294: Chapter 294 incites public outrage; Phase Two ends!

In the Tianlong Constellation, within the Xingchui Star Domain, inside a secret manor.

"Just who is this Li Fan?"

"Are these victory counts for real?"

The young man withdrew from the Inheritance Competition interface, his gaze fixed tightly on the name Li Fan, which ranked first, and Li Fan's exaggerated victory count data.

The young man was named Kun Yun.

His ranking had consistently held at third place, right behind Jiang Yunxu and another top genius, and his victory count had always been extremely close, never falling behind.

As long as he persisted, he still had a very good chance of seizing first place.

But just a short while ago, his ranking had suddenly dropped to fourth, surpassed by someone named Li Fan.

Originally, he thought he just needed to push a little harder, charge forward a bit more, and surpass Li Fan again.

But seven or eight days passed. The person ahead of him was indeed no longer Li Fan, but his ranking still remained at fourth.

When he opened the rankings to look, he was utterly dumbfounded.

Because the one ranked first was not Jiang Yunxu, but that person named Li Fan!

Moreover, Li Fan's victory count could be described as a cliff-like lead!

To surpass him in the remaining few days was almost certainly impossible!

Before the Inheritance Competition started, within the Wushan Seat, he only knew of geniuses with considerable strength like Jiang Yunxu, Duan Xuan, Luo Ling, and Fang Tong.

Peng Song, who had popped up out of nowhere before, was one thing.

But now, another Li Fan had suddenly appeared!

And judging by his battle records, this Li Fan was an even more terrifying existence than Peng Song!

An intense curiosity compelled him to search for information about Li Fan.

"A genius Divine Illusionist? A Tank? Defeated Karmis and Liu Tu consecutively?"

"This guy..."

Soon.

After seeing Li Fan's information and his more representative battle records, his brows instantly furrowed tightly together.

His first reaction was: another opponent as troublesome as Jiang Yunxu had appeared!

He knew about Divine Illusionists, and had even fought against them.

But a Tank?

He had never even heard of such a thing!

The first time he saw that term, he even doubted if he had read it wrong.

It wasn't until he saw parts of the battle video between Li Fan and Liu Tu that he dared to believe the term.

But he still found it hard to believe.

What kind of Divine Illusionist has a physique so freakish they can catch a Sky-Piercing Halberd with their bare hands?

Has the world gone completely mad?

And then, immediately after.

He noticed the statement Li Fan had posted on the forum.

Li Fan's arrogant words instantly caused his expression, still in shock, to darken.

"Easily take first place? What a boastful claim!"

"Then let's see how you 'easily take first place' in the next two phases!"

Kun Yun narrowed his eyes, a trace of disdainful amusement curling at the corner of his mouth.

He admitted that the Tank's strength was indeed impressive!

But it wasn't to the point of being some invincible existence.

To talk about easily taking first place was somewhat looking down on them all too much!

...

Meanwhile, elsewhere.

Almost all the top-ranked geniuses, at this moment, were just like Kun Yun, their gazes fixed on Li Fan.

And their attitude towards Li Fan was also similar to Kun Yun's: astonished by Li Fan's strength while simultaneously extremely averse to his arrogant remarks.

Easily take first place?

Wasn't this completely disregarding their existence?!

So, very quickly.

Some more radical geniuses immediately went to the forum to publicly post threads challenging Li Fan, even declaring war on him.

However, Li Fan's current dominance on the forum could be described as at its peak. Their posts hadn't even reached Li Fan's eyes before being torn apart by the masses on the forum.

"This Li Fan guy is really..."

Within the Jiang family's secret grounds in the Wushan Seat.

Jiang Yunxu looked at the statement Li Fan posted on the forum and couldn't help but feel both amused and exasperated.

As someone relatively familiar with Li Fan, he didn't actually resent Li Fan's words because he knew Li Fan truly possessed that capability.

But in his view, Li Fan's statement showed a distinct lack of social tact, his edge was too sharp.

