Chapter 222: End of an Era
For a full five seconds, not a single sound existed in the entire central plaza.
A hundred thousand people stared at the scene before them with expressions frozen between disbelief and awe.
For nineteen years, Lyra had dominated her peers.
Since her birth, she had stood upon an untouchable pedestal, looking down at the rest of the world.
She was the undisputed peak.
But today, she was kneeling on the scorched arena floor with a blade pressed against her throat.
The realization crashed over the entire city like a tidal wave.
"She lost... Lyra Emberford actually lost!"
"The queen has fallen! The undefeated myth of the Emberford Noble Family has been shattered!"
"He is the strongest now! Rhain Voss is the absolute strongest of the younger generation!"
Beyond the academy gates, the millions of ordinary citizens and wandering cultivators watching the projection arrays across Stormveil City completely lost their minds.
