Swallowing the Stars: Starting with the Battle of Geniuses.

Chapter 47 Second World Region

The rules for the Genius Battle to compete for the top 1,000 spots and enter the core of the Virtual Universe Company are simple.

First, it can be divided into two major stages: the preliminary selection of the universe nation and the final selection of the entire universe.

In the preliminary selection phase, each contestant competes in their respective universe country region. The top one thousand from each universe country are selected, and ultimately, the top one million geniuses in the entire universe are selected to enter the final selection.

The preliminary selection is mainly divided into two parts. The first stage is the preliminary round, where each universe country is divided into 100 world zones. Each world zone contestant earns points by killing competitors.

Ultimately, the top player from each world region directly enters the final selection stage through the preliminary rounds, while the remaining 1,001 players enter the second stage of the preliminary rounds, the arena battle stage, to compete for the remaining 900 spots for that universe nation.

The arena battle stage can be further subdivided. The first stage is a group melee that lasts for five days, with 200 groups of 100 people each day participating in a melee, selecting the top ten from each group. This eliminates nine-tenths of the contestants, leaving 10,000 contestants to enter the subsequent one-on-one elimination stage.

In the elimination rounds, contestants battled in pairs, with the winners advancing and the losers advancing. After winning four consecutive matches, the final 625 contestants passed the preliminary selection.

The remaining 9375 people entered the round-robin stage. Each of the 9375 people won one battle and accumulated 1 point. The top 275 people were selected for the last remaining spots.

Hunzhen is currently in the first stage of the preliminary selection, which has the largest number of eliminations.

"The gravity is at least ten times that of the Infernal Realm. Good heavens, just this gravity alone should make it difficult for a large number of people to adapt quickly."

After being teleported through the virtual universe system, Hunzhen appeared in the living room of a luxury hotel.

He looked down at his arm guard, whose screen automatically received numerous messages from the organizer, Virtual Universe Company. At this moment, it not only displayed his real-time score but also some detailed rules and regulations.

Hunzhen already knew that killing other players would earn 1 point and steal half of their points.

The world zones where the contestants fight are mostly simulated to form huge continents in the scenic areas of their respective universes. All visible materials, such as buildings and ground surfaces, are uniformly B9 level, capable of withstanding the battles of most eternal star-level ninth-tier life forms.

For some impoverished astronomical humans, this is a free trip that saves them a lot of fuel costs.

While most people were still adjusting to gravity, Hunzhen left the hotel and flew into the air on two fiery psychic weapons.

"snort."

He looked down and let out a soft chuckle.

As if in response to Hunzhen's laughter, several telekinetic weapons shot out from the city buildings below.

A bald man, hiding in the shadows of a city corner, watched this scene and sneered repeatedly: "How foolish! Don't they even know the saying 'the nail that sticks out gets hammered down'? Jumping out so early, who else would they fleece if not them?"

Several waves of mental energy surged forth in succession, and besides the mentalist who made the first move, there were at least dozens of other observers watching from the shadows.

Hunzhen, however, didn't care at all, and a slight smile appeared on his lips: "Let's try it out and see the power of this 'Meteor Fire Divine Weapon'."

Hovering behind him is a psychic weapon shaped like a longsword, covered with countless patches of meteorite iron, as if magma were flowing within it. It is controlled by one of the nine divine weapons, a combination of fire and space—the Meteor Fire Divine Weapon!

Nine pieces of meteorite iron shot out from the Fiery Sword, yet they still maintained a mysterious connection, as if carrying the magma from the Fiery Sword out and spreading it to a radius of a thousand meters, forming a scorching space.

Meteorite Divine Weapon, First Level - Scorching Hell!

The scorching heat seemed to bake even the space itself.

The psychic weapons that were fired at Hunzhen had their psychic energy instantly evaporated, causing them to fall uncontrollably downwards.

"It's a meteorite divine weapon!"

"Don't hold back, this guy's troublesome, let's take him out first!"

Hunzhen's use of the Scorching Hell technique undoubtedly drew those who were originally just watching into the battle.

With a few sharp shouts, several figures suddenly darted out from below, wielding weapons and rapidly approaching Hunzhen.

Threatening a mentalist with close combat is undoubtedly the correct tactic.

"Sorry, I can also do some melee combat."

While controlling the Meteor Fire Divine Weapon, making the nine pieces of meteorite iron spin and turn this area into a fiery hell, Hunzhen drew his dark red longsword and flew at high speed towards the oncoming enemy.

The red blade danced, suddenly unleashing a slash.

At extreme speed, the crimson line of fire instantly separated the attacker's head from his body.

"The Third Form of the World-Destroying Heaven-Burning Blade—Purple Sun Cuts Through Dawn and Dusk!"

Hunzhen had already killed the mentalist who had attacked him first with the Meteor Fire Divine Weapon, and then quickly cut down the attacking martial artist with his swordsmanship.

This swift and brutal style of work is terrifying.

Those who had originally clamored to gang up on Hunzhen were now trying to scatter and flee.

However, Hunzhen had no intention of letting them go.

Rather, it's more accurate to say that he intended to wipe out everyone in front of him from the very beginning.

Hunzhen trapped everyone in the scorching hell, restricting their movements and preventing them from leaving. Then he drew his red sword and chased after them one by one, killing them all with each strike.

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The meteorite iron was retrieved and reattached to the Flame Sword on his back. The scorching hell disappeared, and the world fell silent. Only the charred buildings and burning earth still told the story of what had just happened.

"demon!"

"That guy is a demon!"

"Flame Demon!"

As the lucky escapees who witnessed this scene from afar spread the word about Hunzhen's reputation, the title "Flame Demon" spread throughout the Second World District.

However, Hunzhen was unaware of this at the moment.

He simply glanced at the meteorite weapon behind him with satisfaction, a contented smile on his face.

"Amazing, you didn't disappoint me."

As mentioned earlier, Hunzhen had the simulators sell the Flame Realm Pearl and upgrade their equipment before setting off for the Sky Realm Star.

Among the replaced equipment was the Divine Weapon series that Hunzhen had longed for.

Moreover, in fact, even earlier, during a simulation of the cycle of battles, his soul had already inherited the experience of using the Meteor Flame Divine Weapon.

This is actually the first time I've ever tried it in real life.

The ability to use it directly without practice, compared to Luo Feng's experience in the original work where he needed a long time to familiarize himself with it, makes Hunzhen declare: Victory!

His Flame Realm Bead has also been consigned. Based on the simulated human's experiences, although the main weapon used by this realm lord is damaged, the value of the complete Fire Spirit Heavenly Heart alone means that it will not be sold cheaply. It is more than enough to buy a divine weapon.

After putting away the meteorite weapon, Hunzhen landed on the ground and hid in a house made of B9-grade alloy that was still intact.

"In the entire Second World region, the only one who can pose a threat to me is that guy—"

Hunzhen rested his hands behind his head, staring at the ceiling with a sharp gaze: "Death God Berlan."

(End of this chapter)