Meanwhile, the human race's competitors have all been eliminated by the geniuses of other major forces in the Tianyuan Sacred Realm during the battles to advance to the top 50.
Therefore, if the human race wins this battle against the demon race, then the human race will be in a position of absolute victory. Regardless of the human race's final ranking, the human race will gain enormous benefits and strengthen its foundation.
This Tianyuan Ranking Battle was open and fair. All the agreements between the various races before the battle, as well as all the rules of the battle, were made public.
Therefore, not only the high-ranking members of the human race, but also Han Feng himself and his fellow human clansmen all knew what this battle between Han Feng and the demon race's prodigy was about; it was a battle where only victory was allowed and defeat was not permitted.
At the start of the battle, Hanfeng was naturally full of confidence because his opponent, the prodigy of the demon race, had not shown much strength in this Tianyuan Ranking Battle.
Moreover, his own identity has been deliberately hidden. Before this battle began, no one knew the true identity of that demon prodigy, making him seem somewhat mysterious.
At the beginning of the war, most of the human race were full of confidence in Hanfeng and believed that he would win. As a result, some human race members who wanted to make a fortune bet all their wealth on Hanfeng's victory.
However, after the war began, something unexpected happened that neither the human race nor the major powers of the Tianyuan Sacred Realm could have imagined: the mysterious prodigy of the demon race actually displayed a combat power that was in no way inferior to Han Feng's.
As the battle between the two sides continued, under the immense pressure from the cold wind, the prodigy of the demon race finally revealed his true colors.
As the two sides continued their evenly matched battles, the clashes between them became increasingly intense and frequent.
It was precisely in this all-out battle that the prodigy of the demon race no longer had the strength to deliberately conceal his identity, making his true identity known to all the beings in the Heavenly Origin Holy Realm who were watching the Heavenly Origin Ranking Battle.
Only then did the major powers of the Tianyuan Sacred Realm realize that the genius who had been mysteriously hiding his identity was actually the biological son of the Demon Emperor Donghuang Taiyi and the Demon Queen Yue Shen Wangshu, making him one of the most noble beings in the Tianyuan Sacred Realm.
Finally, after both sides revealed all their trump cards and delivered the final blow, Hanfeng fell into a deep sleep due to the immense damage he had suffered.
Although the little demon king of the demon race suffered injuries no less severe than those of Han Feng, he still stood stubbornly on the battlefield thanks to the incredibly strong physique he inherited from his parents.
Although Hanfeng's physique, thanks to the abundant resources of the human race that cleansed his body, was already comparable to some innate gods and divine beasts.
However, compared to the Little Demon Emperor, who was born after being nurtured by two powerful cultivators for countless years, Hanfeng's physique and blood energy still became a weakness that was not a weakness.
Although Hanfeng was defeated by the Little Demon Emperor, the human race's high-ranking officials and other major forces in the Tianyuan Sacred Realm still did not believe that Hanfeng was necessarily weaker than the Little Demon Emperor.
Let's not even discuss who would win if the two were to actually fight to the death.
Leaving aside the long years he was conceived by the Moon Goddess Wangshu, the Little Demon Emperor has already cultivated for over five hundred years since his birth.
And you should know that Hanfeng, who was only half a step weaker than the Little Demon Emperor in this battle, is not even a hundred years old!
However, under such circumstances, something unexpected happened that surprised the entire human race's leadership and even the major forces of the entire Tianyuan Sacred Realm.
After the defeat in the second battle, there were those gamblers who had bet everything on Hanfeng and lost everything, those who felt sorry for the huge amount of benefits that the human race would lose because of Hanfeng's defeat, and others who were simply disappointed in Hanfeng or wanted to vent their frustration because of the human race's defeat.
In short, after Hanfeng was defeated by the Little Demon Emperor, a large number of human people launched a massive barrage of insults and curses against Hanfeng in the virtual world. Countless humans even wished for Hanfeng's death or cursed his entire family to die suddenly in the virtual world.