If you want to take all the subsequent first places, just go ahead and do it. Why say it out loud?

By the third phase, it would be the offline competition stage, not a one-on-one matchmaking system.

Li Fan making such a statement was practically inviting hatred and could very likely lead to him being targeted by many.

Of course, however, this was Li Fan's own business. There was no need for him to overthink it.

"Li Fan, we'll meet in the third phase!"

Taking a deep breath, Jiang Yunxu narrowed his eyes, a faint smile playing on his lips. He then logged out of the virtual network and went to cultivate within his clan's forbidden grounds.

Ever since Li Fan comprehended a strand of Law Power, he had viewed Li Fan as an opponent.

In this Inheritance Competition, he would find the right moment to formally have a match with Li Fan!

He wanted to prove.

Even without comprehending Law Power, he, Jiang Yunxu, could still crush all opponents!

...

"Utterly ridiculous!"

"Easily take first place? Get past me first! I'll repay last time's humiliation twofold this time!"

In the Duan family of Sword Abyss Sea.

Duan Ping had also noticed Li Fan's statement on the post.

In his view, Li Fan was being far too arrogant and conceited!

Right now, it was just the matchmaking phase, with a huge element of luck involved.

And it was precisely this element of luck that had made Li Fan somewhat inflated.

Although he had indeed lost to Li Fan last time, times were different now. After undergoing the baptism of his clan's Sword Tomb, his strength had long since undergone a qualitative transformation.

Li Fan wants first place?

Then he'll have to get past him first!

And that would be impossible!

...

"Brother Fan, you're incredible! I never expected you to charge all the way to first place!"

Huangchen Academy.

Peng Song had already withdrawn from the Inheritance Competition matchmaking and come to Li Fan's manor.

Li Fan had also logged out by now. After all, his current lead was sufficiently huge, and there was no need to waste more time.

One could see that Peng Song's face was filled with excitement.

He was well aware of Li Fan's strength; it was absolutely above his own.

In his view, with that terrifying power, Li Fan had no need to be low-key. He should be high-profile, letting all the geniuses of the Wushan Seat and other constellations see.

Now that Li Fan was finally starting to be high-profile, it truly gratified him immensely.

As for Peng Song's excitement, Li Fan just shrugged. "It's just first place, isn't it? Wasn't it a breeze?"

Hearing this, Peng Song couldn't help but laugh heartily, repeatedly agreeing.

"Brother Fan, I can't compare to you. But since you're going to easily take first, I'll just easily take second!"

Li Fan chuckled and waved his hand. "Alright, enough joking. The second phase schedule ends the day after tomorrow. It's about time to properly prepare for the third phase."

Peng Song grinned and scratched his head. "True. For the third phase, it seems the official competition location won't be confirmed until half a month later. Then, taking a starship there will probably take another half month. So there's still about a month before we actually take the stage."

"A month isn't particularly long, but it's not short either. Can't slack off."

Afterwards, the two chatted a bit more before Peng Song returned to his own manor to cultivate.

As for Li Fan, he immediately logged into the virtual network to reunite with his family.

Having been in constant combat matchmaking for so long, he hadn't had much time to spend with his family. These two days were a perfect chance to steal some leisure amidst the busyness.

In the blink of an eye,

two days passed.

The second phase of the Inheritance Competition officially drew to a close on this day.

As expected, Li Fan secured first place in the second phase with an absolute advantage!

On this day, the entire Wushan Seat echoed with discussions about Li Fan.

Because the first step of Li Fan's bold declaration had officially been realized!

And next, was the third phase.

By the third phase, the number of participants had been reduced from one billion to one hundred thousand.

Starting from this phase, the element of chance in the competition would be greatly reduced, virtually nonexistent.

Whether they were top geniuses who hadn't shown their full strength or powerful dark horses who had been lying low, waiting to unleash their power later, most would begin to shine brightly from this phase onwards.