There were a total of twenty third-place winners, and as soon as Lin Yi finished reading the list, these twenty women immediately lined up and walked up to the stands. In fact, they hadn't expected to win any prizes and considered it a bonus just to be ranked.
"Will there really be rewards to claim?"
"I'm not sure, maybe it's just a gimmick for the competition, but honestly, I'm already satisfied."
"So am I, it doesn't matter if there are no rewards. Just to see Lin Yi and rank among the top few out of a hundred and sixty thousand people is such an honor!"
…
None of these twenty women were originally from Soul City; they had no idea that Lin Yi had already given out thousands of rewards.
Looking at the third-place winners lined up in front of him, Lin Yi knew what they were thinking, but he didn't pay it much mind. It was the award ceremony segment, and all he had to do was quietly hand out the awards.
To tell the truth, having won third place out of five hundred people, Lin Yi already had a relatively clear impression of them.
Approaching the first woman, Lin Yi spoke, "Strictly speaking, you were just a bit short of winning a second-place prize. However, I announce the names according to the scores, and you've been placed first, which is your honor."
Just as the first girl was about to give thanks, she suddenly received a soul bone from Lin Yi — an arm bone.
She stepped back in surprise, "Oh my god!"
After glancing at the soul bone and looking at Lin Yi in shock, the girl was dumbfounded, "Is this really my reward?!"
Lin Yi nodded calmly, "Yes, and 2,000 of your random Attribute Points have been added to your spiritual power. Your Red Advanced prize is the second Martial Soul, Ice Phoenix."
After he finished speaking, Lin Yi gently tapped the girl's forehead, and a burst of ice-white light immediately merged with her being.
The next moment, an elaborate ice-white phoenix appeared behind her, and the chill emitted by the Martial Soul made the nearby women rub their arms.
Shui Bing'er, watching this scene from below, stared dumbfounded, with uncontainable shock on her face.
Ice Phoenix! Her Martial Soul was also the Ice Phoenix! What was this Lin Yi doing? Gifting a Martial Soul, the Ice Phoenix, out of thin air?!
And this girl wasn't actually a Soul Master, but a common civilian; her Martial Soul was Blue Silver Grass, a wasted Martial Soul with innate Soul Power at Zero.
If it weren't for this sudden announcement of a competition, she might have never had the chance to come to Soul City in her lifetime. And relying on her exceptional looks and figure, unexpectedly, she also won a prize!
Lin Yi said, "So your first Martial Soul is a wasted Martial Soul. The Ice Phoenix has brought you innate Soul Power at level eight. After merging with the soul bone, your Soul Power should be able to rise by another level. Start practicing diligently from now on."
The girl looked at Lin Yi excitedly, nodding repeatedly, "Yes! I will practice hard! Thank you, Mr. Lin Yi!"
"To actually gift a Martial Soul?!"
The women seeing this for the first time were stunned. They couldn't even dream of such illogical things happening.
Shui Bing'er was the most excited, she turned to the person next to her and hurriedly said, "My Martial Soul is the Ice Phoenix! It's a premium beast Martial Soul. It's the first time I've heard that it's giftable – I remember my Martial Soul being quite valuable!"
Lin Yi continued to walk towards the next person; just like with the first girl, he calmly took out another soul bone and presented it to her. All twenty girls were shocked throughout the process, and those who followed even forgot to express their gratitude. Today felt like a dream for them. No, it was more fantastical than a dream!
After distributing all the prizes for the twenty third-place winners, Lin Yi gestured for them to leave. The girls paused briefly, then, clutching their prizes, they hurriedly stepped down from the stands, each with a bewildered expression.
Lin Yi spoke, "Next are the ten winners of the second-place prize. Just like before, I will read the names in order from the lowest to the highest score. Those whose names are called, please come up to the stage."
Second-place prize!
The remaining 480 women all became tense.
Lin Yi thought, "Tenth place, Ning Rongrong, ninth place, Xue Ke, eighth place, Huo Wu, seventh place, Shui Bing'er, sixth place, Zi Ji, fifth place, Zhu Zhuyun, fourth place, Ju Zi, third place, Bi Ji, second place, Bi Bidong, first place: Snow Emperor."
Actually, among them, two people were quite regrettable: Snow Emperor and Bi Bidong. It was because of an unexpected interlude that Lin Yi had to reduce Bi Bidong's score appropriately. If Bi Bidong had not been possessed by the attribute of the God of Desire, she would have been fully capable of winning first prize.
The second regrettable person was the Snow Emperor, whose conditions in every aspect were almost the same as Gu Yuena's—it was possible for her to get a perfect score too if it weren't for the issue with temperature, which greatly affected both the touch and taste. There was no other way but to deduct points, and Lin Yi placed her in the first position of the second prize.
Lin Yi looked down, "Those whose names have been called can come up to receive your awards. Stand according to the order of the names announced. Bi Bidong had something come up and cannot attend, so Qian Renxue will accept the award on her behalf."
With a twist of her mouth, Qian Renxue followed behind everyone with extreme reluctance.
Up to now, her name had not been called, and there were only five people for the first prize, so the odds of her winning were not high. This panicked Qian Renxue. She noticed Gu Yuena's name hadn't been called either, but seeing Gu Yuena's confident demeanor, Qian Renxue knew she would definitely win first prize, maybe even the top spot.
"Damn, I even have to accept the award for that bitch."
Qian Renxue muttered expletives as she stood beside the Snow Emperor.
