Chapter 442: Final Ranking

"Dong Pan actually lost?"

"Dong Pan's soul will is so strong, yet he couldn't block Xu Yuan's soul attack?" The thousands of Flying Demi-gods in the Divine Hall were in an uproar; Yueshan, He Feng, and other Demi-god Holy Sons all had faces that were solemn to the extreme.

Bai Feng losing was already very surprising.

Dong Pan actually lost too? One must know that what Dong Pan cultivated and comprehended was the Law of Earth and spatial mysteries; combining the two made his defense very fierce. Breaking through the Divine Fire Tower, his attack power was insufficient, and he could often only rank 2nd-5th.

But in recent ranking battles, he had always firmly occupied second place; among the dozen Demi-god Holy Sons, only Jing Kui could break his defense by virtue of absolute speed.

In this exchange with Li Yuan, Dong Pan did not slack off in the slightest; through the points ranking, he guessed that Li Yuan should have special methods and had prepared to resist soul attacks early on.

With full preparation, he actually still lost?

Dong Pan lost, so how many Demi-god Holy Sons could beat Li Yuan?

"Powerful!"

"Dong Pan actually got hit? Before Jing Kui's breakthrough this time, Dong Pan's Law comprehension had always been higher, yet he still lost?" The seven True Gods on the high platform were all quite surprised.

Demi-god Dong Pan was only a Seven Star Pulse; why had he always firmly occupied second place on the Demi-god Ranking? It was by relying on super-strong Law comprehension.

And the higher the Law comprehension, influenced by the Great Dao Origin, the soul will also tends to be extremely strong.

Before the exchange, this group of True Gods all believed that Demi-god Dong Pan's probability of winning would be greater.

"It seems Xu Yuan's soul attack methods are stronger than we imagined," True God Yue Yi said in a low voice.

"Dong Pan lost, others are even harder to block; I estimate only Jing Kui has hope of blocking it."

"Hmm, let's see if Jing Kui can block it," this became the consensus of the seven True Gods.

Defeating Dong Pan left Li Yuan with no obstacles in the second group, and he quickly won all subsequent battles.

Full victory! 99 points!

With an absolute advantage, he became the number one in the second group and successfully took the first spot in the top twenty of the Demi-god Ranking.

Demi-god Dong Pan quickly adjusted after losing to Li Yuan and also won all subsequent battles, finally with 98 points, becoming the second in the second group.

Bai Feng took third place.

Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh! The one hundred participants of the second group ended their battles faster than the first group and all returned to the ground of the hall.

Almost everyone's gaze was focused on Li Yuan.

Defeating two Demi-god Holy Sons, Bai Feng and Dong Pan, in succession, his strength was undoubtedly strong enough to win the respect of all Flying Demi-gods.

"Xu Yuan."

"Haha, congratulations!" Yueshan and Yang Di both smiled and greeted Li Yuan.

Like Yueshan, even if he might encounter Li Yuan later and they might become opponents, he was still happy for Li Yuan's achievement.

"Xu Yuan."

A low voice suddenly sounded, followed by Bai Feng walking to Li Yuan and saying in a low voice: "I lost this bet, this is ten thousand Divine Crystals, take it."

Whoosh! Bai Feng waved his hand, and a storage treasure immediately flew toward Li Yuan.

Li Yuan reached out and took it, his divine sense swept over and he perceived the ten thousand Divine Crystals stored inside.

Accurate and correct.

"Hmm." Li Yuan nodded slightly and watched Demi-god Bai Feng disappear into the crowd.

The other party was willing to bet and lose, and his posture was very low, so Li Yuan naturally wouldn't say anything more.

"Tsk tsk, this guy," Yang Di transmitted his voice and smiled on the side: "Before, every time he fought with Yueshan, even if he lost, he would never surrender, always shouting that he would find it back next time; this time he actually admitted defeat so cleanly."