Moreover, in reality, many ordinary human beings, whose hearts were filled with excitement or whose minds were filled with anger, gathered in front of Hanfeng's residence and subjected him to various insults and humiliations.
Although the humans who had gathered were quickly driven away by the human warriors, and some of the leaders were even arrested and held accountable according to human law, they were punished in various ways, some lightly and some severely.
But those people's insults had already seeped into Hanfeng's mind, lingering there like a nightmare, constantly tormenting him.
In the days that followed, Hanfeng was often awakened by nightmares in the middle of the night. His dreams were filled with the scene of him being defeated by the Little Demon Emperor on the battlefield of the Tianyuan Ranking Battle, a battle that was crucial to the human race, as well as the faces of those who insulted him.
Because he himself was defeated by the little demon king of the demon race, the situation in which the human race had a sure victory and could gain countless benefits was completely destroyed.
Hanfeng felt deeply guilty towards the human leaders and the Human Emperor who had worked so hard to nurture him and fulfill his every request over the years. For a moment, he was even hesitant to face them.
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Chapter 253 Flames Fueled by Physical Body, Vital Energy, and Divine Soul
If that were all, it wouldn't be enough to make Hanfeng despair. After all, for both himself and the human race, there was still a great hope that he could surpass his competitors in the final ranking of this Tianyuan Ranking Battle.
Even if the final ranking of the human race cannot enter the top fifty, as long as they can achieve the result of fifty-one, the human race can still gain enormous benefits.
Based on Hanfeng's previous performance in the Tianyuan Ranking Battle, the human race still has a high probability of ultimately achieving a total ranking of fifty-one in the Tianyuan Ranking Battle.
However, something unexpected happened again for the human race and the major powers of the Tianyuan Sacred Realm: Hanfeng was once again assigned to the prodigies of other races.
In that battle that dealt an unparalleled blow to the cold wind, facing that prodigy of the Destruction God Clan, he immediately launched a desperate attack, burning everything within himself.
It's unclear whether Hanfeng was reminded of the time he was defeated by the Little Demon King, which stirred up the shadow he least wanted to face, or perhaps for some other reason.
In short, Hanfeng seemed to be startled on the battlefield, and was momentarily stunned. Although it was only a momentary daze, it was fatal to Hanfeng.
Although Hanfeng quickly reacted and forcibly banished the distracting thoughts from his mind, he tried to muster his strength to deal with the desperate attack launched by the prodigy of the Destruction God Clan after burning everything he had and forcibly crossing a major level to use the racial talent of the Destruction God Clan.
But it was all too late. Before Hanfeng could react, the powerful light of destruction struck his body, which was still caught off guard.
This prodigy of the Destruction God Clan may not be considered particularly powerful in his own right, but the light of destruction he unleashed by burning everything within himself and using the racial talent of the Destruction God Clan possessed unparalleled destructive power.
Caught completely off guard, the annihilating light struck his body directly, and Hanfeng was defeated once again.
This defeat was not only a heavy blow to Hanfeng, but also to the human race.
This means that the human race may not ultimately surpass the competitors with whom they have had a major conflict in the final ranking of this Tianyuan Ranking Battle.
This will result in the human race not only giving up those territories and interests that have clashed with other forces, but also the human race itself paying a huge price to pay back the gambling agreements that the human race had previously made with other forces.
As for refusing to acknowledge the results of the Tianyuan Ranking Battle, at least for now, the human race does not dare to risk being besieged by all the major forces in the entire Tianyuan Holy Realm.
The defeat in what should have been a resounding victory ignited the fury and despair of all humankind towards Hanfeng.
Even the humans who previously felt that Hanfeng had done everything he should and should not be blamed no longer held back, unleashing incredibly vicious curses and a deluge of insults at Hanfeng.
All of this, like the last straw that broke the camel's back, led Hanfeng, who was already utterly desperate, filled with self-loathing and endless guilt towards the entire human race, to make an astonishing decision.
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