63: Chapter 63 Outrageous

At this moment, everyone finally truly looked at Lin Ye with complete seriousness.

This was simply not some dark horse making a comeback through sheer luck; this was a peerless monster wielding a forbidden Divine Kingdom, possessing infinite potential, and concealing monstrous killing intent!

On the arena stage, Lu Zhou, who had been on high alert the entire time, suddenly contracted his pupils, his expression abruptly sinking as monstrous waves churned in the depths of his heart.

Those who could fight their way into the top fifty of the State Competition were all proud talents of their generation, each arrogant at heart and carrying the conceit and pride of top geniuses in their bones.

Even having witnessed Lin Ye summon a pure S-rank ferocious beast with his own eyes and feeling that overwhelming, fierce aura, Lu Zhou had never thought of conceding, nor did he feel that he had already been defeated.

Before the match, he had taken his opponent seriously the whole time and prepared meticulously, believing that his Star Clan legion possessed a flawless lineup, an unsolvable formation, and an overwhelming scale. Even if the opponent harbored heaven-defying trump cards, he definitely had the strength for a fight, and it was not a case of one side definitively suppressing the other.

"An F-grade Divine Kingdom cultivated an S-rank ferocious beast? Your foundation and cultivation methods truly subvert conventional knowledge and exceed everyone's expectations!" Lu Zhou low-shouted in a deep voice, his eyes devoid of fear, filled only with extreme solemnity and burning fighting spirit. "But those who can stand in this arena are never weaklings! No matter how strong your trump cards are, my Star Clan legion has undergone rigorous tempering, and the Star Grand Array has flawless offense and defense. I won't necessarily lose!"

"Then let's try it!"

The battle officially began!

Lu Zhou forcibly suppressed the panic in his heart, gritting his teeth as he urged the combat power of all his dependents. Eight hundred and sixty-seven Star Clan simultaneously triggered starlight power, and the brilliant starlight across the sky converged onto the battlefield. Layers of starlight shields unfolded, and dense beams of starlight poured down, sealing off the entire battlefield.

Four A-grade dependents guarded the four directions, gathering strength for a powerful attack. Two thousand dependents pressed forward together, attempting to crush them with sheer numbers and force back Lin Ye's ferocious beast legion.

Lin Ye, on the other hand, had the Iron-Bone Turtle guard the path ahead, its heavy turtle shell propping up absolute defense. The sky-full of starlight beams and dependent attacks bombarded it, all of which were parried and dissolved without being able to break through the defense by even a fraction. It firmly locked down all frontal offenses, while the Shadow Fox hid within the monstrous malevolent aura, moving in for an opportunity.

After withstanding the first round, the Shahun Hound trod upon the malevolent aura, its whole body erupting with dark red malevolent energy as it lunged straight at the opponent. The ultimate power of armor-breaking, corrosion, and soul-devouring exploded abruptly. Every pounce could tear apart the bodies of several Star Clan members, and the condensed malevolent aura directly disintegrated the starlight spiritual energy, tyrannically crushing the frontal formation.

The Star Grand Array, which originally integrated offense and defense, instantly disintegrated under the impact of the Shahun Hound, and the starlight power collapsed step by step.

Simultaneously, within the endless malevolent aura, the Shadow Fox relied on its ultimate shadow concealment and assassination talents to shuttle through the camp of two thousand dependents, precisely hunting down the Star Clan and A-grade dependents. Every move was fatal, instantly dissolving the opponent's core combat power.

Lu Zhou's Star Clan seemed massive in number and top-tier in configuration, boasting the crushing volume of two thousand dependents and a perfect star formation. Yet, whether it was individual combat power, secret technique might, or formation resilience, they were comprehensively crushed by Lin Ye's three dependent factions, leaving no room for a comeback.

What was even more startling was that while the battle seemed like a sweeping destruction, Lin Ye had actually kept some leeway all along. He was clear-headed; walking the arena one must avoid making deadly enemies for no reason. There was no need to completely cripple the entire foundation of a top Quanzhou S-grade genius just for a points match, burying hidden dangers for his own future.

Therefore, he had secretly instructed his dependents in advance: they could break formations, rout the enemy, and disable combat power, but they should try to avoid fatal vital points and not exterminate them completely.

Precisely because of this, after just dozens of seconds of fierce fighting, the four A-grade main combat dependents under Lu Zhou's command only suffered one-third casualties and were not completely wiped out.

