Double points, atop the Divine Mountain

The next day.

In his room, Chen Yu eagerly connected to the Virtual Network, immersing his consciousness in the boiling ocean of data.

Without the slightest hesitation, he went straight to the Genius Battle spectator platform and quickly located Lin Yi's group in the vast list of groups.

Chen Yu felt both nervous and excited.

The huge screen that occupied nearly half of the spectator interface was currently displaying the countdown to the start of the match and a panoramic map, but Chen Yu knew that millions of eyes were focused on it, just like his own.

Aside from spectators who wanted to cheer on their own race's competitors competing on the same day, over 90% of the Pan-Spirit Alliance's spectators probably focused their attention on this group.

Everyone wanted to see what kind of performance this Human Race, who had been completely overshadowed by the brilliance of Spirit Race Edith and whose prospects had been bleak for days, would deliver.

Will it lead to a complete failure that confirms our guesses, or, as the observer team suggests, might there be something hidden, bringing an unexpected ripple to the surface?

Soon, the countdown reached zero.

The figures of 100,000 participants converged simultaneously across the virtual continent like starlight.

As the only seeded player in the top 100 today, coupled with the "controversial traffic" that has been brewing in the past, Lin Yi unsurprisingly received the most central and prominent spotlight in this group.

His figure appeared beside a lake as clear as a mirror, with the shimmering water behind him reflecting the Flowing Cloud in the sky.

At this moment, Lin Yi was still wearing that simple dark blue combat uniform, his posture upright and his face calm, as if he was not there to participate in a brutal competition that would attract cosmic attention, but simply to enjoy a normal spring outing.

On the contrary, Chen Yu, as a spectator outside the venue, couldn't help but hold his breath and stare wide-eyed.

In the video, Lin Yi doesn't even look around to see if there are other players or usable terrain nearby.

He merely raised his eyes slightly, his gaze seemingly piercing through the barriers of space, precisely landing on the looming, majestic outline of the Central Divine Mountain in the center of the continent.

Then, he moved.

Take a simple step.

The next moment, his figure vanished from the lakeside like a pen mark erased by an eraser.

The main camera rapidly switched shots, revealing a deep blue figure appearing directly at the foot of the sacred mountain.

"Go straight to Mount Kailash!" Chen Yu clenched his fist and shouted in a low voice, "Commander, that's how it should be!"

The live chat area nearby was scrolling faster because of Lin Yi's opening choice, but the content wasn't as excited as Chen Yu's. "Sure enough, that's the style of a seeded player, directly challenging the sacred mountain, saving the trouble of crushing the weak."

"As expected, with Edith setting this precedent, who would want to slowly accumulate points outside after her?"

"I wonder which level this spacetime genius of the Fourfold Domain can reach?"

"I'd guess the fifth floor. If I'm lucky enough to encounter a sixth-floor projection with a counter-element, I might be able to pass it, but the Seventh Floor is definitely out of the question."

"Sixth level? You overestimate him. His spacetime rules are strong, but he's only at the fourth level. I bet he'll stop at the fifth level."

"Don't forget the Starsea Observer's speculation. What if they've been hiding something? Maybe they're already at the fifth level, and could even have broken through to the sixth or seventh!"

"Pfft, still dreaming? Even if he's holding back, he's at most at the fifth or seventh level of the Heavenly Realm. Do you really think the difference in cultivation level is just for show?"

"Just wait and see them get proven wrong. The more they boast, the harder they'll fall."

Chen Yu glanced at these comments and let out a cold snort.

If it were a few days ago, he would have already rushed up and argued with these guys who were spouting nonsense for three hundred rounds.

But today, he held back.

The Commander's calm demeanor last night, and the subtle glint in the eyes of the vice- Commander Aurelia during breakfast this day despite her silence... all gave him a strange premonition.

Therefore, he chose to trust the Commander and see with his own eyes rather than argue with his mouth.

He focused all his attention on the main screen.

Lin Yi, standing at the foot of the sacred mountain, looked up at the majestic peak that had witnessed the rise and fall of countless geniuses, feeling quite emotional.

More than a thousand years.

From a mercenary who lived a precarious life in his past life to a top-tier genius at the Star Core level standing on one of the highest stages of the Pan-Spirit Alliance.

From witnessing civilizations as insignificant as dust to personally leading them into the vast universe and becoming a Star Domain level power with thousands of inhabited planets... the leap is enough to stir the heart of anyone.

