The Tournament Begins

"Everyone, assemble!" A thunderous voice resonated in their ears.

Boom! Whoosh!

Upon hearing the command, over a thousand people made their way to the central plaza using various methods.

Sett naturally knew the competition was about to begin, so he jumped straight out of his window and headed toward the plaza.

A full thousand people gathered in the plaza; every one of them was a Giant Axe Warrior. Even though they were all at the Planetary Level, they were still a thousand geniuses.

"Wow, a full thousand Giant Axe Warriors. What a spectacular sight."

"Indeed, indeed. Out of a thousand Giant Axe Warriors, only one will remain after a month."

"Hmm, I wonder who will have the luck to survive until the end."

Standing in front of the Giant Axe Warriors was a man dressed in black. His eyes were like black holes; one look felt as if one were being pulled into an abyss.

It was unclear what level of powerhouse he was, but he spoke, "Our Giant Axe Arena Ganwu Branch is hosting the Golden Giant Axe Warrior competition this time, and you one thousand people are the participants."

"I will state the rules simply. The rules are very straightforward: survive. Once the competition begins, we will randomly place you on a planet."

"The competition duration is one month. Over the course of this month, nine hundred and ninety-nine people will be eliminated. The one who survives until the end will be the Golden Giant Axe Warrior."

"Although the entire planet is available at the start, as time passes, we will gradually shrink the survival zone. Anyone outside the survival zone will be instantly killed by us. To survive, you must move toward the survival zone while killing everyone you see."

"As long as there are people left, our survival zone will continue to shrink until only one person remains."

As the man spoke, he waved his hand, and a watch appeared on the wrist of every one of the thousand Giant Axe Warriors.

Sett lifted his arm to look; the simple-looking watch had only a single display screen.

"This is a positioning watch that can display the safe zone. Additionally, if someone else appears within ten kilometers of you, the watch will also mark their location."

After explaining the rules, the thousand people were led by staff members to board a spaceship once again.

However, this trip was very short. Within an hour, the thousand people were randomly dropped onto Ao Planet.

"Damn, this is like a real-life battle royale. This planet is so huge, I'm going to be exhausted just from running," Sett grumbled after being tossed into the Wilderness Zone.

Ao Planet was previously used for raising exotic beasts, so it was naturally dominated by wilderness, with only a few areas showing traces of human activity.

This meant that these Giant Axe Warriors would need to constantly move toward the safe zone over the next month while also keeping an eye out for other Giant Axe Warriors and exotic beasts.

One had to remember that there were still Star Level exotic beasts on Ao Planet. Although the Giant Axe Warriors were powerful and capable of killing ordinary Star Level exotic beasts, there were also herds of beasts. Once they encountered a pack, it would be extremely dangerous.

Fortunately, everyone possessed the strength of a Planetary Level 9, capable of reaching speeds of ten kilometers per second at full flight, so there would be no awkward situation of failing to reach the safe zone within the allotted time.

"Hmm, the safe zone updates in two days. It's two thousand kilometers away from me, not too far." After landing, he checked the safe location indicated on his watch.

The competition started with the entire planet, but as time went on, the safe zones would become smaller and smaller, which also meant that the fighting would become increasingly frequent.

"I need to conserve my strength; I can still get some training in during this time." Sett naturally intended to use this period to train properly.

Although the Virtual Universe provided good training results, it could not compare to the effects of life-and-death trials in reality.

Even if he didn't encounter other Giant Axe Warriors at first, the exotic beasts visible everywhere could also hone his strength.

"Let's go!" Sett didn't fly through the air, choosing instead to run on the ground.

He headed toward the direction of the safe zone, occasionally striking out to fight exotic beasts for practice.

"Hmm, that exotic beast just now was likely at the Star Level 2. Even though its body was massive, it was still killed by two of my punches." Sett looked toward the beast he had just defeated.

The lizard-like exotic beast was a full thirty meters long, with a head seven or eight meters wide.

Moreover, it possessed Star Level strength; just walking on the ground made the earth shake as if there were an earthquake.

When Sett saw this giant lizard, he naturally had to go up and throw a few punches to warm up.

Although there was a major gap in cultivation realms, relying on his insights into his domain and a sliver of law comprehension, he defeated the giant lizard beast with ease.

Although the exotic beasts were powerful and possessed immense natural strength, they weren't very smart and only knew how to use brute force.