"That's because Brother Xu Yuan is strong enough," Yueshan sighed. "My strength is about the same as Bai Feng's, and I have cultivated for longer; it is normal for Bai Feng to be unconvinced... but how long has Brother Xu Yuan cultivated? He defeated him and Dong Pan head-on on his first try... later he will only leave him far behind."

"Don't talk about Bai Feng."

"Even if it is Jing Kui, I think he will be far inferior to Brother Xu Yuan in the future," Yueshan smiled.

"Overpraised," Li Yuan shook his head.

Not long after the second group's battle ended, the first group's battle also ended completely.

Jing Kui scored 99 points, taking first place in the group.

Returning to the ground, he also quickly learned the results of the second group.

"Dong Pan lost?"

"Xu Yuan won, first in the second group?" Jing Kui, who had always been very calm, had a trace of surprise flash in his eyes: "Deploying soul attacks? Even Dong Pan had no power to resist?"

As his biggest competitor, Jing Kui knew Demi-god Dong Pan's strength very well.

Even if his strength had broken through now, it would be very difficult to take Dong Pan down quickly; it would take at least a dozen moves.

"Jing Kui, you have to be careful," Dong Pan transmitted his voice, his voice cold: "Xu Yuan's soul attack is very terrifying... I'm afraid not many of the powerful Void Gods I've seen can catch up to his soul attack."

"Don't capsize in the gutter again; that would be too embarrassing for us old guys," Dong Pan said.

"Hmm."

"I will naturally be careful," Jing Kui smiled, and a look of solemnity flashed in his eyes.

For the first time, he regarded Li Yuan as an opponent who could rival himself.

Time passed, groups of participants entered the void arena, and then the final ranking was decided.

In a full day and a half, the top two, top ten, and top thirty of each group were successively decided.

Representing that the top twenty of the Demi-god Ranking were completely released.

Jing Kui, Dong Pan, He Feng, Yueshan, and other Demi-god Holy Sons all entered the top twenty.

Only two Demi-god Holy Sons were eliminated.

One was Bai Feng, and the other was "Demi-god Yang You," who ranked thirteenth on the previous Demi-god Ranking.

She was in the tenth group with Yueshan.

But neither of them managed to take first place in their group, but both lost to another reserve member—Xia Ju!

"Xia Ju, only ranked sixty-something on the previous Demi-god Ranking."

"Actually took first place in the tenth group."

"Defeating two Demi-god Holy Sons, Yueshan and Yang You, in succession, truly fierce; his Star Technique power is so strong, and his saber technique is also sharp."

When everyone saw Demi-god Xia Ju defeat Yueshan, they were all shocked.

As a veteran Demi-god Holy Son, although Yueshan was not as strong as Dong Pan and Jing Kui, his strength ranking had always been very stable, and he had never fallen out of the top ten in the last five ranking battles.

As a result, he actually lost?

"Interesting, with one Xu Yuan, another Xia Ju actually popped up?" Jing Kui's eyes lit up; compared to Xu Yuan, he was more interested in Xia Ju.

After all, Xia Ju's saber technique was visible and tangible, clearly extremely powerful.

"Juexing Ancient City is indeed full of hidden dragons and crouching tigers; another Eight Star Pulse actually popped up," Li Yuan was also quite surprised in his heart.

There were nearly ten thousand people in the Divine Fire Hall before, and Li Yuan had to go through battles constantly, so naturally, he wouldn't go to deploy "Divine Palace Investigation" on everyone's background, and at that time Xia Ju was not too dazzling.

Breaking through the Divine Fire Tower, he only ranked fifty-something.

Li Yuan didn't pay much attention to him either.

Until the second round of "ten-group round-robin," Xia Ju emerged suddenly and defeated Yueshan in one fell swoop; Li Yuan then deployed Divine Palace Investigation and discovered that Xia Ju's life level was "Level 48.9."

Another Eight Star Pulse!!

