46: Chapter 46 Top Ten in the Entire School

Zhao Feng's expression turned ashen. Gritting his teeth, he asked in a deep voice, "What do you mean?!"

Lin Ye raised his eyes, his gaze sweeping calmly across the mechanical legion before him, and explained indifferently, "Your Mechanical Familiars seem to have both offense and defense with unmatched firepower, but their entire bodies are covered in electronic components, precision circuits, and energy cores."

"My malignant aura can erode all precision energy veins and pierce through all electronic structures."

"As long as the malignant aura envelops them, all your machines will short-circuit and be scrapped. Firearms will malfunction, engines will stall, and sensors will fail. No matter how large the number is, they are just a pile of immobile scrap metal."

"Your lineup is practically unbeatable against flesh-and-blood familiars and elemental familiars. Even Xiao Qingwu's Xueli Ice Luan legion would be held back by your firearm clusters and fall into a bitter battle."

"But you ran into me."

"Unless you can completely seal and isolate all Mechanical Familiars, achieving zero malignant aura penetration and zero energy leakage internally, you have no chance of winning at all."

These words were clear and logical, and every sentence hit the critical point.

Zhao Feng shook all over, instantly grasping all the key points!

He abruptly looked at his mechanical legion. At this moment, many Mechanical Familiars near the edge of the malignant fog already had their body lights flickering chaotically, their arm firearms frequently stuttering, and their internal engines emitting harsh, faulty noises, showing signs of erosion and failure.

If they continued to fight, without needing the demon hounds to close in for close combat, in less than half a minute, his thousands of mechanical legions would be completely corroded and scrapped by the malignant aura, leading to a total annihilation!

Suppression!

It was a thorough, natural suppression with no solution whatsoever!

Even if he was of a higher grade, had overwhelming numbers, and was ahead in the technological line, in front of absolute attribute suppression, all advantages vanished into thin air!

Zhao Feng's expression turned alternately green and pale. His heart was filled with reluctance and helplessness, but he thoroughly recognized reality.

Struggling for a moment, his tense shoulders slowly slumped. All his arrogance and confidence dissipated, and his voice was hoarse yet crisp and decisive:

"I... admit defeat."

There was no stalemate, no stubborn holding on.

As a top genius, he was well-versed in the rules of divine battles. Knowing it was a lost match, meaningless struggle would only increase losses and completely bury the foundation of his familiars.

"Zhao Feng admits defeat! Lin Ye wins another match! Successfully advancing to the top fifteen!"

The referee raised his arm high and loudly announced the result!

Boom!!!

The entire arena completely exploded, and cheers, exclamations, and discussions soared straight into the clouds!

"Outrageous! Too fucking outrageous! He forcibly crushed an A+-grade genius purely through attribute suppression!"

"A thousand-headed mechanical firearm legion! It collapsed without a fight just like that? My worldview is shattered!"

"Who could have imagined! The malignant aura wasteland divine kingdom that everyone despised turned out to be the natural nemesis of the Machine race!"

"Counterattacking from an F-rank discarded god, consecutively slaying A-rank and A+-rank geniuses, just how many trump cards is this Lin Ye hiding?!"

Wang Hu jumped around crazily in the crowd, cheering at the top of his lungs with an excited face, "My Brother Ye is number one in the world! Playing attribute suppression to the extreme, this is the true god-level theoretical master!"

Xiao Qingwu's eyes flickered slightly, falling on Lin Ye's cold and solitary figure, the doubt and shock in the depths of her eyes growing increasingly intense.

She became more and more certain that Lin Ye's divine persona, talent, and familiars were a heaven-defying scam from beginning to end.

That so-called F-rank discarded god rating was just a facade he deliberately displayed. This fellow had been hiding his capabilities from the very beginning.

At the very edge of the crowd, Ye Feng's expression had turned gloomy to the extreme. The air pressure around him was frighteningly low, his fists tightly clenched, and his joints cracking.

Even Zhao Feng of the A+ rank was crushed to the point of having no power to fight back!

Lin Ye's true combat power had completely exceeded his estimation!

A sense of crisis completely enveloped him like a tide, and the jealousy, dread, and killing intent in the bottom of his heart intertwined and surged crazily.

