Praise

The sky seemed to suddenly sink, the dim yellow light distorted, and the space within the area appeared somewhat blurred. The earth groaned under an unbearable burden; sand dunes were flattened by an invisible force, and the ruins of dilapidated buildings collapsed with a roar, ground into fine powder!

The gravity within the range became chaotic and terrifying! In some places, the gravity was tens of thousands of times that of the outside world, enough to instantly crush a Star Level fighter into a pulp; in other places, there was weightlessness, leaving people drifting unsteadily. Even more terrifying was that an invisible pressure targeting the soul permeated the area, as if countless heavy mountains were pressing down on one's heart, inducing fear and despair. Those with weaker willpower might even suffer a direct mental collapse!

Black Stone Prison—at the Great Perfection stage, combining Material Binding (centered on the mysteries of Gravity Space), Soul Assault (guided by the embryonic form of the Force of Life mystery), and lethal martial techniques, it was a trinity, fully unleashed! Through Qin Zhao's continuous development, this move was no longer a simple restrictive domain, but a true, mobile Death Prison!

"Ugh, ah!"

"What is happening?!"

"My body... I can't move!"

"My soul... it hurts so much!"

Almost the moment the Black Stone Prison took shape, all the Star Level contestants within a one-thousand-kilometer radius of Qin Zhao—whether they were lurking, traveling, or even in the middle of a fight—had their expressions change drastically!

Those "campers" who had originally intended to wait for an opportunity were instantly pinned to the ground by the terrifying gravity, their bones emitting teeth-grinding creaks, making it incredibly difficult even to lift their heads! The geniuses who were in the middle of combat found their movements severely distorted, their attacks missing and leaving them wide open, all while struggling to resist the pervasive Soul Assault that threw their minds into chaos!

"It's a domain-type secret technique! And an extremely powerful one at that!"

"Run! Get out of this range!"

"We can't escape! The gravity is too strong; we can't build up any speed!"

Panic spread like a plague within the one-thousand-kilometer prison zone.

Qin Zhao stood at the core of the Black Stone Prison, like a god presiding over life and death. He did not need to move; his powerful Spiritual Force, combined with his domain perception, clearly "saw" every struggling figure within the area.

He pointed his fingers like a blade and swung them casually.

"Chi!" "Chi!" "Chi!"...

Inside the Black Stone Prison, the chaotic and terrifying gravity itself transformed into the sharpest of blades. Either a suddenly condensed gravity sphere would crush a contestant into a burst of gore, or invisible gravity ripples would sweep through like scythes, cutting several contestants in half, or a Soul Assault would directly shatter the opponent's mental consciousness...

The slaughter proceeded in a way that was efficient to the point of being hair-raising.

The points on the screen on Qin Zhao's arm began to jump frantically!

10... 50... 100... 500... 1000...

His ranking soared like a rocket, from nothing to instantly breaking into the top one hundred million, and it continued to surge upward without stopping!

He didn't even look at the specific ranking numbers, simply maintaining and fine-tuning the Black Stone Prison to ensure its coverage and power. Occasionally, if someone with immense strength managed to barely hold on under the domain and even attempted to charge outward, Qin Zhao would use his movement technique to appear instantly before them, finishing them off quickly with his blade or strikes imbued with the "Pulse of the Earth" mystery.

Just like that, Qin Zhao acted as a massive, mobile meat grinder, marking out his hunting ground on the desert of World Zone 39 and beginning a high-speed accumulation of points with a posture of near-total "sweeping" dominance.

The desert wind remained scorching, yet it could not blow away the aura of death that permeated the one-thousand-kilometer radius centered on Qin Zhao. From the very beginning, Qin Zhao's journey in the Preliminary Elimination displayed a dominance that left his fellow contestants in the zone feeling nothing but despair.

In the Virtual Universe, a special viewing plane.

