Light Fortress
Chapter 506 - 115: I Invite You, to Battle with Me!_3

Chapter 506: Chapter 115: I Invite You, to Battle with Me!_3

Perhaps...

Perhaps Gong Zi could successfully comprehend the "first barrier" left by the Lord Divine?

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"Do you think Gong Zi... can do it..."

Shen Li asked Gu Shen with some nervousness through mental messaging.

The battle just now, although he was seated further back and couldn’t see clearly... he truly felt anxious for Gong Zi; the finals were purely a contest of family resources.

The Gong Family and the Judgement Institute had almost given their best treasures that they could control at this stage to the two young people.

In such a confrontation, individual "ability" had a very small impact on the outcome...

Although Shen Li was belligerent, he was clear that if it were him on the stage with his thinner family resources, he would probably have been sliced apart in the first onslaught of Zhou Wei’s [Paper Scissors].

Unless... Gu Shen was willing to lend him the Iron Cloth.

"Nineteen minutes have passed already," transmitted Gu Shen slowly: "That strand of flame is still burning, the current situation is still stable."

This was actually good news.

Because the Flame Dream’s spiritual comprehension was entirely public, Chu Ling had collected data from past geniuses, and the average duration was fourteen minutes. The genius who quenched the Flame Dream the fastest had only lasted nine minutes before admitting defeat, while the one who lasted the longest had comprehended in the Dream for nearly twenty-five minutes.

Nineteen minutes... judging by the burning trend of the flame, the current Dream was still calm.

Regardless of success or failure, Gong Zi should have no problem equaling the highest record.

"I see that the flame is getting smaller and smaller... why do I have a bad feeling about this..." Shen Li grimaced slightly.

Twenty minutes passed.

The strand of flame on Gong Zi’s forehead had shrunk by half compared to when it was first taken out... Although he didn’t know what had happened in the Dream during comprehension, Shen Li was not foolish; he knew that the flame shrinking was not a good sign.

The elders of the Gong Family all clenched their fists, anxiously waiting.

Gong Zi was the legitimate eldest son, the future heir to the Family Head... He was also the "hope" on whom the Gong Family had poured all their cultivation; no one wanted to see the Young Master grasp the comprehension of this strand of flame more than they did.

It must be known.

This year, Bai Xiu had not entered the battle! Giving away a grand opportunity on a silver platter!

If Gong Zi could succeed in comprehension... the entire Snow Forbidden City would boil over with excitement! This would be the first successful comprehender in twenty years!

Twenty-five minutes passed...

The elders let out a slight sigh of relief, but the stone hanging in their hearts did not fall; they just wiped off the sweat and continued to wait anxiously.

By lasting until this time, it meant that the Young Master had equaled the previous highest record.

In a sense, the Young Master was already the most powerful of the Transcendents who had attempted to comprehend the Flame Dream in Snow Forbidden City.

But... the longer it went on, the greater the chance of successful comprehension!

Thirty minutes.

Some of the Gong Family’s elders now bore a look of pessimism.

Because the flame on the Young Master’s forehead was now so faint it was nearly just a sliver of a flame.

They didn’t even dare to breathe loudly, fearful that the slightest movement might snuff out that thread of flame.

However, what was comforting was... that very fine flame persisted in burning and had not gone out.

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Another ten minutes passed.

The small flame, finally extinguished.

The Gong Family elders who had waited for a long time saw this scene, their expressions complex, unable to accept it.

The bystanders at the venue, after a silent yet harrowing forty minutes, since Gong Zi had broken the record... everyone held their breath, hoping to witness a miracle.

Only... it seemed that the miracle had not appeared.

Zhou Wei had been standing quietly by Gong Zi’s side all this time.

He heard the faint noises in the venue and immediately raised his hand, signaling everyone to be silent.

The noisy sounds promptly dissipated.

The green flame gradually faded, but Gong Zi did not open his eyes... Was he still immersed in the state of "spiritual comprehension"?

One spectator after another exchanged glances.

They did not know what this meant, for there had never been a "genius" who had comprehended for forty minutes in history.

Just when it was quiet among the crowd,

A gust of strong wind suddenly swept through—

The wind blew across the Dojo!

Gong Zi abruptly opened his eyes, and within those eyes, a strand of blue brilliance burst forth, tangible, while at the same moment, the flame on his forehead, which had been extinguished, burned fiercely against the wind!

He stood up, his broken black shirt rustling in the wind.

The comprehension of the Flame Dream had brought his spiritual power to a whole new level... It was an indescribably powerful aura, one could feel from those bright and blazing eyes that Gong Zi’s will had become several times more resolute than before!

"The Young Master... has done it!"

At this moment, the elders of the Gong Family wept with emotion.

The Gong Family had waited for too long.

No... Rather, Snow Forbidden City, Changye, had waited too long.

Zhou Wei’s expression was gratified as he looked at this young man burning with spiritual fire, and at this moment... he seemed to feel the sharp will of Lord Divine in his youth.

Shen Li sat in his seat, stunned, inspired by the cheering like waves crashing on the shore.

He could hardly believe it.

It actually... succeeded?

For twenty years, countless Transcendents from Changye had come and gone, all failing... Many geniuses had shattered their dreams on a small strand of green flame, and after their failures, it was hard for anyone to believe that this was just the first barrier left to the world by Lord Divine.

To become a divine being, was so incredibly difficult.

And now... someone had really done it.

Gong Zi.

The first person to comprehend the Flame Dream in twenty years.

As all eyes converged on this "new champion," people noticed that the bright light in Gong Zi’s eyes did not fade; he seemed to be brewing some words, his momentum accumulating, rising bit by bit.

Finally...

Gong Zi voiced a line that had been suppressed in his heart for a long time, one that had almost become a shadow!

He took a deep breath and turned his gaze to the white-clothed young man sitting on the first row of the venue.

"Bai Xiu, I invite you to battle with me!"