Physics God

After being sent back to the elimination zone, Duanmu Fan sat in a chair and stared at his hands in disbelief. The move he had just used, the Heavenly Dragon Tornado of the Soldiers' Tomb, had exceeded the limits.

Transcending the limits is a skill of first-tier psychics. If a first-tier psychic cannot transcend the limits, then he should go sit at the same table as a dog and let the dog sit on his head.

However, the zeroth level is different, because transcending the boundary requires the help of external forces. Starting from the first level, psionicists can use the power of the virtual realm to make the transcendence permanent, while the zeroth level requires time to prepare, and it is not something that can be done by simply spending time; one must also have the means to do so.

When psionicists stack attack speed, their output per second seems exaggerated, but if their defense is higher than their single attack, then they're out of luck. The Super Limit was created to deal with this situation through involution.

While zero-level psionicists can achieve things beyond their limits, they usually cannot apply them in actual combat because the cost-effectiveness is too low. Therefore, in the Dragon Tiger Martial Arts Tournament, you can only see this situation in a one-move-decisive scenario.

"Forget it, let's take it one step at a time. If all else fails, I'll arrange a private meeting with Jiang She." Duanmu Fan shook his head, dismissing the rest of his thoughts.

He then looked around, his brow furrowing with a mixture of smugness and surprise: 'Did Jiang She not choose to challenge? Or... did he lose?'

Jiang She was eliminated because of Qionghe, and Duanmu Fan was also eliminated by others, so he knew that Jiang She was not a provisional qualifier.

"Could it be that he also chose the wrong opponent?" Duanmu Fan's lips twitched as he browsed the previous records on the terminal and found that Jiang She had indeed lost, just like him, and even lost more miserably than him.

Jiang She was also very frustrated. How could something at the peak of the external avatar stage instantly kill his own peak of the blood rebirth stage?

Moreover, this thing is only twenty-four years old, which is very strange.

If we consider graduating from Starry Sky University as equivalent to awakening a martial soul in the Douluo Continent universe, then Ling Hao would be equivalent to awakening his martial soul at age six, reaching the Soul King level before age seven, and being able to instantly kill a Soul Saint...

Even in fan fiction, this is considered an incredibly overpowered creation. Of course, the performance of "Douluo Continent" and its subsequent works are two different concepts and cannot be compared.

Duanmu Fan couldn't help but purse his lips. Both of them were among the top 100 in terms of odds. Although the official odds might vary, they wouldn't fluctuate too much. So, both he and Jiang She had the ability to advance. What a pity.

This kind of situation has happened before. At its worst, there were times when 30 out of the top 100 odds failed to advance or even make it into the top 100, giving the Federal odds a reputation for being arbitrarily ranked. Fortunately, no major chaos occurred in the following years, allowing the credibility to gradually recover.

It's rare for independent cultivators to make it into the top 100 in odds because there's relatively little information available about them, making them prone to misjudgment. This has also made independent cultivators synonymous with dark horses, except that Duanmu Fan is one of the more well-known ones.

"Forget it, I hope you can go somewhere far away." Duanmu Fan crossed his arms and looked up at the distant satellite.

Since he lost to Mu Kange, Duanmu Fan could only hope that Mu Kange would go further, so that he wouldn't lose face and could even brag about it later.

In the next three rounds of challenges, Mu Kange did not encounter anyone stronger than Duanmu Fan, after all, Duanmu Fan had the Bingzhong Tianlong Juan as a trump card and was expected to enter the top fifty.

After Duanmu Fan's battle with Mu Kange, others became aware of his strength, causing the other participants to turn their attention to the weaker provisional qualifiers. Only a few people, hoping for a lucky break, dared to challenge Mu Kange.

As for the possibility that a provisional qualifier might not be challenged by anyone, preventing them from achieving a four-win streak, that's not the case. To prevent this, if someone goes for an extended period without being challenged, they will automatically be considered to have won once.

Ling Hao, on the other hand, annihilated them all instantly. There were always some skeptical guys who challenged him with the mentality of "let me see what's going on," which made him one of the fastest to achieve four consecutive victories.

This has led to polarized opinions about Ling Hao. Those who think he's strong are full of praise, while those who think he's fake are full of criticism. After all, a quick-kill style that requires the opponent's cooperation is even more fake than a fixed match.

[Dude, this is so blatantly fake, you know? Even match-fixing doesn't go this far. How much money did you give them? No, how much did you bribe them to willingly cooperate with you?]

[Stop making baseless accusations. Ling Hao is a completely independent cultivator. Can't you guys check the official information? Surely even the official sources aren't wrong?]

[Heh, who knows? What if someone within the organization has been bribed?]

If it's really possible to be bribed, why haven't we seen this before?

【How come I've never seen it? It's recorded in history books. Just search online using keywords like "martial arts tournament," "official personnel," and "bribery."】

"That was before, back when the Human Federation didn't even exist. What nonsense are you talking about? Is that even a concept?"

In short, the chat on Ling Hao's side had turned into a battleground, but Ling Hao didn't care about them at all and just stood there quietly waiting for the qualifiers to end.

As for Qionghe, Ling Hao had sent him a lot of answers in advance. He just needed to fill them in according to the different test papers. Fortunately, with Ling Hao's previous achievements in commanding battles in the spring, not many people would want to challenge him. Otherwise, the number of answers alone would be quite large.

Although Jiang She was defeated by Ling Hao in an instant, he was no weaker than Duanmu Fan in actual combat, and even stronger in normal condition. However, his super-limit moves were relatively weak.

After all, Jiang She, as a rich, handsome, and powerful villain, doesn't have Duanmu Fan's Golden Heart as a cheat code. Or rather, if Jiang She had the Golden Heart, then Duanmu Fan's cheat code would definitely be stronger than the Golden Heart.

As for why Jiang She is usually stronger than Duanmu Fan, it's naturally to show off. It's all about first suppressing and then elevating. How can he be worthy of such a heavyweight plot point as the three-year agreement if he doesn't seriously injure him a couple of times?

[Great! You're strong enough. I hope you become a dark horse, or at least a runaway success.]

I've bet 50,000 credits on you, so win! Let's go, let's get into the top 50!

Because of its excellent performance, Qionghe is considered by many to be the dark horse of this year's Dragon Tiger Martial Arts Tournament.

Mu Kange was sitting cross-legged on the ground, looking up at the satellite on the other side out of boredom, wondering what Ling Hao was doing. However, to his disappointment, Ling Hao was just standing there.

Because Mu Kange wasn't some hopeless case, Ling Hao didn't give him the battle code for the preliminary rounds, which meant Mu Kange couldn't even have a second chance in his mind.

However, he was soon enveloped by the beam of light and taken to the central planet, while the eight surrounding moons were instantly shattered after everyone left, leaving not even an atom behind.