"For the second duel, only those who can overcome the hurdle before them will pass the assessment, find the others, and successfully clear this match."
Myla couldn't help but glance down at her cue board and side-eyed Phineas. Her expression seemed to say, "Why is your script different from mine? Aren't we both hosts? Why the special treatment?"
At that moment, no one paid attention to her petty complaints. All eyes were glued to the monitor and fixed on the contestants within the domains.
As Phineas had explained, every contestant now faced a different figure, each representing the person they wanted to surpass or defeat the most.
For Heath, it was Skylar who appeared before him. But for Skylar, he was the figure that had appeared before him.
That meant the person Skylar wished to challenge and surpass the most was his own self.
The same phenomenon occurred with a few others as well. People with unwavering determination and solid spiritual hearts never measured themselves by others.
But for Bianca and Cornelius, the figures before them revealed more intriguing truths. The silhouette of a seven-tailed fox slowly emerged amidst Bianca's mind domain.
If Shannon could see it, she would have immediately recognized that the fox was no ordinary fox. It was none other than the seven-tailed Ruler of Foxes, who'd relentlessly tormented them in the domain for the past few days.
Reuben knew Shannon and Bianca had been training in Louise's mind domain, but he hadn't asked what form that training took. He'd always trusted Louise's decisions.
But seeing this, he couldn't help but glance at Louise with a complicated look in his eyes.
He knew she wouldn't go easy on them, but to pit her seven-tailed form against juniors with only five or six tails… Wasn't that bullying?
On the screen, aside from Bianca, Cornelius' revealed figure was also non-human. It was a dragon.
On stage, Phineas' gaze was dark as he coolly explained, "The figures formed in a mind domain are extremely close to their real-life counterparts. The stronger and more fearsome the existence in your heart, the harder it is to manifest its true form."
Just as his words died away, Shannon's domain began to shift. The mist stirred, and a silhouette began to take shape.
At first, it was vaguely feminine. But as the fog cleared, more details emerged.
Her long, snowy-white hair cascaded to the ground, and her face remained obscured by mist. As her fox tails slowly formed, an unspoken, suffocating pressure descended across the venue.
When Reuben first saw the long, white hair, he assumed it was Louise. But when he saw the massive tails blooming behind her like flower petals, he abruptly stood up. His eyes were wide in disbelief.
The silhouette standing before Shannon wasn't just anyone. It was the Ten-Tailed Elythune!
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