My slightest action was the system's limit.

Chapter 205: Taking the Championship! (Two chapters combined, please continue reading!)
The second floor of the Penglai Heavenly Tower.

At Starry Sky Plaza.

Jiang Ye sat cross-legged, and a vast golden galaxy poured down from above his head as if bestowing a blessing upon him.

This is the gift from Penglai!

"The gifts on the second floor of the Penglai Heavenly Tower are indeed much better than those on the first floor," Jiang Ye thought to himself.

He can feel it.

As the golden galaxy poured down upon him, his physical strength and life level continued to rise.

Not only that.

Jiang Ye's physique is also slowly improving thanks to the gifts from Penglai.

"I am now a superior-level Xuan Body."

"If we go any further? That would be the first-grade Xuan Body." Jiang Ye shook his head secretly: "With just one gift from Penglai, it would probably be difficult to advance."

The difference between Grade A and Grade B Xuan bodies is enormous.

This can be seen from the relationship between Shi Ting and Tang Wuji.

Shi Ting is only a lower-grade Xuan Body, but her realm and strength far surpass those of Tang Wuji, who is a second-grade Xuan Body.

Also.

A genius with a Grade A Xuan Body possesses far greater innate abilities than a Grade B Xuan Body.

Fortunately for Jiang Ye, whether or not his physical fitness was promoted was irrelevant.

"This gift from Penglai can increase my strength by at least 30%," Jiang Ye silently sensed.

This is enough.

To increase one's strength by 30% in a short period of time is something even a beginner-level Starry Sky Refinement couldn't achieve so quickly!

time flies.

Half an hour later, Jiang Ye exited the Penglai Tower and returned to Villa No. 41.

I didn't do anything unnecessary.

Instead, he continued to cultivate the "White Dragon True God Scripture" with the "Enlightenment Divine Jade" in his mouth, digesting the gifts from Penglai.

Until 9 p.m.

[White Dragon True God Scripture (Part 1): Beginner (19%) → (20%)]

A notification panel flashed by silently.

Jiang Ye ignored him and continued his cultivation.

Half an hour later, he opened his eyes and stopped cultivating the True God Scripture.

"Finally, we've broken through the 20% mark." Jiang Ye slowly exhaled.

Like other cultivation techniques, the difficulty of cultivating the White Dragon True God Scripture increases significantly with each 10% increase in the progress bar.

Reaching 19% to 20% is a rather difficult bottleneck.

Although not as terrifying as a major bottleneck, it still trapped Jiang Ye for a full week.

The difficulty of cultivating a third-level civilization was already evident in the very early stages.

"Fortunately, there has been significant progress." Jiang Ye clenched his fist.

Experience it for yourself.

The power within my body has increased by another 20% to 30%.

Adding to the 30% increase in strength from the previous gift from Penglai, he has increased by more than 50% in just one day!

How strong is Jiang Ye now? He himself is not quite sure.

"The Genius Cup starts the day after tomorrow."

“I haven’t improved much in the last two days.” Jiang Ye closed his eyes and pondered, “Why don’t I go to the Independent Starry Sky and try to break through to the second stage of the Starry Sky?”

Zhu Honglie once said.

If one can break into the second stage of the Starry Sky, it is equivalent to the top ten level of the Genius Cup.

Jiang Ye now possesses this strength.

"Up to the second tier, the school will also award 5000 million federal dollars."

Upon realizing this, Jiang Ye immediately opened his eyes, got up, and went to the virtual cockpit.

Enter the virtual cabin.

"Beep!" Consciousness connection established.

A private starry sky, a rest area.

Jiang Ye's figure appeared.

Along with this, a battle record panel appeared before his eyes.

Name: Jiang Ye

【Rank: 1rd Dan (290/300)】

[Number of Matches: 2025]

[Win rate: 59%]

"The win rate has increased from 50% to 59%." Jiang Ye smiled.

The fact that the win rate could increase so much in just two months under the special matching mechanism of the independent star system is enough to illustrate the point.

Jiang Ye's strength has far surpassed the level of the first stage of the Starry Sky Realm!

"Just a few more matches and I'll be able to reach the second rank." Jiang Ye stopped thinking about it and said, "Let's begin."

Press the match button.

[Matchmaking begins; we are finding you an opponent.]

【Successful match! 】

Whoosh! Jiang Ye's figure instantly transformed into a phantom and vanished from the lounge.

As Jiang Ye began his attempt to break through to the second stage of the Starry Sky Realm.

In a detached villa in the Di-character area of ​​Penglai University.

Zhao Qingli crossed her fair legs and was diligently cultivating.

Sudden.

"Buzz!" Her phone lit up.

"Is that Mom?" Zhao Qingli picked up her phone, slightly startled.

After hesitating for a moment, she answered the phone.

"Beep~" A mature and beautiful woman wearing a blue dress slowly appeared.

Although she is over forty years old, she doesn't look old at all. Her skin is fair and delicate, her figure is mature, and she still has a charming and graceful appearance.

She is Zhao Qingli's mother, Chen Qingyun.

