Go to the 27th World Zone!

"Attention everyone, this Preliminary Elimination will be divided into one hundred groups..."

On a vast continent, Jiang Yao mingled among seemingly endless crowds, wearing a black second-tier Force Battle Suit that included a helmet and boots. He also carried an Origin Force sword, a Xing Divine Weapon, and a Sui Divine Weapon, but all of these weapons were stored in his Space Ring.

"I've really been brought back to reality in an instant," Jiang Yao thought, feeling his frail body.

All participants possessed the same physical attributes, which meant that Jiang Yao's own body, with 45 times the genetic potential, had no room to exert its full power, and even the "Zhenhuang Sacred Body" was greatly diminished in strength.

The Body Amplitude effect of the "Zhenhuang Sacred Body" is obtained through the modification of every cell in the body, not simply through the use of techniques.

In addition, the "Zhenhuang Mirror," which is both a treasure and a secret technique, cannot be used.

However, most of the abilities of the "Eye of Zhenhuang" are still usable.

After all, the only limitation of the Genius Tournament is the physical body; what is tested is "willpower," "domain," "Law Comprehension," and "combat experience."

Jiang Yao felt a blur before his eyes, and when the blurry scene cleared up again, he found himself on... a leaf!

Indeed, he was standing on a huge blue leaf, about three meters in diameter, and when he touched it with his toe, it produced a dull, metallic clanging sound.

Behind them, long branches stretched out, and the owner of the thousands of leaves and branches was a towering tree that could be embraced by several hundred meters. Only a few specks of sunlight peeked through the gaps in the leaves and branches at the top, making the overall environment extremely dark.

"This is the 27th World Zone?" Jiang Yao looked down at the Armguard Screen.

Participant: Jiang Yao (Kasolo Empire)

Points: 0

Rank: None

World Zone: 27th World Area

Note: The 27th World Area was modeled after the smallest secret realm in the Xuanshang Universe Country, the 'Kongmeng Secret Realm'. The entire world is divided into 84 islands, each covering 200,000 square kilometers and covered with Kongmeng Tree. The ground, rocks, branches, leaves, and tree trunks all have a hardness of B9 Grade.

Scoring rules: Killing a player earns one point, and you also receive half of the opponent's points...

Jiang Yao stepped on the branches and leaves, leaping one after another, trying to climb to the treetop. Just as he passed a branch, a golden light suddenly shot out from a dark hole in the tree trunk, striking towards Jiang Yao's chest.

Jiang Yao didn't even glance at him, continuing to ascend as if he didn't see him at all.

Before the golden light reached Jiang Yao, it was intercepted and shattered by a crimson light. The crimson light seemed to have pierced through a piece of tofu without any resistance, tracing a mysterious trajectory and shooting into the tree hole.

After a short scream, the crimson light returned to Jiang Yao's side and hovered around him.

It was a slightly transparent blade, shaped like a crescent moon.

The blade core emitted a milky white light, while the blade body was dark red, resembling the inner and outer flames of a fire.

This is the first form of the Divine Weapon of the Sui Divine Weapon: the Chongming Blade.

The population density on this island is indeed quite high. A single Kongmeng Tree is equivalent to a skyscraper. There are a large number of contestants on the trunk, branches, and tree holes. Jiang Yao did not deliberately seek out opponents while climbing to the canopy, but he had already killed more than a dozen people.

Jiang Yao could see the island's coastline in the distance, as well as another island not far away from the coastline, indicating that the distance between the islands was not far.

"This World Zone is quite conducive to concealment; it seems I'll have to put in some effort."

Jiang Yao looked down at the screen on his wrist.

Participant: Jiang Yao (Kasolo Empire)

Points: 29

Rank:

Jiang Yao's goal in the Preliminary Elimination Tournament was very clear: to become number one in the World Zone. Waiting wouldn't work, so he wanted to first conquer this island and then move on to other islands.

However, the island's structure, covered with Kongmeng Tree, is indeed very suitable for hiding, no worse than a city-like world, which is not very conducive to his rapid accumulation of points.

It seems the only option is to maximize the efficiency of the killing.

With a thought, 72 thin blades flew out from the Sui Divine Weapon on Jiang Yao's back, spreading out crystalline threads and forming eight Chongming Blades.

He didn't intend to combine the nine Chongming Blade into the Poyuan Blade. Although the Poyuan Blade was extremely powerful and contained Soul Attack, its killing efficiency was not high. Using it to collect points would be both time-consuming and a waste of mental energy.

Nine Chongming Blade are still more convenient for gaining points.

Jiang Yao stood in the tree canopy, his psychic power spreading out in all directions with almost no restraint, proclaiming his presence and probing the location of others, his arrogance reaching its Extreme Point.

Then the nine Chongming Blade transformed into nine fire dragons, attacking in all directions below the tree canopy.

This caused many who recognized Chongming Blade's move to curse.

"Holy crap! The Sui Divine Weapon?!"

"What kind of luck is this? To have such God of Slaughter by my side?"

"Run! It's the Controller of the Sui Divine Weapon!"

"Nine Chongming Blade?! How could such a monstrous talent be in this World Zone? This is incredibly unlucky!"

