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Several days later, the latest issue of the Peerless Genius Ranking was released.

First place, Xu Ming!

Second place, Long Peng!

Third place, Can Tian!

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Xu Ming undoubtedly topped the Peerless Genius Ranking.

As for Li Xiujie, who was originally ranked first, although he relied on his life-saving trump card to preserve his life under Xu Ming's powerful spear, his divine body was almost completely annihilated, and he had completely lost his combat power.

When a wall falls, everyone pushes it.

The geniuses on the Peerless Genius Ranking successively challenged Li Xiujie.

However, Li Xiujie dared not accept the challenges—after all, even if he relied on the protection of the mysterious golden light, he was just an unkillable turtle; if he stood on the Blood Sea Battle Stage, he would only be humiliating himself.

In the end, the unlucky Li Xiujie was directly squeezed out of the Peerless Genius Ranking!

“Damn it!!” Li Xiujie gritted his teeth.

Being squeezed out of the Peerless Genius Ranking was undoubtedly a great humiliation for Li Xiujie!

Moreover, what was even more troublesome was that Li Xiujie was too severely injured, and his divine body was almost completely annihilated; even if he used various healing treasures at all costs, he might not be able to restore his strength to its original state before the start of the martial arts tournament!

In other words… for the next ten years or so, Li Xiujie would have to spend his time recuperating; it would be impossible for him to have time to participate in the Peerless Genius Ranking again!

That is to say, Li Xiujie would never be able to be on the Peerless Genius Ranking again!

Poor Li Xiujie only sat on the throne of "Peerless Genius Ranking First" for a year before he could no longer be on the Peerless Genius Ranking!

“It's all Xu Ming!! It's all that Xu Ming with the same name and surname as Xu Ming!!” Li Xiujie was furious.

Until now, Li Xiujie still didn't know that the Xu Ming who crippled him with a spear on the Blood Sea Battle Stage was actually the same person as the extremely weak Xu Ming on the Endless Continent a hundred years ago!

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Leisure Cloud Pavilion.

A very quiet teahouse in Holy Emperor City. It is also a place where the great powers of the God Domain like to gather.

“The genius who ranks first on the latest Peerless Genius Ranking is really shocking!” A Sovereign powerhouse with long black hair and a jade-like face couldn't help but exclaim.

“Are you talking about Xu Ming?” Another Sovereign powerhouse immediately echoed, “It’s indeed shocking! He almost killed Li Xiujie with one spear! If Li Xiujie didn’t have a life-saving treasure on him, the only member of the younger generation of the Li family who inherited the family’s legacy would probably have died on the Blood Sea Battle Stage!”

“If Li Xiujie really died like this! I think the head of the Li family would have cried himself to death!”

“Isn’t that right! Haha…”

“Originally, I thought that with Li Xiujie’s strength, it was impossible for a genius comparable to him to appear in the younger generation of the God Domain! But I didn’t expect that Xu Ming, who came out of nowhere, would crush Li Xiujie with one spear!—The younger generation of the God Domain is really producing geniuses!”

“Could it be because that Xu Ming is much older than Li Xiujie; therefore, he was able to win against Li Xiujie so easily?” Another powerhouse questioned.

In the God Domain, the younger generation is a very broad range; anyone under one billion years old is called the younger generation!

Li Xiujie is considered very young among the younger generation; if Xu Ming's age is as high as several hundred million years old, or even close to one billion years old, then, in the eyes of the powerhouses, it would be nothing surprising that Xu Ming could defeat Li Xiujie in seconds.

“That’s right! Haha!”

“If Xu Ming is really younger than Li Xiujie, then that would be terrifying!”

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Tasting Tea Pavilion.

It is a relatively ordinary teahouse in Holy Emperor City.

At this time, in the Tasting Tea Pavilion, there were many King-level geniuses surrounding a burly young man.

The faces of these King-level geniuses were filled with admiration; and this burly young man had an arrogant look on his face.

If Xu Ming was present, he would definitely recognize this burly young man; because this burly young man was the "Pan Gang Brother" that Xu Ming met when he first came to the Underground City!

“Brother Pan Gang!”

“Brother Pan Gang!”

The surrounding King-level geniuses all shamelessly called Pan Gang "Brother".

“Brother Pan Gang, I heard that you have a good relationship with Xu Ming?”

“Impudent!” Pan Gang’s face darkened, and he shouted, “Is it something you can casually call my brother Xu Ming’s name?—Remember this, you have to call him ‘Brother Ming’!”

“Yes, yes, yes! It’s Brother Ming! It’s Brother Ming!” The King-level genius who spoke earlier repeatedly admitted his mistake.

Seeing that the other party's attitude of admitting his mistake was good, Pan Gang was too lazy to care, and restored his arrogant expression: “My relationship with Brother Xu Ming is that of sworn brothers!”

Immediately, those admiring faces around him became even more admiring of Pan Gang.

And Pan Gang also appeared more and more arrogant.

“Brother Pan Gang!” At this time, another genius said flatteringly, “You also know that with our strength and background, it is impossible to win in the martial arts tournament; the reason why we came to participate in the martial arts tournament is just to show our talents and see if there is a chance to become a disciple of a Sovereign powerhouse!—You and Brother Ming are sworn brothers; and Brother Ming knows many Sovereign powerhouses! Look, can you ask Brother Ming to help us recommend us, so that we have more opportunities to become disciples of Sovereign powerhouses?”

“This…” Pan Gang couldn’t help but feel a burst of guilt—he and Xu Ming did call each other sworn brothers; but that didn’t mean that he and Xu Ming were very familiar!

Pan Gang was very self-aware and knew that with his status, it was still a bit unqualified to ask Xu Ming for help!

But… the pretense had already been made! If he told these King-level people around him now that he couldn’t ask Xu Ming for help; then, wouldn’t Pan Gang lose face?

Therefore, Pan Gang thought for a while, and with a flash of inspiration, he said: “Brother Xu Ming is preparing for the martial arts tournament and is cultivating diligently day and night! You can wait until after the martial arts tournament to bother my brother Xu Ming with these trivial matters!”

Pan Gang said this, but in his heart he was actually thinking: “I’ll fool them first! After the martial arts tournament is over, I’ll think of other excuses!”

The reason why Pan Gang did this was first because his vanity was at play, and second because… pretending is really a very enjoyable thing! He… was addicted to it!

The surrounding King-level geniuses, how could they have thought that Pan Gang was actually pretending; after hearing Pan Gang's "promise", they all believed it to be true, and became even more admiring of Pan Gang—Brother Pan Gang is really too powerful! Even Brother Ming will give Brother Pan Gang face!

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As soon as the latest Peerless Genius Ranking came out, Xu Ming's name, like an explosion, resounded throughout Holy Emperor City!

Throughout the entire Holy Emperor City, from Sovereigns to Ten-Star Gods, almost everyone knew that a genius named "Xu Ming" had appeared out of nowhere!

At the same time, with Holy Emperor City as the center, Xu Ming's name quickly spread to the entire Thunder Continent, and even the entire God Domain!