110: An unexpected ending and reward

Blue Star.

The "Hope Cup" Tournament Planning Department.

Tang Zhi jumped up with a start, his face looking darker than the bottom of a charred pot.

"Director Tang, what's wrong?"

"Director, are you not well-rested? Why don't you go take a break? Just leave things here to us."

Tang Zhi raised his hand to cut off their "concern": "Keep up the good work. I'm just going out for a smoke."

"Director, we all smoke. You can do it right here."

"None of us mind."

Extra A: "..." (Damn bootlickers. If you want to suck up, go ahead, but why drag me into it?)

Tang Zhi ignored them and left the office directly.

Once outside, after confirming no one was watching, he immediately ducked into a corner, opened the Xiaoyao Realm, and logged into the permission interface.

"Are the Venerable God's subordinates all useless? How could they get exposed? Even a pig is better than him!"

"Once they return, I'll be completely exposed."

"I must find a way. At the very least, I can't let the Tang Family be dragged down!"

Dense data popped up, and he soon saw four red warnings.

First time: Aura of the God of Death

Second time: Aura of the God of Death

Third time: Aura of the God of Death

Fourth time: Serpent Mother's Aura

"God of Death? There are other gods in this world?"

Tang Zhi carefully checked the occurrences of the gods' auras and found they were all related to Xu Le. His eyes grew brighter and brighter as a crazy idea flashed through his mind.

"Entering the game myself to win by half a move against the heavens."

"Not only can I weather this crisis, but I can also completely eliminate the Genius the Family offended!"

"Xu Le, let's see how you break this move. Ga ga ga..."

...Xiaoyao Realm.

Beside the heaven-reaching stele.

"Kill him!"

Before Xu Le could act, the two Thousand-man Commanders who had been tricked into offering incense had already unleashed their strongest skills.

The others were also harboring lingering fears and had no intention of holding back; every strike was a finishing blow.

You dare try to make me your dog? Then I'll chop you down first, no matter who you are!

A faint light screen from the protective Formation rose, but before it could fully manifest, it was already on the verge of shattering.

"You actually dare to offend the Divine Envoy of the Venerable God. Are you not afraid of divine punishment?"

Yang Yin's words were like a death knell. Just as he finished speaking, the health bar of one of the Thousand-man Commanders who had previously worshipped the god was instantly emptied.

The other Thousand-man Commander laughed in grief and indignation: "It took our Human Race millions of years to become the overlords. Now you want me to be a dog for some god? Sorry, I cherish my life, but being a dog is out of the question!"

As he spoke, another skill slammed into the Formation's light screen, and he breathed his last.

Three level-90+ big shots had fought their way out of a horde of over ten million demon corpses, yet they were dying silently now.

Rage! Rage! Rage!

If not for Xu Le, they would have died so easily.

In their shock and fury, the crowd attacked Yang Yin like madmen.

Previously, they might have been intimidated into offering incense to the evil god.

But a will tempered by blood and death feared nothing!

In less than ten seconds, Yang Yin was ground to dust.

The god hiding in the shadows, whether unable or unwilling, never gave him the slightest assistance.

Xu Le began to detect the location of the heaven-reaching stele's Formation, preparing to forcibly destroy it, when a mechanical prompt sounded in everyone's ears.

[Ding, due to special reasons, the "Hope Cup" tournament has ended early. Rankings will now be determined based on your current scores.]

[Dear contestant "Gong Nao Dang Tian," after your full-effort battle, your current accumulated points are 56,826,580. Calculating ranking...]

[Congratulations, contestant. You are currently ranked first, surpassing 100% of participants. Calculating rewards...]

[Ding, congratulations to the player for winning 10,000 xiaoyao coins, one Mythical-grade exchange voucher, and three Legendary-grade exchange vouchers in this tournament. You may summon the Xiaoyao Treasury to exchange for rewards.]

"As expected of the treasures I got after fighting so hard for so long. It's worth it!"

