After Li Xuan left, the stars who remained on stage all looked at Ji Xinghuo. Many of them were very eager to approach and make his acquaintance.
However, Ji Xinghuo did not give them a chance and flew straight back to the box.
"Third brother!"
Liangqiu Feiyan exclaid excitedly, "This ti you’ve really made a fortune! 150 billion, lying down you could spend it for several lifetis and still not finish it!"
The family was all elated.
"It’s a shared sight," Ji Xinghuo said with a smile to his siblings, "Man Ying and I also placed a bet of 15 billion abroad, all on my own victory. The payout won’t be much less than what Li Xuan wagered on the bet, maybe even more."
Everyone was dumbfounded.
An Yitian, his siblings, and Su Ziyou had also placed bets following Ji Xinghuo, "Thank you for bringing us along to make a fortune."
Wang Yinlong asked in surprise, "You guys?"
Su Ziyou briefly explained.
"So you all were so sure about brother Xinghuo. Had I known, I would have played too. What a pity," Wang Yinlong shook his head, not without regret.
"Damn!"
Zhonglin burst out a curse, "You guys played such a big ga!"
He and Zhuo Ligetu had also placed bets, but they were not so confident in Ji Xinghuo, so they only bet a few million. Now, thinking about it made his heart bleed, a huge loss.
Ji Xinghuo patted his shoulder, "You were not decisive enough."
"How would I know you are now so strong, even able to defeat the Heavenly King? Li Xuan is too weak!" Zhonglin regretted profoundly, "Next ti I’ll blindly bet on your win."
"There will be no next ti."
Ji Xinghuo smiled, such a windfall was not sothing one could co across all the ti.
Now the entire world knew of his strength, no one would bet against him anymore, and even if there were, the odds wouldn’t be as high.
"Let’s go!"
Ji Xinghuo, with a sweep of his hand, declared, "Tonight I’m throwing a celebration party, please honor us with your presence. Let’s set off now!"
Everyone in the box responded in chorus, all attending.
Zhao Manying had booked a venue in Chang’an’s best nightclub. Monts later, Ji Xinghuo arrived with his family and friends. This venue was located on the top two floors of a skyscraper more than two thousand ters tall in the city center, and had all the facilities and top-notch service.
Various high-end drinks and delicious dishes kept coming, and the waiters were all handso n and beautiful won.
Everyone just let loose and had fun.
Zhonglin had already wrapped his arms around two beauties, flirting on a sofa while competing in drinking gas with Zhuo Ligetu.
The unmarried had their way of fun, and the married had theirs.
Ji Xinghuo, though unmarried, had a girlfriend with him and naturally needed to be sowhat reserved.
He soaked in the rooftop infinity pool, admiring the bustling night scene of Chang’an, completely relaxed and enjoying himself imnsely.
The waiters serving by the pool, several of whom were stunningly beautiful won, now knew he was Ji Xinghuo and were itching to make a move, frequently casting glances his way, but none dared to make any advances.
For they all recognized the woman by Ji Xinghuo’s side.
That was Zhao Manying!
Zhao Manying had changed into a bikini, casually showing off her perfect figure, leaning close to Ji Xinghuo, cozying up, marking her territory to other won.
While Ji Xinghuo and his family and friends were partying, the online buzz hadn’t cooled down.
People were still reveling in those three bouts.
Related videos were repeatedly watched on various websites, and the viewer count had already surpassed ten billion.
Nurous people discussed fervently on social dia platforms, forums, and live streaming rooms and so on, where Ji Xinghuo’s na could be seen everywhere. In the top hundred trending topics globally, more than half were related to Ji Xinghuo, discussing his abilities and talents,
His experiences, his wealth, his age, his looks...
Discussing everything about Ji Xinghuo!
The number of followers on Ji Xinghuo’s social dia accounts surged even further.
After he had defeated the Sun King in the Global Marathon and won the crown, his followers had already surpassed three billion that day. Now, it was nearing five billion!
A significant portion of these followers were from overseas, and on average, one out of every eight people in the world followed him.
Zhao Manying leaned into Ji Xinghuo’s arms, continuously refreshing the screen on the projector.
The two watched together.
"Your fa and popularity have both surpassed mine," Zhao Manying refreshed Ji Xinghuo’s social dia account, which had just officially exceeded five billion followers.
Even though she had won multiple championships over the last few years, her followers numbered just over three billion.
"It’s of no use to ," Ji Xinghuo wrapped his arms around Zhao Manying’s slender waist in the water, "Besides, my popularity is your popularity, we share everything."
Zhao Manying said with a smile, "I’m not jealous of you, but I like the way you put it."
"Hahaha..."
Ji Xinghuo laughed out loud, suddenly struck by an idea.
He reached out through the air, and the phone by his side flew up and hovered in front of them, turning on the cara facing them both, "Let’s take a picture."
"Great!" Zhao Manying, guessing his thoughts, happily agreed.
The cara elevated for an aerial shot, the two of them closely nestled together by the poolside, Zhao Manying turning back to lightly kiss the profile of Ji Xinghuo, their fingers intertwined, with the bustling night scene of Chang’an in the background, the mont captured.
After taking a dozen pictures, Ji Xinghuo handed the phone to Zhao Manying, who said, "You pick one to post."
Zhao Manying carefully chose her favorite one, wrote a caption, and then posted it.
The next second.