As for Lin Yi himself, when he was reborn, how could he have imagined that he would be where he is today?

All he wanted was to survive and to let those around him survive.

And now, he is about to touch the crown of "the number one person of the new generation of the Pan-Spirit Alliance".

Before the competition started, he did hesitate about whether to show his full strength in the preliminary rounds.

But when he saw Aurelia defending him online only to be met with insults, and when he saw acquaintances and strangers like Chen Yu, White Phoenix, and Ling Xuan speaking up for him... he changed his mind.

He couldn't bear to let those who spoke up for him endure another year of ridicule.

Moreover...

Respect is not earned through forbearance and explanation.

It was earned through sheer skill, through every punch and kick!

When it's time to draw your sword, why hide your edge?

With that thought made up, Lin Yi lifted his foot and stepped onto the first level of the mountain path.

His steps were steady, yet carried an unstoppable resolve.

The guardian projection of the first level quickly coalesced in front of him.

This is a fierce-looking warrior from the Li Race, wielding two swords, whose power level is approximately at the peak of the first realm.

Lin Yi didn't rush the attack. He waited for the projection to solidify and for the unknown warrior to assume a fighting stance before calmly giving the warrior a deep look.

Yes, just one glance.

They didn't even raise their hands.

However, the moment his gaze fell upon it, the Li Race projection failed to utter even a wail. Its entire form, like a weathered sand sculpture, suddenly disintegrated into the most basic specks of light and vanished into the air.

Points +1,000,000.

The scene seemed to freeze for a second.

Immediately afterward, the main camera seemed to freeze for a moment before continuing to follow Lin Yi's upward climb.

After a brief pause, the discussion area in the spectator channel exploded with excitement!

"?????"

"What's going on? What happened?"

"Where's the projector? Why is it gone?"

"Who saw it clearly? Did Lin Yi make a move?"

"No, absolutely not! I slowed it down ten thousand times, and he only glanced at the projection!"

"One glance? Stare to death? What kind of cosmic joke is this!"

"Rule suppression, absolutely a super high level of rule suppression!"

"Is this something Fourfold Domain could do? Bullshit!"

"He hid it! Lin Yi definitely hid it! And he hid more than just a little bit! Is that outrageous?"

"The Starsea Observer is telling the truth!!"

Shock, screams, disbelief... a torrent of emotions flooded the discussion forum.

All the previous comments and mockery about Lin Yi only being able to reach the fifth floor seemed utterly ridiculous in the face of this.

Chen Yu stared intently at the screen, a surge of excitement rushing to his head. He wanted to shout, but found himself too excited to speak, and could only scream in his mind, "###, that's awesome!"

Lin Yi in the picture did not stop for a moment.

Second layer, third layer, fourth layer...

His speed in climbing the mountain was beyond everyone's comprehension.

Faced with projections of past geniuses from at least two, three, or Fourfold Domain, his approach was shockingly simple.

With what seemed like a casual glance, the projection disintegrated on its own.

With a flick of the wrist, a faint, chaotic light flashed, piercing through the center of the projection's brow.

With a casual swipe, a flash of gray light disappeared, and the projection shattered like fragile glass.

Soon, he reached the fifth level, which those mockers believed Lin Yi would inevitably stop at.

Facing his opponent on the fifth level, Lin Yi simply raised his hand and made a grasping motion. The Giant Spirit Race's prodigy's armor of rules, along with his Main Body, was crushed into dust by an invisible force.

There was no intense clash of domains, no dazzling energy exchange, and not even a grappling battle lasting more than a breath.

It's a complete crushing defeat.

Pure to the extreme, a crushing defeat at the level of rules.

The Points are jumping wildly: +2 million, +4 million, +8 million, +16 million...

The speed was so fast that the Points display almost appeared as a blur.

At this point, less than five minutes had passed since the start of the match.

The discussion forum has completely gone mad.

"Seventh Floor! Six projections were instantly wiped out!"

"My brother said this must be an unparalleled genius from the ninth level."

"My God... a monster from the Human Race has appeared in the ninth dimension?"

"Where are the people who were mocking us before? Come out and show yourselves!"

"Is this what you call possibly hiding something? Only showing us the tip of the iceberg?"

The Eighth Floor.

Upon reaching this point, Lin Yi's steps finally paused almost imperceptibly.

The projection of the gatekeeper coalesced, revealing itself to be the Star Demon Race prodigy who had given Edith a hard time on the first day, possessing the Eightfold Domain of Time-Space Death.

