Devouring the Stars: A New Talent Every Month
Chapter 14

Challenge the Entire Zone, I Want to Fight a Hundred Thousand

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9d ago

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The rain had passed, and the skies had cleared. Today was bright and sunny.

But for the countless participants in the Seventh World Zone, no weather could affect the bloody slaughter between them!

Due to the gravity restrictions of this special environment, Lu Ming's maximum flying speed had been greatly affected. Even so, it did not take him much time to successfully reach the next sea of trees.

Compared to the several sectors he had visited before, the terrain here was largely similar, filled with dense natural life energy.

With the Azure Spear that he had never had the chance to draw strapped to his back, Lu Ming stood atop the tallest tree within sight. His spiritual power swept brutally across the vast area ahead.

This time, he did not choose to slowly search for every titled expert. Instead, he planned to directly find and hunt down the strongest person in this sector.

"The commotion earlier should have caught some people's attention. I'll wait a while first."

Lu Ming sat cross-legged on the crown of the giant tree and looked at his left wrist.

Participant: Lu Ming (Jinlan Universe Kingdom) Points: 3296 6535 Rank: 1

After consecutively sweeping through the top experts of several sectors, his points had directly surpassed thirty million, temporarily placing him first. But if he wanted to hold onto the top spot in this World Zone, these points were definitely not enough.

After all, there was still plenty of time. As long as the top ten experts in the other World Zones continued earning points, they still had a chance to surpass thirty million.

"More than half the time has passed. The points accumulated by other top experts should be even greater than those I encountered before." Killing one such Super Expert could yield several million points in a single go.

"Still no one?"

With a slight shift in Lu Ming's thoughts, he suddenly heard the sound of something cutting through the air from below.

"You're an expert from another sector, aren't you?" A burly Ape Clan youth over three meters tall flew straight before Lu Ming and stopped, baring his teeth as he spoke in a booming voice.

"You guessed right." Lu Ming smiled faintly, then looked at the Ape Clan youth and said seriously, "I'm looking for the strongest person in this sector."

"Then you don't need to look any further. That's me!" The Ape Clan youth was covered in dense black fur and held two Dark Black Iron Rods over two meters long.

"Oh, what a coincidence!" A smile spread across Lu Ming's lips as well.

"Someone like you came to my territory before. In the end, he contributed 1.5 million points to me. I hope you have that many points too!" The Ape Clan youth stared at Lu Ming with cruelly bloodshot eyes, then suddenly attacked!

"Die!"

To this Ape Clan youth, the two-meter-long Dark Black Iron Rods were merely a pair of "short rods." At first, the two rods carried the faint sense of a babbling stream, but in an instant, they transformed into two ferocious black torrents that surged toward Lu Ming.

Facing such a frenzied assault, Lu Ming, the black-haired youth clad in black battle armor, merely stood there smiling. Blinding lightning faintly flickered around him.

Just as the Ape Clan expert was about to close in, Lu Ming's body suddenly blurred. He raised his right fist, his entire body seeming to transform instantly into an ancient ferocious beast.

"Roar!"...

Lightning ran wild. Lu Ming's figure was completely enveloped by the Golden Lion Colossus forged from Thunder, while his right fist transformed into streaks of black lightning.

Clang! Clang! Clang! Clang!

The sounds of fists colliding with Force Weapons rang out without pause.

Lu Ming's fists smashed against the other man's short rods again and again. Amid their incredibly rapid exchange, the Ape Clan youth was forced back step by step. In the blink of an eye, Lu Ming's fist powerfully pierced through the impenetrable wall of rod shadows, and the massive head instantly exploded into pulp.

"You were able to take a few of my punches. You're not weak." Lu Ming casually glanced at the Ape Clan youth's corpse, withdrew his fist, then looked at his current points and smiled in satisfaction.

"Time to go somewhere else."

As Lu Ming continued to make his moves.

Cases of capable people being eliminated early were no longer rare.

Over the following twelve days, organizations and citizens of the Jinlan Universe Kingdom who kept an eye on the World Rankings discovered a very strange phenomenon.

Many participants in the top hundred of the Seventh World Zone's overall rankings would often suddenly plummet, their points directly halved.

"King of Underworld was killed..."

"Sky Eye was killed too..."

"Moon Soul's points suddenly got halved..."

This baffling wave of changes left countless people dumbfounded.

Aside from those who had already crossed sectors and left, their whereabouts unknown, every expert who had built a great reputation in their own sector had been hunted down.

Who was it?

Who could be this insane?

Under the scrutiny of those who paid attention, they quickly found the answer.

Demon GodLu Ming!

This Super Expert, who had maintained a top-five overall ranking from the very beginning, had now reached first place in points! And his score was still climbing higher and higher!

"His points are increasing far too quickly."

"How many experts is he planning to kill?"

"The Seventh World Zone is practically his backyard!"

In the various taverns on Jinlan Island within the Virtual Universe, many citizens drank while excitedly discussing the matter.

Although they had not participated in the Genius Battle, that did nothing to dampen their enthusiasm.

By now, Lu Ming had become the subject of nationwide discussion. An unimaginable genius was about to seize first place in the World Zone with overwhelming force.

Before his jaw-dropping number of points, even the first-place holders of other zones could not compare to him at all.

"Pfft!" The bewitching long blade decapitated another enemy, yet the stunning girl's gaze remained utterly calm.

"My points have temporarily placed me twelfth. As the end approaches, the battles within the World Zone have become even more intense, and rankings are changing quickly. Even reaching the top ten will probably be difficult for me."

"There are only three days left. This should be the most chaotic time in the entire World Zone. The Super Experts of every sector are all difficult to track down. Many people are crossing sectors to hunt experts elsewhere and improve their rankings. The strongest among them is undoubtedly that man... Demon God!"

The stunning girl known as Demon Blade was immensely grateful that she had chosen to leave her initial sector early.

After all, this terrifying Demon God had occupied first place for a full eighteen days, and the gap in points between him and second place was growing wider and wider.

The reason was simple. Too many top experts had died at Demon God's hands. King of Underworld, Sky Eye, Moon Soul... among these experts, there were countless whose reputations were no less than hers.

Even she would have been eliminated early like everyone else if she had not chosen to avoid him in advance that day.

"My current points are enough to ensure that even if I die, I can still at least enter the top hundred of the World Zone. On the final day, I'll go..." Just as Demon Blade decided to challenge Demon God on the last day, she suddenly heard astonishing news that afternoon!

"Has Demon God gone mad?" Demon Blade, the stunning girl, suddenly fell into a daze.

She had thought that deciding to challenge Demon God was already crazy enough.

But Demon God was even crazier than she was... because he would challenge the entire World Zone on the final day!

Yes, she had heard correctly. He was challenging the entire World Zone—everyone!

"Even though it's the final day, there definitely won't be many left of the 9.7 billion people, but that would still be an absolutely astonishing number..."

No matter how strong Demon God was, facing so many people, he should fall, right?

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