[The colossal monster called Sacred Leviathan has not even launched an attack yet, merely its continued descent has already stirred such a tremendous commotion…]

[However, this behemoth that has thrown countless people into panic is actually only a projection of the Starborn Spirit Progenitor!]

[If just a projected avatar can unleash such terrifying pressure, it is truly hard to imagine what kind of horrifying scene would occur if the Sacred Leviathan’s true body descended here.]

[Your mentor pulls you up into the air, making the two of you the people closest to the Sacred Leviathan.]

[In this moment, countless people below look up at your figures.]

[Many classmates recognize you as that good-for-nothing academic slacker. Seeing you unafraid even as the behemoth descends, they cannot help being affected by your fearless bearing and gradually become calm and composed.]

[You can even hear the praise and applause of many classmates rising up from below.]

[However, you have no mood at all to pay attention to any of that…]

[Staring at the titanic beast drawing ever closer, you cannot help feeling a nameless fear in your heart. You very much doubt whether that thin defensive light barrier above your head can withstand this monster’s attack.]

[Your mentor wears a look of unshakable composure and says to you that it had not realized you possessed such courage in the face of danger. Once this crisis is over, it will grant you an excellent mark on your assessment.]

[You cannot help saying that your mentor may not be afraid of this monster, but you are just a little afraid of heights. Could you two fly a bit lower, not so close to the monster, no, you mean not so far from the ground…]

[At the same time, the Sacred Leviathan has already descended onto the light barrier. It lets out an earth-shaking roar, then lashes its thick tentacles fiercely at the barrier!]

[The tentacles tear through the air, unleashing a terrifying force…]

[You are like an extremely frail child, separated from a speeding dump truck by only a thin glass curtain wall, watching helplessly as it hurtles straight toward you, unable to dodge.]

[All you can do is pray that the tempered glass of the curtain wall is strong enough to withstand the impact of a heavy truck…]

[At the instant the tentacle whips against the light barrier, a deafening boom erupts!]

[Like a super hurricane being unleashed, the shockwave blasts everything outside the defensive barrier with destructive force, vast swathes of soil and gravel exploding outward and flying in all directions…]

[The defensive light barrier known as the Sea of Knowledge Magic Formation actually completely withstands the behemoth’s attack.]

[You are extremely close to the barrier. In addition to the earth-shaking boom, you also clearly hear a faint cracking sound, as though something is breaking.]

[You turn toward the source of the sound and see several extremely fine cracks appear on the light barrier…]

[Below, a wave of heated cheers erupts. Countless students see the barrier block the monster’s attack and immediately burst into applause and shouts of joy. From their greater distance, they seem not to have noticed the cracks in the barrier.]

[Your mentor beside you has clearly noticed the cracks. its expression changes, then quickly returns to calm as it says that it did not quite hear what you just said. Could you repeat it?]

[You swallow and say that you are somewhat afraid of heights…]

[Your mentor nods and immediately replies that since the example has already been set and the many classmates are no longer fearful, considering your acrophobia, it is better to bring you back down to the ground…]

[With that, your mentor swings its staff and swiftly takes you away from the behemoth, descending into the crowd below.]

[Failing to break the barrier with its whip attack, the behemoth roars in fury, its gaze piercing through the crowd to lock onto you.]

[From the night sky, brilliant star-glow pours down, condensing around the behemoth’s body…]

[it slowly drifts upward, pulling away to gain distance, then hurls itself with full force at the defensive magic formation…]

[This attack is several times stronger than before, whether in scale or in impact!]

[You quietly clench your fists, ready to bolt the instant the defensive barrier shatters.]

[Just then, a voice echoes throughout the academy…]

[For thousands of years, not a single evil star god has dared descend to the world and expose its own whereabouts!]

[They can only skulk like sewer rats, hiding, hiding, concealed within the void…]

[Since the evil god dares to send down a projection, it must be prepared to fall and die!]

[You are very familiar with that voice. It belongs to the branch association’s President, the Direct Vision Great Sage.]

[You see several thin figures rise into the sky. Among them is the Direct Vision Great Sage, as well as five Sage-level Scholars who serve as Vice Presidents of the association.]

[The Sages appear to have been preparing for this. They ignore the behemoth hurtling toward them and raise the staffs in their hands…]

[As the final syllable of the complex incantation falls, countless flashing characters surge forth like a raging tide!]

[At the very front of the formation, the Direct Vision Great Sage lifts its staff, and that vast, terrifying spell power converges entirely upon the tip of the staff!]

