Ma Yuming stepped forward again and delivered a speech of reflection and encouragement regarding the first round of the competition.
Before long, he announced the start of the second round.
Just as the second round was about to begin, Zhang Tianling rose to his feet. "First place among World Lords: Lin Mo."
Those eight simple words were not particularly impassioned, yet they stirred everyone present.
The other contestants, especially those at the World Lord level, looked at Zhang Tianling, then at Lin Mo, and nodded with bitter smiles.
That was right. Lin Mo had no need to continue competing.
With such a monstrous genius, what was there left to compete for? Who could beat him?
They had all witnessed the previous battles.
Even a monstrous genius like Gu Qi had been utterly no match for Lin Mo.
Ji Hu and Jiang Zian, working together with eighty-three peak World Lords to encircle and kill him, had still suffered a crushing defeat.
Now that the second round was one-on-one, did anyone still stand a chance?
Everyone had already reached the same conclusion in their hearts, but hearing Zhang Tianling say it aloud was still immensely shocking.
The acknowledgment of a Cosmic Sovereign was an honor.
Even the prodigies including Gu Qi gazed at Lin Mo with envy.
To be born in the same era as Lin Mo was both an honor and a sorrow.
Lin Mo was also slightly taken aback by Zhang Tianling's decision, but then he smiled and accepted it calmly.
He did not mind fighting a few more battles. It would let him temper the Yin-Yang Power he had just comprehended.
This time, his gains had truly been tremendous.
This Yin-Yang Power actually contained elemental insights into water and fire.
That was thanks to Gu Qi's original comprehension through