Age of Calamity in Swallowed Star

Time flew by quickly.

In the blink of an eye, a month had passed.

In the Great Xia calendar, it was now April 16, 2066.

The registration for the Peak Genius Battle was also coming to an end.

"Little master, you have mail!"

"Little Feng, you have mail!"

"Little Hong, you have mail!"

"Baldy, the notification is here!"

"…"

All forty-plus martial artists from Earth who had signed up for the genius battle received notifications.

Immediately, their consciousness connected to the virtual universe network and entered it.

…

Virtual Universe, Black Dragon Mountain Island.

Star Lake Villa District.

Lin Ye, Luo Feng, Hong, Lei Shen… were all gathered at the entrance of the First Speaker's grand villa.

Accompanying them were their respective family and friends, a large, bustling crowd of over a thousand people.

"Lin Xiaofeng, let grandpa hold you!"

Lin Ye picked up Lin Yu's eldest son and said with some emotion, "You've gotten heavier again in the six months since I last saw you."

"Grandpa~~" Lin Xiaofeng gently pressed his face against Lin Ye's, rubbing his small face against Lin Ye's large one.

"Daddy, I want a hug too!"

Seeing his little nephew being affectionate with his father, Lin Ye's youngest son became anxious.

He squeezed out from the group of children, looking at Lin Ye with teary eyes, appearing pitiful.

"Hahaha, I neglected my little baby, come on, let's hug you too!!"

Seeing his youngest son, Lin Ba Tian, Lin Ye smiled knowingly and reached out to pick him up.

Then, he opened the email he had just received.

"Welcome everyone to participate in this Universe Peak Genius Battle, the rules are as follows…"

"A total of 822.5 billion Star-level experts from the Qianwu Universe Kingdom have registered for this competition…"

"Everyone will maintain a Star-level ninth-order standard, and can freely choose any grade of weapons and psychic weapons, not exceeding ten pieces…"

"…"

After carefully reading through the email, everyone quickly gained a general understanding of the Peak Genius Battle.

This was a genius selection based on 'willpower,' 'domain,' 'combat experience,' and 'insights into the laws.'

It was a selection of the most outstanding peak geniuses under the same external conditions!

At the same time,

everyone also had a general understanding of the selection process for this Peak Genius Battle.

The first stage was to select the top 1,000 experts from each universe kingdom.

Then, the 1,000 experts selected from each universe kingdom would gather together for the final finals, thereby selecting the top 1,000 in the overall universe ranking.

The selection within the universe kingdom was further divided into a 'knockout round' and a 'ring battle final.'

The knockout round was an elimination system based on points. The more and stronger the opponents killed, the more points gained!

Death meant the end of the competition!

"…"

After reading the email, everyone showed no signs of heaviness or pressure.

Instead, they showed eagerness and a desire to fight!

Slaughter, points, rankings… these familiar words deeply stimulated the many top martial artists of Earth.

Since the creation of the Spark Martial Arts Center, Lin Ye had been constantly motivating them to become stronger and stronger through the trial tower point exchange system.

Now, this system came from the Virtual Universe Company, one of the five giants of the universe.

Just thinking about it made the young martial artists of Earth feel their blood boiling.

"Speaker, with over eight hundred billion Star-level experts competing, only one hundred thousand and one hundred will remain in the end, that's ruthless!"

Lei Shen unconsciously touched his bald head and said with a smile, "The scale of this battle is unprecedented, and it may exceed our imagination!"

Although he said he was a little scared, Lei Shen's face was full of smiles, showing no fear at all.

"So what if there are many people, so what if the slaughter is cruel? Which one of you here hasn't waded through mountains of corpses and seas of blood of monsters!"

Hong smiled and said, "It is precisely this kind of crazy and bloody battle that can stimulate people's most primitive desires and combat power. Maybe we can even break through in battle!"

The battle maniac Hong's words were recognized by everyone.

As the top martial artists of Earth, they had not only followed Lin Ye in many battles, but also traveled alone in the universe.

Lin Ye even spent a lot of money to allow them to see more things in the virtual universe!

With all-out efforts in nurturing them, their rich experience and seasoned experience meant Lin Ye didn't have to worry about them at all.

"I can't wait to fight them," Lei Shen said with a smile, his eyes filled with a bit of bloodthirsty desire for battle.

"Damn it, my great hammer is also a little thirsty!" Huang Shaoying took down the uniquely shaped fourth-order Force weapon from behind and carefully held it in his arms.

Over the years, besides his beloved wife Mu Bingyao, his only other love was this great divine hammer.

Although everyone felt a little incomprehensible about this, they could only accept it.

After all, Huang Shaoying was a genuine seventh speaker, and his strength was only surpassed by Lin Ye, Hong, and Lei Shen.

