and witness my strength, woman..."

The face that had been haunting him appeared in his mind again. The young man in the picture was majestic, walking like a dragon and a tiger, and his whole body was instantly covered with dense scales.

The next second, he took the initiative to chase after it, stretched out his claws to grab the phantom beast's head, and smashed it hard to the ground!

The phantom beast's body collided violently with the hard ground.

Boom!

In an instant, accompanied by the sharp roar of the phantom beast that resounded throughout the living room, Manqisi, who was already at the limit, could no longer resist.

At this moment, she finally understood why Su Wei always suddenly looked up at the ceiling at times like this.

She raised her neck and looked towards the ceiling. She felt that everything in front of her seemed to become blurred at this moment.

Chapter 80: Final Sprint

In fantasy.

Unlike the silver-haired young man who chose to take the initiative after some hesitation, almost all the other candidates who entered this illusion quickly chose an area that looked relatively safe in the surrounding area and lay in wait.

However, among them, the condition of one candidate seemed a little strange.

"Don't make noise, don't make noise...don't make noise!!"

In Area 20 on the edge of the Royal City, under the eaves of an abandoned building, there was a young man with a cockscomb hairstyle, squatting on the ground with his head tightly hugged, his facial features distorted, and he kept whispering something.

“No, no! You are not Master Jim, who are you? Don’t even think about lying to me…! Don’t even think about it…!”

The whisper became louder and louder, and his eyes, which were already bloodshot, became redder and redder. There was obviously no one around, but at this moment, the young man with the cockscomb haircut had bloodshot eyes, as if he heard some kind of voice, and his whole mental state became increasingly unstable.

If you observe carefully, you can find that, unlike those fake corruptions that only exist in illusions and are simulated by fantasy beasts, the eyes of the cockscomb-haired young man at this moment are gradually showing a trace of blood, and even his abdomen is twisting little by little, gradually becoming swollen -

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the other side.

The silver-haired young man was still in a fierce battle.

Due to the real-time projection in the illusion, the intensity priority mode of the audition stage is also continued.

Therefore, ever since the conflict broke out between the silver-haired young man and the phantom beast at the church gate, the projections presented in front of the stands on all sides at the venue were all focused on the silver-haired young man at this moment.

In the projection, the entire body of the phantom beast was pressed to the ground and unable to move.

Even the head, under the violent squeezing of the silver-haired young man's ferocious claws, began to show creepy cracks bit by bit, and underwent deformation visible to the naked eye.

The so-called fantasy beasts, in essence, actually refer to the dangers that exist in the fantasy world.

This kind of danger usually comes from the mental power of the caster.

At this moment, in this illusion woven by the nine magic masters of the royal city, the "danger" that has emerged is obviously the corruption walking among the crowd, which has been replicated by the magic masters through the consumption of their own mental energy.

Although there seem to be some differences between them and the real Corruption, in this illusion, the hard power of these fantasy beasts has actually reached the level of those rare fifth-order Corruption in past records.

However, what shocked all the audience in the stands at this moment was that the fantasy beast, whose strength had theoretically reached the fifth level, was completely suppressed by the silver-haired young man in pure wrestling!

"I say... I remember that in reality, patients with this kind of decay disease are all extremely powerful and have strong vitality. Don't they need the cooperation of at least several hunters of the same level to suppress them?"

On stand No. 7, someone stared at the projection screen intently, muttering to himself, "How could he kill that corrupted person all by himself...?"

"Who on earth is he? Not only has he reached the fifth level before he's 20, but he's also so strong in actual combat—"

"Too strong... What kind of physique does he have? Could it be the Myriad Beast Body...? Why haven't we seen him in the previous auditions?"

"Hey, hey, how come you don't even know the royal bloodline of the Kongyu Empire? I've been paying attention to him for a long time. I mean, no matter how many fires there are in the end, he will definitely have a place among them!"

As the silver-haired young man in the projection completely gained the upper hand, he tore into pieces and crushed the corruption simulated by the phantom beast time and time again. The corruption's originally extremely fast regeneration speed also slowed down visibly to the naked eye.

Everyone who has been a hunter knows that the most direct way to deal with monsters like the Corrupted, which have extremely strong vitality and were spread across the continent by the Church of Eternal Night, is to kill them again and again until something inside them is consumed and they completely lose the ability to recover.

