Chapter 156: Talent Upgraded, Supreme Treasure Obtained!

In the Second Stage, Ye Bai successfully took the top spot!

However, in the subsequent rounds, anyone who was matched against him chose to surrender as soon as they stepped onto the stage.

His Qi and Blood strength completely crushed Shangguan Yijian! Why even bother fighting?

Anyway, there was a Resurrection Match in the later rounds, so it was better to preserve their condition to compete for the single resurrection spot!

In the final round, he fought against Xuanyuan Mu.

"Ye Bai, you are very strong, Fourth Grade of Mind and Martial Arts."

"I also know that I am not your match."

Xuanyuan Mu stepped onto the stage with a numb expression.

The look in his eyes as he watched Ye Bai held a hint of respect.

"Let's decide the winner in one move; if you can take this attack of mine, the rest of the battle will have no meaning."

Xuanyuan Mu then said.

It was not that he lacked his own pride; in fact, when the First Stage had just ended, he had thought things through quite well.

In the Second Stage, he would defeat Ye Bai!

But Ye Bai had already exposed his Fourth Grade Mental Power!

The moment he learned this news, although his mood was calm, he knew he had no hope.

He was the First Genius of Shengcheng and had consumed countless Soul Crystals, yet he could not withstand a single shock of Fourth Grade Mental Power intensity!

Using his S-level Talent, Infinite Appreciation, as a foundation, he unleashed a Heaven Tier Martial Skill.

Forest of Myriad Phenomena.

The entire arena was instantly covered by trees!

Ye Bai... was fine.

Relying solely on his Qi and Blood strength, he blocked this attack!

And then Xuanyuan Mu surrendered.

And it is worth mentioning.

Jiangcheng's results this year were even better than many people had imagined.

While Ye Bai took the top spot, Li Qingqing also achieved a top-five result in the Second Stage!

Time and again, she used facts to interpret what it meant when all fear stemmed from a lack of firepower!

When the quantity of Martial Techniques, especially high-tier Martial Techniques, was sufficient, even a Third Grade Peak fighting a Fourth Grade—with both sides being geniuses—could easily secure victory!

In fact, it was not just Li Qingqing.

Xiao Huohuo and Liu Bufan also shone brightly in the Second Stage.

One ranked twenty-first, and the other ranked twenty-fifth!

Therefore.

When the Second Stage was officially declared over.

The Ladder Tournament livestream room.

"White God is awesome! White God is indeed number one!"

"Jiangcheng is really awesome this year!

I didn't realize it until I looked, but Li Qingqing is actually in the top five! And there are two others who made it into the top twenty-five!"

"Is this what they call 'good fortune follows extreme adversity'?"

"Haha, who's to say it isn't? I'm from Jiangcheng, and I feel like I'll wake up laughing in my sleep tonight..."

"By the way, let me mention again, Li Qingqing and the little hero Ye Bai are a couple~"

"Holy crap, what kind of divine couple is this? I'll ship them first!"

"Shipping the couple +1!"

"Shipping them +!"

The atmosphere in the livestream room reached its peak once again!

"Haha, good, good!"

"This year, my Jiangcheng has not only produced a true dragon and a true phoenix, but also two Qilin children!"

In Jiangcheng, at the Martial Artist Association, Liu Qingtian could no longer restrain the joy in his heart!

"Xiaobai, Xiao Qing, they are such a perfect match~"

Wangxing Pavilion No. 38.

Qin Churan and Xi Mengyue looked at each other and couldn't help but reveal knowing smiles.

Other acquaintances were also genuinely happy from the bottom of their hearts!

However, if one had to say who was the most excited about the official end of the Second Stage, it would actually be Haiboxi and the other instructors who had been staying in Jiangcheng all along.

"First in the Ranking Tournament, first in the Ladder Tournament, both Xuanyuan Mu and Shangguan Yijian lost to Ye Bai, and most importantly, Ye Bai is also Fourth Grade of Mind and Martial Arts..."

"Hahaha, I want to see who can stop me from giving Ye Bai half of the Saint-level Talent Treatment this time!"

"No, that's not right, I should talk to the principal again and have him find a way to add a bit more to that half of the Saint-level Talent Treatment...

Ye Bai is even more outstanding than I estimated twenty days ago; even giving him the full Saint-level Talent Treatment would be worth it!"

Haiboxi and the other instructors had been confident that they could secure the King-Grade Treatment for Ye Bai back when he took first place in the First Stage, the kind that would make the Martial University behind them ignore the threats from Yang Hai and the Magic City Martial Arts University.

After watching the entire Second Stage, they felt even more that the initial treatment was not enough!

Who knows if the three "old sixes" beside me might secretly raise the price?

"No money? If you don't have money, go learn from Sun Wudi, go borrow, go take out a usurious loan!"

They even thought for their own principals about how to offer Ye Bai better treatment.

However.

When they left the living room of the temporarily rented villa one after another and contacted their respective Martial Arts University principals yet again.

Preparing to use their silver tongues to sweet-talk them properly.

"Haiboxi (Ning Lao/Chen Long/Meigui), forget it..."

"Ye Bai, our Martial Arts University might have to give up..."

To the surprise of the four instructors, Haiboxi and the others.

They hadn't even had a chance to speak yet.

The principal on the other end let out a long sigh!

"Why!!"

"Could it be that the other three Martial Arts Universities offered treatment we absolutely cannot match?!"

At first, the four instructors thought it was because of one of them.

"It's not that, it's because of Ye Bai..."

"No, it's because Yang Hai and Ye Sanjian..."

"Anyway, stop thinking about recruiting Ye Bai. Actually, you all know that Ye Bai is currently very close to Xi Qianxue; it is very likely he will end up going to Magic City Martial Arts University. You are just unwilling to give up and want to fight for it, right?"

"I am telling you now, he can and only can go to Magic City Martial Arts University, and he cannot even get the A-grade or higher prodigy treatment! No matter who comes, this cannot be changed!"

Without waiting for them to question each other, they received an answer that made them fall silent instantly!

After the phone call hung up.

"Your side is the same, right?"

The four returned to the villa living room and looked at each other.

No need for more words, they all gave a bitter smile!

"It really is... fucked up..."

"He is clearly a peerless prodigy."

"He clearly should have grown into one of the future pillars of humanity."

"Yet in the end..."

"We have failed Ye Bai's expectations and betrayed his trust!"

On Ye Bai's side!

He was still in the Secret Realm.

Unaware of what the four instructors in Jiangcheng had encountered.

At this moment, his mood was excited and expectant.

Because he had completed his set goals: he had both avenged himself against Shangguan Yijian and taken first place in this Ladder Tournament.

Once he returned to Jiangcheng, he could take back everything that belonged to him and then go to Magic City Martial Arts University together with Li Qingqing!

The reason everyone had not yet left the Secret Realm was because the person from Provincial Capital Martial Arts University who was maintaining order for this Ladder Tournament behind the scenes had come out.

They had brought rewards for all the students.

They had brought the reward for this Ladder Tournament's first place for Ye Bai!

"Student Ye Bai, the resource rewards you can receive, converted into Merit Points, are approximately fifty thousand points!"

"You can choose to take the Merit Points, or you can choose to take cultivation supplies!"

"And then, this is the special reward for this Ladder Tournament of yours, a supreme treasure that can upgrade your talent!"