Of course, there was also the rising star, the second speaker, Luo Feng!

"This time, everyone, go all out and slaughter to your heart's content!" Lin Ye looked around, saw the expectant eyes of all the martial artists, and said loudly, "In this battle, let the humans of the entire Qianwu Universe Kingdom see the power of our Earth martial artists!"

"Okay!" x48

Faced with Lin Ye's encouragement, everyone also looked passionate.

At this moment, they seemed to see themselves killing ten people with each step.

How satisfying!

…

With the Virtual Universe Company's extremely high efficiency, the preparations for the Universe Genius Battle proceeded extremely quickly.

Only one month after the end of registration, all the settings for the first preliminary round had been completed.

The time came to May 16, 2066, which was also the day of gathering for the 'preliminary knockout round' of the Qianwu Universe Kingdom.

…

"Everyone, whether our Karami Empire can rise from the Qianwu Universe Kingdom depends on whether you can keep an eye on the geniuses on the points leaderboard. Even if we can't dig up super geniuses, slightly lesser ones will do!"

"This is our best opportunity to absorb elites! We can't let it go!"

"Understood!"

…

"You guys keep a close watch on the leaderboard changes. Every change must be calculated. The future powerhouses of our Qianwu Universe Kingdom will be born from these geniuses!"

"Yes, we will definitely collect and store the information of each elite genius, file them well, and keep them safe, so as not to disappoint Lord Eighteenth!"

…

"You are the most elite young generation of my Canglan Empire!"

"If you can enter the top 10,000 of the Qianwu Universe Kingdom, this Divine Lord will personally go to the Black Dragon Star Region, the Heavenly Fire Star Region, the Mangya Star Region, and the Jiuchen Star Region to fight for you the opportunity to marry the princes and princesses!"

As the preliminary round approached, the Canglan Divine Lord gathered this group of young Star-level martial artists again, speaking with anticipation.

"Those who perform even better, I will personally escort to the Milky Way and meet the Lord of the Galaxy!"

…

"Today is the start of the preliminary round. Blackheart the Great has high expectations for you. Don't let him down!"

Inside the Blackheart Empire's royal palace.

A group of World Lords were also addressing a large group of Star-level disciples.

"Yes!"

…

Countless people were paying attention to this genius selection competition.

On May 16th, a large number of participants gathered as scheduled.

More than 820 billion Star-level martial artists, averaging only tens of thousands per star system.

Among these more than 820 billion martial artists… some had fortuitous encounters, some had talent, and some had backgrounds.

More had a strong heart to constantly challenge and constantly become stronger.

Otherwise, they would not have the confidence to compete with endless geniuses!

In short, those who could participate all considered themselves very strong.

Including Lin Ye and Luo Feng, these dozens of Earth martial artists were also among these 820 billion Star-level martial artists.

Originally, in Lin Ye's plan.

He wanted all the Star-level slaves on Earth to sign up to participate.

However, after he tested the strength of these people, he directly dismissed the idea.

These martial artists knew very well that they couldn't even match the strength of his Earth martial artists, let alone participate in this peak genius battle where geniuses gathered.

It was simply to give away points.

After figuring this out, Lin Ye had no other ideas, and instead focused all his attention on the Earth martial artists.

"Curator, I'm in District 88, which district are you in?" Lei Shen's bald head came up and asked Lin Ye curiously.

"I'm in District 100, which is the last district," Lin Ye nodded.

"Master, I'm in District 1!" Luo Feng said with a smile.

"I'm in District 72, is there anyone in the same world district?" Hong also asked.

"What a coincidence, Yisite and I are both in District 72!" Jia Yi stepped forward with a smile on his face.

"Then you can help each other. Unfortunately, my great hammer and I are alone in District 2. How pitiful!" Huang Shaoying sighed pretentiously.

Then, Lin Ye took action like lightning, directly giving Huang Shaoying a chestnut on the head.

"Ouch!"

Huang Shaoying let out a cry of surprise, and looked at Lin Ye helplessly, finally choosing to grumble in a low voice.

"It seems we can't fight side by side this time!" Hong smiled and looked at Lin Ye and Luo Feng, while the latter looked around further away.

Looking around, there were shadows of people, all kinds of humans—giants about ten meters tall, or dwarves less than one meter tall, gathering in groups of three or five.

A full eight hundred and twenty billion, all Star-level martial artists!

What would it be like to have so many strong people gathered together to fight!?

Just thinking about it made Lin Ye feel restless.

Eager to fight!

"Attention all participants, this preliminary knockout round is divided into one hundred 'world districts'. Collective teleportation will take place in ten minutes. Please take the time to check your equipment and weapons."

