Preliminary Round

"World Zone 6. Not bad, a lucky number. Which World Zones are you all in?" Seeing the number assigned to him by the system, Bai Yue turned and asked Luo Feng and the other three.

"I'm in Zone 72. Luo Feng is number two. What about you two?" Hong said in response.

"Haha, I'm in Zone 88. I like that number. What about you, Madman?"

"Me? Zone 1!" Luo Feng said.

Bai Yue looked around him. As the old saying went, once there were more than ten thousand people, it became a sea of humanity!

So what kind of sight was it when more than eight hundred billion people gathered together?

As far as the eye could see, there were people everywhere, dressed in all kinds of clothes. Some stood over ten meters tall, while others were less than one meter tall. They clustered together in groups of three or five, talking among themselves.

"Attention, everyone. This preliminary elimination round will be divided into one hundred 'World Zones.' You will soon be teleported in groups to your assigned World Zones. Please take this time to inspect your equipment. Once the preliminaries begin, you will no longer be able to request weapons." A clear voice echoed across the entire continent.

Bai Yue lowered his head and looked at himself.

He wore a golden second-tier Force suit, along with a helmet and combat boots. On his finger was a spatial ring containing a shield, a staff-shaped Force Weapon, and the Yan Shen Armament. In fact, when the Yan Shen Armament was not activated, it was also shaped like a staff and could be used as a Martial Artist's weapon. Weapons simulated in the Virtual Universe functioned exactly like those in reality.

"Group teleportation is about to begin. Countdown: 60... 59... 58..." The clear voice resounded above the entire continent.

Amid the ocean-like crowd, Bai Yue and the other three looked at one another.

"Good luck!"

"Best of luck." Luo Feng smiled.

"Let's all make it through the preliminaries." Thunder God smiled as well.

"Good luck." Hong wore a smile too.

"10... 9... 8... 7... 6... 5... 4... 3... 2... 1! Teleport!" The clear Universal Common Language echoed in the ears of the more than eight hundred billion people on the gathering continent. Then, in an instant, everyone on the continent vanished.

At the same moment.

More than 8.2 billion people appeared in each of the hundred separate worlds created within the Virtual Universe.

The pinnacle Genius Battle of humanity across the universe—the preliminaries for every Universe Kingdom began at the same time!

Space shifted in an instant. By the time Bai Yue came to his senses, he was already inside a room resembling a university dormitory. The room was extremely simple, containing only several beds, a bathroom, and a large cabinet.

He stretched his body a little. The gravity was roughly a thousand times that of Earth, not especially outrageous.

He lowered his head and looked at the screen on his wrist guard. The wrist guard screen would automatically receive all sorts of information transmitted by the organizers, the Virtual Universe Company.

The screen was filled with densely packed text.

Participant: Bai Yue (Black Dragon Mountain Empire)

Points: 0

Rank: None

Current World Zone: World Zone 6

Time: The preliminary elimination will last for 30 days. Once time is up, the preliminaries will end. Victors will be determined according to the final points rankings.

Notes: World Zone 6 is a continent simulated after the appearance of Nabby Planet in the real Gan Wu Universe Kingdom. The entire continent contains 76 cities, as well as wildernesses, deserts, swamps, forests, and more. Its land area exceeds six million square kilometers. The hardness of buildings, ground, and many other objects in World Zone 6 is B2-grade.

Points Rules: Killing a participant earns one point, as well as half of their points! Therefore, killing experts can earn more points.

Ranking Rules: The dead remain ranked. If your points are high enough, even if death ends your preliminary run and costs you half your points, you may still rank within the top 1,001. So please make the most of your time.

A serious reminder: Everyone has only one life. After death, your preliminary run ends and you lose half your points.

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The settings were all similar, but this continent was much smaller than the First World Zone where Luo Feng was located. That meant the fighting here would be even more brutal, because the density of participants was nearly twice as high!

Bang! Bang! Bang!

Rumble...

In the blink of an eye, the previously quiet campus filled with all kinds of sounds. Screams occasionally rang out as well.

He took out the Yan Shen Armament from his spatial ring and felt its weight. Carrying the dark golden staff in his right hand, he opened the dormitory door and stepped into the corridor.

The instant he stepped out, a flash of blade light slashed toward his neck. His dark golden staff blocked it steadily, refusing to give ground.

A streak of golden light flashed, and the figure attacking him fell to the ground. The attacker was roughly the height of an Earthling, but had light green skin and a pair of tiny antennae on his forehead.

Without further examining the dead ambusher, Bai Yue continued down the corridor. Golden Small Swords danced through the air, piercing every participant he saw. No one could withstand a second sword.

Soon, he exited the dormitory building and arrived at a massive central plaza. Dormitory buildings stood to his left, right, and behind him. Only a broad road extended ahead, leading to an even taller building that appeared to be a teaching building.

As he walked into the plaza, he could feel countless gazes falling upon him, brimming with killing intent, even without using Mental Power to sense them.

Several Golden Small Swords whirled around him, knocking away all manner of Psionic Weapons that silently attacked him. More Golden Small Swords detached from the dark golden staff and flew toward the surrounding buildings.

After a burst of miserable screams, the several nearby buildings fell silent. The participants inside had all fallen, unable to hinder him in the slightest.

He shot toward the roof of the teaching building ahead. From there, it would be easier for him to observe the surrounding terrain.

Soon, he arrived atop the teaching building. Looking out, he saw that the school stood in the center of the city, surrounded by even taller skyscrapers. A spacious sports field lay before the school, with a small river running past its edge.

A bridge spanned the river, linking it to the city center. A main road ran from the bridge to the base of the teaching building, dividing the sports field into two sections.

The city was clearly far from peaceful. Smoke rose in every direction, and dust from collapsed buildings filled the air everywhere. It was easy to imagine how fierce the fighting within had been.

Then I'll start with this school! Bai Yue thought. Unlike Luo Feng, he did not intend to wait half a month first. To become number one in a World Zone, one needed not only strength, but also a certain amount of luck.

After all, once everyone accumulated more points in the later stages, they would all seek out experts in other cities. If his luck was poor and he kept failing to encounter people with high points, he might not be able to take first place.

So killing more people and earning more points was not a bad thing. His Mental Power spread outward without reserve, sweeping through the surrounding participants. Golden Small Swords continuously flew out, killing every participant he sensed.

His brazen display instantly enraged the surrounding participants. All kinds of weapons attacked him, yet before they could even get close, their wielders were killed in midair. Among them were quite a few experts who had comprehended domains.

A short while later, the surroundings fell quiet. Only the densely packed corpses on the teaching building's rooftop and the sports field below testified to the fierce battle that had just taken place!

The Golden Small Swords flew back into the dark golden staff. His Mental Power sensed that some participants had escaped beyond his attack range, but he did not care. He flew toward the direction where the fighting was most intense.

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