60: Chapter 60 A New Legend of Nanjiang City

Time seemed to stretch out at this moment.

Inside the Wind-Eroded Canyon, the light of all divine arts dimmed, leaving only the Bone Spear that Jiang Xun had thrown with all his might.

The spear flew with incredible speed, trailing a white tail of light as it silently pierced toward the Apocalypse Tank's exhaust vent. The tank had just finished firing its main cannon and was undergoing energy conversion; the exhaust vent was its weakness.

It was a fleeting flaw!

Inside the cockpit, Li Wei's pupils shrank to the size of pinpoints. He wanted to drive the tank to evade, but in the face of Jiang Xun's full-strength strike, his reaction speed was far too slow.

"No...!"

An angry roar was swallowed up the instant the spear made contact with the core.

There was no massive explosion, not even a sound.

The Bone Spear, which gathered the Laws of various Heroic Souls, sank into the Apocalypse Tank's Core Converter without any resistance.

Then, centering on that small hole, cracks rapidly spread outward.

The energy constituting the Apocalypse Tank began to collapse, and its heavy armor started to peel away and shatter, turning into a sky full of golden light motes.

In just three seconds, that S-rank Mechanical Civilization creation, which had been so formidable moments ago, decomposed and dissipated before everyone's eyes.

The battlefield fell silent.

Jiang Xun gasped for air, his face pale and his Divine Power nearly drained. But he still stood upright, his gaze heavy as he stared at the place where the Apocalypse Tank had vanished.

[Prompt: You have defeated the S-rank Mechanical Civilization Prodigy, Li Wei!]

[Prompt: Talent 'Civilization Plunder and Fusion' has been activated!]

[Plunder successful! You have obtained Mechanical Civilization core technology... Intelligent AI Deduction Module!]

[Fusion beginning...]

The System prompt rang out, a white light flashed, and Li Wei's figure vanished from the spot, teleported out of the arena.

The clamor inside and outside the canyon suddenly ceased.

The contestants currently fighting and the millions of viewers watching the live broadcast outside the arena all fell silent.

Everyone's mouth hung open, unable to make a sound, their faces filled with disbelief.

In the broadcast room, the commentator who had just asserted that Jiang Xun was bound to lose now had his mouth wide open and his eyes bulging.

"This... how is this possible... the Apocalypse Tank... is just gone?"

His partner stuttered in addition: "One... one spear... just one spear..."

After a moment of silence, the entire venue erupted!

"He won! Holy crap! Jiang Xun won!"

"My god! What did I just see? That was Li Wei! The Prodigy of the Nanjiang Li Family! His Apocalypse Tank was blown up just like that?"

"This isn't a dark horse anymore! This is a true dragon! A true dragon from Jiang City crossing the river!"

The viewing area outside the Nanjiang City arena completely boiled over. Countless people jumped from their seats, waving their arms and shouting at the top of their lungs to vent their emotions.

In the VIP seats, Xu Qingran tightly covered her mouth, her eyes instantly reddening, but a happy smile appeared on her face. Her previous worry and tension vanished at this moment.

Beside her, Old Baitou slowly picked up his teacup, blew the dust off the top, took a sip, stroked his beard, and nodded with satisfaction.

"Stinky brat, not bad. Now that's a bit of the flair those old guys had back in the day."

In another corner, at the seats where Deputy Chief Referee Sun Zhiyuan was located, the atmosphere suddenly turned cold.

Unknowingly, cracks appeared on the blue and white porcelain teacup in his hand. Sun Zhiyuan stared at the upright figure on the light screen, his expression dark and his eyes filled with killing intent.

"Jiang Xun..."

These two words were practically squeezed out from between his teeth.

Meanwhile, the medical teleportation point outside the arena flashed with light, and Li Wei's figure appeared, staggering.

Li Wei's face was ashen and his eyes were hollow; his previous arrogance was gone, and he looked as if all his strength had been drained.

He had lost. He had lost utterly.

In the field he was most proud of, he had been defeated head-on by someone from a small city in a way he couldn't even comprehend.

This massive discrepancy left him unable to process it for a time.

With a "poof" sound, Li Wei spat out a mouthful of blood and fell straight backward, fainting on the spot from sheer anger.

Inside the arena, with Li Wei eliminated, the group stage also reached its conclusion.

[Group stage time is up! Points liquidation beginning!]

The System prompt echoed throughout the Realm of Oblivion.

All surviving contestants were enveloped in pillars of light and teleported back to the starting platform.

Everyone's gaze turned toward the massive leaderboard in the center of the plaza.

The rankings on it jumped rapidly before finally coming to a stop.

Everyone's eyes skipped over the names below and fixed on the top of the list.

That position was glittering with gold, very dazzling.

[1st Place: Jiang Xun (From: Jiang City)... Points: 35,800]

The sound of collective gasps filled the air.

The whole venue was extremely quiet.

Everyone was stunned by this number.

Thirty-five thousand eight hundred! This score was ahead by far too much!

They looked further down.

[2nd Place: Chen Mo (From: Anyang City)... Points: 8,900]

[3rd Place: Windwalker (From: Linhai City)... Points: 8,550]

...

The combined points of second and third place, even multiplied by two, didn't even reach Jiang Xun's fractional remainder!

This wasn't just being strong; this was a crushing defeat, they weren't even on the same level!

Jiang Xun alone had practically taken all the points of the Hunter Alliance!

Through victory after victory in tough battles, he told everyone who the real hunter on this battlefield was!

"Jiang Xun!"

"Jiang Xun!"

It was unknown who shouted first, but then, a massive cheer echoed through the entirety of Nanjiang City.

On this day, the name Jiang Xun became the new legend of Nanjiang City.

After a rest, the one hundred contestants who advanced from the group stage were gathered in the center of the main arena.

The drawing ceremony for the knockout stage was about to begin.

This time, the one presiding over the ceremony was Deputy Chief Referee Sun Zhiyuan, who had a serious expression.

He slowly walked onto the high platform, his gaze sweeping through the crowd below before finally landing on Jiang Xun, staying there for three seconds.

The coldness in his eyes was obvious, making the people around Jiang Xun tense up.

Jiang Xun's expression remained unchanged as he met his gaze, even wearing a slight smile on the corner of his mouth.

Sun Zhiyuan withdrew his gaze, picked up the drawing results, and began to announce the match list for the knockout stage in an emotionless tone.

Name after name was called out, and the atmosphere at the scene grew increasingly tense.

Finally, Sun Zhiyuan reached Jiang Xun.

He paused, looked up at Jiang Xun again, a cold sneer appearing at the corner of his mouth as he announced word by word:

"In the next round, Jiang Xun, your opponent is..."

"Last year's runner-up, the possessor of the S-rank Frost Dragon Civilization, Long Ao!"

As the words fell, the entire audience was in an uproar!

Everyone knew that this was blatant targeting and retaliation!