Chapter 1334: The Silent Princess! I Hope You Don

"Age shouldn't be related to strength, right?" Xu Jingming smiled.

Yue Ying naturally sensed the certainty in Xu Jingming's voice.

Her gray-stone pupils contracted sharply.

Her arms, which had hung naturally at her sides, tightened slightly.

Making her already full chest rise even more prominently.

Upon receiving a confirmed answer, the proud elven princess fell silent.

She reached Starlight Ninth Stage at 34, comprehended the Wind Principle, and perfected the Life Domain at 35.

She was a genius unseen in the elven race for millions of years.

She had assumed no one in the entire human universe of her age could match her.

Her crushing defeat at the Abyss King Promotion Tournament, she had dismissed as merely facing a bloodslinger who had lived for thousands of years.

But reality was cruel.

Bloodslinger was a full ten years younger than her!

"What's wrong?" Xu Jingming looked at her with a half-smile.

"Nothing."

Yue Ying quickly regained her composure, her gray eyes once again glinting with coldness:

"I only hope you don't lose in the arena brawl. If you can't even win first place, I'll be disappointed."

As an elven princess, her proud nature forbade her from showing surprise before Xu Jingming.

"Oh? You seem very confident you'll advance?" Xu Jingming laughed.

"Of course I have that confidence."

Yue Ying tilted her chin slightly, her Bai Xi face proud as frost:

"I look forward to facing you in a one-on-one arena match.

Of course, if we meet directly in the brawl arena… even better."

Though Xu Jingming's age exceeded her expectations,

the only comfort was that her Life Domain was already perfected.

And Xu Jingming's Destruction Domain was only at the seventeenth level—should they meet again, she was confident she could win.

With that, Yue Ying cast not another glance at Xu Jingming and floated away.

"Where does Yue Ying get her confidence?"

"She already lost to me once, yet she still acts like she's certain to beat me."

Xu Jingming felt utterly baffled.

"Yue Ying is the elven princess—arrogant and proud.

After losing to you last time, she probably resented it deeply and has improved her strength during this time.

Naturally, she's eager to reclaim her honor."

Steve chuckled.

At only 35 years old, Yue Ying was very young.

Among contestants whose average age was nearly two hundred, she was exceptionally young.

But she had no choice—she met Xu Jingming, a prodigy of only 25.

Her pride drove her to come here.

"Improved her strength?" Xu Jingming raised an eyebrow.

Compared to the King Promotion Tournament, his Zi Yan Demon Body had entered its third stage, and his Destruction Domain was perfected—he was countless times stronger.

If he met Yue Ying again, he could easily defeat her.

"I can't wait to see her lose again…"

Xu Jingming thought with a darkly amused twist.

For some reason, he loved watching these heavenly prodigies fall.

"The Second Stage of the Eternal Star Alliance Genius Tournament is about to begin. All contestants, prepare!"

An hour passed swiftly, and a majestic voice echoed in every contestant's ears.

Instantly, whether resting in the skyscraper or discussing team formation,

all contestants rushed to the vast gathering point.

Boom—boom—

The illusory spectator stands rose from the ground, encircling the entire continent like a brilliant star river.

The spectator stands were divided into sections, each representing audiences from different cosmic nations.

"Here it comes! Finally, it's here!"

"Genius Tournament Stage Two! My Starfall Empire is the strongest!"

"Lord Roy will definitely be ranked number one in the entire tournament!"

"..."

In an instant, the nearly boiling chatter of the spectators blanketed the entire continent.

Each high-level cosmic nation's spectator section could hold only one billion people.

Even so, there were 10.8 trillion spectators!

This was still after limiting the seating—others could only watch broadcasts.

Otherwise, no matter how large the spectator stands, they could not hold the endless audiences from the high-level cosmic nations.

Naturally, this resulted in astronomically expensive spectator tickets.

And even if you have money, you can't get them!

Many cosmic nations even regard obtaining a single spectator seat ticket as a symbol of status.

Of course, as a contestant—and especially as the uncrowned king of the Star Torch Empire.

Xu Jingming possesses 100 spectator seat tickets.

At this moment, Ye Lan and the other women, along with some from Blue Star, were seated in the Star Torch Empire's spectator section.

"This… this is truly a cosmic wonder!"

Ye Lan, in the Star Torch Empire's exclusive spectator zone, stared in awe at the surroundings.

She, whose lifespan was barely over two hundred years, had never before watched the Cosmic Talent War.

Naturally, she was stunned by the scene.

"10.8 trillion spectators… that's over a thousand times the total population of Blue Star!"

Ling Shuang and the other women couldn't help but whisper in astonishment.

After their shock subsided, they quickly spotted Xu Jingming's figure.

As the number one figure of the Star Torch Empire, standing at the very front of the Star Torch Empire's prodigy team, he was unmistakably prominent.

"The first round of the Talent War: Arena Brawl!"

The 10.8 million contestants are divided into one hundred arenas, fighting each other until only one remains!"

The majestic voice rang out again, but this time not beside the contestants—it echoed across the entire continent!

"Whoa! Ten million geniuses, and only one hundred arenas?"

"Only the winner of each arena advances? That's insane!"

"True, but surviving to the very end in a brawl with over 100,000 opponents? That's monstrously strong!"

"……"

Amid the excited murmurs of the spectators.

The vast continent before the tens of millions of geniuses seemed split by some invisible force into an isolated space.

This space was enclosed by a pale blue energy barrier, ten kilometers in length and width.

To ordinary humans, this area would be more than sufficient.

But for the 10.8 million Starlight Stage Nine experts, who routinely moved at dozens of times the speed of sound, it was pathetically small.

This guaranteed an extremely bloody and brutal slaughter.

"Boom!!"

Accompanied by a deafening roar, the ground of the isolated space restructured itself.

It transformed into an endless desert!

This special environment was clearly designed to increase combat unpredictability and spectacle.

"Now, randomly assign the contestants to the first arena brawl!"

The majestic voice resounded across the heavens!

Xu Jingming's vision blurred amid the crowd.

When his sight cleared, he stood at the center of an endless desert.

Scorching winds and sand whipped against his cheeks; countless figures fell like meteors across the distant horizon.

"First arena battle: contestants deployed."

A mechanical voice chimed in his ear, "Barrier will be lifted in 30 seconds."