Xu Jingming stood high above the desert.
Golden Lightning coiled around his body, making him resemble a Thunder God who had stepped out of an ancient myth.
Golden Lightning flickered around the tip of the Dark Abyss Spear in his hand, while the aura of Destruction wrapped around its shaft had yet to dissipate.
Behind him, the thousand-meter-tall black-and-gold Thunder God Avatar slowly faded away.
Yet the oppressive aura that seemed capable of intimidating heaven and earth still lingered in the air, plunging the entire battlefield into dead silence.
Whether it was the ten trillion spectators in the stands.
Or the other contestants in the competition zone who had yet to take the stage.
At this moment, all of them held their breath and stared blankly at that agile figure.
Boom—
Only when the cold notification from the Genius Battle rang out over the entire desert:
"Xu Jingming of the Star Torch Empire has taken first place in the arena melee and successfully advanced to the one-on-one arena matches of the Cosmic Human Race Genius Battle!"
As the announcement fell, the silence was completely shattered, and the entire audience erupted!
"He instantly killed three law prodigies! How is that possible?!"
"He's too strong! Badley, Molin, and Garr are all the greatest geniuses of their respective cosmic nations!"
"They're all law experts, so why is Xu Jingming this powerful?!"
"He took on three alone and instantly killed them all? My god, am I dreaming?"
"..."
Cries of shock, doubt, and astonishment blended together.
Countless gazes focused on Xu Jingming, as though they were getting to know this prodigy from the Star Torch Empire all over again.
Very quickly, the Star Torch Empire's spectators were the first to recover, erupting into thunderous cheers!
"Thunder Emperor! Invincible!"
"Hahaha! Our Star Torch Empire has