This sudden change immediately left the Beast Masters from the Haunted Marsh, who had been eager to see Charles fail, stunned. Their eyes widened in disbelief as they stared at the seven-colored light emanating from the stone pillar beneath Charles’s feet, and they began to discuss in astonishment:

“How is this possible? Charles hasn’t contracted a Light attribute mystical beast! How is he able to make the stone pillar react like the other Light attribute Beast Masters?”

“Am I seeing things?”

“No, it’s possible that being a Light attribute Beast Master isn’t the only requirement to make the seven-colored light appear on the pillar. Maybe there are other factors we don’t know about—if they’re met, the pillar will react with the seven-colored light!”

At once, several Beast Masters who weren’t Light attribute Beast Masters became excited.

They were neither Light attribute Beast Masters nor had they contracted Light attribute mystical beasts. They originally thought they couldn’t cause the pillar to react. But Charles’s actions gave them renewed hope.

Even if they couldn’t contract the Divine Beast, just receiving some of the rewards falling from the dragon’s head would be an exciting gain!

Several Beast Masters of other attributes, without hesitation, rushed toward the nearest pillar, standing atop it just like Charles. However, unlike Charles, their pillars showed no change.

Meanwhile, outside the secret realm, Everett, the level nine Beast Master, looked at the screen showing Charles’s actions and sneered:

“So what if the pillar reacts with seven-colored light? His performance will never surpass that of Nana Xu from our academy!”

“Not to mention, Charles still has pure Dark attribute energy within him. The Divine Beast will never choose him for a contract!”

“I even doubt that any rewards will fall from the dragon’s head. Charles will end up with nothing.”

Callum, standing not far from Everett, listened to his words but was deep in thought. Charles had not left the area earlier and had remained calm throughout. When the seven-colored light appeared on the stone pillar, Charles’s face showed no signs of surprise.

Did Charles know this would happen?

If so, why didn’t he step onto the pillar from the start?

Why did he wait until all the other Light attribute Beast Masters had stepped onto the pillar before he began his own actions?

As Callum was thinking, he subconsciously looked up and glanced at Isolde. He remembered the Beast Master named William from earlier, and a thought began to form in his mind.

His theory was that Charles had been deliberately asked to act this way—to allow the talented Beast Masters from the Haunted Marsh to experience the concept of “there is always someone better,” and face some setbacks.

Without hesitation, Callum turned directly to Everett and said, “You’re being too absolute. I actually think Charles might surprise everyone with something unexpected.”

Everett sneered disdainfully and replied confidently, “Seems like your brain is malfunctioning too. How about this? Let’s make a bet. If the seven-colored light on Charles’s stone pillar reaches half the height of the pillar, I lose.”

Callum hesitated for a moment, thought about it, and then decided to take up the challenge. He proposed the wager: three pieces of Golden Quality metal material, each no smaller than the size of a basketball.

Everett smiled proudly and said, “Tsk tsk, no problem. You’re just giving me resources. Charles is definitely not going to make it!”

“Three pieces of Golden Quality metal the size of basketballs—those are precious even for us level nine Beast Masters. Looks like you’re going to lose big.”

Callum didn’t respond. He listened to Everett’s laughter, then raised his hand and pointed at the screen in the air.

The laughter that had been coming from Everett’s lips immediately stopped.

Because he saw the light on the stone pillar beneath Charles’s feet rising at an astonishing speed!

The seven-colored light quickly rose from one meter to three meters, then seven meters, ten meters, fifteen meters!

In just two or three breaths, the seven-colored light beneath Charles’s feet had already reached half the height of the stone pillar!

This made Everett instinctively take a step back, his expression turning ugly. He muttered under his breath:

“No… this can’t be… How is the speed of this seven-colored light rising faster than Nana Xu’s just now?!”

“Damn it! I should have waited a little longer before accepting the bet!”

In just two or three breaths, he was about to lose three pieces of Golden Quality metal, each the size of a basketball, and he couldn’t accept it!

Everett gritted his teeth, about to propose another bet to try to recover some of his losses.

But just as he was about to speak, he saw the image in the sky and immediately shut his mouth with force, staring dumbfounded at Charles in the secret realm.

Under the gaze of everyone, the seven-colored light emanating from the stone pillar beneath Charles’s feet soared high, directly reaching a height of twenty meters!

This already surpassed the result of Kairos from Suspended Mountain, and the light still showed no signs of stopping, about to exceed Seraphina’s height.

