At dusk.
Just as a million geniuses were chatting, meditating, or testing one another in the Central Plaza, a calm voice suddenly rang out, as if directly inside every person's soul. It spread without warning, reaching every genius's ears with perfect clarity:
"All contestants from the 1008 Universe Countries, gather at the Central Plaza."
The voice was indifferent and devoid of emotion, yet it carried an unquestionable will.
Almost as soon as the voice faded—
"Whoosh!" "Whoosh!" "Whoosh!"...
Countless beams of white light flashed across the plaza. The geniuses who had been resting inside their respective Universe Country buildings, chatting in restaurants, or even comprehending laws in quiet spots at the plaza's edge were all enveloped by an irresistible spatial force, wherever they were, as long as they weren't in the core area of the Central Plaza. In an instant, they were teleported!
In the blink of an eye, the previously sparse core area of the Central Plaza was packed with people! More than a million Star Level geniuses from different Universe Countries and races, each with a distinct aura, had been precisely arranged into 1008 orderly formations according to their Universe Country numbers! The entire process was orderly, without the slightest confusion, as if an invisible giant hand had completed it all in an instant.
The thousand geniuses from the Noah Universe Kingdom naturally appeared in Formation 0316. Qin Zhao stood at the front of the group, clearly sensing the bodies of Leiluo, Shuiyuan, and the others beside him tense in an instant, along with the sudden gravity in the breathing of the countless geniuses around them.
Then—
"Hum!" "Hum!" "Hum!"...
Vast, overwhelming pressure descended with a roar in front of every formation, like sleeping dragons awakening! The 1008 Immortals in charge appeared at nearly the same moment, standing