My talent panel can be increased.

Chapter 171, the final stage! Begins!
[Note: The final stage of the ranked ladder will officially begin in 30 minutes. Please prepare accordingly.]

After the spirit world notification sounded, Tang Ruobing looked at the attribute-enhancing items on the table, her heart clenching as if gripped tightly. She raised her head, silently gazing at the young man preparing to challenge her, her eyes filled with inquiry.

"Sorry, sorry, the final stage of the ranked ladder is about to begin, and I need to prepare in advance, so I won't be taking the challenge," the young man said with a smile.

"Ah."

Tang Ruobing responded softly, her outward expression unchanged, but her small hand in the shadows had already quietly clenched.

This was her fifth challenger. If the notification sound had been just a little later, she could have earned more money. But the timing of the notification from the spirit world was exactly right, which meant she lost a business opportunity.

孽 孽!
As she watched the challenger's departing figure, she suddenly felt incredibly unlucky and miserable.

If it were just Tang Ruobing setting up her stall, her emotions wouldn't have fluctuated so much. But the problem is that Ye Mingqiu, who's standing next to her, has been challenged a full 17 times! 17 times! That's 17 items that can boost attributes by over 100! 17 items!
Without comparison, there is no harm; now, she has felt the deep hurt.

(﹏)
Just then, a tall, powerful psychic carrying a black and gold spear arrived at their location and said with a smile, "Five people, I'll take 20% of the profits, which is one attribute item."

Tang Ruobing: ?

Then, under her gaze, Ye Mingqiu presented her with an attribute-enhancing item. Old Hei happily accepted the item and said, "It's a pleasure to cooperate with you. If there's an opportunity in the future, we can continue to cooperate."

Old Hei walked away with a smile.

Cooperation?

Tang Ruobing cast a resentful glance at Ye Mingqiu, as if to say: Why didn't you call me when there was such a good thing?
"Ahem, this is a challenge against a master of technique; you can't handle this kind of sparring," Ye Mingqiu explained.

"Oh."

Tang Ruobing lay on the table, hiding half of her face, her gaze fixed on the empty space below the stage, her eyes wandering and flickering, her emotions complex.

She couldn't handle the challenge of sparring, and she couldn't possibly reap the rewards. Only a genius like Ye Mingqiu, with his ridiculously strong [Instinctive Perception] and rapid improvement in combat, could gain such huge benefits through such a challenge.

Sigh, never mind, she can't possibly envy that kind of income.

[Hint: Ge Wu has become an unofficial member of the Hunter God Squad]

False accusation?

Tang Ruobing looked puzzled. She turned to look at Ye Mingqiu beside her, not quite understanding why Ge Wu was placed as an unofficial member. Unofficial members do not have the rights of formal members, but they can enjoy team buffs, which are most likely given as a reward.

So why did he reward this guy, Gewu? What was his reason?

“He helped me sell combat recordings, and I get 70% of the profits. He earned a total of 3.7 million spirit points before, so 70% is 259 million spirit points, which is quite a good profit. So I gave him a spot as an unofficial member,” Ye Mingqiu said.

"259?"

Tang Ruobing's eyes widened instantly; she was genuinely envious of the potential profits.

But he could only look on with envy, since Ye Mingqiu's fighting style was rather simple and brutal; he was the type who would charge straight in once he was in a state of high alert.

Immune to control effects + immune to negative effects + high tankiness + high recovery + high agility + high strength + high damage reduction + high mana + high prediction + divine power + demonic power.
How to fight this?
Is watching combat replays useful?

Therefore, Ye Mingqiu could recklessly let Ge Wu help him sell combat videos, allowing others to watch them freely without any concern for them, as they wouldn't be able to find any way to target him.

"Ding!"

A notification sound from the spirit world rang.

Gewu: Godfather above!
Gewu: Please accept my bow!
God: Enough nonsense, transfer your psionic points.

[Ge initiated a transfer.]

370 million psionic points have been received.

A smile appeared on Ye Ming's face. Although Ge Wu was truly shameless and had no morals, his own judgment was still accurate.