More than five billion people worldwide had seen it.
After a long silence, Ji Xinghuo’s social dia account posted a photo with Zhao Manying, with only two words in the caption, "Happy!"
In a matter of seconds, hundreds of thousands of comnts had refreshed beneath it.
Zhao Manying happily scrolled through the comnts, smiling. Sotis, she would burst out laughing at so funny comnts and personally like them. If there were derogatory or vulgar comnts, she would imdiately delete and report them in one go.
"Won..."
Ji Xinghuo muttered to himself.
No matter how famous or powerful a woman was, she tended to care more about others’ opinions than n did. Of course, Zhao Manying was no ordinary woman; her personality was independent, yet she was feeling a bit of a crisis.
Thinking about this, Ji Xinghuo suddenly felt a bit guilty and glanced in the direction of Chi Zhonglin.
Jiangnan Caiyi was there today too.
Among the many people present, she knew only him and Chi Zhonglin, but today, she had spoken to him only a word or two. She had frequently cast covert glances not at him but at Zhao Manying.
"That was a mistake."
Ji Xinghuo remained impassive.
He hadn’t invited Jiangnan Caiyi, but coincidentally, she had returned to Earth from Star Realm in the past few days. Seeing the news, she ssaged him, concerned about his situation. He knew he shouldn’t have invited her to the scene.
If Man Ying and Jiangnan Caiyi spoke more, things might very well be exposed.
Fortunately, that hadn’t happened.
Jiangnan Caiyi mostly stayed by Chi Zhonglin’s side and didn’t say anything out of place, acting like a normal friend.
"The Legendary List and the Ladder have updated!" Liangqiu Feiyan hurried over.
Everyone opened the official ADC website.
At the sa ti, soone posted the news online which quickly soared into the top few spots of the trending searches.
Zhao Manying opened the Legendary List on the projection screen in front of her, and Ji Xinghuo’s na was strikingly at the top.
"First on the Legendary List!"
"Wow..."
Everyone instinctively looked towards Ji Xinghuo and then turned their heads to look at Wang Yinlong, who was with the An siblings. He was the previous first on the Legendary List, now pushed down to second, but his expression was unaltered.
Wang Yinlong smiled faintly, "I told you, after you fight three bouts with Li Xuan, you would parachute to first on the Legendary List."
"Thanks for letting ," Ji Xinghuo nodded at him.
"It’s not about letting anyone," Wang Yinlong said earnestly, "my strength is not up to yours; this first place is rightfully yours. When I feel strong enough, I will still challenge you."
Ji Xinghuo responded, "Anyti you wish to learn."
He said this but didn’t really believe that Wang Yinlong would have the chance.
With his rate of improvent in strength, unless he was stuck at the bottleneck of Shepherd Star Saint for many years, Wang Yinlong couldn’t possibly catch up.
"I’ve returned to the top of the Ladder as well," Zhao Manying saw her na.
Ji Xinghuo, having ascended to Legendary Mutant, had been automatically removed from the Ladder, causing Zhao Manying to rise from second to first.
Liangqiu Feiyan imdiately said, "Congratulations, Sister Man Ying!"
Zhao Manying nodded but didn’t feel overly pleased.
She had been the top of the Ladder for several years and was used to it, but the brief two to three months as second had put a lot of pressure on her, coming from Ji Xinghuo. Her boyfriend’s strength had increased too rapidly, leaving her behind.
There’s a significant difference between first on the Ladder and first on the Legendary List.
If she didn’t strive to catch up with Ji Xinghuo, the gap between them would only widen.
Ji Xinghuo, unaware of Zhao Manying’s thoughts, continued to look at the list where ADC had given a brief rationale for his new ranking.
Defeated the Heavenly King, first in the world.
"Eh?"
Ji Xinghuo instinctively opened the Heavenly King List and suddenly noticed that this list, which rarely changed, had been renad.
An official announcent popped up imdiately.
He quickly read through it; it turned out ADC, after careful consideration, felt the Heavenly King List didn’t properly reflect the strength rankings of mutants worldwide. Previously, only Heavenly Kings were ranked, and being a Heavenly King ans definitively stronger than any Legendary, even the last ranked Heavenly King was stronger than the top-ranked Legendary Mutant.
Thus, it was sufficient just to rank the Heavenly Kings, and any ascent to Heavenly King ant automatic inclusion on the list.
But today, an exception had occurred.
It was Ji Xinghuo!
Ji Xinghuo, having defeated Heavenly King Li Xuan, should by the rules of the Heavenly King List swap rankings with him.
However, since Ji Xinghuo was still a Legendary, it seed inappropriate to include him on the Heavenly King List.
The "Star Realm Defense Council" executives, after urgent deliberations, finally decided to still rank Ji Xinghuo but no longer called it the Heavenly King List.
It was renad the "Global Battle Power List."
True to its na, this ranking used real battle power as the absolute standard, and inclusion on the list was no longer limited to Heavenly Kings or Legendary mutants; any mutant could be ranked.
Ascent to Heavenly King ant automatic inclusion.
Mutants below Heavenly King who wanted to be ranked rely needed to defeat anyone already on the Global Battle Power List.
The Global Battle Power List currently comprised 50 people, naly the 49 Heavenly Kings plus Ji Xinghuo.
Ji Xinghuo opened the Global Battle Power List.
He found himself ranked 31st!
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