This sight immediately silenced Kairos. He glanced at Seraphina, who was also stunned into silence, and sighed with a hint of frustration.

After all, he came from Suspended Mountain, home to many Light attribute Beast Masters, and he had always taken pride in his talent.

But in front of Charles, all of that felt like a bubble—illusory and fragile, easily shattered.

Shaken by the blow, Kairos quickly pulled himself out of his low spirits—not because his heart was strong, but because something even more shocking was about to happen.

The seven-colored light beneath Charles’s feet did not slow down at all. It directly surpassed the twenty-five-meter mark and began climbing rapidly toward the top of the pillar.

At this point, it was Nana Xu from the Ancient Academy’s turn to be unable to accept what was happening. She instinctively took a few steps forward, wanting to confirm whether the seven-colored light from the stone pillar beneath Charles’s feet was real.

In that moment, she thought she was seeing an illusion and didn’t even notice the ground beneath her, nearly stumbling off the pillar.

As she quickly regained her footing, she glanced at Charles before collapsing once more, defeated.

Because the seven-colored light beneath Charles’s feet had already reached the top of the stone pillar, the thirty-meter height!

No Beast Master from the Haunted Marsh had ever achieved this—Charles had done it!

This scene left many people in a daze, especially the Beast Masters from the Abyssal Depths. Some were slapping their faces with force, trying to confirm with pain that they weren’t dreaming.

They had witnessed all the ridicule and mockery the Beast Masters from the Haunted Marsh had thrown at Charles earlier.

For them, Charles had become the true representative of the Abyssal Depths Beast Masters!

Immediately, a Beast Master from the Abyssal Depths shouted loudly, frantically yelling in the direction of the Beast Masters from the Haunted Marsh:

“This is the real genius!”

“Charles is the real genius! Can your so-called genius Beast Masters from the Haunted Marsh compare to him?”

“A bunch of worthless people, who looked down on Charles, mocked him, and ridiculed him. What’s with that attitude?”

“Ridiculous! You are the real waste! The Haunted Marsh has far better resources than the Abyssal Depths, yet you’ve produced such trash. It’s laughable!”

One after another, retaliatory remarks left the faces of the talented Beast Masters from the Haunted Marsh looking increasingly ugly. They wanted to say something, but no matter what they said, it couldn’t change the fact of what Charles had accomplished.

At that moment, the Beast Masters from the Abyssal Depths, who had been shouting and feeling triumphant, suddenly fell silent. They stared blankly at the image in the sky, their eyes wide open.

The talented Beast Masters from the Haunted Marsh immediately looked up, and after just one glance, they too were struck dumb.

In the image, the seven-colored light beneath Charles’s feet had surpassed the height of the stone pillar and was still rising rapidly!

All the Beast Masters had assumed that the seven-colored light on the pillar could only reach the top, at a height of thirty meters, and that, apart from Charles, no one could make the light reach this height.

Even Nana Xu from the Ancient Academy could only make the seven-colored light rise to twenty-five meters!

But now, Charles had completely shattered these Beast Masters’ perceptions. They could only watch the seven-colored light continue to rise, not knowing what to say to express the shock they were feeling inside.

Some of the Beast Masters from the Haunted Marsh, who had once believed their talent was exceptional, wore bitter and unwilling expressions, muttering to themselves:

“So thirty meters isn’t the limit… the gap between Charles and the others is actually this huge.”

“He’s a complete monster, not even human!”

Even Nana Xu, who had awakened from her slumber, lifted her head and stared blankly at the sky. She had never imagined she would lose so miserably. Thirty meters—she could only make the seven-colored light rise to twenty-five meters.

And Charles? Even now, the seven-colored light beneath his feet was still rising.

Whether inside the secret realm or outside, all eyes were fixed on the rising seven-colored light, trying to see just where Charles’s limit was.

Even Callum, Everett, and the other level nine Beast Masters, rarely silent, stared at the image in the sky without saying a word.

Forty meters, sixty meters, eighty meters, one hundred meters…

The seven-colored light continued to rise, only stopping when it touched the floating dragon’s head.

From the top of the pillar to the floating dragon’s head, there was a distance of nearly three to four hundred meters!

The difference between twenty-five meters and three to four hundred meters was enough to make one feel despair.

Nana Xu looked at Charles with the eyes of someone observing a monster and asked in a trembling voice, “Are you human, or a monster?”

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