Chapter 177: Five-Element Techniques, Dimensional Strike

On the platform, the atmosphere gradually became subtle.

The remaining ten people looked at each other, but no one took the lead in attacking for a long time.

After all, being able to reach this step meant they were all truly top prodigies of Taichu Academy; no one wanted to reveal their trump cards easily.

But in the next moment, someone finally couldn't hold back anymore.

Deng E, ranked ninth, and Han Chao, ranked tenth, locked their gazes on Yang Fan almost simultaneously.

The two exchanged a look and then instantly lunged forward!

They weren't targeting Yang Fan out of malice; they were simply unconvinced.

A freshman was actually ranked first in this session? Naturally, they wanted to test it for themselves.

Moreover, the second test was, in the end, only a manifestation of the limits of a certain aspect of the Divine Kingdom; it didn't represent comprehensive combat power.

Yang Fan followed the Cultivation Route, and his score of nearly five thousand points was enough to show that his technique attack power was terrifyingly high.

But the question was, how was his defense? How was his movement technique? How was his close-combat ability? Had his believers cultivated body-protecting techniques?

Everything was unknown.

So what if he had the potential of a peerless prodigy? He was still just a freshman after all.

From the Awakening of his Divine Kingdom until now, only two years had passed in the real world. To what extent could his believers have grown?

“Sorry, Brother Yang,” Deng E said in a low voice. “After we get out, I'll treat you to a meal to apologize.”

Before his voice had even faded, his figure had already turned into an afterimage, appearing behind Yang Fan like a ghost.

He threw a punch! Aiming straight for the neck!

The wind from the punch whistled, even producing a piercing sonic boom.

If this punch landed solidly, it would be enough to instantly shatter a demigod's neck bone!

Bang!

The punch landed, but it only hit the air.

Yang Fan didn't even turn around; he just tilted his head slightly and effortlessly dodged the strike.

Seeing this, Qin Yang and the others on the platform all narrowed their eyes.

“How is that possible?!”

“Isn't he on the Cultivation Route? How can his reactions be so fast?”

“There was no Spiritual Qi fluctuation just now…”

“It’s like he predicted the attack in advance!”

At this moment, except for Deng E and Han Chao, the other seven stood in place with solemn expressions.

Although they were wary of Yang Fan, they hadn't yet reached the point of throwing away their dignity for a group of juniors and seniors to gang up on a freshman.

If they really did that, even if they won, it wouldn't look good.

However, on the high platform, the expressions of Gu Changkong and the others had already changed.

“He has also minored in the Mechanical Route.” A look of surprise appeared in Gu Changkong's eyes.

“For the demigod level, this kind of computing power is already quite astonishing.” Qin烈 also frowned.

“The data shows his talent is Tenfold Time Sequence.”

“This kind of talent consumes an enormous amount of resources. Where did he get the spare energy to develop the Mechanical Route?”

“Could it be… he accepted an investment from some power in advance?”

“No, his data shows he is still a commoner and hasn't joined any organization.”

While several people were talking, Yang Fan moved.

He suddenly turned around, raised his right hand, and gripped Deng E's wrist with absolute precision.

Then he gave it a gentle squeeze.

Crack!

A scalp-numbing sound of bone fracturing suddenly rang out!

Deng E's entire arm actually bent and twisted at a bizarre angle!

“Ah—!” The scream had just begun.

Yang Fan raised his leg and kicked out!

Bang!!!

Deng E instantly turned into a cannonball, flying out horizontally and smashing hard outside the arena.

Then Yang Fan turned to look at Han Chao, who was still stunned in place.

Taking a step forward, his figure suddenly vanished.

When he reappeared, he was already at Han Chao's side.

“Reaction is too slow,” Yang Fan said calmly.

Then he just gave a swat, like swatting a fly, and Han Chao was sent flying horizontally!

He crashed heavily below the platform and passed out on the spot.

The entire process took only a few breaths. Before the others could even react, Deng E and Han Chao were already out.

Speed, power, and reaction were completely on different levels!

At this moment, the remaining few people fully understood that the gap between them and Yang Fan was ridiculously large!

