For a moment, the Immortal Gods from the various Universe Countries all turned toward the rankings, shock written across their faces.
"Thirteen, who is this Ling Feng? Why haven't you ever mentioned him?"
"Exactly, Thirteen. You've actually been hiding a trump card like this."
"Thirteen, you really haven't been playing fair."
After seeing that Ling Feng came from the Ganwu Universe Country, the 1,008 Immortal Gods recovered from their shock and began "denouncing" Thirteen.
They were interested only in geniuses with tremendous potential. Simply put, they cared about peerless geniuses who had what it took to enter the top ten in the overall rankings.
But because Ling Feng had never participated in the arena finals and had rarely shown his face, little information about him had spread. As a result, he had received little attention.
The Scale-Armored Giant felt wronged, too. He had not known that Ling Feng was a dark horse.
And a dark horse who might not even be weaker than Rong Jun, at that.
He immediately gave a wry smile and explained to the Immortal Gods, "I didn't know Ling Feng had such potential, either. He took first place directly in the Preliminary Elimination Tournament and never fought in the arena matches, so there was no way to assess him."
"First in the preliminaries. No wonder..."
Hearing that, the Immortals immediately quieted down.
The preliminaries had a hundred World Zones, each covering an immense area and hosting hundreds of billions of participants. With everyone fighting in a chaotic melee, observing them was far too much trouble.
Besides, each Universe Country had a hundred World Zone champions. That could not serve as a measure of strength.
The Immortal Gods had no interest in the preliminaries, so naturally, they had not watched them. This also meant that they