This is Swallowed Star, not Resident Evil.

Chapter 42 Competition Results, Fire Element Laws

In the quarterfinals, neither side spoke much, focusing instead on the competition.

Over two days, seven intense battles were fought to decipher the Dao Derivation Diagram, leaving Ye Yang physically and mentally exhausted.

But the results are also encouraging!

He defeated 5 opponents and lost 3, but based on a comprehensive evaluation of everyone's wins and losses, Ye Yang ranked third!

This not only means he will receive 3 general credits, but also will be promoted to the next level, the "Star Region High School Daoyan League"!

As long as Ye Yang doesn't voluntarily give up his qualification to participate and doesn't advance to the Golden Core stage, he can represent Ziteng University in the Foundation Establishment stage competition of next year's Star Region League.

This is something to be happy about.

In addition, Ye Yang participated in two school competitions, both of which offered him the opportunity to earn academic credits.

Unfortunately, in the "Battle of Magic Competition", all those who made it into the top 1000 were at the peak of the late Foundation Establishment stage, and the top 50 were all at the peak of the late Foundation Establishment stage who had comprehended a trace of the Dao.

Although Ye Yang had also grasped a trace of the Dao, his cultivation level was a bit lacking, only at the mid-Foundation Establishment stage.

So they barely made it into the top 500, but were quickly eliminated.

Next, in the "Simulated Strategy Competition", Ye Yang can get help from the expert team of China in the instance world to devise strategies for him.

The "Simulated Strategy Competition" takes place in a realistic copy world.

The dungeon worlds used in the competition are fully developed worlds, making it difficult to extract Fate Points. Therefore, dungeon owners earn Fate Points by renting out their dungeon worlds.

The game "Simulated Strategy Competition" begins in a star system with three habitable planets and three different intelligent races.

Each participant in the competition has a primitive tribe with 10 people and 100 initial points. These points can be exchanged for items, which can then be used to guide the tribe's development and progress.

Because the 'Simulated Strategy Competition' is extremely costly, there is a certain entry threshold. Each participating student must pay a registration fee of 10 Destiny Points (although this is still a small amount).

Therefore, the number of participants was very small, with less than 100 people from the entire school.

The "Simulated Strategic Competition" started as a star region competition, with more than 5000 teachers and students boarding spaceships to enter the orbit of the white hole and compete for 1000 days.

More than 4000 primitive tribes are scattered across two habitable planets, developing and fighting each other.

This instance world is not a purely technological world; its rules have been altered, with several technology trees existing simultaneously, including spiritual energy, magical elements, and higher-dimensional superpowers.

Some participants went too far; their tribes no longer believed in their "god," completely disregarded his instructions, and developed independently.

Some participants' tribes grew stronger with each battle, accumulating advantages and snowballing their dominance...

One day for a participant is equivalent to one year in the instance world. A 1000-day competition near the White Hole is equivalent to 1000 years in the instance world!

Within 1000 years, they developed from primitive tribes into a star system civilization, with cooperation and competition taking place constantly.

With the help of Chinese experts in his own alternate world, the forces controlled by Ye Yang survived until the 745th year, when they were destroyed in a nuclear war on the eve of the space age.

Ranked 198th in the Star Region Tournament, although he failed to qualify for the Galaxy Finals, he still received 1 credit as a reward from the school.

When this news reached back to the Purple Vine Realm, it immediately caused a stir among the new students.

Because "Simulated Strategy Competition" often requires manipulating a nation or civilization with a population of hundreds of thousands, millions, billions, or even tens of billions, it's absolutely impossible for one person to handle it!

Within its instance world, there must be a faction strategizing for it.

As everyone knew before, Ye Yang had excellent talent in cultivation, but his potential in dungeons was extremely poor. So, in order to get into a top university, he shamelessly went to the Immortal Martial Arts Department.

As it turns out... Ye Yang proved in an unconventional way that the examiner had misjudged him!

The fact that the Gate of All Heavens measured a value of 0 suggests there may be more to the story.

When this news reached the Spirit Pivot Realm, it immediately caused a sensation.

The same group of Ling Shu netizens seemed to have forgotten how they had insulted Ye Yang back then. Now they were all calling him a "genius boy" and saying "you all misjudged him."

Ye Yang has once again become the pride of the Ling Shu people!

His photo was secretly slipped back into the list of "Outstanding Graduates" by his high school alma mater.

But Ye Yang didn't care about any of this.

After receiving a phone call from his mother and talking with her for two hours, he looked at the two tree branches covered in black mud in his hand.

"During the year-end period, I went out and participated in three competitions, and finally earned 4 credits."

"Under my master's guidance, I used 4 credits to exchange for two branches of 'Endless Wood'."

An inexhaustible tree, burning day and night, is not extinguished by violent storms or torrential rains.

It is a spiritual root of heaven and earth that contains the laws of fire.

Its broken branches contain the profound mysteries of fire-elemental laws, allowing low-level cultivators to comprehend the laws of heaven and earth. If valued in Immortal Alliance coins, a single branch would be worth at least several billion.

Ye Yang tapped the branch with his magic power, and the black mud on the broken surface of one of the branches of the Endless Wood Tree fell off.

Suddenly, a small flame rose from it.

This is not the ordinary burning of wood, but a manifestation of a certain power of the laws of fire.

Ye Yang had already grasped a trace of the Dao of fire attribute, so comprehending the manifestation of this fire law was a perfect fit for him!

He was not in his dormitory at the time, but in a secluded room rented out by the school, with dedicated security and management personnel, so no one would come to disturb him.

Then open the jade box and take out a second-grade top-quality Ascension Pill.

The Divine Ascension Pill is a elixir that helps to concentrate attention, enhance perception, and boost energy. It is used to help cultivators quickly comprehend spells and supernatural powers, perform calculations, or comprehend laws.

It is usually used by cultivators at the Golden Core stage or above, and it may have some side effects.

The one Ye Yang bought was a 'Second-Tier Top-Grade' Ascension Pill worth 50 Destiny Points. It was a specially made high-grade pill that could be used by those in the Foundation Establishment stage, and its effects were milder with fewer side effects.

He bought 20 of them, spending ten million.

The Divine Ascension Pill slowly melts in the mouth, releasing a cool and refreshing aura that quickly puts Ye Yang into a meditative state, making his mind sharp and alert.

So he immediately began to study the laws of fire on the 'Endless Wood'.

They stayed in this secret room for half a month!

Finally, just before New Year's Eve...

Ye Yang opened his mouth and swallowed a ball of yellow-red flame.

"I have refined a ball of 'Inexhaustible Spiritual Fire' and stored it in my dantian. Although its power is not yet sufficient to kill enemies, I have already grasped a smattering of the laws of fire. This fire will continue to strengthen in the future."

"In the future, it will be easier to find more spiritual objects containing the laws of fire and refine them into this fire."

Ye Yang spent a month integrating his understanding of the laws into the embryonic form of his true meaning, enriching it.

During this month, he returned to his hometown, Ling Shu Star, to spend the Lunar New Year with his mother.

All things considered, based on the time he has experienced—half a year at school, six years in the White Hole Acceleration Zone, four years in the Devouring World—Ye Yang has not seen his mother in reality for more than 10 years.

Of course, for the mother, Qian Tong, only half a year had passed.

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