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Zhao Chen looked at the line of reward items belonging to him on the light screen, and he was so excited that he almost lost his footing.
"Th-these are all for me?"
He didn't expect that he, the last place, could actually receive so many rewards; it was simply too good.
Especially those fifty Golden Pearls.
From the time Zhao Chen enrolled until now, all things considered, he had only eaten ten of them. That item had a quite obvious effect on improving Mental Force, and every single one had benefited him greatly.
Now that he had received fifty at once, his Mental Force could welcome another significant improvement.
Of course, any Heaven And Earth Treasure could only improve a person to a certain degree and could not be stacked limitlessly; the Golden Pearl was the same.
Zhao Chen still remembered that his teacher had once calculated that after eating about one hundred and thirty Golden Pearls, they would become completely ineffective for the body, and eating more would have no effect. (The original work did not mention a specific amount.)
However, he had only eaten ten so far, which was still far from that limit, so these fifty reward pearls could all be solidly converted into his own improvement.
He hurriedly bowed towards Lin Feng to express his gratitude.
"Thank you, Dean!"
Lin Feng just nodded lightly, then raised his hand and waved. All the rewards listed on that light screen turned into a stream of light, precisely entering the Storage Soul Tool at Zhao Chen's waist. Afterward, a ray of light fell upon Zhao Chen, and Zhao Chen leveled up!
This scene made many people watching from the light screen directly turn green with envy.
Xu Sanshi couldn't help but mutter.
"Isn't it just the last place? If I went, I could do it too!"
The people from the Counterfeit Shrek Academy on the side felt the same way. After all, there were so many good things, while their own academy was still under reconstruction due to the invasion of the Abyss Plane.
They hadn't even returned to the Golden Ancient Tree yet, having just moved into a small city in the Star Luo Empire for the time being, ready to return whenever the academy was built.
In the Divine Realm, Tang San watched the scenes of the rewards being distributed on the light screen, and a subtle expression couldn't help but flash across his blue eyes.
He secretly snorted coldly in his heart.
If everyone gets a reward, then what is the point of taking first place?
In Tang San's view, for this kind of thing, it was enough to give rewards to the top three; there was absolutely no need to give any rewards to those behind them. After all, if everyone had rewards, where was the exclusivity?
Of course, Tang San was also very clear in his heart that this kind of thinking was based on the premise that his own ranking was good.
If his ranking were relatively low, it wouldn't matter if a few more reward slots were given out.
Anyway, basically everyone above me can have rewards, and anyone below me shouldn't even dream of getting anything.
Tang San suppressed the bit of resentment in his heart and did not show it on his face.
Xiao Wu sat beside him, her eyes filled with a hint of anticipation, and she asked a question.
"Brother San, what good things do you think Xiao Qi will get?"
After Tang San heard Xiao Wu's question, he thought for a moment and then replied.
"This Shrek Academy has never been stingy. Perhaps the rewards will exceed our expectations. The child Xiao Qi truly has deep fortune."
He wasn't just brushing her off; after all, the things Shrek Academy had distributed before—whether they were Spirit Bones, Spirit Tools, or various Heaven And Earth Treasures—were indeed not stingy.
Especially the improvement of Spirit Rings. One had to know that in the past, increasing the age of Spirit Rings was only possible through God Trials, but now it could be done just by fighting a match. Even Spirit Bones could be upgraded, which was simply incredible, especially since it wasn't even his own Eight Spider Lances.
Xiao Wu nodded, and the expression on her face relaxed slightly.
"That's true. Xiao Qi is living so well at that Shrek Academy; that academy certainly won't treat her poorly."
Ma Hongjun, sitting not far away, looked at the pile of rewards Zhao Chen had received on the light screen, and he couldn't help but be stunned.
His gaze fell upon the reward items, and a thought couldn't help but arise in his heart.
If he had been able to possess these resources back then... could he have become a First-Class God?
If that were the case, his wife could have been brought to the Divine Realm and wouldn't have had to remain alone in the Lower Realm.
Thinking of this, a dim expression couldn't help but flash across Ma Hongjun's eyes.
Unfortunately, all that was left for him now was regret.
If only he had worked harder back then, if only he hadn't been so slack.
Ma Hongjun's gaze finally landed on the figure of the young girl on the light screen, Wang Dong'er.
He hoped Wang Dong'er would work hard.
Ma Hongjun still remembered that back in the Divine Realm, Tang San's attitude towards Wang Dong'er had always been laissez-faire. He didn't intend to Cultivate her much, letting her live unrestrained, and didn't really pay much attention to her Cultivation.
At that time, Ma Hongjun had once advised Tang San because he didn't want his own experience to repeat itself on Wang Dong'er. He knew better than anyone the pain of being unable to protect important people due to insufficient strength.
However, Tang San hadn't cared at the time, so Ma Hongjun didn't continue speaking.
After all, Wang Dong'er's father was his Brother San, that omnipotent Brother San.
Ma Hongjun was also quite clear that with Tang San's abilities, if any problems arose in the future, he would be able to handle them, unlike himself who was so powerless.
Of course, Ma Hongjun held no resentment towards Tang San.
Tang San had already helped him enough; it was his own lack of resolve that had wasted those opportunities, and he could not blame others.
The rewards on the competition stage were still being distributed, and the names on the light screen began to jump.
Second to last place, Ye Xi.
[Ye Xi: Received rewards, Golden Pearl x 60, black-rank mecha x 1, Son of Heaven Fruit x 1, level-9 defensive Spirit Tool x 1, level-9 offensive Spirit Tool x 1, overall age of Spirit Rings and Spirit Bones increased by 6000 years]
When Ye Xi saw the string of rewards behind her name, she was also quite overjoyed. She hurriedly stood up and bowed towards Lin Feng.
"Thank you, Dean!"
Lin Feng still waved his hand lightly, and those rewards turned into a stream of light, entering Ye Xi's Storage Soul Tool, and then increased the age of Ye Xi's Spirit Rings and Spirit Bones.
Ye Xi sat back down happily.
Next, the names on the light screen lit up one after another, and the rewards were distributed one by one.
Each reward contained a certain number of Golden Pearls, and the further up the ranking, the more there were, up to a quantity of 120. After all, once completely absorbed, the Golden Pearls would not be of much use to everyone.
Meanwhile, in the ocean, the Mermaid Princess clan watched the many Golden Pearls through the light screen, their faces filled with astonishment.
"Is the Mermaid King actually so sad?"
"What on earth did we do wrong to make the successive Mermaid Kings so sad, leaving behind so many Golden Pearls?"
After all, the Golden Pearl was a Golden Pearl formed from the tears shed by the Mermaid King when in extreme sorrow. So many had been taken away by this human.
However... can the Mermaid King really produce so many?
One must know that the Golden Pearl contains the mental Origin power of the Mermaid King. This isn't right, is it?
The gazes of the merfolk fell upon the Mermaid King, and the Mermaid King was also dumbfounded. With so many Golden Pearls, even if he cried himself to death, he couldn't produce them.
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