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Chapter 164 Tang Ruobing's Placement Match!
The match ended in uproar.

"Are you kidding me? Is that guy a monster? What kind of speed and power is that?!"

"My god, a twelve-meter-tall monster runs faster than a fucking assassin! Did you see that? It left afterimages just now! This is scarier than a horror story!"

"Who is this guy? I've never heard of him before, where did he come from?"

Amidst the clamor, Ye Mingqiu calmly walked back to the audience seats, sat down next to Tang Ruobing, and said, "He is indeed very strong. He is the most resilient psychic I have ever encountered."

"is it?"

Tang Ruobing's eyes flickered slightly. Her heart was not calm at the moment, but she still answered calmly as usual: "After this battle, you will become famous in the circles of those top psychic users. They will definitely try their best to investigate your background and find out your information. Are you prepared?"

"To become strong, one must endure the chill of the wind at high places. This will come sooner or later; whether it comes sooner or later doesn't make much difference," Ye Mingqiu replied calmly.

In fact, his original identity was just an ordinary child without parents, without talent, bloodline awakening, or background, so those people were destined to find nothing out.

If they can find something, that's fine; but if they can't find anything, it's even easier to make people feel something is wrong. After all, most psychic users with normal intelligence would not believe that Ye Mingqiu grew from an ordinary person to this level; they would almost certainly believe that Ye Mingqiu is a genius powerhouse born from some hidden force.

Because his skills are just too supermodel-like!

It's completely impossible for a normal person to achieve that!

Speaking of the Eye of Omargon alone, an ordinary person would die if they encountered this thing. Without special abilities and background, it would be impossible to form a contract and turn it into one's own equipment.

"Ding!"

Suddenly, a notification sounded from the spirit realm. Ye Mingqiu subconsciously opened the panel and entered the team channel page, which was marked with a red dot.

Team Channel
Qingyu: Holy crap!
Qingyu: The leader is too ruthless!

Bobtail cat:?

Qingyu: He's taken the top spot on the leaderboard!
The other side: Holy crap!
Bobtail cat: Isn't that normal?
Although she didn't know much about Ye Mingqiu, she at least knew that his goal was to hunt gods. Anyone who aimed to hunt gods must have extremely strong combat power, so it was normal for him to take the top spot on the Heavenly Ladder. She felt that the Divine Lord had the strength to do so.

Qingyu: But he took the top spot on the ladder at level 4.

Bobtail cat: Level 4? ??
Law: What top spot? I just finished the first stage of the trial, how come the top spot is already out?

Qingyu: @Shenjun, boss, I recorded the video when you were playing just now. Can I upload it? I promise I won't share it with anyone.

God: Yes.

His battle with Zhen Yue was public, and all the psionicists in the Heavenly Ladder Arena could watch it. There were quite a few spectators, and many psionicists saw it, so there was no need for Qing Yu to hide it from his own people.

After all, he didn't use his full strength.

Ye Mingqiu's strongest form is the [Bloodthirsty Tyrant] form after activating Bloodthirsty Shadow. Moreover, he didn't even use [Divine Majesty] or light and shadow attribute spells, which means he preserved a considerable portion of his combat power.

Qingyu: [Battle Recording]

The recording wasn't long, since the entire battle hadn't lasted very long, and soon everyone had finished watching it.

Short-tailed cat: Is this a level 4 psionicist?
Bobtail Cat: Is this level 4?
The other side: Holy crap!
Law: It's alright, nothing particularly scary.

Qingyu: @Lv, wait a minute, explain what you mean by "okay"? Do you mean you've seen something even more shocking? Is there some hidden bombshell?

Law: He has solo-killed the remains of an ancient god of the same level.

Qingyu: ? ? ?
Bobtail cat: (◎_◎;)
The other side: Huh?

Law: Moreover, he didn't prepare in advance. He started fighting as soon as he entered the map, directly killing his way from outside the area of ​​influence of the Ancient God to the inside, and then destroying the Ancient God.

Qingyu: Ancient gods have instant death effects, right? How did he survive an instant death effect? ​​Is that something a normal human can fight?

Law: Why don't you guess why our team's passive ability can increase both resistances?

Qingyu: !!!
Ye Mingqiu closed the channel, looked up, exhaled a long breath, and said, "The upper limit of psionicists in the world is still too low. Even the strongest psionicist cannot compare with the weakest god-level enemy."

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Tang Ruobing rolled her eyes at him and said, "What makes you think that humans should be compared to gods?"

As she spoke, she paused, her gaze shifting, and couldn't help but ask, "You wouldn't be planning to strive for the level of a god, would you?"

"have a thought."

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Tang Ruobing paused briefly, then said, "But that's unlikely. The strength of a normal psychic has absolute limits: template limits, skill level limits, specialty limits, physical potential limits, and talent limits."