Xu Le summoned the Xiaoyao Treasury in his mind, and various seven-colored divine lights shimmered.

Mythical-grade skills, equipment, items, contracted beasts, and more were too numerous to count. After all, this was what the Great Zhou had accumulated over three hundred years.

After a moment's thought, Xu Le decided to consider the Little Demon Monkey first.

Once it developed, it would definitely be the strongest, but it required going all out in battle, making it the most likely to die.

More importantly, pet equipment was extremely rare, and Mythical-grade ones were unheard of.

Having made up his mind, a row of Mythical-grade pet equipment popped up.

[Weapon] star radiance profound spear

[Grade] Mythical * Pet

[Usage Requirement] Melee-type

[Equipment Attributes] Strength +200, Armor Penetration +30%, Life Steal +35%.

[Equipment] Flowing Cloud Boots

[Grade] Mythical * Pet-grade

[Usage Requirement] None.

[Equipment Attributes] Agility +800, Movement Speed +120, Evasion +30%,

[Equipment] Raging Bull Heavy Armor

[Quality] Mythical * Pet-type

[Usage Requirement] Strength ≥ 800

[Equipment Attributes] HP +1200, Physical Defense +300, Magic Defense +180, Life Recovery speed +50%

...After some hesitation, Xu Le chose to use the star radiance profound spear. In the Xiaoyao Realm, the weapon the monkey held was quite good, but unfortunately, items from inside couldn't be brought out.

Of the three Legendary-grade scrolls, he used two to exchange for skills and decided to keep the last one for emergencies.

[Skill] Void Evasion

[Quality] Legendary

[Learning Requirement] Physique ≥ 800, Spirit ≥ 1200, Spell-type

[Skill Description] Consumes 1,000 Mana to escape into the Void Realm, allowing you to dodge all skills. Consumes 120 Mana per second. Cooldown: 180 seconds.

[Skill] Chain Lightning

[Quality] Legendary

[Learning Requirement] Spirit ≥ 800, Spell-type

[Skill Description] Consumes 300 Mana to fire a bolt of lightning from fingertips/staff, etc., dealing Spirit × 4 damage. The lightning will jump to nearby targets, with damage decreasing by 2,000 per jump. Cooldown: 120 seconds.

After learning the two skills, they also received the enhancement of the "Innate Divinity" talent.

"Void Evasion" gained the right to move within the Void Realm; otherwise, one could only stay foolishly in place.

"Chain Lightning" allowed for choosing the general direction of the chain, equivalent to drawing a line through targets within one second, making it much less random. (Cannot strike the same target twice).

"I'm exhausted. Time to go back and rest."

Xu Le stretched. Although all his attributes could fully recover during his days in the Xiaoyao Realm, the mental exhaustion wasn't so easily remedied.

He needed to catch up on sleep!

Just after exiting the Xiaoyao Realm, there was a knock on his door.

Opening the door, he saw two warm, spring-like smiles.

"Student Xu Le, please come with us."

"Who are you? Why should I go with you?"

Having his sleep interrupted, Xu Le's mood was not pleasant.

The person on the left smiled: "We're from the Demon Slaying Academy, seniors in our fourth year. You could consider us your Senior Brothers."

"But we're here mainly at the behest of Minister Zhao of the 'Hope Cup' Tournament Planning Department. He's invited you out for some tea to chat about the 'Hope Cup'."

Seeing Xu Le still wanted to refuse, the person on the right quickly added: "It's not for nothing; there's a reward of 2 academic credits. Though it's not much, it's a token of his appreciation."

"Minister Zhao can even reward academic credits for our school?" Xu Le was genuinely curious now.

"Of course!" the two said firmly. "Minister Zhao is also a Senior Brother from our school. He was an outstanding graduate back in the day."

"Fine then!"

Xu Le nodded.

Although it was only 2 academic credits, the feeling of being respected was quite nice.

If the academic credits were too many, he would have instead wondered if there was a problem.

Not too many, not too few—just right.