Chapter 836

Just as Lin Qi was observing others.

Di Xi behind him was also observing Lin Qi; she clearly felt Lin Qi's overbearing aura, his whole body surrounded by the power of the laws of Metal and Thunder.

Bringing her a strong sense of threat!

"Just how strong is Lin Qi now?"

Di Xi was curious about Lin Qi's strength; in 263 years, she had been cultivating desperately, and even consumed quite a bit of Ice Heart Liquid.

Her comprehension of the laws of Water and Space had greatly improved.

Her martial arts skills improved every once in a while.

She felt she was already very strong and also wanted to compete for a core member spot.

But facing Lin Qi, she had no confidence!

But if it were Qin Ling, it would be different; she felt she could restrain him.

The combination of the laws of Water and Space was, after all, stronger than the power of a single law.

Therefore, the ranking in the Primordial Tower did not necessarily represent the level of strength.

So she felt she was stronger than Qin Ling.

If they met in the qualification battle, the winner would definitely be herself.

Gu Taao looked around the entire martial arts arena, watching the members arriving one by one, and sighed:

"This qualification battle is full of experts!"

"It feels even more tense than the Deep Space Genius Competition; I feel like I'll lose if I'm not careful!"

"I see Ge Long, Kate, and the others."

"But they are only ranked around 100th; I estimate they are no longer a match for you, Lin Qi!"

"The strongest are the members ranked in the top 38 of the Primordial Tower."

"I remember there seem to be 20 Elder Elder Xing Yu-level geniuses among them; the number of experts is truly high."

Lin Qi nodded; 63 years had passed, and 7 more members had broken through to the ninth floor of the Primordial Tower.

And among them were 20 Elder Elder Xing Yu-level geniuses!

18 Star System-level geniuses!

Star System-level geniuses were all existences who had cultivated for thousands of years, while Elder Elder Xing Yu-level geniuses had cultivated for at most two or three thousand years.

Any more than that was unlikely; they would choose to break through directly to the Universe Fourth Realm.

"Members!!"

Just as the time approached the start, a figure appeared out of thin air in the sky.

She was wearing luxurious golden clothes, with delicate features and a unique temperament.

It was the intelligent core of the Primordial Sacred Land—Star Spirit!

Star Spirit smiled and said:

"Members, welcome!"

"Today, we will hold the core member qualification battle in the martial arts arena."

"A total of 6,018 Universe Third Realm members, of which 18 members chose to abstain, finally reaching exactly 6,000 members."

"According to the rules, the annual core member qualification battle will have three spots."

"However, for this qualification battle, we will expand the three spots to 9!"

As soon as these words were spoken, the audience seats suddenly boiled over.

Many Universe Fourth Realm existences showed surprised expressions!

"9 spots, unprecedented!"

"In previous years, there were three spots, and in cases of more, only four to five spots."

"Adding six spots in one go is truly shocking!"

"Do I have a chance too?"

Some felt they could do it again, unable to help but feel excited, thinking they could also obtain a spot.

Others poured cold water on them:

"Increasing the spots is necessary; there are a full 38 people who broke through to the ninth floor of the Primordial Tower in this batch!"

"Otherwise, three spots would not be enough at all; many geniuses wouldn't get a spot, which would be a pity!"

"Making them wait five thousand years is impossible."

"As for the others, they are just foils!"

On Lin Qi's side, joy appeared on everyone's faces.

Lin Xiao said pleasantly: "Brother, there are six more spots, nine in total; the probability of you obtaining a spot has also greatly increased."

Qin Ling, Di Xi, and Meng Nuo all had smiles on their faces after hearing this.

If there were still three spots, their probability of competing was too low, but nine was different.

They had more hope!

Lin Qi also nodded secretly; if there were nine spots, his probability of obtaining one was 99%.

Otherwise, three spots were indeed too few.

He looked around, and the eyes of many Universe Third Realm members lit up.

And the Universe Fifth Realm existences sitting high in the sky, especially Yan Zun and Lei Zun, looked at each other and smiled.

The increase in spots this time was thanks to their efforts.

If they hadn't increased, it would have been difficult for their disciples to obtain a spot!

After all, the strength of some geniuses was truly terrifying!

……

And in the sky, Star Spirit, wearing golden clothes, continued to introduce the rules of the qualification battle:

"This qualification battle is still the same as before, divided into preliminary rounds and points rounds!"

"And in the upcoming preliminary rounds, there are a total of 6,000 contestants who will be matched with each other, and through rounds of battles, the strongest 47 contestants will be decided to enter the points rounds."

