Devour: Emperor Yan

roar~

"Blade Demon, take this punch!"

A burly man, nearly ten meters tall, covered in iron armor, with two curved horns on his head, roared and charged forward, his fists, covered in metal gauntlets and much larger than millstones, smashing through the air with tremendous force.

Clang!

A blazing blade flashed, then cleaved down with the force of splitting a mountain.

puff!

The blade's edge easily pierced through his body.

"Well......"

The burly man's eyes quickly lost their sparkle, and then his body split in two and crashed to the ground with a thunderous roar.

"Another top ten player in a city has fallen."

Lin Kun hovered in mid-air, his battle sword sheathed, and glanced down at the screen on his wrist.

The points have exceeded 120 million.

At this point, there were only about four hours left before the preliminary elimination rounds.

Lin Kun nodded slightly.

With a points lead of over 40 million over the second-place team, there shouldn't be any unforeseen changes.

"That's about it. First place should be completely secured."

Lin Kun let out a soft breath.

He has been extremely busy for the past two weeks.

He swept through city after city, spending all his time killing people, except when he was traveling.

He was exhausted and numb from killing so many people.

Mental exhaustion, numbness of the soul.

Now that we've reached this point, first place should be a foregone conclusion.

......

They remained in place for a moment.

Lin Kun decided to stop, shrinking his size to about two meters tall.

Then, with a swift movement, he found a clean and spacious room nearby, entered, sat down, and quietly waited for the qualifiers to end.

At the same time, it's also a good opportunity to adjust one's own state.

These days, he's almost gone mad with killing, he's become numb to it all, and too many people have died by his blade.

Amidst this frenzied killing, some changes in mindset were inevitable.

His entire being, from the inside out, exuded a strong aura of menace and killing intent.

It's like a heartless killing machine.

Lin Kun relaxed completely, leaning back on a large sofa.

I closed my eyes, took several deep breaths, and gradually calmed myself down.

"Unbeknownst to me, almost seven hundred years have passed since I came to this world..."

Lin Kun murmured to himself, "After seven hundred years of hard work, I have finally reached this point and become one of the most outstanding geniuses of this generation of humankind!"

Many memories slowly surfaced in my mind.

Those were his experiences after he came into this world.

From the initial excitement of arriving in this world, and... a hidden fear and unease deep within my heart.

After all, in the universe, the weak have no safety whatsoever, not even the most basic citizenship.

With this mindset, Lin Kun has been diligently cultivating since childhood.

The joy of becoming a planetary-level being, a citizen of the Black Dragon Mountain Empire, and logging into the virtual universe for the first time...

Then I finally experienced the hardships of cultivation, so I went to work, washing dishes...

They endured it little by little until their parents grew old and passed away.

Endure until you reach the star level.

They endured until they were able to possess the body of the Flame God Clan.

Finally, from that moment on, fate began to change, deviating from its original course...

This has placed Lin Kun at an extremely high starting point.

They can rival, or even surpass, the most outstanding geniuses among countless human races in the vast universe.

We can stand on the same starting point and the same platform as Luo Feng!

......

Memories spanning nearly seven hundred years gradually surfaced in my mind.

Lin Kun looked back on his journey.

From an ordinary star-domain level genius (possessing a domain at the constellation level) to a race (universe) level genius.

He achieved what he has today through his own hard work, planning, and a bit of luck!

And then there's the frenzied killing spree of the past two weeks, slaughtering the geniuses of various star systems as easily as killing chickens.

all of these.

This made Lin Kun's entire soul feel as if it had undergone a sublimation and baptism from the inside out.

The intense aura of malevolence and killing intent emanating from him gradually subsided and dissipated.

His heart began to slowly calm down.

"This is the path I came from... and I will go even further in the future!"

Lin Kun's expression was neither sad nor happy, unusually calm.

His inner strength was growing stronger.

They also became more determined, calm, and composed.

At this moment, his soul seemed to have faintly touched upon a hazy realm.

......

Waiting.

Time flies.

Finally, at a certain moment.

"Countdown to the end of the preliminary rounds begins: 60, 59, 58, 57, 56..."

A magnificent and resounding voice suddenly rang out, echoing in the ears of all the surviving contestants in the 100 world zones.

"Time's up!"

"Is it finally going to end?"

At this moment, some participants in the 100 world zones couldn't help but sigh.

Some remained unmoved, while others breathed a sigh of relief.

And then there are those who are extremely anxious.

"No, how can it be over so soon? I'm still a little short!"

"No, no, no! I was clearly ranked 1001 just now, how did I suddenly become 1004? Someone cheated! Someone must be cheating!"

"It's too late..."

"kill!"

"Friend, since you're not going to break into the top 1001 anyway, why don't I just kill you and give you half the points? I'll definitely reward you handsomely when we get out!"

"Do you think I'm stupid? A hefty reward? Who's going to vouch for this? You say this now, but what if you go back on your word after we get out?"

"Hey, you there, I can let you kill him and I'll give you half the points, but you have to pay extra and have your clan's ancestor swear a solemn oath that you won't go back on your word after we get out."

"You bastard! Die!"

Boom! Boom! Boom!

......

In this final minute of the countdown, all the world zones were in complete chaos.

To some extremely anxious people, each countdown sounded like a cruel death knell.

Most people, however, waited quietly with calm expressions.

Those with significantly lower scores completely gave up and resigned themselves to their fate. They had long known in their hearts that they were destined to be out of the top 1001.

Those who were ranked within the top 1001 were mostly calm, except for a few at the bottom who were a little nervous.

And so, amidst a mix of emotions, the countdown, independent of anyone's will, resolutely came to an end.

"10, 9, 8, 7... 3, 2, 1!"

"Teleport!"

Instantly, all surviving participants in the 100 world zones vanished.

Then, one by one, those specially created worlds began to collapse and dissipate, like bubbles bursting, and everything turned into nothingness.

Meanwhile, the final rankings of each world zone were officially released on the official website of the virtual universe.

The preliminary elimination rounds have ended.

Each world zone has 1001 people, for a total of 100,100 places, and all have been selected.

......

Countless people have been keeping an eye on the official website of the virtual universe for a long time.

The citizens of the Black Dragon Mountain Empire were also paying close attention.

The moment the list of candidates was officially announced.

boom!

The entire Heilongshan Island was in complete uproar and went wild!

The whole nation was caught up in a grand celebration.

Various banners were unfurled and hung up.