[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-you-stole-my-s-rank-talent-afraid-now-that-i-ve-":3,"chapter-you-stole-my-s-rank-talent-afraid-now-that-i-ve--you-stole-my-s-rank-talent-afraid-now-that-i-ve--chapter-98":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","You Stole My S-Rank Talent? Afraid Now That I’ve Become a War God?",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":20,"prevChapterSlug":21,"totalChapters":22,"novelImage":23},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":16,"volume":17,"translator":18,"content_hash":19},479847,728,"Chapter 98 : Chapter 98","you-stole-my-s-rank-talent-afraid-now-that-i-ve--chapter-98",98,"\u003Cp>Chapter 98: The Elite Tournament’s Strange Rankings\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Mu’s D-grade talent instantly became the center of discussion throughout the entire arena.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Almost everyone was talking about the change in Li Mu’s talent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And among everyone present, the ones most shocked of all\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>were the Li Family members who had come to watch Li Xiaohao compete.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this point, nearly all the adult men of the Li Family were in prison. Aside from Li Xiaohao and a few nephews who had no business dealings with the family, only around a dozen female relatives remained.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Old Madam Ma had grown far too haggard.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She had gone from vigorous old age straight into the twilight of her life.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now, seeing that Li Mu had actually developed into a D-grade talent,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Old Madam Ma’s feelings were indescribably complicated.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“So this is actually a Growth-Type Talent?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“And what if it is? It’s only D-grade.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Xiaohao’s mother, Feng Lan, said sourly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ever since Li Mu had deliberately targeted Feng Lan last time, Old Madam Ma had given her a vicious scolding as well.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now, everyone in the family found Feng Lan unpleasant to look at.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, they all knew that Li Mu had been deliberately sowing discord.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the fact that Feng Lan had a foul mouth was equally true.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If the Li Family had not already been left with no road out and only Li Xiaohao as their sole remaining hope,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Old Madam Ma would have wanted to kill her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Feng Lan no longer dared to speak carelessly these days, but some habits were impossible to hold back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Old Madam Ma shot her a fierce glare.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Only D-grade? Do you even know how rare a Growth-Type Talent is? And I’ve never even heard of one that jumped two whole grades!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“And all those abilities people outside keep spreading rumors about, the ones Li Mu can’t explain?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“They may very well have evolved from that Talent Mutation!!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Li Family had been keeping a close watch on Li Mu all along.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So when it came to news about him, they were naturally far better informed than the ordinary public.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They had long since heard about Li Mu’s Immobilization Art, Duplication Technique, Transformation Technique, Safe-Haven Method, and the other astonishing mystical abilities he possessed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They had even been among the first to learn that Li Mu had been promoted to Wolf Guard.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before this, they had never been able to understand how Li Mu, with an F-grade talent, could possibly be so powerful.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But now, Li Mu’s F-grade talent had jumped two ranks and become D-grade!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As long as one used even a little common sense, a Growth-Type Talent mutating and producing abilities beyond its current grade\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>was the only reasonable explanation!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After Old Madam Ma finished speaking,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Feng Lan instinctively shrank her neck for a moment, but rage quickly surged up in her again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Why the hell are you yelling at me, you old hag?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wasn’t swapping talents your decision?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If anyone should be angry, it should be me. My son clearly can’t bring out the full strength of this S-grade talent, and that’s obviously because the talent doesn’t match him properly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If my son hadn’t switched talents,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>then this Growth-Type Talent would have been his!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As the saying went, a mother and son were of one heart.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this very moment,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Xiaohao was thinking exactly the same thing as his mother.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Listening to the people around him discussing Li Mu,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>saying that it was no wonder Li Mu had so many powerful mystical abilities, since his talent turned out to be a Growth-Type Talent,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>and that since it had jumped two full grades in one go, was it possible that it could rise even higher?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The moment Li Xiaohao thought of those miraculous abilities Li Mu possessed,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Immobilization Art, Duplication Technique, Transformation Technique...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>These were heaven-defying methods that he had never even dared imagine.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Compared to those, Nine Heavens Thunderclap suddenly no longer seemed so impressive!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Xiaohao’s eyes turned red!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Damn it!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If the talents had never been switched, then this Growth-Type Talent would have been his.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Those methods, those achievements,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>all of them would have been his!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And now that the talent had been switched, he could not even bring out the full strength of this S-grade talent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That was entirely because this talent was not his to begin with, so it was not sufficiently compatible with his body!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The fire of jealousy instantly swallowed Li Xiaohao whole.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At that moment,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>a host appeared on the arena stage.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Holding a microphone, he spoke in a passionate, ringing voice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Welcome, everyone, to the Ironhand City Four-District Elite Tournament!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Next, let me explain the competition format.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“The giant screen you are currently looking at shows the initial rankings, which were arranged according to the points from the Abyss First Battle.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Our format is a challenge match format.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Lower-ranked participants may challenge higher-ranked participants.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“If the challenger wins, the two sides will swap rankings!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Everyone is allowed only two failed challenges. After accumulating two failed challenges, that participant loses the right to challenge again.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Everyone must accept at least three challenges. After those three, the challenged participant may decide for themselves whether to accept any further challenges.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“If the ranking gap is greater than fifty places, the challenged participant may choose to refuse the challenge!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“In addition, our four district champions each have one special privilege.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“That is, the district runner-up serves as the champion’s defender. Anyone who wishes to challenge the district champion must first defeat the defender.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“As for the defender, they may directly challenge the champion. If they succeed, the two sides exchange defender status.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The format was explained very quickly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This Elite Tournament was a competition watched by countless people.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It had extremely strong commercial value, and the entire city was paying attention to it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Trying to play clever little tricks was meaningless. It would only turn someone into a laughingstock cursed by tens of thousands.