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Chapter 176 Anti-counterfeiting Scandal? Skill Advancement!
"Enough said, enough said, today Brother Lei will lead everyone to expose the fake God!"

"A level 4 legendary player is dominating the leaderboard. How can you be so amazing? I don't believe he's that strong. This guy must have bribed other psionicists beforehand to get the top spot on the leaderboard."

"why?"

"He's about to take the college entrance exam, but he's only level 4. There's not enough time to grind to level 10 legendary, so he had no choice but to resort to this tactic, understand?"

Lei Ge, who was live streaming, wore a contemptuous smile as if he had already seen through everything, and said, "Let me tell you, I've seen his previous fight recordings. That was pure acting! The actors he found were better than the last, they really paid him well!"

"He challenged the slanderous character, and the person with the curse ability committed suicide on the spot. Then he even said that he was good at cursing and fawning. He really deserved to earn that money. He was a really good actor. After that, I never saw the God Lord use his curse ability a second time. Isn't that just pure acting?"

"Challenging Qingyu is even more outrageous. His time-accelerating weapon broke halfway through the fight. He probably used a bronze-level weapon and held back! Moreover, as an assassin, he didn't even poison his weapon. The Divine Lord fought for a long time without any problems, while Qingyu was sweating profusely while dodging basic attacks. In the end, he pretended to be unable to win and surrendered directly. His acting was truly amazing."

Halfway through his speech, Lei Ge noticed someone mentioning that Shen Jun was very fast and strong, so he smiled and explained, "He is a legendary-level psionicist. Of course, he is strong if he is willing to spend money. As long as he maxes out his basic passive skills and then gets some top-tier equipment to increase his strength and agility, he will look very powerful, but in reality, he is not very durable."

"Then the challenge against Zhenyue was even more incredible. A level 10 ultimate tank, and he didn't even have a single control skill? The subsequent battle proved that he did have skills, but he just didn't use them when fighting the Divine Lord. He didn't use control skills, nor did he use counterattack. He was really afraid of accidentally winning. What a drama queen!"

Specialized martial arts training, Chenghai No. 2 Middle School cafeteria

"Have you heard? There's a guy online called Lei Ge who's exposing your fake ranking on live stream. He says your rank is bought and you're not actually that good."

Chen Ran said, suppressing a laugh as he picked up some food.

"Oh."

Ye Mingqiu's expression remained unchanged.

He didn't care about these clowns jumping around online. Instead of paying attention to such trash, he would rather watch more videos to learn combat skills, broaden his horizons, and prepare for future battles.

"Not only that, he said he would bring 500,000 psionic points to Chenghai No. 2 Middle School to challenge them. If you win, you take the 500,000; if you lose, the anti-fraud campaign is complete."

"Five million?"

Ye Mingqiu paused, slowly raised his eyes, revealed a bright smile, and said, "Then it's worth giving him a minute to perform. How strong is he? Is he at the second tier?"

"A level 10 hero who can't climb the ladder, a master in the eyes of ordinary people, but a clown in the eyes of the strong," Chen Ran said casually while eating.

"Tsk, didn't he consider that my reaching the Heavenly Ladder Arena is enough to prove something?" Ye Mingqiu asked curiously.

"Oh, he was eliminated in the second round. He felt that he was actually quite strong, but he was just unlucky and encountered a strong opponent, so he was eliminated. You had money to bribe someone to advance."

Halfway through his sentence, Chen Ran's smile deepened as he continued, "He also gave an example, saying that the top thief Tessen and the half-step legendary swordsman Sasos were both eliminated due to bad luck. Luck played a large part in his elimination, but his actual strength was enough to reach the top of the ladder rankings."

"clown."

Ye Mingqiu commented.

"Actually, I suspect he might not actually be that stupid; he was just manipulated by the pursuit of online traffic, with some invisible force coercing and enticing him to do this."

Chen Ran paused slightly before continuing, "It's also possible that some people wanted to watch the show, so they set up this scheme. Whether it's you or him, you were both used as pawns in this game."

"Or perhaps, the person behind him was already suspicious of your strength, but didn't want to cause trouble, so he arranged for someone to test your abilities from the side. After all, it's too unbelievable for a level 4 legend to suppress a level 10 legend, so it's normal to want to test you."

"After all, if you are strong enough, all rumors will naturally fall apart on their own. You don't need to care about public opinion at all, and you can even gain a wave of traffic and attention. If you are not strong enough, then you are truly exposing the fraud, and naturally you will not feel that you have done anything wrong."