And in the end... under the watchful eyes of everyone, the silver-haired young man lived up to everyone's expectations and demonstrated to all the audience the process of killing the Corrupted, just like a textbook.

boom!

As the projected image showed, the silver-haired young man struck down fiercely, and the entire head of the fifth-level corrupted creature... suddenly exploded like a watermelon.

Under this powerful impact, blood splattered everywhere, and an extremely dull echo also came from the projection, echoing in the conference hall and in the room.

Only this time, the entire projected image was completely silent, and the corruption that had been revived countless times... showed no signs of recovery.

Looking at this scene, the silver-haired young man's ferocious claws turned back into arms, and the scales covering his whole body disappeared into his skin.

After doing all this, as if knowing that the projections were all focused on him, the silver-haired young man Luke once again had the stunning face of a certain blonde nun in his mind. He immediately tensed his facial expression, looked into the distance with deep eyes, and murmured softly, "Fifth level of corruption? Nothing more than this."

At this moment, looking back on his almost crushing victory just now, the silver-haired young man's self-confidence still reached its peak.

Now, he is absolutely sure that as long as the nun witnessed his entire performance just now, her heart... will definitely no longer be calm.

Who in this world can refuse a person of the opposite sex like me who is impeccable in every aspect?

It is inevitable to change your opinion of him.

Maybe, she will regret rejecting him before, and even come to him to apologize and express her feelings——

At the same time, as the silver-haired young man spoke so calmly, everyone was shocked.

Even the nun who had been paying close attention to his battle with the phantom beast had a blank mind at this moment.

Her slender white hands clenched unconsciously, and tears as big as beans welled up in her eyes again.

Looking up at the strange ceiling for a long time, Manqisi felt that everything seemed to have lost its meaning at this moment.

After a long time, the girl's head, which had been raised high, finally fell down again weakly.

At this point, she no longer had the corner of her eye to pay attention to the projected image. She just stared at Su Wei, who was so close to her, with a bit of trance and confusion.

"..."

At the same time, Su Wei also clearly felt something was wrong.

He was still worried at first, but soon, after discovering that the nun at this moment actually looked somewhat similar to himself not long ago, he suddenly realized something and gradually felt relieved.

Su Wei glanced at the silver-haired young man in the projection who had already dealt with the phantom beast of the same level and probably would not cause any more noise in the short term. He hesitated for a moment and sat back on the sofa.

"are you OK?"

His eyes swept across the bracelet that was still in communication mode, and Su Wei subconsciously stretched his right hand further to the side. Then he leaned forward slightly, put his mouth close to the ear of the nun who seemed to have not fully recovered from her shock, and asked softly.

"..."

Hearing Su Wei's voice at a close distance, the nun, who was originally in a trance, finally came back to her senses little by little.

Soon, as a feeling of emptiness as if the soul was returning to the body surged through her body, Manqisi's dazed eyes blinked gently, and she finally remembered everything she had just experienced.

“It’s…over…?”

Biting each other's ears, she managed to lower the voice that still sounded intermittent and asked in a low voice.

"Uh……"

However, unlike the response that Sister Miss had expected at this moment, she noticed something strange after she opened her mouth like this.

Su Wei's condition...seems to be still the same as before, with no obvious changes.

"What a pity. I feel... it's still a long way off..."

Just at this moment, the whisper from Su Wei, which sounded a little apologetic, confirmed her guess.

"Eh?"

Slowly opening her eyes, a look of disbelief gradually appeared on Manqisi's face, which seemed to have gradually recovered a little.

"B-but...I remember..."

She didn't know what she recalled, but after swallowing her saliva instinctively, Manqisi said hesitantly in a low voice: "When the person in the projection was fighting the phantom beast, you clearly..."

"Well, isn't that a basic warm-up?"

Su Wei was also stunned after listening to what the nun said.

Although during that period of time, thanks to the silver-haired young man who suddenly turned around and walked out of the church and fired the first shot in the illusion, Su Wei had the opportunity to seize the time and operate it personally while communicating with Ms. Wang.

However, the actual effect is just so-so.

Although in actual combat, the intensity of the silver-haired young man's direct confrontation with the phantom beast was already quite high, and the noise caused was also very loud, allowing Su Wei to seize an opportunity every few seconds.

