Global Awakening: Eavesdropping on the SSS-level School Beauty's Inner Voice
Chapter 275 - 273: With so many Ocean Crystals, do I still not qualify to enter the final round of the Sea Emperor Festival?

Chapter 275: Chapter 273: With so many Ocean Crystals, do I still not qualify to enter the final round of the Sea Emperor Festival?

On the final day of the third round at the Undersea Dragon Palace Ruins during the Sea Emperor Festival, everyone except Lin Tianming was teleported back to the coastline by the power of the Sea Emperor.

"At last, it’s over! I was crying because I had been hiding alone for the first six days and had saved quite a few Ocean Crystals, only to be robbed of them all on this seventh day. Not only am I going to be eliminated this round, but I also didn’t get any rewards!"

"Isn’t that the case? I had it even worse; I was beaten on the first day and lost the qualification to contend for Ocean Crystals. I had to endure seven days waiting for elimination!"

"I did slightly better than you guys, but it wasn’t that great either. I only collected a single-digit number of Ocean Crystals, just like not collecting any; it’s the destiny of being eliminated!"

The surroundings were filled with the wails and howls of those who thought they might be eliminated. Ye Qingxue, who had been teleported out, didn’t care about these bystanders at all.

She just wanted to know if her Brother Tianming, who was absorbed by the statue, had come out.

"Lianghua, Meng Jiang, you two check over there, I’ll look in this direction to see if Brother Tianming has been teleported out!"

Even if Ye Qingxue didn’t say so, Lianghua would have done it.

These days, following Lin Tianming, Meng Jiang had mixed with so many Ocean Crystals, so he naturally would help look for Lin Tianming.

Unfortunately, after searching all around, the three of them still did not find Lin Tianming.

The Sea Emperor had teleported all participants of the Sea Emperor Festival here; Lin Tianming not being here meant that he was still inside that statue.

This also made the trio of Ye Qingxue extremely worried.

Meanwhile, the event had already started tallying the Ocean Crystals collected by the participants of the Sea Emperor Festival.

Seeing this scene, Ye Qingxue immediately addressed the person presiding over the festival on the platform: "Teacher, Brother Tianming is still in the Underwater Dragon Palace Ruins, he wasn’t teleported back here!"

Upon hearing this, the Top Awakened presiding over the festival immediately showed a serious expression.

The other top figures of Jiuzhou on the platform also changed their expressions.

Lin Tianming was Jiang Han’s student. If something happened to him during the Sea Emperor Festival, who knows what Jiang Han, the strongest Top Awakened, would do.

"How is this possible? The Sea Emperor should have teleported everyone back from the Underwater Dragon Palace Ruins. How is Lin Tianming still there?"

Hearing the confused words of the presiding over the festival, Ye Qingxue continued: "On the sixth day at the Underwater Dragon Palace Ruins, Brother Tianming was sucked into a strange statue, and we have been watching by its side. When the third round of the festival ended and the teleportation occurred, he still did not return!"

Having learned from Ye Qingxue why Lin Tianming hadn’t come back, the top figures of Jiuzhou on the platform couldn’t help but take a deep breath.

"That must be the issue with that statue, forcibly breaking the Sea Emperor’s teleportation and preventing Lin Tianming from returning!"

"This is troublesome now... Tianming is so talented, if he really encounters a mishap in this third round of the Sea Emperor Festival, it would truly be an unfortunate event for Jiuzhou!"

"That Underwater Dragon Palace Ruins, even if we are all Top Awakened without the Sea Emperor’s guidance, we can’t locate its exact position, let alone bring Tianming back... Now we can only pray that he has encountered a fortune, and he will come out on his own after obtaining the opportunity from the statue..."

The top figures of Jiuzhou, appearing impotent, also made Ye Qingxue even more worried about her Brother Tianming.

At this moment, Teacher Tianshui, who had been outside the perimeter of the Sea Emperor Festival, also stepped in.

"What happened this time? Why hasn’t Brother Tianming been teleported back by the Sea Emperor?"

Faced with Tianshui’s question, Ye Qingxue also burst into tears and rushed into her arms, relaying the news that Lin Tianming was sucked into the statue and had not come back.

After seriously listening to Ye Qingxue’s narration, Tianshui also couldn’t help rubbing her brow, her face full of anxiety.

"How could this happen... If something really happens to Brother Tianming... How can I explain to my good sister Jiang Han?"

The person presiding over the festival also timely interjected to soothe Tianshui’s emotions.