"The entire competition process will continue until it ends."

The people in the audience nodded; they didn't need to sleep now and could fight continuously for several months.

There was indeed no need to rest.

In the virtual world, even if one died, one could be resurrected in an instant.

Star Spirit, with her delicate features, unleashed her aura and then said loudly:

"Now I announce, the first round of the qualification battle preliminary rounds officially begins!!"

"6,000 Universe Third Realm members, begin entering the preliminary round arena!"

"Shoo shoo shoo!!"

Star Spirit's voice had just fallen.

In the audience seats, Universe Third Realm members began to turn into blue light pillars one after another and disappeared from their seats, being teleported to the arena!

On Lin Qi's side, he looked around at everyone and said:

"Let's get ready to go in too."

"I hope everyone can enter the second round!"

Everyone nodded, their eyes becoming firm!

"Shoo shoo shoo!!"

The next moment, they all turned into blue light pillars and disappeared from where they were.

Lin Qi himself was the same; his figure dissipated, and everything in front of him changed!

【Member Lin Qi, please choose your combat equipment!】

Star Spirit's voice sounded in the air.

Then a panel popped up in front of him, letting him choose his combat equipment.

Lin Qi took a look and chose the style of the Dark Radiance battle armor, and for his weapon, he chose a heavy great spear, which could perfectly unleash his physical strength!

"Hum!"

When he opened his eyes again, he found he had already arrived on a huge arena.

The ground was the same as before, made of hard alloy material, but it was more spacious, with a length and width of 10 kilometers, allowing for unrestrained fighting.

【Preliminary round 1st round 15th match: Lin Qi vs Ao Wei!】

……

The next moment, on the opposite side of the arena, a sturdy man appeared on the ground.

He had strong muscles, but was only 1.7 meters tall, wearing black battle armor, holding a small battle hammer, his whole body exuding a tough and heavy aura!

He was Ao Wei, with a big beard, looking like a middle-aged uncle who worked as a blacksmith.

He looked at Lin Qi and said:

"You are Lin Qi?"

"Only used four hundred years to break through to the ninth floor of the Primordial Tower?"

Lin Qi nodded calmly: "It is me!"

Ao Wei's thick arms waved his black battle hammer and said:

"Then let me, Ao Wei, see your strength."

Lin Qi looked at the other party; he didn't know him. There were 6,000 people in the Universe Third Realm, and he only remembered a few hundred; he didn't know the others at all.

"And if he didn't know him, it meant the other party's strength was not powerful."

【Countdown: ……3, 2, 1】

【Battle officially begins!】

Above the arena, Star Spirit's voice sounded!

"Roar!!!"

Ao Wei let out a roar, and earth-yellow patterns emerged from his exposed skin.

The earth-yellow domain instantly spread toward the surroundings, rumbling as it increased the gravity in the air by dozens of times.

The gravity on the original arena had reached tens of thousands of times, and now with the blessing of the Earth Domain, it instantly reached a million times gravity!

"Hum hum!!"

At the same time, Lin Qi also released his domain power, and a purple-gold domain power was released, confronting Ao Wei's domain.

Instantly, the influence brought by gravity was offset.

"Lin Qi, take my hammer!!"

Ao Wei stepped out on the spot, jumped high, and the battle hammer in his hand began to expand, the earth-yellow secret patterns mobilizing Gangjin, condensing into a giant battle hammer a hundred meters in size.

The secret patterns flowed, like a real giant hammer smashing space, smashing down heavily, like an endless continent crashing down.

Lin Qi laughed secretly; this Ao Wei also had some skills.

Knowing his own strength, he used a killing move as soon as he made a move, very decisive.

"But that's as far as it goes."

Lin Qi's eyes bloomed with purple-gold intent, locking onto Ao Wei in the air, and the black great spear in his hand stabbed out fiercely.

Through the strength of the other party's Earth Domain, he roughly judged the other party's strength!

Roughly around Sixth Stage 60%, compared to himself, it was far behind.

"Chi!"

Through the Sky-Splitting Gangjin, it stabbed out fiercely, the spiral spear Gang condensed instantly, tearing the air, the hundred-meter spear Gang highly compressed, like a golden thread shooting out.

"Boom!!"

The two sides' attacks collided in the air, but the winner was decided in an instant.

The hundred-meter giant hammer was like paper, instantly pierced by the golden light, and then hit Ao Wei behind the giant hammer again!

"Puff~"

The battle armor shattered, the body was pierced by the golden light, and blood sprayed out and dissipated with the wind.

"Bang!"