But in reality, this intensity of combat, which can still be regarded as a terrifying offensive in actual combat, is nothing when applied to other things, and can even be said to be ridiculously slow.

Thinking of this, Su Wei was a little confused for a moment as he looked at the nun in front of him who should have secretly read a lot of information but didn't even know this.

Where did you learn before?

Could it be that the specific data are not marked in those illustrated materials?

Even if there is no marking, you should have known it in your mind when you were procrastinating in doing things in the past.

"Is it possible, is it possible..."

At this moment, the nun in front of him finally realized something. Even her pupils trembled slightly and she almost lost her voice: "Under this situation, can we... reach the same level as before?"

"Yes, that's the normal thing."

When Su Wei heard the other party's strange question, he wanted to say something else.

But soon, after noticing the increasingly uneasy reaction of the nun, he hesitated for a moment, and finally asked in a low voice with some uncertainty: "How about, forget it...?"

As Su Wei finished speaking, the whole room became quiet again.

"……no."

After a brief silence, just when Su Wei felt that the nun might be really scared this time, the latter, with a hint of fear in her voice, seemed to have made up her mind again. She shook her head again, clenched her teeth, and whispered: "You... don't have to worry about me..."

"No, you are like this...are you really okay?"

Hearing this, Su Wei became even more worried.

Now, he has realized that although it seems that she has cultivated to the fourth level, this nun is indeed a small fry in some areas.

After meeting again after many years, he was really worried that something might happen to the other party since he had arranged such a high-intensity job for him.

"no problem."

Hearing Su Wei's tone gradually becoming less trusting, Man Qisi gritted her teeth even harder and whispered, "Didn't I say that?"

"If it's you...it's okay, it's just you..."

"..."

Hearing this, Su Wei fell silent for a moment.

"Su Wei, how is the situation over there?"

A few seconds later, just as Su Wei opened his mouth and wanted to say something, the princess's questioning voice suddenly came from the bracelet on his right hand that he subconsciously stretched to the side.

Hearing the voice, most of Su Wei's attention was drawn to the reckless nun in front of him. He almost forgot that the princess was still tinkering with the broadcasting rights of the revival match. His whole body stiffened and he trembled subconsciously.

Although the reasons were different, soon after hearing the princess' voice, the nun also trembled slightly.

"Just now, the voices coming from your side suddenly became very mixed. It was the examinee in the projection... Has the examination started?"

On the bracelet, the princess's gentle voice continued to come from Su Wei's ears.

Maybe it was because she hadn't been able to get the broadcast going and there was a traffic jam on the road, but the princess' tone sounded a little more apologetic: "I'm sorry, the broadcast rights on my side have been certified, but it still hasn't been done. The screen keeps spinning and won't pop up."

"...It's okay, you...don't worry, just take your time."

Hearing this, Su Wei was silent for a moment, and then he said in a deep voice: "If you don't mind, I...well, let me tell you about the situation in the projection of the resurrection match."

Although after hearing the princess's words mixed with a hint of apology, Su Wei quickly thought about whether he could take advantage of the situation and end the call with the princess with an excuse like "Since we can't watch the resurrection match together, let's just hang up first".

However, this idea was quickly hammered into the ground by him.

Damn it, even if he didn't intend to let the nun suffer any grievances around him, if he only cared about the small things and not the big things, just because time was a little tight, he would have to find a way to guide the princess to hang up the phone with an apologetic heart?

That won’t do. Absolutely not.

Instead of this, Su Wei even felt that it would be better to just wait and see.

Even if the princess managed to stay in touch and arrived at the venue, and came to the room and saw the situation inside, it would still be better than doing something that went against her conscience.

Therefore, after taking a deep breath, Su Wei said without hesitation: "My Lady Princess, this resurrection match will be held in the form of an illusion, and the background of the illusion is also in the Royal City."

"Just now, in the resurrection match... there was a silver-haired candidate who had cultivated to the fifth level at a young age and chose to take the initiative to attack. He was the first to clashed with the Corruption in the illusion. The intensity of the battle was quite high."

After saying all this in one breath, Su Wei finally added: "Moreover, he is indeed quite powerful, and he has no characteristics that can hide his physical condition. It seems that he still has the legendary Ten Thousand Beast Body. In the end, he was the only one who solved the problem..."