Those who reincarnate must die.

Following Wang Defa's directions, Zhang Lang and Cheng Siyun arrived at a mountain path in Hekouzhou Park.

Located in a secluded corner of the park, with primeval forests on both sides of the road, this place is rarely visited by people.

"Where is he?" Cheng Siyun pushed up her sunglasses, and a red light stripe flashed on the temple of the glasses, covering the entire lens and forming a series of information flashing across the lens.

"No signs of life seen nearby... Has he not arrived yet?"

"We've arrived." Zhang Lang didn't have Cheng Siyun's fancy technological equipment, but with his powerful attributes, he had already gathered information about the entire mountain... and even the entire park.

"Come out..." Zhang Lang looked towards a certain spot in the jungle, and Cheng Siyun followed his gaze, but saw nothing.

"Where?" Just as she was wondering, Cheng Siyun suddenly saw a distortion in the light, and soon the figure of a short, fat man appeared.

"Oh dear, you can't hide it from the hunter brothers after all. I'm really curious, just how powerful have you become now..."

"Every time you see me, I'm a little better than the last time," Zhang Lang said as he approached.

"Haha, the stronger you are, Brother Hunter, the more at ease I am as a member of the Shen clan." After a few words of flattery, Wang Defa looked at Cheng Siyun behind Zhang Lang: "And who is this?"

"My teammate," Zhang Lang introduced, "is also a hero."

"Oh, I see..." Wang Defa looked Cheng Siyun up and down and exclaimed, "How come I didn't notice before that there's such a beautiful and elegant woman among the heroes?"

As she spoke, she glanced at Zhang Lang a few more times, thinking to herself that the Hunter Brothers were really something; every time they appeared, they were accompanied by a different beautiful girl...

"Let's talk about something practical..." Zhang Lang asked, "This mission seems a bit different from what you described?"

"That's exactly why I wanted to find you!" Wang Defa took out a miniature drone from his pocket, raised his hand and threw it out. The drone circled around the group and quickly formed an invisible barrier that enveloped the three of them.

This is Wang Defa's concealment barrier. Although there aren't many people here, it's still best to be careful when reincarnators exchange important information.

"Hunter brother, you absolutely have to win this Supernova Tournament!"

After setting up the barrier, Wang Defa's first words surprised Zhang Lang.

Of course, I wanted to win, but Wang Defa seemed even more anxious than I was...

"What do you mean?"

Wang Defa sighed: "You saw the instructions in the mission, right? This Supernova Competition is being hosted by the Shen Clan."

Zhang Lang nodded: "I was curious, what does 'hosting' mean? Is it the sports meet?"

"This kind of large-scale battlefield mission is no exaggeration to call it a sports meet for reincarnators..." Wang Defa said, "Normal interdimensional wars are wars between different races that break out over the ownership of a certain world. This interdimensional battlefield is basically the world that is being fought over."

"However, these interdimensional wars involving the entire race are often not for the sake of conquering a world, but for the sake of conquering a more valuable reward, so there is no natural battlefield. Therefore, a race is needed to act as the host and provide a certain world as the venue. As for the qualification to host, it is usually determined randomly."

"Of course, in this kind of war, in order to prevent the participants from destroying the venue and causing a cataclysmic disaster, the rules will be very strict to minimize the damage... So you see, the rules include various prohibitions against killing and destruction."

Zhang Lang nodded: "So this time, the altar has drawn the Shen clan as the host."

"That's right." Wang Defa nodded. "As the organizer, we actually have many advantages, such as more judges and a venue and world environment that our contestants are more familiar with, so we have an inherent advantage. However, the Shen Clan is one of the lower five clans, and compared to the dominant higher-ranking clans, this advantage is basically negligible."

"After all this beating around the bush, you still haven't told me why you insist I must win?"

"Because I know a little inside information!" Wang Defa shook his head with a wry smile: "To tell you the truth, one of the four judges from the Shen clan in the mission rules is my altar master!"

"Your altar master?" Zhang Lang remembered that Wang Defa was chosen by the fifth altar, so his altar master should be a middle-aged woman with a full head of curling irons and still charming.

"Landlady Zhen," Wang Defa said, "is known as the strongest woman at the Shen Clan Altar. This time, she will be a judge for the Supernova Competition. According to the rules, each judge can bring one assistant, and I was lucky enough to be selected."

"Wow?" Zhang Lang was somewhat surprised. "You're still a newbie at the Hero level, right? How come you're so highly regarded?"

Wang Defa smiled sheepishly: "Mainly because Sister Zhen is also a thrifty person, and we get along quite well."

Seeing the guy's sullen expression, Zhang Lang raised an eyebrow: "You didn't sacrifice something else, did you?"

Upon hearing this, Wang Defa's face flushed red with anger: "Brother Hunter, I treated you like a friend, how could you slander me like this? We are innocent!"

"Alright, alright..." Zhang Lang soothed Wang Defa for a while, "Let's get to the point..."

Wang Defa calmed himself down and said, "The main point is... I've received some inside information... this year's Supernova Competition doesn't meet the requirements for being held!"

"What do you mean?" Cheng Siyun, who was standing next to her, also became curious: "The conditions for holding the event, isn't it that more than one hundred people meet the criteria?"

Wang Defa shrugged: "That was originally how it was, but as you've seen, this time we're not only recruiting those who meet the traditional criteria, but also giving other new heroes a chance to challenge us. This will result in the final number of participants far exceeding one hundred!"

"The reason is that, up until the moment the mission was issued, the twelve altars combined only had ninety-seven qualified new elites... Logically speaking, they should have been able to gather enough after at most one mission cycle, but for some reason, the altars couldn't wait to issue the mission and even relaxed the criteria for the signs!"

"Why is that?" Zhang Lang stroked his chin, while Cheng Siyun guessed, "Could it be that the altar needs more sacrifices, a more intense battle?"

"In that case, there's no need for such a gentle competition. We could just find a solid world and have a massive free-for-all..." Wang Defa refuted Cheng Siyun's guess and whispered, "Sister Zhen and I analyzed it... She speculated that some kind of extremely powerful reward has appeared in the altar, so powerful that even the altar can hardly control it and is eager to give it away. But the altar's principle is that to obtain the reward, you must have a matching performance."

"And winning the Supernova Tournament is the most dazzling achievement!"