"Ten wins in a row! Ten wins in a row!"
"What ability was that?"
"Gigantification! It was Gigantification!"
"Did he really fuse with a tier-one gene? That ability has to be at least three-star quality, right?"
"I've never seen a cultivator with a tier-one gene show that kind of strength."
"Who is this kid? He looks like he just graduated. What school did he go to?"
Cheers, chatter, and gasps of amazement mingled, each wave of sound rising higher than the last, almost lifting the roof off the Radiant Mall.
Under the lights, Ji Zhixing looked rather slight, a completely different person from the towering, two-meter-seventy giant he had been moments earlier.
He stood quietly in the center of the arena, listening to the deafening uproar and feeling the emptiness where his Gene Source Force had been, yet his heart surged with emotion.
Several arena defenders were helped down and brought to the female healer beside the arena.
Ji Zhixing had hit a little hard this time.
But the injuries he had inflicted were nothing to a tier-three healer.
"Everyone! Please quiet down!"
The mall manager straightened his suit and stepped into the arena again.
Standing beside Ji Zhixing with a broad smile, he raised the microphone. "Everyone, let's give our warmest applause to this young challenger, Ji Zhixing, for achieving ten consecutive victories in this Glory Challenge!"
Applause and cheers erupted again.
Ji Zhixing bowed slightly and nodded to the crowd around him. "Thank you."
His voice was a little hoarse, an aftereffect of exhausting his physical strength, but through the speakers, it carried a steady composure.
The mall manager took out a card and offered it with both hands. "This is your prize card, containing one million Gene Coins, after tax.
"Our mall has covered all the taxes