Chapter 91: Curtain Falls

Boom!

The moment Zhou Yang appeared in Central Plaza, he completely ignited the atmosphere of the entire plaza!

"He's out, he's out—so that's the 'Killing God' Zhou Yang? He looks pretty ordinary!"

"What the hell do you know? Real big shots are always low‑key, okay? You think they're all as cocky as Bolan!"

"Exactly, everyone, look—this is the quality engraved in the bones of us Qianwu Universe Nation people: powerful yet modest, confident without flaunting, we…"

"Damn it, this is our Qianwu Universe Nation 'Killing God'. Who just challenged it, Noah Universe Nation? Don't look, I'm talking to you! Come on, say another word to me!"

Hehe, brothers of the Qianwu Universe Nation, low‑key, modest, hahaha…

Millions of geniuses in the plaza were buzzing with discussion, and naturally their focus was entirely on Zhou Yang!

Bolan's strength has long been recognized, even considered the undisputed first place in this Genius Battle.

Therefore, no matter how exaggerated his record, everyone thought it was only natural.

But today!

An almost unknown nobody burst onto the scene like a comet!

He trampled the highly‑esteemed Bolan underfoot and leapt to become a figure everyone looks up to!

The shock from that contrast was simply indescribable!

"Zhou Yang, well done!"

"Killing God is awesome!"

"Haha, see? First, we Qianwu Universe Nation!"

A group of Qianwu Universe Nation geniuses immediately surrounded Zhou Yang, constantly introducing him to geniuses from other nations, their smugness evident in every word!

"You guy, you hid deep enough— even Bolan is suppressed by you!"

Rong Jun, hair a mess and looking like a wild man, grinned.

A fierce fighting spirit burned in his eyes as he waved his broad palm.

"But don't get cocky, I won't concede easily!"

Seeing Rong Jun brimming with fighting spirit, Zhou Yang nodded and laughed:

"Haha, wild man, I'm also looking forward to a duel with you—really hope we end up in the same group for the upcoming Arena Battle."

Hearing that, Rong Jun's previously soaring momentum suddenly stalled.

"I thank you, Ao, you don't have to look forward to it…"

……

The Elimination Round progressed quickly.

When Zhou Yang emerged, only a handful—including Luo Feng—remained in the unfinished round.

He chatted casually with Rong Jun and a few other Qianwu Universe Nation members.

During that time, people were eliminated and teleported out one after another.

And when Luo Feng's figure also appeared in Central Plaza, the elimination stage of this peak Genius Battle was officially declared over!

In the end, Zhou Yang cleared the second floor of the seventh Trial Tower with an outrageous 27,777,770,000 points, seizing first place!

Bolan regrettably stopped at the first floor of the seventh Trial Tower, but he also slaughtered most of the Blood-Hair Mammoth on that floor, ranking second with a total of 13,389,770,000 points.

And Luo Feng, that guy, once again blew everyone's eyes after Zhou Yang!

He simply replicated the original strategy, staying the full ten days on each floor of the Trial Tower, seizing every minute to continuously cultivate and improve.

Thus at the start, his ranking was extremely lagging.

However, as the competition progressed, challengers were eliminated one after another.

Steadily solid Luo Feng gradually began to reveal his edge.

Second Trial Tower cleared… third Trial Tower cleared… fourth… fifth… first floor of the sixth Trial Tower cleared!

Finally, Luo Feng successfully passed the first floor of the sixth Trial Tower with 1,777,770,000 points, ranking third overall behind Zhou Yang and Bolan in this Elimination Round.

Among the top three of this leaderboard, the Qianwu Universe Nation claimed two spots, a truly resounding dominance!

Lord Thirteen secretly transmitted to Zhou Yang and Luo Feng, saying the Qianwu Universe Nation's ruler has personally bestowed rewards, and after the Genius Battle a special envoy will deliver them!

And on the second day after the Elimination Round, the final step of this Genius Battle—the Arena Battle—was launched!

After the first round of the Elimination Round, 7,300 people advanced to this stage.

Besides the top hundred from the Trial Tower rankings, the remaining 7,200 will duel in pairs.

