It's been over ten hours since the opening of the Champion Battlefield, and night has long fallen.

The audience seats are already empty.

According to the usual practice in previous years, the Champion Battlefield is only lively on the first day's daytime and near the end of the third day.

But this year, something unexpected happened, and control over the Champion Battlefield was directly lost. What actually happened inside is completely unknown to people outside.

So, those spectators had already left the arena.

The remaining people were only some Professional Alliance staff and family members of the participants, still waiting.

Even though hope was slim, they all wished to see the participants return safely.

Just at this moment, a spatial rift opened, and a silhouette fell out, attracting the attention of many people immediately.

"Someone's coming out!"

"Hurry, go check it out!"

"Is it my son?"

All at once, the staff and family members waiting at the stadium rushed over immediately.

A few minutes later, everyone's expressions turned extremely grim.

Who would have thought that after waiting here all day, what they got was a lifeless body?

This is truly hard to accept...

But then, a series of teleportation arrays suddenly appeared in the wide field of the stadium.

The blue light even shot out beyond the stadium...

The people inside all looked towards those suddenly appearing teleportation arrays, ready for anything.

First, a participant's body appeared, and then so many teleportation arrays...

No one present could understand what exactly was going on.

As the light dissipated, over a dozen silhouettes appeared in the stadium, meeting eyes with those waiting.

Immediately, a burst of joyful cheers erupted in the stadium.

"They're back! The kids are back!"

"Emergency notification! The participants have all returned!"

"Son!"

The gym turned into chaos; some cheered, others hugged each other in tears, no one expected this year's Champion Battlefield to conclude in such a way.

Among the crowd, only Chen Daosheng was continuously searching.

"Lin Ye!"

"Lin Ye! Where are you!"

His voice carried a hint of tremor because no matter how he searched, he didn't see Lin Ye among those who returned safely.

"No need to look, he might not be coming back..."

At that moment, Ke Yue walked over and said to Chen Daosheng.

Hearing this, Chen Daosheng seemed struck by lightning, immediately grabbing Ke Yue's shoulder and asked, "What do you mean?"

"Although I don't know what happened..."

"But the reason we could return alive was due to Lin Ye's negotiation with the Demon Monarch."

Ke Yue bit his lip, speaking with a bit of choke: "But now, only he hasn't returned..."

Saying this, his eyes began to redden.

Listening to his words, many of the young boys and girls who had just rejoiced for their safe return now fell silent.

They all came back, and Lin Ye did not, what does that signify?

They dared not think...

Although they had no idea what Lin Ye communicated with Sikong Ming, the fact remained that Lin Ye hadn't returned!

Having experienced the terror of the Demon Monarch, they fully understood that with the strength of a Level 20 Professional, it was impossible to shake a Demon Monarch level powerhouse!

The outcome for Lin Ye seemed grim.

"Could he have been transported to another settlement's center?" Chen Daosheng said unwillingly.

"I'll contact the other centers immediately to see if Lin Ye can be found there!" Huang Li from Shenzhen City Center responded at once.

Those present were participants from Shenzhen, but what if Lin Ye had been transmitted to places like Shangjing or Haihang?

Even if the chance was slim, it had to be confirmed.

...

"I've already sent them all away..."

Sikong Ming looked at Lin Ye, his voice somewhat forlorn.

The controls imposed on him by the Celestial Calamity Demon God had already been completely purified by Lin Ye, naturally restoring his full authority over this battleground space.

As the Lord of the Secret Realm, he could let everyone present leave.

But he didn't send Lin Ye away, not because he couldn't, but because Lin Ye himself said he wanted to stay a while longer.

"Senior, what are your plans next?"

Lin Ye asked.

Hearing this, Sikong Ming gave a few dry laughs and said, "Me? I'm already a dead man, where could I go?"

His tone was somewhat desolate...

Others could leave this battleground, but not him.

Because once he left this Secret Realm, the Celestial Calamity Demon God would forcibly summon him back immediately.

This was not what he desired...

But even hiding within this Secret Realm was not a solution.

Eventually, his sanity would be eroded by the Demon God's power, utterly driving him mad...

In which case, it might even be better than now.

And as an undead creature transformed by the Celestial Calamity Demon God, he couldn't extinguish his own Soul Fire himself.

Essentially, except for completely succumbing to becoming a minion of the Celestial Calamity Demon God, he had no other choice.

"Senior, if you have no other options, I could perhaps help you..."

Lin Ye said.

Sikong Ming was indeed a venerable senior deserving respect, and Lin Ye couldn't bear to see him eventually fall into the Abyss as a pawn of the Demon God.

Upon hearing this, Sikong Ming only shook his head and said, "You mean well. Unfortunately, if you were Level 50 or 60, I might believe you could do it, but certainly not now."

He was already a peak of Level 100 of Fourth Transition mighty figure when he was still a human Professional, just one step away from breaching Level 100 of Fifth Transformation and reaching the Ultimate Realm.

Though now transformed into a Demon Monarch, the Celestial Calamity Demon God had spared no expense on him...

directly endowing him with top-level Demon Monarch power at Level 100.

Given such a vast difference in level, even if Lin Ye used Holy Light, it couldn't inflict effective damage on him.

In his view, even if Lin Ye completely depleted his Mana Value, it still wouldn't diminish 1% of his Life Value.

"How would we know without trying?"

Lin Ye said earnestly.

"Forget it... your Purification Technique is indeed extraordinary; perhaps you truly can achieve the ultimate purification I desire..." Sikong Ming sighed.

He did not wish to linger in this world in the guise of a Witch Demon.

If Lin Ye could truly purify him completely, it would be the best outcome for him.

"Senior, then I won't stand on ceremony!"

Lin Ye slightly bowed, and as he straightened up, a coin had already appeared in his hand.

If he hadn't acquired Kong Feiliu's Talent, Lin Ye indeed could not kill a top-level Demon Monarch.

But now, Lin Ye thought to himself, as long as he was given enough time to increase Spell Strength, perhaps it wasn't an impossible task.

After all, isn't the Rule Coin meant to break rules!

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