Chapter 1341: Attempt! The Top 100 Is Born!

In the virtual universe, Xu Jingming stood alone in an endless starry arena.

A brilliant river of stars swirled above him, while beneath his feet lay a transparent energy barrier, clearly revealing the spinning nebulae below.

"Eva, create me an opponent based on Roy's demonstrated strength in the arena."

Xu Jingming gave the order.

After watching Roy's match, he came here to test how far he was behind Roy.

"Got it!"

Eva, the green-haired twin-tailed little girl, cheerfully replied.

With a flick of her small hand, countless streams of data wove through the void.

In an instant, space a kilometer away twisted, and a white-clad figure slowly took shape.

The figure had a cold, stern face and held a pitch-black longsword—it was Roy's virtual replica!

Though merely a data-formed image, the piercing sword intent was terrifyingly real.

"S-class, get ready—the battle is about to begin."

The little girl Eva floated midair, her clear, melodious voice echoing throughout the space:

"3… 2… 1… Begin!"

"Destroy!"

At the moment the battle started, the virtual Roy uttered the word that had terrified a hundred thousand prodigies in the arena.

He swung his pitch-black longsword, and a black blade of light slashed through the void.

Where the blade passed, space split cleanly like thin paper, revealing twisted dimensional rifts behind.

Several meteorites blocking its path vanished soundlessly into dust, annihilated without even a chance to explode.

"So strong!" Xu Jingming's pupils contracted.

Watching from the stands felt nothing like facing Roy directly.

At this moment, he felt every cell in his body screaming danger.

"Purple Nightmare Demon Body!"

He did not hesitate—he activated his strongest trump card.

Wild demonic energy erupted from within him, his body instantly swelling to over three meters tall.

Purple scales covered his entire frame, grotesque demonic horns extending from his forehead, and dark purple demonic wings unfurled behind him.

Simultaneously, brilliant golden Doushen Shenlei encircled his body like a suit of thunderous armor.

"Boom—!"

The annihilating blade light collided violently with his thunderous demonic body, blinding light illuminating the entire starry expanse.

Xu Jingming felt a tearing force sweep through his entire body.

The scales of the Purple Nightmare Demon Body groaned under unbearable stress—"crack, crack"—and the encircling Doushen Shenlei surged into violent chaos.

Yet when the blade light faded, Xu Jingming still stood firm in place!

Though blood seeped from his surface, his overall condition remained unharmed.

"He blocked it!"

A flicker of triumph flashed in Xu Jingming's purple eyes.

Roy's annihilating sword aura was an area-of-effect attack.

If he couldn't even withstand this one strike, there'd be no point fighting him in a real duel—he'd just have to surrender immediately.

But now, under the immense physical power granted by the Purple Nightmare Demon Body,

He, despite only having perfected the Annihilation Domain, possessed the strength to directly resist the Annihilation Principle!

"No wonder it's a T0-level bloodline technique—so powerful!"

Xu Jingming laughed heartily, "Again!"

He growled lowly, the Abyssal Spear already in hand, its tip wreathed in Lei Guang.

The virtual Roy, expressionless, swung his sword once more.

This time, it was no single strike—but an unbroken torrent of sword momentum.

Pitch-black annihilating sword auras rained down like a deluge, completely engulfing Xu Jingming.

"Lei Guang Annihilation Cannon!"

Xu Jingming did not retreat—he advanced, unleashing his T4-level combat technique with full force!

A golden Lei Zhu, over ten meters in diameter, erupted from the spear's tip and slammed head-on into the torrent of sword rain.

In an instant, it obliterated the sword rain—and swallowed Roy along with it.

When the Lei Guang faded, Roy's form had vanished.

"S-class, you defeated Roy!" Eva exclaimed in delight.

"It's just a virtual opponent."

Xu Jingming shook his head, "The real Roy is surely stronger."

Though he said so, he felt considerably more at ease.

After all, he still hadn't used his Twin Demons' clone talent.

As long as he confirmed he could engage Roy, that was enough.

After all, the pressure from the Annihilation Principle was simply too great.

In the following days,

Xu Jingming trained his combat skills against the virtual Roy in the virtual arena,

while closely monitoring the remaining matches.

Especially those law masters who performed exceptionally well are his potential rivals.

Yue Ying's match was the 79th, and Xu Jingming paid slight attention to it.

Compared to when she competed in the Abyss King's promotion match, Yue Ying's strength has indeed improved significantly.

She fought two law-level masters alone and ultimately emerged victorious.

But compared to him, there is still a considerable gap.

"A perfect-level life domain, with extremely strong recovery ability.

But for me, I don't even need the Zi Yan Demon Body or Lei Guang Annihilation Cannon—just a few perfect-level T6 combat techniques would suffice."

He gazed at Yue Ying, standing firm on the arena, her beautiful eyes turning toward him.

Xu Jingming naturally did not show fear; he glared right back.

"You, wait until the one-on-one arena match—I'll make you regret it!"

Yue Ying clenched her pearl-white teeth against her red lips.

For her, the elven royal princess, the only real opponent in this Genius War was Roy.

Xu Jingming was merely a stepping stone for her to erase past humiliation.

Five days passed in the blink of an eye.

With the final arena brawl concluding, the Eternal Star Alliance's Universe Genius War arena brawls finally came to an end.

"After fierce competition, our universe's human race has produced its 100 strongest prodigies!"

Amidst a majestic voice, a hundred brilliant pillars of light descended from the heavens onto the center of the vast continent.

In each pillar stood a contestant who had successfully advanced.

They came from different universe nations, differing in age and race, yet none were anything less than peerless prodigies chosen from a million.

"Akshang! The glory of my Fushan Empire!"

"Hah! My Jin Yang Empire finally has a genius in the top one hundred!"

"Boundless potential, boundless potential indeed!"

"......"

Countless cheers and applause erupted from the spectator stands.

In the tens of thousands, even hundreds of thousands of years to come, the universe's human race.

Will give birth to immortal deities, even sovereign-level masters from among these individuals.

They are the future hope of the universe's human race!

"One hundred trillion viewers watching—this feeling isn't bad."

Xu Jingming stood within the pillar belonging to the Star Torch Empire, a faint smile appearing on his lips.

"You are the hundred best among all contestants in this Eternal Star Alliance Genius War!

You are eligible to receive the Eternal Star Alliance's most core sovereign-level cultivation training!

But even among you hundred,

your final rankings will differ, and so too will the treatment you receive within the Eternal Star Alliance.

The upcoming one-on-one arena matches will determine your final rankings!"

Dressed in the Eternal Star Alliance's long robe and uniform, a man resembling a god reappeared before them, speaking:

"The upcoming one-on-one arena battles will follow a paired combat format; the odd one out will receive a random bye.

Six rounds will be held: Round one has fifty matches, round two twenty-five, round three twelve... until round six, the final, determines the number one!

Twenty matches will be held daily, completing all ninety-nine duels within five solar days."