Talent is merely the admission ticket to meet me.
That sentence was like a fully wound-up slap viciously striking every member of every team across the face. They were all geniuses selected from thousands, the strongest among their peers, destined to become the backbone of major powers. Their daily lives consisted of being showered with praise, receiving compliments from their teachers and envy from their classmates.
Yet now, having entered the Soul Master Competition brimming with anticipation, they encountered a peerless monster radiating boundless brilliance. He had made one thing perfectly clear: yes, you were geniuses, but geniuses were actually nothing. He could casually cut down seven of you with a single sword.
The ascenders who had struggled through countless hardships had become one of the hundred thousand celestial soldiers besieging Sun Wukong. The geniuses' confidence and pride were cast to the ground and crushed over and over again. Their eyes reddened as they stared at Ling Bai, yet they could not help letting out sighs.
Lies would not hurt people; the truth was the sharpest blade. Every word he said was true. A Five-Ring Six-Winged Angel was practically invincible beneath the Soul Sage level. The geniuses had the will but lacked the ability, and could only secretly blame Ling Bai for exposing such a bloody reality.
Just then, Ling Bai's gaze swept over the academy teams, seemingly deliberately yet seemingly not. A vast swath of heads immediately lowered. Most had already lost the courage to fight Ling Bai. Only a handful of exceptionally confident geniuses dared meet his eyes, such as Xiao Hongchen of the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy. The young man was fresh-faced and fearless, even sending Ling Bai a provocative look.
"Finished up. Let's head back and rest."
Ling Bai said lazily to the reserve