Lin Yi presented the three soul bones, a random 5,000 attribute points, and one golden Junior award to the prize winners. When it was Shui Bing'er and Huo Wu's turn to receive the hefty soul bones, their faces showed nothing but shock, and the random 5,000 attribute points surprised them further. The golden junior award left them more baffled than receiving the soul bones, disbelieving.
Fortunately, these random golden junior awards weren't too extravagant, or the men below would have died of envy. Why did these women get an award without dealing 500,000 damage? Because of their chests?
At that moment, Little Snow Maiden looked at the Ice Emperor with confusion, "Auntie, mom won an award, why haven't they called your name yet? Didn't you win one?"
Confidently folding her arms across her chest, the Ice Emperor responded, "Only the first prize is left. It's bound to be a first prize that I'll get."
Little Snow Maiden nearly laughed out loud. She glanced at the Ice Emperor's chest and suddenly felt that if the Ice Emperor could win an award, she could too.
After Lin Yi finished handing out the second prize awards, the people on stage left in order.
He then said, "Next I will announce those who have won the first prize, still reading the names in order from the lowest to the highest score."
"Fifth place, Wang Qiu'er."
When Wang Qiu'er's name was called, Zi Ji looked enviously at the girl beside her and suddenly reached out to pinch her, startling Wang Qiu'er who quickly turned her head and asked, "What are you doing?"
With an envious expression, Zi Ji pinched hard and said, "I want to see just how high the quality of a first prize winner is. No, I want to check it out tonight, okay?"
Wang Qiu'er blushed and nodded, "Okay…"
The feeling of being grabbed by Zi Ji made her flash back to the spectacle during Lin Yi's testing—back then, it was far more embarrassing than now.
Di Tian glanced aside, very curious, he asked Zi Ji and Bi Ji, "What did you two, the second prize winners, lack compared to the Auspicious Beast?"
Bi Ji shook her head, "Goose Goose doesn't know; all Goose remembers is that the Golden Dragon Lord kneaded for a long time before scoring, saying Goose was amazing and scored high, but didn't win first prize—Golden Dragon Lord tricked me."
Di Tian immediately widened his eyes in shock, "What?! He kneaded for a long time?!"
He crumbled to the ground, hands in the air, with blood gushing from his mouth and then collapsed unconscious.
Bi Ji turned to Zi Ji, puzzled, "What happened to the boss?"
Zi Ji curled her lips, "That's probably the ultimate expression of jealousy."
After saying that, she kicked Di Tian's leg, "Boss, wake up."
Di Tian didn't respond, so Zi Ji changed her tactic, "Boss, Bi Ji's clothes suddenly became transparent."
"What?!"
Di Tian quickly got up, wiping the blood from his mouth, eyeing Bi Ji like a starved wolf that had scented meat, then gave Zi Ji a glare, "What's wrong with you? Why trick me?"
Zi Ji pursed her lips and huffed, looking away.
Gu Yuena gave her a cold look, "How embarrassing."
Di Tian scratched his head, "Is the scoring process for the Lord the same as for Bi Ji?"
Gu Yuena immediately glared at him, "Shut up!"
After she spoke, her face turned slightly red as she turned away.
When Wang Qiu'er came onto the stage, she noticed that many of the males in the audience couldn't help but let their gaze drift down to her chest, causing Wang Qiu'er to awkwardly cross her arms in front of her and think to herself that indeed, being a top prize winner was different. When it had been the second and third prizes, everyone's focus had still been on the rewards, but now, for the top prize, it went straight to the breasts.
A top prize meant being in the top five out of 160,000 competitors, which very likely made her one of the top five on the entire continent.
Seeing Wang Qiu'er step up, Lin Yi continued, "Fourth place, Zhu Zhuqing."
Fourth place was surprising, and Zhu Zhuqing was surprised herself, clearly not expecting to win a top award! When she hadn't seen her name for the second and third prizes, she thought she hadn't won anything at all!
Ning Rongrong was very excited, and immediately pushed Zhu Zhuqing onto the stage, standing next to Wang Qiu'er.
Actually, Zhu Zhuqing could have ranked higher, but because her size was a bit large, some points were appropriately deducted.
Lin Yi glanced at the excited Zhu Zhuqing and began reading the next name on the list.
"Third place, Poseissi."
Thousand Waves and Tang Chen immediately shouted in grief and excitement, "Way to go, Xi Xi!!!"
"Sure enough, it's Xi Xi!"
As Poseissi blushed her way to the stage amid their cheers,
Although Thousand Waves and Tang Chen were verbally celebrating, they were bleeding on the inside. They knew the significance of third place, only regretting that they would miss the view!
Lin Yi actually hadn't seen the full view of the area for Puppet Poseidon, and he hadn't expected that the first time he'd see it in full would be on a real person, he was astounded at first sight!
He continued, "Second place, Qian Renxue."
Hearing this, Qian Renxue's mouth dropped open in shock. She had already given up hope, and now she was completely flabbergasted.
A top prize, second place?!
Thousand Waves looked at his granddaughter in shock, "What's going on? You actually beat Xi Xi? How could you disrespect your elder like this, granddaughter?"
Qian Renxue glared back at him, "Grandpa, have you lost your mind?"
After saying this, she excitedly walked towards the stage, her excitement unabated even as she stood in front of Lin Yi.
The Ice Emperor looked at the Little Snow Maiden in surprise, "Could it be that I am the first place?"
Lin Yi, "First place, Gu Yuena."
When the list was completed, Gu Yuena, as if she had known the result all along, showed no sign of surprise. She walked onto the stage calmly like a queen, under the despairing gaze of the Ice Emperor.
The Little Snow Maiden looked up, "Auntie, you didn't win."
The Ice Emperor's expression turned serious, "There's a fix."
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