Chapter 225: The Matter Is Exposed

"Tenth place."

When Li Yang came out, he immediately saw his rank. A slight smile touched his lips.

His luck was pretty good. He had managed to master the third form of the Hexagram Spear, which he’d been struggling with, right at the last moment!

His rank had vaulted him into the very top tier of all the geniuses!

"Haha, Li Yang, congratulations."

Just then, Jin Xu and the others came forward, smiling.

Li Yang smiled back, but his gaze shifted to a certain spot, locking onto Tianluo, whose face was pale with panic, his eyes filled with outright terror.

’My entry into the Human Race’s Eternal Saint Hall is now a certainty. Tianluo, you’re finished.’ Looking at Tianluo, the smile on Li Yang’s lips widened.

He no longer had to fear Tianluo, or even the Yuanlan Clan behind him.

Just as Soul Ink had said, with his World Tree avatar, Sky-Fierce Flood Dragon avatar, and Thunder Star Beast avatar, as long as he entered the Human Race’s Eternal Saint Hall, no one could stop his rise.

’Tenth place... Will Li Yang tell the Yangyuan Emperor what happened?’ Tianluo was indeed in a state of extreme panic, completely unable to maintain his composure.

SWOOSH!

A ripple flickered in the void, and a middle-aged man with a single horn appeared. It was the Longyan Emperor.

After appearing, the Longyan Emperor’s gaze seemed to fall on Li Yang for a moment.

"The first round, the ranking battle selection, is now over. The top one hundred thousand geniuses on the list will all proceed to the second round, the melee battle. Everyone else is eliminated," the Longyan Emperor announced indifferently.

Hearing this, the vast majority of the geniuses present revealed looks of unwillingness. They had been eliminated, their chance to enter the Human Race’s Eternal Saint Hall gone.

With a wave of his right hand, all the geniuses ranked outside the top one hundred thousand vanished.

Within the vast area, only the final one hundred thousand geniuses remained.

"Next, the melee battle begins!"

The Longyan Emperor continued, "You will be sent into a vast space fraught with peril. Danger could be anywhere. As you fight other geniuses, you must be mindful of these dangerous areas. After this stage, we will conduct a comprehensive evaluation of your performance when facing various crises, combining it with your results from the first round’s ranking battle, to make a final selection of three thousand people."

’A melee battle, huh?’

Li Yang listened in silence. For someone with his achievements, the melee battle was clearly just a formality.

After speaking, the Longyan Emperor waved his hand and said, "Alright, all of you, enter the space now."

The one hundred thousand geniuses all disappeared.

Meanwhile, high above the vast area, a giant scroll materialized.

The image displayed on the scroll was that of the vast space, where the figures of the geniuses could be faintly seen.

The second round, the melee battle, had begun!

...

As the melee battle began, all of the Human Race’s Three Thousand Star Continents were closely monitoring the rankings of the geniuses from their respective Star Continents.

At that moment, the Milky Way Galaxy in the Yangyuan Star Continent was in an absolute uproar.

At first, Li Yang’s rank was low, and they had all fallen silent, waiting for the final results.

But then, Li Yang’s rank had steadily climbed from the very bottom, suddenly surging into the top three thousand!

They had been ecstatic at the time.

Based on Li Yang’s strength, which had earned him third place in the Yangyuan Star Continent, he should have ranked around ten-thousandth among all of the Human Race’s Three Thousand Star Continents.

But Li Yang had given them such a huge surprise.

However, their excitement had barely lasted a few seconds before Li Yang’s rank shot up again, rocketing to fourteenth place!

And after that, it climbed even higher, to tenth place!

Tenth place in a competition among all the Law Realm geniuses from the entire Human Race’s Three Thousand Star Continents!

Such an achievement, such a monumental surprise, had completely stunned everyone in the Milky Way Galaxy.

The Human Race’s Three Thousand Star Continents had countless powerhouses, innumerable Deities, and even three thousand Emperor Level experts. In contrast, their tiny Milky Way Galaxy had only a handful of World Realm cultivators. They were an unfathomably weak part of the Human Race.

And yet, from such a weak galaxy, a powerful genius ranked tenth in the entire Human Race had emerged!

"Haha, Li Yang’s Talent is just too powerful!"

"Tenth place! And Li Yang’s home planet is just Planet Zero in our Milky Way Galaxy! If he had been exposed to the Cosmos earlier, he would definitely be even stronger now!"

"That’s right, Li Yang’s Talent is absolutely top-tier in the entire Human Race!"

"This is crazy! Absolutely crazy! To think our Milky Way Galaxy could produce such a peerless genius!"

"LI YANG!!! HE’S FROM OUR MILKY WAY GALAXY!!!"

...

The Milky Way Galaxy was shaken, overjoyed, and frenzied. The other galaxies under the Golden Moon Empire were reacting the same way!

In this competition against geniuses from other Star Continents, Li Yang represented the Golden Moon Empire. They were naturally thrilled and proud that he could achieve such a dazzling result.

Meanwhile, in the palace of the Golden Moon Empire, Lentz’s face was calm, but he could feel his body trembling—a tremor he couldn’t suppress.

The scenario he had imagined had not happened at all. Instead, Li Yang had demonstrated strength far beyond his wildest imagination.

Inside the palace, the Golden Moon Empire’s emperor and his many ministers had faces filled with ecstasy.

"Your Majesty, tenth place!"

"Li Yang’s Talent is too strong."

"Our Golden Moon Empire is now famous throughout the Human Race’s Three Thousand Star Continents!"

"Glory! This is a glory our Golden Moon Empire has never known before!"

Everyone was ecstatic!

They had been a little worried about Li Yang’s performance before, but they never expected him to give them such a massive surprise.

In contrast to the cold dread filling Lentz’s heart, Lunba Wu’s body was also trembling uncontrollably, but his was a tremor of excitement and exhilaration!

He had always hoped Li Yang would unleash greater strength and join the Human Race’s Eternal Saint Hall. That would have been the perfect outcome.

As it turned out, not only could Li Yang join, but he would be joining with such an incredible achievement!

Tenth place in the overall rankings of the Human Race’s Three Thousand Star Continents! He wouldn’t have dared to even dream of such a result before.

Glancing at the trembling Lentz beside him, a smile appeared on Lunba Wu’s lips.

"Haha, Lentz, it’s about time for you to leave."

He held his wrist-mounted device and tapped it.

A few seconds later, his device suddenly beeped, as if he had received a message.

Seeing the message, Lunba Wu put on a look of utter "shock" and hurried forward.

"Lunba Wu, what is it?" the Golden Moon Empire’s emperor asked, looking at Lunba Wu’s shocked expression.

He was a little displeased. This was a moment of great celebration; what was Lunba Wu doing with such a shocked look on his face?

"Your Majesty, I just received a message that I find hard to believe. I came forward to report it," Lunba Wu said hastily.

"What message?"

the Golden Moon Empire’s emperor inquired. The eyes of the others—a group of the Golden Moon Empire’s Star Lords and World Realm masters—also turned to look.

Seeing his act, Lentz, whose heart was already cold with dread, subconsciously felt that whatever Lunba Wu was about to say had something to do with him. He, too, looked up.

Seeing everyone’s eyes on him, Lunba Wu felt even more pleased.

’Li Yang has already achieved so much. It’s time for everyone to hear about the "good deeds" my dear brother Lentz has done.’