On the western spectator platform, the Seventh Divine General sat at the very highest point.
There was no expression on his face, yet within those eyes that held endless abysses, unprecedented stormy waves churned.
Di Cang had lost!
The Celestial Court had lost!
His gaze swept across the cheering figures on the eastern spectator platform.
It swept over those forces that had once bowed obediently to the Celestial Court, yet now rejoiced in its misfortune.
It swept over the undisguised shock on the faces of the neutral factions.
At last, his gaze fell upon the fourteen figures atop the Ten-Thousand-Level Summit.
They would be the Celestial Court's greatest enemies in the future!
The Human Realm...
He silently repeated those three words in his heart.
Once upon a time, in the Celestial Court's eyes, those three words had been nothing more than insignificant ants.
Yet now, those insignificant ants had nurtured fourteen monstrous geniuses who had reached the Ten-Thousand-Level Summit!
Suppressing the surging thoughts in his heart, the Seventh Divine General slowly rose to his feet.
The usual coldness and majesty returned to his face, as though none of that earlier loss of composure had ever happened.
"The second round of the tournament, the Ten-Thousand-Level Heavenly Ladder, has now concluded."
"The final results have been engraved upon the Heavenly Ladder."
"The top one hundred geniuses will advance to the third round's final arena tournament."
After saying this, the Seventh Divine General paused slightly. His gaze sharpened further as it swept toward the Human Realm's side of the eastern spectator platform.
His gaze passed over each of the fourteen geniuses who had reached the summit. Deep within his abyss-like eyes, a trace of chill flashed by, unnoticed by anyone.
Within that chill were killing intent, wariness, and also a kind of...
Deep