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Chapter 169 Making Money! One-Stop Service!

In the audience, Ye Mingqiu and Tang Ruobing read books while waiting quietly. There were many sparring challenges in the arena, and they would occasionally look up at the battles below to learn from them.

"I had a nightmare yesterday."

Tang Ruobing suddenly said.

Her voice was calm and composed, her gaze remained focused on the book, and her expression remained unchanged, as if she were merely discussing a trivial matter.

"What nightmare?"

Ye Mingqiu paused in his page-turning motion and subconsciously looked in her direction.

“An ancient god who claimed to be the Nightmare God came into my dream. He said that my body had been tempered and baptized by the power of the ancient god realm, and that I was the most suitable sacrifice for the ancient god to descend. He wanted to use me as a sacrifice to descend into this world.”

"and then?"

“I dreamt of you. This ancient god who called himself the Nightmare God escaped, and I woke up from the dream.”

Tang Ruobing frowned slightly and whispered, "Why would I have such a strange dream? My previous character... cough! I mean, my character in the dream. Don't overthink it. Anyway, I don't think I would have such a strange nightmare."

"Uh-huh."

Ye Mingqiu smiled and nodded, then asked, "Did you investigate afterward whether any of the known ancient gods are called Nightmare Gods?"

"I've checked."

"What's the result?"

"He does not exist."

Tang Ruobing's face flushed slightly, and she felt a little ashamed, but she continued, "However, this nightmare is still very thought-provoking for me."

"After all, my body has indeed changed under the tempering of the power of the ancient god realm. Not only has my basic physical potential broken through the limit, but I have even developed a little bit of exclusive resistance to the power of the ancient god. Perhaps I do have this aptitude."

"You mean that although the dream is fake, it is indeed possible that such a thing could happen in the future, right?" Ye Mingqiu asked, frowning.

“That’s right, so I think I should make some preparations in advance. We can’t wait until disaster strikes to think about how to solve it. By the time the crisis arrives, it will be too late to do anything,” Tang Ruobing said.

"really."

Ye Mingqiu nodded slightly, then lowered his head in deep thought. His extraordinary wisdom told him that the best solution was to kill all the ancient gods in the Ancient God Realm. This would solve the problem at its root and prevent any future troubles.

Unfortunately, he doesn't have that kind of strength right now, so he has to think of other ways.

"How about I disguise myself as an ancient god?"

Tang Ruobing suddenly had a flash of inspiration and said.

"?"

"The method is actually very simple: maximize your resistance to abnormal states, and then keep maintaining the [Usurpation] state. Make this state the norm, and then in the perception of other ancient gods, I will become an existence similar to an ancient god who has left the ancient god realm," Tang Ruobing replied.

The Ancient God Realm is connected to the Ancient Gods, and this is the opportunity for Tang Ruobing to connect to the Ancient God Realm through the [Aura of the Ancient Gods] and thus obtain the power of the Ancient God Realm.

The problem is that, under normal circumstances, it is impossible for a psionicist to maintain a state of receiving the baptism of the power of the ancient gods indefinitely. Over time, they will most likely die directly from the instant death judgment of the power of the ancient gods.

"So, you plan to put all the benefits into your resistance to the power of the Ancient God Realm when you advance to the second tier?" Ye Mingqiu asked after thinking for a moment.

"Correct."

Tang Ruobing answered with a smile.

Under normal circumstances, the advancement from Tier 1 to Tier 2 is a natural transformation and will not be altered according to the will of the psychic. However, if one is willing to sacrifice some benefits and reach an agreement with the will of the spirit realm, then one can specify the advancement according to one's own wishes.

Such an improvement seems wonderful, but it is actually based on sacrificing benefits, and the amount of sacrifice is not small, which is unacceptable to the vast majority of psionicists.

Moreover, the process of natural transformation is not a mechanical and uniform one. The spirit world will make different degrees of intelligent fine-tuning based on the different circumstances of each spiritualist, thereby determining the most suitable transformation process for that spiritualist.

“This is risky. If something goes wrong, it could have a huge impact on you,” Ye Mingqiu said.

"adventure?"

Tang Ruobing smiled and said, "Then let me ask you, once you reach the fifth rank, will there be a big difference between the third and second rank for you?"

Ye Mingqiu remained silent.

He gradually understood the other party's thoughts. Tang Ruobing's physique had been tempered by the power of the ancient god realm, and even excessively so, far surpassing other psionicists who had improved their strength through this method, thus meeting the standard for becoming a sacrifice to the ancient god.

Her strength is currently low, and the power she stole from the Ancient God Realm is too weak to attract much attention from the Ancient Gods, so there shouldn't be any problems.

But as her strength gradually increased, it was only natural that she was gradually discovered by the ancient gods.