Ge Wu knew very well how valuable the passive amplification of the Hunter God Group's [Basic Physical Potential] and dual resistances was, far exceeding what his few spiritual energy points could offset. Therefore, he proactively transferred all of his spiritual energy points over.

Dealing with him is quite worry-free.

Gewu: Father, recently a psionicist has been secretly transmitting your weaknesses.

God: What weakness?
Gewu: They say you're not good at aerial combat and don't have any strong anti-air capabilities. As long as you keep your distance, you don't have many skills available except for throwing blood spears and using area-of-effect control.

God: Oh, let them spread the word.

Ye Mingqiu didn't care. Although his fighting style in the Heavenly Ladder Arena was like that of a brute, he was actually a mage. Moreover, his total amount of spiritual energy points was close to 10,000, and he possessed extremely high base strength in [Holy Power] and [Demonic Power], which allowed him to deal some damage with ranged attacks.

Moreover, even if the magic effect is not good, he also has a trump card for flying - the Iron Feather Cloak.

Equipment Effect ② - Soaring: The Iron Feather Cloak can unfold its wings to activate [Flight Mode], with a maximum flight time of one minute and a cooldown of one hour.

If all else fails, we'll just fly up and hunt them down!

He's not some invincible ground-based overlord who can't fly!

Gewu: I understand~
[Announcement: Ranked play, final placement matches have officially begun!]

[Challenge Rules: Within the arena, each psionicist has three challenge opportunities. They cannot challenge a psionicist ranked more than five places higher than themselves. A successful challenge does not consume a challenge opportunity; only the first successful challenge against the same psionicist does not consume a challenge opportunity. (See details)]

After the challenge officially began, the young man who had challenged Tang Ruobing earlier smiled and waved to her, issuing a challenge. As a top assassin, he was confident that he could win.

two minutes later
The young man walked off the stage, looking completely bewildered, muttering to himself, "What's going on? How did I die? Where did this instant death warning come from?"

"Humph!"

Tang Ruobing returned to her seat with a soft hum, venting her anger.

Although Zhen Yue was killed by her two punches before, as a legendary tank at level 10, Zhen Yue is not weak at all. He has legendary base stats and passive ability stacking abnormal status resistance, making him quite resistant.

Tanks are the tankiest class by nature, and they also have the highest resistance to abnormal statuses. Only top-tier tanks like Zhenyue require Tang Ruobing to spend a long time building up their strength to defeat them.

As for that young man?
Whose assassin has stacked abnormal status resistance?!
A psionicist with low resistance would be instantly killed by Tang Ruobing's corrosive psionic energy after only a short period of contact, without any need for prolonged interference.

Immediately afterwards, Qingyu launched a series of challenges, fighting his way up to fourth place in the ladder rankings without a single defeat.

As a level 9 Legend, he was able to remain quite composed and elegant when facing other level 10 Ultimate Heroes. That's how big the gap is between Legend and Hero, a gap that ordinary Psionicists can't bridge.

After his battle with Ye Mingqiu, Enders, who is skilled in techniques, seems to have made a breakthrough. His understanding of the fist techniques has become more profound, and his strength has improved. He has now climbed to 8th place in the ladder rankings.

Standing in seventh place was none other than Old Hei, who had previously made a deal with Ye Mingqiu. As a true master of the technique of [Momentum], his strength was undoubtedly formidable. Although their techniques were limited, this was because they consumed far more resources than other spiritual energy users to improve themselves, so their strength was only to be expected.

Through the special power of the curse system, Gewu successfully leaped forward to 21st place, and it seems that he still has some energy left.

After completing the placement matches, Lü successfully secured 18th place, demonstrating decent overall strength, but considering his status as a member of the Hunter God Squad, he is indeed somewhat weak.

After all, the other three Gods of Hunting were ranked first, second, and fourth respectively, and his ranking was far behind.

"Well"

Qingyu looked at the rankings and fell into deep thought.

Logically speaking, he could challenge Tang Ruobing and those ranked second on the ladder, but the problem is that he can't beat Zhen Yue, who is ranked third. After he takes the second place, he will be taken by Zhen Yue, and after he is taken by Zhen Yue, Zhen Yue will be taken by Tang Ruobing.