"I don't like being schemed against by people hiding behind the scenes." Ye Mingqiu put down his chopsticks, a dangerous glint gradually appearing in his eyes.

"How about this, after you win, I'll find someone to help you squeeze some money out of him, and I'll get half the profits, how about that?" Chen Ran said with a smile.

How many times?

"A skill upgrade book, is that alright?"

"can."

"Then it's a deal."

Chen Ran smiled, raised his hand, clenched his fist, and bumped fists with Ye Mingqiu as they had done before, making a vow.

Not long after, Ye Mingqiu finished his meal and left, leaving Chen Ran sitting alone in a chair, his feelings complicated.

He couldn't help but think: Ah~ You have a soul potential of at least seven or eight hundred. Ye Mingqiu, what exactly are you? This is far beyond the limit that a normal first-level psychic can reach, and your basic attributes don't seem to be what a normal psychic can achieve.

A strongman is reborn?
A prodigy from another race?

Or something else?
Never mind, no matter what, he is still the Ye Mingqiu I used to know, not someone else. Even though he became stronger, he didn't forget me, and he did offer me help without recognizing my true identity.

As a brother, he was fine. As long as there were no major problems, Chen Ran could choose to turn a blind eye and pretend he hadn't discovered anything.

Not prying into other people's secrets is a rare virtue.

Soon, crisp footsteps rang out, and Xiao Guang said with a stern face, "Don't just stand there like an idiot, hurry up and train. We'll be playing against Team One soon, and I don't want to get crushed."

"Feng Xinglie's level is too high. He's stronger than our entire team. It's hard not to get crushed."

Chen Ran spread his hands, revealing a helpless expression, and said, "I'm just a low-level support, so learning some spells and techniques is useless to me, sigh."

"hiss!"

Xiao Guang's anger flared up instantly, and his instinctive reaction was to curse. However, when he thought of the hurtful words he had said in anger during training, his anger gradually subsided.

She sighed and said, "I admit I was a bit harsh before. If we can't win this time, there's always next time, and if we can't win next time, there's always the time after that. Once we level up, we'll have hope of winning sooner or later."

"Oh~"

Chen Ran's expression remained languid.

To be honest, since that day, he has gradually lost the filter he once had for Xiaoguang, and his attitude towards pursuing her has become more open, and he feels indifferent.

"."

Xiao Guang was angry at his behavior, but also felt somewhat helpless. After thinking about it carefully, she suddenly smiled and said, "How about this, after we beat the team in the future, I'll agree to be your girlfriend?"

"what?"

“Although you are still weak now, you have a lot of room for development in the future. After all, you are a lord-level support, with higher base attributes. With your spell abilities and basic abilities, we still have a chance to win in the future,” Xiao Guang continued, pressing his advantage.

"you sure?"

"Of course, we definitely have a chance!"

Xiao Guang said with a smile.

Although she said that, she didn't actually think she had a chance. She had heard that Feng Xinglie had already started preparing for the second tier, while she was only level 8. The difference between mages alone had basically eliminated her hope of victory. In addition, her teammates had a higher average level and tier, giving them a greater advantage, so they had even less hope. After all, they weren't the only ones who would get stronger; the enemies would also get stronger.

However, as long as it can slightly motivate Chen Ran, there's nothing wrong with bringing it up.

"Yeah, that's alright."

Chen Ran nodded slowly, a thoughtful look in his eyes, as he began to consider whether to exert his strength.

Private training room

Ye Mingqiu looked at the two skill advancement books and the enhancement protection stone on the table and smiled excitedly. He put away the enhancement protection stone and used the skill advancement books directly.

[Hint: Confirm whether to use the skill book for the basic-strength skill]

[Advanced Requirements: Base Strength > 50, additional 30000 Spirit Points required]

Yes.

Soon, the skill advancement book transformed into streams of light and dispersed, merging into Ye Mingqiu's body. Powerful energy surged forth from within him, as if some kind of shackle within his body had been broken, and his original physical limits had been surpassed once again. It was an extremely comfortable feeling.

Basic - Strength (Passive)
Skill Rank: ★★★★
Skill Level: 6

Skill effect: Physical base potential +9, explosive power +45%, endurance +45%.

There is also a skill advancement book
[Hint: Confirm whether to use the skill book for the basic-agility skill]

[Advanced Requirements: Base Agility > 50, additional 30000 Psionic Points required]

The familiar feeling returned.
Basics - Agile
Rank: ★★★★

Level: 6

Effect: Base physical potential +9, movement speed increased by 45%, reaction speed increased by 45%, attack speed increased by 45%.

