292: Chapter 292 I will easily take first place!

And on the other side.

The battle between Li Fan and Liu Tu was also being watched by the high-level officials of various academies.

Li Fan's performance, unsurprisingly, made them unable to stop calling it terrifying.

"Li Fan's combat power is a bit too exaggerated!"

"I had long heard that Huangchen Academy produced a heaven-defying talent. I originally thought it was Jiang Yunxu, but now it seems more like this Li Fan!"

"Huangchen Academy is truly a bit too low-profile. Not only do they have Jiang Yunxu and Duan Xuan, but they also have a heaven-defying Li Fan!"

"A genius Divine Illusionist who is also a genius Body Cultivator, combining offense and defense. This Li Fan is truly a bit troublesome!"

"This kid doesn't seem to have used his full strength yet, and he easily dealt with Liu Tu. Even removing all the hype and talking strictly about raw strength, he likely ranks in the top ten."

"Whether he can make the top three depends on what kind of test the Cosmic Cloud Company sets for the fourth stage."

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As high-level officials of the academies, it was impossible for them not to follow the Inheritance Competition when their own Students were participating.

Moreover, they would not only watch their own Students' performances but also deliberately look for Contestants like Li Fan who showed stunning performances, so they could provide more effective guidance to their own Students in the later stages.

The strength Li Fan just displayed was destined to make him a primary subject of their future observations.

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"Li Fan's progress during this period of seclusion is truly significant!"

"Isn't it? This kid has pure raw talent. It's the first time I've seen someone improve so much through closed-door cultivation."

"At this rate, if the fourth stage's rules aren't too ridiculous, first place is hard to say, but top three should be certain. If he enters the top three, the inheritance of that Red River King should be very helpful to Li Fan."

Deep within Huangchen Academy.

Dean Liusha and several other Immortal Deans couldn't help but express their admiration for Li Fan.

Currently, Li Fan was within the academy, yet he had hardly sought them out.

To achieve such progress on his own truly made them marvel incessantly.

At the same time, easily crushing Liu Tu gave them even more confidence in Li Fan breaking into the top three.

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Back to the scene.

After Li Fan successfully defeated Liu Tu, the audience present was now all waiting for Li Fan's next battle.

However, to their surprise.

Li Fan did not immediately start the next match but chose to exit.

This scene truly left the audience scratching their heads in frustration.

"What's going on? Li Fan isn't fighting?"

"Why stop fighting? This is so frustrating!"

"Just got here. I heard a Physical Divine Illusionist appeared. Why isn't he matching anymore?!"

"What's with Li Fan? Not fighting? Why not rush for first place?"

In an instant, noisy voices rang out as everyone speculated about why Li Fan hadn't continued matching.

But no matter how anxious they were or how they speculated, there was nothing they could do. They could only wait patiently for Li Fan to choose to match again.

As for the reason Li Fan didn't continue matching, it was quite simple.

Li Fan wanted to see the current public opinion about him.

The fact that even an Outer Domain Prodigy like Liu Tu knew him meant there must be a lot of discussion about him outside. He was now curious about what exactly people were saying.

Of course.

Besides this reason, Li Fan also wanted to take a brief break.

Insta-killing opponents all the way wasn't tiring, but it was very boring.

Taking some time to rest and check out external evaluations might add some fun to the upcoming battles.

And so.

After exiting the Inheritance Competition channel.

Li Fan immediately opened the largest forum of the Wushan Seat.

As soon as he clicked it open.

He was greeted by countless, dense discussions about him.

Even on the forum's trending list, five of the top ten topics were about him!

To put it in terms used on Blue Star.

He had gone viral!

Li Fan wasn't surprised by this; he had long anticipated it.

He then began browsing the discussion threads about himself.

Scanning through them roughly.

Most were positive discussions.

For instance, how high could a terrifying Tank like Li Fan rank?

Li Fan has brought pride to the Wushan Seat!

Or, for example, between Li Fan and Jiang Yunxu, who would be the future leader of the Wushan Seat's geniuses?

Overall, the public sentiment was quite good.

Of course, there were also some stubborn Outer Domain Prodigies who kept posting threads about how Li Fan wasn't as good as so-and-so from their own domain.

Li Fan had no emotional reaction to such posts.

And unsurprisingly, such posts were basically torn apart by the Wushan Seat Public.

However, these posts gave him an interesting idea.

Previously, many geniuses had publicly made bold claims about what kind of results they would achieve, which quickly generated quite a bit of buzz.

He was already famous.

He didn't mind adding fuel to the fire and completely revealing his edge.

Furthermore, according to what Dean Liusha had told him, people from the Cosmic Cloud Company would be watching the competition.

Wouldn't being more high-profile attract the attention of the Cosmic Cloud Company even more?

This was clearly a good thing!

Consequently.

After a bit of thought, Li Fan publicly posted a thread on the forum.

The content of the post was simple.

【Thank you for your attention, but please keep watching, because in all the upcoming matches, I will easily take first place!】

Once this post was released.

It was like a stone causing a thousand ripples!!

In the blink of an eye, the replies reached hundreds of millions and were still skyrocketing.

"Whoa! Is this Li Fan himself?!"

"Holy cow! It really is him! Li Fan has spoken?!"

"Damn! That's arrogant enough!"

"This guy!"

"Which genius is this? Easily taking first in every stage? Isn't that a bit too confident!"

"This is Li Fan! You don't know Li Fan? He's the Tank who defeated Karmis and Liu Tu!"

"Hiss! This is the Tank who's been all over the screen? What a domineering and arrogant statement! But... I like it!!"

"Easily taking first in every stage? I admit he's strong, but can he really do it? If he gets slapped in the face later, it won't look good!"

"I'm a ten-year fan of Li Fan, I think he can do it. Go for it!!"

"What a coincidence! I'm also a ten-year fan. Our Wushan Seat needs geniuses like Li Fan! Regardless of whether he can do it, we can't lose in momentum! Go Li Fan!"

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That's right.

Li Fan wanted to be arrogant!

Show his edge!

Let everyone's eyes gather on him!

Since he had decided to shine brilliantly, he would become the brightest star!