First in the District

Although there was no live broadcast of the knockout stage, viewers could directly enter the battle zone to watch the matches.

Above District 66, a Spaceship was moving slowly, and those inside could see the battle unfolding below.

Inside a private room, Qin Lin and Zhao Ruo sat there, looking at the lobster head on the screen, not knowing whether to laugh or cry.

"Xiao Qing is playing around again, calling herself Uncle Little Azure Dragon," the two of them found it amusing.

What should have been a proper elimination match was turned into a chicken-eating game by Xu Qing.

"Elder Brother is already ranked over 300th, and he should be able to reach the top spot in a few days. Then, Elder Brother won't need to fight in the arena anymore," Akaro said, floating in the air.

"Well, Xiao Qing might have a lot of fun, but the other contestants definitely won't be," Qin Lin and Zhao Ruo both felt sorry for the other contestants in this area.

Xu Qing never plays by the rules.

Moreover, don't think he'll stop once he reaches the top. Knowing his personality, he'll definitely keep playing until the end of the knockout stage.

Next, Xu Qing began sweeping through cities one by one, leaving a trail of devastation in his wake.

As time went by, the contestants Xu Qing encountered in those cities became stronger and stronger. Many of them were geniuses, with at least the fourth level of their respective domains, and some had even touched the threshold of the Origin Law.

However, all of this was meaningless; Xu Qing crushed them all.

On this day, in the twenty-third city, Xu Qing was carrying out a large-scale sweep.

"Tsk tsk, big little chick, not bad, you've reached the eighth level of the realm and even touched upon the Origin Law," Xu Qing said, looking at the man in front of him, who was bound like a salted fish by silk threads.

"A scholar can be killed but not humiliated! If you kill me, then Agute defeat is defeat," the man said through gritted teeth.

He was the king of this city, but he ran into Xu Qing, this freak, and was taken down in just a few moves.

"Oh ho, you've got guts, huh? But I refuse. My favorite thing to do is say no to others," Xu Qing chuckled.

Agute was nearly driven mad with anger. He had already lost; what was wrong with this guy?

"You won't get my points unless you kill me," Agute, not wanting to be tied up like this any longer; it was too humiliating.

"Fine, beg me. If you beg me, I'll kill you," Xu Qing said, his eyes darting around.

Agute's eyes were practically spitting fire; hadn't he already said that?

"Hurry up and beg me, or I'll hang you up for three days and three nights," Xu Qing threatened.

"Fine... please, kill me," Agute said through gritted teeth.

"No, didn't I just say that my favorite thing to do is say no to others? You're so stupid, how did you cultivate yourself to this level?" Xu Qing said.

"Ugh... Pfft!" Agute was furious; it was clearly the other person who told him to say it.

"Since you're not very bright, I'll teach you. You should say it the other way around, understand?" Xu Qing patted the other person's head, looking like he was showing concern for someone with intellectual disabilities.

Agute's eyes were wide open, like a bull's eyes, bloodshot, as if he wanted to devour Xu Qing.

Conversely, wouldn't that be begging for mercy? As a Fighter, as a genius, how could he possibly beg for mercy from his opponent? He would never do that, even if it meant death.

"Hurry up, stop dawdling, are you even a man?" Xu Qing urged.

Agute gritted his teeth and refused to say anything.

"You won't talk, huh? Then Uncle Little Azure Dragon is going to spank you!" Xu Qing picked up a board and aimed it at his buttocks.

"Stop! I'll talk, I'll talk!" Agute panicked; this was worse than death.

Xu Qing chuckled, "That's more like it."

Agute looked at Xu Qing as if he were looking at a demon. "Please... please, let me go!"

"Huh? Your expression isn't right. Why are you staring like that? Trying to eat someone? Let's do it again!" Xu Qing patted his face.

Agute so angry he was practically grinding his teeth to powder, so he had to adjust his expression and repeat himself.

"You've improved, but it's not good enough. Keep going. Don't look so fierce, and don't widen your eyes so much..."

Under Xu Qing's tutelage, Agute finally broke down, pleading, "Please, let me go!"

Heavens above, earth below, why did he have to encounter such a monster?

If Agute really did something heinous in his past life, let God strike him dead with lightning; don't send a psychopath to torment him.

"Perfect, Uncle Little Azure Dragon is very happy, I'll send you out right away," Xu Qing clapped his hands, then killed him.