"This Demi-god Xia Ju's Law comprehension was slightly inferior before; I'm afraid he has made a breakthrough in the last five years," Li Yuan pondered: "Once Law comprehension approaches other Demi-god Holy Sons, his Yuan Force cultivation and Star Techniques are stronger, so naturally his strength surpassed other Demi-god Holy Sons."

Other Demi-god Holy Sons, except for Jing Kui, were only Seven Star Pulse Demi-gods.

"Xia Ju, finally erupted."

"Cultivating for nearly three hundred years, finally achieved something; I almost thought he would never become a Demi-god Holy Son and would break through to become a Void God," the seven True Gods on the high platform exchanged voices.

The Flying Demi-gods were very shocked by Xia Ju's eruption.

Because, regarding Star Pulse talent, all reserve members kept it secret from each other; except for a freak like Li Yuan, others did not know that Xia Ju was an Eight Star Pulse.

But these True God powerhouses had known it long ago.

"Plus Xu Yuan, now the Divine Fire Hall has four Eight Star Pulse Demi-gods."

"Jing Kui, Xu Yuan, and Xia Ju all rushed into the top twenty," True God Yue Yi smiled and transmitted: "It's Luan Su, clearly an Eight Star Pulse, yet he didn't even enter the top hundred of the Demi-god Ranking."

"Luan Su has cultivated for less time, not even two hundred years old."

"His Law comprehension speed is also on the slow side," other True Gods expressed their thoughts.

High Star Pulse talent usually means high Law talent, but the relationship between the two is not absolute.

Just like the "Man Huo" mentioned by Gu You to Li Yuan, clearly only a Six Star Pulse True God, in just a few tens of thousands of years, he actually comprehended four Law Great Daos and created secret techniques stronger than most Heavenly Gods.

The same is true for the Demi-god stage.

Even if they cultivate for the same number of years, an Eight Star Pulse Demi-god is not necessarily stronger than all Seven Star Pulse Demi-gods.

Before Li Yuan, among the three Eight Star Pulse Demi-gods in the Divine Fire Hall, only Jing Kui revealed the super-strong talent of crushing other Seven Star Pulse Demi-gods, revealing the potential of a Heavenly God.

Only then would he be valued by Heavenly God Tai You.

Boom~ An invisible pressure covered the entire Divine Fire Hall, causing the noisy hall to quickly quiet down.

"After consultation with other True Gods and reporting to the higher levels of the Ancient City," True God Chi Yang's voice was booming, and he said slowly: "Finally decided, this Demi-god Ranking Battle will give a total of eighteen Holy Son spots."

Boom!

Eighteen Holy Son spots?

Li Yuan, Xia Ju, Yueshan, and the other top twenty in the total ranking all revealed solemn expressions.

That is to say, among the twenty of them, two people would be eliminated?

Walking to this step, who is willing to be eliminated?

"The duel rules for the next stage are very simple."

"Each group's first place will be randomly matched to each group's second place, cross-dueling; the winner enters the top ten, all directly become Demi-god Holy Sons, and will compete for the final first place."

"The loser will compete for the last eight Holy Son spots through round-robin battles," True God Chi Yang said slowly.

These rules were not unexpected.

Taking first place in their respective groups naturally gives them some advantages in the upcoming duels, and they will not be matched against other group first-place winners.

Soon, the order for the ten duels of twenty into ten was all out.

"Jing Kui" vs "Yueshan"

"Xu Yuan" vs "Yan Dong"

"Xia Ju" vs "Dong Pan"

Ten duels, each group is very eye-catching; those who can walk to this step have no weaklings.

And the most eye-catching one is undoubtedly the duel between Xia Ju and Dong Pan.

Xia Ju is the most dazzling person in this ranking battle after Li Yuan, and his saber technique is powerful and peerless.

Dong Pan is the recognized top three on the Demi-god Ranking; even if he lost to Li Yuan, no one would think his strength is weaker than other group first-place winners.

"Yueshan, you are in trouble, actually meeting Jing Kui," Yang Di couldn't help but say.

