Chapter 1242 Shi Kai and Mu Wanling's Achievements
The guard's voice rose a few decibels again, tinged with a barely perceptible excitement.
"Jin Xu! Total number of tokens: 78,000!"
This number finally elicited a response from the numb crowd.
Seventy-eight thousand!
This is the highest achievement so far, apart from Gu Hanchuan's!
Countless eyes turned to the young man in the golden robe on the stage.
Jin Xu!
The Holy Son of the Divine Sun Holy Land!
One of the favorites to win this tournament!
He stood on the stage, his posture upright, his golden robe fluttering in the wind.
His score of 78,000 allowed him to salvage some of his pride and regain a bit of the arrogance that belongs to a top genius.
He took a deep breath, his gaze sharp as lightning, and shot straight at Gu Hanchuan not far away.
however.
Gu Hanchuan kept his eyes closed, not even raising an eyebrow.
That kind of complete disregard is more lethal than any words of contempt.
Jin Xu's face instantly turned ashen.
He clenched his fist so tightly that his knuckles turned white from the force.
The token tallying was still ongoing, and many people were dejected, clearly dissatisfied with their results.
On the other side, the guard's voice rang out again, this time his voice was much louder and even a little cracked.
"Shi Kai!"
Total number of tokens…
The guard paused, seemingly startled by the numbers he had just seen. He took a deep breath and roared out with all his might!
"Two hundred and thirty thousand!"
boom!
The entire square erupted in chaos once again!
If Gu Hanchuan's 230,000 was a huge mountain pressing down on everyone's hearts, making it hard for them to breathe.
So now, Shi Kai's 213,000 pieces are the second giant mountain!
Two massive mountains crashed down, shattering everyone's confidence and pride!
Not even a slag left!
"Another one! Another one worth two hundred thousand!"
"I'm insane! I must be insane! The world has gone mad!"
"Is this fucking impossible for anyone to live with? One pervert is bad enough, but now another one has appeared!"
"Are you kidding me? So we're the only ones here to participate in the competition, and these two are here to buy goods?"
The crowd completely broke down.
The rationality that had been barely maintained before completely crumbled in the face of the second unbelievable number.
They felt like mortals who had stumbled upon a battle between gods.
No, they don't even qualify as mortals.
They're just roadside ants!
Jin Xu, who had just regained some confidence because of his score of 78,000, had now lost all color in his face.
He stared blankly at the number, then glanced at the stone statue standing like a sculpture not far away.
An unprecedented sense of powerlessness swept over his entire body.
Seventy-eight thousand?
Two hundred and thirty thousand?
This gap is beyond what hard work can bridge.
This is the difference between heaven and earth!
His achievements, which he was so proud of, were nothing compared to those of others.
How sad!
How ridiculous!
This year's Heavenly Pride Tournament is no longer a battle of gods.
This is a battle of gods!
on the square.
Shi Kai, at the center of the new storm, remained oblivious to the commotion around him.
His gaze, calm yet sharp, swept over the crowd and landed precisely on Gu Hanchuan.
It was as if I could sense that gaze.
Gu Hanchuan, who had been resting with his eyes closed, finally slowly opened them.
His eyes were bottomless black, without a trace of light, like two black holes that devoured everything.
Their eyes met in mid-air!
No sparks.
There was no sound.
But everyone felt that an invisible, terrifying aura was colliding and squeezing wildly around the two of them!
The air became as thick as water.
The space itself groaned under the weight of the burden.
The surrounding cultivators were so frightened by the confrontational atmosphere that they retreated repeatedly, fearing they would be caught in the crossfire.
"What a terrifying standoff..."
"I felt like I was suffocating before they even made a move!"
"This is a true showdown of the best!"
Gu Hanchuan looked at Shi Kai, and for the first time, a flicker of emotion appeared on his handsome and sinister face.
It was the excitement of meeting a worthy opponent.
His lips curled up slightly, forming a cruel and bloodthirsty arc.
"You are very good."
His voice was hoarse and deep, with a metallic, abrasive quality.
"You are qualified to be my opponent."
Shi Kai remained expressionless, his eyes as still as a deep well.
"You too."
These two simple words contain absolute confidence.
He acknowledged Gu Hanchuan's strength, but he also absolutely did not believe he would lose!
Just then, the guard's voice, trembling with excitement, rang out again.
"Next up, Mu Wanling!"
Mu Wanling!
The name, like the gentle murmur of a clear spring, eased the suffocating atmosphere in the square.
Everyone's gaze instinctively turned to the woman in the flowing blue dress.
She stood out starkly from the group of survivors, who exuded menacing aura and reeked of blood.
She exuded no murderous aura whatsoever; instead, she emanated a life force that brought peace to the mind.
She stood there quietly, like a lotus quietly blooming amidst mountains of corpses and seas of blood, ethereal and otherworldly.
"is her!"
"Saintess Aoki, Mu Wanling!"
"She's very strong! I saw her fight from afar in the secret realm, and it was terrifying!"
A low murmur arose from the crowd.
Everyone's expectations for Mu Wanling were significantly higher than for the others.
But, that's all.
With Gu Hanchuan and Shi Kai, two insurmountable mountains, ahead of them, no one thought that Mu Wanling could create a third miracle.
"Eighty or ninety thousand is probably the highest you can get, right?"
"Pretty much. To surpass Jin Xu Shengzi would be considered extremely powerful!"
Amidst the complex gazes of the crowd, Mu Wanling slowly walked forward.
She wasn't as flamboyant as Gu Hanchuan, nor as cold and hard as Shi Kai.
She simply walked up to the jade plate, stretched out her slender hand, and gently touched her storage bracelet.
Crash.
It lacked the ferocity of a flash flood and the earth-shattering power of a natural disaster.
Countless tokens, like a gentle, flowing stream of turquoise water, flowed smoothly from the bracelet and landed precisely in the jade plate, quickly piling up into a sizable hill.
Although the scene wasn't as shocking as Gu Hanchuan's, the sheer number of people present still made those around them twitch with excitement.
The presiding guard took a deep breath and began to activate the ritual implements.
The numbers on the jade plate started jumping wildly again!
Everyone's hearts were in their throats once again!
One hundred thousand!
The number easily surpassed the 100,000 mark!
The crowd was deathly silent.
150,000!
The numbers are still soaring!
Some people have already started clutching their hearts, feeling they can't take the shock anymore.
Two hundred thousand!
