I can push my cultivation progress to the end

In an instant.

The vast sky was immediately covered by countless roaring hurricanes, azure lightning, pale ice blades, and surging ancient flames.

Red, orange, white, blue, purple... all sorts of dazzling lights, both familiar and unfamiliar, instantly filled every corner of the boundless sky.

Shining, incomparably shining.

The radiance caused the thousand-odd spectators in the stands below to widen their eyes in stunned amazement, as if witnessing the descent of a celestial being.

Having endured such a magnificent and overwhelming barrage of magical attacks, Hasmi was unable to create any miracles.

He died swiftly and thoroughly in the high sky.

His body was crushed to dust, his soul utterly extinguished.

Therefore, from beginning to end, Li Hai had not exchanged a single word with him.

This was partly unwillingness, but also disdain.

From this point on, of all the participants in this year's Genius Ranking competition, only Li Hai remained, apart from the few who had forfeited at the start.

Having killed a total of four opponents of the same level, the number of Strong Shards he possessed had risen to eighteen.

The various explosions in the sky were still continuing, but the overall intensity was rapidly decreasing, and it was estimated that they would soon end.

However, the shock in the hearts of everyone in the stands had not ended; in fact, it was intensifying.

"There's no mistake, the fluctuations of those spells in the sky... they are all at the Fourth Realm level."

"This young Vice General of the Demon Slaying Division, who is only eighteen years old, is not only a Martial Dao Grandmaster, but he is also a Fourth Realm mage!"

"Genius, prodigy, monster—it feels like all these words are not enough to describe this Li Hai!"

"Li Hai... you are truly a complete monster."

"Only eighteen years old, and he can simultaneously cultivate both Martial Dao and magic to such a realm, it's simply..."

"Unheard of!"

"I am very curious, how exactly did he cultivate? How can a person defy the heavens to such an extent?!"

"Compared to this young Vice General, my entire life feels like it's been wasted on a dog."

While everyone was dizzy with shock, there was also a group of people who, in addition to the shock, felt immense pride.

These were the spectators from the Demon Slaying Division.

As they watched the battles, their chests and chins were raised higher and higher, their faces full of pride and even looking down on people from other departments.

This overly arrogant attitude naturally made many people from other departments burn with anger.

However, when they thought of how their own contestants had been beaten like dead dogs by Li Hai on the arena, that anger was helplessly suppressed in their hearts.

Who would have thought that the Demon Slaying Division would produce such a heaven-defying young Vice General, so strong that it was simply unreasonable.

"The Vice General's talent surpasses the past and present! No one can compare!"

"Shuohong, in the future, everything you do for the Vice General must be done steadily and efficiently. Think and observe more, and don't make any mistakes. You must not lose face for the Vice General, understand?!"

"Understood!" Gong Shuohong replied immediately, "Supervisor Gai, don't worry."

"Mm."

Gai Fu nodded, "The Vice General wants us to find all the problematic and messy accounts from the Demon Slaying Division's financial records over the past decade and find out the reasons.

Previously, because we had just taken office and were not very familiar with these matters, we had not systematically organized them. After this Genius Ranking competition is over, we will have to work overtime to sort out and investigate those accounts. We may need to travel to many provincial Demon Slaying Division outposts to investigate, so be prepared."

"Mm, Shuohong understands." Gong Shuohong nodded calmly in response.

Just then, the voice of the robot host came from the sky:

"As you can all see, the final victor of this Genius Ranking competition has finally been born. He is..."

As the host spoke, he pointed to Li Hai, who was standing proudly on the arena below:

"The winner of this competition is the Vice General from the Demon Slaying Division—Li Hai!"

After saying that, enthusiastic applause and cheers erupted from the platform beneath his feet.

At the same time, the members of the Demon Slaying Division in the stands below also stood up and cheered and clapped vigorously.

It wasn't easy. For thousands of years, their Demon Slaying Division had never won the Genius Ranking competition once.

This time, they finally won.

The old woman Feng Heyue, who had been sitting quietly in a corner of the stands, also nodded in satisfaction, looking at Li Hai, who was standing quietly on the arena, and said with a smile:

"Good child, truly a good child. From now on, the future of the Demon Slaying Division... will depend entirely on you, Li Hai!"

It wasn't just a matter of honor, or rather, that was just the surface.

The real core reason why all the Demon Slaying Captains on the scene were excited and ecstatic was that, as the department that won this year's Genius Ranking competition, their Demon Slaying Division would also receive strong support from the Martial God Palace in the days to come.

In the next twenty years, whether it was funding or resources, the Great Jing Dynasty's support for the Demon Slaying Division would increase by dozens or even hundreds of times.

At that time, it would be the era when the Demon Slaying Division truly entered a period of great development.

Speaking of the Martial God Palace—

Just as the mechanical host announced Li Hai as the winner of this year's Genius Ranking competition, a golden sky-boat shaped like a unicorn dragon slowly flew in from the distant end of the sky.

"Now, let me solemnly introduce to you!"

The mechanical host in the sky also announced in a timely manner, "An important member of our Great Jing Dynasty's Martial God Palace—Lord Long Hanshui, the Pavilion Master!!"

After hearing the host's words, the thousand-odd people in the stands below immediately erupted:

"Wow, the Pavilion Master is here!"

"I didn't expect the Pavilion Master to really come!"

"That's right, the Pavilion Master will appear as soon as the Genius Ranking competition ends."

"A living Martial Dao supreme expert!"

"I have never seen a peerless overlord in my life. This time, I can finally fulfill my wish!"

"Great, perhaps by meeting the supreme Martial Dao overlord, my cultivation realm can be improved!"

Like the people in the stands, Li Hai was also very much looking forward to the upcoming stranger Pavilion Master.

However, what he was looking forward to was not the Pavilion Master as a person, but the martial arts skills he possessed.

"One of the highest rulers of the Great Jing Dynasty, the Pavilion Master of the Martial Palace, a peerless overlord."

Li Hai muttered to himself with a solemn expression, "Let me take a good look at just how powerful the so-called Martial Dao overlord really is."

Under this gaze of anticipation, the dragon-shaped sky-boat finally arrived above the arena.

And then slowly opened the hatch door, from which a tall figure slowly walked out.