"These guys, all at Level 16 or 17, what a waste of opportunity! Might as well give the chance to those ranked behind me!"
In the crowd, a man over two meters tall with an extremely exaggerated build looked around and spoke with obvious disdain.
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Everyone who had made it here was the top of their own settlement, accustomed to being praised, so how could they tolerate such words?
But the big man seemed to enjoy being the focus of hostility and even wore a smug smile.
"Zhao Meng, keep it down, don’t embarrass the Steel City Settlement!"
The speaker was a tall, thin young man who clearly didn’t think much of this big guy named Zhao Meng.
And those around, upon hearing Zhao Meng was from Steel City Settlement, many reluctantly withdrew their gazes.
Currently, the top five first-tier settlements are Shangjing, Shenzhen, Haihang, Steel City, and Mountain City.
The fact that this big man could stand out in the highly competitive Steel City means his personal strength is definitely not to be underestimated.
"This guy is Level 20... better not mess with him!"
"Truly lives up to the reputation of a first-tier settlement, to reach Level 20 within a month."
"Seems like the highest level among the newcomers this year is Shangjing and Haihang, at Level 22!"
"That’s outrageous, I’m only Level 17... the gap between fourth-tier and first-tier is just too big."
"No wonder he’s so arrogant... damn it!"
Whispers filled the air around them.
Many newcomer kings from fourth and fifth-tier settlements suffered the harshest blow of their lives...
They never expected the gap between themselves and the newcomer kings from first-tier settlements to be this huge!
This nearly shattered the will of those who had just emerged as stars among their peers.
The gap in strength was indeed enormous.
First-tier settlements are filled with strong characters, noble families are everywhere, resources are more abundant, making the emergence of geniuses more likely.
If it weren’t for the rules, the opportunity to enter the Golden Hall wouldn’t even circle around to the newcomers from third or fourth-tier settlements, let alone fifth-tier ones.
This may seem unfair, yet it happens to be another form of fairness...
Some are simply born into better conditions with more resources, which is an unfairness in itself.
How could they still have the gall to demand more and even hog more resources?
Zhao Meng glanced at the tall, thin youth, a hint of wariness in his eyes.
Lin Ye also looked over and immediately recognized this tall, thin youth.
The king of newcomers from Haihang Settlement!
In Lin Ye’s previous life’s memory, Kong Feiliu was the renowned Storm Magic God!
But regarding his talent, Lin Ye knew nothing at all.
Nobody would casually reveal their talent; especially characters like Kong Feiliu, who is absolutely SSS-Class, it’s even more guarded.
Lin Ye couldn’t help but feel curious, wanting to see Kong Feiliu’s talent.
"Let’s give it a try..."
Lin Ye directly activated the True Sight Talent he got from Lin Maofeng.
His True Sight was only A-level, theoretically, when prying on talents higher than A-level, he would need higher spiritual power, or else risk backlash.
This generally means that most people can’t peek at the talents of those better than themselves.
But Lin Ye forcibly ignored this limitation with his exceptionally high spiritual power attribute.
As long as he didn’t overreach, checking on people far above his level, he could freely view anyone else’s panel.
Kong Feiliu, although strong, was as naked as ever under Lin Ye’s potent spiritual power.
[Magic Storm (SSS-Class): Every time you deal spell damage to any target, increase spell strength by 1 point, stacking up to 100 times, resetting after stopping spellcasting for three seconds.]
Even Lin Ye, experienced through two lifetimes, froze in shock upon seeing Kong Feiliu’s Talent Effect.
In other words, if you fight this guy and can’t achieve a quick victory, once he stacks up his state layers, you’re basically doomed!
No matter how impressive a Professional, it’s probably unbearable to endure spell strikes with 100 spell strength from a mage of the same level!
No wonder there’s talk that every SSS-Class talent Professional is a freak!
A pure numeric SSS-Class talent like Kong Feiliu’s isn’t even the most bizarre...
Some SSS-Class talents revolve entirely around mechanisms, like all skills having a guaranteed hit and highest priority, or directly forcibly removing others’ equipment, or even the ability to permanently seal others’ skills...
Each has its own peculiarities, each is a monster.
Compared to regular talents, SSS-Class talents feel more like a weakened version of a Demon God.
Of course, Lin Ye’s ’Healing Dominator’ is certainly peculiar...
The Question Mark Level talent is likely the only one of its kind in the world.
"If none of you will go, let me be the first..."
At this moment, a silver-haired girl stepped out from the crowd, heading towards ’Book Mountain.’
"Zong Muxue of the Shangjing Zong Family!"
"The newcomer king of Shangjing..."
The crowd buzzed with surprise, evidently this girl was quite well-known.
Lin Ye squinted slightly, this girl was indeed quite famous, hailed as the strongest heir in Zong Family history.
However, during an Academic Alliance event, she was ambushed by a Demon God, perishing at the tender age of 20.
If she could have grown up like Kong Feiliu, humanity might have gained another titled-tier powerhouse.
Yet, regrettably, the world doesn’t entertain ’ifs.’
Throughout human history, the number of human geniuses who fell midway due to various reasons is countless.
Lin Ye remembered Zong Muxue because she was deadlocked in enmity with Su Yaoyao within the Academic Alliance...
Otherwise, Lin Ye might not even have remembered Zong Muxue.
But now that Zong Muxue’s Academic Alliance foe, Su Yaoyao, was already dead in the ’Cannibal Exotic Realm.’
"Could it be, the one who ambushed and killed her was the Flesh and Blood Demon God..."
If it was the Flesh and Blood Demon God, then Su Yaoyao was definitely involved in Zong Muxue’s death.
Now that Su Yaoyao is dead, does that mean Zong Muxue won’t have to die?
Lin Ye understood that his reincarnation this time had changed the destinies of many people.
As events unfolded further, the world’s development would likely diverge more from the ’future’ he knew.
"Let’s check Zong Muxue’s talent first..."
Lin Ye looked at Zong Muxue, intending to activate True Sight.
Just then, a voice came from beside him.
"Hello, you’re Lin Ye, right? Can we get acquainted?"
Upon hearing this, nearly everyone turned their eyes this way, burning with curiosity!
"Lin Ye? That’s Lin Ye?"
"The strongest Healer in history, Lin Ye?"