It's a vicious cycle. Challenging Tang Ruobing is pointless, and besides, she's the vice-captain of the Hunter God's Guild. Who knows what other terrifying hidden power she might have? After all, she usually hangs out with the guild leader, the Divine Lord, whose strength is extraordinary. She's probably not much weaker either. There's no need to challenge her.

Just as he was deep in thought, a steady and powerful voice rang out.

"I want to challenge the top spot, the God Lord."

Where did this warrior come from?
Qingyu was shocked and subconsciously looked in the direction of the sound. She saw a graceful and elegant girl in green clothes smiling and speaking to Ye Mingqiu from afar: "Divine Lord, your strength is indeed very strong, but it is not without weaknesses."

"Oh?"

Ye Mingqiu raised an eyebrow slightly.

"Whether it's attack, defense, or recovery, you're impeccable. But you seemed a bit overwhelmed when facing Qingyu's burst of power. Perhaps you're not good at dealing with bursts of power, after all, you only have so many skill slots, right?" Alice said with a smile.

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Ye Mingqiu's expression remained unchanged.

He did appear somewhat flustered before the outburst, but the problem was that it was before he entered the [Tyrant Form] and he hadn't used any of his trump cards. It would be unrealistic to expect him to be instantly killed by the outburst.

However, since the other party was able to challenge him, it means that the other party is not weak. It is highly unlikely that he just superficially thought that bursting out would be useful and wanted to bully me because I can't fly.
interesting.

A flash of light illuminated the teleportation portal, and Ye Mingqiu and Yalis arrived at the arena simultaneously. The scene was a vast expanse of mountains, with all sorts of towering peaks standing tall.

"This scene suits me perfectly."

Alice said with a smile.

[Hint: The battle will begin in 3 seconds]

3!

Ye Mingqiu gripped the blood spear tightly, crimson crystal patterns spreading upwards along his arm, and scarlet blood energy scattering, forming a unique aura of his own. His originally dark pupils gradually turned blood red under the influence of this terrifying aura, and blood-red light flickered in his eyes.

2!

'That's really impressive!'
Alice sprouted elven wings from her back, carried a large bow in her hand, and looked at Ye Mingqiu with extreme caution, not daring to be negligent in the slightest.

As the fifth ranked player on the ladder and the last legendary psionicist in the arena, she felt confident that she could win. After all, although Ye Mingqiu was a superpowered player, his skill set had been roughly figured out, and his abilities were relatively transparent.

According to Alice's analysis, his general abilities should be resistance + combat passive + insight + defensive passive + recovery ability, and at most, erudition and several other new combat abilities.

In this situation, it's almost impossible for the opponent to have a very high overall level of ability. Facing a combination of high speed, long range, kiting, burst damage, and healing reduction, he should have a lot of trouble.

1!

As the countdown began, Alice instantly prepared to escape without the slightest hesitation.

【The battle begins! 】

"A surge of killing intent!"

Ye Mingqiu's eyes flashed with a fierce light. In an instant, a terrifying aura as red as blood erupted, engulfing everything around him like a tidal wave of blood. After comprehending the power of slaughter, the intensity of his killing intent was further enhanced.

So fast!

It's even faster than before!

Alice's alarm bells rang; she knew this guy was no ordinary person.

[Flickering]

Her earrings glowed, instantly pulling Yali fifty meters away, out of the range of the killing intent. She then flapped her wings and fled at top speed, without any intention of stopping or fighting. She didn't even dare to say a word more.

Although Alice appeared to be dismissive, she was actually more cautious than anyone else. She didn't expect to be able to quickly create distance between the kite and the other party just by flying, after all, the other party was not slow either.

I used my survival skill right from the start!

Will he be able to react in time?
Alice transformed into a beam of emerald light and flew away, soaring towards the highest peak. From her vantage point, she looked down at Ye Mingqiu at the foot of the mountain, a smile finally appearing on her face. She said, "At this distance, can your prized techniques and power still be effective?"

