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"What's going on?"
"What just happened?"
"Why did Yang Wei's screen go black?"
At first, the audience thought it was an isolated incident.
Perhaps there was some issue with the internet connection.
But after discussing with each other, they found out that all the screens showing Yang Wei's perspective had turned black, causing an uproar.
High above the colossal arena, the male host clearly noticed the situation.
Yang Wei had awakened the bloodline of a sixth-rank Fallen Star, making him one of the favorites for this year's arena competition. Even someone like the host would take a second look at him.
After noticing the anomaly, the male host quickly took action.
"Let's take a look at what happened to Yang Wei in the last few seconds before he left the stage."
With his vast experience, the male host knew that the sudden blackout was definitely not due to a network issue.
After all, if it were truly a network problem, all ten screens would have been affected simultaneously.
Another possibility for the sudden blackout was that the player had been eliminated.
The audience was aware of this possibility, but given Yang Wei's popularity and strength—being a sixth-rank Fallen Star—it was hard to believe that he could be eliminated so suddenly.
With the male host's guidance, the perspective of Yang Wei's screen began to rewind.
Back to three seconds before the blackout.
The male host and nearly ten billion viewers alike were glued to the screen.
A smile appeared on Yang Wei's face, presumably because he had discovered the location of the next blue crystal.
In the next moment, BOOM! Yang Wei was engulfed in a mist of blood, his internal organs shattered, and his body turned into nothingness.
Since the host had selected the God's perspective, the scene had not ended yet.
Everyone could see clearly that after Yang Wei's body exploded, nine blue crystals fell from his body.
At that moment, a slender right hand caught the falling blue crystals.
As the perspective shifted, the owner of the hand was revealed to be Lin Yuan.
Lin Yuan collected the nine crystals and disappeared once again.
This scene ignited a storm of discussion among all the viewers.
"Lin Yuan?"
"Lin Yuan killed Yang Wei?"
"How is that possible? Does Lin Yuan have that kind of strength?"
Countless viewers erupted into a frenzy of discussion.
Even the host, who had been informed backstage that it was Lin Yuan who had killed Yang Wei, was at a loss for words at this moment.
It was too unbelievable.
Too incredible.
"Our Lin Yuan really knows how to hide his strength."
The male host took a deep breath and explained to the audience with the data from backstage.
In the resting area of the competition, Yang Wei, who had already been eliminated, learned the reason for his death through the host's replay and explanation.
"This Lin Yuan..."
Yang Wei clenched his fist. "He's been hiding his strength all along."
Since awakening his sixth-rank bloodline, a specialized team had been assigned to analyze his opponents for him.
Based on the analysis, Yang Wei only needed to pay attention to Thunder God and Fang Qing. As for Lin Yuan, Yang Wei had also watched videos of Lin Yuan's battles and deemed him not worthy of much attention.
But now?
With Yang Wei eliminated, more and more viewers began to watch Lin Yuan's perspective.
From tens of millions to hundreds of millions, and billions of viewers.
After all, just the audience watching Yang Wei numbered nearly a ten billion. With Yang Wei out, this portion of the audience naturally switched to Lin Yuan's perspective.
Even the male host began to commentate on Lin Yuan's perspective.
"I have to say, the speed of our Lin Yuan is..."
Just as the male host was marveling, Lin Yuan, in his perspective, found another evolver.
Buzz! The evolver was a woman with slightly curved eyebrows, smiling like a crescent moon.
This evolver's name was Fan Yue, and despite her gentle appearance, she was a formidable opponent. In the unofficial rankings, Fan Yue ranked in the top four, just below Fang Qing, Thunder God, and Yang Wei.
But in the next instant, Fan Yue turned into a mist of blood, crushed into nothingness.
The six blue crystals on her body were also caught by Lin Yuan.
The audience's exclamations once again echoed throughout the stands.
If, during the incident where Yang Wei was killed, most of the audience hadn't realized what happened since their focus was on Yang Wei, unaware of how Lin Yuan had acted.
This time, however, many viewers had their focus on Lin Yuan and witnessed the entire process of Fan Yue's death.
It could be summed up in one word: overwhelming.
As if some invisible force suppressed Fan Yue, within ten meters of Lin Yuan, crushing her directly. Then Lin Yuan arrived just in time to pick up the fallen blue crystal.
The whole process was seamless, without any pause or hindrance, and Fan Yue seemed extremely 'cooperative,' as if she hadn't struggled at all.
