Minor Provincial Examination Ends, Officially Signing the Liang Group True Seed Contract

Shi Tiexin's finger tapped the back of Jian Ning's head.

She felt nothing.

No impact, no burning, no stabbing pain.

But her vision suddenly went black.

With a crack, the secret realm shattered, and she was thrown out.

Watching the girl being carried away by the medical team, Shi Tiexin could not help but feel moved.

Five months ago, when he had first entered the Nine Cities Competition, his level had still been inferior to hers. Only after his trip through the Alternate Worldline had he edged ahead of her.

Now, though, someone at her level was utterly, completely no match for him.

In five months, heaven and earth had turned upside down. What would another five months bring? An endlessly brilliant life was unfolding before his eyes.

Shi Tiexin looked toward the other secret realms. "Who else?"

He fought several more matches. The contestants varied wildly in skill, but none caught his eye. He swept through them with the crystal diamond between his brows going pew-pew-pew, at most using the Manganese Man Shooting Technique once. Not one opponent was worth him making a real move.

"I announce that the champion of the Mist Year 101 Shaluo City Huicui District Minor Provincial Examination is Shi—Tiexin!"

With a thunderous boom, a golden-red pillar of light surged into the sky.

Shaluo City's dome was clearly made of far better material than Tumubao's. There was none of that grainy gauze-screen effect; everything looked exceptionally clear.

A golden-red ranking board hung high in the heavens, proclaiming the top name on this Minor Provincial Examination's golden list.

At roughly the same time, golden-red pillars of light shot skyward in countless other places, with ranking boards hanging in the air.

The eight first-tier space cities, including Tumubao, and Shaluo City's eight districts made sixteen in all.