Grand Heavenly Offering Ritual's Top Technician

After coming to his senses, Feng Xingtong lunged forward like a madman. "Give them back! Give them back now!"

Shen Ye easily dodged his attack. "Don't worry, I have no interest in weak spirits like these. But before that, haven't you forgotten something?"

As if waking from a dream, Feng Xingtong hurriedly looked at the referee. "I concede."

After the referee announced the result, Shen Ye returned the souls. At that moment, Feng Zhenghao suddenly leaped down from the stands and blocked Shen Ye's path.

The spectators who had already risen to leave immediately sat back down with excited expressions. It looked like there was more to see.

Feng Zhenghao said apologetically, "Sorry, little brother, but this concerns the Feng Family's Ultimate Skill. I have to ask—where did you learn your Spirit Binding and General Dispatching?"

Smiling, Shen Ye shifted his gaze toward Feng Xingtong, who was carefully soothing the spirits in the distance. "He taught me."

"Xingtong?" Feng Zhenghao's pupils suddenly contracted as he asked in disbelief, "Are you saying you learned it merely by watching Xingtong use it a few times?"

Feeling the destiny energy absorbed by the Destiny Orb steadily increasing, Shen Ye felt delighted, without the slightest guilt over bluffing. "Naturally."

The area erupted into an uproar at his words.

Many of them did not even know what Spirit Binding and General Dispatching was, but they had personally experienced the terror of having their souls tugged at.

Moreover, as the inherited Ultimate Skill of Feng Zhenghao, president of the Tianxia Association and one of the Ten Elders, there was no doubt of the technique's power. Yet someone had learned such a powerful technique after merely watching it a few times. It was like a dream.

"You've got to be kidding! This goes beyond being a genius!"

"That's completely unfair! How is anyone supposed to fight him?"

"A monster! A freak! With talent like that, even those legendary patriarchs who ascended to immortality might not compare!"

Amid the shocked and reverent gazes, Wang Bing's eyes revealed sudden understanding. "So that's where Grandpa went. He went to recruit this brat and even taught him Spirit Binding and General Dispatching!"

However, hearing all the praise and admiration around him, he snorted unhappily. "That bastard sure knows how to put on a show. Fine, though. Once I defeat him, all that praise will belong to me!"

"I never imagined there could be someone so extraordinarily gifted in this world. My knowledge was too shallow." Feng Zhenghao gave a bitter laugh, then looked earnestly at Shen Ye. "This may be presumptuous, but Spirit Binding and General Dispatching is, after all, the Feng Family's Ultimate Skill. You are immensely talented, little brother, and I have nothing to say about your learning it. But please, do not pass this Ultimate Skill on to others."

"You overstate it, President Feng." Shen Ye nodded slightly. "I was merely feeling an itch to show off and couldn't resist displaying it. Naturally, I have no reason to spread the technique."

"He truly doesn't care at all." Feng Zhenghao stared seriously into Shen Ye's eyes. He had seen countless people in his life and could roughly tell whether someone was lying.

"That makes sense. For a genius like him, a technique he could learn after seeing it once might truly amount to nothing."

Even as he breathed a sigh of relief, Feng Zhenghao felt bitter inside. The inherited Ultimate Skill he treasured like a precious jewel was treated like a worn-out shoe in someone else's eyes. That feeling truly stung.

In the stands, Feng Shayan was still completely frozen. "Uh... uh..."

Seeing her like this, even the normally mature Hua Yue could not resist bragging like a child. "Now you know the difference between gods and mortals, right?"

Feng Shayan looked as if her worldview had collapsed. "Could it be that I'm actually the abnormal one?"

The next day.

Although a day had already passed, the battle between Shen Ye and Feng Xingtong remained overwhelmingly popular, completely overshadowing the other seven matches. Quite a few busybodies had even given Shen Ye nicknames such as "Copy Outsider" and "Grand Heavenly Offering Ritual's Top Technician."

Amid the heated discussions of the onlookers, three utterly ordinary-looking passersby took seats in a corner of the stands.

"That young man down there is Shen Ye, the one rumored to have learned Spirit Binding and General Dispatching with a single look?"

"The Eight Unique Skills aren't easy to learn. To master it just by seeing someone use it once... that kind of talent is truly... enviable!"

"What, do you want him to lend you money at usurious interest?"

"No, you misunderstand. I just think it would be a shame for a genius like him not to join All Nature!"

"Heh, he might not necessarily think much of sewer rats like us."

"This is when Xia He needs to step in. Come to think of it, where did she go today? Aren't young handsome guys exactly her type?"

"Who knows? Maybe she saw another young handsome guy somewhere and couldn't move her legs."

Meanwhile, on the back mountain.

Xia He, whom All Nature's "Four Maniacs" had been discussing, was groping a man in white all over, looking utterly infatuated. "Hehe, Lingyu, your chest muscles have gotten bigger again."

Zhang Lingyu pushed her away with a face full of resistance. "Stand farther away. Don't make me report you!"

"What a heartless man once he's gotten what he wanted." Xia He put on a wounded expression. "And here I was thinking of helping you clear away some obstacles!"

Zhang Lingyu was first flushed with anger and embarrassment by her earlier words, but his expression soon turned serious. "What do you mean by that?"

Xia He jumped off him. "Your next opponent is just a minor character, nothing worth mentioning. But after that, you'll have to face Shen Ye, the one who has shone so brilliantly in the Grand Heavenly Offering Ritual!"

Clearly, she had completely ignored Shen Ye's opponent for today.

However, Zhang Lingyu did not object. He likewise did not think Wang Bing could cause Shen Ye any trouble. "He is indeed a formidable opponent."

"Exactly." Xia He nodded slightly. "As long as he is eliminated, half the Heavenly Master position will already be yours!"

"Don't do anything reckless!" Zhang Lingyu frowned. "Leaving aside the fact that I don't want to win that way, you are absolutely no match for him either. Even Master said he is the person who has hidden himself the deepest in this tournament!"

"Even the Old Heavenly Master thinks so highly of him?" Xia He put away her frivolous expression, but quickly reverted to normal and smiled teasingly. "We of All Nature's 'Four Maniacs' have never relied on strength to kill people. Don't forget, my nickname is the Bone-Scraping Blade!"

Zhang Lingyu frowned deeply. "If you had truly observed him, you would know his temperament is far beyond that of ordinary people!"

"Oh? Don't tell me you're jealous?" Xia He narrowed her eyes and looked at him with a half-smile. "You're only saying that because you don't want to watch me seduce him, right?"

Seeing Zhang Lingyu's face darken, Xia He quickly raised her hands in surrender. "All right, all right. I'll listen to you."

After saying that, she added in her heart, I'll just persuade the other three to make a move when the time comes!