Those who reincarnate must die.

Not only Alicia, but all the other contestants had star badges on their chests, ranging from one to five stars.

The number of stars represents the altar's score for the contestants' abilities. Contestants who receive high stars are secretly pleased, but also become the target of many others. The clever ones, however, pluck the star card and hide it carefully as soon as it appears, making sure no one else sees it.

"A total of 339 participants, including 162 one-star participants, 91 two-star participants, 54 three-star participants, 26 four-star participants, and 6 five-star participants!"

The moment the star cards appeared, Zhang Lang, relying on his extraordinary attributes, memorized the star ratings of all the contestants present.

According to Wang Defa, when the mission was announced, there were only 97 eligible supernovae. In other words, more than 240 people were added through the supplementary recruitment process.

While it's impossible to say that the supplementary recruits are necessarily weak, their overall level is definitely lower than that of the original ninety-seven qualified individuals. Those one hundred and sixty-plus one-star recruits are mostly supplementary recruits.

In fact, the people of the Shen clan also confirmed this.

As far as Zhang Lang knew, there were six people who met the criteria in his year: Ning Chengyu, Zep, Soros, Alicia, Lao Wu, and Zhang Lang himself. In the previous year, only Shen Liangyue met the criteria, exceeding twenty enhancements. As for the year before that, there weren't any. And before that, the number of matches exceeded the limit.

In other words, under the normal rules, only seven members of the Shen ethnic group should be eligible to participate. But in reality, there were thirteen Shen members present!

And the six people who were added to the roster were all one-star!

Of the seven supernovas, Lao Wu and Zepp were rated two stars, Alicia, Soros and Ning Chengyu were rated three stars, and Shen Liangyue was rated four stars.

In fact, given the Shen Clan's level, it's already quite good to have one supernova each year; it's normal if they don't. Last year's Shen Liangyue was already hailed as a prodigy, a super genius that appears only once in a decade. This year, six supernovas have emerged, all with exceptional strength, making it a once-in-a-century event! It's even given the altar masters the illusion that the Shen Clan is about to rise to prominence.

But now, looking at the other races, Zhang Lang finally understood why the Shen race was called a lower-ranking race.

Apart from the Shen clan, other lower-ranking races generally only have one or two two-star level individuals, and even those with one three-star individual are considered outstanding.

As for the four mid-level races of Wu, Wei, Xu, and Hai, they can generally guarantee more than three three-star experts, with even more two-star experts, and each race can also have four-star experts.

Basically, the Shen Clan's lineup this time, which is unprecedented in a century, is almost comparable to that of a mid-tier race.

But look at the superior races...

The Ugly Clan has a total of 22 participants: none with one star, seven with two stars, eight with three stars, six with four stars, and one with five stars!

The Yin clan has a total of 21 participants: none with one star, six with two stars, eight with three stars, five with four stars, and two with five stars!

The Chen Clan has a total of 21 participants: none with one star, six with two stars, nine with three stars, five with four stars, and one with five stars!

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Any one of these races could field a lineup comparable to the combined lineups of the four mid-tier factions!

Moreover, the total number of people in the three superior races is not large, and none of them have a star. This even made Zhang Lang suspect that there were no supplementary recruits among the contestants who came to participate!

Perhaps it's because the experienced superior races know the cruelty of the Supernova Tournament, so they feel there's no need to send more people to their deaths...

However, Zhang Lang was more concerned about the strongest among them than the total number of people who came!

Of the six five-star tokens, four belonged to the three superior races, one was hanging around Zhang Lang's neck, and as for the last one...

Zhang Lang turned his head to look at the edge of the altar not far away.

There, the only contestant from the Si tribe was staring at Zhang Lang with his vertical pupils, occasionally flicking his tongue, looking sinister and terrifying.

And on his chest hung the last five-star plaque!

"On what grounds?" Zhang Lang frowned. How could a member of the Si clan receive such high praise? Out of curiosity, he couldn't help but walk towards the Si clan.