"Finally, I can be free," was Agute's truest thought.

On the Spaceship, the spectators were completely dumbfounded.

"This Destroyer is a psychopath, torturing Agute like this," some viewers said in fear.

A Human Race genius was tortured to the point of breaking down and crying.

"Which country is this athlete from?"

"They seem to be contestants from the Black Dragon Mountain Empire. They're incredibly strong, and truly freakish."

The spectators were abuzz with discussion, offering mixed opinions on Xu Qing, the contestant with the lobster-head hairstyle.

"This is bad. Xiao Qing is addicted to it. Those geniuses are going to be in trouble," Qin Lin and Zhao Ruo both knew Xu Qing very well.

Once he discovers something fun, he finds it hard to stop.

"Elder Brother, this must be what Earthling call 'scheming' and 'sadistic,' right?" Akaro thought to himself.

At this point, after eliminating Agute, Xu Qing's ranking also rose to ninth.

"Ninth place, eighteen days left, plenty of time, take your time," Xu Qing continued sweeping through, clearing out the hidden contestants.

Xu Qing swaggered through the dilapidated city.

"Where have all the chicks gone? Here... no, then here... no, oh dear, where are they?" Xu Qing looked around.

He was like someone in a horror movie, and he was the biggest horror—the lobster head—and the players hiding were the prey.

Beneath the ruins, a contestant lay trembling under a slab of stone, pleading, "God help me, God help me, please don't let that freak find me. I was wrong, I'll never dare to participate in any more Genius Battle."

Suddenly, the sound of pebbles rolling down the ground made the contestant tense up and dare not utter a sound.

Through the gap, he saw Xu Qing walk past.

"Phew, he's past," the player finally breathed a sigh of relief.

But the next second, a lobster head suddenly popped out, "Found... you!"

"Ah! Ah...!"

The man screamed in terror and retreated frantically, like a caterpillar, out of the ruins.

At the same time, Xu Qing stood at the exit and grabbed his leg, "Got you, hahaha!"

"Ah! No! No! Let me go! I want to go home! I want to go home!"

The man struggled frantically, kicking and screaming.

"Once it falls into Uncle Little Azure Dragon's hands, it can only be made into spicy chicken cubes. Hehe, spicy chicken cubes are very delicious," Xu Qing said with an evil smile, binding the other person's legs.

However, the man was so terrified that upon hearing Xu Qing's threat to eat people, he immediately foamed at the mouth and fainted.

"Uh... dizzy?" Xu Qing was stunned.

Seriously? His performance had barely begun and he'd already fainted from fright?

"Well... alright, there's nothing we can do if he's scared out of his wits. Consider yourself lucky," Xu Qing said, leaving the man in the ruins without killing him.

"Let's keep looking for the next chick," Xu Qing, and quickly left the area.

Inside the Spaceship in the sky, the audience witnessed this scene and were stunned. They had all thought that this elimination round would be very intense and bloody.

However, the atmosphere of terror was unexpected. Not only the contestant, but even the audience members were trembling with fear, as if they were watching a horror movie.

"Pfft... that guy is probably going to be traumatized by Xiao Qing," Qin Lin and Zhao Ruo laughed.

"As expected of my sister-in-law, she can still laugh. I was almost scared by my Elder Brother," Akaro patted his chest.

More than an hour later, the man woke up. "I'm not dead?"

"I'm not dead? Hahaha, I'm not dead, I'm not dead!" The man laughed loudly, like a madman.

"Who else? I'm asking you, who else has survived encountering the Destroyer?" the man roared, venting his fear.

Sizzle!

A cold light flashed, and a Blade Wheel across his neck, silencing him completely.

In the distance, a contestant cursed, "Calling for its soul like that, aren't you afraid of attracting that terrifying lobster head back? Damn thing, it's going to have to find another place to hide again."

Soon, the contestant left.

Time passed day by day, and soon it was the last day.

In the seventy-sixth city, Xu Qing wandered aimlessly. After so many days of killing, his points had already reached over a billion, giving him a commanding lead and propelling him to the top of the rankings.

"The naughty chicks have all hidden away. How wicked! Uncle Little Azure Dragon is going to find them and eat them all," Xu Qing said as he walked, his voice laced with threat.

However, by the last day, very few contestants remained.

