novelraw Chapter 402: Great Xia Will Win!
Chapter 402: Great Xia Will Win!
The host's gaze swept across the entire venue. "Some might ask, what do the top ten prodigies amount to?
I say, they are heroes too.
They are the most outstanding talents of this era.
Their figures, giving their all, also deserve our most fervent applause!
But today, they are fortunate, or perhaps unfortunate, to become the most glorious backdrop against which a true legend is born.
Because who they encountered was Su Zhan!
He is a living... myth!
Friends.
Please do not hold back your cheers.
Please do not suppress your tears of passion.For what we are witnessing is not merely the victory of a single match.
What we are witnessing is a star that will illuminate the age, rising majestically!
What we are witnessing is a brand new era belonging to Su Zhan, an era that will surely belong to all of us, descending upon us at this very moment!"
The host spread his arms wide. "Let us remember this moment! Remember this name!
Su Zhan!
Let us use our most fervent voices, our most surging passion, to shout out together...
Su Zhan! Su Zhan! Su Zhan!"
Led by him.
The hundreds of thousands of spectators in the venue, and even the hundreds of millions of citizens watching the live broadcast, had their emotions completely ignited.
It transformed into a unified, fanatical chant.
The wave of sound swept through heaven and earth, lasting for a long, long time!
The dean of Kirin Academy personally held a dazzling trophy symbolizing the highest honor of the Grand Competition.
It was engraved with dragon and phoenix patterns.
He walked slowly to the center of the arena, arriving before Su Zhan.
His gaze towards Su Zhan was filled with undisguised admiration.
Without saying much, he solemnly handed the trophy to Su Zhan and said in a deep voice, "Truly deserving. Daxia's future needs young people like you."
Su Zhan took the trophy; it felt warm to the touch.
The originally planned ranking matches for second to tenth place were, as expected, canceled.
The other nine prodigies, including Chu Zhou, were either injured or mentally shaken. More importantly, after personally witnessing the chasm-like gap in strength Su Zhan possessed, they had lost all interest in competing for so-called second or third place.
Before the true bright moon, no matter how fiercely the stars compete, their light seems utterly meaningless.
Their pride was completely shattered today, yet in a cruel way, it also allowed them to see a higher, more distant goal.
The host handed the microphone to Su Zhan, inviting him to give a victory speech.
The eyes of the entire venue focused on him once more.
Holding the trophy, Su Zhan calmly swept his gaze over the countless excited, adoring, fanatical faces in the venue, and also over the high-level officials and deans on the Judges' Platform with their varied expressions.
Finally, he looked towards the distant sky, where it seemed an invisible gloom lingered.
Su Zhan's voice, amplified by the Magic Circle, clearly spread throughout the venue:
"This trophy is heavy, but what it represents should not merely be personal honor. The land beneath our feet, the air we breathe, the world we rely on for survival, is being coveted by the Mist, is surrounded by crisis.
Personal strength ultimately has its limits.
But a united people, their power can shake the heavens, their will can reach the divine!
Today, I stand here not to prove how strong I, Su Zhan, am.
I just want to tell everyone, tell every Daxia person fighting for survival...
Hope has never left!
The road ahead may be difficult, the Mist may be thick, but as long as the flame in our hearts does not extinguish, as long as our backbones do not bend, as long as we still believe in our own strength, believe in each other's strength..."
Su Zhan raised the trophy in his hand. "Daxia will surely triumph!"
"Daxia will surely triumph!"
No one knew who shouted it first, but soon, these four simple words transformed into a sound wave sweeping the entire venue.
Like a vow, like a battle hymn, it resounded through the skies!
In his own way, Su Zhan cleverly transformed this peak of personal glory into an opportunity to inspire the morale of the entire Daxia.
He not only won the competition but also planted a seed named hope in the hearts of hundreds of millions of people.
On the Judges' Platform, even those high-level officials who had previously strongly opposed Su Zhan now fell silent, unable to voice any rebuttal.
Ye Hongyu looked at that radiant student on the stage, her eyes filled with immense pride.
The deans of the Five Great Academies exchanged glances and nodded.
They all understood that this young man's future was now limitless, and his words and actions would truly influence the future landscape of Daxia.
Su Zhan, with the bearing of a king's return, not only reclaimed the glory that belonged to him.
At this moment, he also bound his own fate more deeply with that of Daxia.
After experiencing the trauma of war, Daxia urgently needed heroes and victories to fill the void.
The authorities had spared no expense in pushing the hype of the Grand Competition to such heights, with the fundamental purpose of uniting hearts and revitalizing faith.
His standing here now was the symbol they needed.
His "return from death" and the terrifying strength he displayed would inevitably arouse apprehension and suspicion from the highest levels.
Qin Bai and the forces behind him would definitely not let the matter rest.
This statement was to tell those people that he, Su Zhan, still held Daxia in his heart.
His power could be used for Daxia.
This was a proactive gesture of goodwill.
Binding his own honor and disgrace with Daxia's to increase his own safety chips.
In an era where the wounds of war were not yet healed.
When ordinary people faced threats with no end in sight.
When sacrifice became daily routine.
When hope flickered like a candle in the wind.
What people needed was not just a powerful protector, but a symbol capable of bearing their hopes.
This symbol was a hero.
Su Zhan's meteoric rise precisely filled the deepest spiritual void of this era.
He was young, representing infinite future possibilities.
He was strong, sweeping away powerful enemies with overwhelming force, proving that human strength was far from reaching its limit.
He was legendary; his experience of returning from death itself carried a mythical color, making it easier for the public to project their emotions onto him.
When he shouted "Daxia will surely triumph" before hundreds of millions of viewers, what he offered was not just a slogan, but a spark ignited in every bewildered soul.
Weary soldiers would think, "With a powerhouse like Su Zhan here, perhaps we really can win."
Panicked citizens would comfort themselves, "If such a miracle can happen, what reason do we have to give up?"
Young Awakened individuals would etch his figure into their minds as a lifelong goal to chase.
History has repeatedly proven.
In the darkest hours, the power a timely hero can unite is often more important than a thousand armies.
He allows scattered beliefs to converge once more, allows wavering resolve to solidify again, allows a nation to still hold its head high even in despair.
Su Zhan was very clear about the role he was playing.
He stood in the light not only for himself but to become the beam that illuminated this era.
Borrowing momentum...
This was his most fundamental goal.
Feeling the faith-like power contained within the gaze of those hundreds of millions of people.
Su Zhan knew that the "momentum" he needed was taking shape.
Personal strength was ultimately limited.
Even Ocean Realm, or higher, was still insignificant when facing the state apparatus.
But with the support of the people, with this overwhelming prestige, he would possess an intangible talisman, a lever to move the landscape.