67: Failed to reach the limit

"Thirty-five seconds, thirty-nine thousand seven hundred..."

"Forty seconds, forty-five thousand one hundred..."

"Impossible, impossible, how could this be..."

"What the hell!"

Lin Jie trembled all over, muttering to himself incessantly. At this moment, his face was pale, his eyes wide with rage, and he was practically going crazy.

This blow was truly too great. Less than a minute had passed, and the gap had already widened to nearly ten times.

What was even more suffocating was Chu Tian's age compared to his.

Chu Tian had just broken through to the first level of the Refining Spirit Realm, while he had already reached the eighth level of the Refining Spirit Realm, having been immersed in this Realm for over two years.

"Chu Tian must have cheated. Even you, Sister Hui Lian, only killed twelve thousand Phantom Dream Fiends when you reached the tenth level of the Refining Spirit Realm. How could he..."

"If you can't speak properly, then shut your mouth. My cousin sister reached first place at the eighth level of the Refining Spirit Realm and just hadn't gone to test again. Do you think she's as useless as you, barely killing a mere four thousand after testing so many times at the eighth level of the Refining Spirit Realm, and then acting all arrogant, looking down on everyone, just because you suppressed a Ye Guilong?"

Hui Mei glared at Lin Jie, but inwardly she felt a bit smug. After all, when she was on the Forging Bone Rankings, she had also been suppressed by Chu Tian in the same way. That feeling of powerlessness from being crushed by a huge advantage, it was finally Lin Jie's turn to experience it.

"At least I could kill all the Ancient Mammoth Giant Elephants on the Forging Bone Rankings. But you, you're good. You've been surpassed by several Realms, and the gap has widened by more than ten times. You've completely shamed the Saint Sect. If I were you, I'd roll back to the Saint Sect now, lest you become a laughingstock here."

"Am I right, cousin sister?"

Hui Mei's enchanting little face showed a flattering expression as she scratched her head, looking at a stunning woman not far in front of her.

"Little bald head, you're spouting nonsense! Do you believe I'll..."

Lin Jie was furious, rolling up his sleeves, ready to give Hui Mei a good beating to vent his anger.

"Shut your mouths, or get back to the Saint Sect."

Holy Maiden Hui Lian, dressed in a snow-white gauze dress, had a beautiful face like frost. Just standing there, her entire body seemed to exude a chilling aura, and her eyes, like icy blades, swept over Lin Jie and Hui Mei, causing both of them to instantly shrink their necks. They glared at each other and then closed their mouths.

Hui Lian understood that although she had killed eleven thousand Phantom Dream Fiends at the eighth level of the Refining Spirit Realm, at the tenth level of the Refining Spirit Realm, she could at most multiply that by four or five times.

And what Realm was Chu Tian in now? The first level of the Refining Spirit Realm.

How could she compare herself to Chu Tian!

Buzz!

At this moment, the numbers on the golden boulder froze.

Chu Tian, one minute, killed sixty thousand three hundred fifteen Phantom Dream Fiends.

The Refining Spirit Ranking instantly refreshed, and Chu Tian's name appeared at the top of the Ranking.

Chu Tian, Refining Spirit Realm first level, Mental Condensation Degree 100, killed sixty thousand three hundred fifteen Phantom Dream Fiends.

The Ranking continued downwards.

Lin Jie, Refining Spirit Realm eighth level, Mental Condensation Degree 70, killed four thousand...

The scene was utterly silent. All the Disciples watched the Refining Spirit Ranking, unable to describe the feeling in their hearts, or how to express it in words.

This was no longer a cliff-like lead; it was a world of difference, like the difference between a brilliant star and a candlelight...

The Little Holy Son had reclaimed the top spot on the Refining Spirit Ranking, and one of the four major Rankings below the God Realm had returned to the Saint Heaven Sect's hands, finally saving some face for the Sect.

However, many Disciples felt a complex mix of emotions in their hearts: excitement, dejection, bitterness...

The Little Holy Son was too much of a Prodigy!

Although Lin Jie had excellent talent, they could at least still see his back. But with the Little Holy Son, let alone his back, they couldn't even reach his heels.

"I originally wanted to try and at least make it into the top ten of the Refining Spirit Ranking..." Hui Mei scratched her bald head, as if trying to tear off a layer of skin. Her enchanting little face twitched violently at the corners of her eyes and mouth simultaneously.

What's the point of trying anymore!

Even if he, at the first level of the Refining Spirit Realm, could kill a thousand or so Phantom Dream Fiends, or even try harder and kill two thousand?

