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"Clap, clap, clap..."
Suddenly, a crisp sound of applause clearly reached everyone's ears, extremely clear, causing everyone to stop in their tracks, including many students who were vying for seats, as they all turned their gaze to the other side of the C-shaped five-tiered steps where they were.
There was also a platform over there, with a row of seemingly ordinary seats, but no one dared to challenge for them, because it was obvious that this row was the presiding table.
Previously, there was no one there, but at some point, more than a dozen figures shrouded in divine light and hard to make out had taken their seats, and the one clapping was the only middle-aged man standing on the presiding table.