In front of Sett, they were like blank sheets of paper. He dodged the lashing tail and, taking advantage of the creature's recovery time, jumped up and punched the lizard's head until it exploded.

Rumble!

The earth trembled, and a massive sound came from the distance. Soon, a large group of monsters charged into Sett's line of sight.

"Crap, I got too cocky and ran into a herd," Sett thought as he saw the charging pack.

Over five hundred exotic beasts, led by a Star Level 5 exotic beast, were charging toward Sett.

Under normal circumstances, a Star Level exotic beast wouldn't be able to lead so many underlings, but one day, a large number of powerful exotic beasts had suddenly disappeared.

The strongest exotic beasts remaining on the planet were only at the Star Level. The exotic beasts, governed by the law of the jungle, underwent a major reshuffling.

There were numerous Planetary Level exotic beasts, while the number of Star Level exotic beasts was much smaller.

Naturally, the vast majority of Planetary Level exotic beasts submitted to the tyranny of the Star Level exotic beasts.

Even though the exotic beasts were simple-minded, the leading Star Level beast still felt incredibly satisfied. Suddenly having hundreds of underlings following it—the experience of being a beast among beasts was simply unbeatable.

Having previously been an underling to a Universe Level exotic beast, the sudden reversal of fortune made it ecstatic.

When it saw Sett, whom it had never seen before, it didn't care about anything else and led its underlings in a charge, preparing to tear him to shreds.

"Roar!" The lead monster's eyes were blood-red, its body a size larger than the other beasts beside it, as it roared at Sett.

"Hmm, a Star Level 5 lead monster, and none of the others are even Star Level; they're all Planetary Level. I'll kill the leader first, and the rest won't be a match for me." Sett couldn't be bothered to run; seeing that the herd only had one Star Level beast, he calculated that he could just kill the leader directly.

Hum, hum, hum!

The golden Domain of Metal and the profound Domain of Space were released by Sett, reaching the seventh layer for the Domain of Metal and the fourth layer for the Domain of Space.

This greatly enhanced Sett's control over the surrounding space during combat.

Generally speaking, if a Star Level fighter can comprehend a domain, their aptitude is considered quite good, and a Universe Level fighter who can comprehend laws is considered a genius.

Not to mention the simple-minded beasts, which naturally possess neither domains nor laws.

This was Sett's greatest reliance, even though he was only at the Planetary Level.

"Haymaker!" With the support of a sliver of the Law of Metal, his massive fist erupted with an even more intense golden light, resembling a small star as it rapidly slammed toward the herd.

Boom!

That massive, star-like fist struck the herd, triggering a colossal explosion.

In an instant, more than half of the monsters were gone.

These Planetary Level beasts, and not even at the ninth level at that, naturally could not withstand this Innate Secret Technique of Sett's.

If the boost that laws provided to ordinary secret techniques was fifty percent, then the boost to Sett's Innate Secret Technique was at least double that.

And this was only with a mere sliver of the Law of Metal comprehended.

"So this is the Haymaker; killing hundreds of monsters in one move is truly impressive." Sett was also somewhat surprised.

He hadn't expected that in the blink of an eye, he would possess such formidable strength.

The Star Level beast leading the pack in the middle had not been hit directly by the Haymaker, so it wasn't significantly injured.

However, due to the shockwave, its supposedly beautiful fur was severely scorched, which sent it into a towering rage.

"Roar! Roar! Roar!" It let out three consecutive roars to declare its inner dissatisfaction, then sprinted forward, preparing to tear Sett to shreds.

Boom, boom, boom—its body, over twenty meters long, sprinted at high speed like a tank, charging toward Sett to crush him.

"Hmph, there is a path to heaven, yet you refuse to take it; there is no door to hell, yet you barge right in!" Sett was not afraid as he watched the giant beast charging toward him like lightning.

Pummel!

Combined with the support of his secret techniques and domains, along with a 16-fold force-exertion technique.

Sett's punch seemed to carry an aura of destruction as it slammed toward the giant beast's skull.

"Die!" Sett shouted.

The fist collided with the giant beast's skull, and the beast died instantly; its entire body, due to momentum, flipped once in the air before crashing back onto the ground.

But it was already a corpse.

"Hmm? This person is quite capable; I'll just wait for him here."