Chapter 1703

Day after day, time passed quickly.

Studying Secret Art is not something that can be achieved overnight; although Xiao Feng has made progress, there is still a long way to go before he can self-comprehend high-level Secret Art.

He has to self-destruct at least 300 times a day, and he has become completely numb to death in the game.

Under his control, the collision of Dao Pattern and Dao Body became increasingly stable, even allowing him to control the timing of the explosion and hold it steady for a while.

The blast radius is also shrinking, controllable within 10 kilometers, dealing at least 30 huang of damage to enemies within range!

As time passed, the myriad races' hegemony battle on the Myriad Heavens Battlefield became increasingly fierce.

The existence of the Lord of the Sky gradually became something everyone adapted to; few people would specially go attack damage anymore, only the strongest group still strived for rankings.

That massive figure could not affect the myriad races players' determination to wage war.

As long as one is outside its path, they fight when they should fight, clash when they should clash, caring about nothing.

If one happens to be hit by it, they consider themselves unlucky, abandon a city, and move whatever can be moved to avoid excessive loss.

……

The fifth month after the Lord of the Sky came into being.

The real world had already welcomed spring, and Xiao Feng's contemplation of Secret Art had also been going on for nearly three months.

At this time, the top-ranked 'I Pick Up Trash in Myriad Heavens' on the Level Ranking had already reached level 900.

Xiao Feng was slightly slower, now at level 890, having returned to the top ten, barely making it in at tenth place.

That day, Xiao Feng, as usual, practiced the fusion of Dao Pattern and Dao Body.

Suddenly, a system notification tone sounded in every player's ears.

【Server-wide announcement: Detected that the number of Supreme God-level players in the Myriad Heavens Battlefield map exceeds 300 trillion, self-built cities exceed 30 million, and the Myriad Heavens Hegemony Battle has officially begun!】

This announcement refreshed everyone's spirit; those in the midst of cultivation involuntarily stopped and listened to the system's voice.

【Hegemony Battle explanation: The Hegemony Battle is divided into three stages. The first stage is the Preparation Period, where all gameplay remains as before, serving as an adaptation and transition phase; time starts from today and lasts for 15 months of Myriad Heavens time. The second stage is the Training Period, where the Qi Luck plunder effect from battles between players of different zones is increased tenfold; when a zone's Qi Luck drops below 10,000 points, it enters a critical state; if the Qi Luck cannot be raised back above 1,000,000 within three days, then all territories lose the protection of the Prestige Gold Seal; this stage lasts 3 years. The third stage is the Contention Period, if a zone's Qi Luck falls below 10,000 points, it has no territory, no Mi Jing, and its Civilization Lord is killed more than ten times within three days, then it permanently withdraws from the Hegemony Battle, all personnel are transferred to the dungeon map "Peace·Myriad Heavens Battlefield", unable to enter the main world. This stage lasts 10 years; after 10 years, evaluation will be conducted based on Qi Luck value, civilization index, number of cities, number of Supreme Gods, and other data, with the top ten zones receiving rich rewards in the real world, and the champion zone receiving a super grand prize!】

【Special reminder: As each stage nears its end, the system will hold a server-wide large-scale event; participating gives a chance to obtain important war resources for the next stage. The Preparation Period event will start in 12 months, with the content being: Arena 3v3 battles, each zone may dispatch up to four teams to participate, so prepare in advance!】

Xiao Feng's originally calm heart stirred up ripples under this announcement.

The myriad races' hegemony battle is finally about to officially begin!

Over the past year, the fighting on the world map has actually just been a rehearsal; although there have been instances of Qi Luck plundering and city occupation, thanks to the protection of the Prestige Gold Seal and the basic setting of infinite respawning, nobody actually loses, and there is no situation of elimination.

But now it's different; the true hegemony battle is approaching. After adapting through the Preparation and Training Periods, when the true hegemony era begins, many zones will be eliminated and transferred to the peace map.

Over ten years, with over 6.7 million zones, they might be fought down to only tens of thousands, or even just a few thousand!

And the final top ten zones are the ultimate victors of Myriad Heavens, able to obtain substantial rewards!

Of course, after the hegemony battle ends, Myriad Heavens will still continue to operate, and the war can continue, except there will no longer be any zone-wide rewards.

