Xu Zong’s vision blurred for a moment, and after about three seconds, his sight became clear again.
What appeared before him was a vast and boundless mountain range. Looking around, the terrain was undulating, as if it was located within a certain mountain range. Countless towering ancient trees grew all around, and in the distance, there was a giant tree that exceeded a hundred meters in height, covering the sky like a lotus seedpod. Everywhere he looked, it was lush green.
Xu Zong looked down at himself. He was wearing a pitch-black second-tier Primal Energy battle suit and armor. A bracer appeared out of thin air on his right arm, with a screen on it. At this moment, it was displaying the information sent by the Virtual Universe Company to all participants.
Participant: Xu Zong (Black Dragon Mountain Empire)
Points: 0
Ranking: None
World Zone: 88th World Zone
Time: The preliminary elimination round will last for 30 days. When the time is up, the preliminary round will end, and the winner will be determined based on the ranking at the last moment.
Note: The 88th World Zone is a continent constructed by simulating a primitive-style planet in the Qianwu Universe. The continent consists of 56 mountain ranges, as well as numerous forests, deserts, and other terrains. The land area is approximately 25 million square kilometers, and everything in this world zone, including the hardness of the ground, is at B9 level.
Points Rules: Killing a participant earns one point, and you can also obtain half of the points held by the killed participant. Killing a strong opponent can earn more points!
Ranking Rules: Even if a deceased participant still retains their ranking, if their points are high enough, they can still be ranked within the top 1001, even after being eliminated due to death and losing half of their points. Participants, please make good use of your time.
A solemn reminder: The physical strength and mental psychic power of each participant are at the level of a nine-star stellar grade, and they only have one life. After death, the preliminary round will stop and half of the points will be lost.
Attached is the points leaderboard for this world zone—
After reading the information sent by the Virtual Universe Company, Xu Zong quickly understood the points rules.
“All participants have bodies that are several times stronger than my real body.”
Xu Zong felt the strength of his body at this moment and punched a nearby tree. The tree trembled violently, with many cracks appearing on it, but it did not shatter on the spot.
“Goodness gracious, even the plants have B9 level hardness?”
Xu Zong couldn’t help but secretly complain. Was there a need to make the plants so hard?
However, the surroundings were very quiet, not even a single bird chirping could be heard. It seemed that the Virtual Universe did not replicate animals and insects. After all, it would be ridiculous if participants were eliminated by poisonous insects or fierce beasts.
“There are 8.2 billion people distributed in this 25 million square kilometers. The population density is not small, but it’s mostly mountains and forests around here, which is very conducive to lurking. I’m afraid there will be many formidable opponents in this world zone!”
Xu Zong raised his vigilance in his heart. He didn’t want to be eliminated by someone hiding in a corner due to carelessness.
“Well, this body doesn’t match my real body very well. I’ll practice for a few days to adapt to this body before fighting with those people!”
With this thought, Xu Zong quickly scanned his surroundings with his gaze.
With a nine-star stellar grade body, he could easily see everything within a hundred kilometers. Xu Zong floated up slowly, countless gentle breezes drifting around him, propelling him forward as if the wind was pushing him.
In this virtual universe, Xu Zong’s talent ability, Windless Belt, could not be used. Of course, the same applied to the talent abilities of others. The conditions of mental psychic power and physical strength were all on the same level. Everyone’s conditions were fair, and it depended on their willpower, consciousness, exertion, and comprehension of the laws. The higher the exertion and the higher the domain, the better the ranking they could achieve!
Of course, Xu Zong didn’t dare to use talents like Invincible Sliding in the virtual universe.
“Boom!”
Suddenly, a violent energy disturbance erupted in the forest several kilometers away. Two figures clashed in mid-air, and bursts of fiery red and water blue Primal Energy erupted, spreading for several kilometers.
If this were on Earth, a nine-star stellar grade powerhouse could easily shatter a mountain range with a single strike!
But this was an alien planet. Not to mention the greatly increased hardness, the gravity here was tens of thousands of times that of Earth, greatly limiting the power of the strong.
With the battle between those two as the beginning, the atmosphere within a radius of a hundred miles was instantly ignited. In the blink of an eye, countless rumbling sounds came from all directions.
“Haha! A prey, my first point is in the bag!”
In no time, a burly young man with a lion-like head jumped out and stood in front of Xu Zong. Then, with a punch as heavy as Mount Tai, he fiercely struck towards Xu Zong!Xu Zong’s expression remained unchanged. A gentle breeze swept across his body as he agilely dodged the attack. He then flew forward and lightly tapped the lion-man’s chest.
“Pu!”
The lion-man’s face immediately turned pale as he clutched his chest, forcefully spitting out a mouthful of blood. His body heavily fell to the ground, his face filled with unwillingness even in death.
Participant: Xu Zong (Black Dragon Mountain Empire)
Points: 1
Ranking: 700,982,617
“Some people always think they can dominate the world, never considering that they might end up in a box.”
