"Forget it." Irelia shook her head dejectedly, as if trying to shake off this pointless self-deprecation.
"Why should I compare myself to him? A monster like that should be compared with other monsters."
At the thought, Irelia's curiosity was thoroughly piqued.
Lin Yi had grasped the rules incredibly quickly, but he had only reached 1%. He had barely touched the surface of the rules. His speed was impressive, but for all sorts of reasons, plenty of people in the universe had done even better. So she had never considered comparing him with anyone.
After all, his Realm was too low for such a comparison to mean much.
But grasping the rules at Star Vortex Rank was another matter. Even if he had achieved it through a sudden epiphany, most geniuses had similar experiences. It wasn't really a shortcut, so it was fair to compare them.
Irelia wanted to see how Lin Yi, who hailed from a poor, low-level civilization, compared with those hailed as geniuses across the vast Pan-Spirit Alliance.
"Xingyu," she instructed, "access the public database for the latest Pan-Spirit Alliance Genius Tournament. Find all competitors whose speed of comprehending the rules was similar to Lin Yi's, and check their final tournament rankings."
Xingyu's glow flickered before it quickly replied, "Instruction received. Searching the Pan-Spirit Alliance's public genius database. Search complete. There are 617 public records that meet the approximate condition of 'comprehending the rules to Star Vortex Rank in the equivalent of 30 Blue Star days.'"
More than six hundred?
Irelia raised an eyebrow slightly. The Pan-Spirit Alliance spanned a vast territory and encompassed countless races, so it wasn't surprising that it had produced so many geniuses.
"Filter for Human Race competitors."
She considered it and decided to narrow the search further.
After all, Lin Yi was human,