Lin Yi wasn't surprised; with his own combination of rules, the probability of encountering this Star Demon Race Clan prodigy on the eighth floor was quite high.

As soon as the Star Demon Race projection condensed, the three vertical pupils on its forehead simultaneously lit up with an eerie light. A purple-gray ripple, interwoven with time stagnation and death erosion, surged out silently like a tide. Wherever it passed, even the virtual space seemed to groan, and life force was rapidly drained away.

This was precisely the tricky move that even Edith found difficult to execute.

However, Lin Yi's expression remained unchanged. He raised his right index finger, and a point of chaotic light condensed at the tip of his finger, as if containing the ultimate truth of the beginning and end of all things.

Then, with a flick of his finger, the hazy light pierced straight into the center of the deathly ripples without flinching or avoiding them.

Laugh!

The seemingly all-consuming ripples of death were instantly "splittered" upon contact with the gray light.

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Wherever the light passes, the Death Rule are forcibly calmed Return to Stillness, and the effect of time stagnation is also countered by the more subtle spacetime power contained within it.

The gray light, undiminished in its intensity, pointed directly at the projection between the eyebrows.

The Star Demon Race projection swayed ghostly, attempting to blend into the distorted spacetime around it to evade.

However, Lin Yi had already locked onto the spatial structure around it, and the projection's dodging action showed an extremely subtle lag.

It is this seemingly insignificant stagnation that determines life and death.

The gray line swept past and disappeared into the projection's forehead.

The Star Demon Race projection froze completely, and the light in its vertical pupils, filled with the power of death and illusion, quickly dimmed.

Immediately afterwards, the entire projected body, starting from the point of impact, rapidly turned into nothingness and dust, like a chalk drawing being erased, and dissipated in the mountain wind of the Eighth Floor.

The whole process was relaxed and enjoyable.

Points have surged again: +128 million.

With a total Points of 255 million, he has caught up with Edith and become tied for first place.

At this moment, the match had been going on for less than fifteen minutes.

At the same time, the entire spectator channel, and even the entire Virtual Network area of the Pan-Spirit Alliance that was paying attention to this match, seemed to be completely ignited by this seemingly casual yet earth-shattering finger strike.

"The Eighth Floor... almost an instant kill?!"

"A prodigy who perfectly suppressed the life and death of the eighth level of spacetime, now confirmed to be at the ninth level. Only a higher level of Rule Comprehension could achieve such ease."

"An incredible reversal! The biggest dark horse of this year... no, this is no longer a dark horse, this is a star-devouring behemoth unleashed..."

"The Spirit Race 'Edith's eighth-level spatial light and darkness is already astonishing, and now the Human Race's Lin Yi is facing life or death at the ninth level of spatial light? This year's Genius Battle is going to be very interesting."

"If you don't understand, just ask. Is there really such a big difference between the ninth and eighth levels? How come it seemed so easy for Lin Yi to kill the eighth-level projection?"

"It looks simple to you, but the eight layers of projection were actually superimposed with multiple techniques the moment they appeared, including spatial restriction, time slowing, life depletion, and death stare. As for that finger strike, it's clearly a powerful move."

"Where is the Starsea Observers Team? Come out and accept our worship!"

Chen Yu stared at the calm, dark blue figure climbing the steps on the screen, at the dazzling yet glorious "Ninth Floor" mountain path, at the thunderous and frenzied discussions, and felt a surge of sour heat rush to his nose, his eyes instantly turning red.

All the previous grievances, anger, and resentment transformed into unparalleled pride and excitement at this moment.

He wanted to rush out and tell everyone.

See that!

This is the Commander of our East Peak Mercenary Group, the commander of our Silver Blue Civilization!

At this moment, Lin Yi had already stepped onto the summit of the sacred mountain, onto the Ninth Floor platform.

At the summit, amidst churning clouds, a figure slowly materialized.

With his star-studded robes fluttering and his eyes gleaming with starlight, he was none other than Losa Lanstar, the Spirit Race Edith had faced on the first day and ultimately chose to abandon the challenge.

It really was him.

This was within Lin Yi's expectations, because there had been no other nine levels of spacetime realm in the past hundred Epoch. Therefore, once he reached the ninth level, he would inevitably have to face "Morning Star" Losa.

Lin Yi's gaze finally turned serious.