Yang Di's final ranking was 361st, and his ranking battle had already ended.

"Jing Kui, indeed hard to win," Li Yuan said softly.

Even though he had never seen Jing Kui erupt with full force, judging from his breakthrough of the Divine Fire Tower, his strength was far stronger than other Demi-god Holy Sons.

"No matter."

"Only getting second in the group, I knew it would be difficult to enter the top ten of the Demi-god Ranking this time," Demi-god Yueshan was very calm and smiled: "Even if I didn't meet Jing Kui, are He Feng, Xia Ju, and these people easy to provoke? Not to mention, if I met Brother Xu Yuan, I estimate I would have to lose too."

"Win or lose."

"Fight with all my might."

"Even if I lose, there is still a chance to take a Holy Son spot," Yueshan smiled.

His personality is the same, very calm.

After the top twenty duel list came out, everyone only rested for a moment, and the duels started quickly.

Perhaps to better motivate other Flying Demi-gods, this time they were not held at the same time, but one by one.

In the first battle, Jing Kui fought Yueshan; even though Yueshan tried his best, Jing Kui still won easily.

Jing Kui's ease proved from the side that his strength had undergone a transformation compared to five years ago, reaching a higher level.

The second battle was Li Yuan vs Yan Dong.

This battle was also quite eye-catching.

Swish! Swish!

The two flew into the void arena at the same time, falling on both sides of the arena, attracting everyone's attention.

"Xu Yuan and Yan Dong, who can win?"

"Definitely Xu Yuan wins; even Dong Pan couldn't block Xu Yuan's soul attack, let alone Yan Dong?"

"Demi-god Yan Dong ranked sixteenth in the previous session, the lowest-ranked Demi-god Holy Son, and just lost to Demi-god He Feng; want to beat Xu Yuan? Hard! Hard! Hard!"

The previous winning streak had already built up great momentum for Li Yuan.

99% of the spectators believed that Xu Yuan would definitely win.

On the void arena, Li Yuan and Yan Dong were separated by tens of kilometers, facing each other from afar.

Demigod Yan Dong wore green battle armor, his face eerily handsome, and he held two steel forks. His appearance was quite strange, carrying a hint of a 'Sea-Patrolling Yaksha' as he stared fixedly at Li Yuan.

Li Yuan was still in a black robe.

"Xu Yuan, soul attack is powerful?" Demi-god Yan Dong stared at Li Yuan, his eyes full of solemnity: "But judging from the Divine Fire Tower ranking, his material attack should be very average."

He knew Xu Yuan's power, and he was also the biggest obstacle to his rushing into the top ten.

Suddenly.

Both sides moved at the same time.

Demi-god Yan Dong instantly turned into a stream of light, like a stream of lightning streaking across the void, instantly forming hundreds of phantom bodies, each pouncing on Li Yuan like a ghost.

Clearly, he also cultivated a phantom-type Star Technique similar to "Nine Shadows Void."

"Phantom body?"

"It's the fluctuation of the Wind Law! Yueshan's information is indeed correct; this Demi-god Yan Dong comprehended the Law of Wind and spatial mysteries," Li Yuan's eyes were very calm.

Phantom body? Can dodge divine sense investigation.

But can it dodge the domain?

"Booming~" Li Yuan's mind stirred, and a vast domain descended, earthy-yellow airflow sweeping in all directions, striking at those phantom bodies.

Chichi~ The domain and Demi-god Yan Dong's phantom bodies collided with each other, nine yellow dragons roared, quickly annihilating the weaker phantom bodies among them.

In the blink of an eye, Demi-god Yan Dong only had three phantom bodies left; the three phantom bodies were very close to each other, and cyan light dispersed around them to resist the erosion of the Heaven and Earth River domain.

"Pop!"

"Pop!" "Pop!" That terrifying divine fork slashed down, and two yellow dragons were instantly torn apart.

