The Man Who Stood Above a Million

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"I wonder how many people will come looking for me on the final day once the news gets out?" Lu Ming's points had long since approached the one-billion mark, exceeding the combined total of everyone else in the top ten.

If he simply stayed safe for the remaining three days, first place in the Seventh World Zone would undoubtedly be his.

"But being invincible within a single world zone isn't really much of an achievement." Within the Jinlan Universe Kingdom alone, there were a hundred first-place winners from the various world zones.

Across all 1,008 universe kingdoms, there were a full hundred thousand so-called "world zone first-place winners."

So this so-called "first place" was not actually worth that much.

"My goal is the final universe finals, and before then, I still have time to continue comprehending and improving." The preliminary round itself was not particularly important, but Lu Ming had noticed a problem.

"If I simply clear the preliminary round like this, it won't count as any kind of 'major event'..." In other words, if he wrapped things up so casually, then the talent he drew next month definitely would not be of the lowest white quality, but it would not be particularly strong either.

"And for the several years before the finals begin, I may not encounter another 'major event' significant enough. So during these preliminaries, I need to make a big splash."

Without an "event," he would create one himself!

"Making enemies of an entire world zone's opponents should count as more than a 'minor event,' right?" Lu Ming muttered inwardly, feeling there was nothing wrong with this impromptu plan of his.

Soon, another two days passed.

Myriad Tower Forest was the very center of the Seventh World Zone. It was called Myriad Tower Forest because the trees here were the tallest in the entire Seventh World Zone; every single one could rival a hundred-story tower.

At the same time, this was also the site of the "blood battlefield" Lu Ming had previously announced.

"That guy really looks down on us." A towering giant with a single eye on his forehead spoke indignantly.

As early as that morning, quite a few powerful competitors had gathered here. Yet they tacitly kept their distance from one another and did not immediately fight.

Because most of those who had come here had only one goal: bring down the Demon God!

In a one-on-one fight, none of them had any confidence. The man known as the Demon God truly was an unbelievable monster.

"No limits on strength, no limits on numbers, and everyone can attack him without restriction... Does he intend to take out everyone at once?" The red-browed young man known as Azure Fire was still shocked by the Demon God's bold declaration.

"No matter how strong he is, he's only one person. There are no exaggeration in saying that more than a million people have gathered here! If he can really do it, then let him try!"

"Even ants can bite an elephant to death when there are enough of them. If he dies on the last day, he'll have to hand first place over to someone else." Of course, with that guy's strength, it did not really matter even if he failed to take first place.

"Let's wait. He should be here this afternoon."

Not all of the Seventh World Zone's experts had gathered at Myriad Tower Forest. The people who came here mainly fell into two categories.

The first were "powerhouses" with sufficiently high point totals, confident that even if they were killed, they would not be eliminated. They had come simply to challenge the Demon God and face this powerful opponent directly.

The second were "cannon fodder" with very few points, people who ordinarily had no chance of making the top thousand. Their point rankings were generally very low, and their chances of suddenly charging into the top thousand on the final day were slim. But if they were lucky enough to land the "final blow" in this campaign to "subjugate the Demon God," they would definitely gain enough points to advance.

"What's going on?"

"Why have all the experts of the Seventh World Zone suddenly gathered at Myriad Tower Forest?"

Outside, many citizens of the Jinlan Universe Kingdom who were following the situation in the Seventh World Zone, along with some major factions, noticed this unusual development.

"Broadcast the situation at Myriad Tower Forest immediately. Put the footage on the screen up front. I want to see what's happening!"

The spectators did not have to wait long. Lu Ming, clad in black battle armor, flew rapidly through the skies toward them without making any attempt to conceal himself.

He also swept out his psychic power, brazenly probing the current situation within Myriad Tower Forest.

"Quite a lot of people came. Then let the slaughter begin!" As a smile appeared on Lu Ming's face, the densely packed competitors within Myriad Tower Forest sensed his presence one after another.

The Demon God had arrived!

Under the dappled sunlight, everyone stared fixedly at the black-haired young man, who did not appear particularly tall.

This unbelievable existence, like a god and a demon.

"Attack together, everyone!"

"Kill!"

"Charge!"

In an instant, as though some fuse had been ignited, tens of thousands of competitors charged at Lu Ming like moths rushing into a flame!

"This really is quite spectacular." Seeing this scene, Lu Ming showed not the slightest fear. Instead, he calmly met the crowd head-on and plunged straight into its center.

"Roar!" Even as he charged, he had already unleashed the Eight Forms of the Thunder Beast, transforming into a golden lion bathed in terrifying lightning as he pounced directly at the "flock of lambs" below.

"Boom!" "Bang!" "Thud!"...

Thunder roared as lightning surged endlessly. As far as the eye could see, every competitor who charged forward was either blasted apart on the spot or electrocuted into a charred black mass.

But even the "cannon fodder" who had come to participate in this feast had already prepared themselves mentally. Thus, the people charging in afterward did not diminish in number. Instead, they gathered in ever-greater numbers!

"Roar!" Facing the endless stream of enemies, Lu Ming immediately unleashed Thunder Prison, a secret technique specialized for fighting groups.

In an instant, a terrifying lightning purgatory capable of covering a radius of a thousand meters descended upon the crowd. Many weaker fighters lost all ability to move the moment they entered this horrifying domain, then were directly reduced to dust by the rampant lightning raging within it!

They were all ninth-rank Stellar level experts, yet before Lu Ming, the other competitors were no different from a bunch of apprentices. Their only fate was to be crushed with ease!

"The Demon God really is a monster!" The group of titled geniuses who had not yet entered the battle changed expression after witnessing such a brutal scene.

"Let's go too!" Demon Blade, Azure Fire, Steel Blade, Evil Shadow... one titled powerhouse after another mixed into the crowd and unleashed their strength!

"Keep charging!"

"His genetic energy is limited. Sooner or later, he'll run out of strength!"

"That's right. Even if he's the Demon God, he'll fall here today!"

Within Myriad Tower Forest, Lu Ming's lightning domain had completely become a terrifying meat grinder.

Yet he himself moved like a ghost, darting freely through the crowd like a flickering bolt of lightning.

Though his enemies were many, he regarded them as mere weeds!

"To run rampant among so many enemies, the Demon God is simply too monstrous!"

"My god, just how many people has he killed by now?"

"Demon God! This is the Demon God! The peerless genius of our Jinlan Universe Kingdom!"

Outside, it was no longer only the Jinlan Universe Kingdom. Many factions from other universe kingdoms had also noticed what was happening here.

Within Myriad Tower Forest, countless corpses had already piled beneath Lu Ming's feet into a massive mountain of bodies.

"Come on, then! Come on!"

For now, Lu Ming had no way of knowing about the commotion outside.

At this moment, his eyes burned with fervor.

Dancing freely among countless enemies not only brought him no tension at all—it made him even more excited.