Swallowing the Stars: Starting from the Endless Dungeon

Chapter 95 Melee

Time flew by during his seclusion and cultivation. Su Jing improved his secret techniques in the dungeons every day and comprehended the laws in the real world. In the blink of an eye, it was time for the arena battle. Su Jing naturally chose to come out of seclusion. In the virtual universe, on one of the floating continents above the Qianwu Continent, there was a huge conference hall.

The conference hall was enormous, with rows upon rows of people packed together, making it impossible for an ordinary person to see anything clearly.

All the contestants who passed the preliminary rounds will gather here. A total of 100,000 people will participate in the arena battle. Sitting here, looking at this huge venue, he can only take advantage of the fact that it is in the virtual universe. If there were no virtual universe, he wouldn't even dare to imagine how difficult it would be to just gather all these geniuses. The virtual universe truly deserves to be called the most powerful weapon of the human race. As long as it is in the original universe, except in the small world of the strongest person in the universe, the virtual universe cannot be blocked. This is something that other top races cannot do.

Looking at the geniuses in the arena, Su Jing immediately spotted Jin Ge at the other end and waved to him. Jin Ge also saw him, smiled, and nodded in acknowledgment. Although he was subsequently defeated by Su Jing, he didn't hold any grudges. After all, it was simply because he was less skilled. As a genius, he had his own confidence. He was not as good as Su Jing now, but he would work hard to surpass Su Jing in the future.

"Quiet!"

A deep, resonant voice rang out, instantly silencing the entire conference hall. A man in a silver robe appeared on the high platform at the very front of the hall, his gaze sweeping over the geniuses lining the stands below. "The Qianwu Universe Kingdom has 101,000 people who passed the preliminary selection."

As the man in the silver robe spoke, a screen appeared beside him, displaying a series of silhouette images. "These 100 who win first place in their respective world zones will directly qualify for the final spots, representing the Qianwu Universe Kingdom in the ultimate showdown among numerous universe kingdoms. The remaining 100,000 people will compete for 900 spots."

Su Jing looked at one of the slender men with a smile on his face. This guy was Payne. He had seen Payne's combat strength and it was indeed comparable to his previous strength. However, Payne was much luckier than him. He found many geniuses with high scores in other cities, which is why he was able to take first place with a lead of five million points.

It's uncertain whether they'll meet in the second stage final battle. The strength they choose can only be used as a reference. After all, there are still three years left, which is a lot of time for geniuses, enough for them to raise their strength to another level.

"Ring battles — divided into ring free-for-all battles and ring one-on-one battles."

The man in the silver robe continued, "First, 90,000 people will be eliminated through a free-for-all in the arena! The remaining 100,000 people will be divided into 1,000 groups, with 100 people in each group."

Each group will fight on the same arena, and the ten who survive will be eliminated in the free-for-all. After the free-for-all, only ten thousand people will remain!

Then the one-on-one arena battles began, determining the nine hundred spots!

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After the man in the silver robe finished speaking, a murmur of discussion arose below. Those who were hearing the rules of the Genius Battle for the first time were extremely surprised. They originally thought that passing the preliminary rounds would be enough, but they did not expect that the first step of the arena battle, the arena melee, would eliminate 90,000 people!

Moreover, there is no chance for a revival round; it's a one-shot deal. Plus, this is a free-for-all, not an ordinary battle. Free-for-alls are much more difficult and unpredictable than regular battles. After all, if you're surrounded, even some strong fighters might be eliminated.

Su Jing was not surprised at all. As long as he wasn't targeted, there wouldn't be a big problem in a melee in the arena. Even if he was targeted, he wasn't afraid.

It's highly likely that everyone will be fighting their own battles, so there's no need to worry too much about that.

The next moment, a screen appeared in front of each genius in the entire conference hall, displaying a number ranging from 1 to 1000.

"See the numbers in front of you? These are your groups!"

The man in the silver robe announced in a loud voice, "Starting tomorrow, it will be the first to the two hundredth group. The entire arena will be in a chaotic battle for five days, ending after five days."

Su Jing glanced at his group. He wondered who was in group 520 with him, but as long as they didn't provoke him, it would be fine. The next day was the day the arena battle officially began.

The preliminary rounds in the 100 world zones were not broadcast live; only a small number of people watched them in the virtual universe.

The ordinary citizens of the universe outside could only see a changing list, and they could only speculate on the battle situation based on the changes in the list. This made countless citizens of the Qianwu Universe Kingdom's more than 13,000 star fields anxious. However, the arena battle that has started now can be entered and watched. They can all see the battle scenes of their universe kingdom's geniuses!

The first day of the melee involved groups one through two hundred, while his melee was on the third day, so there was no rush.

His primary focus now was on the newly acquired secret technique. The Thunderous Dawn Blade truly lived up to its reputation as a powerful secret technique at the World Lord level. He was currently at the ninth level of his domain, possessed a profound understanding of the lightning law, and had a strong will. Furthermore, with a power amplification of 38...

