Stepping on the Demoness to become the strongest

The giant hole evaporated by the comet, where the surrounding seawater relentlessly poured into the center, resembled a breached plain.

Anna was about to rush towards the entrance to the underwater Mysterious Realm, when Yan Yu suddenly called out to her.

"Wait a few minutes." Yan Yu said.

Anna paused for a moment, then quickly caught on.

The entrance of the Mysterious Realm teleported to a location within the realm, generally following a random sequence, alternating among a fixed set of entrances. The basis for the change depended on time—some shifted every few minutes, some every few seconds, and some several times per second, but generally, it was always safe not to follow someone else in right after they had entered.

Because many private Transcendents were cautious, they would ambush for a few minutes after entering the Mysterious Realm to see if anyone was following them in—lacking experience against such adversaries, and entering a realm where the entrances shifted slowly, made it easy to be ambushed.

Yan Yu stared at the entrance to the Mysterious Realm until it was completely submerged by seawater, still emitting a purple glow that was hard to catch with the naked eye. Suddenly, Anna exclaimed:

"Oh, I remember now! Isn't that Supernova Jobby?"

"You know him?" Yan Yu asked.

"Don't you watch international news?" Anna countered.

"No." Yan Yu replied.

Lu Country's domestic media primarily focused on domestic news, with international news being largely repackaged from foreign media sources, starting with "Quoted from such and such agency"; naturally, they weren't very well-informed. To avoid being uninformed, Yan Yu would also regularly organize his team to watch the Superhero League, but after Supernova Jobby was recruited by the Superhero Alliance and directly joined the Homeland Strategic Bureau, focusing on Mysterious Realms that appeared abroad, he knew little about him.

Of course, had he known he would encounter this individual, he would certainly have done his homework on him in advance—but he had just met him!

"This guy is from North England." Anna explained, "In early March, a tall tower appeared in Elian Xier County, which the media called 'Tower Mysterious Realm'. It almost alarmed the whole of Europe, with Miti also involved."

"The exploration lasted for over half a month. Participants included private and official Transcendents from all over Europe, as well as superheroes from the Superhero Alliance, globally livestreaming it. The interior of the tower was partitioned into multiple levels, each filled with various mechanized enemies, making the explorers' progress extremely difficult."

"Hmm." Yan Yu, quiet for a moment, asked, "So, the final winner was this 'Supernova' Jobby?"

"That's right." Anna said, "This Jobby was previously an unknown civilian wizard, seemingly emerging out of nowhere as an extraordinary expert, slaughtering his way to the nerve center at the top of the tower. He first outright killed 'Preacher' Colt, then defeated 'Thunderbird' Margaret, and ultimately conquered the entire Mysterious Realm."

"Sounds like the protagonist of some start-from-scratch underdog story." Yan Yu, stroking his chin, said, "Any combat-related intel?"

"You know wizards tend to have a rather cunning fighting style, right?" Anna smiled, "Their spells are generally subtle, lacking flashy noises and lights, compared to you folks from Lu Country who often use fire and thunder, making them much harder to notice and guard against. For instance, 'Thorny Bird' Roger excels in using invisible Demon Traps to ensnare targets then takes them out with arcane missiles—an old-school wizard like him has also influenced many others."

"However, Jobby's style is entirely different; he prefers head-on assaults, with spells that are powerful, intense and imposing. A reporter once interviewed Roger, who said Jobby's magical system was different from his."

"Hmm." Reminded by Anna, Yan Yu finally had some ideas.

While both use spells as means of attack, Lu Country's Magic Cultivators each have their specializations, like Zhou Hongyu with fire, Su Yunjin with water, and Xie Ruoxi with thunder, whereas wizards of England naturally also have many different schools.

In a past life, the mainstream wizard profession was represented by 'Thorny Bird' Roger's manipulation school, accounting for over 70% of the world's wizards, using so-called 'arcane energy'. The original term 'Arcane' meaning 'mysterious,' 'obscure,' thus their combat advantage lay in being extremely secretive and difficult to anticipate.

Apart from these mainstream Arcane Masters, there were many wizards belonging to niche schools. Considering the giant comet Jobby just cast, this guy must belong to the Plastic Energy System, using what's called 'Elemental Energy'... hence why Roger said he and Jobby weren't of the same magical system.

Yan Yu recalled information regarding the Plastic Energy System as Anna continued:

"Do you know why the Superhero Alliance offered him an exorbitant contract to recruit him? The media all think he's the next 'Longcheng Flying General'. If he had participated in the battle of The Secret Realm of Li Palace, you wouldn't have had your day in the sun."

"What the hell?" Yan Yu was amused, "How is this guy anything like me?"

"Because, in the battle for the tower, he too had records of fighting multiple opponents unscathed." Anna shrugged, "And he also has a spell capable of short-range Flash to dodge attacks, doesn't it remind you of your ghostly agility?"

"He's merely a poor imitator at best!" Yan Yu angrily said, "Li Gui facing off against Black Tornado, his only fate is to die! It's about time, let's go!"