With a deafening roar, the intense explosion was deafening.
The surging air currents and towering dust clouds almost instantly engulfed the entire arena.
Under this force, all the heavily armored soldiers in the arena were destroyed.
Flesh and blood turned to dust and were buried in the earth.
Countless viewers closed their eyes tightly.
The clothes on his body were blown about by the air current, and his chaotic vision was completely obscured by the passing dust.
Many spectators raised their arms to shield themselves from the oncoming dust and air currents, not daring to move an inch.
Until the storm subsided and the dust settled, everyone in the audience stood there, wide-eyed and dumbfounded.
A profound silence fell over everyone; after the explosion, everyone quieted down.
Immediately afterward, in this absolute silence, their gazes all turned to the figure in the trench coat below.
Then, from the audience, a guess suddenly emerged:
"Victor...?"
As soon as he finished speaking, the entire audience erupted in commotion.
Various opinions erupted like a volcanic eruption, and people were anxious and restless.
Anger, insults, and fear followed.
And almost all of these insults mentioned Victor's identity as a lackey of the evil god.
There was no other way; a mage dressed in a distinctive black trench coat, and extremely skilled in using elemental-rich explosion magic,
It's like they were cut from the same mold as Viktor.
However, amidst the commotion, a majestic voice suddenly boomed from the sky:
"Quiet."
As the sound faded, the people around seemed to suddenly realize something and all shut their mouths.
It was as if the whole world had been muted.
Afterwards, many people secretly glanced at the stands in the center of the arena, their eyes landing on the woman sitting in the first-class seat in the center.
That woman was none other than Aurelian, the Empress of the Karencia Empire.
No one knows why she came to this kingdom or why she participated in the arena created by the gods.
But undeniably, this empress did demonstrate her terrifying power to the entire world.
Just like the previous emperor of the empire, the strongest warrior, Aubrey Thor.
Of course, everyone knows about the relationship between the Queen and Victor.
Their original teacher-student relationship no longer exists after the Queen publicly stated that it had been dissolved.
No one knows exactly what happened between them, but it is said that the relationship between the Queen and Victor has reached a freezing point.
Even now, wanted posters for Victor are plastered all over the entire Karencia Empire.
It's easy to imagine how much the topic of Victor would affect the Empress.
Upon realizing this, the surrounding audience wisely kept quiet.
In the ensuing silence, Aurelion's cold gaze gradually descended.
Her attention was constantly focused on the challenger in the trench coat.
Those majestic eyes seemed to want to see right through the person in the trench coat, looking completely through the mask.
But then, someone in the audience suddenly spoke up again:
"Wait...wait a minute."
"She shouldn't be Viktor. This person isn't as tall as Viktor, and she has very long blonde hair."
Upon hearing this, countless viewers followed Aurelion's gaze and looked over.
Upon closer inspection, it turned out that the other party was indeed not Viktor.
This mage in the trench coat looks more like a... woman?
Nowadays, because Victor is already infamous, almost no mage would choose to wear a trench coat to imitate him.
So much so that upon seeing the trench coat, some people instinctively mistook the person for Victor.
Of course, Erica had no idea what these people were talking about.
At this moment, she was still savoring the battle she had just fought.
Hmm... that's a bit too easy.
After two months of intensive training under Professor Victor, even Erica herself didn't know her current strength.
All she knew was that after the final two weeks of intensive training, she had finally succeeded in defeating the most powerful calamity—
In other words, the calamity of earth has stripped away a layer of skin.
Professor Victor finally allowed her to take on the final challenge of the Heritage Temple.
After that, she passed the Fire Temple trial on her first try.
Compared to how difficult it was before, the progress has been incredibly rapid.
However, Professor Victor told her that the challenges she faced in passing on her legacy were not yet over.
Because she still needs to challenge the final inheritance in order to obtain the ultimate inheritance from nature.
But... she imagined the difficulty that Professor Victor had told her.
The final inheritance is the difficulty of gathering all six temple guardian beasts.
Each temple of heritage contains ten guardian beasts.
In other words, if all of them are gathered together, it means that Erica will have to challenge a total of sixty guardian beasts.
And you must pass it in one go; you cannot fail or rest during the process.
If you fail, you have to start all over again.
And in the end, she will also have to challenge an even more powerful guardian beast.
Professor Victor told her that the difficulty of this inheritance meant that she would only have a chance to try if she could actually defeat the calamity in a one-on-one fight.
Erica then decisively gave up the final challenge of the inheritance.
For now, the inheritance of the six great temples is enough for her.
Moreover, for Erica, the most important gain in these past few months was not passing through the final Temple of Inheritance.
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