Devour: Emperor Yan

At the very front of the hall, there is a huge screen floating in the air.

The screen currently displays the number of spots (temporarily) that the Black Dragon Mountain Empire has secured through the qualifiers: 2.

Below are the names and rankings of Lin Kun and Luo Feng.

Lin Kun's name is ranked first, currently number 43 in the 99 World Zone.

Luo Feng's name is next, currently ranked 398th in the First World Zone.

"Lin Kun, Luo Feng, very good!"

The Black Dragon Mountain Emperor laughed heartily and declared in a booming voice, "Our Black Dragon Mountain Empire is finally no longer at the bottom this time! Lin Kun and Luo Feng deserve all the credit! They must be rewarded!"

"Yes, we need a reward!"

"Lin Kun and Luo Feng have made great contributions."

"Your Majesty is wise!"

A group of powerful and wealthy people were also happily flattering the emperor, and for a time, there was a chorus of applause.

The emperors and ministers of those nascent civilized empires were all incredibly enthusiastic.

Within the Qianwu Universe, there are nearly a thousand medium-sized empires.

For any empire to achieve good results is a great honor.

......

Day 21 of the qualifiers.

The top of a building that is over 100 meters tall.

A handsome young man, nearly three meters tall, with light blue hair and eyebrows, wearing a light blue battle suit, sat cross-legged on the rooftop with his eyes closed.

He exuded a chilling aura, and within a radius of a hundred meters, the ground was frozen by this coldness, forming a layer of dark blue frost.

The entire top of the building is his exclusive domain.

a moment.

He opened his eyes, and his gaze seemed to be filled with an extremely cold aura.

He looked ahead, where a blurry, fiery red streak of light was rapidly approaching.

In just a few flashes, he stopped at the edge of the top of the building, his feet on the railing. His blurry figure solidified, revealing a handsome young man over twelve meters tall, dressed in a fiery red battle suit, with a black horn on his forehead and a dark red battle sword hanging at his waist.

"I can sense that you are very strong!"

"Someone as strong as you couldn't possibly remain unknown. And I've never seen you in this city before. Did you come from another city?"

The man with light blue hair slowly stood up, his expression solemn, and slowly asked.

He could vaguely sense an extremely alarming bloodthirsty aura emanating from the person who had just appeared.

He was clearly no pushover, but a powerful figure who had killed countless people.

"Not bad." Lin Kun nodded slightly. "This is the third city I've passed through."

"Your Excellency travels from city to city, is it solely for hunting down powerful individuals?" The light blue-haired man slowly gripped the scabbard at his waist with his left hand, while his right hand rested on the hilt of his sword.

His name is Hei Ming. In this city, he is one of the top ten strongest people. There are probably no more than a handful of people in this city who would dare to provoke him so actively.

Now, this outsider from another city has approached him.

Hei Ming sensed a faint aura of danger emanating from the other party.

Lin Kun smiled, his right hand also gripping the hilt of the knife. "Yes, because I've discovered that specifically hunting down strong individuals is much more efficient. It not only saves time and effort, but also yields more points."

Thinking about this, he felt somewhat foolish for his massacre of the city a few days ago.

It's too time-consuming and laborious.

Killing the top ten strongest individuals in a city is much easier and less strenuous, and the points gained are also quite substantial.

Upon hearing this, Hei Ming's eyes grew even colder, and an extremely chilling aura emanated from his body. "You seem quite confident, aren't you afraid of running into a brick wall?"

"With our abilities, making it into the top 1001 through the preliminaries shouldn't be too difficult, so why fight each other to the death?"

"We don't have enough points. If we die, we'll lose half of them and fall out of the top 1001."

Hei Ming's words carried both threat and advice.

Clearly, he wasn't confident, so he didn't want to fight Lin Kun.

"Hit a rock? The harder the better!" Lin Kun grinned.

The next instant, his gaze sharpened, and he moved his hand.

Clang!

The sword was drawn.

A blazing blade of light suddenly appeared, reflected in Hei Ming's icy eyes.

"You think I'm afraid of you!"

Chant!

Hei Ming sneered angrily, and his longsword was instantly drawn, a blue, extremely cold sword light shooting out to meet the blade's edge.

In an instant, the surrounding space transformed into two completely opposite worlds.

One side is extremely cold, the other is extremely hot.

The blue chill and the red heat collided in the air, cold and heat meeting each other.

Cracks appeared in the building beneath their feet.

......

All of this happened in the blink of an eye, though it may seem like a long time coming.

laugh!

The blade flashed and disappeared in an instant.

Hei Ming paused, and the sword light dissipated.

He was always a little slow.

By the time he saw the blade's edge and tried to react, it was already too late.

That blade of light was too fast! It was as if it had directly traversed space, so fast that it was impossible to stop.

咔~

Hei Ming stood there with his rapier in the same position, the chill emanating from him rapidly receding. A thin line appeared on his forehead and began to spread straight down his body.

"What a sharp knife!"

In the instant his consciousness was kicked out of the virtual universe, Hei Ming only had time to utter this one sigh.

It's not without its regrets.

Possessing six layers of ice domains, he originally hoped to shine in the subsequent Thunder Platform Battle and strive to compete for a place among the top 1000 in the Qianwu Universe Kingdom... to be appreciated by a certain powerful figure and taken as a disciple... but unexpectedly, he failed to even pass the preliminary rounds.

......

Clang!

The sword was sheathed.

Lin Kun glanced at the screen on his wrist.

Contestant: Lin Kun (Heilongshan Empire).

Points: 30733762.

Rank: 1.

In the past few days, he has swept through three cities, completely destroying each one.

Aside from making a foolish mistake by massacring the entire city in the first city, he only hunted down the top ten strongest individuals in the remaining two cities.

Now, his points have exceeded 30 million!

Its ranking has already reached number one.

Moreover, it has a significant lead in points over the second-place team.

It's not a difference of a few million, but a difference of over ten million points.

......

"That's about enough. There aren't many strong individuals left in this city worth making a move against."

After closing his eyes and quietly sensing for a moment, Lin Kun opened his eyes and whispered.

As the soul is nurtured by the laws, it becomes stronger and stronger, and naturally, its consciousness and will will also improve accordingly.

Two hundred years have passed since Lin Kun comprehended a trace of the Law of Fire. With six times the genetic level, his soul is far stronger than that of an ordinary ninth-level Hengxing, and his consciousness and will have reached the cosmic level.

Under Lin Kun's keen perception, as long as someone hasn't completely concealed their aura, he can vaguely sense the approximate location and intensity of that aura within a certain range.

And those who can rank among the top ten in terms of strength in a city...

Everyone has a different personality.

Some are low-key, some are flamboyant, some are bloodthirsty, some are arrogant, some are violent...

However, anyone who is confident in their abilities will generally not completely conceal their aura and hide so cautiously.

This reflects their confidence in their own strength, as well as their pride as strong individuals.

And that's exactly the kind of person Lin Kun was looking for.

Killing such powerful individuals and obtaining half of their points would be extremely efficient.

Currently, Lin Kun's points are far ahead, placing him in first place.

The remaining contestants in this city are no longer worth his special attention.

I'm too lazy to go and slaughter them again.

It's fine to have fun once or twice, but there's no need to do it more often.

Even the strong need to maintain a certain level of sophistication.

"There are still nine days left. I'm just idling around anyway. Why don't we play it safe and go sweep through the top ten in another city to accumulate more points?"

Lin Kun pondered this in his heart.

"Walk!"

He went wherever he wanted, and with a swift movement, he transformed into a blurry streak of light and vanished from the spot.