On the surface, she feigned disdain and mockery, but inwardly she was screaming: Throw it! Throw it! Throw the blood spear! That way you'll have no weapon to resist!

"Maintaining distance and engaging in long-range harassment, is this your strategy? How boring."

Ye Mingqiu looked weary, his eyes looking as if he were looking at a toy that wasn't fun anymore.

Then, under the watchful eyes of Alice and countless other psionicists, he raised his hand, and the pitch-black [Abyssal Power] danced with his body, its terrifying power spreading like the shadow of death.

Strands of demonic flame ignited in mid-air, transforming into the shape of arrows. It was a skill familiar to all magic users, called "Meteor Fire Arrow," but the power used was "Demonic Abyss Power," so it was no longer "Meteor Fire Arrow."

It's a Demon Flame Arrow!

Hundreds of demonic flame arrows shot out simultaneously, transforming into black meteors that streaked across the sky, reflecting in Alice's eyes and causing her heart to tremble.

No, that's not right!
Why did he, a warrior, use a magic-based skill, and why was the casting speed so fast, and the power and scale of the spell so strong?
Why! !
Alice screamed inwardly and flapped her wings with all her might, dodging and fleeing among countless black fireballs. The black arrows that brushed past her emitted a powerful force that made her heart tremble—a powerful force completely different from psychic energy.

Energy conversion? A special power model? Is this the kind of ability a first-tier spell should have? Why does this guy possess this kind of power?

calm! calm!
Launching such a concentrated attack would surely deplete his spiritual energy rapidly. Remote control would likely be difficult even for a god-king, but with a slight increase in distance and proper preparation, it would be possible.
In an instant, more demonic flame arrows erupted from the ground. The Divine Lord stood like a turret mage, and the blood spear in his hand naturally transformed from spear form to staff form. Dozens of scarlet blood flames ignited and burst forth as blood-red meteors.

This horrific scene pierced Alice's heart like a nightmare curse. She couldn't accept it. Why could the blood spear turn into a staff? Why could this weapon amplify spellcasting?
offstage
Countless psionicists were shocked, but at the heart of these psionicists, a group of people remained calm and composed. They were a small group of top-tier first-order technique masters.

"Hmm, it's a bit surprising that the Divine Lord can even use magic," Old Hei commented, watching the battle below the stage.

"really."

Enders nodded slightly and said, "Learning magic is no simpler than learning techniques. If it were someone else, I would probably be surprised, but if the other party is a god, I wouldn't care what abilities he displays."

"After all, he has already demonstrated his proficiency in four techniques: spear, fist, leg, and sword. I wouldn't be surprised if he used any move he wanted to use now that he has mastered all four techniques."

Just then, Ge Wu arrived at the group of practitioners and said with a smile, "The Divine Lord is a terrifying man, even more terrifying than you can imagine."

"No, he is a very gentle person."

Enders corrected.

Subsequently, a group of skilled practitioners began to echo each other, saying that the Divine Lord was kind-hearted, gentle, and friendly. All sorts of unfamiliar words entered Ge Wu's ears, making him feel as if he had traveled to another world.

Is this describing a deity?
Were they bewitched by seductive arts?

Why would these people praise someone who possesses two cursed overlords like this?
“My friend, although my relationship with the Divine Lord is not deep, I do not want him to be slandered by others. His path to enlightenment through killing cannot conceal his gentle and kind heart. Perhaps he has his own unspeakable difficulties.”

"Ah this."

“I have a battle recording that details my fight with him. You can use this recording to better understand him, the bond between us, and gain a deeper understanding of the God-King. For just 100,000 spirit points, you can get this opportunity. Why not give it a try?”

Enders smiled and extended his hand in invitation, his face bearing a gentle and refined smile. The other technicians chimed in, chatting away and naturally promoting their product to Gewu, their rhetoric both exquisite and natural.

Grass!
Turns out they sell video recordings!
Ge Wu suddenly realized the truth.

Not far away, Zhenyue sat to the side, a pained expression on his face, muttering to himself, "Gentle? How is he gentle? These BYD artists will say anything to sell videos!"

(End of this chapter)