"Teacher Tianshui, don’t be too pessimistic. Maybe, like in the second round’s Coral Illusion Array, the kid has discovered another great opportunity. We’ll first tally up the Ocean Crystals collected by all the students present. Perhaps, by midway, the kid will come back!"

"Hopefully so..."

Tianshui could now only pray in her heart that Lin Tianming was truly unharmed.

If something really happened to Lin Tianming, she really couldn’t explain to Jiang Han.

Moreover, she who had been avoiding confronting her own feelings about Lin Tianming’s past life, couldn’t face herself now.

Lianghua also silently stayed in place, very worried about Lin Tianming not coming back with them.

She even felt somewhat guilty.

She originally wanted to find Lin Tianming earlier to stop the impending tragic fate that was about to befall him.

Why did she arrive early, yet Lin Tianming encountered such life-threatening danger?

Could it be that the more she tries to save Lin Tianming from his early demise in the previous life, the more she accelerates his death in this life, causing him to die even earlier?

She... seems unable to protect anything...

The more she thought about it, the more disheartened Lianghua became, not daring to think further.

All she could do was silently pray for Lin Tianming, hoping that he would return safely from that statue.

The Sea Emperor Festival continued as normal, and according to the statistics at the scene, Lianghua collected the most Ocean Crystals, followed by Ye Qingxue.

Normally, Ye Qingxue would be hopping mad to find out she collected fewer Ocean Crystals than Lianghua.

But now, worried about Lin Tianming, she wasn’t in the mood to think about such matters.

Ranked third was the top third-year student from Imperial Academy, Lan Ba.

The fourth to tenth places were also taken by third-year students from Imperial Academy.

Originally having collected few Ocean Crystals, Meng Jiang, brother of Meng Xiyue, skyrocketed to the nineteenth place due to timely joining Lin Tianming’s convoy.

The top twenty could advance to the final round of the Sea Emperor Festival.

Except for Lin Tianming who had not yet returned, his four-person convoy all squeezed into the last round.

However, the mood of the three members of Ye Qingxue’s team wasn’t good, deeply worried about Lin Tianming.

"Teacher, shouldn’t the rankings be announced now? We can’t just keep delaying the announcement because Lin Tianming hasn’t returned yet, can we?"

"Yes! Teacher, if Lin Tianming really can’t return, should the last round of the Sea Emperor Festival be postponed indefinitely because of him?"

As more and more voices arose at the scene, the person originally intending to wait longer to host the ritual had no choice but to decide to announce the final rankings of the third round of the Sea Emperor Festival.

If Lin Tianming could return safely before the final round, they would fight for an additional spot in the final round for this encountered talent of Jiuzhou.

Upon hearing the comments from the crowd, Ye Qingxue got angry; before the festival host could speak, she loudly proposed: "Brother Tianming collected more Ocean Crystals than Lianghua and I combined, even if the rankings are announced now, he should rightfully be ranked first!"

Soon, opposing voices emerged nearby.

"That’s unfair and against the rules! If Lin Tianming doesn’t return for the final round, then wouldn’t one of us lose a spot to someone who won’t even participate?"

"Exactly! He wasn’t fortunate enough and met his demise at the Underwater Dragon Palace Ruins; why should the rest of us pay for him?"

"Being replaced by a dead person in a spot is simply unacceptable!"

Among these objectors were those who previously praised Lin Tianming’s talents. Their fickle attitudes made Ye Qingxue feel like chopping people.

"Who are you calling a dead person?"

An enraged Ye Qingxue instantly spread the terrifying Extreme Cold Domain around her, causing all the participants of the ritual to shiver uncontrollably.

Teacher Tianshui was also very angry, but if Ye Qingxue really took action, they would fall into a disadvantage.

She promptly held down Ye Qingxue, forcibly dispersing the Extreme Cold Domain.

She gently said, "Qingxue, try to calm down a bit."

The person hosting the festival on the stand also wanted to rank Lin Tianming, but faced with so many opposing people at the scene, he could only announce the rankings of those present.

Just as the festival host was about to speak, a teleportation light suddenly appeared below the stand, attracting the attention of everyone.

Soon, the figure of Lin Tianming, familiar to everyone present, slowly appeared before them.

What had happened at the scene, Lin Tianming, who had just been in the Mechanical Supreme Hall, saw everything clearly.

So, upon his return, he directly displayed half of the Ocean Crystals he collected.

Yes, just half!

And just this half already exceeded the total amount of the top three!

"With so many Ocean Crystals, do I not qualify for the final round of the Sea Emperor Festival?"