154: Chapter 154 The Invincible Substitute, the Word!

"You all, come at me together."

Qin Ye's calm voice slowly spread across the arena.

Her tone was not heavy, and one could barely detect any hint of provocation, as if she were merely stating something perfectly ordinary.

However, after her voice faded, not a single one of the thirty-three remaining contestants on the arena made a move.

The massive competition arena fell into an eerie silence at this moment.

Everyone's gaze involuntarily fell to the edge of the arena.

Fang Jingzhe was still lying there.

The protective barrier had shielded his body in time, preventing him from suffering fatal injuries, but the 3rd-tier peak Armament Card in his hand, [Jingzhe · Spring Thunder Slash], was completely ruined.

The once incredibly sharp longsword was now shattered into over a dozen pieces, scattered across the sandy ground.

What was even more startling was that the edges of the fragments were smooth and flat, with almost no signs of shattering, as if they had been erased at the most microscopic level by some incomprehensible power.

And all of this happened in just 0.03 seconds.

No one present saw exactly how Qin Ye had attacked.

No.

Strictly speaking, Qin Ye had not moved at all from start to finish.

The one who had truly attacked was the Stand standing behind her!

"Did she just say... let us come at her together?"

A young man holding a silver spear finally regained his senses and instinctively repeated Qin Ye's words.

His voice was not loud, but the arena was so quiet at that moment that everyone present heard him clearly.

No one laughed.

If this were three minutes ago, if a contestant controlling a 2nd-tier Magic Card dared to say such a thing in front of the nation's top young prodigies, everyone would have just thought she was crazy.

Let alone the contestants on the arena, even the audience would probably have been laughing so hard they couldn't Stand straight.

But now, no one felt that Qin Ye was bragging.

Fang Jingzhe was the best proof.

He had used a 3rd-tier peak Armament Card, yet he hadn't even touched Qin Ye's body before being blasted away in 0.03 seconds.

Even his prized [Jingzhe · Spring Thunder Slash] was reduced to nothing but a pile of fragments.

Only at this moment did everyone finally realize that Qin Ye's previous words were not an intentional provocation.

She truly believed that the remaining thirty-three people should come at her together!

...

"Too arrogant!"

After a brief silence, someone in the audience finally reacted and couldn't help standing up and shouting:

"It's true she just took out Fang Jingzhe in a second, but there are still thirty-three people on the arena! Wei Xiaoyu and Master Mage Chen Taixu haven't even made a move yet; what right does she have to tell everyone to come at her together?!"

"What right?"

Someone nearby immediately retorted:

"By the fact that the humanoid creature behind her only needs 0.03 seconds to throw a punch! Who among you can block that?"

"Does being fast mean she can fight thirty-three people by herself?"

Another person sneered.

"Don't forget, this is Purgatory Mode. The rules allow contestants to combine multiple cards, and even cooperate with each other! Once the abilities of thirty-three top prodigies are stacked, even a 9th-tier Supreme would have to take it a little seriously, right?"

"How does Qin Ye dare to do this?"

"If she can really sweep all the remaining contestants by herself, this year's National League will truly go down in history!"

"I admit she's strong, but challenging thirty-three people alone is just too wild!"

As the audience regained their senses, the entire competition venue instantly erupted.

The barrage in the live stream flooded the screen like a tide, so dense that it almost completely obscured the visuals.

Some angrily denounced Qin Ye for being arrogant, while others had already started spamming "The Stand is invincible."

Quick-witted viewers even took a screenshot of Qin Ye's line "You all, come at me together," paired it with the image of her Stand with its arms crossed, and turned it into a meme.

In just over ten seconds, the repost count for the related image surpassed one million and was still growing at an astonishing rate.

On the arena.

Facing the surrounding clamor, Qin Ye never changed her posture.

Her right hand remained pressed against her face, and her dark golden pupils gazed calmly at the people in front of her through her fingers.

Behind her, the tall Stand also had its arms crossed.

Flames seemed to burn in the Stand's eyes, and its cold gaze swept over the remaining contestants from above, carrying a suffocating sense of oppression.

Just as both sides were deadlocked, a hand suddenly raised from the back of the crowd.

"Wait a moment."

The one who spoke was a thin, tall young man.

He wore a monocle on the bridge of his nose, and between two fingers of his right hand, he held a silver-white Magic Card.

As magical power was injected into the card, a silver-white light slowly lit up and quickly covered the lens in front of him.

This young man was named Han Ce.

The top student of the Intelligence Department at Southwest Sanctuary Academy, a 5th-tier support-type Magic Card Master.

In terms of direct combat power alone, Han Ce could only rank in the middle to lower tier among the remaining thirty-three.

But when it came to intelligence analysis and battlefield reconnaissance capabilities, he was easily among the top three of his peers nationwide.

And what he was using at this moment was his core card—

A 5th-tier SS-grade detection card, [All-Knowing Eye]!

"Han Ce?"

A contestant turned his head and looked at him in confusion.

"What did you find?"

Han Ce did not answer.

At this moment, his full attention was focused on Qin Ye.

Within the lens of the monocle, countless fine silver runes were constantly flickering.

Data points refreshed rapidly, one after another, at a speed so fast that ordinary people couldn't even see the afterimages.

Life strength.

Muscle density.

Mental Power.

Magic power peak.

Law affinity.

Qin Ye's various physical data were detected one by one by the [All-Knowing Eye].

Most of the values were fluctuating within normal ranges; although a few items were significantly higher than those of professionals of the same tier, they were still within a range Han Ce could understand.

Only one data point completely exceeded the detection standard!

Han Ce's pupils contracted sharply.

He stared at the numbers on the lens for a few seconds, then raised his hand and forcefully tapped the side of the monocle.

All data instantly reset to zero.

Next, the [All-Knowing Eye] began a second scan.

But when the scan finished, that value still hadn't changed at all.

The expression on Han Ce's face finally changed.

Refusing to believe it, he tapped the lens again and started a third scan.

Runes flowed, data refreshed.

The final result was exactly the same as the previous two times.

"How is this possible..."

Han Ce's lips moved slightly, and for the first time, his voice showed clear wavering.

The young man holding the silver spear beside him immediately frowned.

From the beginning of the match until now, this was the first time he had seen Han Ce make such an expression.

"What's impossible?"

The spear-wielding youth asked in a deep voice:

"Is there a problem with Qin Ye's attributes?"

Han Ce slowly raised his head.

His face, which had been expressionless since the start of the tournament, was now somewhat pale, as if he had seen something that completely defied reason.

"Qin Ye's Mental Power..."

Han Ce paused.

The spear-wielding youth felt a sudden, inexplicable sense of unease and hurriedly pressed:

"What is her Mental Power?"

Han Ce took a deep breath and finally spat out three words.

"Five hundred thousand."