Since the first year of the game, when Xiao Feng met a companion who had been playing for four million years in the Myriad Heavens Tower, he has been looking forward to this day.

Now he possesses absolute strength to sweep away any enemy; hearing the news that war is imminent, he feels great joy.

For the champion zone, the reward will be personally customized by the Creator God; it is said that it can elevate ordinary people to controllers out of thin air, and any wish can be fulfilled.

That reward is something he is determined to obtain!

"14 years and 3 months, time is still quite long; I don't know what level everyone will be when the final showdown arrives." Xiao Feng couldn't help but yearn.

The time given by the system is calculated based on the server launch time.

The figure of 300 trillion Supreme Gods and 30 million cities is merely a trigger condition, unrelated to time. The Preparation Period will last until Myriad Heavens has been online for three years, which will be early summer next year.

In the fourth year of Myriad Heavens, it enters the War Period.

In the seventh year of Myriad Heavens, it enters the Contention Period.

At the end of the seventeenth year, the hegemony battle ends, the cosmic Myriad Heavens competition carnival draws to a close, and a gaming era ends.

Now it is only the ninth month of the second year; the server has just been open for 21 months, and the top players' level has already reached around 850.

What level it will be in fifteen years, nobody can say for sure.

Xiao Feng's friend list began flashing nonstop, and many group chats were hotly discussing the news brought by the system announcement.

"Old Xiao, what about the 3v3?" Zhang Fan was the first to ask him, being more concerned about the event before the end of the Preparation Period.

Each of the three war stages has a server-wide event, similar to the time of the Primordial World; its significance remains important, and the rewards given are likely to be a valuable treasure that plays a decisive factor in the next stage.

Xiao Feng replied: "No rush, it only starts next year; let's slowly screen."

The 3v3 arena competition will last a full three months.

With over 6.7 million zones server-wide, each zone having four teams, there will be over twenty million teams in total.

People of Blue Star say they have never even heard of a competition of this scale, and have no idea how the system will arrange it in the future.

Regarding personnel selection, each zone can have at most twelve people; besides Xiao Feng, the Blue Star No. 8 Zone still has quite a number of experts, so they will likely need to hold internal trials first.

Not only his own people messaged Xiao Feng, but also friends from other zones, and even friends of different races.

Qian Sha, whom he hadn't contacted in a long time, proactively sent him a message, sighing: "Good brother, what was bound to come has finally arrived; we will surely have a day of meeting and slaughter."

Xiao Feng laughed: "It's still early. Moreover, with so many zones, we don't necessarily have to fight each other; dealing with those robots is the proper business."

"Ah, this is hard to say; I estimate if we really start fighting, it won't be something we two can control. By the way, when do you plan to undergo rebirth and cultivation? Do you aim for level 999?" Qian Sha asked.

Xiao Feng nodded: "Definitely, try not to waste potential points. How about you?"

Qian Sha replied: "My strength mainly comes from talent and Supreme Treasure; potential points aren't that important. I estimate I will undergo rebirth soon, so as not to lag behind progress by dragging things out."

Xiao Feng thought, and it seemed so as well.

Although undergoing rebirth once explodes one's attributes, it takes too much time, especially the stage from level 300 to 500, which relies entirely on clearing dungeons, requiring a long stay in Shen Jie.

The ultra-dimensional mechanized soldiers numbered 1 to 15 of the Machine Race's Ancestor Ship Star cannot enter the Myriad Heavens Tower, so they have no chance to undergo rebirth; their level will keep rising, breaking through to become God Kings, and they will advance all the way.

Those who undergo rebirth gain attributes but lose realm; if they really fight, the outcome would be hard to predict.

Xiao Feng thought for a moment.

Because of his Innate Dao Body, he has an enormous amount of potential points.

But the significance of potential to him didn't seem very important either; Enlightenment still had the deepest impact.

So after hanging up the chat, he thought for a moment and muttered to himself: "Maybe I should also start retraining early; after I figure out this Secret Art this time, if I haven't reached level 999 yet, I won't wait."

He estimated that figuring out the skill would still take another one or two months; by then he'd likely be around level 930, sacrificing a few dozen levels of potential to gain at least two months of time — thinking it over, that seems quite reasonable.

Otherwise, when they play 3v3 next year, others will be over level 900, even over 1000, while he'll only be in the three- to four-hundred range — wouldn't that be terribly awkward?