As Xu Qing swept through, he encountered no fewer than thirty top Human Race geniuses, all of whom possessed the seventh or eighth level of their domains and had even touched the threshold of the Origin Law.

Such Human Race geniuses are basically the kings of each district.

Unfortunately, they encountered Xu Qing, and like Agute, they were utterly humiliated and their spirits were severely wounded.

After about twenty days, Xu Qing's terrifying reputation had already spread throughout District 66.

"His strength is terrifying; he wields silk threads with unparalleled skill. Even Human Race geniuses who have touched upon the Origin Law are powerless against him."

"Moreover, he particularly enjoys torturing other contestants, not just physically, but also mentally; he's a pervert."

"Remember, if you encounter a lobster head, commit suicide immediately, otherwise you will experience what it means to wish you were dead!"

This is the description of Xu Qing, which has been passed down almost entirely by word of mouth.

From that day on, all the players in District 66 started playing a battle royale game with Xu Qing, moving in the opposite direction wherever Xu Qing went.

Of course, there were also those who didn't believe in such things, and without a doubt, they all witnessed the most terrifying things in their lives.

Xu Qing later discovered this as well, and then played a trick on those contestants, wiping out thousands of them, all of whom were Star Level experts, including many Human Race geniuses.

That battle taught those players what it meant to be a game-changer.

"All the contestants in District 66 are acting strangely. On the contrary, that Lobster from the Black Dragon Mountain Empire... uh, the Destroyer, seems more like a normal contestant."

"The Black Dragon Mountain Empire has produced such a powerful competitor! Why doesn't our Motak Empire have one? So what if he's a bit freakish? But he's strong!"

"Exactly, strength is all that matters. What's so special about being a pervert? It's not worth mentioning."

Xu Qing's power captivated countless viewers, whether from the Black Dragon Mountain Empire or other empires; they all cheered for Xu Qing.

On the Spaceship in District 1, Xu Xin, along with her son and family, watched the game and paid attention to the rankings of Xu Qing, Hong, and Thor.

"Uncle is amazing! He's number one!" Xiaoping and Xiaohai cheered.

"As expected of Xiao Qing! Luo Feng only made it to 37th place, but he's already in first place!" Xu Gang exclaimed excitedly.

Xu Xin smiled broadly; her husband and brother were both outstanding.

"Tsk tsk, this Xu Qing is truly a monster. He even scared the contestants in that district into fainting," Babata said, looking at the video transmitted through Akaro with great surprise.

Of all the World Zone, only Xu Qing managed to turn District 66 into his playground.

"His Uncle Little Azure Dragon is definitely going to become famous, and famously for being a pervert, haha," Babata laughed.

"Countdown to the end of the preliminary rounds begins..."

This sound resounded across all World Zone, announcing the imminent end of this Preliminary Elimination Tournament.

In District 66, the remaining contestants, upon hearing this voice, all showed expressions of relief. They would soon be able to leave and would never have to see that lobster-headed pervert again.

However, just when everyone thought that way...

"Found you, little cutie..." Xu Qing suddenly appeared in front of a contestant, his two long antennae swaying on his lobster head.

"Ah! Don't come any closer! It's almost over, why are you still holding onto us?" The man was so frightened that he rushed out of his hiding place and ran wildly like a madman.

However, he hadn't run far before he was bound by silk threads, like prey caught in a spider's web.

"It's almost over, but it's not over yet. If you want to hide, you have to try your best to hide until the very end. If you're careless, Uncle Little Azure Dragon will find you and kill you," Xu Qing said with a smile.

As soon as he finished speaking, the man was cut into pieces by the silk threads.

Beep!

"Time's up, teleport!"

In that instant, all the survivors from the hundred World Zone vanished from their spots and were teleported back to the Virtual Universe.

Above Black Dragon Mountain Island, figures appeared one after another.

"Elder Brother, congratulations, you're number one in District 66," Akaro's voice came.

"Absolutely," Xu Qing waved his hand dismissively. To be honest, none of them were any good fighters.

Even those geniuses who have touched the threshold of the Origin Law are just toys.

"Elder Brother, there are over eight hundred phone calls and more than two thousand emails," Akaro said.

Xu Qing waved his hand, the lobster head disappeared, and everything returned to normal. "Don't worry about it. This is the treatment celebrities deserve. Unless they send money directly, don't pay any attention to them."

"Okay, Elder Brother," Akaro nodded.