“A top-tier psionicist once calculated that even a psionicist in their ultimate state cannot challenge a god of the same level, or even a god of a lower level; the difference must be at least two major levels.”

"is it?"

Ye Mingqiu lowered his eyes. As someone who had truly challenged the God of Fire, Hephaestus, he could indeed sense the power of a god-level enemy. Even if a second-tier psionicist came, they would probably be easily killed by the God of Fire. At least a third-tier psionicist would be needed to barely fight.

The Vulcan has extremely high base attributes and numerous, powerful, and complex damage types. Most psionicists would probably be unable to withstand its attacks.

"By the way, Zhenyue's passive counter-shock damage should be very high, right? Why didn't you react at all?" Tang Ruobing asked curiously.

Does he have this passive position?

Ye Mingqiu tilted his head in confusion.

To be honest, he really didn't realize that the other party had this passive ability. In War Tyrant mode, he had extremely high health and physical defense. In addition, the spiritual energy and damage reduction derived from his health made him immune to damage.

Ye Mingqiu genuinely didn't feel hurt; it wasn't a deliberate exaggeration or contempt.

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Tang Ruobing sighed and said, "Now that your placement matches are over, it's my turn to play them. I'll sit here and watch how a true mage fights."

The girl stood up, a calm and confident smile on her face. As she walked, she carried a refreshing fragrance, a scent that Ye Mingqiu was very familiar with, but he felt that this scent seemed slightly different from when they first met.

It's just like.
She was gradually changing the scent until she completely transformed it into another, making the entire process of aggression less noticeable.

It's like Tang Ruobing actively intruding into Ye Mingqiu's life.

[Note: The Star Shattering event has started its placement matches. You can immediately teleport to the arena to watch the matches.]

So this is what placement matches look like from someone else's perspective.

[Hint: Ranked 38th in the Shattered Star Challenge]

38 people?
Ye Mingqiu raised an eyebrow slightly. If nothing unexpected happened, Ge Wu should be ranked 38th now.

Is that so?
A slight smile played on his lips as he crossed his arms and looked with interest toward the arena, eager to see something more interesting.

then
[Hint: Ge has surrendered]

[Challenge successful]

"whispering sound!"

Ye Mingqiu felt a bit disappointed. He wanted to see how Tang Ruobing dealt with curse-type enemies! It was a real pity he didn't get to see it.

However, she frequently tempered her strength using the power of the Ancient God Realm, so she likely possessed some resistance to curses. Whether Ge Wu's curse would have any effect on her was another question. A short while later, Ge Wu stepped forward, smiling at Ye Mingqiu, and said, "Father, didn't I do a pretty good job just now?"

"You have something to say."

Ye Mingqiu said simply and directly.

Although Ge Wu is a bit sleazy, he is not unintelligent. It is highly unlikely that he would ask for a reward for such a trivial matter. He probably has something to say, and it is likely something that he can say, not something problematic.

Then, Ge Wu said with a fawning smile, "You are truly a prophet. I happen to have a small matter that I need your permission for."

"explain."

"I recorded a bit of the battle footage while you were fighting, and I'm hoping to earn a little money through the battle recordings."

As Ge Wu spoke, he took the initiative to initiate a contract application through the spirit world. The general content of the contract was that he would give 8% of the profits from the video recording to Ye Mingqiu, and this process would be notarized by the spirit world.

After carefully reading the contents, Ye Mingqiu signed the contract directly. Contracts notarized by the spirit realm are reliable and won't cause any trouble. Many spiritual beings who sign contracts with the native inhabitants of the spirit realm get scammed by them, especially contracts with the demon race, which are extremely unreliable.

"Okay, then I'll go."

"and many more!"

"Anything else?"

Ge Wu immediately turned around and looked at Ye Mingqiu with a puzzled expression. He was feeling uneasy. Now that the contract had been signed, a person like the Divine Lord should not go back on his word at this time. Otherwise, he would have to doubt his own judgment.

"Make more money."

Ye Mingqiu said.

"Okay! Ok!"

Ge Wu chuckled and then slipped away.

Unlike his predecessor, Tang Ruobing did not choose to leave the arena, but instead directly challenged the opponents in succession, starting his second placement match.

Ye Mingqiu sat in his seat and silently started recording mode to capture her exciting moments, while also preparing to study the details of the battle.

[Hint: Shattered Star has already reached number 20 in the challenge]

At this stage, the highest ranking Tang Ruobing could challenge was 19th, but she did not attempt it because Qing Yu is currently in 19th place.

Although his ranking is 19, it does not mean that his true strength is only ranked 19. It is just the result of the ranking. Qingyu's true strength is at least in the top five of the ladder rankings.

