BONG—!!
As the bronze gong for Round Two echoed across the packed Central Solar Colosseum, a hush of nervous anticipation fell over the hundred million live spectators in the stands. Moreover, The Two Trillion Viewers watching across the 1,000-Sun Star Field!
Because the instant the gong sounded, Student Council Seats #7 and #8—The “Shadow-Kill Duo” (Ying Wu and Ying right Sha, Rank 7 Peak, 6 Golden Halos total)—melted into the white-jade floor tiles like two drops of black ink and vanished completely from sight, sound, and spiritual sense!
Up in the gilded Principal’s Sky-Box, Headmaster Hong leaned forward on his throne, a cruel smile curving his lips. Meanwhile, He watched the invisible spatial trajectories of the two assassins on his private master monitor:
“Watch closely, Vice-Principal Qian! Ying Wu and Ying Sha each possess three stacked assassin Halos: the [Void-Phase Invisibility Halo], the [Zero-Heartbeat Silence Halo], and the [Unblockable Backstab Critical Halo]! Even a veteran Rank 8 Early elder cannot detect their spatial ripples when they phase through the fourth sub-layer of the void!”
“And look at where they are going,” Headmaster Hong sneered with venomous glee. “They aren’t attacking the fourteen-year-old boy with the bamboo ruler or twelve-year-old Gu Nian in the front.