"Yeah, why!" The tall Black man, Zep, clutched his two-star badge and complained, "You're all three-star, why am I only two? During the selection process, we were evenly matched!"

"The altar's evaluation reflects your current strength." Seeing Zhang Lang leave, the invisible Old Wu dared to reveal himself, mocking, "A lower evaluation than others means you haven't improved much in these missions..."

"What are you so smug about?" Zep scoffed. "Just like me, two-star!"

"I was the weakest to begin with," Old Wu said frankly. "My strength is stealth, but my overall abilities are indeed inferior to others."

"You..." Zep was speechless, finally looking at Zhang Lang who was walking away: "And what about this guy? Why is he worth five stars?"

"Just because he killed Luo Wei!" Ning Chengyu stepped forward: "Do you have a problem with that?"

Zep had previously lost to Ning Chengyu, and now his rating wasn't as high as Ning's, so he could only sneer, "Only Luo Wei knows how he killed him! There's definitely something wrong with the altar's strength assessment this time! If you don't believe me, we'll see in the competition!"

"I know..." Old Wu trembled all over at the mention of this matter: "I advise you not to cause him any trouble..."

"Is he really stronger than Luo Wei?" Shen Liangyue asked Lao Wu.

"Really!" Old Wu nodded vigorously. "Even though I hid far away and lay low, that sense of terror still enveloped me... That guy wasn't human. None of you should get involved with him, or you won't even know how you died!"

Zhang Lang naturally heard their discussion, but he had no interest in explaining their doubts. He simply walked silently to the Si clan member.

"Devil!" Before Zhang Lang could speak, the Si tribesman coughed up his tongue and cursed, "You lowly toad, you damned rat, it was you who killed hundreds of my Si tribesmen..."

In the eyes of snakes, frogs and mice are probably similar to pigs and dogs in the eyes of humans...

"You're right," Zhang Lang readily admitted. "But I'm more curious about how you knew about me. I've never met you. You must have advanced to Hero rank after that incident, right?"

"You don't need to know!" The Si tribesman flicked his tongue. "Just get through the first stage properly. In the second stage, I will use your blood to appease my fellow Si tribesmen!"

After saying that, the guy turned and left, seemingly unwilling to look at Zhang Lang again.

Just then, a huge light screen suddenly appeared above the altar, with the mission rules written in large characters.

This script was one that Zhang Lang had never seen before, but with his language expertise, he could easily recognize it. As for the others, as supernovas, most of them also had translation abilities, and the mission rules were exactly the same as those previously released, with the badges automatically translated into the scripts familiar to their respective races.

Along with the text, twelve high platforms also appeared, each carved with statues of the twelve races. Eleven of these platforms had a corresponding race's leader standing on them, while only the central Shen race platform was the highest and largest, with four people standing on it.

Zhang Lang glanced at it; the altars listed were the second, fifth, eighth, and thirteenth altars, respectively.

This must be a privilege afforded to the organizers.

"Welcome everyone to the Supernova Competition!"

Speaking on behalf of the Shen tribe, and indeed all the judges, was the head of the second altar of the Shen tribe, a middle-aged black man who was even taller and stronger than Zepu.

"Let me introduce myself. My name is Tanka, and I am the master of the second altar of the Shen tribe, as well as the person in charge of this Supernova Competition!"

"The fact that you're all here means you're all among the best of the new heroes in your respective altars, true supernovas! But the purpose of our Supernova Tournament is to determine the strongest and most dazzling one among you!"

"What you see before you now is the first stage of this competition! It doesn't seem that brutal, right? But I can tell you with absolute certainty that every Supernova Competition has been a dangerous competition with a high mortality rate... no, calling it a war wouldn't be an exaggeration!"

"Therefore, before the competition officially begins, as a representative of the organizers, I would like to give you one last piece of advice!"

"Don't be eliminated!"