"Qingli." The beautiful woman looked at the girl, her voice quite gentle.

"Mom," Zhao Qingli looked at her mother, "What's wrong? Why did you call so suddenly?"

"Don't act stupid."

“Your father has already told me about it,” Chen Qingyun said. “You can’t use that many cultivation resources by yourself.”

"Tell your mother, who did you sell it to?"

Zhao Qingli was slightly startled.

However, she already knew this would be discovered, so she wasn't too flustered at the moment.

"I sold it to my classmate," Zhao Qingli said truthfully.

"Qingli, you should know that those are resources within the family."

“In principle, it cannot be sold to outsiders,” Chen Qingyun said to her daughter. “If word gets out, it will disrupt market prices.”

Zhao Qingli looked away and whispered, "I know, but he's my good friend."

"good friend?"

Chen Qingyun smiled and asked, "Boy or girl?"

“It’s a boy.” Zhao Qingli explained, seemingly worried that her mother would scold her, “He’s a genius at our school. He’s about to participate in the Twenty-Five Schools Genius Cup and has a chance to win.”

"The Genius Cup? Won the championship?"

"Is his name Jiang Ye?" Chen Qingyun asked, raising an eyebrow.

Zhao Qingli was taken aback and asked in surprise, "You know him?"

“How could we not recognize the prospective Star Clerks from Ancheng?” Chen Qingyun laughed. “Have you forgotten what your mother does?”

"Oh right, you're a Star Servants Executive Officer," Zhao Qingli said, suddenly realizing.

Chen Qingyun was transferred from the Federal Headquarters to Ancheng to serve as the Chief Executive Officer of the Ancheng Star Professionals Center.

Otherwise, Zhao Qingli wouldn't have gone to Ancheng to study.

Of course, another reason is that she is not very talented, and studying in Donghai Province would be very stressful.

Going to Ancheng was actually much easier.

"If Jiang Ye can really win the championship, that would be quite an achievement," Chen Qingyun said with a smile.

Seeing her mother's tone, Zhao Qingli asked curiously, "Mom, do you think highly of him?"

I'm not optimistic about it.

“It’s been a long time since a student from an ordinary family has won the Twenty-Five Schools Genius Cup,” Chen Qingyun said. “If Jiang Ye can win the championship and break this tradition, it will be big news.”

Upon hearing this, Zhao Qingli realized something.

"If he wins the championship, won't Ancheng become famous too?" Zhao Qingli asked expectantly.

"Yes."

"But winning the Genius Cup will be quite difficult for Penglai University."

“In the past decade, Penglai University has won the championship no more than three times,” Chen Qingyun said with emotion. “But to be able to snatch the championship from the top ten universities is still quite impressive.”

"Is winning the championship really that difficult?" A hint of worry flashed across Zhao Qingli's pretty face.

She also hopes Jiang Ye can win the championship. Then, she'll give Ancheng a shout-out.

Ancheng's permanent star tunnel needs more powerful individuals to move in; otherwise, if the next Shadow Calamity breaks out, Ancheng may lose even more people.

"Don't say that."

Chen Qingyun suddenly said, "You'll come back on Federal Day, won't you?"

“Yes, I will,” Zhao Qingli said.

"How about bringing Jiang Ye over to meet me?" Chen Qingyun said with a smile.

"Huh?" Zhao Qingli was taken aback, then whispered, "Mom, this is too fast!"

How can you meet the parents so quickly?

"what happened?"

"I want to talk to Jiang Ye about Star Crew members." Chen Qingyun asked curiously, "What are you thinking about?"

"Forehead."

"I understand, I'll bring him to see you then!" Zhao Qingli quickly hung up the phone.

A moment of silence.

Zhao Qingli covered her flushed face with both hands.

"So embarrassing!"

Jiang Ye was naturally unaware of the matter between Zhao Qingli and her mother, Chen Qingyun.

At this moment, he is in the Independent Starry Sky, participating in the final promotion match for advancing to the second stage.

On the Starry Sky Arena.

"Wow!"

"Clang!" "Clang!" Jiang Ye, holding a long spear, was fiercely clashing with a black-haired youth.

The spear moved like lightning, constantly changing into numerous spear shadows.

Each spear thrust left a sonic boom in the air; its power was enough to instantly kill any expert at the early stage of the second breakthrough.

Jiang Ye, in the blink of an eye, unleashed hundreds of such spear shadows.

The dense barrage of gunfire, like a torrential downpour, enveloped the opponent.

"Such powerful force!" The black-haired youth's expression changed slightly as he desperately resisted.

His strength had reached the mid-stage of the second breakthrough.

Moreover, he is by no means an ordinary person. According to Jiang Ye's judgment, he is at least a genius among those with Daoist bone endowment and a second-grade Xuan body!

"Ten moves."

"You're the first to withstand ten of my moves without being defeated." Jiang Ye stared at his opponent, a hint of excitement in his eyes: "As expected of the qualifying rounds, the difficulty has skyrocketed."

"However, it's time to end this."

Jiang Ye's marksmanship suddenly changed.