"Xu Yuan, your domain cannot bind me," Demi-god Yan Dong's momentum was like a rainbow, killing toward Xu Yuan.

If it were other peak Demi-god powerhouses, they would be directly crushed and swept away by Li Yuan's domain.

But it indeed could not suppress such peerless Demi-gods.

"Life and Death Scene!" A trace of blur flashed in Li Yuan's eyes, and he deployed a soul attack without hesitation.

Hum~ Hum~ Hum~ Three soul ripples erupted at the same time, sweeping toward those three phantom bodies.

If he were to maintain soul attacks on hundreds of phantom bodies at the same time and still maintain the strongest attack power, Li Yuan could not do it.

But attacking only three targets was very easy.

"Hum~"

The invisible soul ripple instantly infiltrated Demi-god Yan Dong's spiritual world... his spiritual world shook.

"Coming." Demi-god Yan Dong instantly understood that his biggest test had come.

Withstand it, and there is hope of winning!

Can't withstand it, and he will definitely lose.

"Heart Light! Ten Thousand Phenomena Color! Nine Heavens Rhyme!" Demi-god Yan Dong erupted completely in the depths of his heart; the terrifying methods he had hidden for many years bloomed completely in an instant.

"Chichi~" The soul attack from Li Yuan caused Demi-god Yan Dong to almost sink instantly.

Clatter~ His spiritual world changed, as if layers of heavenly palaces emerged, sacred and vast, divine light operating, power boundless, protecting his spiritual world.

"Booming~" Li Yuan's soul attack was eroding.

Demi-god Yan Dong's spiritual world was resisting crazily.

"What a strong soul attack."

"The soul defense secret technique I cultivated for many years, combined with the 'Ten Thousand Phenomena Heart Pearl' gifted by my teacher, actually almost didn't withstand it?" Demi-god Yan Dong was incomparably shocked in his heart and recovered his clarity in an instant: "If I hadn't cultivated the soul defense secret technique to a deep level, or didn't have the Ten Thousand Phenomena Heart Pearl, I would definitely have sunk and been hit."

"This Xu Yuan, the soul attack is indeed scary," Demi-god Yan Dong was very surprised.

In fact, when he saw that he was matched with Xu Yuan, there was a trace of joy in his heart.

If he were to duel with other group first-place winners, he would have no confidence.

Only Xu Yuan walked to the present by relying on soul attacks, and Demi-god Yan Dong's teacher was a "Soul Master" more terrifying than True God Nine Sounds.

Therefore, in the process of teaching Demi-god Yan Dong, he had always attached great importance to Demi-god Yan Dong's soul defense.

Demi-god Yan Dong always remembered his teacher's words: "The Dao of the soul virtual world is broad and profound, not inferior to material operation; you are only a Demi-god, teacher does not expect you to have great achievements in the Dao of the soul, but you must attach importance to soul defense."

Other Demi-god Holy Sons might not necessarily not attach importance to soul defense.

It's just that most of them are not like Demi-god Yan Dong, spending so much energy to specifically find a spiritual secret treasure that matches their own soul defense secret technique, and spending a lot of time cultivating soul defense secret techniques.

"I withstood it."

Demi-god Yan Dong's confused eyes instantly recovered their clarity, and his battle intent soared: "Xu Yuan, it's my turn!"

Boom!

Demi-god Yan Dong waved the two divine forks in his hand, cyan light streaked across the sky, power peerless, instantly smashing the two yellow dragons that had just approached and tried to attack into powder.

The yellow dragons with only initial Void God combat power were completely not his opponents.

"Kill!"

The Heaven and Earth River domain shook, Demi-god Yan Dong moved his figure, his speed far exceeding Li Yuan's, and he had already approached.

"Blocked?"

"Even Demi-god Dong Pan couldn't block it, yet it was blocked by Yan Dong?" A trace of surprise flashed in Li Yuan's eyes, and he dared not have the slightest hesitation.

Swish!