Next.
Under the gaze of all the audience.
The third.
The fourth.
The fifth.
One by one, contestants were inexplicably crushed, and the audience's perspective naturally switched to Lin Yuan's view.
As more and more viewers watched Lin Yuan's perspective, a brief silence was followed by a boiling frenzy among billions of spectators. Countless viewers went crazy.
"Is this Lin Yuan?"
"So powerful?"
"Who's the idiot that ranked Lin Yuan ninth?"
"His current strength, fourth rank?"
As more viewers switched to Lin Yuan's perspective, even fans of Thunder God and Fang Qing gathered around, discussing fervently.
In this year's arena competition, and perhaps even in previous competitions, it was rare to see an evolver like Lin Yuan easily overpowering other contestants.
After all, the prerequisite for participating in the arena was to be under a hundred years old, and even reaching third rank was considered impressive.
As for anything stronger? They would likely be recruited by other galactic-level forces to participate in galactic or stellar-level arena competitions.
On the spectator stands.
"Damn it, I thought I could beat him." Bing Yan looked towards Lin Yuan on the battlefield, who seemed almost godlike.
He was also among the top twenty evolvers in this year's arena, at the third rank, and had fought against Lin Yuan before.
At that time, Lin Yuan had not yet revealed such terrifying strength, so Bing Yan thought he had a chance of winning.
But now, looking at it, his thoughts back then seemed laughable.
"Oh my god, is Lin Big Brother really this strong?" Zong Bai, Cao Rong, and others stared wide-eyed.
Even President Liao, next to them, showed the same incredulous expression.
Especially President Liao, who, when sending videos of other contestants' battles, noticed that Lin Yuan seemed uninterested and thought he didn't believe he could win.
Now, he realized that Lin Yuan was truly disinterested.
On the island.
Hundreds of meters around Thunder God were surrounded by purple thunder.
And he himself was speeding in one direction.
With the embryonic form of the Thunder Domain, Thunder God had already collected fifteen blue crystals.
"Hmm?"
Thunder God suddenly stopped in his tracks.
The thunder domain that pervaded the surroundings was suddenly subjected to a terrifying suppression and instantly dissipated.
"Are you... Lin Yuan?" Thunder God's pupils constricted as he looked towards a figure that had appeared nearby at some point.
"It's me," Lin Yuan also scrutinized Thunder God.
Unlike other evolvers, Thunder God's physique had been baptized by thunder, making him exceptionally unique, which was why Lin Yuan hadn't directly suppressed him.
Instead, he intended to study him for a while.
Now that Lin Yuan was already at the fourth rank and ninth stage, he only needed to take a few glances at other third-rank evolvers to understand them.
Only Thunder God and Fang Qing required a bit more attention.
"It's you?" Thunder God's gaze towards Lin Yuan grew tense.
At this moment, he vaguely sensed that, centered around Lin Yuan, there was a powerful force that pervaded the heavens and the earth, suppressing everything.
It was far more potent and perfect than his embryonic thunder domain.
His instinct told him that Lin Yuan was too powerful, so powerful that he surpassed the limits of Thunder God's resistance.
Just like just now, his embryonic thunder domain had been instantly shattered.
"You can make a move against me." Lin Yuan's eyes flashed with an unusual color as he spoke.
Make a move against him? Thunder God's mouth twitched. At this moment, Lin Yuan gave him the feeling of a towering mountain.
And he, Thunder God, was just an ordinary person.
Now, this towering mountain was telling him to make a move against him.
How should he make a move?
With what should he make a move?
"No."
"I am Thunder God."
"I can lose, but I cannot be afraid."
Thunder God took a deep breath.
His skin, flesh, organs, bones, almost instantaneously transformed into purple thunder.
Becoming thunder.
Facing other opponents, Thunder God rarely used this ability at the first opportunity.
But the pressure Lin Yuan exerted on him was too great.
So great that if he didn't transform into thunder, he might just concede defeat on his own.
"Flesh Energyization?" Lin Yuan's eyes lit up.
This ability was extremely rare. At least since the arena competition began, Lin Yuan had seen many evolvers, but only Thunder God possessed it.
Boom! Thunder God transformed into purple thunder and struck towards Lin Yuan directly.
Hum!!
When the purple thunder was within ten meters of Lin Yuan.
It suddenly exploded, and countless strands of faint purple thunder converged, once again forming the figure of Thunder God.
