When he came to his senses, he found a Tree-man had appeared in front of him, with a heavy hand pinning him to the ground, tied up with vines and roots like a dumpling.
From the start of the battle to the dust settling, it took no more than ten seconds.
The spectators reappeared in the arena’s hall.
For the swiftly-ended match, they might have felt cheated normally, but this time they felt somewhat unfulfilled.
As outside spectators, the aura’s ability didn’t fully affect them, but they saw the battle just now clearly.
When the battle began, Fan Mao just waved her hand, and lush flowers and plants suddenly grew around her, making Bai Yi, who was already full of life force, even more so.
The beauty unique to life, which is hard for all life to restrain, was deeply imprinted in everyone’s hearts.
Until the battle ended and they were sent out of the arena, their first thought was that they wanted to see Bai Yi again.
"I thought the praise earlier was exaggerated, but I didn’t expect this Miss Fan Mao to be even more... beautiful."
"And it’s not just her appearance; even her strength is very powerful.
Looking at ’Magic Sword Fuli’ just now, clearly suppressed by power, that Tree-man could definitely reach a Tier Six standard, a strength-based Tier Six, and even a newly-broken Tier Six would definitely struggle against this Tree-man..."
"Hey, look, the second round is starting!"
As someone noticed Fan Mao’s name appearing again on the hall screen, the audience, who felt unfulfilled, scrambled to buy tickets to enter again.
This peculiar sight of mass ticket purchase drew more attention and curiosity.
"It seems like they just went in to watch, didn’t they?"
"You’re not mistaken, they were in for less than half a minute, and look, they’re out again."
"Look, look, they’re all going in again. What’s so compelling that they’re willing to spend money to watch it?"
"I heard them say it was that newbie called Fan Mao, shall we go and take a look too?"
Similar conversations occurred among many people in the hall; most had the same thought, driven by curiosity to see for themselves.
After all, it’s just a viewing, and the cheapest ticket costs only 1 Star Coin, so it’s worth it even just out of curiosity.
The big man who initially praised Bai Yi never expected that his unintended action would inadvertently lead more and more people to participate in the viewing.
Newcomers were quickly drawn to Bai Yi’s presence, swiftly becoming loyal members of the viewing army.
This group appeared and disappeared in the arena, growing stronger each time, bringing more people to watch each time they reappeared.
It was also under the witness of this gradually growing audience that Bai Yi’s ranking soared, quickly breaking into the top hundred of the Tier Six ranking, and ultimately leaping to ninth place.
This wasn’t because Bai Yi didn’t want to continue, but because there were no opponents left.
After all, the people on the ranking list couldn’t always be in the arena and ready to fight.
Even Bai Yi being able to reach this position was already based on the rules of the ranking, given after calculating her previous combat performances.
For this, Bai Yi was satisfied.
She hadn’t forgotten the two purposes of today, which weren’t to rush the ranking.
One was to experience more battles with the Starry Sky People, assessing her strength while also absorbing the strengths of their battles to improve her race upon returning.
And the most important second one, to showcase her life-based setup, and attract as many "fans" or "admirers" as possible, increasing her influence.
The former had already been fulfilled in her deliberately compromised battles, experiencing dozens of battles and encountering nearly all different types of combat professions, with ample information gathered.
From various different schools of melee martial artists to various specialized mages, to those Mechanical Masters who excel in different technical directions, possessing entirely different combat styles.
Almost every profession brought Bai Yi insights, differing only in degree.
However, among so many professions, Bai Yi still encountered two that she was familiar with.
Specifically, the [Eternal Life Knight] and [Seeker Scholar] professions that Bai Sheng and Bai Xi had once transitioned into.
However, unlike the two who used them only as an augmentation part, no longer requiring them for actual combat, the two she encountered this time truly showcased these professions’ strengths.
The former pursued ultimate life force, adopting a Berserker strategy of trading injury for injury, while the latter used knowledge as power, transforming it into a form of divine arts ability, leaving a deep impression on Bai Yi.
Unfortunately, as mentioned, the two had long since reached a stage where they didn’t need these professions for combat power. The various abilities Bai Yi has integrated have long replaced them as the new combat power foundation.
"The harvest this time is truly substantial...
Aside from the kitty cats’ completely non-combat races, almost all can have new tactical improvements; indeed, relying solely on oneself to randomly think things over is too slow for progress.
Only through more clashes can new sparks of thought be born...
Plus, with the genes harvested this time, as long as everything is converted into combat power upon return, several races will be able to possess true Tier Six combat power.
However, since advancing to Tier Six, it seems their upgrade speed has slowed down, that’s something that needs addressing too..."