If they didn't join forces, they would only be picked off one by one!

“Attack together!” someone finally shouted in a low voice.

“Forget about saving face!”

“This peerless prodigy is here to crash our Prodigy Arena!”

“Do you really want a group of juniors and seniors to be soloed by a freshman?”

“Right! Deal with him first!”

As the words fell, everyone except Qin Yang lunged forward at the same time!

Boom!!!

The great battle broke out completely!

Fireballs, lightning, golden light, fierce winds…

Various powers instantly swept across the entire platform!

There was even a god of the Mechanical Route who directly donned a full set of intelligent weaponry.

Clack clack clack, the metal armor quickly sealed, shoulder cannons deployed, and high-explosive bullets poured out like a rainstorm, blocking all of Yang Fan's escape routes!

Facing this overwhelming offensive, Yang Fan still looked calm.

He raised his right hand, and earth-attribute Spiritual Qi gathered instantly, forming a heavy small mountain in the blink of an eye!

All attacks hit it and exploded completely!

Smoke and dust swirled, but it couldn't be shaken in the slightest.

It was precisely a technique from the Thick Earth Mountain-Suppressing Scripture!

The next moment, Yang Fan raised his hand again.

A huge fireball nearly a hundred meters wide suddenly appeared above the Heaven-Pressing Realm. The blazing firelight dyed the entire space red, the air distorted, and the temperature soared!

Everyone's faces changed drastically. “Retreat, quickly!!”

But before they could act, water vapor in the sky began to gather.

The water in the sky condensed into a dense rain of swords, falling overwhelmingly!

Fire, water swords, earth mountains, golden light, wood vines…

The five-element techniques of metal, wood, water, fire, and earth were used by Yang Fan as if they were second nature!

Someone was ignited by the fire and let out a scream.

Yang Fan wasn't sure if the “Undying Rule” was absolutely safe, so he waved his hand casually and extinguished the fire.

Immediately after, green wood vines burst from the ground, binding the opponent's limbs and throwing them directly off the arena!

The entire combat process was so fast it was dazzling!

In less than fifteen minutes, the people on the field had been blasted off one after another!

This battle was entirely a dimensional strike, a one-sided crushing!

“Damn!”

Gu Changkong couldn't help but curse as he watched the battle on the platform.

“Since he focuses on the Cultivation Route, how can he have no specific focus? Could this kid be letting his believers develop freely?”

As the Divine Kingdom continued its Evolution, the Aptitude of the believers would get higher and higher, and those with Spiritual Roots would gradually increase.

In the Cultivation system, Metal, Wood, Water, Fire, and Earth were the five most common basic Spiritual Roots.

Under normal circumstances, gods almost never let their believers “develop freely.” Most would deliberately guide the entire Divine Kingdom toward a single direction of Cultivation.

The reason was simple: ten birds in the forest are not as good as one in the hand.

Being able to do everything often meant being a master of none.

Only by taking a certain path to its extreme could one exert the strongest lethality on the Divine Kingdom Battlefield.

Moreover, cultivating in a single direction made resource consumption much lower.

For example, if one focused on the water-attribute route, then the entire Divine Kingdom's Spirit Plant Cultivation, Spiritual Vein environment, water distribution, and technique system could all be built around “water.”

Whether it was resource investment or subsequent Evolution, the costs would be significantly reduced.

But if one cultivated the Five Elements together, the Cultivation cost of the Divine Kingdom would skyrocket several times over.

Therefore, most gods would focus on cultivating believers with a certain type of Spiritual Root, giving them more resources.

As for other believers being allowed to naturally evolve out of the system, that was already considered merciful; some ruthless gods would even actively accelerate this process.

They would directly order the death of those believers who “did not conform to the development direction of the Divine Kingdom,” then list their flesh and blood in the Mall at a low price for sale.

Over time, the proportion of a certain single Spiritual Root in the Divine Kingdom would get higher and higher, and eventually, the development direction of the entire Divine Kingdom would be completely fixed.

A development method like Yang Fan's was extremely rare even in Taichu City.