A murmur rippled through the audience. The atmosphere had been strange before, and now even the most clueless person could see something was amiss.

Wu Guiren frowned. This wasn't the effect he wanted. He clearly intended for the awards ceremony to continue, with the exchange taking place after everyone had left.

"They fought tooth and nail to get to number one, how could they not be angry when they suddenly encountered this kind of mess? They just don't want to play along anymore."

You were the only audience member who saw the whole picture.

[At this moment, not wanting to save face for Wu Guiren, they spread their messages everywhere, causing a stir in various parts of the crowd.]

"How shameless is this seventh prince! He even tries to steal the champion's prize!"

"With such despicable character, can he lead the Martial Dynasty to glory in the future?"

"I just heard it! He was still threatening Zhuge Kong on stage!"

Wu Guiren was furious. He cared deeply about his reputation and swept his gaze across the audience: "You dare to speak so recklessly!"

[“You son of a bitch!” You wiped your face, changed your expression, rushed onto the stage, and delivered a powerful slap, sending Wu Guiren spinning seven and a half times in the air. Then you stomped down, slamming his head into the rock of the award platform.]

[Then, with a single palm strike, he severed the sky, sending a massive blade of Yuan energy flying tens of thousands of miles, carving a huge rift in the gale-force winds thirty thousand miles above the ground.]

[This was all planned out by you; it's equivalent to a full-force attack from a peak-level Overlord fifteen times stronger.]

[You disguise yourself as a near-invincible being below the Supreme level, claiming you despise this lowly dynasty, and then declare that you will protect the champion of this tournament: "If you dare to retaliate against him after I leave, don't blame me for being ruthless."]

Then you left... and applied for a five-year leave of absence from the Supreme Hall.

We've returned to the Wu Dynasty.

"Little Wu Guiren, do you think it's over with just a punch and a kick to the head?"

"You'll have a lot to suffer in the days to come!"

Yun Shou: (Eating melon seeds)

This is a setup, a truly masterful setup.

This is the "patriarch" of the human race, the First Supreme being who orchestrated this scheme.

Every week thereafter, you would precisely time and erode 1% of Wu Guiren's essence.

[Wu Guiren also inherited the high essence, and was the one with the highest childbirth physique among that batch: 2.27 times.]

This resulted in it taking two whole years to bring its essence back to its original level.

In 3259, Wu Guiren desperately sought various remedies, believing he had contracted some strange illness but could not find a cure.

The reputational damage he suffered two years ago was a minor matter. Although it displeased a powerful being at the peak of the Overlord realm, that being couldn't keep a close eye on him indefinitely. Therefore, his position within the Martial Emperor Dynasty remained as secure as ever.

However, his condition has been declining for the past two years, and it's unclear what strange phenomenon he's encountered. No matter how the emperor tries to find a solution, he can't seem to cure him.

[Wu Guiren later became suspicious due to the decrease in the martial arts resources he needed, feeling that his essence was declining, and asked his father and others to report this.]

[Can a high-quality substance spontaneously decline?]

This is an extremely serious matter, which should have reached the highest levels of authority and drawn the attention of the Supreme Hall.

[But the message was only halfway through its journey, before the process was even complete, when it was thwarted by a powerful force you can see.]

Every time Wu Guiren opens his Jinling computer, he sees the same reply: "Processing."

He gradually broke down.

[In 3260, the prevalence of Wu Guiren decreased to 65%.]

He has been completely sidelined by the royal family, and his former supreme potential has now fallen to that of a mere overlord... Even if he still possesses a sacred body, it at most makes him slightly stronger than those without one.

[Year 3261.]

[The essence of Wu Guiren has decreased to 0.25 times.]

Despite your various underhanded maneuvers, only a few genuinely kind people remained unmoved.

[All the other actions were aimed at distancing themselves from him... or getting closer to him, seizing his martial arts resources, and then leaving him.]

"Brother, a good-for-nothing shouldn't be using these things!"

"Seventh Prince, starting today, your resource allocation will be halved... Isn't that perfect? ​​You already require far fewer resources for cultivation than the other princes. Even if it's reduced to 20% of what it is now, it's still enough for you to maintain the same progress as the other princes."

"Prince Martial, I challenge you. The stake... is the Crimson Gold Spear you won from me back then. How about it!" A young man in white armor smiled.

[Wu Guiren roared in fury: "Since when did you become qualified to challenge me?!"]

"The Martial Dynasty reveres martial prowess!" The general's son chuckled, "As a prince, have you forgotten this rule?"

The outcome of the battle is self-evident. Although the opponent's cultivation was only at the late stage of the Innate Realm, his combat power was 110 times that of a Grandmaster. Considering the 2.03 times difference in essence, it was only 223 times that of a Grandmaster!

[However, Wu Guiren, who was originally born with perfect innate abilities and possessed 150 times the combat power of a Grandmaster, even with the Holy Body providing a 1.6x multiplier, had his essence reduced to 0.31x at the time, so the final value was actually only 75x.]

The two were three times stronger, and Wu Guiren suffered a crushing defeat, severely injured and humiliated by an opponent he had once looked down upon.

[Under your covert instigation and support, Wu Guiren's life has become increasingly miserable over the past four years.]

He was utterly destitute, deeply experiencing the coldness of human nature, and all the things he had done to others came back to haunt him.

You are still continuing.

[His essence is 0.2 times stronger.]

【0.15 times. 】

[Up to 0.1x.]

[Strength reduced to one-tenth, lifespan reduced to thirty percent, and intelligence less than half.]

[His inherent abilities were too weak; he couldn't even break through to the Celestial Realm. His spiritual power was too low to undergo a transformation.]

[What you're thinking is, even if this guy's talent has decreased by more than half, he'd still probably be more powerful than you now.]

[Based on the timeline, Wu Guiren ascended to the Supreme Realm in less than eight hundred years. Even considering various fortuitous encounters, his innate comprehension and talent must have been exceptionally high—probably nine times that of an average person…assuming a 1.00x increase in inherent ability.]

[With his current 0.1x essence, his comprehension and talent will at most drop to four times, still higher than your three and a half times.]

In other words, this guy is still smarter than you, and far from being mentally challenged!

"0.1 times is a huge difference in essence compared to the more than 40 times that of Cloud Eleven today... but comprehension is another matter!"