The Ascension of Contracted Spirits

Chapter 564 - 247: Night Trial·End_2

There was undoubtedly a moment of lapse within his mind, causing the Ancient Gold Ghost, which had been sprinting, to suddenly be scrutinized by countless eyes that had formed in the void.

The very next second, all of these eyes shut, as though they had never been there, carrying no trace of their existence.

Elsewhere, Ten Hands demonstrated a ripple of thoughts, with constant purple mist rising up, faint and hazy, further shading his figure into a blur:

"This name, it caused quite some disturbances back then."

"Displacement summoning, a four-year slumber..."

"His Highness was already in a precarious position, if he lost these four years, could he recover?"

"Watch your words."

Ye Ji, pointing at the Soul Blood Shadow Flower on his shoulder, closed the scroll and carefully stored it in his ring:

"You outgroup elders don’t fear death?"

"Even I, who comes from the pureline, would not dare to comment on what has happened."

"If you continue debating and one day you are eliminated, you can only blame yourself."

"But this one... he is different after all."

Xu Yan hesitated a bit and finally said:

"How many among the other trialists have his experience?"

"Dual authority, displacement summoning, these are nothing."

"I heard that he once..."

A murderous intent was revealed in Ye Ji’s eyes.

With a wild roar, the Ancient Gold Ghost suddenly hovered in mid-air, the golden blades gathered around and pointed towards Xu Yan’s neck.

"Alright, alright, I’ll stop talking."

Xu Yan raised both of his hands, indicating surrender:

"I’m insignificant and my words carry little weight, I shouldn’t be saying this."

"But once I return home, there will be controversies, it can’t be kept quiet."

The murder in Ye Ji’s eyes slowly faded.

He clapped his hands and the Ancient Gold Ghost started flapping its wings again.

"Just do your job as the evaluator and focus on that, don’t worry about other things, lest you get burnt."

"If you don’t have this awareness, once we get back, I’ll report to the Elder in charge of the trials, and won’t team up with you again."

"Whatever you wish."

Xu Yan shrugged, "I’ve been doing this boring job for a hundred years, I should take a vacation and relax."

Ye Ji gave him a glance turned his head away, and said nothing.

Ten Hands slipped back into a mumbling state, muttering words that others neither could hear clearly nor wanted to understand.

...

Half a day later, a city gradually came into view.

Without turning his head, Ye Ji watched Xu Yan and Ten Hands taking initiatives from either side of him.

"Shush, shush, shush~"

Three identical spirits Fond Spirits emerged from the summoning array.

Each of their main bodies was an eyeball over twenty meters in diameter, with roots-like organs growing underneath, like centipede legs.

When these were summoned by Xu Yan, he abruptly closed his eyes.

In the next moment, at least a hundred eyes appeared, scattered like birds, quickly sweeping across the sky above the city.

These Great Eyed Beasts known as Unlimited Foetus, flashed images of various colors and shapes in their pupils, seeming as if they could watch every single action in the city from mid-air.

"Interesting, the population of this city is estimated to be around a hundred thousand. Although it seems to be quite simple and backward, there is a statue on each street."

"It looks like His Highness hasn’t disguised himself or changed his name, only according to the rules, hid his surname and presents himself to the public as ’Lord Han’."

Xu Yan shaking his head, said, even with eyes closed:

"Without a doubt, His Highness’s fame has reached its peak."

"Outstanding, these five years, he did not fade."

UwA~~ UwA~~

Ten Hands summoned his bonded spirit Fond Spirits.

But he only summoned one, it was a hundred meters long, even larger than the Ancient Gold Ghost.

"Ying~~"

A body like a huge dragon, ten towering hands waving on its back instead of wings, the ’Ten-handed Dream Demon’ roared silently and swooped towards the city.

The humans and spirits Fond Spirits walking on the street seem to not see it at all, continuing to talk and laugh as usual.

The next second, all sentient beings seemed to have been frozen, their eyes wide open, empty as if two holes.

"Mmm..."

"Giant Frog Marsh was formerly the Giant Frog Dynasty, which later split into Three Frog Kingdoms."

"Until two years ago, there was still warfare between the three frog kingdoms, especially between the Grass Frog Country and Blue Frog Caliph, a multitude of populations died."

Ten Hands muttered, the mumblings finally became comprehensible:

"With ’Emperor Han’ decisively suppressing the power, the civil war in the three countries ceased..."

"Now, it is called the ’GuaGua Dynasty’, named after one of Emperor Han’s bonded spirits."

Ye Ji nodded slightly, with the Soul Blood Shadow Flower on his shoulder constantly flashing, as if it was recording and branding everything.

"It seems that His Highness’s development over the past five years has been incredibly successful."

"To be able to become the only universally recognized emperor in the trial ground, it is undoubtedly noteworthy."

"However... To be precise, we need to go around the Giant Frog Marsh to confirm whether this is a local condition or if he truly is known to everyone."

"Yes."

Xu Yan and Ten Hands, one puts his sunglasses back on, the other wakes up from the wandering dream.

Below their feet, the human and spirit population that were just frozen suddenly regained consciousness.

They seemed oblivious to what just happened and continued their previous conversation cheerfully.

...

A day later, the Ancient Gold Ghost appeared at the center of the Giant Frog Marsh.

The moment it arrived, Ye Hanjun, who had been seated cross-legged under a tree, opened his eyes immediately.