He had originally thought that his A-rank Thunderstorm Berserk Rhino was enough to suppress Lin Ye by a head, but now it seemed that his proudest trump card was probably equally vulnerable in front of those terrifying Marrow-Eating Demon Hounds!

On the arena, Lin Ye gently raised his hand, recalling the malignant aura dispersing across the sky. The hundred Marrow-Eating Demon Hounds obediently retreated back into the divine kingdom passage, disappearing from the arena.

His expression remained calm, without a shred of arrogance. He turned his head to look at the electronic light screen in the center of the arena.

Having just concluded the second round of elimination matches, the list of the top fifteen in the whole arena was refreshed synchronously, and the new round of battle groupings was also finalized accordingly.

Lin Ye's gaze swept across, accurately landing on his own match information.

The opponent in the next round, A+-rank genius — Liu Ling.

In the contestant waiting area on the side of the arena, a slender girl with a gentle temperament saw the battle list, and a hint of helplessness instantly appeared on her pretty face.

Liu Ling's familiars were Dark Elves, all holding magic longbows and blessed with shadow magic. They were ultimate long-range kiting-type troops, good at large-scale pulling in the wilderness and long-range attrition, with extremely high mobility and fault tolerance rates.

However, this type of troop was at the greatest disadvantage in arena matches.

The closed arena had limited space, and there was simply not enough distance for her to pull and kite. The long-range advantage was directly cut in half.

Not to mention that she had clearly witnessed Lin Ye's terrifying strength.

Even Zhao Feng, who unlocked firearm technology and had a thousand-headed mechanical legion, was naturally suppressed and defeated without a fight. Coupled with Zhou Kai's defeat, her group of squishy Dark Elves probably wouldn't last long either.

Speaking of hard strength, she was only slightly stronger than A-rank Zhou Kai, and there was simply no possibility of a comeback.

Rather than going on stage to vainly deplete her familiars and damage the origin of her divine kingdom, it was better to just admit defeat.

Without waiting for the referee to announce going on stage, Liu Ling stood up directly and said softly, "I admit defeat."

Crisp and decisive, without the slightest struggle.

The audience had long been unsurprised, leaving only bursts of sighs.

"Directly admitting defeat again? Lin Ye's suppression buff is too unsolvable!"

"Liu Ling's Dark Elves would still have a battle in wild combat, but in the arena they are indeed perfectly suppressed. If it were me, I'd admit defeat too."

"It's secure! Lin Ye easily advanced to the top ten!"

The referee nodded and announced loudly, "Liu Ling admits defeat, Lin Ye advances to the top ten!"

The schedule continued to advance, and the final group battle of the top ten contention was none other than his good friend Wang Hu.

Wang Hu, relying on his promotion and the Crimson Flame Heavenly Ape tempered by malignant aura, directly won the match as well.

Then came the top ten ranking matches.

Lin Ye directly chose to admit defeat. His goal was just to get the spot. As for what rank in the top ten he was, Lin Ye didn't care at all.

If he bumped into Xiao Qingwu during the top ten contention, he would definitely expose other familiars, which was not a wise choice.

And the fateful showdown between Lin Ye and Ye Feng that everyone looked forward to ultimately failed to stage in the top ten contention.

Wang Hu followed suit and directly chose to admit defeat.

Soon, the arena light screen refreshed, and the final complete list of the top ten for this senior high school projection hegemony tournament was officially publicized:

1. Xiao Qingwu — SS-rank Divine Kingdom, Familiars: Xueli Ice Luan

2. Dong Junyan — S-rank Divine Kingdom, Familiars: Storm Bringers

3. Ye Feng — A-rank Divine Kingdom, Familiars: Thunderstorm Berserk Rhino

4. Zhao Feng — A+-rank Divine Kingdom, Familiars: Mechanical Familiars

5. Liu Ling — A+-rank Divine Kingdom, Familiars: Dark Elves

6. Di Haosi — A-rank Divine Kingdom, Familiars: Flying Spirit Insects

7. You Hongyi — A--rank Divine Kingdom, Familiars: Embedded Mech Race

8. Lü Lingyu — A--rank Divine Kingdom, Familiars: Thunder Light Clan

9. Lin Ye — F--rank Divine Kingdom, Familiars: Marrow-Eating Demon Hound

10. Wang Hu — B-rank Divine Kingdom, Familiars: Crimson Flame Heavenly Ape