Chapter 472: Battle of the Peerless Geniuses

On the competition grounds, Yuwen Yuwen Donghao's injuries had already stabilized.

As a powerhouse at the Foundation Establishment realm, his vitality was sufficiently strong; after a bit of recovery, there would be no problem with him competing in the afternoon's ranking matches.

However, after losing to Li Fei, Yuwen Yuwen Donghao no longer cared much about whether he would rank ninth or sixteenth.

He walked off the competition grounds with a face full of unwillingness.

The massive explosion just now was not his strongest technique; he still had quite a few trump cards he had meticulously prepared that he hadn't used, and under the guidance of Yuwen Yuwen Xinzhang, he had even mastered a high-tier inherited force technique!

Yet, he had been defeated before he could even use these methods.

Experiencing such a failure for the first time in his life filled Yuwen Yuwen Donghao's heart with bitterness.

On the main spectator stand, Yuwen Yuwen Xinzhang glanced at his son's dejected back and smiled.

"His temperament is too impetuous; suffering this defeat is a good thing."

A martial arts master sitting beside him nodded: "Brother Yuwen is right. Yuwen Donghao is still young; after being tempered by this, his future will be limitless."

"Young, you say?"

Yuwen Yuwen Xinzhang looked toward Li Fei's back in the distance.

That one is the truly young one.

"So amazing, to actually hide his true body in the dirt pit."

Ning Xing said in admiration.

Like Yuwen Yuwen Donghao, he had completely failed to think of this at the time.

Ning Tang Chuan glanced at him: "Do you know why you all overlooked this point?"

"Why?"

"If Li Fei had used Shadow Phantom from the start, Yuwen Yuwen Donghao wouldn't have been fooled so easily. But Li Fei only used this method suddenly after being blasted by Yuwen Yuwen Donghao's Deep Rock Force so many times. Every time he was blasted before, he would jump straight out of the pit, which had already caused Yuwen Yuwen Donghao to form a cognitive bias. That last time, he also jumped out of the pit first before using Shadow Phantom, which is how he successfully tricked Yuwen Yuwen Donghao."

Ning Tang Chuan patiently analyzed it for his junior brother.

"So amazing!"

Ning Xing praised sincerely.

"When dealing with such an opponent, you must use your brain more when you fight."

Ning Tang Chuan said.

"Understood, Senior Brother."

Ning Xing nodded earnestly.

In the upcoming round of 8, Ning Xing's opponent would be Li Fei, which was why Ning Tang Chuan had been telling his junior brother to keep his eyes on Li Fei from the very beginning.

When the match bracket was confirmed, Ning Tang Chuan had been convinced that both Li Fei and his junior brother would enter the top 8 and eventually meet!

The battle between Yuwen Yuwen Donghao and Li Fei was the final match of the morning; there would be a halftime break after it concluded.

At 2:00 PM, the 8 contestants who lost in the morning would hold ranking matches to determine the ninth through sixteenth places of this tournament.

Yuwen Yuwen Donghao did not appear; he forfeited the afternoon's ranking matches.

With his strength, even injured, he could easily defeat his opponents and take ninth place, but he did not come.

To him, not entering the top eight was a failure!

Although the reward for ninth place was much better than sixteenth, Yuwen Yuwen Donghao did not care.

He was not lacking in such resources.

Both were students of Tianqu University; yesterday, Zhuo Buping was desperate but couldn't get it, wanting a better ranking but having to give up due to injury.

Today, Yuwen Yuwen Donghao had it within his grasp but didn't care at all.

Same university, two different lives.

For the other contestants, having one less Foundation Establishment powerhouse as a competitor was naturally a good thing.

The afternoon's ranking matches were intense and spectacular.

In the end, a disciple from Mount Pudu Temple took ninth place, becoming the highest-ranked person in this tournament after the eight peerless geniuses.

That evening, all major newspapers reported on the duel between Li Fei and Yuwen Yuwen Donghao, using nearly half their space to describe the match.

The remaining half was a look ahead to the upcoming battle of the peerless geniuses!

Wu'an University Wang Wang Fengqing VS Shangqing Sect Gan Jingcheng

Wu'an University Li Fei VS Daluo Sect Ning Xing

Mount Pudu Temple Ming Qi VS Yuhua Sect Liaoxin

Mount Pudu Temple Ming Cheng VS Daluo Sect Ning Tang Chuan

These were the upcoming top 8 matches!

Among the eight peerless geniuses, only Gan Jingcheng of the Shangqing Sect and Ming Qi of Mount Pudu Temple had integrated five types of implants.

Therefore, when dividing the eight into brackets, there was an intentional effort to place these two in different halves.

Then, the Shangqing Sect, as the host, specifically manipulated things to put the two from Mount Pudu Temple in the same half; this was a suppression tactic against the Buddhist faction.

Finally, they ensured Ning Tang Chuan, who had integrated four types of implants, avoided the half where Gan Jingcheng was located.

Thus, the final result became: Upper half: Li Fei, Ning Xing, Wang Wang Fengqing, and Gan Jingcheng.

Lower half: Ming Qi, Liaoxin, Ming Cheng, and Ning Tang Chuan.

In the upper half where Gan Jingcheng was, the opponents were clearly weaker, while in the lower half, regardless of whether Ming Qi of Mount Pudu Temple or Ning Tang Chuan of Daluo Sect reached the finals, they would first have to go through a bitter fight.

Major newspapers all made predictions for tomorrow's top 8 matches:

"Although 'First in History' Li Fei won against Yuwen Yuwen Donghao today, he also had a certain amount of consumption. Tomorrow his opponent is Ning Xing of the Daluo Sect, who, like Yuwen Yuwen Donghao, has also integrated two types of implants.

