Chapter 578: Chapter 572: Chasing Light vs. Arcane Magic

Swish!

Several figures appeared on the large square.

The elites from various academic societies angrily looked at the boastful intruder, with a murderous aura that suggested they might leave this person here permanently over a disagreement.

"Looking for trouble here is basically asking for death!"

"What distinguished thing crawled out of some corner this time? Daring to mess with Ran God without even figuring out their own essence?"

"I suggest sending them straight to a drug test. I suspect this person is high to the point of losing sanity."

"That statement... has some truth to it. A normal person couldn’t possibly say what he just did. Arcane Magic? Living in a dream?"

"This guy wouldn’t happen to be one of the seven Earth’s Representatives chosen by the Lord of the Red Lotus, would he? Suddenly feels like such a muddleheaded person completely lowers the stature of Master Ye Fengqing..."

Despite saying so, the elite members of the academic societies all revealed guarded expressions, secretly heightening their alertness.

Because from this platinum-haired young white man, everyone felt an undeniably real pressure and deterrence.

In such a momentum field, there was a faint hint of a bloody scent—something known as killing intent.

Although this killing intent wasn’t specifically targeted at anyone, naturally dissipating instead, this level of killing instinct is absolutely not something cultivated by casually slaughtering hundreds of pigs, horses, cattle, and sheep in a slaughterhouse.

It must be gathered from personally experiencing many life-and-death battles against strong opponents on a battlefield!

But the problem is...

This sudden fellow, though with features resembling a white person from Earth, feels very unfamiliar to everyone, as if he has no reputation or achievements.

It’s important to know that the history of any powerful individual is traceable.

Including top-tier Extraordinary Ones like Ma Ran, Su Qiangwei, and Gray, no matter how high their talents or how many fortuitous encounters they have, everyone has some reference in mind.

But this platinum-haired youth, his momentum is simply inexplicably strong, with no discernible source at all.

"My name is Tatake."

The platinum-haired, medieval noble-dressed young man looked calmly at the approaching academic society members.

"I came here today merely to prove that I don’t need the charity and pity of Ma Ran."

"That’s all."

With that, Tatake let out a cold laugh, his icy dark green eyes sweeping over everyone present: "I have no interest in weaklings, and advise you not to humiliate yourselves."

Tatake paused for a moment, speaking with a mocking smile: "If you must fight, bring a few National Guardian level Extraordinary Ones, maybe then I’ll be interested."

"Anyone with a combat power below Tier Fifteen, stay where it’s cool."

Speaking, Tatake’s originally formidable momentum field suddenly expanded, sweeping across the entire Guangyu Academy.

His words were quite rude, evidently a self-important, arrogant fellow.

But the on-site elite academic society members had to admit that this guy calling himself Tatake was truly formidable. Aside from the top-tier National Guardian level Extraordinary Ones, even disciples of Sword Masters and Demon Lords might not be his match!

"Hahaha! Early arrival doesn’t beat a fortunate timing! Just in time for me to handle this matter."

More eccentric and stilted than Tatake, the Mandarin abruptly echoed in everyone’s ears.

Everyone followed the voice and saw a formally dressed white man somehow already arrived at the scene, now standing before Tatake.

"It’s Light Speed Gentleman, William!"

"Alright, this kid Tatake is probably in for a good beating."

"I also thought I was second only to heaven, that everyone else was beneath me when I first awakened my superpower, but I didn’t go around blurting ’Arcane Magic’ at everything, ugh, seems quite embarrassing..."

"And then?"

"Then... well, thanks to Big Bro Wu Di for the rescue, this favor will be repaid in full someday."

"Is this what they call legendary battle camaraderie? Truly moving!"

"Are you being sarcastic?"

"Shut up! Focus on watching! Battles between National Guardian level Extraordinary Ones aren’t something you see every day!"

"William... is considered quite a special existence among National Guardian level, many who believe in speed supremacy argue his ’Chasing Light’ ability is the world’s strongest superpower."

"In all martial arts, nothing is unbreakable; only speed cannot be surpassed. Speed is power, speed is defense, speed is everything! As a mere bystander, objectively speaking, William’s hard power is indeed currently Earth’s strongest!"

"Can you not be sarcastic? I’m about to vomit."

"Not the strongest, but calling him the first lineup’s extraordinary combat power isn’t an exaggeration."

While the crowd murmured, Light Speed Gentleman William remained fixated on the self-proclaimed Tatake, his smile gradually fading, expression becoming serious.

Initially, he forced his way in partly to do Ma Ran a favor, and partly out of his own calculations, hoping to replace Tatake as the Red Lotus Agent by defeating him.

How strong Lord of the Red Lotus Ye Fengqing is, besides those few who greeted her on the Great Wall, almost no other Earthlings have a sufficiently direct impression.

William was quite aware the gap between Ye Fengqing and himself was like a dragon to an ant; if she wanted to kill him, just a glance would suffice.

Taking advantage of his speed, William made a trip to Italy before coming to China, specifically finding the Observer Agostino to help sense the life domain field intensity of the top Extraordinary Ones in China.

The result was...

In just a few days, Ma Ran and Su Qiangwei’s life strength had increased by at least 20% compared to before!

Process of elimination suggests Ma Ran’s change might come from his own deduction on ’Burning Martial,’ but Su Qiangwei’s ’Myriad Transformations’ had temporarily hit a bottleneck. The many superpowers she’d gained gratuitously were not yet digested, and her source of growth and progress could only be one — Lord of the Red Lotus, Ye Fengqing!

After all, Su Qiangwei was the Spear-Bearer personally invited by Ye Fengqing, and her treatment was likely unmatched by ordinary agents.

Even so, Light Speed Gentleman William still desired that agent status!

He was utterly fed up with merely relying on speed to get by! 𝙛𝒓𝓮𝙚𝔀𝒆𝒃𝓷𝒐𝓿𝙚𝓵.𝙘𝒐𝒎

He wanted to become stronger!

To become a true powerhouse!

Just like Ma Ran and Zhao Guanlan, strong in every facet without weaknesses!

At the very least, even reaching the level of ’God’ Gray or ’Martial God’ Su Qiangwei was acceptable.

However...

That remained but a fantasy.

William’s aptitude for cultivating ’Burning Martial’ was mediocre, even with the Main God Game Platform’s acceleration aiding him, his improvements were merely commendable for an ordinary person.

Such progress is painfully slow for a National Guardian level Extraordinary One, practically having no impact on one’s strength, utterly negligible!

So...

William’s goal was very clear.

He needed an outstanding enough teacher, a guiding figure to lead him further forward, further progress.

Lord of the Red Lotus Ye Fengqing was the most suitable candidate right now!

"Come on!"

William’s eyes burned with flames of battle intent, staring fiercely at Tatake: "Let me see what kind of so-called ’Arcane Magic’ makes you so arrogant, and how it compares to my ’Chasing Light’!"