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From the perspective of the format,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>if a lower-ranked person wanted to climb upward, they had to choose their opponent carefully.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As long as they kept winning, and as long as they still had True Qi, they could keep climbing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But they were only allowed to lose twice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And at the same time, they had to stay ready for others to challenge them at any moment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It had to be remembered that among the top one thousand in Ironhand City, aside from the rewards given by the tournament itself,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>every few ranks one climbed could potentially bring recruitment offers from major groups and powerful factions. That was something directly tied to one’s personal value.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As for the higher-ranked participants, they had to consider how to deal with at least three challengers as quickly as possible,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>so they could conserve their True Qi and use it to challenge those ranked above them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As for the special privilege granted to the four district champions, most people could just look at it and move on. There were not many blind fools who would go challenge a champion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“The arenas are divided into seven stages!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Any challenge involving the top twenty rankings will take place on the Central Main Arena!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“All other matches will take place on the six arenas below!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Now, all participants, please select your challenge targets. The system will determine match order by lottery!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I hereby declare that the Four-District Elite Arena Tournament now begins!!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As the host shouted those words,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>the entire arena erupted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The cheers shook the heavens and the earth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Meanwhile, the event staff moved in a circle through the preparation seating and handed an electronic device to every competitor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After logging in, each participant could use it to select a challenge target, record challenge results, and receive notices when challenged.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Mu, Zhang Zhiwei, and Lu Chenfeng all chose not to challenge anyone for the time being.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All of their rankings were within the top ten.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Forget the top ten. Even among the top hundred, very few people were in a hurry to challenge upward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because the higher one went, the stronger the opponents became.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If you challenged them,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>whether you won or lost, you would most likely consume a great amount of True Qi.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And even if you succeeded, someone else could simply challenge you while still fresh and take your newly won position.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It would only be making wedding clothes for someone else.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So most participants chose to first accept their three mandatory defenses.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Once they reached the limit on being challenged, they could then focus wholeheartedly on climbing upward with full strength.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That way, even if they failed, they would not lose the ranking they currently held.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So during the early stage of the tournament, the central arena was not used at all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Those six smaller arenas, on the other hand, filled up instantly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Pairs of opponents began battling at once.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Anyone who had made it into the top one thousand of the First Battle was at minimum at the peak of the Second Grade.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even those were in the minority. The majority were in the early or middle Third Grade.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>By the Third Grade, the techniques and fighting already had an astonishing level of force.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The radiance of True Qi was dazzling, and every clash of weapons sent power flying in all directions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Around the edge of each arena was a barrier, protecting the audience outside. At the same time, the barrier could also generate an instant gravity field inside the arena to forcibly pause a match.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was meant, as much as possible, to prevent fatalities.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The speed at which the tournament progressed far exceeded what many had imagined.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fighting monsters and fighting martial artists were completely different in intensity.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although monsters were usually stronger than ordinary martial artists, many people had earned their points in the rankings by hunting monsters in teams.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And when working in teams, it was possible to slack off.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not to mention that monsters generally were not especially intelligent, while martial artists were completely different.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In arena matches, the only thing you could rely on was your own strength.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This Elite Tournament was like a strict filtering process, instantly exposing all those whose true personal strength was lacking.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only an hour into the tournament, the rankings underwent a complete reshuffle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Xiaohao had originally ranked thirty-first in the Eastern District and one hundred twenty-second in all of Ironhand City.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But unexpectedly, three people challenged him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And Li Xiaohao actually held them all off, including two who were in the early Third Grade.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Li Xiaohao’s strength increased, the traits of Nine Heavens Thunderclap had indeed begun to reveal themselves more and more.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ordinary opponents simply could not withstand his attacks.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Xiaohao had somehow learned a defensive cultivation art from who knew where, and he really had become somewhat troublesome to deal with.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the very least, he counted as a somewhat notable figure, so he drew a certain amount of attention.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But in Li Mu’s eyes, Li Xiaohao was still just a clown.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As long as he managed to win twice in a row and climb high enough to challenge him,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Mu would flatten him into a folded shape with a single cudgel strike.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Li Mu himself remained unmoving the entire time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was the Eastern District champion, and Zhang Zhiwei was his defender.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Anyone who wanted to challenge Li Mu had to defeat Zhang Zhiwei first.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only Zhang Zhiwei could directly challenge Li Mu, but he had no such intention.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As time passed, the competitors within the top two hundred all gradually finished their three defensive matches.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After adjusting their True Qi, they began launching attacks on higher rankings.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At last, the main arena was finally put into use.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The matches there were far more exciting. Brilliant moments appeared one after another, and the atmosphere among the audience quickly reached its peak.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And as the tournament continued,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>an interesting change appeared on the ranking board.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Chenfeng was the first to speak.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“This is interesting. Looks like this Golden Scale High School wants to sweep the rankings. They’re pretty arrogant.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“The next one they’ll definitely challenge is Li One-Cudgel!”\u003C\u002Fp>",2033,"2026-05-30T10:59:06.731Z","2026-06-01T04:31:04.028Z",1,"novelbin.me","f0cd345f39a3ebe54f28f7eeee1df226bff9a37e5cd109a6adfc71963715825b","you-stole-my-s-rank-talent-afraid-now-that-i-ve--chapter-99","you-stole-my-s-rank-talent-afraid-now-that-i-ve--chapter-97",99,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fyou-stole-my-s-rank-talent-afraid-now-that-i-ve--cover.jpg"]