The Daluo Sect's heritage is stronger than Tianqu University's, and Ning Xing's strength should also be greater than Yuwen Yuwen Donghao's. Most importantly, Li Fei's trump cards have already been exposed in advance, so the probability of Ning Xing winning tomorrow is higher."

"Wu'an University's other peerless genius Wang Wang Fengqing faces Shangqing Sect's Gan Jingcheng; there is no suspense in this match. Both are peerless geniuses, one is 22, the other 25. One has only integrated two types of implants, while the other has integrated five; Gan Jingcheng will definitely win!"

"In the lower half, the match between Mount Pudu Temple's Ming Qi and Yuhua Sect's Liaoxin also lacks suspense; five implants against two, Ming Qi will definitely enter the top 4."

"The final match is Mount Pudu Temple's Ming Cheng against Daluo Sect's Ning Tang Chuan. Ming Cheng has only integrated two types of implants, while Ning Tang Chuan has integrated four; the outcome is equally obvious."

"Therefore, the match with the most suspense tomorrow remains Li Fei's."

"Just how far can this 'First in History' go? Let us wait and see!"

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Almost all newspapers provided similar viewpoints.

Regarding tomorrow's four matches, three of them had no suspense; only Li Fei's match remained an unknown.

Regardless of how heated and boiling the outside world was, Li Fei just quietly cultivated step-by-step in his room.

He had already practiced 【Yanxin】 to the mid-stage of Body Breaking; his physique had further strengthened, and his total blood volume had risen from 356 to 362 units.

But it was almost impossible to break through 【Yanxin】 to the Qi Transformation stage within these few days to cultivate new Innate Qi.

Without new Innate Qi, he had no way to condense high-tier force for the time being, which would be a major disadvantage in terms of force when facing a powerhouse like Gan Jingcheng.

Inside the room, Li Fei finished today's practice of 【Yanxin】.

Then he took medicine and began practicing 【Phantom Leaf】.

This meditation went very smoothly; he did not enter the dream realm.

Li Fei hadn't entered the dream realm at all these past few days, making it impossible for him to figure out the pattern for entering it for the time being.

Late into the night, Li Fei finished his practice of 【Phantom Leaf】.

He still did not rest, but instead took a pile of bottles and jars out of his suitcase and began to concoct medicine.

After more than half an hour, Li Fei concocted a cup of liquid that emitted a foul stench; he drank the liquid in one gulp without changing his expression.

This was the poison he had concocted for himself!

The upgrade of the Ten Thousand Blood Bead required absorbing energy that would cause damage to his own body; compared to the elixirs used for cultivation, taking poison directly had a better effect.

However, after taking the same type of poison too many times, the body would develop a resistance, and the energy the Ten Thousand Blood Bead could absorb would become less and less.

Li Fei had to switch to a completely new type of poison.

This was also an important reason why Li Fei had been following Mo Mo Yizhou to study poison classes.

He needed to constantly formulate new poisons for himself.

From the time Li Fei obtained the Nether Spring Poison until now, the 'Self-Use Nether Spring Poison' he had improved was already at version 11.6!

The '11' represented that this was the 11th brand-new type of poison.

The '6' at the end represented that this was the 6th minor modification.

After Li Fei took the poison, he began to observe the growth of the Ten Thousand Blood Bead's energy.

He found it somewhat amusing to think about; after studying poison for so long, the person he poisoned the most was actually himself...

No poison master in the world could be as 'ruthless' as Li Fei!

It is no exaggeration to say that in the field of 'chronic poison,' Li Fei felt that he should be even more formidable than Mo Mo Yizhou, a poison master who also mastered 'poison formulas'!

Because Mo Mo Yizhou could not test poison on his own body like Li Fei, nor did he have something like the Ten Thousand Blood Bead to obtain intuitive data feedback.

"In the end, will I become the world's most badass Poison Saint before I even become a Martial Saint?"

Li Fei thought with some amusement.

A moment later, he 'watched' the energy value of the Ten Thousand Blood Bead continuously rise and nodded with satisfaction.

This revision was very successful; it finally made the Ten Thousand Blood Bead's upgrade speed faster again.

After several months of accumulation, the Ten Thousand Blood Bead's energy value had reached 98%; Li Fei estimated that he would complete the upgrade by dawn!

A few hours later, Li Fei waited for the Ten Thousand Blood Bead's upgrade while sitting in meditation:

【Level: 17, 1%

Blood Soul: 394 units

Blood Soul Skills: Blood Rage (Strong), Blood Fiend (Strong), Blood Might, Blood Spring (Strong)】

Transformation Technique: Blood Demon】

With this upgrade, the Blood Soul count increased by 32 at once, leaving Li Fei only a few short of breaking through the 400-mark threshold for his total Blood Soul count.

As his physique continues to strengthen, he should be able to surpass it in the next few days.

Inside the room, Li Fei revealed a satisfied smile and waited quietly for dawn.

September 22nd, 8:00 AM.

The stands surrounding the arena at Tianqu University were already packed with people.

Today would be the direct confrontation between the eight peerless prodigies, so the ticket price today was at least double what it was yesterday!

"First match, Wang Wang Fengqing of Wu'an University versus Gan Jingcheng of the Shangqing Sect!"

Without any unnecessary chatter, as soon as the match time arrived, a staff member announced loudly.

In the stands, the bearded Gan Jingcheng rubbed his chin, stood up with a relaxed expression, and walked down the steps.

On the other side, Wang Wang Fengqing walked down the steps just as calmly.

The battle of the prodigies was ready to erupt at any moment!

Requesting monthly tickets.

(End of this chapter)