Chapter 106: Preselection Ends

Xiao Yu's Airborne Thunder Blade erupted with dazzling lightning, countless bolts of lightning condensed from the void and gathered onto the Sky Thunder Blade, forming a ten‑meter lightning blade. This lightning blade was incredibly refined, almost solid, generating pulsating auras.

Suddenly Xiao Yu's figure vanished from where he stood and instantly appeared before the Ye Ren, while the ten‑meter lightning blade descended, slashing from the Ye Ren's head to its feet.

"What?" Rong Jun was stunned by the suddenly appearing silhouette, and just as he tried to dodge, darkness fell before his eyes and his consciousness exited World Zone 88.

"What's this? Instant Teleport!" Rong Jun kept recalling the scene, "Luckily I didn't challenge him before."

World Zone 88.

Halfway up a mountain peak, Xiao Yu glanced at the Ye Ren's corpse, then lowered his head to look at the screen on his wrist.

Participant: Xiao Yu (Black Dragon Mountain Empire)

Points: 188,298,492

Rank: 1

"Killing that Ye Ren earned 55,000,000 points!"

The closer it gets to the final days, the more points awarded for killing strong opponents!

"The Ye Ren lost!"

"Even the Ye Ren fell. Who among us can match the One‑eyed Mist Blade!"

He lowered his head to glance at the wrist screen.

"Indeed! At this point I was also killed, and with only half the points I might not even rank within the top 1,001."

A group of masters in the distance were shocked; the Ye Ren was the world's second‑strongest expert, constantly hunting top masters, and many of the hundred‑strong elites could not survive a single move against him.

The killing aura is an invisible field that Xiao Yu generates as his mindset shifts due to slaughter.

For the next three days, Xiao Yu kept hunting madly.

Many had already speculated who would win a duel between the One‑eyed Mist Blade and the Ye Ren.

Those were some of the world's top‑thousand masters, and even two among the top hundred.

During this period he killed at least eight of the world's top ten and over ten other high‑ranked contenders who originally qualified for the arena showdown, but he lost his eligibility.

In the end even he felt a heavy killing aura clinging to him.

"We should leave this place quickly!"

Participant: Xiao Yu (Black Dragon Mountain Empire)

Most people backed the One‑eyed Mist Blade, but that was an analytical guess; deep down they still hoped the Ye Ren would win.

Points: 998,298,492

Rank: 1

The points exceed twice those of the world's second place.

His frantic killing earned many points, but he also accumulated some killing aura.

In the past month he was essentially on a killing spree, slaying hundreds of thousands, and his own killing aura became overly dense.

It can affect others as well as himself.

The One‑eyed Mist Blade's past record was so despairing that a single strike could instantly kill nearly a hundred thousand; few could escape once he set his eyes on them.

A few people in the crowd quietly retreated deeper into the mountains.

With no worries behind him, Xiao Yu sat cross‑legged, focused, and reined in his aura.

On Preselection Day 30, Xiao Yu arrived at the summit of a densely forested peak and sat cross‑legged atop the crown of a massive tree.

He didn't want to return to reality bearing this killing aura.

It would affect his family.

On the final day, he steadied his mind and suppressed the aura.

……

At this moment, inside the lavish hall of a starship gathering the grassroots of the Black Dragon Mountain Empire.

"Congratulations, Your Majesty!"

"Congratulations, Your Majesty!"

"Your Majesty! Rank one, and it's a solid first place."

Thousands of people in the hall erupted in excitement; three‑digit ranks, two‑digit ranks, single‑digit ranks each carried different honors. For example, the five currently selected from the Black Dragon Mountain Empire—

'Xiao Yu' is ranked 1.

'Luo Feng' is ranked 42.

'Hong' is ranked 530.

'Lei Shen' is ranked 670.

'Na Bi Ni' is ranked 860.

If Hong, Lei Shen, and Na Bi Ni are the top geniuses of the Black Dragon Mountain Star Region, and Luo Feng is the top genius of the Qian Wu Universe Country, then Xiao Yu can be considered a top genius across the entire human realm.

"Xiao Yu can join the Genius Battle Grand Finals of the whole universe; then our Black Dragon Mountain Empire will shine among all humanity!"

"Your Majesty, the entire Heilongshan Island now has billions of citizens ecstatic."

Even the emperor perched at the highest seat could not hide a hint of joy, laughing loudly, "This preselection went well for our empire; judging by the situation, five may be selected! Hong, Lei Shen, Na Bi Ni, Luo Feng are all excellent, and Xiao Yu, ha, our Black Dragon Mountain Empire's pride!"

"Xiao Yu, great merit, great merit!" the emperor's voice grew louder, "He must be rewarded, heavily rewarded!"

……

World Zone 88, atop the treetop canopy, Xiao Yu sat cross‑legged.

"Preselection countdown, 60…59…58…57…56…" a grand, deep voice echoed in the minds of all survivors across the World Zones.

This made many warriors somewhat impatient.

"I'm still short of a few points!"

"I was 1,001 just now; how did I become 1,002!"

Too late!

Kill!

At this moment, some warriors still lacking a few points attacked the nearest person beside them; under the sudden assault, some succeeded, some failed.

At the final countdown moment, all World Zones were in chaos.

"10……9……8……7……6……5……4……3……2……1! Transfer."

All survivors of the 100 World Zones disappeared, and then the 100 virtual worlds that emerged also began to dissipate, while simultaneously announcing the final rankings to the outside.

Xiao Yu was transferred to the airspace above Heilongshan Island.

Beep! Beep! Beep!

A series of communication request sounds.

"There are 1356 communication requests, now it's already 1458." Wu's familiar voice sounded.

"Haha, Wu, it's been a long time since I heard your voice!" Xiao Yu stood in the airspace above Heilongshan Island, and faint figures appeared in the distance.

"Inside the World Zone, all intelligent life is forbidden—even I am no exception!" Wu said helplessly.

"Perhaps this is the Virtual Universe Company's way of screening true geniuses, preventing major powers from using their numbers to target some geniuses, and thus imposing this restriction." Xiao Yu pondered, feeling that the Virtual Universe Company being able to do this was already quite fair.

"Now there are 1689 call requests and 3568 emails." Wu said.

First, leave the Virtual Universe.

Xiao Yu's heart stirred; his consciousness left the Virtual Universe, returned to the real world, and then reconnected to the Virtual Universe.

On the lawn of Xiao Yu's castle in Ziming Bay Community, Heilongshan Island, Xiao Yu appeared out of thin air.

After a moment, Hong, Lei Shen, and Luo Feng successively appeared before a pavilion inside the castle.

"This time, we four brothers have made a resounding name for ourselves in the universe!" Lei Shen laughed.

"Old Three is strong, he rushed to first place in the World Zone, steadily able to participate in the genius showdown between the major cosmic nations; Old Four isn't bad either, ranking 42." Hong laughed, "In short, our Earth is no longer unknown."

Xiao Yu had always harbored a vague worry, fearing that performing too outstandingly would too early attract the attention of too many supreme beings.

This time Lei Shen did not encounter the Ye Ren, and his own strength was not bad; he passed the preselection, and Hong's and Luo Feng's scores were also somewhat better than in the previous life's original work.

Moreover, Xiao Yu can directly participate in the final showdown.

(End of chapter)