After three rounds of duels, the final 900 winners together with the top hundred—totaling a thousand—will become the ultimate victors and join the Virtual Universe Company.

And for the top thousand geniuses, the Virtual Universe Company's rewards are indeed generous!

Among these thousand, ranks 101–1000 receive a 10 Hunyuan Unit prize, can enter the Initial Universe for insight, and may join the Virtual Universe Company's core 'End Times Secret Realm'.

Ranks 11–100 receive 100 Hunyuan Units, can enter the Initial Universe for insight, and may join the Virtual Universe Company's core 'Heaven and Earth Secret Realm'.

Ranks 3–10 receive 1,000 Hunyuan Units, can enter the Initial Universe for insight, and may join my Virtual Universe Company's core 'Absolute Beginning Secret Realm'.

Ranks 1 and 2 can directly receive 10,000 Hunyuan Units, can enter the Initial Universe for insight, and may join the Virtual Universe Company's core 'Primordial Secret Realm'.

It should be noted that the Thunder World Lord claims assets comparable to an ordinary Immortal.

However, Zhou Yang originally emptied more than half of the treasures of the Leiting Shijie 'World Within World', selling only over six hundred Hunyuan Units, still less than the cash reward of a member of the Absolute Beginning Secret Realm.

The generosity of this reward is evident!

With such generous incentives, the ensuing ranking battles became especially fierce.

Everyone unleashed their ultimate techniques, and true peerless geniuses began to stand out one by one!

Like the Illusion Demon Jia Laixi, whose whole body is shrouded in a black robe, the moment his powerful illusion is unleashed even the top‑hundred powerful geniuses cannot endure!

Like the towering, domineering wild man Rong Jun, whose War Blade swings as if cleaving mountains and splitting peaks, his aura is shocking!

Like the Light Sword Ai Chen, the Manka Star Prince Wuka, and the genius siblings of the Augustus Star, Jiang Mo and Qianshui.

Every genius has a secret ultimate move, and when it erupts even a powerful Immortal Being repeatedly nods in admiration.

And among these battles, the focal showdown is the fight between Death God Bolan and Killing God Zhou Yang!

The intensity and speed of this battle are so extreme that most of the top‑twenty geniuses cannot even see clearly.

The entire combat arena is densely filled with only the two's phantoms!

Blood Sword phantoms and emerald blade rays continuously flare, each strike powerful enough to slay any genius ranked beyond the top twenty!

"Too strong, too strong, if these two perverts team up, they could probably sweep all of us!"

The watching geniuses kept exclaiming in amazement.

However, this so‑called peak battle did not last long.

"Puff!"

Zhou Yang, at the cost of having his chest pierced, wielded the Source Divine Weapon to instantly tear Bolan's head asunder!

"Hoo!"

The two figures simultaneously appeared outside the combat arena.

It signified that this edition's Universe Human Peak Genius Battle had definitively come to an end.

In the final results, Zhou Yang achieved an overall victory in the Arena Battle, Bolan only lost to Zhou Yang, and all other matches were total victories; the two then entered the Virtual Universe Company's Primordial Secret Realm together.

Meanwhile, Luo Feng, Rong Jun, Wuka, Long Yun, the Augustus Star siblings, Ai Chen, and Lancelot—eight people in total—defeated their respective opponents and successfully entered the Absolute Beginning Secret Realm.

The other members who entered the Heaven and Earth Secret Realm and the End Times Secret Realm, though unwilling, could only accept it helplessly.

"This edition's Universe Human Peak Genius Battle concludes today, perfectly!"

A man in a teal battle robe with purple scales smiled gently and announced, "Your cohort is exceptionally outstanding; I believe that dozens or hundreds of eras from now, many among you will become renowned throughout the entire Universe."

"Later a dedicated person will contact you, escort you to my Virtual Universe Company's headquarters spanning the entire Universe, where you will gather, and then proceed to the Initial Universe."

"From now on, your path will no longer be ordinary!"

Sorry, gentlemen, the upload was a bit late; I bow and apologize.

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