"Once teleportation takes place, you cannot apply for weapons!"

A loud, bell-like voice echoed across the entire continent.

Lin Ye lowered his head and carefully checked his equipment—

A blood-red second-order Force battle suit, chest protector, vest, leggings, combat boots… and a space ring on his hand, containing Force battle knives, Blood Flame Divine Weapons… In addition to food and drinks, exactly ten items.

The items and weapons simulated by the virtual universe were exactly the same as in reality!

"You guys check as well!" Lin Ye looked at the many martial artists around him and reminded them.

"Mm!" More than forty people nodded at the same time and began to check.

In this square where heroes gathered, time passed bit by bit, as if very, very slowly.

"Collective teleportation is about to begin, countdown, 60…59…58…"

The clear voice sounded again in the sky above the entire Qianwu Continent.

In the ocean-like crowd, Lin Ye and others looked at each other.

"Good luck to us! Let's all pass the preliminary round!"

Everyone's lips moved slightly, and they said in unison.

"5…4…3…2…1! Teleportation begins!!"

The loud voice resounded across the continent, ringing in the ears of more than eight hundred billion martial artists,

In the next moment, everyone on the entire continent disappeared.

Almost at the same time.

In the one hundred preliminary world districts opened up by the virtual universe, more than 8.2 billion people appeared in each.

The Peak Genius Battle began its initial preliminary elimination at this moment!

As the top event for the entire human race, from the transcendent universe kingdom lord to some ordinary universe citizens, everyone was paying attention to this grand event.

Especially the strong and citizens of their respective universe kingdoms, they were also very concerned about the preliminary rounds of their own universe kingdoms.

…

100th World District.

Lin Ye quickly woke up from the dizziness of the transmission.

The scene in front of him also began to become clear.

He realized that he was actually in a forest.

The lush and ancient trees were so tall that they blocked out the sky and the sun, making the entire forest dark.

"Whoosh!!"

Lin Ye gently kicked off the ground, and his entire body turned into a stream of light, directly sweeping towards the canopy.

"What terrifying gravity!" During the ascent, Lin Ye felt the downward pulling force and was slightly startled, but quickly calmed down.

He was already familiar with this world gravity, which was equivalent to tens of thousands times the gravity of Earth, in his previous cultivation, and even carried out gravity training and battles with hundreds of thousands of times or more gravity.

Therefore, he was naturally extremely familiar with this degree of gravity.

Above the canopy, Lin Ye lowered his head and looked at the screen on his wristband, which could automatically receive many messages from the organizer, 'Virtual Universe Company.'

At this moment, dense text appeared on the screen—

[Participant: Lin Ye (Black Dragon Mountain Empire)]

[Points: 0, Ranking: None]

[World District: One Hundredth World District]

[Time: The preliminary elimination will last for one month. When the time is up, the preliminary round will end, and the winner will be determined according to the points ranking at the last moment.]

[Note: The One Hundredth World District is a continent simulated to resemble the Tianluo planet of the Qianwu Universe Kingdom in reality. The entire continent has 99 cities, and the land and water area is a total of 16.99 million square kilometers. The hardness of houses, ground, and other items is B9 grade.]

【Point System: One point for killing an opponent, plus half of their points! Killing strong opponents yields more points.】

【Ranking System: Deceased participants retain their points and ranking, so waste no time in eliminating your rivals.】

【Important Reminder: Each person has only one life. Death results in elimination from the pre-selection and a loss of half your points.】

【……】

Looking at this information and the rules, Lin Ye felt like he was looking at his own information panel.

The next moment, his mind stirred.

Immediately, he summoned his information panel—

【Name: Lin Ye】

【Realm: Star Level Six】

【Mental Power: Star Level Nine】

【Domain: Nirvana Domain (Eighth Layer)】

【Laws: Beginner in the Law of Fire Origin, a trace of comprehension in the Law of Space Origin, a trace of comprehension in the Law of Water Origin, the Law of Wood Origin…】

【Clone: Thousand Shadow Clone】

【Secret Techniques: Soul Severing Blade Light, Three Thousand Realms, Dark World, Wind Whisper Curse, Soul Snatch, Soul Possession…】

【Weapons: Blood Flame Divine Weapon (Second Layer), Fire God Set, Thousand Tribulation Floating Pagoda (Status: Unavailable)】

【Plant Auxiliary Lifeform: Thousand Star Mandala Flower】

【……】

Lin Ye stood on the treetop, looking at his information panel, his cold eyes quietly gazing into the distance, a smile playing on his lips.

Then, he jumped directly from the treetop, his mental power erupting, taking in every movement in the surroundings.

“This Hundredth World Zone will be my stage!”