SORCERER: I WANT TO BE AN ACADEMIC PRODIGY

Chapter 524: Chapter 522 One for One

“Hotter, keep a tight watch on the space gate.”

“Understood!”

What caused a drastic change in everyone’s expression was not the ferocity of that dragon-shaped black insect, nor the unusualness of the tattered battle flag, but rather the multiplying oppressive force of the entire world against them as the crimson light spread.

Initially, they only had to endure suppression from ten to twenty percent, which had not affected their performance.

Now, the value had skyrocketed. In just an instant, the suppression had grown to about fifty percent, making it impossible for them to remain calm.

Everything needed to be dealt with quickly.

…

At the same time, someone had to ensure the space gate remained open; any error would spell great trouble for them.

“Supreme Red, unmatched and supreme, protect our nation!”

“Supreme Red, unmatched and supreme, protect our nation!”

“——”

Compared to their urgency, Black Whisker Quillen was desperately struggling and resisting while fervently calling for the aid of the Crimson War Banner, placing most of its hopes upon it.

With its cries, droplet by droplet of dark red blood fell from the sky, and the crimson began to infiltrate the world.

The world’s oppression continued to intensify, impossible to ignore.

“Shut up.”

By now, Hardy and others had transformed into giants and were pounding Black Whisker Quillen relentlessly. After several heavy strikes, Black Whisker Quillen’s voice finally quieted down.

Black Whisker Quillen, nearly dead, fell into a deep coma and was tightly bound by the Whale Binding Chain, now merely prey in a cage.

Under the suppressive force of the Whale Binding Chain, Black Whisker Quillen’s massive body began to shrink rapidly.

Elsewhere, Ivan had already returned to the Black God Abyss of Danaila through the space portal, while the element giant that Hotter had transformed into kept the unstable gate from closing, which seemed a strenuous task.

Seeing through the space gate that President Hardy and the others had succeeded, Ivan breathed a sigh of relief.

This would remove the obstacles blocking his path to the arcane, gathering so many advantages; if he still couldn’t succeed, he might as well be dead.

“Retreat!”

The spread of the Crimson Light did not stop with Black Whisker Quillen’s downfall. Hardy glanced at the battered war banner and chose to retreat without looking back.

He still held the Whale Binding Chain in his hand, the other end tied to Black Whisker Quillen, hastening their withdrawal.

No one questioned his action; they surrounded the bound Black Whisker Quillen and followed Hardy to the space gate, a kilometre in a step.

The Crimson War Banner kept wildly fluttering. Above the dome, the roaring of the dragon-shaped black insect was incessant, seemingly chastising them for their reckless audacity.

But, all their efforts were in vain.

Led by President Hardy, Philomena, Gerry, and Inom successfully crossed the space gate, retreating into the misty depths. Lastly, Hotter, who had been guarding the portal, followed.

“Goodbye.”

“Grr!”

Just then, an even more ferocious roar erupted, completely drowning out Hotter’s ‘goodbye.’

The dragon-shaped black insect suddenly twisted, becoming fainter rapidly, as a black chain grew along the world’s barrier and reached inside the space gate in an instant, stretching towards the other side of the gate.

“Watch out!”

Every movement of the dragon-shaped black insect sent chills down the spines of those near the space gate.

One after another, faces turned pale.

However, the dark whip had arrived.

Several people dodged in succession; those who could accelerate did so, those who could retreat did so, and those who could attack did so, all in motion—yet none were faster than this peculiar dark whip.

“Not again?”

Ivan also retreated, moving away from the spatial portal. He had barely taken a step back when he noticed a dark color added to his waist—the inescapable dark whip.

He had never expected that among so many people, including Black-bearded Quillen, this thing would specifically target him. It made no sense.

In that moment, the dark whip had collided with Hardy and Philomena’s counterattack, but it had no effect at all, showing its resilience. Ivan realized the problem had escalated.

“Forced replacement, Ivan!”

President Hardy also realized the trouble was significant and urgently reminded him.

In fact, without waiting for the reminder, Ivan knew what to do, how to escape the current predicament. They had long been prepared to deal with various crises; now was the time to use their preparations.

A multicolor force emerged from Ivan, a force imbued with the essence of mystic yellow—his internally hidden Witch’s Favor Power.

In fact, this was also a world force, often producing unexpected effects when combating the mighty powers of the alien realm.

As expected, when the multicolor mystic yellow power appeared, he no longer felt the binding power of the eerie dark whip. He tried to activate a “Replacement Token.”

No effect.

At the same time, he initiated another secret technique, his figure flickered, and he replaced himself with Locke.

Ivan stumbled to the ground. When he looked back, the dark whip had already pulled Locke into disappearance, and the spatial portal was blurring almost beyond recognition.

“You were half a second too slow.”

“Thank you, President.”

The situation had just been extremely dangerous. He had already been pulled into the spatial portal, but after freeing himself from the control of the dark whip, it was President Hardy who had pulled him back.

Seeing his somber expression, President Hardy patted his shoulder and said no more.

“Sorcerer Ivan, whether it’s me or Locke, given the chance, we’d both gladly take your place to endure everything. You shouldn’t have hesitated just now.”

Jenny moved closer and spoke, her voice full of displeasure.

This scene surprised many onlookers, who stopped to watch the excitement.

“It wasn’t hesitation, just trying one more thing, that’s all. These low-grade tokens are indeed useless.”

Ivan didn’t blame her for being meddlesome but helplessly explained, tossing the useless token onto the ground in frustration.

Just now, he had three options to escape the predicament. One was to physically dodge out, which he obviously couldn’t do.

Second, to use a specially made “Replacement Token” to escape on the spatial level, which unfortunately also failed.

Lastly, an advanced version of the Replacement Token, where in recent years, while studying the Nether Soul Mirror and combining knowledge from the Return Tower, he had explored a replacement secret technique, using the Secret Method Body Double to swap himself out.

This had resulted in Locke taking his place.

He escaped the predicament, but Locke was pulled away by that eerie dark whip, and his fate was now unknown—such is the unpredictability of life.

“Do not do this again.” Jenny clearly didn’t believe him, her eyes fixed intently on him.

“——” Ivan glared at a certain insubordinate person and no longer wished to speak with her.

Regardless, Black-bearded Quillen had been captured, and this mission was accomplished.

The situation within that minor world was too complicated; Ivan couldn’t bring himself to ask President Hardy and his group to venture there again. Locke’s case would have to be put aside for now, uncertain if they would ever meet again.

But he hoped they would.

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