"Don't worry, I keep my word. Since I agreed to this bet with you, I will give you the item."

With that, Sun Tinghou glanced at the imitation of the Sky-Swallowing Demon Pot and continued to speak to Wang Ye, "You can take it."

Even though it was an imitation, with Sun Tinghou's strength, it would be challenging to hold onto the imitation of the Sky-Swallowing Demon Pot without using some magician methods.

And Sun Tinghou was here to participate in the competition, not expecting to obtain the imitation of the Sky-Swallowing Demon Pot, so he naturally wasn't prepared.

He could only leave the imitation of the Sky-Swallowing Demon Pot aside.

Initially, Sun Tinghou planned to have someone help him carry away the imitation after his match with Wang Ye was over. But now, it seemed he didn't need to bother with that.

Wang Ye waved his hand and immediately collected the imitation of the Sky-Swallowing Demon Pot.

He was different from Sun Tinghou.

He was a First Grade Peak Cultivator.

A mere imitation of the Sky-Swallowing Demon Pot was easy for Wang Ye to collect, unlike the genuine one which would be difficult.

The crowd around them, watching Wang Ye store the imitation, looked at Sun Tinghou with eyes full of pity.

In the first round, even though Sun Tinghou lost, he could at least get something good.

But now.

He got nothing.

Of course, Sun Tinghou was not at fault.

Who could have expected that such a valuable item would be cut from Wang Ye's original stone?

Ying Long!

Even if someone in the audience could foresee the future and predict this, they probably wouldn't have believed it.

And, the stakes of the bet between Wang Ye and Sun Tinghou were indeed too tempting.

Ten years of guaranteed protection for Sun Tinghou.

From Sun Tinghou's perspective at the time, who wouldn't gamble for ten years of protection by a First Grade Peak Cultivator?

"Sun Tinghou is good, but compared to Wang Ye, he has lost too much."

Li Tianxue, standing next to the master of the Divine Stone Workshop, sighed.

The Sun Family, where Sun Tinghou came from, was near their Tian City.

So Li Tianxue had some connection with Sun Tinghou.

Listening to Li Tianxue's sigh, the master of the Divine Stone Workshop felt amused inside.

And a bit proud.

Naturally!

Besides, see who took a fancy to Wang Ye.

I did!

How could he be weak!

From the start of the first round, Wang Ye had already gained such benefits, and he was in high spirits, while Sun Tinghou was left feeling dejected in comparison.

So in the following contests.

Wang Ye defeated Sun Tinghou.

On the magician path, Sun Tinghou's strength was already slightly inferior to Wang Ye's, and with his morale shaken, Wang Ye defeated him without using much of his own power.

The people present were astounded to see Wang Ye defeat Sun Tinghou so easily.

"Wang Ye actually directly defeated Sun Tinghou! You know, among the young talents, Sun Tinghou was ranked second. Doesn't that mean Wang Ye is now ranked second?"

"Ji Ru Yu defeated Ji Lanshan, making Ji Ru Yu third. The next competition is between Ye Chen, Wang Ye, and Ji Ru Yu."

"Between Wang Ye and Ji Ru Yu, they should be contesting for second place, while Ye Chen is definitely first. Even though Wang Ye defeated Sun Tinghou, that was partly because Sun Tinghou had a mindset issue after the first round. Otherwise, it wouldn't have been so easy for Wang Ye to beat Sun Tinghou."

The spectators discussed.

Ji Ru Yu listened to the chatter around and felt somewhat helpless.

Compete with Wang Ye?

How?

It's known that during the mid-stage on Nine Dragon Mountain, he was already thrashed by Wang Ye.

If it weren't for Wang Ye, he might not have broken through to become a Second Rank Sorcerer until now, let alone vie for a top three position here.

When competing against Young Master Ji, he was eliminated right away!

And Wang Ye…

The audience might not realize it, but after Wang Ye's excellent performance with the original stone, Sun Tinghou couldn't even make him show his real strength during the two subsequent rounds.

After coming off the stage.

The master of the Divine Stone Workshop directly ordered the staff to gather all the remaining original stones from the match between Wang Ye and Sun Tinghou.

Although the Head of the Sorcerer's Headquarters knew the abbot's action, he didn't bother to interfere.

In the master's view, there might be more treasures among the remaining original stones after Wang Ye found one.

But from the viewpoint of the Sorcerer's Headquarters Minister, it wasn't going to be that easy.

Having two such precious items from a pile of original stones was already incredible, and the chance was likely consumed by those two stones, leaving little for the rest.

...

After the competition ended.

Wang Ye joined Lin Shuang and Zhou Ke, with Ying Long looping around Wang Ye's shoulder.

Initially, Ying Long could only crawl on the ground, but as it gradually digested some of the Power of the Great Dao that flowed into its body, it had already reached the realm of a Third-Grade Cultivator.

This naturally allowed it to coil around Wang Ye's shoulder.

Its body remained the same length as it started.

Yet Wang Ye could feel that Ying Long could instantaneously change its body's length if it wished.

Lin Shuang reached out to gently stroke Ying Long's head.

Ying Long sensed the closeness between Lin Shuang and Wang Ye, so even when Lin Shuang touched it, it didn't resist and occasionally interacted with her.

Meanwhile, Zhou Ke stood by with a cheerful grin.

Earlier, he had doubts about Wang Ye securing a top three spot in the competition, but now Zhou Ke realized Wang Ye's top three placement was as sure as it could get.

When that time comes.

The Wei City Mage Guild could naturally be preserved.

Wang Ye glanced at Zhou Ke, who was so happy that drool was coming from his mouth, and said disdainfully, "Look at you."

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