Chapter 1091: Lan Lingzi, All-Being Devil King

It was as Vice Principal Qing Man had said, after Li Luo's battle against Gao Xuhan, the rest of the fights would be quite boring. The rest of the crowd was still engrossed in discussing the happenings of the previous fight as well. It would be hard for them to focus on any other fight after that.

The good thing was that the rest of the fights would quickly end. As a result, the academic evaluation swiftly reached its conclusion without any complications.

Li Luo's performance had surpassed all expectations, taking home one of the first tier slots.

The winner of other slot ended up being determined by the drawing of lots. The three other squad leaders who had obtained seven stars in their evaluations drew them personally. Tong Yan burst out in wild cheers when she received the winning lot. Gao Xuhan and Gu Jing's expression had turned as ashen as the bottom of a well-used wok.

There was nothing they could do. Alas, their luck had deserted them at the very end.

However, they truly were quite unlucky. Under normal circumstances, it woud've been fairly easy for prodigies like them to come out with first tier spots. Unfortunately, Li Luo was a stumbling block for them. Additionally, they had served as stepping stones for him.

As Li Luo's reputation spread in the future, the three of them would be turned into the villains of the story and be subject to verbal lashings from the public.

Once the placements were confirmed, the usual award ceremony was canceled as Wu Yu and Qing Man quickly left in full view of the crowd. The sage colleges present immediately started to discuss what might have happened.

The good thing was that the mentors from the Heavenly Origin Ancient College stepped in to pick things up, assuring everyone that everything would continue as usual and the cultivation resources would be delivered as agreed upon.

It was only then that the commotion subsided.

After which, the sage colleges took their leave.

Li Luo stretched lazily as he watched the vice principals walk off. "Wu Yu wouldn't be the sort to renege on his bet, would he?"

Chi Chan shook her head. "With his status and position, doing such a thing would be detrimental to his reputation."

Li Luo paused to ponder about it. Although the price of the cultivation resources was insignificant, a King would not be concerned.

At this point, he saw Lu Ming, Jing Taixu, and Sun Dasheng walking towards him. Smiling, he turned towards them and made his way over as well.

"Li Luo, you're famous now. Don't you think you should invite a few friends to celebrate?" Lu Ming grinned as her youthful and fair face attracted several gazes of envy.

Li Luo was reminded of the Holy Grail Meet and how they had met. Being able to see familiar faces in a faraway place was indeed worth celebrating.

He smiled and nodded.

"If the three of you would honor me..."

As the group left to engage in some revelry, Wu Yu and Qing Man hurriedly returned to the Heavenly Origin Pagoda.

They made their way to the top floor, where they saw a slim lady standing before an open window, peering outwards.

She wore a suit of azure jade armor and was equipped with a pair of golden sabatons, giving off a fierce and mighty demeanor. Looking at the familiar figure, Vice Principal Wu Yu's eyebrows lifted slightly as he calmly asked. "Vice Principal Lan Lingzi, has the Principal sent a message?"

The azure jade-armored lady was indeed the individual who Li Luo had been seeking, Lan Lingzi.

Hearing his voices behind her, she turned around. Her appearance seemed youthful and her brows were shaped like swords, making her look powerful and solemn.

Her long hair was tied up and she wore a crown that seemed to be made of blue grass stems. The object radiated a sense of life and vitality, occasionally growing leaves and stems, stirring up her hair. In contrast, her calm and deep eyes seemed to contain the vicissitudes of age, indicating that her true age did not match her appearance.

"How did the operation go?" Vice Principal Qing Man asked with a solemn expression.

As two of the experts leading the college, Wu Yu and Qing Man naturally knew who the Principal and the other vice principals had taken action to fight against.

"Our plans have been halted. The All-Being Devil King has made an appearance, and it brought along all of the subordinate devils under it. The projection of the All-Being Ghostly Skin Dominion has also descended, enveloping the Fifth Minor Earthly Branch Realm. Even now, the two sides are engaged in battle," Lan Lingzi explained the explosive situation concisely.

"The All-Being Devil King and the All-Being Ghostly Skin Dominion?!" Wu Yu and Qing Man's expressions turned heavy. The All-Being Devil King was an Other that frightened even Kings.

It was a Triple Crowned King. The All-Being Ghostly Skin Dominion was a territory that the All-Being Devil King controlled, and was one of the strongest dominions in the shadow world.

Thus, the Heavenly Origin Ancient College had been tasked to deal with the All-Being Ghostly Skin Dominion, and the Principal and the other vice principals were not present as a result.

A battle of this magnitude was a fight amongst peak experts. In a sense, it was almost like two King powers going head-to-head against each other.

However, as a core member of the Academic Federation, the Heavenly Origin Ancient College would usually remain neutral and not engage in wars against other powers. Their only goal was to obstruct and defeat the Others.

This was the main reason why the other peak powers on the continents highly respected the Academic Federation.

The stronger the power, the better they understood how frightening the threat of the Others was. The Academic Federation carried a heavy burden for the sake of the living, all for the sake of resisting the shadow world.

"It seems like the situation has escalated," Vice Principal Qing Man said.

"The Fifth Minor Earthly Branch Realm is too tempting. The space is linked to the Nobles' Battlefield, and if this fact had not been discovered, things would have been fine. We could've borrowed the aid of the Tree of Resonant Power to cover its existence and gradually developed it. Unfortunately, the All-Being Devil King, who was closest to the area, discovered it," Lan Lingzi coolly explained.

"It sowed corruption and managed to influence a mentor of our college. It caused his skin to mutate and separate from his flesh and blood before developing a life of its own and escaping to inform the Devil King of the Fifth Minor Earthly Branch Realm."

Wu Yu and Qing Man frowned at this point. The Other Kings had methods that were esoteric and unpredictable, including the All-Beings Devil King. It could force an individual's skin to separate from their own body upon being corrupted!

When faced with such a strange existence, even a Duke would unknowingly be corrupted. And eventually, they would suddenly discover that part of their body was no longer their own and turn into a lump of flesh and bone.

"So what is the plan now? Did you return due to the Principal's orders?" Vice Principal Wu Yu asked.

Lan Lingzi nodded, but then she replied with a question of her own, "Is the academic evaluation is occurring again? Have the Sage colleges sent out their most exceptional squads?"

Vice Principal Wu Yu's face shuddered slightly as he unnaturally nodded in confirmation.

"How are the results? Which colleges earned first tier slots?" Lan Lingzi continued.

Vice Principal Wu Yu was expressionless at this point, but Qing Man laughed lightly. "The most exceptional college that obtained a first tier slot is none other than the Astral Sage College."

Lan Lingzi did not react at first, but a few moments later, a look of surprise sprang up on her face.

She stared at Vice Principal Wu Yu.

"Astral Sage College? The college that Old Pang runs?"