727, the first contestant, Gu Yuena_1

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Thousand Waves and Tang Chen wanted to help review Poseissi's photos, while Di Tian was eager to help review Bi Ji's, how could Lin Yi not understand?

He rejected them coldly, "No need, I can finish them."

Thousand Waves's expression was bitter, "How long will it take this time?"

Lin Yi, "One minute."

This instantly caused Thousand Waves to mentally explode. Last time, 160,000 photos took only three seconds, clearly, some special method was used to review them quickly, but this time, 10,000 photos needed a minute, which obviously meant a careful look!

Senior Lin Yi! I see through you!

Please, just let me take a one-second look at Xi Xi's photos... Thousand Waves thought bitterly to himself, yet he dared not voice this request.

Speaking up would not only be a loss of status and face, but Xi Xi would also give him a thrashing, and his granddaughter might even look down on him.

Lin Yi began to "inspect" the shortlisted photos in the private message interface.

And the System very thoughtfully arranged the private messages in order, with the main characters from the original work who had notable roles placed at the front. Lin Yi opened and checked each photo, appearing nonplussed on the surface, but he was inwardly more shocked with each one he saw.

This was much more thrilling than looking at leg photos in a chat group...

In this moment, Lin Yi truly realized the significance of the System organizing this competition.

It's probably because sitting too long gets dull, so they thoughtfully provided some "delicacies"... oh no, beautiful pictures for my appreciation.

Undoubtedly, these contestant photos, akin to being modeled with high precision, made Lin Yi exclaim in admiration, worthy of characters chosen by the System initially based on looks.

Lin Yi took a longer look at the contest photos of these primary attackers present on the scene, and after a short while, he turned off the interface, feeling somewhat parched. After all, the System would continue to filter out the top five hundred for him.

Really though, now I feel itchy, kind of looking forward to the evening.

"The second round of review has ended. Those who have qualified for the finals will soon receive a private message backstage,"

Lin Yi announced calmly.

At this moment, most of the women present felt a bit embarrassed to meet his gaze because they knew that in that last minute, Lin Yi had "seen through" them. It felt odd, like they were dressed, yet just as if they weren't.

Soon, all the private messages had been sent.

None of the women among the Gua Sha Masters made any noise; while there had been quite a few of them advancing to the second round, now not a single one spoke up.

A woman couldn't help asking, "Why aren't you all talking, did none of you receive the advancement message?"

The surrounding women shook their heads in disappointment, but one girl tentatively raised her hand, "I... I received it."

When everyone looked at her, they realized that this girl's appearance was much better than the others, and the body part she was competing with had an allure that seemed ready to burst forth.

Someone spoke up in disappointment, "After all, only five hundred can advance; the odds are too small. I'm so envious of those who did!"

The female attackers who were the main focus at the event still remained silent, too embarrassed to say anything, even though they had all advanced.

Thousand Waves asked Lin Yi again like an old eunuch, "Senior, when will the finals take place?"

Lin Yi stood up indignant, "Right now, let's not waste any time. I'll decide the winners as soon as possible and distribute the prizes."

Thousand Waves almost didn't keep his footing.

He had definitely not sensed such eagerness from Lin Yi just a moment ago!

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No doubt, it must've been because the pictures were too good-looking, so good-looking that even Senior Lin Yi, an iceberg, was moved!

When will I, Thousand Waves, ever have the fortune like Lin Yi!!!

Shucks! Envy is killing me!

Thousand Waves roared internally, but his expression had already become extremely exhausted. There's no helping it, even if he voiced his envy thousands or tens of thousands of times, he would not have Lin Yi's fortune.

Lin Yi: "Announce that the five hundred advancing contestants should be ready. A space channel will appear before them in five minutes, leading directly to Martial Soul Hall's judging location."

With a heart like it was being cut by a knife, Thousand Waves nodded and started editing the announcement in his mind.

Meanwhile, Lin Yi walked toward the stage and addressed the crowd, "There should also be a good number of advancing contestants here. Follow me to Martial Soul Hall first. Thousand Waves, come with me and find me a room that's especially soundproof."

Thousand Waves asked puzzled, "Soundproof... good?"

Lin Yi spoke indifferently, "Good soundproofing means good privacy, I need to look after the privacy of the contestants."

Makes perfect sense, no arguing with that... Thousand Waves couldn't help but comment in his mind.

At this moment, Lin Yi waved his hand, and an entrance to a space channel appeared before him. He then said, "Those who've advanced, go through. You are among the five hundred people with the highest hopes for a prize, and being tested earlier will make a deeper impression on me. You wouldn't want your rewards taken away by someone else, would you?"

Hearing this, the women at the scene couldn't care about shyness anymore, and quickly headed toward the space channel, afraid of ending up at the back of the testing sequence.

Tang Chen looked on, heart bleeding, as Poseissi walked toward the channel, and Di Tian felt the same as Bi Ji headed for it.

Gu Yuena was surprised to see Wang Qiu'er, "You actually signed up too?"

Wang Qiu'er blushed and said nothing.

At that moment, Qian Renxue shyly stepped forward, looped her arm through Thousand Waves, and said, "Grandpa, hurry! Don't you also need to help arrange rooms?"

She deliberately pulled along her grandfather as a cover and went inside together.

Ju Zi (Orange) shyly lowered her head and followed behind, while the Snow Emperor froze his own daughter to the ground and took his sister toward the direction of the channel.

In an instant, of the main attackers, Sect Master Ning, a woman, was left standing in place. Actually, she had signed up too, but her registration wasn't accepted; the private message reply said her gender didn't match.

This nearly made Sect Master Ning spit blood with frustration.

Lin Yi followed behind to Martial Soul Hall, and everyone at the scene watched desolately. Whether men or women, their eyes shimmered with envy and jealousy.

Thousand Waves quickly found a room for Lin Yi, a perfectly sealed space meant for the guest elders to meditate and train in seclusion, with great soundproofing.

In the room, Lin Yi sat down and wrote the judging criteria on the back wall in a special way.

After finishing, Thousand Waves seemed not ready to leave, but was then stared down by his granddaughter and Poseissi, under their deadly gazes, and left the place.

Soon, five minutes passed and Lin Yi opened the channels to Martial Soul Hall from all over the continent. One after another, beautiful girls came out of the channels, curiously looking all around.

Several of the girls from the Shrek Seven Monsters, including some girls from the Elemental Academy, all appeared here. They had seen Lin Yi with their own eyes during the competition and had been looking forward to seeing him for a long time.

However, Xiaowu wasn't there; Tang San had stopped her. Dai Mubai and Oscar, however, failed to stop Zhu Zhuqing and Ning Rongrong.

Lin Yi: "The first one."

Leading the line was Gu Yuena, and she was domineering. Whoever wouldn't let her be first, she had declared she would beat up, so naturally, she lined up first.