85: Chapter 85 Rewards

He lowered his gaze to look at his palms, which were faintly glowing with a dark red malevolent aura. His tone was calm yet carried a heavy, unyielding obsession: "The primordial purifying power of Jinghun Hall can cleanse the malevolent aura deep within the soul, stabilize the divine soul, and eradicate violent inner demons."

"It can free me and my dependents from the shackles of going mad and losing control. Even if it is only long-term suppression, it can reduce the hidden dangers of backlash in our future cultivation."

Others regarded malevolent aura as a trump card for slaughter, but only he knew that behind this heaven-defying power lay a fatal hidden danger that could consume his self and destroy his Dao path at any moment.

Jinghun Hall was his only chance to break the deadlock.

Bai Ruoxue suddenly had an epiphany, all the puzzlement in her eyes completely dissipating, replaced by a deep sense of being moved.

She finally understood that Lin Ye's madness was never recklessness, but rather a helpless choice made to save himself, ensure the survival of his dependents, and sever the hidden dangers of a lifetime.

Compared to his shackles of life and death, her concerns over the consumption of resources suddenly seemed rather narrow-minded.

With his mind made up, Lin Ye was unwilling to dwell on it further.

He raised his hand and clenched the air, then waved his large hand with a boom. A pure, gentle high-tier malevolent aura, stripped of all violence, swept across the entire arena.

This force no longer possessed the attributes of erosion, destruction, or slaughter. Instead, it carried an ultimate control over its origin, precisely enveloping Bai Ruoxue's remaining three hundred Six-Winged Angels.

Hiss, hiss, hiss—

Faint corrosive sounds rang out one after another. The plague spores and malevolent toxins deeply rooted in the bodies and meridian origins of the Six-Winged Angels were forcefully peeled, dragged, and extracted from the depths of their origins.

Wisps of pitch-black, turbid plague-poison malevolent aura detached from the angels' bodies, condensing into fine black mist in mid-air, which was then completely obliterated with a wave of Lin Ye's hand, dissipating into nothingness.

In just a few breaths of time, all residual hidden dangers were completely eradicated.

The Six-Winged Angels, whose bodies had originally been stiff, their holy light dim, and continuously eroded by the plague, saw the holy halos around them rapidly recover and fill out. Their damaged barriers slowly repaired, and their restless divine souls finally returned to stability, leaving not a shred of sinister residue.

Bai Ruoxue's pupils constricted slightly, her heart filled with shock.

She had never seen anyone able to control their own natal malevolent aura to such an ultimate degree—capable of both slaughtering enemies and purifying toxins, retracting and releasing it freely with a thought on its origin. This level of control far surpassed countless peers and prodigies.

Having resolved all residual hidden dangers, Lin Ye's expression remained indifferent. No longer looking at the people in the arena, with a straight posture, he turned around and calmly took step-by-step strides down the decisive battle arena.

The moment his feet stepped off the arena, the long-silenced stadium instantly exploded!

Boom—!

Tsunamis of cheers, roars, and applause resounded through the clouds, causing the entire stadium to tremble slightly.

One hundred thousand spectators all stood up, shouts rising one after another in wave upon wave. The bullet comments in the live broadcasts across the entire internet flooded the screen, and popularity skyrocketed. Countless people went wild and boiled with excitement for this newly crowned Quanzhou number one.

A tragic bloody battle, a comeback against the trend, breaking the myth of invincibility, and rewriting the landscape of prodigies!

After today, a new king of the Nantan Prefecture League was born!

The earth-shaking cheers echoed over the stadium for a long time, waves surging and lingering endlessly.

In the center of the stadium, all the lights converged, firmly locking onto that calm, black-robed youth walking down the arena. All previous doubts, contempt, and pessimism completely vanished at this moment, leaving only ultimate shock and submission.

As the fervor of the audience gradually subsided, the highest person in charge of the tournament slowly stood up on the high platform. His deep and majestic voice resounded through the sound-amplifying array across the entire stadium, suppressing the remaining clamor.

"The ultimate rankings for this session of the Nantan Prefecture Federal Youth League have been decided! Next, we will begin the award ceremony for this tournament!"

The moment those words fell, the sky above the stadium suddenly changed.