[At the same time, all the energy of the entire Sea of Knowledge Magic Formation is instantly drained away and converted into the most primordial power of Knowledge characters, converging on the tip of the Great Sage’s staff.]

[Such a terrifying power makes the entire academy tremble faintly. The mentors immediately direct the students to move away from the central battlefield so as not to be swept up in the terrifying spell.]

[That ultimate spell power is formed from the combined might of five Sages, one Great Sage, and the boundless reserve energy of the Sea of Knowledge Magic Formation, condensed into an ultimate secret spell. It is also the greatest magic that can be unleashed beneath the level of gods, Endless Flood of Knowledge!]

[The behemoth’s falling charge grows faster and faster. Its body, scraping against the air, bursts into roaring flame…]

[Without the protection of the Sea of Knowledge Magic Formation, the students endure the aftermath of the god projection’s pressure. Their faces blanch in terror, and their limbs go weak…]

[The blinding radiance of the ultimate secret spell fills the night sky. The Direct Vision Great Sage points its staff at the behemoth, and that all-destroying power surges forth, transforming into an unstoppable torrent that shoots straight into the heavens!]

[The colossal pillar of torrenting characters collides with the behemoth whose body is wreathed in flame beneath the star-glow!]

[In that instant, the entire world seems to fall into endless darkness. The students looking up can see nothing at all.]

[The only light between heaven and earth erupts violently from the clash of those two overwhelmingly powerful forces…]

[The explosive, blinding light renders everyone briefly sightless, and the powerful shockwave of the colliding forces nearly sends the students flying.]

[If not for the mentors raising barriers in front of them to block the blast, the shockwave alone from that one strike would have claimed the lives of many academy students…]

[With the spreading of the shockwave, several buildings collapse with a thunderous crash, throwing up clouds of dust…]

[Ignoring the stabbing pain in your eyes and the tears forced out by the dazzling light, you stare fixedly at the center of the massive impact, right where the ultimate secret spell and the Starborn Spirit Progenitor collided…]

[There, under the annihilating impact of Endless Flood of Knowledge, there is no sign of any behemoth. Only countless charred, broken chunks of flesh remain, falling to the ground like raindrops.]

[The Sacred Leviathan has been blasted apart by this peerless secret spell, its corpse shattered into innumerable tiny scraps.]

[Starborn Spirit Progenitor Sacred Leviathan’s Projection is dead. You gain no experience.]

[As the countless chunks of flesh rain down, the moment they touch the ground they transform into light and vanish without a trace.]

[You notice that among the falling chunks of flesh, there seems to be a cluster of shimmering light, as though some item has dropped!]

[That shimmering cluster of light falls down together with the fleshy fragments, landing amidst the ruins of a collapsed building, hidden beneath heaps of broken bricks and rubble…]

[In the sky, the Direct Vision Great Sage and the five Vice Presidents descend to the ground. Their steps are unsteady, as though their spell power has been completely exhausted.]

[Several mentors hurry forward to support them, but the Direct Vision Great Sage waves them away and raises its staff once more, its voice resounding throughout the academy…]

[The one and only true Lord God in this world is Omniscient True Knowledge, worshiped by countless Scholar believers!]

[In the radiance of the true Lord, any invading evil god enemy will be killed in an instant, just like the monster just now!]

[The Lord grants his children boundless Knowledge, which is to grant them Endless Power!]

[The students and mentors alike follow the Direct Vision Great Sage, shouting fanatically…]

[While everyone’s attention is fixed on the Direct Vision Great Sage, you quietly slip out of the crowd and sneak toward the ruins of the building where the item fell…]

[With the death of Starborn Spirit Progenitor Sacred Leviathan’s Projection, the star-glow gradually fades, and the night sky slowly lightens…]

[Just when everyone believes that it is all over, the sky, which had only just begun to brighten, suddenly plunges back into absolute darkness, and a still more dazzling, brilliant star-glow falls from the center of the night sky.]

[Once again, a terrifying shadow descends into the world along the star-glow…]

[The immense form that blots out the sky is identical to the Sacred Leviathan from before, yet even larger and more terrifying…]

[The god-slaying act of the Sages has enraged the star gods lurking unseen in the void, causing them to send down an even more powerful projection!]

[All the students and mentors have seen that the Sages exhausted their mental power with that previous all-out strike.]

[For the evil star god to descend again at this moment means that there is no one left who can stop it!]

