Swallowed Star: Copy God

As expected, the ten seeded contestants who were favored before the competition, such as the Lord of Darkness, the Lord of Nine Serenities, and the Lord of the Golden Horn, all defeated their opponents and achieved a successful start.

Their scores also reached a valuable one point at this moment.

As for their opponents, their situation was not so optimistic. Their scores turned negative, and they basically collapsed at the start.

In subsequent battles, even if they worked hard to win those battles against non-seeded contestants, they still had to hope that the two seeded contestants in the same group would make mistakes.

Otherwise, with the disadvantage at the start, they really didn't have much chance to turn the tables.

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But such a situation of relying on others actually has little to do with the final promotion quota.

After all, everyone is aiming for the top ten spots. Under such circumstances, who would relax their vigilance and allow themselves to fall due to their own mistakes?

However, regardless of victory or defeat, the impact of the score on these Universe Lords basically disappeared instantly.

With the battle not completely over, all their current thoughts are meaningless.

What needs to be done now is to seize everything they can grab in their hands and show their strength to the fullest.

Every battle that follows must be won as much as possible. Only in this way will they have the opportunity to observe the expressions of others.

After all, there are still two seeded contestants in the same group, and their relationship of victory and defeat has a very large impact on the ecology and situation of the entire group.

If one of the seeded contestants loses twice to the other seeded contestant, then they will not only fail to get these two points, but will also have two points deducted.

Under such circumstances, they undoubtedly have a certain chance to try to glimpse this promotion spot.

Especially if they can perform exceptionally well and win against a seeded contestant, then the promotion situation will become clearer and more optimistic.

After all, winning against this seeded contestant not only means that they get one more point, but also means that this seeded contestant's score is reduced by one.

With this one plus and one minus, the score difference between the two sides instantly reaches two points.

As long as they perform well and seize the opponent's mistakes, they still have a chance to compete for a spot.

Of course, even if they ultimately fail to enter the top ten, as long as they have tried their best in the process and witnessed the methods of many strong individuals, then it is completely worthwhile.

After the end of the first round of battles, the ten seeded contestants and the other ten Universe Lords took the lead and contributed a series of extremely exciting battles.

When the last battle among them ended, many of the Universe Lords watching the battle showed thoughtful expressions.

Putting them in the corresponding positions, it is really impossible to achieve such an intense level of battle between the two sides. In all likelihood, the outcome would be a direct loss of the battle.

In other words, judging from the battle performance of these people, whether it is victory or defeat, they are all absolute powerhouses in the top twenty-five, and no one can question them.

After a period of rest, the second round of battles began, and the Universe Lords in each group who had a bye in the first round started their debut.

After another ten battles, the scores in each group on the field had a new change.

This is the complex situation that will ultimately be presented under the rules set for this top ten promotion competition.

After several rounds of battles, the situation on the field finally became clear.

Because it is a double-round-robin system, the first round-robin and the second round-robin are set with completely separate rules.

In other words, the five Universe Lords in each group have finished fighting each other in the first round-robin, and each person has fought against the other four once.

With four battles, there are wins and losses. In each group, the top two positions have completely the same situation.

The two seeded contestants have all defeated the other three opponents in the same group and obtained a guaranteed three points.

And in the end, in this focus battle with another seeded contestant, there must be a record of one win and one loss.

In other words, within the five different groups, the top two players with four points and two points appeared at the same time.

The seeded contestants with four points had a perfect record in the first round-robin battle.

The seeded contestants with two points lost to another seeded contestant in the same group in the first round-robin battle and were helplessly deducted one point.

It can be said that the ten seeded contestants in each group performed relatively well.

When facing the other three opponents in the same group, they did not make any mistakes and won solidly.

And there is no way to avoid the situation of victory and defeat in the battle with another seeded contestant.

The contest between the Lord of Darkness and the Lord of Penggong in the first group actually attracted the attention of many people.