This projection represents the limit that the Spirit Race could reach at the Star Core level over the past hundred Epoch; it is the product of a perfect combination of talent, inheritance, and resources.

The Spirit Race projection "Losa" turned around, its eyes falling on Lin Yi, devoid of any emotion, only a cold scrutiny.

He did not attack immediately, but slowly raised his hand.

As Losa moved, the entire Ninth Floor platform seemed to transform into his Divine Kingdom.

The brilliant starlight and the deep shadows blend perfectly, forming a magnificent yet deadly "Light-Dark Star Domain". The power of spacetime serves as its framework, and the five fundamental rules are transformed into various phenomena such as continents, rivers, and flames, which are endlessly generated and form a self-sustaining cycle.

Within this realm, every alternation of light and darkness is accompanied by terrifying purifying and devouring power; every fluctuation of spacetime contains the power to cut and solidify; and the rotation of the five elements provides an almost inexhaustible Spring of energy and possibilities for change.

Are you testing my mettle?

Lin Yi chuckled inwardly.

Clearly, Losa wanted to see if his opponent was worth his serious effort.

Typical Spirit Race style.

But Lin Yi was too lazy to play such childish games with this projection.

A thought struck him, and instantly a set of ancient armor engraved with chaotic patterns materialized on his body.

At the same time, he loosely clenched his right hand, and a dark spear with a cold glint at its tip, seemingly capable of piercing Long Spear, appeared in his hand.

To ensure fairness, no weapons or armor are provided in the Pan-Spirit Alliance Genius Battle. Players must create their own weapons and armor to use.

Losa, clearly aware of his opponent's exceptional abilities, was also aware of this.

Therefore, almost at the same time Lin Yi finished arming himself, Losa on the opposite side also made his move.

His Light-Dark Star Domain instantly converged, transforming into a magnificent and majestic suit of armor, where starlight and shadow were perfectly interwoven. In his hand, a longsword with inner light condensed, its blade seemingly composed of solidified starlight and flowing shadow.

Without a word, the two figures vanished from their spot simultaneously.

"Boom!"

In the center of the Ninth Floor platform, the Long Spear and the sword clashed for the first time.

There was no sound.

Because the space and time at the point of impact are completely disrupted and broken at the moment of contact, a miniature, regular vacuum zone is formed.

Only the shockwave formed by the annihilation of rules and the collision of energy to the extreme, like an invisible tsunami, swept across the entire mountaintop, scraping away a thick layer of the specially reinforced virtual rocks.

Lin Yi's arm trembled violently, and the patterns on the Chaos Armor flickered wildly, dissolving the terrifying force that came from the gun, a mixture of light and darkness bursting, spacetime cutting, and the vibration of the five elements.

The opponent's sword strike was not only incredibly powerful, but also contained an exquisite combination of rules. The interplay of light and darkness created a secondary explosion, the power of spacetime maximized the sword's speed and penetrating power, and the power of the five elements stabilized the sword and amplified its energy.

"Such powerful force!"

Lin Yi secretly praised this, thinking that this was the performance that a top-tier inheritance from a peak race should have.

In terms of pure combat skills, the opponent is indeed superior.

He flashed away, creating distance between them.

However, Losa pressed his advantage relentlessly. His armor flashed, and his figure seemed to traverse spatial distances, instantly appearing beside Lin Yi. His longsword drew a mysterious arc, and before the sword light even arrived, a domain force field intertwined with the imprisonment of light and the erosion of darkness had already enveloped him.

Lin Yi's mind raced, Long Spear in his hand suddenly disintegrated, instantly transforming into three diamond-shaped shields to block the sword light.

His Main Body, however, used time acceleration to narrowly escape from the gap between the light and dark force fields.

"Pfft! Pfft! Pfft!" The three shields shattered one after another under the sword, but they bought Lin Yi a moment of time.

As he escaped, Lin Yi drew his left hand, and the power of gold and fire suddenly combined, transforming into dozens of blazing white fire arrows with Sharpness golden light, which rained down on Losa in the opposite direction.

At the same time, he stomped his right foot on the ground, and several thick, tough vines covered with sharp thorns burst out of the rock and wrapped around the opponent's ankle.

"A trivial skill."

Losa's indifferent voice rang out for the first time.

He didn't even swing his sword to block; instead, the light around his armor rose slightly, and a seemingly thin yet incredibly condensed shield of light and darkness appeared.

The flaming arrows struck the shield, but were like mud buoyed into the sea, causing only minor ripples.

