Phoenix's two halves of a gigantic corpse slowly fell, while the seconds ticked by...
One second, two seconds, three seconds, four seconds, five seconds...
According to the rules, Phoenix should have completed its rebirth within five seconds. Now that five seconds had passed, the corpse was still a corpse. Forget being reborn—it had not even turned into an egg!
What's going on?
Just as everyone was puzzled, Dias suddenly raised his hand. "Challenge passed!"
Passed?!
Everyone was stunned. Did that mean Phoenix had truly been killed?
But was that not the Phoenix that could be reborn without end? Forget being cut in half—even if it were chopped into mince and burned to ashes, it should still have been able to undergo Nirvana Rebirth!
How on earth had Ling Yang done it?
While everyone was still completely bewildered, the Holographic Projection had already dispersed. Phoenix's shrunken form reappeared on the field, while Ling Yang had already appeared in the Advancement Zone.
The moment Heavenly Venerate appeared, the contestants from the opposing world immediately gathered around him, every word from their mouths praising Heavenly Venerate's divine might. As for the other qualifiers, their eyes were filled with wariness when they looked at Ling Yang.
"Clap, clap..."
Several rounds of applause rang out. Dias glanced at those in the Advancement Zone and smiled. "The first—and perhaps the only—world in which every member has passed has appeared. Congratulations!" As he spoke, he turned to the remaining people. "Now there are only eight advancement slots left. Who else wants to challenge?" A great many experts still raised their hands, nearly all of them Ascension-level. After all, Peak Level advancement followed different rules and had no limit on slots, so they were no longer in a hurry.
"Let me see..." Dias's gaze swept across the entire