"There are seats over there. Watch the live broadcast there for now." The Azure-Robed Purple-Scaled Man pointed into the distance, and 100 spacious chairs and several tables instantly appeared in a corner of the Central Plaza. Food and drinks sat on the tables, while the Azure-Robed Purple-Scaled Man himself took a seat somewhere in the area occupied by the 1,008 powerful Undying.
Luo Yuan and the other 99 all sat down to watch the arena matches between the 7,200 contestants. After watching only a few matches, however, Luo Yuan lost interest. It felt like watching amateurs flail at each other, so he simply split off a sliver of his consciousness to play virtual games.
Several hours later.
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!
Nine hundred figures suddenly appeared in the Central Plaza. Most of these 900 elite human geniuses looked excited. Yes, after three consecutive elimination rounds, they were the 900 who had ultimately succeeded out of the 7,200 contestants. Some in this crowd of geniuses remained expressionless, however. Luo Yuan and the other 99 rose and walked over to join them.
The 1,000 elite geniuses gathered together. Many of those considered strong enough to rank in the top ten or twenty, or who believed themselves capable of ranking near the top, were studying the others.
"Congratulations!"
An ethereal voice reached the minds of all one thousand of them. Everyone noticed that the azure-robed, scaled man had appeared in front of their crowd. "You are the finest 1,000 contestants from the 1,008 Universe Countries of the entire cosmic human race in this Genius Battle. Our Virtual Universe Company will also spare no effort in nurturing you. If anyone does not wish to join the Virtual Universe Company, you may speak now."
Silence. No one spoke.
"Very good."
"However, you should