The vines that had been coiling around the shield were quietly eroded and withered by the shadow power that flowed naturally on it.

Then, Losa flicked his wrist, and his longsword thrust out again.

This sword strike was even simpler, yet it seemed to lock onto Lin Yi's spatial and temporal coordinates. A cold glint at the tip of the sword rapidly expanded, containing a will that could pierce through everything.

Lin Yi's expression was serious; he dared not be negligent.

The Long Spear instantly materialized in his hand, and he thrust it out!

At the tip of the spear, the power of spacetime distorts the space in front of it, the energy of life and death intertwines into a spiral, and the rotation of the five elements provides explosive energy.

The spear and sword clashed once more.

This time, the burst of light illuminated the entire mountaintop.

The aftershocks of the clash of rules tore huge gaps in the sea of clouds at the edge of the platform.

Lin Yi grunted. The pure and explosive power of light and darkness in the opponent's sword was indeed troublesome.

Losa's figure swayed slightly, clearly the power and strangeness of Lin Yi's shot had exceeded his expectations.

However, he was equally experienced in combat. Taking advantage of the momentum, he spun around, his longsword drawing a perfect circle. A rapidly spinning wheel of light and darkness flew out of the sword, cutting through space and whistling as it slashed towards Lin Yi.

Lin Yi took a deep breath, knowing he could no longer passively respond.

After these few exchanges, he had found a way to defeat his enemy.

The opponent's combat techniques are powerful and they possess many secret techniques; engaging in a direct confrontation with their moves would be disadvantageous.

However, its application in the nine-fold Fusion Domain is still somewhat sluggish. Obviously, it has not spent as much time refining its skills in the Ninefold Domain as I have.

Because he had already broken through to the Ninefold Domain more than 160 years ago, he devoted the rest of his time to further refining his skills.

Furthermore, Losa's combat skills and decision-making are somewhat immature.

This is normal. After all, would those powerful families be willing to let their geniuses truly experience life-or-death crises?

Those geniuses spend most of their time Rule Comprehension; aside from mastering a few powerful combat techniques, how much time do they have left to refine their fighting skills?

Presumably, in their minds, as long as their Rule Comprehension is high enough and their combat skills are powerful enough, they can simply crush their opponents; why bother spending time studying those other things?

Therefore, Lin Yi was very clear that his advantages lay in his fighting instincts honed from two lifetimes, his adaptability honed through countless brushes with death, and his terrifying control over his own domain, which he could manipulate and control at will.

"Condense! Disperse! Rotate!"

Lin Yi mentally issued a series of commands.

Facing the swirling wheel of light and darkness hurtling towards him, he neither dodged nor evaded, his domain power rapidly gathering in front of him.

It wasn't a direct block, but rather the formation of a high-speed rotating "chaotic vortex" in opposite directions.

Within the vortex, the forces of the five elements clashed chaotically, causing spacetime to slightly distort.

The powerful Wheel of Light and Darkness cut into the chaotic vortex, as if sinking into a quagmire. The light and dark energy was disturbed and eroded by the chaotic power of the five elements, causing its rotation speed to drop sharply and its trajectory to deviate.

Just as its power was weakened and its speed slowed down, Lin Yi moved.

His figure moved like a ghost, narrowly missing the edge of the Wheel of Light and Darkness. The aura of death emanating from his Long Spear was extremely intense, and the flow of time was accelerated to an unbelievable degree at the tip of the spear.

"Return to Stillness!"

A glint of cold light, disregarding spatial distance, and propelled by the acceleration of time, pierced Losa's chest in an instant.

Losa's eyes flashed with Starflare, clearly sensing the threat of this attack.

The runes on his armor suddenly lit up, and his longsword accelerated instantly, blocking the attack at the last second.

Bite!

A piercingly sharp, trembling sound rang out.

The spear tip touched the sword!

Time seemed to stretch out at that moment.

As you can see, the gray light at the tip of the spear is frantically eroding the light and darkness barrier on the sword, while the power of light and darkness is constantly purifying and resisting the erosion.

At the point of contact between the two, the space collapsed layer by layer, forming fine black cracks.

Losa's arm, gripping the sword, trembled slightly, and the light from his armor flickered.

Lin Yi felt a powerful recoil force travel along the gun barrel, and his arm went numb.

The two sides reached a stalemate, engaging in a pure contest of rules and power.

But a subtle smile appeared on Lin Yi's lips.