The Dark Star long spear pierced through the void, causing the void to tremble, as if an invisible thread had been torn apart, and it attacked Demi-god Yan Dong like lightning.

"Boundary Cloud Spear" Fifth Form—Divine Weapon Intent!

But Li Yuan's spear technique power was not bad, and Demi-god Yan Dong's weapon power was even more terrifying; the two divine forks slashed down fiercely.

"Pop~"

A loud noise, Heaven and Earth trembled, Demi-god Yan Dong did not retreat a step, while Li Yuan flew backward instantly, spitting blood from his mouth, and the protective spiritual light covering his body surface dimmed sharply.

One exchange, and Li Yuan understood.

Although his soul attack was powerful, if the soul attack was ineffective, he, who had just broken through to become a Demi-god, was far from being the opponent of these peerless Demi-gods in terms of material attack.

Demi-god Yan Dong possessed Level 54 combat power!

"Whoosh!"

Demi-god Yan Dong did not forgive, approached like lightning, and slashed down again!

"Pop! Pop! Pop!"

Li Yuan collided with him three times, and the protective spiritual light on his body surface suddenly dissipated.

Hum~ He disappeared directly from the arena.

In this battle, Demi-god Yan Dong wins! Li Yuan loses.

"What?"

"Demi-god Yan Dong won?"

"Xu Yuan actually lost? He won against Dong Pan, and lost to Demi-god Yan Dong?" An uproar.

The result of this battle exceeded everyone's expectations, even True God Chi Yang and the others had not expected it at all.

After all, Dong Pan, who had long firmly sat in second place on the Demi-god Ranking, had lost to Li Yuan, yet Demi-god Yan Dong won instead?

But no matter the result.

The result was set!

"Xu Yuan's soul attack is very terrifying, but now it seems that some extremely strong Demi-gods have hope of withstanding it," True God Zi Yi couldn't help but say: "Once his soul attack is withstood... when fighting with material attacks, Xu Yuan is at a disadvantage."

"Right, Xu Yuan's material attack is indeed weaker, only at Level 52."

"He just broke through after all; being able to walk to this step is already very astonishing, the progress is already very fast; in a few more years, when his material attack is stronger, in the Ancestral Realm Battle, he will probably shine brilliantly."

"Soul attack, very extreme; if the enemy cannot withstand it, it is almost invincible! If the enemy can withstand it, the effect will plummet," many True Gods nodded; they all saw Li Yuan's weakness.

Similarly, with Li Yuan's progress speed, once he makes up for the weakness of material attack, he will be even more terrifying than other peerless Demi-gods.

After the duel between Li Yuan and Demi-god Yan Dong ended, amidst a discussion, the remaining eight matches were held quickly... and the final top ten of this ranking battle were decided.

In the remaining eight matches, seven were won by group first-place winners.

Only the battle between Demi-god Dong Pan and Demi-god Xia Ju... both revealed terrifying strength, fighting incomparably tragically, but it was still Demi-god Dong Pan who laughed last.

Demi-god Dong Pan, although second in the group, rushed into the final top ten.

Instead, Li Yuan, the group first-place winner, failed to enter the top ten.

Time passed, and the first to be held were the duels for 11th-20th place.

A total of nine duels, Li Yuan, who had just lost to Demi-god Yan Dong, was not affected in the slightest in his mentality and again revealed the strength of his soul attack.

Nine battles! Full victory!

Even Xia Ju, who had just revealed his dazzling edge, could not block Li Yuan's soul attack.

And Li Yuan's final ranking in the ranking battle was officially released—eleventh!

Although he did not enter the top ten, he finally obtained the title and treatment of a Demi-god Holy Son.

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PS: Explain one sentence, not allowed to use external objects, does not mean that even weapons and battle armor such magic treasures cannot be used, but refers to Law secret treasures, puppets, technological mist, and other things that one cannot control oneself, the original text has mentioned it many times, but there are always brothers who keep chasing and asking "eating settings" "one second said the rules, the next second ate the settings"

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