With his physical base potential increased by 6, Ye Mingqiu's attribute ceiling was raised once again. More importantly, his explosive power, endurance, movement speed, reaction speed, and attack speed also increased by a full 15%, resulting in a significant overall improvement.

Other level 10 legendary psionicists have already advanced their skills to four stars and reached level 10, making them extremely powerful overall. Their skill templates alone are much stronger than his.

Fortunately, his base stats were good enough, and his skills were also superior.

"Whoo~"

After completing the skill upgrade, Ye Mingqiu did some simple physical exercises and felt as if he had undergone a qualitative change, so he couldn't help but show an excited smile.

Then, he turned to look at Tang Ruobing on the other side of the training room. At this moment, she was still sitting cross-legged, digesting the skill advancement book, and her skill level had not yet been fully upgraded.

Why isn't it finished yet?

And there's still an advanced book I haven't used?

Out of curiosity, Ye Mingqiu opened the book to read while occasionally glancing at Tang Ruobing's advancement path to observe how long it would take her to advance her skills.

Two hours later.
Tang Ruobing finally finished digesting the resources, let out a long breath, and looked in Ye Mingqiu's direction.

"More than two hours, why does it take you so long to advance your skills? Are you advancing to some top-level skill?" Ye Mingqiu asked curiously.

"Hmm? How long has it taken you to advance your skills?" Tang Ruobing asked, frowning.

"About a minute or two."

"Ha, as expected of you."

Tang Ruobing smiled with relief. Having seen too many outrageous things from Ye Mingqiu, she had gradually become accustomed to such abnormalities. Even when she heard that Ye Mingqiu's advancement time was unusually short, she was still not surprised.

"Ok?"

"This is the actual situation."

After a brief exchange, Ye Mingqiu realized that the problem wasn't with Tang Ruobing, but with him. For normal psychics, skill advancement is a very difficult thing, requiring a lot of time to adapt to and digest new power. Those who can advance at the speed of light, like Ye Mingqiu, are extremely rare.

However, there are cases like this.

The more talented a psionicist is, the less time they need to advance their skills.

This talent refers not only to basic physical potential, but also to a series of aspects such as spiritual potential, physical adaptability, and skill comprehension. If there is any weakness in any of these aspects, the time required to digest the skills will be greatly extended.

[Hint: Blood Spear has entered a metamorphosis state]

The spirit world notification suddenly sounded, and Ye Mingqiu couldn't help but show a look of joy on his face.

After absorbing the blood of a third-tier powerhouse, the Blood Spear finally underwent a transformation, advancing its level once again.

It's important to know that the Blood Spear has accumulated a considerable amount of power, having absorbed the blood of various powerful creatures and top-tier blood crystal materials. Even in its basic state, the Blood Spear possesses power comparable to Radiant Gold, and it will undoubtedly become even more powerful after advancing.

'I wonder how long this transformation will take.'
Ye Mingqiu thought to himself.

"Boom boom boom!"

Suddenly, a series of rapid knocks sounded on the door. The sound was so loud that if the person inside was cultivating, or advancing their skills like Tang Ruobing had done before, it might have been disrupted.

Ye Mingqiu narrowed his eyes, a hint of anger flashing in them, and went to the door to open it.

"Click."

As soon as the door opened, incandescent light shone on Ye Mingqiu, and several cameras focused on him. Standing at the main entrance was a tall young man.

"Oh, so you're the Divine Lord, right? I'm Brother Lei. Do you dare accept the challenge?" Brother Lei said with a contemptuous smile.

"boom!"

Ye Mingqiu delivered a straight kick, sending the young man named Lei flying backward and crashing into the wall across the corridor. He coughed up a large amount of blood, his body convulsing and trembling uncontrollably.

Several pieces of rubble fell from the spiderweb-like cracked wall, which now appeared incredibly fragile despite being a special wall designed for psionicists.

Under the scrutiny of countless cameras and eyes, Ye Mingqiu strode towards Lei Ge, grabbed him by the collar with one hand, and lifted him up. A glint of light shone in his dark pupils, and a murderous aura burned and bloomed like flames, unleashing a terrifying power in an instant.

"Were you the one who disturbed my cultivation just now?"

PS: It's the last day of the month, so I'll try my best to update more. This is the first update.

(End of this chapter)