Therefore, even without taking risks, her ultimate limit might only be around the third tier, to avoid being noticed by the ancient gods of the ancient god realm and becoming their sacrifice.

This outcome was unacceptable to Tang Ruobing, so she chose to take a risk and resolutely opted for a higher-potential fighting style, allocating all her potential points after the second-tier advancement to resistance to the power of the ancient gods.

Stud is a kind of wisdom.

four hours later

Ye Mingqiu walked out of the arena again, a relaxed and composed smile on his face. He returned to his seat, where Tang Ruobing was pouting slightly, looking somewhat annoyed.

Including the gains from this challenge, he now has six attribute-boosting items, all of which can boost the maximum attribute by 100 or more. The specific boost amounts vary slightly, but their overall value is quite high.

Attribute-enhancing items of this caliber are generally unavailable in smaller towns. After all, only top-tier psionicists at the first-tier limit stage can reliably produce such items; those who are not strong enough, even at level 10, cannot obtain this resource.

Compared to him
There aren't as many people challenging Tang Ruobing, who is ranked second on the leaderboard. She has only accepted two challenges so far, and her gains are much less than Ye Mingqiu's.

"Ding!"

A notification sound from the spirit world rang out.

Ge Wu: Dad, I'm going to sell your fight videos to your defeated underlings and rip them off again. I think I can make a lot of money! Hehe!

God: Okay.

Gewu: Can you take orders related to techniques?

God: You can give it a try.

False accusation: Those who rely on techniques are easy targets!

Ge Wu: Although they are all so poor that they are worse than dogs, they are very willing to invest in improving their strength. If we can create a selling point on this basis, we can make a fortune.

God: For example?
Gewu: I can claim that you possess top-tier discernment talent, can fight against all types of techniques, and will never be at a disadvantage. You can prove your path by fighting against strong opponents of this type, further improve your techniques, and expand your upper limit of strength.

Divine Lord: It should be possible. My instinctive perception is quite good, and seeing through some techniques is relatively easy for me.

Gewu: Instinctive perception?
Gewu: Isn't this futuristic vision?
God: ?
God: Who spread this nonsense?

Ge Wu: I don't know, but those who have seen your combat videos all think that you have mastered future vision. After all, your predictive ability is just too ridiculously strong. This is a level that should not be reached by instinctive perception.

God: Never mind, you can continue to help me expand the challenge goals. If the results are good, I will give you an opportunity to improve your physical potential.

Gewu: Godfather above!
Gewu: Please accept my bow!
"Knock knock!" A new challenger arrived, gently tapping on Ye Mingqiu's table and saying, "I want to challenge you. I want to play ranked matches. The resources are here."

【Millennial Snow Ginseng】

Ye Mingqiu glanced at it briefly, and seeing that the attribute-enhancing items were fine, replied, "Okay."

five minutes later
The challengers regrouped outside the arena, their faces filled with confusion and disbelief. They muttered to themselves, "This is level 4! This is level 4! Who has such terrifying level 4 attributes? What's going on with this guy?!"

As a top-tier psionicist capable of climbing the ladder, he had already guessed that something was wrong with Ye Mingqiu before the challenge, but he never expected that Ye Mingqiu would be acting this strangely.

He originally thought that Ye Mingqiu was able to occupy the top spot because he had some kind of powerful mechanism-type skill that others could not defeat. However, in actual combat, he found that the opponent's attributes directly overwhelmed him. In his understanding, a level 4 psionicist should not be this strong.

Even a legendary level shouldn't be like that!
"Friend, it seems you need some information."

Ge Wu emerged skillfully from the shadows, a smile on his face, and continued, "I do know a little about the Divine Lord. If you'd like to know more, I can provide some clues and battle recordings."

"Elaborate!"

"Actually, the God-King is..."

"Oh! So that's how it is. I knew it was impossible for a normal level 4 psychic to be this strong!"

“I have a combat video here. You can see how he beat up a legendary level 10 limit psionicist before.”

"So this is how extreme legends are? That makes me feel much better. It wasn't my fault." The challenger instantly felt relieved, and his mood improved considerably.

"Ugh!"

Ge Wu sighed and said, "Actually, I was beaten by him before, and he beat me badly. So now I feel especially close to my kind. Although I know it's immoral, I feel much better when I see others being beaten up."

"I can't be the only one getting beaten up!"

"What a coincidence! That's what I was thinking too!"

"I'm going to message my friend! Whether he challenges me or not is none of my business. I'm just here to tell him that there's a level 4 champion in the ladder arena who might possess some kind of powerful ability and is incredibly strong. Only someone smart enough can crack it."

"Ruzi can be taught!"

Auditorium

Looking at Ye Mingqiu who had returned, Tang Ruobing sighed helplessly, "Sometimes, I have to admit that the world is a huge makeshift operation."

