Lin Yuan stood there dumbfounded, dozens of meters away from Bai Ying, staring at the scene before him in disbelief, almost feeling like there was something wrong with his eyes.
He knew Bai Ying was very capable...
After all, Bai Ying had already made many groundbreaking achievements.
Every action she took was enough to shock him.
But this time, Bai Ying's actions have completely exceeded Lin Yuan's expectations.
He was trembling all over, and his face had turned deathly pale.
Bai Ying... she actually killed all of these cultivators all by herself.
The array she had set up was now filled with blood and light, resembling a hellish landscape.
The thick, pungent stench of blood permeated the air as if it were a tangible substance, seeping into every pore. Severed limbs and broken pieces were scattered everywhere, and blood pooled into a flowing river, shimmering with an eerie and ferocious light under the illumination of the array.
Bai Ying accomplished all of this by herself!
He recalled how he had advised Bai Ying to give all her belongings to Ye Yanjin and live a normal life as an ordinary person.
At that moment, he felt an indescribable pain in his face.
Bai Ying's power has exceeded all expectations.
From initially looking down on Bai Ying, to now, he feels he's drifting further and further away from her, and is about to lose her!
At that very moment, an enormous bell suddenly appeared during the grand gathering of the nation's elite!
"Thump!"
"Thump!"
"Thump!"
The sound of the bell rang out slowly, spreading in all directions, so that everyone here could hear it clearly.
This is the tolling of a bell signaling the end of the centennial gathering of outstanding talents.
Lin Yuan listened to the voice as if in a dream.
Even now, he still couldn't believe that Bai Ying had actually won first place in the Centennial Elite Gathering!
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Meanwhile, the elders outside the arena were completely dumbfounded.
Not to mention them, anyone who was paying attention to this gathering of talents was stunned by the sudden closing bell.
"What... what's going on?"
The Centennial Gathering of Outstanding Talents is unlike any other competition.
Only those who participate in the event themselves will know what really happened inside.
Those waiting outside cannot see what is happening inside.
Now, just a few days after the start of the centennial talent gathering, the bell has already rung to its end.
"Has some particularly formidable figure emerged in this competition?"
At this point, the crowd began to discuss the matter.
"If you ask me, the winner of this competition will definitely be Ye Yanjin, the winner from last time. It took him a whole year to collect enough tokens to win last time. I never expected him to win in such a short time this time!"
"Are you kidding me? Ye Yanjin is good, but Shi Lin is stronger. Last time, Ye Yanjin only got first place because they sent a lot of people. His first place was not legitimate. If we're talking about individual strength, we have to look at Shi Lin."
Ye Yanjin cultivated to the Nascent Soul stage using the Enlightenment Pool. Shi Lin, however, doesn't have an Enlightenment Pool.
"Even if Shi Lin didn't have the Enlightenment Pool, didn't he still rely on the rare and precious materials from his sect to achieve it?"
"Does Ye Yanjin not possess any rare and precious treasures? How come he didn't cultivate to the Nascent Soul stage before?!"
These people are having a heated discussion here.
There's even a group of people who have set up a betting pool here, betting on who will win first place!
For a time, many people placed their bets on Ye Yanjin and Shi Lin, while others placed their bets on several more powerful cultivators.
Although some people had heard of Bai Ying's name, no one mentioned it.
After all, no matter how impressive she had been before, in these people's minds, she was still only at the late Golden Core stage, far from being comparable to a Nascent Soul stage cultivator.
Moreover, she suffers from a mental curse, which prevents people from using spiritual power.
In their minds, such a person is nothing more than a dead man, completely incomparable to the people they mentioned earlier.
The discussion was in full swing.
Qin Hua Zhenren was also standing here.
Someone from the Huayang Sect asked him, "Immortal Venerable, who do you think it could be?"
Master Qin Hua wasn't interested in who came in first place. He simply said coldly, "Regardless of who came in first, Bai Ying is definitely dead. I gave Ye Yanjin a magic artifact; if he uses it, Bai Ying will surely die! And since Ye Yanjin has obtained Bai Ying's treasures, he probably has an even better chance of winning."
Not far away, several disciples of the Lingxiao Sect were also waiting anxiously. Their hearts were in their throats when they heard what Master Qin Hua said.
They didn't foolishly believe that Bai Ying could achieve any good ranking in this gathering of talents.
They just hoped she would come back alive.
At this moment, upon hearing Qin Hua Zhenren's words, everyone's eyes turned red, fearing that Bai Ying had died inside.
The anxiety in their hearts was overwhelming them.
Just then, they suddenly heard everyone excitedly shouting, "It's out! It's out! The first place winner is out!"
Suddenly, an extremely long ladder to heaven appeared out of thin air.
One end will land at the feet of the first place winner, while the other end will lead to the Enlightenment Pool located at the top of Tianshan Mountain.
Everyone eagerly awaited the answer, impatient to know who their bet would be.
However, to everyone's surprise, the first place was not any of the cultivators they had mentioned before.
Instead, it was a woman dressed in white.
She exuded an aura of ethereal coolness, like a fairy descending from the world, as she stepped onto the heavenly ladder and walked towards the Enlightenment Pool.
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