This was a vast starry sky background, with a huge circular screen suspended in the center. The screen was divided into dozens of perspectives, broadcasting the intense battles of the Noah Universe Kingdom's preliminary rounds across various world zones in real-time. One of the screens, specifically magnified, was locked onto World Zone 39, that land of drifting yellow sand, and the black-robed figure—Qin Zhao—who had unfolded a thousand-kilometer death domain centered on himself.

In front of the circular screen, several comfortable chairs were arranged. King Lanchen sat in the main seat, his expression calm. Beside him sat several figures with auras that were either powerful, sharp, or ethereal; they were all Immortal beings with whom King Lanchen was on good terms in the Noah Secret Realm. At this moment, everyone's eyes were focused with great interest on Qin Zhao's screen.

"Tsk tsk, Lanchen, your little disciple is truly ruthless," a female Immortal, whose body was shrouded in a faint water mist and whose voice was gentle and soft, laughed softly. She was King Bibo, who had achieved the title of King through the Laws of Water and Space. "Once this Black Stone Prison opens, it's like pulling up weeds by the roots, leaving nothing behind. Look at this efficiency; it hasn't even been an hour since the start, and his points are almost at five hundred thousand, right? His ranking has already broken into the top ten thousand."

On the screen, the number representing Qin Zhao's points continued to jump and climb at an astonishing speed. The thousand-kilometer Black Stone Prison acted like a high-efficiency purifier; wherever it passed, whether contestants were lurking, fleeing, or resisting, they were quickly eliminated under the chaotic gravity and invisible soul pressure.

"Haha, Bibo, that's not quite right," another Immortal, King Jinlan, who was burly and wore armor that looked as if it were pieced together from countless metal fragments, laughed loudly, his aura sharp.

"This isn't just pulling up weeds; this is clearing the field! Look at those little guys; they don't even have a chance to react. Under the domain's shroud, gravity crushing them and soul impacts hitting them—a trinity of destruction—they simply vanish into nothingness. Clean, efficient, and highly effective! I like it!"

He pointed to a scene on the screen: over a dozen contestants who had been fighting or hiding in different places suddenly stiffened the moment the edge of the Black Stone Prison expanded over them. Either they were crushed by the suddenly changing, terrifying gravity, or their eyes instantly dimmed as their souls dissipated, disappearing into light together without even being able to let out a complete scream.

"It is indeed overbearing," nodded King Fengyan, a King-level Immortal in green robes with a handsome face and a hint of evil aura. "This Black Stone Prison secret technique applies the gravity space mystery of the Law of Earth to an extremely deep level, and what's even rarer is that it incorporates the embryonic form of a soul attack. To be able to create such a secret technique at the Star Level and perfect it to this degree—Lanchen, your disciple's talent in the Law of Earth is truly terrifying. It seems the rumors that he might contend for the overall number one ranking are not groundless."

King Lanchen listened to the discussion among his old friends, his face remaining calm, though a trace of imperceptible satisfaction flashed deep in his eyes. He spoke indifferently: "Qin Zhao's method may seem overbearing, but it is actually the optimal choice. In the preliminary eliminations, where ten thousand are chosen from a trillion, the competition is brutal. If one blindly pursues so-called 'fair duels,' the efficiency is low, and one might even capsize in the gutter. Using absolute strength to mark out a hunting ground, efficiently clearing out the weak, and forcing those true powerhouses to reveal themselves is the most rational strategy."

He paused, pointing to the figure of Qin Zhao on the screen, who was walking slowly through the Black Stone Prison as if taking a leisurely stroll: "Look, he isn't blindly pursuing the maximum range of the domain, but is controlling its power within a one-thousand-kilometer radius. This ensures high clearing efficiency without excessively consuming his mental energy and Origin Power."

"At the same time, he doesn't rely entirely on the domain; his Spiritual Force is always highly concentrated, sensing every subtle change within the area. If someone manages to barely resist the domain, he immediately closes in for the kill, never giving them a chance to catch their breath. This control over the battlefield and decisiveness in killing is what I value most."