After the challenge officially began, the young man who previously came to challenge Tang Ruobing waved at her with a smile, initiating a challenge. As a top-tier assassin, he had some confidence in winning.

Two minutes later...

The young man walked off the stage with a bewildered expression, muttering to himself, "What just happened? How did I die? Where did the instant death judgment come from?"

"Hmph!"

Tang Ruobing let out a light snort and returned to her seat, releasing a breath of anger.

Although Zhen Yue was defeated by her in two punches earlier, in reality, as a Level 10 legendary tank, Zhen Yue was not weak at all, possessing legendary base abilities and passive stacking abnormal status resistance, with quite strong resistance power.

A tank, by nature, is the toughest profession, and its abnormal status resistance is also the highest. Only a top-tier tank like Zhen Yue required Tang Ruobing to take a long time to defeat.

As for that young man?

What assassin stacks abnormal status resistance!

A spiritualist with low resistance encountering Tang Ruobing would be instantly killed by spiritual energy with corruption traits just after a short period of contact, not needing any prolonged interference.

Immediately after, Qing Yu initiated consecutive challenges, making his way to rank fourth on the celestial ladder without a single defeat in between.

As a Level 9 legend, even when facing other Level 10 heroic figures, he could still act with considerable grace and ease. Such is the gap between a legend and a hero, which ordinary spiritualists cannot bridge.

Enders, who excels in techniques, seemed to have made some breakthrough after battling Ye Mingqiu, gaining deeper enlightenment in fist force, progressing his strength, and currently reaching rank 8 on the celestial ladder.

And standing at the seventh position happens to be Old Hei, who traded with Ye Mingqiu earlier. As a true technique powerhouse who has mastered "force," his strength is undoubtedly unquestionable. Though techniques are resource-intensive, they are so because they consume more resources than other spiritualists to enhance oneself, so having formidable strength is only natural.

Ge Wu, using the special curse system, successfully leaped forward to 21st place, and as it appears now, he seems to have some spare strength.

After finishing his placement matches, Lu successfully positioned himself in the 18th rank. His overall strength is decent, but looking from the perspective of being a God-Hunting Group member... he is indeed a bit weak.

After all, the other three in the God-Hunting Group rank first, second, and fourth, respectively; his rank is far too low.

"Hmm..."

Qing Yu glanced at the rankings, lost in thought.

Logically, he could challenge Tang Ruobing, the second on the celestial ladder, but the problem is, he couldn’t beat the third-place Zhen Yue. If he takes the second place, he’ll be taken down by Zhen Yue, and when he’s taken down by Zhen Yue, Zhen Yue will be taken down by Tang Ruobing.

It’s a dead cycle.

Challenging Tang Ruobing is meaningless, and besides, she’s the deputy leader of the God-Hunting Group. Who knows what terrifying hidden power she might have? After all, she always hangs around with the leader, Divine Monarch, whose strength is extraordinary. She’s probably not weak either, so there’s no need to challenge.

And just as he was lost in thought, a steady and powerful voice rang out.

"I want to challenge... the leader, Divine Monarch."

Where did this brave soul come from?

Qing Yu was shocked and instinctively looked towards the source of the voice, only to see a graceful young girl in a blue dress smiling as she spoke, looking at Ye Mingqiu from afar: "Divine Monarch, your strength is indeed formidable, but not without weaknesses."

"Oh?"

Ye Mingqiu raised an eyebrow slightly.

"Whether it’s attack, defense, or recovery, you’re flawless. But when facing Qing Yu’s earlier outburst, you seemed a bit embarrassed. Perhaps you’re not adept at handling bursts, after all, your skill bar is only so big, right?" Yalis said with a smile.

"...."

Ye Mingqiu’s expression remained unchanged.

In dealing with a burst, he indeed felt slightly embarrassed earlier, but that was before entering the Tyrant Form. He also hadn’t used various trump cards. To think she could simply defeat him with a burst was a bit unrealistic.

However, since she dared to challenge him, it meant her strength wasn’t weak. She likely didn’t naively believe bursts would be effective... did she plan to exploit his inability to fly?

Interesting.

The teleportation glow shone as Ye Mingqiu and Yalis both arrived inside the arena. At this moment, the setting was mountains, with various towering peaks, vast and boundless.

"This setting is very suitable for me."

Yalis smiled as she spoke.

[Hint: The battle will begin in 3 seconds]

3! 𝒇𝒓𝙚𝒆𝔀𝓮𝓫𝒏𝓸𝙫𝓮𝓵.𝓬𝙤𝙢

Ye Mingqiu gripped the blood spear tightly, crimson crystal patterns spreading upward along his arm, scarlet blood qi scattering, forming his unique aura. His originally dark pupils gradually turned blood red under this terrifying aura, a bloody light flashing in his eyes.

2!

’Truly not simple!’

Elf Wings grew from Yalis’s back, and she held a great bow in her hand, looking at Ye Mingqiu with extreme caution, not daring to be the slightest bit negligent.

As the fifth rank on the celestial ladder, the last legendary spiritualist in the arena, she felt she still had some confidence in winning. After all, although Ye Mingqiu was extraordinary, his skill set had been roughly figured out, making his abilities relatively transparent.

Yalis analyzed that his common abilities should be resistance, battle passive, insight, defense passive, recovery ability, at most adding one more scholarly new battle ability.

In this situation, it’s almost impossible for the opponent to raise their abilities comprehensively too high. Facing high speed, range, drag, outbursts, and healing prohibition, he should also be in quite a dilemma, right?

1!

The countdown for the last second rang out, and Yalis instantly prepared to escape, without the slightest hesitation.