81Chapter 81 The commotion at the Spirit Ascension Platform
The speed of the ice puppets was astonishingly fast. They rushed into the crowd, and their sharp ice claws easily tore through the soul masters' protective soul power. Their icy breath instantly froze people into ice sculptures. Their heavy ice hooves trampled on them, and the fragile ice sculptures turned into ice powder and dissipated in the sky.
Soul skills?
When the ice puppets were hit, only a few pieces of ice would break. The dark blue ice flowers in their bodies would bloom again, and the damaged parts would quickly recover in the surge of cold air.
Unless they are completely crushed into ice chips, they are immortal killing weapons.
This was not a battle at all, but a one-sided and extremely efficient massacre.
Screams, the sounds of soul skills exploding, and ice crystals shattering came one after another, but soon fell silent.
The ice puppet army was like the most sophisticated crusher. Wherever it passed, the figures of the soul masters were wiped out as if by an eraser, and turned into white lights representing death, rising into the sky one after another.
That was the sign of automatic exit after dying on the Spirit Ascension Platform.
In just a few moments, the previously enraged and numerous coalition of soul masters was completely wiped out.
In the core area of the entire primary spirit-raising platform, apart from the ice puppet army standing silently and emitting a chilling cold air, only Lu Jun was left. He stood alone in the center of the ice field, with the Bingyuan Sword inserted in front of him, as if he was the king of this dead ice domain.
He didn't even move a step.
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In the lobby of the Spirit Pagoda headquarters.
The shrill alarm sounded and the dense white light lit up almost at the same time!
One by one, the metal hatches slammed open.
"Puff, cough cough cough..."
"Ugh, it hurts so much!"
"My ticket, my spiritual power, and my thousand-year soul are all useless!"
"What the hell is that?!"
The soul masters who had just been forced to withdraw from the Soul Ascension Platform rolled out of the cabin like dumplings. Their faces were pale, covered in cold sweat, and they were coughing and gasping violently. There was still an lingering trace of extreme fear and confusion in their eyes.
Some people even collapsed to the ground due to the excessive mental shock and were unable to stand up.
After a brief silence, there was a volcanic eruption of anger.
"Give me back my money!!!" A soul master suddenly jumped up, his eyes bloodshot, waving his fists and roaring, "What the hell are you doing in the Spirit Pagoda?! What kind of monster has sneaked into the primary spirit raising platform?!"
"Yes! Return the money! Compensation!" someone immediately echoed at the top of their lungs. "That ice... that damn ice field, and those ice ghost beasts, is this even what a primary level Spirit Ascension Platform should have?! Are they treating us like Tang Sect members?"
"We paid to come here to gain experience and improve our souls, not to be targets or food for that ice monster!"
"Where's the surveillance?! Are your surveillance cameras just for show?! With this level of destructive power, you didn't stop him? You just watched him clear out the entire Spirit Ascension Platform?"
"And my soul, I didn't absorb any spiritual power at all! The ticket money was wasted! The Spirit Pagoda must give an explanation!"
The hall instantly turned into an angry ocean, and the sound waves almost blew off the roof.
The staff were sweating profusely and tried to calm and explain, but they were pushed and shoved by the angry soul masters, and the scene was in chaos.
"What are you arguing about?" A cold and penetrating female voice sounded, instantly drowning out all the noise.
An invisible, gentle, and vast pressure like the ocean quietly enveloped the entire hall.
Everyone felt their hearts suffocate, as if an invisible hand was strangling their throats, and the noise stopped abruptly.
The crowd automatically parted a path.
I saw a woman wearing an elegant cheongsam, with a beautiful face and a graceful and noble temperament walking slowly towards me.
Her eyes were calm, yet filled with a majesty that made people dare not look directly at her.
This big commotion directly alarmed Leng Yaozhu who was still working at the Spirit Pagoda headquarters.
"Deputy Tower Master!" The staff member stepped forward as if he had been pardoned, with a wry smile and helplessness on his face, and reported the situation quickly and in a low voice.
Leng Yaozhu listened quietly, and when she heard the key words "ice attribute field", "freeze", "ice puppet", and "clear the field", the expression on her beautiful face became extremely wonderful.
First, he frowned slightly with a hint of surprise, and then the corners of his mouth seemed to twitch uncontrollably, revealing a kind of understanding that "it's him again."
Then, a hint of helplessness flashed across the depths of his eyes, as well as... an almost imperceptible sense of being unable to laugh or cry, mixed with pride.
She took a deep breath, suppressed the complicated feeling of "her own naughty child got into trouble again", and restored the dignity and demeanor that a deputy tower master should have.
Leng Yaozhu swept her eyes over the frightened and angry soul masters, and her voice was clear and distinct, reaching everyone's ears:
"Everyone, please be patient. This sudden incident at the primary Spirit Ascension Platform is the fault of our Spirit Transmission Tower's inadequate supervision. We deeply apologize for the loss and shock you have suffered."
She paused and continued:
"For all soul masters who entered the primary soul raising platform today and were affected, the Soul Pagoda will fully refund the ticket fees and provide each person with one free entry to the primary soul raising platform as compensation, which can be used during the next riot period."
"Also," her eyes held a soothing power, "all soul masters who have suffered mental shock in this incident can go to the tower's medical department and receive a free tranquilizer potion. There are also some additional elixirs, such as the Mysterious Water Pill, the Soul-Boosting Pill, and other rare elixirs."
As soon as the generous compensation plan came out, the angry atmosphere in the hall immediately eased a lot.
A full refund plus a free chance, this is far beyond my expectations.
Not to mention giving them some pills. You have to know that the victims are all Soul Masters to Soul Lords, so these pills will be of great use to them.
"As for the source of this incident..." Leng Yaozhu's voice rose slightly, "It was my personal disciple, Lu Jun, who was training here. The Spirit Pagoda is deeply sorry for causing such a serious impact on the guests."
As soon as he finished speaking, the crowd erupted in excitement.
"Mr. Lu?"
"The champion of the Tianhai Alliance competition? Bingjian Lu Jun from the Talented Youth List?"
"Or is he His Majesty's personal disciple?"
This name was like a stone thrown into a calm lake, causing different ripples among the crowd.
The soul masters who were originally extremely angry, when they heard the two identities of "Leng Yaozhu's direct disciple" and "Lu Jun", the anger on their faces froze instantly, and then quickly turned into shock, realization, and then... an extremely complicated expression.
The anger in the eyes of some people quickly died down, replaced by a sense of relief that "it turned out to be him" and "losing to such a monster doesn't seem so shameful", and even a faint feeling of "proud of it".
After all, I was "cleared out" by His Majesty's direct disciple, the legendary genius. If I tell others about this experience... it seems quite special?