"My Human Race's Lin An is the true prodigy; being ranked in the top 100 on the Battle Ranking is nothing but an empty title."
"That's right. Those so-called top 100 prodigies are nowhere near as good as Lin An of my Human Race. If they dared to come, they probably wouldn't even be able to withstand a single move from Lin An."
"They don't have the guts to accept the challenge. After all, the Sacred Realm is about to open, and if they lose, they'll suffer a huge loss."
"The top 100 geniuses on the Battle Ranking are nothing special!"
These messages quickly spread to the ears of all races, and upon hearing them, all creatures were filled with rage.
" Human Race are far too arrogant. They've only just made it into the top 100, yet they dare to look down on the prodigies in the top 100."
"That's right. Although I'm only ranked around 300th, I'm still willing to test Lin An's abilities."
"Forget about it. Someone wanted to challenge Lin An before, but the Human Race said he wasn't even in the top 100 and wasn't worthy of the challenge."
"I'm furious! I just hope one of the top hundred geniuses can step in and suppress Lin An."
"..."
Arrogant, presumptuous, ignorant of one's own limitations... all sorts of negative labels have been attached to Lin An.
But Lin An didn't care about any of that; in fact, he was the one who instructed Meng Yuan to release this information.
So-called black and red are still red.
He's so arrogant, any of those top 100 geniuses with a shred of pride would be tempted to teach him a lesson.
If these prodigies hold back, he can simply name them by name. If the named prodigies fail to respond for a long time, new public opinion will naturally arise.
As long as he defeats one of the top 100 prodigies, he can make boastful remarks again, then challenge a new top 100 prodigy, and his ranking will rise rapidly.
While all the races were furious at Lin An's arrogance, a group of people gathered together.
If Lin An were here, he would definitely recognize these guys.
There were a total of eighteen people, all of whom were the prodigies of the myriad races who had been slapped to death by Lin An earlier.
Even Zi Chang was among them.
" Lin An is trying to incite public outrage and provoke the top 100 geniuses to make a move. He wants to compete for the top spot on the Battle Ranking," Zi Chang said.
He had also heard the news about Lin An's arrogance. If he hadn't known Lin An's strength, he would have thought, like everyone else, that Lin An was far too arrogant.
But it was precisely because he knew how strong Lin An was that he realized that the so-called arrogance stemmed from the fact that the other party truly possessed such abilities.
"I never imagined that we, who are hailed as the pride of all races, couldn't even withstand a single slap from him," Jin Rui remarked.
Although he wasn't the number one prodigy in the Metal Race, he was still among the top ten. Yet, he couldn't even withstand a slap from Lin An, which was truly humiliating.
At first, he also felt quite humiliated, but afterwards he made a point of watching Lin An's subsequent battles.
The more he looked, the less humiliated he felt.
It turns out I wasn't a loser; it was all the geniuses of the myriad races who encountered Lin An who couldn't withstand a single slap from him.
"By the way, how did you two die?" Jin Rui asked, looking at Zi Chang and Yu Li.
He was the one who contacted this small team, which could be considered a "Slap Alliance," since they were all defeated by Lin An with a single slap.
However, he didn't know how Zi Chang and Yu Li were defeated, since both of them were ranked behind him.
"You can't possibly fight him for three hundred rounds, can you?" Jin Rui said, looking at Zi Chang.
After all, when Zi Chang lost to Lin An, he specifically mentioned that he would fight Lin An for three hundred rounds before he was careless and lost.
"Hehehe, I felt so embarrassed back then, how could I possibly say that I was instantly killed by him with a single strike?" Zi Chang said with a laugh.
Upon hearing this, the others raised an eyebrow. They weren't surprised that Zi Chang was instantly defeated, since they had all been defeated instantly as well.
But they didn't expect that Zi Chang wouldn't be slapped, but stabbed.
Compared to being stabbed to death, it's obviously much better to be slapped to death.
"At that time, it must have been his first time challenging a top-ranked scholar within the top 1000, so he took it seriously, which is why he used a sword. But what he didn't expect..."
Zi Chang shrugged helplessly, not expecting himself to be so weak that he couldn't even withstand a single blow.
The others nodded, finding the explanation somewhat acceptable.
"And you?" Jin Rui then looked at Yu Li.
"I also got slapped," Yu Li said calmly.
But in reality, she harbored quite a grudge against Lin An.
Why should everyone else get stabbed or slapped, but I get crushed?
Can't you treat everyone equally and let them all get slapped together?
If I were to reveal that I was strangled to death, I would be incredibly embarrassed.
Fortunately, no outsiders knew at the time, and as long as he didn't say anything, the Human Race wouldn't gossip.
Jin Rui and the others didn't have any doubts. After all, they already felt that being slapped to death was humiliating enough. However, since it wasn't them who were slapped to death, they were able to withstand it a little better.
"Do you think those prodigies in the top 100 will challenge Lin An?" Jin Rui asked.
"Probably. After all, all races are enraged right now. Whoever can defeat Lin An at this time will gain a great deal of fame."
"Even if there isn't one, there has to be one. These past few days, some of my friends have been asking me every day how I lost to Lin An. I'm embarrassed to say it. If the top 100 prodigies were also slapped to death by Lin An, then the pressure on us would be less."
"Since we've already been slapped, why shouldn't the top 100 geniuses get slapped too?"
"That's right. There happens to be a prodigy in my clan who ranks in the thirties. I'll tell him about this later."
"My clan also has its top hundred prodigies..."
The group quickly reached an agreement.
I got soaked in the rain, so why should others get to use an umbrella?
Lin An was unaware of what these guys were thinking; otherwise, he might have given them a more dignified way to die.
But no matter what, Lin An's name has already resounded throughout all the races.
Everyone knows that there is a Human Race Lin An who has entered the top 100 of the Battle Ranking. He claims to be invincible among those of the same realm and is arrogant and disdainful of all the prodigies of the myriad races.
"I never expected there to be such an arrogant person among the Human Race. He's only just entered the top 100, and he really thinks he can call himself a prodigy?"
"This man is now infamous; if we can suppress him, we can gain a lot of fame."
"But a Human Race is not worth my time."
Meanwhile, some of the top 100 prodigies on the Battle Ranking also heard about Lin An, but their attitudes varied.
Some were quite interested, while others were completely indifferent, regarding Lin An as nothing more than a clown.
Regardless of the circumstances, Lin An's plan can be considered a success.
Lin An was naturally unaware of these things. After leaving the Battle Realm, he returned to the Sin Suppression Hall of Heavenly Pass Gate.
"First, go and exchange those materials for alchemy materials."
Thinking this, Lin An strode towards the trading hall.
People were coming and going in the main hall. Lin An found the steward and took out all the materials he had collected.
The manager was startled when he saw the mountain of materials.
"You killed all of these people?" the steward asked in shock.
With so many materials, how many Sin Beast would we have to kill?
"You won't accept it?" Lin An countered.
"Yes, of course we'll accept!"
The manager, regaining his composure, stopped asking questions and began to calculate for Lin An.