"They could clearly guess that you must possess some kind of powerful ability to become the top of the ladder arena, but they still think they have the potential to challenge you. Are all these people fools to gamble with their resources?"

"Ugh!"

Tang Ruobing had mixed feelings. Although she had expected that someone would come, she never imagined that there would be more people challenging Ye Mingqiu than she had imagined.

Of course, the main point is that many people are challenging Ye Mingqiu, while she doesn't get many customers, which makes her feel very unbalanced.

"Just good luck."

Ye Mingqiu said.

He looked down and opened the Spirit World Friends interface.

God: Old Black, want to do business?
Old Black: What kind of business?
Divine Lord: Introduce some skilled fighters, all types are fine, I can suppress elemental attributes in combat.

Old Hei: Give me 30% of the profits!
Divine Lord: At most 10%!
Old Black: Twenty percent! I'll help you save five innocent victims! I have experience in marketing; no one understands the mindset of a master strategist better than me!

Deity: Deal.

Soon after, a thin man appeared in the Heavenly Ladder Arena. He looked at the rankings on the arena leaderboard and was slightly shocked, but not particularly surprised, because he already knew that Ye Mingqiu was exceptionally strong.

"As expected of the leader of the Hunter God's Guild."

He murmured to himself.

"Hey friend, just got in? You're not thinking of taking advantage of the situation and challenging that level 4 legendary character, are you?"

Ge walked towards him with a sneer and continued, "But I don't recommend you challenge him, because the God-King is extremely powerful, and a normal psychic has no chance of winning."

His words were objective and truthful, and they also aligned with most people's basic understanding of the top of the leaderboard. No one who gets to this place is a fool, and it's impossible to deceive people with pure trickery. You have to get them to willingly take on the challenge, which requires even more skill in language.

Unfortunately, the person Gewu was facing at that moment was not an ordinary psychic.

The gaunt man smiled and said, "I know that very well. After all, we were in the same training ground during the first round of trials."

"Then you're really amazing."

Ge Wu was somewhat surprised. You see, the first round of trials was an elimination tournament. To be matched with the Divine Lord and not be eliminated directly was enough to show that this person was not simple.

“I know a little about the Divine Lord. He is not someone that a normal psychic can challenge. It’s not wrong to consider him as a hegemon-level being. Moreover, he should be considered a strong hegemon, not a weak one.”

"It seems you really know him very well."

Ge Wu's expression shifted. He narrowed his eyes slightly and tentatively asked, "I just don't know if you know anything about the cursed equipment he's wearing?"

"I have some understanding."

"Oh?"

"That equipment is terrifying; it's no exaggeration to say it can devour people. You absolutely must not touch it, or you will definitely die. It's best to keep a safe distance from the Divine Lord; he's too dangerous," the gaunt man said.

"It seems you do know some inside information."

Ge Wu nodded slightly and said, "That equipment has the ability to devour curses, and it can also unleash an extremely strong instant-death effect. The appearance of its eyes is extremely bizarre. It is a cursed equipment with the potential to grow into a dominant force. It is something that normal psionicists absolutely cannot touch."

"Ok?"

The gaunt man was slightly puzzled. He didn't know when the Blood Spear could open its eyes, and wasn't this thing supposed to be a Dark Gold grade? When did it become a Dominator grade item?
Is it possible?
The level he had seen before was a false level. Blood Spear's true level was Overlord, and he also possessed the Eye of the Beginning state.

If that's the case, then it makes sense. After all, he finds it hard to imagine that a Dark Gold-grade equipment could have such terrifying power; a Overlord-grade would be more reasonable.

So he smiled and said, "Yes, you're right. Some unsuspecting psionicists touched it before, trying to steal it, but they were killed and devoured, turning into blood-red amber that shattered on the ground."

Does that ring have this power?

Ge Wu was also taken aback for a moment, and his instinctive caution made him ask subconsciously, "The cursed equipment you mentioned, are you referring to his ring?"

"ring?"

The gaunt man paused, a terrifying thought flashing through his mind. He swallowed hard and said, "The equipment I was talking about is his Blood Spear. The ring you mentioned, could it be another cursed piece of equipment?"

"That's right, I was killed by his ring's backlash in the Heavenly Ladder Arena." Ge Wu's voice trembled, and his eyes also trembled as he said, "You mean, his weapon, the Blood Spear, is also a cursed item? And it has the ability to actively devour and kill people?"

“That’s right, that weapon seems to have a strong will of its own, it’s terrifying.”

"."

Ge Wu fell silent, thinking to himself: One person wielding two cursed pieces of equipment, my dad is even more amazing than I imagined! He's truly incredible!

(End of this chapter)