A sky full of gentle purifying power sprinkled over the stadium, softly brushing across the bodies of every contestant, smoothing out everyone's post-battle fatigue and injuries, and returning their restless divine souls to peace.

According to the ironclad rules of the tournament's highest-spec award ceremony, this award presentation started with the champion first, who solely enjoyed all top privileges and priority selection rights. After all the champion's rewards were publicly redeemed, the tiered rewards for the second, third, and fourth places would be distributed in order.

The first, Jinghun Hall (S-Rank). Constructed entirely of sacred condensed jade, its halls circulate hundreds of millions of purifying divine runes. It is the most core and scarce exclusive divine kingdom building in this tournament. Exclusive ability: Primordial-level purification of all negative erosion; it can suppress and clear malevolent aura, hostility, and inner demons in the souls of gods and their dependents within the divine kingdom, stabilize the divine souls of the host and dependents, and specifically counter fatal hidden dangers such as malevolent aura rampages, cognitive erosion, and madness/loss of control.

The second, Law God-Consolidating Pavilion (S-Rank). Entirely transparent like jade, embedded with thousands of law runes floating and revolving in mid-air. Exclusive ability: Ultimately stabilizes the divine kingdom's space and law system, expands the upper limit of the divine kingdom's territory, offsets the tearing and erosion of the divine kingdom by violent energy, perfectly adapts to the landing of high-tier cards and high-tier resources, and completely resolves the core drawbacks of the divine kingdom's law disorder and insufficient carrying capacity.

The third, Myriad Soul Soul-Crossing Platform (S-Rank). Carved entirely from cyan-white colored glaze, the high platform stands suspended, surrounded by soul-crossing holy light. Exclusive ability: Ultimately strengthens the origin of soul-type dependents; the power of all soul-devouring and soul-shock skills is increased by thirty percent; it can purify all devoured soul fires and soul origins, eliminating impure residues; at the same time, it nourishes the divine kingdom's divine soul foundation, allowing the dependents' soul evolution to have no bottlenecks.

The fourth, Plague Endless Altar (S-Rank). Entirely dark purple flowing light, the altar body breeds endless plague-marsh patterns, brimming with hazy toxic mist. Exclusive ability: Comprehensively amplifies plague-system dependents; plague corrosion, spread, and parasitic effects are doubled; it can transform fallen enemy bodies and waste energy into exclusive plague-origin nutrients, achieving sustainable growth for plague dependents, and solidifying all plague buffs so they never dissipate.

The fifth, Life-Colonizing Hall (S-Rank). The hall body is heavy and ancient, with mighty and vast vitality. Exclusive ability: Substantially enhances the divine kingdom's vitality carrying capacity, can accelerate the repair of dependents' injuries, slightly accelerate bloodline transformation and level advancement, shorten the evolution cycle of all dependents, allow weak dependents to quickly take form with the help of the hall's power, and greatly enhance the overall breeding and regenerative capacity of dependents.

Looking at the five buildings in front of him, to be honest, Lin Ye wanted all of them, but that was impossible. Exchanging for these things using faith liquid required over twenty thousand military merits each; converted into faith liquid, it would take twenty to thirty drops.

Looking at the five S-rank buildings before him, Lin Ye could only choose the S-Rank Jinghun Hall, which was the most beneficial to him at the moment.

"Do you confirm choosing the S-Rank Jinghun Hall as your first reward?!" the chief referee finally confirmed.

"I confirm!" Lin Ye nodded heavily.

The referee directly took out a card and handed it to Lin Ye. What was depicted on it was precisely Jinghun Hall.

After Lin Ye claimed the S-Rank Jinghun Hall, Bai Ruoxue chose the S-Rank primordial Life-Colonizing Hall, and Xiao Qingwu chose the S-Rank Law God-Consolidating Pavilion.

These S-rank buildings were rewards exclusive to the top three places.

As for Zhou Mingzhi, he could only watch eagerly at the S-Rank Myriad Soul Soul-Crossing Platform, which was extremely beneficial to him.

After confirming the three people's choices, the chief referee focused on Lin Ye once again and loudly announced the remaining four exclusive top-tier champion rewards, each of which ignited the minds of everyone present:

"The champion's second reward: A random S-Rank dependent generation card!"