The Cleaner

The same scene played out once again.

Whether it was a confident genius acting alone, a team of a dozen people who had just won a brutal victory, or two law-comprehension geniuses locked in a life-or-death struggle for points... as long as they were targeted by Qin Zhao, they were met with instant kills, leaving them completely unable to resist!

The terrifying domain suppression from the contracted Black Stone Prison, combined with his further refined movement techniques, brought his hunting efficiency to an astonishing level. He no longer held his ground, but instead roamed the desert like a master of Teleportation, precisely seeking out those "fat sheep" with abundant points and powerful auras.

His points began to soar once more, his ranking shooting upward like a rocket, quickly returning to the top fifty, then surging into the top twenty, and then the top ten! Qin Zhao's unscrupulous and highly efficient hunting finally thoroughly enraged the top geniuses within World Zone 39.

"This is too much! Does he really think he's a god?"

"We can't let him keep killing like this! We must join forces!"

"Right! Let's pool everyone's strength; I don't believe we can't wear him down!"

Under the threat of death and the temptation of points, some top geniuses who had previously been wary of or even hostile toward one another were forced to set aside their prejudices, quickly contacting and assembling through various means.

In just half a day, a massive God-Slaughtering Alliance was quietly formed. The alliance consisted of over a hundred members, each one an expert who had at least touched the threshold of the laws. No fewer than ten of them had comprehended a complete domain, and there were even two or three super geniuses whose comprehension of the laws was extremely profound, considered to have the strength to challenge for the top ten in the world zone!

They formulated a detailed plan, deciding to set an ambush in a massive ring-shaped canyon area on the edge of the desert. They dispatched bait, attempting to lure Qin Zhao into the encirclement and use the strength of a hundred people to eliminate this greatest threat in one fell swoop!

The plan proceeded "smoothly" beyond expectations. A Wind-style law genius, acting as bait and known for his speed, successfully "lured" Qin Zhao, who was hunting in the nearby area, toward the direction of the ring-shaped canyon.

When Qin Zhao's signature black-robed figure appeared above the entrance to the ring-shaped canyon, the hearts of the hundred-plus geniuses—who were lying in ambush along the canyon walls, underground, and even hidden in spatial layers using special secret techniques—tightened simultaneously, followed by a surge of wild joy and desperate resolve.

"He's here! Get ready!"

"Follow my command, strike together!"

The leader was a tall youth wreathed in purple lightning; he roared and launched the first attack! A purple lightning dragon as thick as a water barrel roared, tearing through the air and slamming toward Qin Zhao with a destructive aura!

At the same time—

"Kill!"

"Frozen World!"

"Void-Splitting Slash!"

Over a hundred powerful attacks, containing various law energies, swept toward him like a bursting dam, covering him from all directions—above, below, left, and right—leaving him almost no space to dodge! The momentum of this combined strike was enough to terrify any peak Star Level, and even a Universe Level 9 powerhouse would likely not dare to take it head-on!

Facing this earth-shattering combined strike, Qin Zhao remained suspended in mid-air, not even changing his posture. He merely glanced indifferently at the brilliant radiance rushing toward him, his eyes devoid of any ripples.

Then, he raised his hand once again.

This time, he did not press downward; instead, he slightly spread his five fingers and made a gentle grasping motion toward the void in front of him.

"Black Stone... Prison Suppression."

"BOOM—!!!"

Centered on him, the Black Stone Prison, which had originally expanded to a radius of one thousand kilometers, was instantly guided by him, pouring out toward the entrance of the ring-shaped canyon like an invisible tsunami! It did not spread out in all directions, but instead condensed into a visible, gray-black torrent of energy that distorted the light!

Wherever this torrent passed, space groaned under the unbearable weight. Those hundred-plus powerful attacks containing various laws—whether lightning, frost, blade light, sword shadows, or invisible soul impacts—disintegrated, shattered, and dissolved the moment they touched the gray-black torrent, as if snowflakes meeting a scorching sun! They couldn't even stir up a ripple!

The gray-black torrent continued unabated, crushing into the ring-shaped canyon in an instant as if trampling ants!

"No!!"

"How is this possible!!"

"Run!!"

Inside the canyon, the hundred-plus geniuses who had thought victory was in their grasp felt their wild joy and resolve instantly turn into boundless fear and despair! They could feel that the power contained within that gray-black torrent did not belong to the Star Level at all! It was an absolute, soul-trembling suppression!

Those who tried to resist found their domains shattered like paper, their bodies ground into nothingness; those who tried to flee found the surrounding space completely locked, their speed slowed to a crawl; those who tried to hide found their souls collapsing under the indiscriminate soul pressure.

The gray-black torrent swept through the ring-shaped canyon like the scythe of the Grim Reaper.

It took only a single breath of time.

The torrent dissipated, and the ring-shaped canyon remained, only it had become exceptionally "clean." The hundred-plus geniuses who had been lying in ambush there, along with every trace of them, had vanished without a trace, as if they had never existed.

Qin Zhao hovered in mid-air, and the points on his arm display experienced an unprecedented, insane surge! His ranking instantly skyrocketed, reaching the number one spot in World Zone 39! And he left the second-place points far behind!

He slowly withdrew his hand, his gaze calmly sweeping over the empty canyon, as if he had merely done something trivial.

"A rabble."

The faint words dissipated with the wind, and his figure blurred once again, heading toward the next gathering place of "fat sheep" he sensed.

After this battle, the God-Slaughtering Alliance vanished into thin air. The fear of the "god" Qin Zhao reached its peak in the hearts of all participants and those who heard the results of the battle. No one dared to harbor any thoughts of opposing him anymore; the only thought was to stay as far away from this monster as possible and pray not to be targeted by him.

The "god" of World Zone 39, with his undisputed, overwhelming absolute strength, had firmly established his throne in the preliminary qualifiers.

The destruction of the God-Slaughtering Alliance was like a basin of ice water, extinguishing the last spark of resistance in the hearts of all the surviving geniuses in World Zone 39. The terrifying scene of Qin Zhao's full-strength strike with the Black Stone Prison, which crushed the combined force of over a hundred top geniuses like dry wood, quickly became an undisputed, recognized fact across the entire competition zone through the word-of-mouth of the few who had watched from afar.

The name "god" was no longer just a title of awe; it had become a symbol of absolute power and a taboo of death.

Panic spread like a plague. The geniuses who were still alive, no matter how confident or arrogant they had been before, had now completely lost the courage to compete with Qin Zhao. They no longer considered how to hunt others to gain points; their only thought was—run! Stay as far away as possible from any place where that black-robed figure might appear!

However, although World Zone 39 was vast, it was not infinite to Qin Zhao, who was determined to carry out a thorough purge.

After easily destroying the God-Slaughtering Alliance and reaching the number one spot in points, Qin Zhao did not stop. Like a calm and efficient cleaner, he began a systematic, no-dead-ends "sweep" of World Zone 39.