282: Chapter 282, Second Stage: The Chaos-Suppressing Technique!

Without the slightest hesitation.

Li Fan immediately poured his entire heart and mind into this "Calming Chaos Art".

And just like that,

five days passed.

Now, the entire preliminary round of the Inheritance Competition was officially drawing to a close.

During these five days, because Li Fan had not chosen to match up, his win count had not increased, and his ranking had directly fallen behind by over six hundred million.

It had to be said,

that the competition was extremely fierce.

But no matter what, Li Fan had firmly advanced to the second stage, which was the top one billion level.

And the upcoming second stage would be the time for Li Fan to officially start exerting his strength.

The reason was simple.

Selecting the top one hundred thousand from one billion.

This difficulty already far surpassed the preliminary round.

Not only would the opponents he matched against be stronger, but the quota for advancement was also much lower than in the preliminary round.

If he continued to match carelessly as he did in the preliminary round, he would absolutely fail to advance.

This second stage was not only the stage for Li Fan to exert himself, but also the stage where most people would officially start exerting themselves.

This stage was destined to be extremely intense!

...

In the blink of an eye,

another five days passed.

There was one day left before the second stage officially began.

Li Fan was still completely immersed in the "Calming Chaos Art".

A full ten days of comprehension,

the effect could only be described as average.

He had merely managed to get a foot in the door, so to speak.

It couldn't be helped; the level of this secret art was extraordinary. To quickly learn something truly substantial, ten days was simply too short to have much effect.

However, this sight in Ming Yan's eyes,

was already somewhat astonishing.

"Ten days to get an introduction?!"

Ming Yan's eye twitched as he looked at Li Fan's progress.

This speed of comprehension could simply be called terrifying!

If his deceased old friend knew about this, he would probably be so shocked that he would instantly resurrect!

Although he didn't cultivate any Divine Illusionist secret arts, he clearly knew the difficulty of cultivating this "Calming Chaos Art".

If someone lacked talent in this area, they might never be able to grasp the basics.

Even for those with some talent, it would take several years to get started.

Yet, Li Fan only took ten days!

This level of talent was truly terrifying!

In his opinion, Li Fan's talent in the Divine Illusionist path was in no way inferior to his talent in the physical body!

If Li Fan were given a law stone of the Law of Thought, he might even be able to comprehend a sliver of the Law of Thought!

At that time, Li Fan cultivating both systems of laws, becoming a Dual-System Immortal...

Just thinking about it made Ming Yan incredibly excited!

He truly hadn't chosen the wrong seedling in Li Fan!

Meanwhile, Li Fan...

"Senior Ming Yan, this "Calming Chaos Art" is indeed quite difficult. After working hard for ten days, I've only just managed to get started."

Li Fan exited the cultivation mode and couldn't help but ask with slight annoyance.

Li Fan said this without any pretense; he was genuinely vexed.

Because in Li Fan's mind, during these ten days to half a month, he should have at least mastered one or two moves.

But after ten days, he had only just gotten an introduction.

What he learned was merely an improvement in the control of his Mental Energy; he hadn't grasped any substantial techniques.

Although this had already brought about a considerable boost to his Mental Energy attacks, it clearly hadn't reached his expected goal.

Hearing Li Fan's words,

Ming Yan's mouth twitched violently.

He got an introduction in ten days, what more did he want?

He even felt that Li Fan might be slightly putting on an act.

But regardless of whether Li Fan was acting or not, as a senior, he didn't want to appear overly surprised.

"The cultivation of this secret art is extremely difficult. To achieve this in ten days is already very good. Take your time."

Listening to Ming Yan, Li Fan nodded.

Then, Li Fan checked the time and chose not to continue comprehending.

The second stage was about to begin.

Based on the experience from the first stage,

being slow one step meant being slow every step. If he delayed matching for one or two days compared to others, it would be very difficult to contend for the top tier again.

So, Li Fan planned to frantically grind wins on the first day the second stage started to secure his ranking in a safe position.

...

After ten days, Li Fan logged into the virtual network again.

As soon as Li Fan came online, he saw a message left for him by Peng Song.

That's right, after the preliminary round ended, Peng Song had come looking for him.

However, at that time, Li Fan was comprehending the "Calming Chaos Art" on the Bizarre Planet, so Peng Song did not disturb him.

The content of the message was simple: Peng Song asked him to seek him out after coming out of seclusion.

Peng Song's manor was not far from his location.

In just a few blinks of an eye, Li Fan appeared inside Peng Song's manor.

Upon seeing Li Fan arrive, Peng Song immediately came forward to greet him.

"Brother Fan, you've finally come out of seclusion!"

Peng Song's expression was clearly somewhat excited, but a hint of dejection was also clearly visible in his eyes.

"What happened? Did something happen?"

Li Fan couldn't help but ask.

And as Li Fan asked,

Peng Song immediately poured out his grievances to Li Fan.

That's right, during the preliminary round, Peng Song's ranking was only second place.

He chased all the way but still failed to catch up to that Outer Domain Prodigy.

If it were only this,

Peng Song wouldn't have been so upset.

After all, if he couldn't catch up, he couldn't catch up; it only proved that the other party also had some strength.

But the problem was, after the preliminary round ended,

that prodigy, after finishing the preliminary round, actually went to the Wushan Seat forum to mock the other prodigies of the Wushan Seat, with the main focus being mocking Peng Song.

He said that Peng Song would never be able to catch up to his footsteps in this lifetime.

This truly infuriated Peng Song.

So, Peng Song immediately went to the thread to challenge him to a duel.

But the person only replied with one sentence, "You are not worthy of being my opponent,"

and never responded to him again.

This feeling of having anger with nowhere to vent and strength with nowhere to use was simply torturing him.

At this moment, Li Fan couldn't help but open the forum to take a look.

The comments inside truly made even him frown.

Out of ten posts, perhaps eight were predicting failure for their own Seat Domain prodigies; only a very small minority were relatively clear-headed, expressing optimism for the second stage.

Of course, these people predicting failure didn't truly think their own Seat Domain prodigies were incapable; more often, it was an emotion of hating iron for not becoming steel.

It couldn't be helped.

Before, when these Outer Domain Prodigies said their Wushan Seat was no good, they could still refute the other party's arrogance.

But now, the Outer Domain prodigy had directly taken first place in the preliminary round, slapping their faces with results!

This made their rebuttals seem very weak.

After Peng Song finished venting his grievances,

Peng Song began to talk about the upcoming schedule.

"Brother Fan, in this second stage, I plan to fight for first place. What are your plans?"

That's right, Peng Song's goal was still first place!

He had to counterattack! He had to prove himself!

"As for me..."

Li Fan clearly didn't have this drive. Li Fan's goal for the second stage was actually just to aim for a position in the top few thousand; he had no intention of aiming for first place.

However, before he could finish speaking, a figure appeared before his eyes.

This was none other than Dean Liusha!