Of those Star Clan dependents who fell to the ground heavily wounded, nearly half had perfectly avoided fatal areas such as the core spiritual nucleus and bloodline origin. Their combat power had only temporarily collapsed, and with subsequent careful cultivation and resource nourishment, they could quickly recover their combat power without being completely scrapped.

In front of the Shahun Hound's condensed and violent malevolent claws and fangs, the starlight shields across the sky were even as thin as cicada wings and vulnerable to a single blow. Layers of starlight barriers shattered upon contact, completely unable to stop the crushing offensive of the S-grade ferocious beast.

In a short moment, nearly a hundred of the eight hundred and sixty-seven Star Clan dependents had already fallen. The formation completely shattered, and the airspace suppression system thoroughly collapsed.

Lu Zhou stood in the center of the arena, looking at the completely routed formation and his retreating dependents, while feeling that unsolvable tier suppression. He knew in his heart that the general trend was gone.

Throughout the entire process, he had gone all out without the slightest underestimation; his formation, combat power, and tactics were all maxed out, yet he was still calmly crushed by the opponent. Continuing to stubbornly resist would only increase meaningless consumption in vain.

"I concede."

Lu Zhou took a deep breath and spoke calmly. His voice was steady and magnanimous, without a shred of wretchedness or resentment, only the helplessness of facing the gap squarely.

As his voice of concession fell, a slight thought flickered in Lin Ye's mind, and all dependents immediately stopped their hands. The malevolent aura converged and the shadows lay dormant; they did not take advantage of the momentum to land another blow, grasping the sense of propriety just right.

The referee immediately proclaimed in a loud voice: "Lu Zhou's dependent combat power has collapsed, and he voluntarily concedes. Lin Ye wins!"

As the words fell, Lu Zhou's divine sense sank into his Divine Kingdom at the first moment to investigate the status of all damaged dependents.

Upon discovering that all heavily wounded dependents had avoided fatal vital points, their foundations undamaged, and still retained the possibility of cultivation and recovery, a thick wave of emotion and gratitude instantly flashed across the depths of his eyes.

He thoroughly understood that just now Lin Ye was by no means unable to slaughter them, but had intentionally shown mercy.

If Lin Ye had acted ruthlessly, all his dependents today would inevitably have been completely wiped out, the painstaking efforts of years of cultivation would have returned to zero overnight, completely severing his path in the State Competition and even his future spiritual cultivation.

But in the current situation, he only needed to expend a little bit of resources and time to fully recover his combat power, and he would still possess competitive strength in the subsequent schedule.

With this thought, Lu Zhou put away all his unwillingness and loss, turning to face Lin Ye on the arena stage. With an upright posture, he bowed solemnly and thanked him sincerely: "Thank you for showing mercy. Today's defeat leaves me completely convinced, and I will remember this favor."

A dignified top S-grade genius of Quanzhou openly conceded defeat and sincerely expressed his thanks; his magnanimous disposition caused the whole audience to secretly admire him.

The arena was dead silent for an instant, and then a monstrous uproar that shook the hundred-thousand-strong spectator stands erupted!

"Outrageous! Completely outrageous! An F-grade Divine Kingdom frontally crushes an orthodox peak S-grade genius!"

"I just finished flipping through the Federal Ferocious Beast Codex! This is a pure Shahun Hound! Who could have imagined that Lin Ye's initial dependents were merely lowest-tier F-grade Scavenger Hounds? In over half a month, they directly completed a cross-tier super evolution. This cultivation talent simply subverts cognition!"

"Lu Zhou faced his opponent seriously throughout, maxed out his fighting spirit, fully deployed his formation, and fought with all his might without the slightest timidity from start to finish. He was simply crushed across a structural gap in pure strength! This is what you call a top-tier State Competition duel; he lost magnanimously, it's just that his opponent was too outrageous!"

In the VIP seats, the instructors from the top five federal universities had burning hot gazes, staring fixedly at that slender figure in the arena, their hearts filled with an urgent desire to recruit him.

Yet when they thought of Lin Ye's unique malevolent Divine Kingdom, the heat in their eyes quickly faded, leaving only deep dread and dimness.

Everyone present was a knowledgeable bigwig in the academic world, and they were clearer than anyone else about the hidden dangers of a malevolent Divine Kingdom.