Early the next morning, the remaining contestants had prepared everything and waited for today's assessment to begin.
In the air were the team-leading Immortals from the 1,008 Universe Kingdoms, led as before by Nine Swords Venerable. Their terrifying pressure permeated the entire venue as the remaining 7,300 contestants stood respectfully in the center of the plaza.
The first matches would be one-on-one battles between those ranked 101st through 7,300th. Anyone who won three consecutive matches would earn a spot. Together with the top 100, this would make up the 1,000 slots for joining the Virtual Universe Company.
It was that cruel. As for whether two powerful contestants might clash early, causing one of them to miss out on joining the Virtual Universe Company, the odds were extremely low. The Virtual Universe terminal was a Mechanical Race Universe Master enslaved by the Original Ancestor. With his arrangements, the matchups would naturally be as fair as possible!
After the 7,200 contestants were teleported into a dedicated competition space, only 100 young humans remained in the empty plaza.
Aside from Bai Yue, Luo Feng, and the other three from the Gan Wu Universe Kingdom, there was the white-robed, blood-sworded Death God Bolan; the battle-hungry Manka Star youth; the talented brother and sister from Augustus Planet standing together; the six-meter-tall, mountain-of-flesh-like brute carrying a Blood Axe; the Dream Snail Wing Race youth; the young man whose face was covered in fur and resembled a bear-headed giant; the bewitching black-haired girl with four arms; the shy-looking youth who always wore a trace of embarrassment on his face...
Nine Swords Venerable arranged for them to sit in the spectator stands and wait for the battles to end.
There were 7,200 people competing for 900 slots. Anyone who wanted a slot had to win three matches in