"Not bad, not bad." Lin Yuan nodded.
"Come again."
Thunder God spat out blood and transformed into thunder once again.
So it continued for three times.
In the final attempt, Thunder God forcefully transformed into thunder, causing his body to collapse, and he willingly died in front of Lin Yuan.
"So, this ability to transform into thunder can only be used a maximum of three times in a short period."
Lin Yuan pondered silently.
However, through observing Thunder God transform into thunder three times, Lin Yuan also benefited greatly. He collected the blue crystals dropped by Thunder God and went to find the next evolver.
"So strong."
"Lin Yuan, I love you."
"Thunder God was already powerful, but he's like a child in front of Lin Yuan."
"Indeed, I guess if it weren't for Lin Yuan's interest in tormenting opponents, the fight would have ended earlier, just like with Yang Wei."
Countless discussions erupted among the audience. Earlier, they debated which evolver was stronger, but now they were debating how strong Lin Yuan was.
Unfortunately, given Lin Yuan's current strength, it was evident that he was in a completely different league compared to other evolvers.
It was like a father disciplining his child.
"Huh?"
"Why is it so quiet?"
Somewhere on the island, Fang Qing looked slightly puzzled.
Behind him, a towering 'Ancient God' shadow stood, continuously releasing its perception in all directions.
The accurate perception range of the 'Ancient God' shadow was about two to three li (Chinese unit of length, around 500-750 meters) around it.
Within this range, every detail would appear in Fang Qing's mind.
As for outside this range, the 'Ancient God' shadow also had a vague sense.
For example, the approximate aura of other evolvers, and so on.
But now.
Fang Qing suddenly felt that the entire island had fallen into a kind of silence.
It felt as if he was the only one moving around.
"What's happening?"
Fang Qing was puzzled.
However, it was currently during the competition period, so he couldn't contact the outside world.
A moment later.
In the rest area.
Fang Qing's figure appeared.
"Me?!"
A complex and somewhat fearful expression appeared on Fang Qing's face. Just now, he had encountered Lin Yuan, or rather, Lin Yuan had found him.
What followed was a battle in which Fang Qing was repeatedly toyed with, no matter how he resisted and struggled.
No matter how exquisite the evolution path of the 'Ancient God' was, it was constantly suppressed in the face of Lin Yuan.
What puzzled Fang Qing even more was that with Lin Yuan's strength, he could easily kill him, but he didn't.
This behavior made Fang Qing extremely certain that Lin Yuan indeed had a hobby of 'tormenting' opponents.
"You've all been eliminated."
Fang Qing immediately noticed that apart from him, Thunder God, Yang Wei, and eight other evolvers were also in the rest area.
"Then Lin Yuan..."
Yang Wei gritted his teeth. He wanted to say that Lin Yuan was bullying the weak and cheated, but considering the rules of the arena competition, it was impossible for Lin Yuan to cheat.
Fang Qing glanced around and suddenly understood.
It seemed that everyone had been eliminated by Lin Yuan.
"Kid, look closely. Lin Yuan is definitely at the fourth rank, and probably at the ninth stage. He controls a complete domain, talent-wise, he's light-years ahead of you."
A palm-sized old man with a white beard suddenly appeared on Fang Qing's shoulder.
At this moment, this old man was watching the video of the recent matches. His words revealed a hint of disdain towards Fang Qing.
"Fourth rank and ninth stage?" Fang Qing shrank his neck. Even with the inheritance from his teacher and the intelligent lifeform of the old man with the white beard, it would take him at least a hundred years to break through to the fourth rank.
Not to mention the ninth stage of the fourth rank.
When Fang Qing and the other nine contestants were all eliminated.
Lin Yuan, the only contestant on the island, naturally became the ultimate winner of the personal competition.
The personal competition ended.
Next was the team competition.
However.
Several evolvers like Fang Qing, as long as they were matched against Lin Yuan, would directly concede defeat.
What a joke. Why bother not admitting defeat and waiting to be tortured?
This disappointed Lin Yuan somewhat. He had originally planned to continue experiencing the transformation of thunder and the evolution method of the ancient god.
Several days later.
The final rankings of the personal competition of the arena match were announced.
Lin Yuan ranked first, representing the Canglan Star as the number one.
With the end of the personal competition, the official distribution of rewards for the arena match began.
First were the rewards for the global number one.
"These...?"
Lin Yuan looked at the reward list in front of him, and his expression changed slightly.
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