Chapter 455 - 437: A Slight Effort Is Already the Limit

Chapter 455: Chapter 437: A Slight Effort Is Already the Limit

"Who is this guy?"

"How is he so strong? In just 12 minutes, he’s already killed 100 Insect Race Modified Martial Artists."

"His points are a full fifty percent higher than the person in second place!!"

The talented contestants from every country were astonished by Lin Qi’s power.

"The top one thousand contestants are all seeded players. How could there be someone this strong among the rest?"

Many S-class and SS-level geniuses, third and fourth-year students from major countries, had their attention drawn to Lin Qi.

They committed his name to memory. This genius who had appeared out of nowhere was truly extraordinary.

And so, Lin Qi’s fame skyrocketed among the twenty million talented contestants.

Everyone now knew that Xia Country had an incredibly formidable genius named Lin Qi.

In the White Eagle Federation’s spectator area, Havier, a handsome man with sharp features and blond hair, shook his head and sighed in admiration.

"Truly incredible!"

"As expected of the genius who defeated me!"

"Lin Qi. I know him!"

Nearby, a beautiful girl with blonde hair, blue eyes, and deep, striking features spoke up.

She radiated intense self-confidence, her powerful aura overshadowing even Havier beside her.

"To think that in just one year, the champion of the Global Rookie Tournament has become so powerful."

"I’d really love to fight him!"

"But he won’t be in first place for long."

"Once I get on stage, the top spot will have a new owner!"

...

In the Japan area, the fine-featured Miyamoto Genichiro wore a grave expression.

Lin Qi was far stronger than he had ever imagined.

He knew very well how strong the Insect Race Modified Martial Artists were. Killing 42 of them was his absolute limit.

But Lin Qi had done so with ease, and without even using his Special Ability.

He had to admit that he was no longer in the same league as him.

「Xia Country Spectator Area」

Shen Heng, Meng Yuxuan, Lei Frost, Zhang Tianyang, and the others were not surprised by Lin Qi’s performance.

As the fifth-ranked Calamity Beast of the Celestial Vault Institute, Lin Qi’s strength was naturally beyond comparison to the others.

...

Thirty minutes later, the second match officially ended.

Only 800 of the original 2,000 contestants remained.

The Points Chart was also updated.

But the score of the person in first place sent countless people into a state of shock.

[First Place: Lin Qi (Xia Country), Points: 360]

...

Lin Qi was also teleported back to the spectator stands.

Many people from the Sixth Institute stared with wide eyes.

Wan Ming gasped and said, "Holy moly!"

"Brother Qi, you’re just too fierce."

"I only got 36 points, but you killed ten times as many Modified Martial Artists as I did. Isn’t that gap a little too huge?"

The others nodded in agreement. Lin Qi’s performance was simply outrageous.

He was leagues ahead of everyone else.

Lin Qi just smiled without a word.

His gaze then returned to the arena, where the third match had officially begun.

In the arena, a beautiful, blonde-haired, blue-eyed woman wildly swung a golden longsword, frantically slaying Modified Martial Artists.

She was from the White Eagle Federation, a second-year SSS-level genius.

Her goal this time was to take first place on the Points Chart.

She didn’t participate in last year’s Global Rookie Tournament because she looked down on the competition.

For her to participate would just be bullying newbies; it would be unfair.

It would be beneath an SSS-level genius like her.

But now, in the Global Martial Arts Tournament, it was time to let everyone know just how formidable an SSS-level genius could be.

[The third match of the main tournament’s first round has officially begun!]

As the A.I. voice announcement sounded in her ears, she quickly brandished her sharp sword and stabbed at the nearest Modified Martial Artist.

Golden patterns appeared on her skin; she, too, was an Awakened with a Metal Attribute Special Ability.

"PSHH—"

Her longsword, coated in golden Energy, unleashed waves of Sharpness.

She killed the Modified Martial Artist before it could even react.

"Too weak, just too weak!!"

With her Sixth Realm Cultivation and her Special Ability, she carved a path of slaughter through the Modified Martial Artists.

Meanwhile, her rank on the Points Chart was skyrocketing.

Fifteen minutes later, she had already boldly broken into the top ten.

[10th Place: Trish Campbell (White Eagle Federation), Points: 42]

...

Her performance also drew the attention of many.

"She has to be the SSS-level genius from the White Eagle Federation. There’s no other way she could be this strong."

"That’s Trish! She’s our White Eagle Federation’s SSS-level genius."

"An SSS-level genius has finally made her move! She’ll definitely make it into the top 32 this time!!"

In the stands, the geniuses from the White Eagle Federation were in an uproar.

Levin Madison, a black man and another one of the second-year SS-level geniuses, was among them.

Watching Trish go on a rampage in the arena, he smiled and said:

"As expected of an SSS-level genius. Her strength is truly formidable."

"With her power, I’m sure she’ll surpass Lin Qi from Xia Country very soon."

Havier, who was next to him, nodded and said:

"I think so too!"

...

Trish’s performance also caught the attention of the geniuses from other countries.

"It’s an SSS-level genius!"

They knew very well that the top-level geniuses each year were made seeded players.

The ones who managed to stand out from the rest were always first-time participants—second-year SS-level, or even SSS-level, geniuses.

And Trish was, in all likelihood, one of those SSS-level geniuses.

「Thirty minutes later.」

The third match officially ended, with only 500 contestants left.

Everyone was teleported back to the spectator stands.

The blonde, blue-eyed Trish returned to her seat. When she saw her ranking, her eyes went wide.

"Impossible!"

[Second Place: Trish Campbell (White Eagle Federation), Points: 310]

Seeing that she was still in second place, Trish’s first reaction was disbelief.

She couldn’t believe she was only second.

But the Red Realm’s system couldn’t possibly be wrong.

That could only mean she truly hadn’t surpassed Lin Qi of Xia Country.

’I must have been too careless,’ she thought. ’I wasn’t taking it seriously.’

Trish found an excuse for herself. If she had been a little more serious, she would definitely have surpassed Lin Qi of Xia Country.

At the same time, the many geniuses of the White Eagle Federation were also completely stunned.

Their White Eagle Federation’s SSS-level genius had actually failed to outperform an SS-level genius from Xia Country.

"Trish was just holding back. That has to be it."

"This is only the first round of the main tournament. It’s not worth going all out."

The people from the White Eagle Federation could only use this reasoning to console themselves.

Meanwhile, the crowd from Xia Country was buzzing with amazement.

"Lin Qi is still the most amazing one, holding steady at the top of the Points Chart."

"He thoroughly suppressed that Trish from the White Eagle Federation. She must be fuming."

"Lin Qi is someone who can easily crush SS-level geniuses. That Trish is no match for him."

Watching from the stands, Lin Qi also shook his head.

He could tell at a glance that Trish from the White Eagle Federation was an SSS-level genius.

But he hadn’t expected her to be even weaker than he imagined.

’I didn’t even use my full strength, yet she still ended up 50 points behind me.’

’As I thought, there’s no one worth fighting among the second and third-years.’

’I’ll have to wait for the fourth-year SSS-level geniuses.’

Thinking this, he lost all interest in watching and chose to log off and go cultivate.

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