Wang Lan's body was almost bisected, but he didn't fall as expected. Apart from some initial spurting of blood, the bleeding stopped.

The grotesque wound on his chest visibly healed at an astonishing speed, as if time was running backward.

"WOW—"

"The Wolf King has Self Healing abilities. HAHAHA... when it comes to endurance, in my life I bow to no one except the Wolf King."

"Damn, what is this? A Healing Skill?"

"No, this is an Undying Body! Can healing speed be this fast? Only an Undying Body could heal this quickly."

In less than five seconds, Wang Lan's wounds had completely healed, without even a scar left behind.

Wang Mingling's strike was indeed fierce, but the moment the injury occurred, the Self Healing skill had already activated. Propelled by the Phoenix Star Power, it took only a second to exit the state of near death, and three seconds to move beyond critically wounded. Five seconds later, he had returned to peak condition.

Though the injury on Wang Lan's body had healed, his clothes could not be mended. Two pieces of cloth fell from Wang Lan's shoulders. With a light wave of his hand, Wang Lan tore off the remnants from his body. Instantly, Star Power surged around him, and the door to the Star palace swung open.

A streak of light rose, and in a flash, a bronze phoenix burst out of the Star palace. The phoenix disintegrated mid-air, transforming into pieces of armor that covered Wang Lan's body. For the first time, the process of donning the Saint Cloth was broadcast into countless homes.

Even without an exciting BGM, the scene still made viewers' blood boil.

Eld Di's shocked expression faded, and a sharp gleam flickered in his eyes. What mattered to him was not the origin of this Star Palace Artifact, but Wang Lan's healing talent. To recover completely in mere seconds from injuries that could kill instantly... this talent was unexpectedly powerful.

With the Saint Cloth on, Wang Lan returned to his peak, but Wang Mingling, with all his internal organs shattered, looked like a lamb waiting to be slaughtered. Even if this Wang Mingling was just a body he had seized, with the organs shattered, this body was already over eighty percent damaged. How much power could it still exert?

"Wang Mingling, you're going to die—"

Suddenly, Wang Lan's Saint Cloth blazed with a fierce flame. As the flames formed, they soared with spread wings, and a phantom phoenix appeared before everyone's eyes.

Wang Lan transformed into a streak of light, rushing towards Wang Mingling with a scorching wind.

Phoenix Wing Sky Soaring—

Though he didn't know the signature move of the Phoenix Constellation, he still shouted the name "Phoenix Wing Sky Soaring." Countless fists enwreathed in flames, like meteors, pummeled Wang Mingling's chest.

Wang Mingling was ravaged by continuous punches, unable to mount even a token resistance. He was propelled high into the air by Wang Lan's barrage of fiery punches. Then, he was smashed from the sky to the ground.

BOOM—

The ground collapsed as if a meteor had struck. Deep cracks spread out like a tortoise shell within a ten-meter radius, forming a crater at least two meters deep.

The dust slowly settled. Wang Lan stood atop Wang Mingling's chest, looking down coldly at the now unrecognizable Wang Mingling lying on the ground.

The flames around him were not as explosive as before, but they still burned fiercely.

"You lost!"

Wang Mingling's hollow gaze filled with hatred as he looked at Wang Lan, his fingers suddenly twitching slightly.

"BOOM—"

In an instant, Wang Lan delivered a punch that further sunk the ground by a meter, and Wang Mingling's body was directly fused with the earth by that punch.

"Defeated a higher level opponent. Reward: two thousand experience points, one hundred skill points."

"Successfully thwarted the Demon Clan's conspiracy. Reward: ten thousand experience points, one thousand skill points…"

"Successfully achieved the prestigious 'Center of Attention' reputation. Reward: ten thousand experience points, one thousand skill points!"

One notification after another almost made Wang Lan ecstatically dance on the spot.

As the dust settled, the teachers behind him couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. Eld Di slowly took off his sunglasses, revealing a pair of piercing eyes.

"This situation is resolved. Now it's time for the other to end…"

Suddenly, a powerful presence swept over, grand as if encompassing the entire sky. In a moment, Wang Lan's body tensed, and his hair stood on end.

This was an indescribable feeling, like an ant facing the vast power of nature, one of utter despair.

Suddenly, everyone turned their heads.

Eld Di was enveloped in a golden radiance. Amid the golden light, he was still the same Eld Di, but he seemed to have transcended the ordinary and become divine.

The golden light flashed, and Eld Di's figure disappeared from view.

Dozens of kilometers away at the Tianjian Bureau, an intense battle was still raging. Although a large number of reinforcements had already arrived, it was unclear by what means the Demon Clan had managed to open five Different Dimensional Spaces around the Tianjian Bureau.

Exotic Beasts poured out, rushing towards the bustling commercial district not far away. The commercial district was densely populated, and the consequences would be unimaginable if the Exotic Beasts broke through. Faced with the choice between the Tianjian Bureau and the lives of the citizens, the Tianjian Bureau would naturally choose the citizens.

But this inevitably delayed the time to support the Tianjian Bureau. While Lu Zhao ordered Li Weixin to hold on, he also led Wang Qianfeng and others to quickly eliminate the five Different Dimensional Spaces. Twenty minutes passed without notice.

The Demon Clan was still fiercely attacking the Tianjian Bureau, and its defense line was in great peril. On the other battlefield, the Exotic Beasts rampaging out of the Different Dimensional Spaces had already been wiped out by the elite warriors of the Tianjian Bureau, who had unleashed their full firepower.

