A strange silence spread through the crowd, as if an invisible force had pressed down on everyone at once.
Because at the very top of the list, above every other name, there was only one.
Max Morgan.
For a brief moment, no one reacted.
Then the shock erupted.
"What is this?"
"How can that be him?"
"I heard out of all the participants present in the Smelting Trial, his cultivation is the weakest at the 9th level of Law Awakening Realm."
"That name… he was standing here the entire time."
Lucia's eyes widened as she stared at the screen, her breath catching slightly.
"…Max," she murmured, disbelief clear in her voice.
Beside her, Isabella froze for a fraction of a second before her gaze snapped toward him, sharp and piercing.
But there was something even more unsettling than his position.
There was no score.
Every single name on the list had a number displayed beside it, representing their performance within the trial.
Except his.
Next to Max Morgan, there was nothing.