What's the use!

It wouldn't be enough to avoid being crushed.

He once thought that after breaking through to the Refining Spirit Realm, Chu Tian would call him Big Brother. Now, recalling that thought...

Hui Mei's mouth twitched even more violently. To turn the tables and sing a new tune, it was still a long and arduous journey.

"Impossible, impossible, Chu Tian must have cheated. How could someone at the first level of the Refining Spirit Realm be so strong? This is impossible."

Lin Jie's handsome young face was pale, full of disbelief:

"How can the Mental Condensation Degree reach one hundred percent? When my Mental Condensation Degree reached seventy, my father and the Saint Sect's Grand Elders praised me as a Prodigy rarely seen in the Sect's history."

"Even you, Sister Hui Lian, who are hailed as the most prodigious Genius in the Saint Sect's long history, wasn't your Mental Condensation Degree only ninety back then?"

Holy Maiden Hui Lian's already icy face seemed to be covered with a layer of frost. The chilling aura she emitted even caused a thick layer of ice to form on the ground.

She looked up at the Ranking and saw her name had fallen to second place, with Chu Tian back at first.

She had tested nearly ten times to break her limit and return to first place on the Ranking, but she had only stayed there for one minute before being surpassed again. Moreover, Chu Tian's achievement this time was so immense that it made her realize that even if she made some small Breakthroughs and killed an extra one or two thousand Scarlet Flame Golden Crystal Leopards, she still couldn't surpass Chu Tian.

"Chu Tian is my biological younger brother," Chu Yunshang said proudly and loudly, looking down on everyone. Her younger brother being so outstanding made her even happier than her own achievement of reaching first place on the Ranking.

Chu Tian walked out of the golden boulder's vortex, his expression calm as he glanced at the Eternal Sky Ranking. Seeing himself at the top of both the Refining Spirit Ranking and the Ranking, his eyes showed no ripples, as he clearly knew his own strength limit. Reaching first place on the Refining Spirit Ranking was simply to be expected.

Chu Tian quickly turned and re-entered the golden vortex, returning to the testing space to re-test.

The first test had wasted some time, and there were some areas where he hadn't performed optimally.

He wanted to know his limit, how many Phantom Dream Fiends there were in the testing space, what would appear after he killed them all, whether it would still be True Dragon Hatchlings, or other ancient top Divine Beasts.

This time, on the golden boulder, Chu Tian's name quickly appeared on the Refining Spirit Ranking.

Chu Tian, one second, one thousand two hundred seventy-eight Phantom Dream Fiends.

Two seconds, two thousand five hundred sixty... ten seconds, fourteen thousand eight hundred...

Finally.

The time stopped at one minute.

Chu Tian, one minute, killed seventy-four thousand eight hundred sixteen Phantom Dream Fiends.

In the Eternal Sky Hall, there was complete silence, and after a long while, heavy breathing sounds continuously echoed.

"Although I understand that the Little Holy Son probably didn't cheat, and it's real, why do I always feel like it's impossible to achieve?" said a handsome and valiant-looking man, filled with unwillingness.

Everyone here was one in ten thousand, or even one in a million, a Prodigy selected through layers of trials from the Saint Heaven Sect's territory spanning millions of miles.

How could the gap be so enormous?

"Last time on the Forging Bone Rankings, some people also thought the Little Holy Son cheated, and even old monsters from outside heard the news and came to inspect our Sect's Eternal Sky Ranking, finding everything in order," a man next to him replied with a bitter smile.

"Later, didn't the Little Holy Son also prove with his strength that he could almost unilaterally slaughter any Forging Bone Realm cultivator of the same level, single-handedly defeating Ye Wu, the son of the Internal Affairs Hall Master, and killing True Dragon Hatchlings across Realms in the testing space..."

At this moment, Chu Tian walked out of the golden vortex, glanced at the numbers on the Refining Spirit Ranking, and shook his head slightly, muttering in an almost inaudible voice: "The Realm is still a bit low. If I reached the third level of the Refining Spirit Realm or higher, and my spirit multiplied several times, I could definitely kill one hundred thousand."

"The first level of the Refining Spirit Realm, after all, cannot reach the limit of strength in the Refining Spirit Realm as envisioned by the creators of the Eternal Sky Ranking."

However, Chu Tian was not disappointed. After all, on the Body Forging Ranking, it was only when he reached the tenth level of Body Forging that he killed all the Ancient Mammoth Giant Elephants in one minute and defeated thirty Primordial Vicious Beast Hatchlings.