In an instant.
The vast sky was completely covered by countless roaring hurricanes, azure lightning, pale ice blades, and surging ancient fire.
Red, orange, white, blue, purple...
All sorts of dazzling lights, both named and unnamed, instantly filled every corner of the boundless sky.
Blindingly bright, incredibly bright.
So bright that the more than a thousand spectators sitting in the four stands below all widened their pupils in a daze, as if they had witnessed the descent of a Heavenly God.
And Hasmi, who endured such a luxurious and magnificent barrage of magical attacks, also failed to create any miracle.
He died completely and decisively in the thousand-zhang high sky.
Shattered to pieces, body and spirit annihilated.
So, from beginning to end, Li Hai never spoke a single word to him.
It was both unwillingness and disdain.
From then on, all participants in this Tianjiao Ranking, except for the few who forfeited at the very beginning, were left with only Li Hai.
And he, who had killed four opponents of the same Realm, had his number of Strong Fragments rise to eighteen.
Boom boom boom boom—the various explosions in the sky were still continuing, but the overall intensity had rapidly decreased, estimated to end very soon.
However, the shock in the hearts of everyone in the stands was far from over, and even intensified.
"That's right, the fluctuations of those spells in the sky—they are all Fourth Realm levels."
"This Young Military Supervisor of the Demon Slayer Division, who is only eighteen years old, is not only a Martial Dao Grandmaster, but he is also a Fourth Realm Sorcerer!"
"Genius, Prodigy, Prodigy—I feel that all these words are not enough to describe this Li Hai!"
"Li Hai—you are truly a complete monster."
"Only eighteen years old, yet he can Cultivate both Martial Dao and sorcery to such a Realm simultaneously, it's simply..."
"Unheard of!"
"I am very curious, how on earth does he Cultivate? How can a person be Heaven-Defying to such an extent?!"
"Compared to this Young Military Supervisor, my old age feels like it's been lived for nothing."
While everyone was dizzy with shock, there was also a group of people who, in addition to their shock, felt immense pride.
That is, the spectators from the Demon Slayer Division.
As they watched the matches, their chests and chins were raised higher and higher, all full of pride and self-satisfaction, and when they looked at people from other departments, the Demon Slayer Division members even looked askance rather than straight on.
This overly arrogant posture naturally angered many people from other departments around them.
But when they thought of their own contestants being beaten like dead dogs by Li Hai on the arena, that surge of anger was helplessly suppressed back into their hearts.
Who would have thought that the Demon Slayer Division would produce such a Heaven-Defying Young Military Supervisor, so strong that it was simply unreasonable.
"The Young Military Supervisor's talent is unmatched throughout history! No one can compare!"
Gai Fu looked at the slowly fading colorful lights in the sky, laughing loudly with excitement and pride, "To be able to serve under the Young Military Supervisor is truly the greatest fortune of my life!"
After speaking, he turned to look at Gong Shuo Hong, who was also excited, and said solemnly:
"Shuo Hong, from now on, you must be steady and decisive in everything you do for the Young Military Supervisor, observe and think more, do not make any mistakes, and absolutely must not lose face for the Young Military Supervisor, do you understand?!"
"Understood!" Gong Shuo Hong immediately replied, "Manager Gai, please rest assured."
"Mm."
Gai Fu nodded, "The Young Military Supervisor wants us to find all the problematic and muddled accounts in the Demon Slayer Division's financial records from the past decade and investigate the reasons.
Previously, since we had just taken office, we were not very familiar with these matters, so we have not carried out systematic organization. After this Tianjiao Ranking ends, we will have to work overtime to sort and investigate those accounts, which may require business trips to Demon Slayer Division outposts in many provinces for investigation. Be prepared.
"Mm, Shuo Hong understands." Gong Shuo Hong nodded calmly in response.
Just then, the voice of the robot host came from the sky:
"As you can see, the ultimate victor of this Tianjiao Ranking has finally emerged, and he is..."
As the host spoke, he pointed to Li Hai, who stood victorious on the arena below:
"The winner of this session is—Young Military Supervisor Li Hai from the Demon Slayer Division!"
After speaking, enthusiastic applause and cheers erupted from the platform beneath his feet.
At the same time, the Demon Slayer Division personnel in the stands below also stood up, shouting and applauding vigorously.
It wasn't easy; for thousands of years, their Demon Slayer Division had never won a Tianjiao Ranking.
This time, they finally won.
Old Lady Feng Heyue, who had been quietly sitting in a corner of the stands, also nodded repeatedly with satisfaction, looking at Li Hai standing quietly on the arena from afar, and said with a smile:
"Good child, truly a good child. From now on, the future of the Demon Slayer Division—it will completely depend on you, Li Hai!"
It was not just about honor, or rather, that was just the surface.
The true core reason that excited and overjoyed all the Demon Slayer Commandants present was that as the department that won this Tianjiao Ranking, their Demon Slayer Division would also receive strong support from the Martial God Hall in the days to come.
Within the next twenty years, whether in terms of funds or resources, the Great Jing Dynasty's support for the Demon Slayer Division would increase by dozens or even hundreds of times.
At that time, it would be the era when the Demon Slayer Division truly entered a period of great development.
Speaking of the Martial God Hall—
Just as the mechanical host announced Li Hai as the winner of this Tianjiao Ranking, a golden sky-boat, shaped like a one-horned Dragon, slowly flew from the far end of the sky.
"Now, I solemnly introduce to you all!"
The mechanical host in the sky also announced in due course, "An important member of our Great Jing Dynasty's Martial God Hall—Long Hanshui, the Dragon Ge Zai!!"
Upon hearing the host's words, the more than a thousand people in the four stands below immediately became agitated:
"Wow, the Ge Zai is here!"
"I didn't expect the Ge Zai to actually come!"
"Oh right, the Ge Zai appears as soon as the Tianjiao Ranking ends."
"A living Martial Dao Grandmaster!"
"I have never seen an Eternal Overlord in my life, but this time I can finally fulfill my wish!"
"That's great, perhaps meeting the supreme Martial Dao Overlord will allow my Cultivation Realm to improve!"
Like the people in the stands, Li Hai was also very much looking forward to the arrival of the unfamiliar Ge Zai.
However, what he was looking forward to was not the Ge Zai as a person, but the Martial Dao skills he possessed.
"One of the highest rulers of the Great Jing Dynasty, the Wu (Martial) Hall Ge Zai, the Eternal Overlord."
Li Hai murmured with a solemn expression, "Let me see just how powerful the so-called Martial Dao Overlord truly is."
Under the gaze of everyone's anticipation, the Dragon-shaped sky-boat finally reached above the arena.
And then slowly opened its cabin door, from which a tall figure slowly emerged.
