[Super Dung Meteor Ball: Using feces as a catalyst, command all excrement to return to the source. Launching a massive ball of dung high into the air attracts all fecal matter within a radius of hundreds of li, forming a colossal dung meteor ball to bombard all targets across a vast area on the ground.]
[Dung Samsara: Upon death, every single cell of the user's body transforms into a dung slime, which self-detonates after thirty seconds. If a target is successfully killed, their vitality is absorbed to resurrect the user; if no target is killed, the user resurrects after thirty minutes. Usable once per day.]
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I don't want them! I don't want them! I don't want them!
Yu Xian did not want these two skills in the slightest. He even felt as though his skill pool had been thoroughly contaminated by them.
Throughout the matches that followed, an oppressive, gloomy aura hung heavy over him. The players matched against him surrendered and fled one after another, denying him any chance to vent his frustration.
A day passed in the blink of an eye.
Emerging from the arena, Yu Xian immediately channeled his grief and indignation into an appetite, feasting lavishly with Zhang Buyao before feeling slightly better.
Yet upon returning to the inn and opening the forums, he discovered that the news of his obtaining two skills from Shi Bao had leaked.
It was not deduced or guessed by the audience; Shi Bao had outed himself, even weeping for ages in his video confession. Clearly, Shi Bao was genuinely fond of those two skills.
That fellow's tastes were truly beyond ordinary comprehension.
Yu Xian had actually considered intentionally throwing a match to lose these two skills, but the point difference between him and Shenshang Chai was currently razor-thin. Wasting time could very well cause him to fall to second place.
Having grinded so hard to reach this stage, he refused to lose. In the end, he abandoned the thought.
At worst, what the eye didn't see, the heart wouldn't grieve over. In any case, he absolutely would not lose to Shenshang Chai.
Over the next few days, Yu Xian did not encounter any particularly formidable opponents. It was smooth sailing all the way, keeping Shenshang Chai firmly pressed beneath him at the top of the leaderboard. Even so, the gap between their scores remained tiny—a mere matter of dozens of points.
At their pace, a delay of an hour or two could allow the scores to equalize.
According to gossip on the forums, Shenshang Chai fought in the arena during the day and frantically farmed monsters at night. Evidently, the pressure Yu Xian exerted on him was immense, so much so that he refused to squander a single shred of time that could be spent growing stronger.
In fact, bets were being placed across countless corners of the myriad worlds on whether Yu Xian or Shenshang Chai would emerge victorious. In some places, the wagered funds had accumulated to astronomical figures an ordinary person could not even read out.
Before anyone realized it, viewers across numerous worlds had their eyes glued to this contest.
The reason was simple: both Yu Xian and Shenshang Chai were within the Zhen Realm, where no outside force could interfere with either of them, making the match completely fair.
Moreover, both of their performances throughout the tournament were plain for all to see. In the eyes of many, each possessed distinct strengths, making the matchup an even fifty-fifty.
As for whether Yu Xian or Shenshang Chai would ultimately prevail, that could only be decided once they clashed.
Under the gaze of countless onlookers, just as the event drew near its conclusion, Yu Xian and Shenshang Chai were finally matched in the arena.
Viewership for this match exploded. In the blink of an eye, the spectator count reached one hundred billion, and then continued to surge upward by increments of one hundred billion.
Yu Xian and Shenshang Chai stood on opposite sides of the arena, looking at each other, their eyes blazing with fighting spirit.
"Fish God, you have to win! I bet a whole month's salary on you!"
"Boss Shenshang, let's go! You have to beat Yu Xian, crush him!"
"Salty Fish Grand Immortal, boundless divine might..."
"Obliterate Yu Xian! Shenshang Chai, if you dare lose, I'll slaughter you!"
The spectator stands were in an uproar, countless shouts echoing in a continuous roar as cheers and chants rose and fell.
[Yu Xian (Points: 24,861) VS Shenshang Chai (Points: 24,833). Match start!]
Under the watchful eyes of all, the match officially began. Almost simultaneously, Yu Xian and Shenshang Chai both activated Time Stop!
Two forces of time collided in midair, instantly cleaving the arena space in two as both men observed each other from within their respective time-stop domains.
Yu Xian decisively activated the Eye of Appraisal to inspect Shenshang Chai's attributes.
[Name: Shenshang Chai]
[Enhancement: +1]
[Level: 28]
[EXP: 85]
[Class: Spacetime Combat Police]
[Skills:]
[Timeflow Regulation: Consumes Spirit to regulate the flow of time; capable of acceleration, pausing, and rewinding.]
[Time Amber: Consumes Spirit to form a block of time amber, capable of freezing criminals within indefinitely.]
[Spear of Slowness: Consumes Spirit to summon a spear of slowness; any target struck by the spear of slowness enters a super-slowed state.]
[Eye of Justice: Consumes Spirit to open the Eye of Justice and judge a target. If the target's sin value reaches 1,000, immobilizes the target for one day.]
[Tree Body: Consumes Stamina to transform into a giant tree form, vastly boosting all attributes while automatically granting skills such as Photosynthesis and Rooting Recovery.]
[Summon Longbow: Consumes Stamina and Spirit to summon a longbow capable of firing infinite arrows. The arrows' power depends on the user's mental resilience.]
[Lightning Bolt: Consumes Mana to summon a bolt of lightning to strike a target. The greater the user's Spirit, the more powerful the lightning.]
[Nether Bone Shield: Consumes Undead Power to form a sturdy bone shield around the user for protection, lasting half an hour.]
[Summon Wild Wolf: Consumes Spirit to summon a wild wolf to fight for the user.]
[Flame Elemental Sacred Physique: The body can freely transform into a primordial flame form, gaining immunity to most physical attacks and elemental damage.]
[Hallucinatory Hypnosis: Consumes Spirit. Paired with a snap of the fingers, plunges the target into an illusion. The greater the Spirit gap between the user and target, the more potent the illusion.]
[Tilling Art: Consumes Stamina and Energy to swiftly transform a designated target into tillable farmland.]
[Mirror World: Consumes Spirit to enter a mirror world and emerge unexpectedly to strike a target.]
[Water Jet: Consumes Spirit to summon a torrent of water out of thin air to blast a target, inflicting massive water-attribute damage.]
[Talisman Sealing Art: Consumes one talisman to seal a target. The less the target struggles, the higher the seal's success rate.]
[Blood Manipulation: Allows manipulation of the user's own blood. The stronger the Spirit, the greater the degree of control and the higher the power.]
[Frozen World: Consumes Spirit. Unleashes absolute-zero chill from both hands to freeze all targets.]
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Yu Xian had originally assumed Shenshang Chai's skills would be roughly on par with his own, but after reviewing the man's attributes, he discovered Shenshang Chai possessed far fewer skills than he did.
It seemed Shenshang Chai had not been terribly lucky; the number of players he encountered who were willing to wager skills was nowhere near as high as those Yu Xian had faced.
There was truly no reasoning with such things. Good luck was good luck, and bad luck was bad luck. At the very least, Yu Xian could guarantee that he had not cheated.
If he had wanted to cheat, Shenshang Chai would never have stood a chance from the start.
Chapter 611