With a light step of his left foot, the rules of the earth that had been lurking beneath his feet and connected with the ground, and the ubiquitous water vapor scattered in the air, were simultaneously activated at this moment.

It wasn't an attack on Losa's Main Body, but rather... the place beneath his feet and the spatial structure around him.

"The Earth Vein Shift! The Water-Space Stasis!"

The rock beneath Losa's feet, which had been incredibly solid, suddenly became as soft as quicksand, causing him to lose his balance instantly.

At the same time, countless tiny ice crystals instantly appeared in the surrounding air and slightly merged with the space, forming an extremely viscous "stagnant airspace" that hindered movement.

This is not some advanced combat technique, but simply a meticulous application of basic rules and a precise grasp of timing.

In the moment when both sides are fully engaged in the battle and have no time to spare, this sudden environmental interference amplifies its effect tenfold.

Losa's body inevitably experienced an extremely brief, yet real, imbalance.

For an opponent of Lin Yi's caliber, this is more than enough.

"Break!"

A fierce glint flashed in Lin Yi's eyes, and he suddenly increased the power in his gun by another three points.

The rules of life and death suddenly reversed, transforming from deathly stillness into a strange burst of vitality. However, this vitality was not nourishing, but rather forcibly stimulating and disrupting the stability of the opponent's rule structure.

At the same time, the five elements, which had always served as the background of the energy cycle, instantly shifted from rotation to opposition.

Metal overcomes Wood, Wood overcomes Earth, Earth overcomes Water, Water overcomes Fire, and Fire overcomes Metal.

The forces of mutual restraint among the five elements erupted at the tip of the spear, forming a destructive energy that collapsed inward and dismantled the rules.

A combined internal and external offensive, timed perfectly.

"Click..."

A faint yet distinct cracking sound came from the point of contact between the longsword and the spear tip.

A hairline-thin crack quietly appeared on the sword.

A flicker of shock finally crossed Losa's indifferent eyes.

Now!

Lin Yi discarded his gun!

It wasn't about discarding it, but rather actively transforming the Long Spear into a domain of power, which, like a persistent infection, surged wildly into the sword and into the opponent's armor along the crack.

He himself then lunged forward.

Fists, elbows, knees, shoulders... every part of his body transformed into a weapon, wrapped in deadly power of rules, crashing down on Losa like a storm, whose structure of rules was instantly disrupted, leaving him with more openings.

Close-quarters combat, hand-to-hand fighting!

He brought his close-combat skills, honed through countless bloody battles, to their fullest potential.

"Bang bang bang bang bang...!"

A series of impacts, so numerous they sent chills down one's spine, rang out.

Losa's armor flashed wildly as he desperately tried to defend himself, but with its internal structure disrupted and its external structure subjected to such a violent and cunning close-range attack, more cracks finally appeared.

He tried to create distance and regroup.

But Lin Yi was like a persistent cancer, using the rules of spacetime to their fullest extent, clinging to it tightly, interrupting or interfering with every spatial flash.

Finally, after enduring countless heavy blows imbued with the power of rules, a gap was torn in the defenses of the Losa armor's chest and abdomen.

Lin Yi pointed his fingers like a sword, his fingertips condensing highly compressed spacetime power and a pure essence of death's end. Like a poisonous dragon emerging from its cave, he plunged fiercely into the opening!

"Puff!"

Fingertips sank in.

Losa's body trembled violently, and his movements froze completely.

He looked down at the fingertips that had sunk into his chest, then looked up at Lin Yi was standing right in front of him.

The indifference in those star-like eyes vanished, replaced by a hint of admiration.

No words were spoken.

Losa's body, along with his tattered armor and sword, began to disintegrate from the point where his fingertips pierced the ground, transforming into countless brilliant yet rapidly fading points of light that scattered like a galaxy before finally vanishing completely into the clouds atop the sacred mountain.

Lin Yi slowly withdrew his finger, standing alone atop the mountain.

This battle will be anything but easy.

The projection of the Spirit Race's ninth-level prodigy lived up to its name, especially its exquisite combat skills, which put immense pressure on him.

His advantage lay in his greater experience, his flexibility in adapting to change, his more nuanced control over his own field, and his ability to seize that fleeting opportunity.

It was a hard-fought but exhilarating victory.

At the same time, his Points also jumped dramatically, not only becoming number one, but also reaching an astronomical number that overshadowed the entire leaderboard.

511 million!

It's more than double that of Edith is currently ranked second.