Xu Zong sighed, feeling both weak and addicted to games. This was the current situation for the majority of people!
After killing a few more people blocking his way, Xu Zong arrived at the foot of a mountain and stood in front of a cave. He moved a huge rock to block the entrance and then entered the cave himself.
Swallowed Star: “The genius battle has begun. It’s now the elimination round. I plan to familiarize myself with the strength of others first before starting the live broadcast.”
Savage Xu Zong: “OK!”
On the other side.
Nine thousand kilometers above the 88th world district, an invisible film blocked the area, preventing the participants from going up. Spaceships gathered here, filled with spectators from various parts of the Ganwu Empire.
“We came here to watch, but we can’t see what’s happening inside at all.”
In one of the spaceships, Liu Wenqing looked at the screens in front of her, feeling somewhat disappointed.
Through the spaceship’s exterior simulation function, they could see the appearance of the continent below and even zoom in to see the faces of those fighting. But that was all they could do. They couldn’t find the hidden sixth person, let alone accurately locate Xu Zong among the billions of people.
“And they can’t be contacted inside either.”
Liu Qi, who had been searching for Xu Zong’s figure, gave up helplessly.
“Mom, Dad, Cousin’s ranking is dropping so fast!”
A four-year-old child sat on Xu Qi’s lap, looking at several rankings in front of him, each locked onto Hong, Thunder God, Luo Feng, and Xu Zong.
Among them, the rankings of Hong, Luo Feng, and Xu Zong were all dropping rapidly, already falling behind ten million. Only Thunder God’s ranking was rapidly advancing, already squeezing into the top one hundred thousand!
“Haha, obviously, your cousin and the others are waiting for the right moment!”
Xu Qi couldn’t help but laugh.
“Among the four of them, Thunder God is the most impulsive.”
Liu Wenqing also laughed beside them.
As the families of the Earth’s strongest quartet, their relationships were very close. They often met, communicated, and held banquets with each other, so they knew each other well.
“When will your cousin get a chance?”
“Well, that depends on your cousin himself.”
Xu Qi shook his head, honestly admitting that he didn’t know either.
While Xu Qi’s family was watching in the 88th world district, the families of Hong and Luo Feng were also watching in their respective world districts.
And it wasn’t just them observing from above the various world districts. Even the princes of major empires like the Black Dragon Mountain Empire and the important figures of major forces like the Sanfu Mountain were paying attention to this selection competition.
“Keep a close eye on the rankings of all participants from the Black Dragon Mountain Empire. Report immediately if they appear in the top 1000!”
“Yes!”
Anyone who could rank in the top 1000 within the various world districts was undoubtedly a genius. Each one was worth recruiting and bringing under their command for these royal families and major forces!
In a certain spaceship, an ugly old man with green skin lay comfortably on a recliner. The screen in front of him was locked onto Xu Zong’s ranking.
“This kid…”
Looking at the ranking that had already fallen to over twenty million, the old man with green skin muttered to himself, his face filled with a smile. He appeared calm and showed no signs of impatience.
It could be said that even though it was only the beginning of the elimination round, it had already captured the hearts of countless people.
In such a situation, the rankings of Hong, Luo Feng, and Xu Zong remained firmly in the rear, while Thunder God was rapidly advancing.
Three days later.
“Buzz!”
A bright green light flashed.
The huge boulder in front of the cave was easily split in half, falling to the left and right. It revealed a smooth cross-section and a deep cave.
A black-haired youth wearing battle attire flew out from it and stretched his body.
Under his feet, he stepped on a cone-shaped object with dozens of curved blades like a spinning top. Not far away, one of the blades flew back to the spinning top under his feet.
“I’m already completely familiar with the strength of this body, and the outside forces should be somewhat clear now!”
Thinking this in his mind, Xu Zong opened the chat group in his mind.Then, he silently initiated the live stream in his mind. Instantly, an invisible wave of illusion spread out, enveloping a hundred meters of space around him.
In no time, the notification of his live stream echoed throughout the entire chat group.
Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!
Soon, one after another, different versions of Xu Zong appeared in the chat group. Among them were the burly and robust Primitive Xu Zong, the graceful Battle Through the Heavens Xu Zong, the elegant Martial World General Xu Zong, the adorable Wind & Cloud Xu Zong, the poultry-scented Demon Slayer Xu Zong, the handsome Ghost Slayer Xu Zong, the three-year-old Dragon Ball Xu Zong, and the anciently dressed Lotus Lantern Xu Zong.
Only Ultraman Xu Zong was missing, and then all versions of Xu Zong would be present.
However, at this moment, Ultraman Xu Zong was still sleeping.
“Is this reality, or a virtual universe?”
Primitive Xu Zong looked around with a shocked expression on his face.
No matter how you looked at it, the environment here was indistinguishable from reality. Anyone who came here would absolutely not be able to tell whether this place was real or illusory.
(End of Chapter)