Towering Earth Thunder flooded the black waves in the sky, while the terrifying Black Tortoise Giant Beast was suppressed beneath a heavy divine mountain.
Once all the heavenly phenomena vanished, only two figures remained standing in midair.
"I lost." Liu Xuan had calmed down by then and accepted the fact of his defeat.
"Oh? Senior Liu is quite open-minded." Liu Bai chuckled.
Liu Xuan shook his head. "If a person cannot even accept his own failure, what right does he have to pursue victory? Besides, I can tell that you did not use your full strength, Junior Brother. Am I right?"
Even his trump card had been broken so easily by the other party. Moreover, he had heard that when Liu Bai defeated Liu Feng, Huo Yun, and the others, he had summoned fierce Golden Lightning—entirely different from this heavy Yellow-brown Lightning. Clearly, Liu Bai still had other methods he had not used.
However, Liu Bai had no intention of revealing the truth. "Senior Liu, you are overthinking it. I only just obtained this Divine Art, and I have only barely reached Initiation in comprehending it. I truly gave it my all just now."
Liu Xuan nodded and did not press the matter further. He directly transferred one million Spirit Value from his Spirit Value Token, then turned and left.
This instantly caused an uproar throughout the entire Level Six Spirit Gathering Array, with everyone discussing the battle. Yet they did not know that, outside the Spirit Gathering Array, the entire academy had already exploded into turmoil.
"Big news, big news!"
"Liu Xuan, thirteenth on the Heavenly Ranking, has been defeated! Freshman Liu Bai has risen to thirteenth place on the Heavenly Ranking, while everyone below him has been pushed down one rank!"
Likewise, on the massive Heavenly Ranking stone