Chapter 124: Arena Showdown

In Building No. 0825, a huge room.

The scaled-armor battle-robe giant is delivering a talk.

"Tomorrow's qualification battle will depend on your performance."

"Understood!"

"The four of you go first; Xiao Yu, Luo Feng and Rong Jun stay," the scaled-armor battle-robe giant said, and immediately Hong and the other three youths respectfully left, leaving only Xiao Yu and the two others.

The scaled-armor battle-robe giant glanced over Xiao Yu, then fixed his gaze on Luo Feng and Rong Jun, "Number 15, number 3, they look strong. But don't get cocky; the trial doesn't reveal everything. I tell you, this trial's top ten will consist of three warriors and seven Spiritual Mind Masters."

Luo Feng's expression changed slightly.

"I see that this trial favors Spiritual Mind Masters, then warriors, and is most unfavorable to Spiritual Mind Master illusionists," the giant said. "As for the How God Clan's talent Jia Lai Xi, many Immortals deem his strength capable of breaking into the top ten, yet his rank is only 190."

The giant then turned his gaze to Xiao Yu, "Xiao Yu, when you encounter an illusionist, you must be careful: either use your strong will to resist, or kill the opponent at once."

"It concerns the Primordial Secret Realm slots; you must be cautious!"

"Understood," Xiao Yu nodded slightly.

"We Immortals have observed your performance in the trial. Based on our assessment, barring any surprises, Xiao Yu you are undoubtedly first, Luo Feng you can break into the top ten, Rong Jun you will rank within the top twenty," the giant said, looking at the three. "Of course, actual combat depends on how you perform and how your fighting styles counter each other."

Xiao Yu and the two others nodded. Illusionists, for instance, suppress anyone whose soul-will is weak.

"Alright, go rest. The qualification battle starts tomorrow; you have no part in it. Prepare for the final showdown!"

The three left, and on the way Rong Jun said, "If we happen to meet them this time, you must not hold back."

Xiao Yu gave Rong Jun an OK hand sign, then returned to Room 1.

That night, all the eliminated million talents were teleported away.

The next morning.

Xiao Yu, Luo Feng and the other 7,300 talents gathered in the central plaza; suddenly an invisible aura enveloped the entire plaza, causing every elite talent present to feel a sense of submission, and then a familiar figure appeared in midair.

"Venerable!" 1,008 powerful Immortals bowed respectfully.

"The trial is over. First, congratulations to the trial participants ranked 1–100; you have earned qualification for the core tier of the Virtual Universe Company! Now, anyone who does not wish to join may speak up; my Virtual Universe Company will never force anyone," the man in a blue robe and purple scales said, his voice ethereal, echoing in everyone's mind.

No one spoke.

Those who came here for the Talent War all hope to enter the Virtual Universe Company.

"Ranks 101–7,300, the 7,200 trial participants, based on your performance in the trial space, the Virtual Universe System has automatically arranged arena battles for you. Win three consecutive matches to earn a slot; losers are eliminated," the blue-robed, purple-scaled man nodded approvingly.

"Big brother, go for it!" Xiao Yu turned his head and whispered.

"Don't worry, Old Three, Old Four," Hong Zhengzhong nodded.

Boom!

Including Hong, the 7,200 people were teleported away, leaving only the top hundred elite talents.

"There are seats over there; you can watch the live broadcast from those," the blue-robed, purple-scaled man pointed to a distant row of one hundred wide chairs and some tables, on which were drinks and food.

Now that they are core members of the Virtual Universe, their treatment naturally differs.

Xiao Yu and the other hundred sat on the chairs watching the 3,600 screens suspended in midair. Xiao Yu, Luo Feng, and Rong Jun sat in adjacent seats; after all, the three are from Qian Wu Universe Country, naturally closer to each other than to others.

"It begins."

Xiao Yu, distracted, focused on dozens of screens; one showed the demon illusionist Jia Lai Xi, another showed big brother Hong, and of course there were other illusionists as well.

"Third Brother, look, big brother won," Luo Feng said with a smile.

"Big brother can rank within the top 300 in the trial; his strength needs no explanation, and with his current mindset, even facing a powerful illusionist he need not worry," Xiao Yu added.

"You three are together, all from Earth!" Rong Jun exclaimed, thinking to himself, "What kind of planet is Earth that can produce three Universe-level supreme talents at once?"

Rong Jun also watched Hong, his combat talent startling him; his self-created gun technique is unique and extremely powerful!

"Look, the demon illusionist Jia Lai Xi fought, stood still, and won!"

Jia Lai Xi truly is strong; three battles, three victories, each time standing still while the opponent fell on his own.

The three battles concluded quickly.

Swish! Swish!

Nine hundred figures appeared on the central plaza, Hong among them, cheerfully waving at Xiao Yu and Luo Feng.

"Congratulations to you!"

"You are the top thousand of this Talent War, the most outstanding among the 1,008 universe nations of humanity; our Virtual Universe Company will fully cultivate you. If anyone does not wish to join the Virtual Universe Company, you may speak now," the ethereal voice of the blue-robed, purple-scaled man floated in the thousand minds.

No one spoke.

"Very good."

"However, you should understand that competition is eternal throughout the universe; everywhere there is competition. You thousand cannot receive identical treatment or resources, even my Virtual Universe Company would not dare waste such precious resources," the blue-robed, purple-scaled man continued, announcing the benefits.

Rank 1 and 2 receive a prize of 10,000 Mixed Yuan Units, may enter the Initial Universe for contemplation, and may join the Primordial Secret Realm.

Ranks 3–10 receive 1,000 Mixed Yuan Units, may enter the Initial Universe for contemplation, and may join the Primordial Beginning Realm.

Ranks 11–100 receive 100 Mixed Yuan Units, may enter the Initial Universe for contemplation, and may join the Heaven-and-Earth Realm.

Ranks 101–1,000 receive 10 Mixed Yuan Units, may enter the Initial Universe for contemplation, and may join the End Times Realm.

Members of the Primordial Secret Realm, Primordial Beginning Realm, Heaven-and-Earth Realm, and End Times Realm are all core members, yet their treatment differs vastly.

Given that, how are the rankings decided? The Virtual Universe Company has already arranged it: through arena showdown.

The arena showdown rules are as follows:

The Virtual Universe System, from the 900 people selected in the three rounds of elimination, based on performance in the trial space and the elimination rounds, chose the top 100, including Jia Lai Xi, Ka Peng Te, La Sha, Lei Shi, Wu Te Wei Si Ke…

Then these hundred will face Xiao Yu, Luo Feng and the others selected from the trial's top hundred in one-on-one battles; the victors will enter the top hundred.

From the victorious hundred, the Virtual Universe System will select the top 20 for one-on-one matches to determine the top ten.

From the top ten, the final first and second places are selected.

Then, according to their rankings, they enter the corresponding realms.

Looking at the rules, Xiao Yu smiled, "Big brother, congratulations in advance on entering the End Times Realm."

"Ha ha, same joy, same joy!" Hong said in a low, lonely voice: "What a pity, the second can't go together."

"The Dry Witch Secret Realm isn't necessarily bad, and the Virtual Universe isn't necessarily good; the key to the future still depends on our strength!" Xiao Yu said with a smile.

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