Battle for Supremacy Across Realms: From Novice Village to Lord of the Gods

Just as everyone was feeling anxious and uneasy, a muffled, loud bang suddenly exploded, causing the ground to tremble slightly.

The entire room fell silent instantly, and everyone turned to look.

Qin Dilin also looked up and saw a burly man with broad shoulders and a thick waist, his body all muscular, smash a millstone-sized stone on the edge of the square with a single punch, sending fragments flying everywhere.

He recognized the man; he was Wang Qiang, whose combat power had reached the one-star limit in the beginner village.

"My goodness, that's incredible strength!"

"I recognize him! Wang Qiang, a one-star peak combat power, truly lives up to his reputation!"

"Boss Wang Qiang, what talent did you awaken that's so powerful?"

Wang Qiang was also stunned for a moment, only snapping out of his daze when he saw the rubble scattered on the ground. He immediately straightened his back, grinning from ear to ear, his face beaming with smugness.

"No problem, I've awakened my D-rank power berserk mode, and my strength triples after activating it!"

As soon as he finished speaking, everyone gasped in surprise again, their envious and jealous gazes fixed on Wang Qiang.

"D-rank talent! No wonder he's so powerful. My E-rank strength enhancement only doubles, I can't compare to this guy at all!"

"You should be secretly happy. I'm still only at the F-rank talent level, not even close!"

"The C-level bosses are still the most powerful. Boss Liu Xuan has already shown his face, but who is the other one? He's still a mystery!"

Qin Dilin, standing in the crowd, had a faint, almost imperceptible smile playing on his lips.

Everyone mistakenly thought he had a C-level talent, which saved them a lot of trouble. They could continue to play dumb and keep their SSS-level talent hidden.

"Boss Wang Qiang has both combat prowess and talent; he's definitely going to be the top player in our village, his future is limitless!"

"Absolutely, no one can compare to Boss Wang Qiang!"

Wang Qiang was so flattered by the string of compliments that he almost tilted his head back to the sky.

He looked around and, seeing that no one dared to leave the village, he immediately patted his chest with great pride, picked up his rusty short knife, and strode confidently toward the light screen.

"Everyone wait here. I'll go out first to scout ahead and see just how powerful those ferocious beasts outside really are!"

Everyone stared at his back, their eyes filled with admiration and trepidation, as Wang Qiang plunged into the blue light curtain and disappeared completely from sight.

Everyone thought they would hear from him that he was safe, but just a dozen seconds later...

A piercing scream, shrill and broken, came from outside the light screen, sending chills down one's spine and making one's heart tremble.

Immediately afterwards, the Heavenly Announcement rang out coldly, each word striking the hearts of everyone present. The entire venue fell into a deathly silence, even breathing subconsciously became softer:

Announcement: Novice Wang Qiang was killed by the level 1 ferocious beast Bloodfang Rabbit and is eliminated from the assessment.

The smiles on the faces of the crowd who had just been praising Wang Qiang froze instantly, and they stared in disbelief, unable to recover for a long time.

Just moments ago, this arrogant and domineering big shot was instantly defeated by a seemingly insignificant rabbit.

The reversal came so suddenly that everyone was completely stunned and stood there motionless for a long time.

Before half an incense stick's time had passed, Wang Qiang was still showing off his power in front of everyone, boasting about his superior combat strength. The next second, he collapsed to the ground, completely lifeless.

What shocked everyone even more was that it wasn't a ferocious high-level beast that killed him.

It is a level 1 ferocious beast that everyone looks down on and is not even qualified to guard the entrance of the newbie village.

The surroundings fell silent instantly. Hundreds of people froze, as if they had been frozen in place, their faces filled with astonishment, unable to recover for a long time.

The wind carried a faint smell of blood into the starting village, seeping into everyone's nostrils before they belatedly realized what was happening.

This is not an immersive virtual game; it is a real, deadly situation where death can strike at any moment, and the difficulty of survival is ten times more dangerous than they had anticipated.

Fear gripped everyone's heart, and the clamor that had been chattering about talent just moments before vanished completely in an instant.

Just then, the Heavenly Dao notification sounded without warning. The voice was cold and devoid of any emotion, each word exuding cruelty.

[Level 1 ferocious beasts are rated 3 stars for combat power, Level 2 4 stars, Level 3 5 stars, and so on. The higher the level, the higher the star rating for combat power.]

[Combat strength assessment only considers the four basic attributes; individual talents and abilities are not taken into account.]

[A protective light shield has been installed in the beginner village, preventing external beasts from entering at this stage. Once the beginner protection period ends, the shield will automatically deactivate, allowing beasts to freely enter and exit the village.]

Upon hearing the instructions, everyone's feigned composure completely crumbled, and they panicked so much that they could barely stand.

"Hey guys, don't just stand there like idiots! Are you going to sit here and wait to die? We have to go out and kill monsters to level up, otherwise, once the protection period ends, we'll all be snacks for those ferocious beasts!"

"Form a team! Form a team now! Going it alone is suicide. The more people there are, the braver we'll be to fight this beast!"

"That's right! If you want to team up, come to me. Show your personality and talent, so we can work together better. Don't hold back and waste your lives!"

"That makes sense! Sticking together is the only way to survive!"

Everyone chimed in, and in no time they were all frantically trying to recruit people and form teams.

Liu Xuan, with his C-level talent, instantly became a hot commodity, with people crowding around him to win him over.

A dozen or so newcomers with D-level talents were also highly sought after. In the eyes of these people who had just entered a desperate situation, a high talent level was like having an extra lifeline.

The crowd bustled and split into groups, but Qin Dilin leaned against the stone wall at the village entrance, watching coldly with no emotion on his face.

He would never do something that would be a losing proposition: publicly revealing one's attributes and talents when forming a team.

One should not reveal one's true intentions to the public; doing so will only bring unnecessary trouble.

Before long, more than a thousand newbies were divided into more than two hundred teams, each gripping their newbie weapons, and rushed out of the newbie village in a mighty procession.

The sounds of footsteps and shouts of battle mingled together, creating quite a spectacle.

Fifteen minutes later, the village center square, which was packed with people, was now empty except for Qin Dilin.

The sounds of fierce fighting soon came from the village entrance. Weapons clashed and beasts roared in a chaotic melee. A few minutes later, the noise stopped abruptly.

Humans have the advantage of numbers, so dealing with a few low-level ferocious beasts at the village entrance is not a difficult task.

After a while, the noise at the village entrance completely disappeared, and even the sound of footsteps could not be heard.

Qin Dilin knew perfectly well that the newbies who had formed teams had already gone deep into the dense forest to hunt monsters.

It was his turn to act.

Qin Di Lin took a deep breath, gripped the rusty novice steel knife in his hand, and slowly walked towards the village entrance. Passing through the light blue protective shield, the entire view outside the village came into view.

What comes into view is an endless expanse of wasteland, with weeds growing wildly, many reaching over a meter in height.

In the distance, mountains rise one after another, dense forests stretch deep and secluded, and a small river meanders through the landscape, exuding a primitive and wild atmosphere. There is not a trace of human habitation, only an overwhelming sense of oppression.

A gust of wind swept by, and the stench of blood in the air instantly intensified several times, becoming so pungent that it made people frown.

The smell constantly reminded him that this land lived on killing, and that if he wasn't careful, he would end up like Wang Qiang.