Plowing Massacre

"Why did the sky suddenly go dark..."

A contestant hiding indoors froze, only to be swallowed and annihilated by an invisible force of law the very next instant.

The Origin Law of Time and the Origin Law of Light complement each other; when combined, the two forces of law generate a unique power of annihilation.

Under the control of Yu Duan, this power of time-based annihilation fused perfectly with his nine-layered domain, instantly forming a "Star Level meat grinder" of terrifying proportions.

"Boom!"

Yu Duan activated his movement technique, blasting toward the area where the combat activity was most intense and dense.

At this moment, in the 24th floor of the World Area, it was as if a miniature black hole with a diameter of only a hundred meters had appeared, rampaging across the field.

Wherever it passed, rooms and buildings constructed from B9-grade materials were all reduced to fine ash and dust.

Contestants hiding in these structures who hadn't yet made a move were naturally wiped out along with them, perishing directly under the annihilation of the Time Domain.

"That is... a domain? Impossible. How could a domain have such terrifying power? This isn't some outer planet."

A contestant who had mastered a domain and managed to escape by hiding in the distance watched on, his face filled with disbelief.

"This... could the Virtual Universe system have a bug? Did they let a Universe Level 9 in here?"

He possessed a domain as well.

With the power of a peak Star Level, one could indeed easily destroy a city on some primitive planet, with a full-force strike's shockwave rivaling that of a nuclear bomb.

If a Star Level martial artist who had mastered a domain expanded it, they could instantly wipe out all Apprentice Level lifeforms within dozens of kilometers.

But... those were Apprentice Level lifeforms and primitive cities!

Expanding a domain to that size makes it difficult to even kill Planetary Level lifeforms; one can only suppress and control them.

If facing an opponent of the same level, a domain must be compressed to within a hundred-meter diameter to possess sufficient lethality.

As for a Star Level fighter destroying B9-grade materials simply through domain pressure, he had never heard of such a thing.

B9-grade materials are difficult to break even with a full-force strike from a Star Level 9; the fact that this person could crush them into powder just by using a domain was simply too exaggerated!

On the other side—

The miniature "black hole" rampaged, moving at an incredible speed, far exceeding the speed of sound by an unknown factor.

A group of people didn't even have time to react before they were enveloped by the domain and thoroughly annihilated.

The 72-level space of the flight base held an average of over a hundred million people per floor; for Yu Duan, this population density was incredibly convenient.

The annihilation combined with the power of time, integrated into a hundred-meter-wide domain, was less than one percent of the power of his Light and Time Sword. But when it came to bullying the weak, the efficiency was maxed out.

It took only a few seconds to charge from the front of the 24th floor of the flight base all the way to the back. Wherever he passed, everything was annihilated, crushed, and left as a trail of dust and broken walls.

The maximum length of over 1,000 kilometers was considered a relatively short distance for an ordinary Star Level 9, let alone for Yu Duan, who could kill his way back and forth several times in a minute.

Some contestants who had formed temporary teams saw the rampaging "black hole" from afar, and their first reaction was to run.

"We can't stay on the 24th floor anymore. The wielder of that dark domain is definitely a super genius who has stepped into the threshold of the Origin Laws. It's highly likely he's a monster cultivated by the Beiming Sacred Land."

"Agreed. Even if we join forces, we're just handing over points."

Fighting was impossible; it would never be possible in this lifetime.

At this moment, outside the flight base, ships were circling the base in flight.

These ships carried tourists who were watching the battle.

Because the number of contestants in the preliminary tournament was too high—exceeding 1.1 trillion—it wasn't worth it for the Virtual Universe to expend the computing power to provide them with exclusive live-stream perspectives.

Therefore, those who wanted to watch could only do so in this manner.

The material of the flight base's outer shell, which the contestants could not break, appeared completely transparent to the tourists in the ships, as if it didn't exist at all.

Some individuals with higher clearance could even see the figure of every contestant; even all the buildings and environments inside the entire flight base were in a phantom-like, transparent state in their field of vision.

On one of the ships, Qinghuan King stood at the very front, followed by Hui Ming King, Chiyue Marquis, and a group of other titled Undying.

"Hah, Junior Brother is quite brutal, literally 'plowing the fields'."

The Third Senior Brother, Chiyue Marquis, clicked his tongue in amazement. His Junior Brother's mastery of laws and operational techniques was far beyond what he had possessed back when he was at the Star Level.

Back in his day... he was just an ordinary winner of the Genius Tournament, not exactly a super genius who appeared once every few epochs.

To be precise, the dozen or so direct disciples under Qinghuan King were all essentially winners of the Genius Tournament.

The only one who wasn't a winner of the Genius Tournament was the Second Senior Brother, Hui Ming King.

In the Second Senior Brother's generation, a super genius with heaven-defying talent had risen, achieving Undying status at several hundred thousand years old, possessing the combat power of a King, and then, after just a dozen epochs, breaking through to the level of a Universe Venerable—titled "Undying".

The Junior Sister, Longxing Marquis, spoke softly: "It's truly hard to believe. Junior Brother is not even 40 years old yet. In a few more epochs, once Junior Brother breaks through to become a World Master, I wonder what level his mastery of laws will reach."

Longxing Marquis watched Yu Duan's figure, seemingly already imagining his demeanor during his World Master stage.

In the blink of an eye, more than an hour had passed since the start of the preliminary tournament.

The First World Area, 24th floor of the flight base.

Within an area of over 100,000 square kilometers, only broken walls and a thick layer of dust remained.

In the center of the 24th level, there was an entertainment building resembling a tavern that remained relatively intact, and Yu Duan sat cross-legged atop this structure.

"I have killed at least several hundred thousand people, yet my points have not even exceeded one million; the efficiency is too low."

Yu Duan raised his right hand, and a light screen appeared displaying his information.

Participant: Yu Duan (Beiming Universe Kingdom)
Points: 943541
Ranking: 1

Yu Duan's hunting efficiency was already extremely high.

Yet even so, facing the contestants who were fleeing in all directions, those who had died by his hand accounted for less than one percent.

Even for a spirit reader, the efficiency would not be much faster than Yu Duan's domain-based slaughter; this was already the limit.

If he were in another world area where the population was not as dense, Yu Duan's hunting efficiency would drop significantly.

"I'll wait for 10 days first. Those who can survive for 10 days are basically no longer small fry, and by then, they should have a certain amount of points in their hands."

Yu Duan's goal was undoubtedly first place in the world area.

If he failed to secure first place, then according to the rules of the Genius Competition, he would still need to participate in the 'Arena Group Battle' and the 'Reincarnation Battle', which would last for a full three years.

Exchanging blows with geniuses of the same level in the real world could no longer provide Yu Duan with much pressure or benefit.

Compared to the opponents directly simulated and set up by the Killing Field, the gap was simply too vast.

Therefore, for Yu Duan, these two matches were just a waste of time.