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However, this bustling marketplace was only what met the eye at first glance – upon closer scrutiny, one would quickly discover the walls of buildings mottled with patches, the figures of passersby blurry, and a chilling aura of specters pervading the air.

Before the onlookers had time to examine closely, the scenery of the marketplace that overlapped with the Water Dragon's Lament Illusionary Killing Formation began to twist.

A humming sound echoed incessantly.

The Water Dragons and buildings had already become indistinct.

Some building doors swung wide open like the gaping mouth of a giant beast, swallowing several Water Dragons as if they were tiny mudfish;

Ghostly figures grinned like butchers, unsheathing their knives to pin the Water Dragon to the wall, flaying and deboning them;

There were ghostly shadows – some fake, some real.

"What on earth is happening inside?"

Someone asked.

Before anyone could answer, the overlapping shadows of the buildings and the Water Dragons had all vanished, leaving behind only a graceful silhouette clad in red, who waved her hand to dispel the mist around her and floated out.

At this moment, the countdown timer hanging above the Water Dragon's Lament Illusionary Killing Formation froze.

It froze at 9.62 seconds.

Nine seconds.

Less than ten.

Killed... killed through the entire Water Dragon's Lament Illusionary Killing Formation?

There were no exclamations, no curses; all that was present outside the formation was silence.

Silence was the theme of the day.

Their reflexes hadn't even caught up yet.

After a long pause,

"What... what happened?"

A passing onlooker looked around bewildered; he had just returned from the bathroom and everyone seemed petrified in place.

He hadn't been gone that long.

"Actually, I don't know what happened either."

Another bystander stared at the distant formation, still confused.

He just saw the red-clad powerhouse float up, take action, and breach the grand formation.

It all happened so fast, he barely understood what had occurred.

The formation simply shattered.

"9.62 seconds, what level is that?"

"How long did it take Lord Infinite Heavenly Wolf to break the formation?"

"Was it seventeen seconds or eighteen?"

"Twice as fast as Red Shadow? Hiss!"

"How can she be that fast!"

Many people snapped back to their senses, and at this point, exclamations and curses finally began to rise in a chorus.

It seemed they had witnessed something incredible.

From then on, they could boast to their friends over dinner: I witnessed the rise of a super lord.

Red Shadow is ranked twelfth on the Dragon Gate Ranking.

This red-clad figure, countless times more ferocious than Red Shadow, what rank should she hold on the Dragon Gate Ranking? Top ten? Top five? Top three or...

At this thought, people couldn't help but inhale sharply.

Most of those present had seen the Dragon Gate Ranking, but chances to witness the top-ranking powerhouses were few and far between.

The opportunity to see the 'Battle for the Ranking' with one's own eyes was even rarer.

Today, they had seen it.

In the distance, a second-rank Instructor Yun Juan stared at Hong Yi and then at Sanghun, his throat moved for a long time but he couldn't utter a word.

Sanghun, brother, you really didn't exaggerate at all.

No, wait, Sanghun, brother, aren't you being too modest!

Hold on a second...

Instructor Yun Juan keenly spotted a discrepancy, "You said you come from a small town? That's not reasonable!"

No small territory has such an exaggerated lineup.

Hong Yi, Zhou Yi, Sanghun, including Irene, they all have the qualifications to be on the Dragon Gate Ranking.

Even if Sanghun and Irene might rank on the lower end of the Dragon Gate Ranking, it's still the Dragon Gate Ranking.

Four dragons of the gate from one city, could that be a small town?

A pond simply cannot produce a True Dragon.

Sanghun was very innocently, "We really do come from a Level 5 small town, and it hasn't been long since our territory was upgraded, our Lord also said that the city is too small, just a small town scale, and it's still expanding."

Instructor Yun Juan fell silent.

Perhaps their home did not qualify to be called a city-tier territory?

Outside the Water Dragon's Lament Illusionary Killing Formation, Hong Yi hovered there, her gaze unfriendly as she stared at the distant examiner responsible for evaluating the examination.

Why hasn't this Examiner Bi Deng announced the results yet?

Even floating like this could be exhausting.

Under Hong Yi's 'judgmental' gaze, the examiner finally snapped back to reality and opened his mouth, "Miss Hong Yi, given your performance, we will... will..."

This examiner was a Senior Lord.

Among the Senior Lords, he was quite experienced, with a tenure of over ten years, having reached the Fourth-order Limit Great Perfection himself, and he also held a significant position at Lakehaven Academy.

He was well aware that based on Hong Yi's performance and level, it was completely justified to award her the title of top-rank instructor.

That was the stipulation of Lakehaven Academy.

However...

They no longer had any top-rank instructor positions available.

The top-rank instructor positions were very precious, the academy granted special allowances for them, along with corresponding targets.

One had to meet the standards to acquire this treatment.

Under normal recruitment, it was impossible to attract such talent.

The academy initially worried they couldn't fill the top-rank instructor positions to receive the special allowances from the higher-ups, so a Legendary Realm academy head personally made a distant trip, heading to the territory of an old friend to invite a Dragon Gate Ranking powerhouse.

Red Shadow was one of them.

Of course, even for powerhouses specially invited by the academy, they had to pass the assessment to earn the special title, which had to be submitted to the Alliance Headquarters for upper-level review.

Lakehaven Academy could only approve first-rank instructors on its own.

Now, the talent was here, even far surpassing the standards required by the higher-ups, but...

The positions were gone.

What to do? What to do?

The examiner felt like a small shrimp, incapable of handling such an important affair; he needed to ask a superior for instructions.

However... he had a feeling that if he uttered the word "inquire", he might, just might, get 'knifed' by this red-clad lord.

The intention to use a knife is not something one can easily conceal.

The examiner's back was soaked with sweat; he was just a small Fourth-order Limit.

At that moment, an aged but resonant voice came from the distance.