More importantly, his fighting style is quite effective against Tang Ruobing, making it very difficult to win against him.

Soon, Qingyu walked over, sat down next to Ye Mingqiu with a smile, and said, "If I'm not mistaken, she should be our deputy commander, right?"

"Ah."

"She must be quite strong, right?"

Qingyu asked with a smile.

Although he said that, it was mostly out of politeness rather than recognition of her strength. The reason is simple: Tang Ruobing is a hero-level, not a legendary-level psionicist.

Class discrimination
This kind of thing does exist. Although many people don't say it on the surface and have a very good attitude, they look down on psionicists who are one level below them, thinking that their strength is not that great, and that even if they are stronger, they are still just so-so.

As it turns out, their discrimination was indeed quite correct; a hero-level psionicist really couldn't defeat a legendary psionicist of the same level, and was far inferior.

Because without sufficient talent and potential, it is impossible to become a legend. The legendary level itself is a selection process. A psionicist who can become a legend cannot be weaker than a hero, unless the other party encounters some special circumstances.

Ye Mingqiu also sensed the implication in Qingyu's words, but he did not argue. He simply smiled and said, "I think she is very strong."

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Qingyu was slightly taken aback, sensing that the other party wasn't just being stubborn, but genuinely believed it. So he gradually became serious, looked earnestly at the audience, and said, "Then I'd like to see just how powerful someone is who can earn the approval of the Divine Lord."

"Okay, let's wait and see."

Ye Mingqiu said with a smile.

He knew very well that this was the benefit of directly demonstrating his strength. If he hadn't shown his strength, Qingyu wouldn't have easily accepted him, and might even have nodded on the surface but still looked down on him in his heart, which would have made Ye Mingqiu even more furious.

However, he has now demonstrated enough strength to become the top of the Heavenly Ladder Ranking. As the top player, his words carry a lot of weight in the eyes of a smart person like Qingyu.

In this way, he will acknowledge and take the battle seriously, and there won't be any relatively idiotic storylines.

In the arena, Tang Ruobing stood on one side of the battlefield, quietly watching her opponent. Her opponent was also a man of few words, and the two did not exchange any words before the battle began.

Lant, a level 10 mage, is relatively skilled in earth-attribute spells.

Information flashed through Tang Ruobing's mind.

【The battle begins】

As the spirit world's notification sounded, the two simultaneously cast spells, and several spells unfolded around them at the same time, forming a complex array. Tang Ruobing's array was faster, quickly forming a spell in a very short time.

[High-speed interrupt spellcasting]

"Extremely cold territory!"

"The land is frozen!"

"Ice Lance Technique!"

The triple spell erupted in a very short time, instantly freezing the earth centered on her and summoning a large number of ice spears to fire simultaneously. An extremely cold domain then unfolded, and the aura was quite terrifying.

Is she crazy?
Lant frowned slightly. He didn't understand why the other party dared to use spells like this. Using [High-Speed ​​Interruption Casting] in this way would greatly increase the consumption of spiritual energy. His casting speed was so fast that he had probably already consumed three or four times the spiritual energy under normal circumstances. If they continued to fight like this, she would run out of mana in no time.

Want to go for a quick burst of damage?
He smiled dismissively. As a seasoned mage, he had certainly seen this tactic before and knew how to deal with it.

With a wave of his staff, Lant erected a solid earthen wall, and various small-scale but high-quality defensive spells were quickly unleashed.

This method of casting spells minimizes the consumption of spiritual energy while providing the best defense against attacks, preventing the opponent from achieving the desired effect through spiritual energy depletion. This is a typical example of the "turtle shell" playstyle.

then
"Extreme Cold - Ice Dragon Shaping!"

"Ice Age!"

"Extreme cold storm!"

Tang Ruobing continued to calmly cast her spells. The power of her spells grew stronger and stronger, and the consumption of spiritual energy became increasingly terrifying. An extremely cold aura enveloped the entire area.

Lant's expression gradually changed within the tortoise-shell defense. While defending, he muttered to himself solemnly, "No, that's not right, is it? She's already consumed two, or even three times, the total spiritual energy of a normal magic-based psychic, hasn't she?"

"Isn't this wrong?"

"Even if she's just a hero-level psychic, a legendary-level psychic shouldn't have that much psychic energy to consume, right?"

Just as his mindset began to change, Tang Ruobing raised her staff again and unleashed another series of spells that consumed terrifying amounts of spiritual energy, unleashing an increasingly terrifying offensive.

The ice dragon roared! Extreme cold erupted! The ferocity completely covered the earthen wall! The ice on the ground spread to the earth magic! And completely devoured it! The situation gradually began to change irreversibly.

(End of this chapter)