[The cheers and shouts cut off abruptly. Many students’ faces blanch in terror. Some are so frightened that their limbs turn to jelly and they collapse to the ground…] 𝐟𝐫𝕖𝗲𝘄𝚎𝗯𝕟𝐨𝕧𝐞𝚕.𝕔𝕠𝐦

[You, who have already drawn near the building ruins, are also startled into stopping, weighing whether you should immediately flee or first sneak in to snatch the dropped reward, then run.]

[But you see that at the front of the crowd, the Direct Vision Great Sage not only shows no fear, but instead lets out a cold snort and calls loudly, Evil heretic, you dare invade again?]

[This time, it will not be as simple as merely losing a single projection!]

[it raises its staff high. With the Direct Vision Great Sage at the center, a gigantic magic formation appears over the academy grounds beneath its feet, its pattern completely different from the previous Sea of Knowledge Magic Formation…]

[The Direct Vision Great Sage calls out in a loud voice…]

[You Prophets far away in the Imperial Capital Saint Etienne, please hear my call!]

[Darkness has fallen, and the evil light of the stars has once more descended upon the world…]

[Great Prophets, please drive out the filth, punish the wicked, and destroy the evil god that dares descend into the world!]

[As the Direct Vision Great Sage’s voice echoes throughout the academy, the magic formation beneath its feet bursts into intense radiance!]

[Countless characters condense to form a hunched, aged, indistinct humanoid shape. This is a mighty being that has surpassed the demigod realm, an ultimate powerhouse standing above tens of thousands of Scholars, one who has attained godhood with a mortal body, a Prophet.]

[With a wave of the Prophet’s hand, countless characters pour into the bodies of the fearful students, making them instantly calm and composed.]

[The Prophet speaks slowly, Children, there is no need to worry or be afraid. Your faith, the Knowledge you have studied, these are your most powerful weapons.]

[it raises its staff. Without chanting a single spell, a massive rift suddenly tears open across the night sky…]

[A colossal, resplendent character rips free of space and crashes toward the behemoth.]

[The Sacred Leviathan lets out its first howl of terror, retreating and fleeing with a speed far greater than when it descended, but it cannot escape at all.]

[The character instantly stamps onto the monster’s massive body…]

[A world-shaking power erupts, making the entire land sway and rock as if about to collapse…]

[The Sacred Leviathan does not even have time to utter a scream before it is reduced to dust in an instant.]

[Even its corpse and remnants are completely evaporated in the baptism of that power, leaving nothing behind, as though it had never existed.]

[Starborn Spirit Progenitor Sacred Leviathan’s Projection is dead!]

[Having witnessed the divine might, the students are left dumbstruck, their faces filled with shock and reverence. The Prophet smiles faintly as the character-formed body slowly dissipates…]

[it leaves behind a single sentence, Every one of you has the potential to become a powerful Scholar like Him. He will be waiting for you in the Imperial Capital…]

[At this moment, after searching for quite some time, you finally find the item that dropped when the Sacred Leviathan died.]

[You do not have time to examine it closely. You hastily tuck it away, then jog back toward the crowd…]

[You have obtained Heart of the Starborn Spirit (Special item)!]

[You quietly return to your mentor’s side. Everyone is still immersed in the earth-shattering battle just now, unable to recover for a long time…]

The great battle ended, and under their mentors’ organization, the students moved into several other dorm buildings to rest.

As the very culprit who had triggered this battle, Lin Xun, relying on the strength of his own oath faction, not only slipped through the ordeal unharmed, but even managed to walk away with loot.

It was just that since he had contributed almost nothing to the fight, the Sacred Leviathan had dropped only a single reward.

The Sages and Great Sage remained at the battlefield, inscribing complex magic formations.

From what his mentor had revealed, it seemed that the Sages could use the lingering aura of the evil god to reverse-deduce and analyze the precise coordinates in the void where this Starborn Spirit Progenitor was hiding.

Once they acquired the exact coordinates of the hidden evil god and offered them up in sacrifice and prayer to Omniscient True Knowledge, they would receive divine favor in return.

Lin Xun knew that the one bestowing divine favor was not Omniscient True Knowledge, but the Servant of Knowledge.

However, only the upper echelons among the Scholars knew the truth, and one needed at least Sage-level strength and realm to understand it.

“Damn, the Direct Vision School really is not on my side. Otherwise, if I had a few Sage Prophets as bodyguards, would I not be walking sideways through this entire chapter?”

“Maybe I should go try my luck at the Multivision Association later. Who knows, I might be treated as an honored guest over there?”

Seeing that he finally had a moment of leisure, he opened his Inventory to examine the Precious Memory of the Stars and Heart of the Starborn Spirit he had just obtained.