Chapter 118: Ranking

Xiao Yu quickly cleared the first trial tower and was teleported into the second trial tower.

The first floor still had 10,000 ferocious beasts "Blood‑hair Mammoth", just like the first tower, but his strength surged.

To speed up killing these beasts, Xiao Yu even used the third layer of Ten‑Thousand‑Thread Flow, Hundred Phantoms.

……

The trials inside the trial space are not broadcast to the whole universe; only the form changes are public, while the Immortal beings of the major universe countries have Permission to watch each participant's trial situation.

"Shi San, Xiao Yu of our Qian Wu Universe Country is really fierce, even more so than Bo Lan; he rushed to first place right away—could a dark horse appear this time!"

"The two of them are close in points; I still favor Bo Lan."

"Look at how fast Xiao Yu and Bo Lan's points are rising! Their points have far outpaced the third."

"Not bad, just routine operation." The scaled‑armored battle‑robe giant nodded slightly and opened Xiao Yu's trial live broadcast.

He saw Xiao Yu in a blue battle suit darting wildly among the beasts; the war‑blade in his hand swung oddly as if at leisure, and each slash ended the life of a winged, fully‑furred, three‑eyed lion‑like beast.

Then the scaled‑armored giant Shi San checked the trial live broadcasts of Rong Jun and Luo Feng, and he actually saw Luo Feng using mental force to bind a Blood‑hair Mammoth while he himself sat cross‑legged in meditation.

……

In the first trial tower, Hong and Luo Feng adopted the same strategy: prioritize killing 9,999 beasts, leaving the last one severely wounded and only slaying it at the final countdown.

Compared with other talents in the universe, Hong and Luo Feng differ in time, not in aptitude.

With that approach, each trial tower could buy them 70 days of time.

Of course, Xiao Yu, who is cheating, does not need to do so.

After slashing the Insect Tribe Mother Nest on the seventh layer of the fourth trial tower with a single strike, he looked down at the screen on his wrist.

Participant: Xiao Yu (Qian Wu Universe Country)

Points: 77.77 million

Ranking: 1

Opening the leaderboard, the second‑place Bo Lan had only 6.67 million points, while Hong and Luo Feng were still lingering in the first trial tower, at the bottom of the rankings.

……

Trial space.

Sixth layer of the third trial tower.

A white‑clothed youth manifested nine phantasms and with one slash killed the final Starlit Beast, then looked down at the wrist screen.

"Xiao Yu's speed is actually faster than mine! And it's getting faster, even though I had to slow down after the second trial tower."

……

The Talent War has raised massive waves in every universe country, drawing countless eyes.

Although the Virtual Universe does not broadcast the trial scenes, it has clipped portions of the battles as promotional videos.

"Look, on the Virtual Universe Company official website, they've just released a new promo video of 'One‑eyed Mist Blade Xiao Yu.'" On the Qianwu Continent of the Virtual Universe, a group of men and women walked down the street, and a boy pointed at a huge screen.

"Xiao Yu is amazing, ranking first and leaving the second place far behind!" the girl exclaimed.

"Rong Jun is also impressive, ranking seventeenth," the boy said.

……

"Xiao Yu!"

"Xiao Yu, the strongest in the universe!"

"Xiao Yu is the most awesome!"

"Hey! Where's the madman?"

"And Hong, so disappointing! Both of my beloved talents are at the bottom!"

The people of the Black Dragon Mountain Empire felt mixed emotions: excited by Xiao Yu's rise, yet saddened that Hong and Luo Feng were at the bottom.

"No matter what, they are our pride of the Black Dragon Mountain Empire! We believe in them!"

A single star domain can produce three talents to join the peak final battle; as citizens of the Black Dragon Mountain Empire, they now possess a pride never before experienced.

……

Virtual Universe.

One thousand eight Immortals sat together, watching the floating screens, discussing with each other.

"There really are many talents who hide their strength during the internal selection of a universe country."

"Xiao Yu is truly impressive, he's already reached the seventh layer of the fifth trial tower in such a short time; Bo Lan, who is second, has just arrived at the third layer of the fourth trial tower."

"My previous judgment was rash!"

"Look at this young Yuan Ren, so agile; he can easily defeat multiple opponents single‑handed."

"Xiao Yu ranking first, good. Rong Jun at 16, also not bad." The scaled‑armored giant nodded at the rankings, then looked at Hong and Luo Feng at the bottom and shook his head.

"Two more have been eliminated." The scaled‑armored giant saw the red universal text 'eliminated' appear behind the two talents of the Qian Wu Universe Country.

……

At the central plaza, tens of thousands of eliminated talents were already gathered.

Swipe!

Almost every moment someone is teleported onto the central plaza.

"Harowen, you've also been eliminated."

"Diago, you were eliminated even earlier." The green‑haired youth Harowen laughed teasingly.

"I'm more self‑aware; I never expected to break into the top 7,300. So I rushed through the gates at maximum speed and died on the fifth layer of the third trial tower." The slightly curled‑hair, silver‑clad handsome youth smiled.

"Then you're better than me; I died on the fourth layer." The green‑haired youth Harowen instantly felt dejected.

One million talents passed the first and second trial towers; almost ninety percent were eliminated on the third trial tower.

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"This Xiao Yu is too terrifying, absolutely must not be provoked." Ailik, who was resting in his palace on Heilongshan Island, comfortably reclined in a chair, looked at the floating screen's rankings before him, and startled upright in surprise.

"Ah, we once blocked him in Thunder World before; he probably doesn't know about it!"

"At worst, when I see him later I'll just go around him; he can't chase‑kill me then!"

……

No matter how the outside world bombarded him with furious accusations, doubts, and countless support, Luo Feng and Hong Yijiu remained as steady as old dogs, advancing one layer every ten days, neither fast nor slow.

And Xiao Yu still speed‑ran.

The fifth Trial Tower, seventh floor, passed through swiftly.

The sixth Trial Tower, seventh floor, still could not halt Xiao Yu's steps.

Every monster in the sixth Trial Tower was stronger than a Stellar-level Ninth Tier that had crossed the Primordial Law Threshold.

……

In the Virtual Universe, a plane specially opened for the Talent War.

In the central plaza, hundreds of thousands of geniuses stared at the huge screen suspended in mid‑air, where the rankings were scrolling.

"The number‑one Xiao Yu is really impressive! He already has 6.6 billion points!"

"Eh! Heaven!"

"Xiao Yu has already surged to the seventh floor of the sixth Trial Tower!"

"That's just insane!"

"Bo Lan, who is ranked second, has just entered the fifth Trial Tower."

"Xiao Yu's power must be immense! I wonder if he can break through to the seventh Trial Tower!"

……

The sixth Trial Tower, seventh floor.

This is an endless desert; deep within the desert's green oasis lies a sphere about 150 meters in diameter, its surface pitted and hollow, oozing toxic liquid that faintly emits poisonous gas.

"Insect Tribe Mother Nest!"

A man in blue, wielding twin blades, looked toward the Insect Tribe Mother Nest deep in the desert and said, "I wonder how strong the Insect Tribe Mother Nest of the sixth is; how much power can I draw from it?"

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