To prevent a single Exotic Beast from breaking into the populated area, the Tianjian Bureau also paid a heavy price.

"Move! Support the headquarters!" Lu Zhao fiercely wiped the green blood off his face and barked the command.

Just as he was about to take action, suddenly, the colors of heaven and earth changed. Gold drenched the world below.

Lu Zhao looked up sharply and saw a golden figure suspended in the clouds. Through the layers of golden light, he recognized it was Eld Di.

"Eld Di—" Lu Zhao's heart was instantly filled with shock.

Although the Five Elders held distinguished identities and prestigious positions, there were few records of their strength. It was well-known that the five strongest people in Jade Country were the Five Emperors. The Five Elders were simply the five venerable elders who had nurtured such exceptional figures as the Five Emperors.

Eld Di hadn't made a move in nearly thirty years. Thirty years ago, he was indeed a high-level expert at the Star Sea Stage, even a well-known Titled Strongman. However, with advancing age, Eld Di's strength was bound to have declined.

The outside world speculated that the current Five Elders, in terms of strength, might have fallen out of the Galaxy Stage.

But at this moment, Lu Zhao realized how laughable the outside world's speculation was.

With his own Cultivation Level at the Star Sea Stage, he felt like an ant facing the fury of the heavens and earth under the presence before him. Although he didn't know about the other elders, at least Eld Di, despite his age, had not weakened. In fact, he had grown countless times stronger than thirty years ago.

From the void, Eld Di lightly reached out a finger. In an instant, countless beams of golden light rained down towards the ground.

Each beam of golden light struck a member of the Demon Clan, a Demon Soldier, and even the treacherous humans from Paradise Bird. None could escape the attack of the golden light, nor could any survive under it.

In just the blink of an eye, like a fierce flame melting ice and snow, the world suddenly became peaceful.

Everyone was looking up, staring blankly at the golden light above their heads. They watched as Eld Di, like a divine being, slowly descended.

All the special agents of the Tianjian Bureau felt a tremor in their souls. Each of them had a rich past, stories that inspired awe. They should not have been so astonished by the scene before them, yet the power Eld Di had shown was beyond their comprehension.

The boundless strength, like the firmament itself, inspired fear in everyone's hearts.

"The one Wang Mingling intended to assassinate... was such a figure?" Xu Shiyun muttered, touching her nose.

As Eld Di descended, the golden aura around him dispersed, and he returned to being an approachable and kindly old man.

Although the Tianjian Bureau had gone through a fierce battle, the Demon Clan had never managed to break into its interior. Apart from the outer area being a mess, the buildings of the Tianjian Bureau remained intact.

No one saw Eld Di's display of Divine Might, but the exciting footage of Wang Lan's battle with Wang Mingling was broadcast into countless homes through television. After a brief silence, the internet erupted.

"Wolf King is awesome—"

"Wolf King is so strong! The power he displayed in the provincial martial arts meeting wasn't even a tenth of his true strength. Especially at the end, after putting on the Phoenix Armor, he could actually soar into the sky and burrow into the earth. The shockwave from his punch knocked down drones tens of meters away! I dare say, if Wang Lan had shown his true strength in the provincial meeting, no one there could have taken a single move from him."

"Completely agree with the above. But here's the thing: why did Wang Lan fight so hard in the provincial meeting? Every time he seemed to go through a tough fight."

"Maybe he wanted to leave some dignity for his peers? If Wang Lan had shown his true ability from the start, would the other students have had any chance to shine? He might as well have fought them all by himself."

"Makes sense... But... Not to be sour or anything, I just can't understand. We're all high school students. We can understand if you're a bit stronger, but being this much stronger is incomprehensible."

"To the person above, don't say you don't understand; we damn well don't understand either! Let me put it this way: I also attended Suzhou No.1 Middle School, but I don't have the talent of a Star Martial Warrior. But let me tell you, Wang Lan is non-human. Otherwise, where do you think the title of 'Scholar God' comes from?"

"Wang Lan, I would call him the strongest high school student in history. Who agrees? Who disagrees?"

"Agree!"

"Agree!"

"I disagree! I think we shouldn't attract negativity for the Wolf King. The title of 'strongest in history' attracts too much of it. Let's go with 'strongest high school student in Jiang Province's history'."

"My forty-meter sword is already... Never mind, you have a point. The 'strongest in Jiang Province's history' and 'strongest in the country's history' isn't much different."

The sensation Wang Lan created in Jiang Province spread like a virus, swiftly expanding outward. The events occurring in Jiang Province, especially under live television coverage, simply couldn't be concealed.

Eld Di didn't order the cameras to be turned off; he even left the battle to Wang Lan without any intention of hiding it. So, Wang Lan trended.

While Wang Lan's popularity was explosive, he quietly returned home. After learning that the Tianjian Bureau was no longer in danger and that all the Demon Clan spies and Paradise Bird traitors had been killed, there was no need for him to provide support.

After the Phoenix form's cooldown, with his small arms and legs, going to support would have been sending himself to be slaughtered.

When he got home, he didn't even bother to take a shower but instead collapsed directly onto his bed and fell soundly asleep. Wang Lan had used the Phoenix form numerous times, developing some immunity to its aftereffects. If not for that, he wasn't sure he could have even made it home.

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