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Xu Ming followed the burly youth, traversing through the underground city.

“I am ‘Pan Gang,’ what do I call you, brother!” Although the burly youth was outspoken, he was very enthusiastic. They had only known each other for a short time, but he already started calling him brother.

“Xu Ming!” Xu Ming didn't mind giving his real name.

Anyway, Quasi-Saint Zu Yi only knew Xu Ming's appearance and aura, but didn't know Xu Ming's name. And Xu Ming had the “camouflage” cheat activated, disguising his appearance and aura, so Zu Yi couldn't possibly recognize him.

Li Xiujie did know Xu Ming's name, and had already warned Xu Ming not to come to Holy Emperor City. However, there were many people with the same name in the God Realm, so Li Xiujie still couldn't recognize the disguised Xu Ming based on just a name.

In other words, before Xu Ming deactivated the “camouflage” cheat, the name “Xu Ming” was just an ordinary name in Holy Emperor City, and wouldn't attract any attention at all.

“Brother Xu Ming, you haven't been in Holy Emperor City for long, have you?” Pan Gang asked.

“That's right!” Xu Ming said.

“That explains it!” Pan Gang said, “How to get on the Peerless Prodigy List, it's not that everyone in Holy Emperor City knows about it, but it's not a secret! So Brother Xu Ming just arrived in Holy Emperor City, no wonder you don't know!”

Pan Gang continued, “The way to get on the Peerless Prodigy List is actually very simple! It depends on your performance on the ‘Blood Sea Battle Stage’!”

“Oh?” Xu Ming's eyes lit up.

This was simple!

Arena battles relied entirely on strength—Brother Ming liked it!

Pan Gang noticed Xu Ming's expression and couldn't help but shake his head and smile, “To get on the Peerless Prodigy List, you need to get at least a ‘High-Level God Emperor’ rating on the Blood Sea Battle Stage!—Even I, with my cultivation at the peak of King-level, don't dare to imagine myself getting on the Peerless Prodigy List; and Brother Xu Ming, I see that your cultivation is only at the early stages of King-level, do you think… you have any hope?”

“High-Level God Emperor, huh?” Xu Ming smiled inwardly.

Sorry, Brother Ming has the combat power of a top God Emperor! Getting on the Peerless Prodigy List is as easy as turning his hand.

“However…” Xu Ming frowned slightly, thinking to himself, “I don't know what opportunity Li Xiujie obtained, but his strength has soared to the Half-Step Dominator realm, and he's even topped the Peerless Beauty List… Even I, if I don't activate the ‘Soul Possession’ cheat, I'm afraid it will be difficult to deal with him!”

Pan Gang had been observing Xu Ming's expression. Seeing Xu Ming's expression change, he thought that Xu Ming was still “harboring illusions,” and couldn't help but smile, “Brother Xu Ming, do you have any treasures like ‘Soul Possession’? If you do, I have to unfortunately tell you something: the use of ‘Soul Possession’ treasures or secret techniques is forbidden on the Blood Sea Battle Stage!”

“Ah?” This surprised Xu Ming slightly—without activating the “Soul Possession” cheat, it seemed quite difficult for him to defeat Li Xiujie on the Blood Sea Battle Stage!

Seeing Xu Ming finally show shock, Pan Gang smiled with satisfaction: “Brother Xu Ming, now, do you still naively think that you can get on the Peerless Prodigy List?”

Xu Ming said with some amusement: “Brother Pan Gang, since you don't dare to imagine that you can get on the Peerless Prodigy List, then what are you going to the Blood Sea Battle Stage for?”

“You don't understand, do you?” Pan Gang smiled slyly, “I'm going to show myself!”

Show himself?

Xu Ming was even more speechless—what kind of routine was this?

“Presumably, Brother Xu Ming came to Holy Emperor City for the Holy Emperor City Lord's recruitment of a consort, right?” Pan Gang smiled, “However, there are countless geniuses in the God Realm! Brother Xu Ming, do you think that a genius of your level has any hope of winning the recruitment?”

“Under normal circumstances, there is no hope at all!” Xu Ming said.

And Xu Ming was an “abnormal circumstance.”

“That's right!” Pan Gang continued, “Since the vast majority of geniuses know that they can't possibly win the recruitment; then, why do they still come to participate in the recruitment?”

“Hmm?” Xu Ming hadn't really thought about this question.

Pan Gang put on an I-know-everything look: “Because… they want to take advantage of the Holy Emperor City Lord's recruitment platform to show themselves!—Think about it, the Holy Emperor City Lord's recruitment is a major event that shakes the entire God Realm! How many of the God Realm's top powerhouses will come to witness it? The geniuses of the God Realm want to become disciples of the top powerhouses, isn't this a great opportunity to show themselves?”

“So that's how it is…” Xu Ming suddenly understood—so, the purpose of most geniuses was to show themselves? And not really to participate in the recruitment?

At this time, Xu Ming couldn't help but think of those unlucky “competitors” he encountered on his way to Holy Emperor City.

“I thought they were here for the recruitment, so I casually trapped a lot of geniuses with a trapping formation! So… they were just here to show themselves…”

This was awkward!

This was a misunderstanding!

“Those geniuses trapped by the trapping formation won't be able to escape for a while…” Xu Ming was very confident in the power of the formations he had set up. He estimated that those poor King-level geniuses would probably be trapped for thousands or tens of thousands of years.

“Forget it, let them be trapped!—Who told them to come to the recruitment place to show themselves, they deserve to be trapped!”

To blame, they can only blame themselves for choosing the wrong stage to show themselves!

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Immediately, Xu Ming completely threw the matter of those unlucky geniuses to the back of his mind.

Pan Gang continued, “Now, many of the Dominator-level powerhouses who have come to witness the recruitment should have arrived in Holy Emperor City! Some of these powerhouses may already be paying attention to the Blood Sea Battle Stage; if any genius performs brilliantly on the Blood Sea Battle Stage, then it is possible that they will be directly accepted as disciples by the powerhouses before the recruitment even begins!”

“Hmm!” Xu Ming responded casually—he was only here for Yin Ran, as for being accepted as a disciple by a powerhouse or anything like that, he definitely had no interest at all!

Even… don't even mention letting Xu Ming become a disciple of some powerhouse, even if a Dominator-level powerhouse turned around and wanted to become Xu Ming's disciple, Xu Ming wouldn't be happy to accept it!

After all, Xu Ming achieving the Dominator realm, becoming a Saint, and surpassing a Saint, was only a matter of time; moreover, the time wouldn't be too long! Now, if any Dominator-level powerhouse could become a disciple under Xu Ming, it would definitely be because their ancestors had accumulated eight lifetimes of virtue!

The ridiculous thing was Pan Gang, who clearly had a super-big opportunity right in front of him, but he was completely unaware of it.

Before long, Xu Ming and Pan Gang arrived at the Blood Sea Battle Stage.

“Brother Xu Ming, how about we go to the Blood Sea Battle Stage later and spar?” A hint of excitement flashed in Pan Gang's eyes.

“Spar?” Xu Ming looked at Pan Gang with a look that made him feel like he was looking at an idiot.

Update completed for today.