Accompanied by the surge of stellar energy.

A powerful pressure, accumulated wildly from the spear, rose at an astonishing speed, held back and not released.

In just one second, this pressure reached its peak.

"Whoosh!" Jiang Ye swept his spear horizontally.

That astonishing pressure then exploded completely, transforming into a blazing sea of ​​sunlight, scorching and intense.

A bright orange sun rose slowly, covering the entire arena.

[The Great Sun Spear Technique's Fourth Ultimate Move—Burning the Sea!]

The sun exploded.

"Boom!" A terrifying energy surge exploded on the arena like a nuclear bomb boiling the sea.

"This? This!" The black-haired youth stared at the scene in horror.

"The complete Gear Fourth Technique?"

"I only won five games in a row, and they put me against opponents like this?" the black-haired youth roared inwardly. "Damn matchmaking system, I'll curse you to hell!!"

Rumble!
As the black-haired youth roared in his heart, he was completely enveloped by the sunlight.

[Jiang Ye, victory!]

A subtitle appeared.

But the terrifying energy emanating from the arena did not dissipate immediately.

"Boom!" The terrifying power exploded continuously on the arena for over a hundred rounds before slowly calming down.

A tall, imposing figure holding a gun stood on the arena.

"As expected of the fourth ultimate move."

“This power is comparable to the late stage of the second breakthrough, or even the peak.” A smile appeared on Jiang Ye’s lips: “If I were to fight Tang Wuji again two months ago, he might not be able to suppress me.”

of course.

He also knew that he had made progress in the past two months, and Tang Wuji must have made progress as well.

But Jiang Ye was quite certain that the other party's progress was definitely not as exaggerated as his.

[Jiang Ye, Class of 2326, Penglai University]

Congratulations on advancing to the second stage of the Starry Sky Realm!

A system notification appeared.

"I've reached the second rank." Jiang Ye smiled and looked at the battle record panel.

Name: Jiang Ye

【Rank: 2rd Dan (0/1000)】

[Number of Matches: 2030]

[Win rate: 60%]

He reached the second stage of the Starry Sky Realm during his freshman year.

It's more than just a symbol of a skill level.

This also means that Jiang Ye's strength and level have reached the standard of students in the same year from the top ten universities!
He has truly stepped into the realm of genius!

Looking further ahead, you'll find the most dazzling group of people in the world.

"Keep challenging."

"Let's spend the time here before the Genius Cup starts." Jiang Ye was in high spirits and, taking advantage of his hot streak, continued to start matchmaking.

time flies.

The day passed quickly.

In virtual combat, Jiang Ye completely transformed the benefits brought by Penglai's gifts into his own combat power.

The gifts from Penglai bring about an elevation of one's spiritual level.

With each advancement in his life level, Jiang Ye needs to readjust his strength.

In this way, he can ensure that he can unleash his strongest combat power at any time.

Moreover, the Genius Cup is of paramount importance to Jiang Ye.

Therefore, he must be at his best to face this global competition.

September 4, seven o'clock in the morning.

Jiang Ye, Shen Changxi, Liu Wanxiao, Yun Qing'er and ten other contestants boarded a private plane bound for Penglai, the "Secret Realm of Mountains and Rivers".

Old Bai also accompanied them on this trip.

"I will repeat the rules regarding the Mountain and River Secret Realm once again."

Inside the cabin, an old man with silver hair slowly said, "After the competition begins, you will be teleported to the edge of the secret realm, and your location will be randomized."

"Your goal is to reach the ten highest peaks in the center of the 'Secret Realm of Mountains and Rivers' as quickly as possible."

"Because the greatest benefit of the Mountain and River Secret Realm is hidden among those ten mountain peaks."

"If we're lucky enough to meet here, we should definitely team up," said Old Bai. "You're all from the same school, so let's take out the others first."

Everyone nodded.

Jiang Ye suddenly asked, "Elder Bai, what are the conditions for entering the top 32?"

Only those who make it into the top 32 can advance to the finals.

"A chaotic battle." Old Bai said slowly, "Until the last thirty-two remain, they will advance."

Jiang Ye's expression hardened.

He had already realized how cruel it was.

At this time.

Liu Wanxiao raised his hand and asked, "This hidden realm of mountains and rivers isn't virtual, is it?"

"A place of extraordinary opportunity could certainly not be a virtual environment," Old Bai shook his head.

"Wouldn't many people be injured or killed in the end?" Liu Wanxiao couldn't help but ask.

“Casualties are inevitable,” Old Bai said. “But the Federation isn’t going to sit idly by; they will have protective measures in place.”

"But as long as you are strong enough, you don't need to worry about that."

With that, Elder Bai scanned everyone and said calmly, "My requirement for you ten is that everyone strive to enter the finals!"

"Liu Wanxiao has secured a spot in the round of 16."

"Shen Changxi and Yun Qing'er have secured their spots in the top eight."

"Eno."

Old Bai paused slightly.

The others also focused their gazes on Jiang Ye.

"Jiang Ye, take the championship!"

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