"Who exactly is it? Is it Kunton? No, Kunton can wield nine Chongming Blades? Doesn't that mean he's not much weaker than Moyilin from the Youyuan Secret Realm?"

A star-level being who can normally use the Nine Great Divine Weapons of the Controller can basically compete for a place in the top five of the Xuanshang Universe Country in the Genius Tournament, not to mention that they can also unleash multiple Chongming Blade.

Such an existence would be considered a King-level being in a World Zone.

On a massive spaceship atop the 11th World Zone's sky membrane, the God Lord Jinlun sat in the central seat alongside an Immortal God resembling a middle-aged woman. Subordinate to them were numerous powerful figures of varying appearances, each radiating a formidable aura; at a glance, they were all at least Domain Lord level.

"Congratulations, Your Majesty, Your Majesty Leiya! His Highness Abbott has just killed a powerful figure, and his points have suddenly increased to 7221st in the 11th World Zone," a Domain Lord said with a joyful expression.

The God Lord Jinlun scoffed, "What's there to congratulate? The Preliminary Elimination Tournament have only just begun. With Abbott's strength to cross the threshold of the Origin Law, he can easily reach the top three in the World Zone. I even think his points increase is too slow."

"However, he is a martial artist, not Spirit Reader, and the participants in this World Zone are all inside skyscrapers, so their killing efficiency is not high and their points increase slowly, which is understandable."

Although the Yinhu Island Domain Lord's flattery failed to reach the God Lord Jinlun, he showed no embarrassment, as anyone with eyes could see that the God Lord Jinlun was in a very good mood.

Although the God Lord Jinlun verbally refused, he was secretly pleased that someone was praising his prized disciple.

Since most of the fighting took place inside the building, making it impossible to discern Abbott's battle situation, the God Lord Jinlun quickly lost interest and instead asked questions.

"By the way, what are the current grades of the Lingtong Race's Stellar-level geniuses, especially that one named Bancha?"

Although the Preliminary Elimination Tournament can only be watched in person by paying a high price to travel by spaceship, the real-time rankings for each World Zone can still be checked at any time.

An old man with a tortoise-like back replied, "Your Majesty, most of the geniuses from the Lingtong Race who were preparing for the Peak Battle have now reached the Universe level. Therefore, those participating in the Peak Battle this time are mostly newcomers who have only emerged in the last two or three hundred years, so their strength is naturally not worth relying on."

"By now, half of the people have been eliminated. The best performer is indeed that Bancha. After all, he is an old hand. He is currently ranked in the top 1000 and is still making rapid progress. I wonder if Bancha has reached the eighth level of the Domain. If he has, he has a very good chance of entering the top 1,000 in the World Zone."

"However, judging from the overall results so far, the performance of the Lingtong Race's geniuses is the worst among the six Sacred Land, even worse than that of the Zhuchong Holy Land."

Someone laughed, "Haha, the once mighty Lingtong Race, renowned Lanhui Star Sector for their Bloodline Divine Ability, has actually fallen to a level even worse than the Zhuchong Holy Land."

The Zhuchong Race was originally a fairly common slave race in the Lanhui Star Sector. Their bloodline level was only the ninth level. Even though an Immortal God emerged and established Sacred Land, and they invested resources over the years, their performance in the Genius Tournament has consistently ranked last among the six Sacred Land.

"Huh? This name..."

The woman, known as God Lord Leiya and covered in scales, idly browsed the real-time rankings of various World Zone. Suddenly, she stopped at a certain name. "This Jiang Yao from the 27th World Area has risen very quickly, already ranked 107th... 97th. I remember that the Lingtong Race disciple that Kasolo took in who perished in the Trial God Kingdom was also named Jiang Yao, right?"

The God Lord Jinlun paused, "It's just a coincidence of names, let me see..."

"Jiang Yao... the Kasolo Empire?!"

The God Lord Jinlun suddenly stood up, his aura bursting outwards, causing an uproar among the other Domain Lord masters inside the spaceship that had been chartered by Yinhu Island.

The God Lord Jinlun stared incredulously at a name that kept jumping up in the top rankings of the 27th World Area on the screen.

Jiang Yao (Kasolo Empire)

It's perfectly normal for there to be someone with the same name as Jiang Yao within the Kasolo Empire. It wouldn't be surprising if there were millions or even tens of millions of people named Jiang Yao, let alone just one.

However, the probability of finding another stellar-level genius within the Kasolo Empire who shares the same name as Jiang Yao and ranks among the top 100 in the World Zone is extremely low.

"Impossible! Wasn't it said that kid died in the God Kingdom Trial?"

"Yes, the intelligence department also reported that they haven't been able to track Jiang Yao down on Lanhui Planet or any nearby planets."

"It must be a case of the same name, right?"

"You mean the Kasolo Empire has produced a second stellar-level genius named Jiang Yao who could rank among the top 100 in the World Zone? The intelligence departments of all the six Sacred Land have collected relevant information on geniuses who could potentially rank among the top 1,000 in the World Zone, but we haven't heard of any other force producing a person named Jiang Yao!"

"This guy named Jiang Yao has already risen to 85th place..."

The God Lord Jinlun, his face grim and his voice as cold as an ancient glacier, commanded, "Go to the 27th World Area!"