The ninth Star Realm battlefield.
A handsome young man was frantically fleeing across the continuous mountain tops, his face filled with panic.
Whoosh! Behind him, a woman in purple with an imposing aura brandished her long sword, relentlessly pursuing him.
“Damn it.”
“How could I be so unlucky to run into Yin Man, the Great Demon King, so soon?” Gu Qianghan felt like crying; his combat skills were only close to a high-rank Third Stage.
Passing the preliminary round was very tough for him, so he never dreamt of making it into the elimination round.
Because of this, he had been ‘lying low’ earlier, simply hoping to survive a bit longer and brag about it later to others.
Unexpectedly, while he was clearly hiding behind a giant rock, Yin Man seemed to have sensed him from afar and charged straight over to kill him.
“Stop running.”
“Fleeing is futile.” Yin Man’s form flashed like lightning, rapidly closing in on Gu Qianghan.
“Kill!” Gu Qianghan suddenly rolled over, his long spear bursting forth explosively from above his head, furiously thrusting toward the purple figure behind him.
This spear thrust was as swift as lightning!
Turnabout Spear!
“Puchi~” The purple figure slightly shifted and easily dodged the spear, her sword flashed, and a head flew into the air.
Gu Qianghan, dead!
The corpse fell heavily to the ground.
“Only 100 points? Such a newbie, never killed even one opponent.”
“Next.” Yin Man moved, continuing to fly swiftly toward the distance, never taking this inconspicuous fellow seriously from start to finish.
…
Above the spectator platform of the great tournament space.
Swish! Gu Qianghan appeared out of thin air, his face still showing a trace of fright.
That sword strike was too fast and too fierce, absolutely the most stunning he had ever seen.
“Gu Qiang, you failed too?” A voice that took delight in his misfortune reached Gu Qianghan’s ear.
“Hmph!” Gu Qianghan snorted coldly: “An Nong, I was eliminated after you.”
“So what?” An Nong said with a grin: “Don’t think I don’t know; I’ve been following and watching your fight all this time. Just like me, you didn’t kill anyone before getting instantly killed.”
“Damn.” Gu Qianghan cursed with a laugh.
“How’s Brother Yuan doing?” Gu Qianghan asked straightaway.
“He hasn’t broken into the top hundred of the battlefield yet, but he’s close,” replied An Nong, pointing to his own subjective combat screen. “Our eldest apprentice brother’s ranking is steadily climbing.”
“Well, I hope Brother Yuan can make it into the top ten of the battlefield,” said Gu Qianghan.
Time passed, and more and more contestants were eliminated.
After being eliminated, most would return to their spectator seats to continue watching the competition.
…
Inside the battlefield of the Seventh Star Realm, in an area to the east.
Boom! Boom!
In the valley between two mountain ranges.
More than ten contestants were joining forces to attack a large number of Star Realm Creatures resembling Moon Demon wolves at levels 15 and 16.
They cooperated with each other, causing one giant wolf after another to fall, leaving carcasses scattered everywhere.
Contestants who passed the preliminary round had skills at least at the Intermediate Rank Third Stage, and it was fairly easy for them to fight against level 16 Star Realm Creatures alone, not to mention now that over ten people were working together, making their combined strength even more formidable.
Suddenly.
Whoosh! A figure in black clothing suddenly swooped down from high in the valley.
His speed was astonishing, easily soaring over 50 meters per second.
To know, a martial artist’s maximum burst speed on flat ground compared to their traveling speed in mountainous and valley terrain is absolutely a different story.
“Someone’s coming?”
“They’re coming for us.” The more than ten contestants collaborating to hunt the creatures immediately noticed the figure in black clothing.
“Friend, we just want to join forces for self-preservation, killing Star Realm Creatures for points, and we don’t wish to engage with you,” shouted the leader, clad in purple Combat Armor, after he sliced a giant wolf dead, his voice booming with a hint of threat as he watched the black figure diving down.
However.
“Boom!” The plunging black figure said nothing, speeding up even more instead.
“Seeking death!”
“Kill! We don’t believe we can’t kill him with so many of us.” The figure in purple Combat Armor became furious.
Whoosh! He sprang into the air, Combat Saber in hand, and charged to meet the attack.
“Kill!”
“Kill him!” The more than ten contestants originally fighting the Star Realm Creatures immediately let go of the giant wolves and rushed over to join the fight.
Teaming up was a normal strategy.
This was tacitly permitted by the higher-ups of the Seven Star Alliance.
In such chaotic Star Realm battlefields, if you had strong organizational abilities to rally hundreds or even thousands to join forces, that was also considered skill.
However, since only one hundred could advance to the elimination round, contestants usually formed small groups of a few or perhaps a dozen at most.
It was rare to have hundreds joining forces; it was meaningless.
In the blink of an eye, the two sides drew near.
“Boom!”
“Clang! Clang! Clang!” Figures intermingled, the black figure’s form flickering as he easily dodged an onslaught of weapon strikes, following which his long spear erupted violently, creating a myriad of spear shadows.
Plop! Plop! Plop! Blood sprayed, and figures dropped one by one.
In a single encounter, six contestants, all struck in the neck by the spear, were killed.
Their bodies tumbled onto the ground.
Cutting down enemies like mowing grass.
“Thinking you could fight me instead of running at first sight.” Li Yuan’s expression was indifferent; his speed not diminished at all.
He set his gaze on the remaining eight figures and suddenly flashed a brilliant smile: “Aren’t you running yet?”
“Run.”
“He’s a master of Subtlety.”
“Run.” The remaining eight contestants had completely lost their minds, each of them turning to flee.
The extraordinarily capable young man clad in purple Combat Armor, whom they regarded as powerful, was instantly killed by a single spear thrust?
They instantly considered Li Yuan to be a master of Subtlety.
Such masters were very rare in any Star Realm battlefield and definitely counted as great experts.
“Haha, running now, isn’t it a bit late?”
Whoosh! Li Yuan’s form flashed like lightning, chasing and killing some of the contestants. In his Unity of Heaven and Man state, his speed was much faster than theirs.