Any one of these would be considered an extremely outstanding performance for a Hengxing-level cultivator. Even so, he only barely managed to master the first level, and it's still not very stable. In the dungeon, he initially used it to improve his power generation. His power generation was sufficient before, but it wasn't enough when cultivating the Thunderous Dawn Blade. So, the first thing he improved was his power generation. After improving his power generation, his domain, understanding of laws, and willpower were barely enough to perform the first level.

Afterwards, he spent more time cultivating, going from being completely clueless at the beginning to barely grasping the first level. However, he's still not proficient and needs to practice repeatedly until many controls become second nature. Even geniuses usually need a lot of time at this stage, but for him, this is much easier. With the time advantage of the dungeon's progression, he can naturally reach this level quickly. Moreover, improving and consolidating in actual combat is always the best approach. Therefore, Su Jing's most anticipated moment each day is his battle with Hector. With the progress of the first level, Nine Heavens Thunderclap, it directly surpasses the power of his previously perfected Purple Lightning Nine Blades. After all, no matter how powerful the Purple Lightning Nine Blades is, it's only at the cosmic level, which is indeed a hindrance for someone who has comprehended the laws. Now, with suitable secret techniques, combined with the laws of lightning, and the added bonus of a fifth-tier primal force weapon, his combat power is getting stronger and stronger, and he can gain more and more advantages over Hector. Once his strength improves further, he will definitely be able to kill Hector and complete the first clear!

Two days later, when Su Jing's group was about to engage in a chaotic arena battle, in the virtual universe, in the preparation hall of the arena on island number 21546, where many martial arts arenas were located, sat a group of genius experts in chairs, all preparing for the upcoming battle.

Su Jing observed the people who had been teleported in. This preparation hall was full of geniuses from Group 520. Just then, a man with a carefree smile and upright posture teleported in.

"Blood Demon? I don't know whether to call it good luck or bad luck to run into you here!"

Jin Ge sat down next to Su Jing with a grin and said that he hadn't expected that they would meet in such a small way.

"I didn't expect to see you in this group. What's the plan this time?" Su Jing smiled and patted Jin Ge on the shoulder when he saw an acquaintance. After all, this free-for-all was different from the preliminaries; there were ten spots available. Since it was someone he knew, there was no need to go after him. Although his strength had increased considerably, Jin Ge certainly wouldn't stand still, and taking him down wouldn't be easy. "In that case, how about we have a competition to see who can kill more geniuses?"

Jin Ge first looked around and then didn't see any famous players, which meant that there weren't any particularly strong geniuses in this group. Since that was the case, there was no need to hold back; he should just go for it!

"Oh? You really dare to say that? Aren't you afraid the rest of them will gang up on the two of us?"

Su Jing smiled and said that he was not worried at all. There were no famous geniuses in this group, and he and Jin Ge were probably the two strongest.

"Wouldn't that be more exciting?"

Jin Ge thought for a moment, then smiled and said, his smile full of confidence!

"That crazy? Looks like your strength has improved quite a bit in the past month."

Seeing the confidence in Jin Ge's eyes, he didn't doubt too much. After all, there was a world of difference between those who had just stepped into the realm of laws and those who only had a superficial understanding of laws. In addition, there were no powerful opponents here, so there was naturally nothing to worry about.

"So? Whether you want to compete or not is just a question. When have you, Blood Demon, ever been so considerate?"

"Alright, let's have a competition! And don't call me Blood Demon anymore, that's a nickname. My name is Su Jing!"

"Alright, my real name is Eli, but I still think the nickname 'Blood Demon' sounds much better than my nickname 'Golden Spear.' Let's add each other on roaming after the competition, and then wait for me to surpass you!"

Eli smiled and said that he naturally knew Blood Demon's real name; he had found out it after being defeated, but he still preferred to call him Blood Demon.

While Su Jing and Eli were having a lively conversation in the preparation hall, the others around them looked at them with fear. After all, the two of them were not hiding their conversation from others at all. They were openly discussing their match, and they didn't care about anyone else.

The remaining members cursed their bad luck at being assigned to such a group. They had all reviewed the data and studied the potential opponents, especially focusing on Su Jing, a player who could reach second place in the preliminaries. Therefore, when they saw Su Jing in the preparation hall, their faces showed no smiles. Then, this seemingly strong player entered, and it turned out he knew Su Jing. The two even planned to compete to see how many people they could kill, completely disregarding them. Unfortunately, their strength was undeniable, and despite their dissatisfaction, they dared not react. This made them even more desperate; surviving in the chaos seemed incredibly difficult!

Suddenly, the sounds of the fighting arena outside drifted into the preparation hall at the back.

"Ladies and gentlemen, the upcoming event is the 520nd group battle of the arena. Let me introduce the one hundred genius masters in this 520nd group."

The crisp, loud sound not only echoed throughout the entire arena, but could also be clearly heard in the preparation hall behind the arena, followed by waves of cheers.

"First place, Su Jing, from the Qianwu Universe Kingdom, ranked 2nd in the 36th World Region in the preliminary rounds!"

The cheers, like rolling thunder, shook the entire preparation hall.