As the two most outstanding fifth-order top Universe Lords in the human race within the Human Alliance after the City Lord of Chaos, the comparison of their combat power has always been a topic that other forces relish.

However, under the current good environment of the Human Alliance, the Lord of Darkness and the Lord of Penggong have no opportunity or need to determine this level.

However, the Human Alliance's Strongest Tournament still gave everyone an opportunity to recognize this situation. No matter what, the result of the battle can still explain a large part of the problem.

They had already met in the previous preliminary large-scale points battle. That time, it ended with the victory of the Lord of Darkness, and the Lord of Penggong lost by a narrow margin.

And this time, in the first round-robin confrontation of the top ten promotion competition, the Lord of Darkness still laughed to the end.

In this battle, both the Lord of Darkness and the Lord of Penggong adjusted their tactics and strategies to a certain extent based on the experience of the previous match, and did not completely follow the rules.

The temporary changes and improvisation of both sides caused a lot of trouble to each other.

However, the style and secret method tendencies of the Lord of Darkness still have a certain restraint on the Lord of Penggong, and the final result was slightly affected by this difference.

In two confrontations, the Lord of Darkness has won against the Lord of Penggong, which has already implicitly shown that the strength of the Lord of Darkness is still slightly ahead of the Lord of Penggong.

Of course, actual combat power is influenced by many factors. Whether it's the choice of one's own path, the study of secret techniques, or differences in style, all are very important in such top-tier battles.

The combat power of the Dark Lord might even be slightly better than that of Peng Gong, but that doesn't necessarily mean the Dark Lord is stronger on the path to breaking through to the strongest in the universe.

The final actual breakthrough still depends on the individual strength and development direction of each universe lord.

In the second group, the battle between the Purgatory Lord and the Crystal Flame Lord resulted in the Purgatory Lord achieving victory.

In previous encounters during the points competition, the Purgatory Lord also had the upper hand against the Crystal Flame Lord, and the margin of victory wasn't small.

At least compared to the fierce clashes between the Dark Lord, Golden Horn Lord, and others, the Purgatory Lord's victory over the Crystal Flame Lord undoubtedly ensured his own safe retreat.

Now, in their second confrontation, the Purgatory Lord has once again emerged victorious, undoubtedly declaring that his combat power has reached the upper echelon among the top-tier five-step universe lords.

The Crystal Flame Lord is somewhat regrettable. He was originally among the Crystal Clan, on par with the Chaos City Lord of humanity, the Golden Horn Lord of the Star Giant Beast Alliance, the Nine Nether Lord of the Ancestral God Sect, and the Galaxy Lord of the Northern Territory Alliance.

Whether in terms of achievements, combat power, or time of fame, the Crystal Flame Lord had never lacked in any aspect.

But now, having developed to this point, the Crystal Flame Lord has to admit that his strength has stagnated, allowing latecomers to catch up.

At least when facing the Purgatory Lord, a junior, the Crystal Flame Lord is quite convinced.

After the two actual confrontations, the Crystal Flame Lord is very clear that even with all his means, he is not the Purgatory Lord's opponent. Although the final battle result wasn't a complete crushing, there is no longer much doubt.

However, even so, the Crystal Flame Lord has not lost hope in himself.

The Crystal Flame Lord's growth path is actually worth talking about.

The Crystal Clan, this special race, is also very unique in the entire original universe.

Its very existence is based on the entire race as a whole, meaning that cooperation and joint attacks between different clansmen result in greater power.

Under this overall tone, the Crystal Clan is incredibly united, but correspondingly, the opportunities for top-tier experts to emerge are undoubtedly much fewer.

However, with its large population and the strength of the clan, the accumulation of long years has ensured that the Crystal Clan itself does not lack experts.

But precisely because of the excessive unity within the clan, the cultivation paths of a large portion of the Crystal Clan members have reached an extreme level of uniformity.

Such path uniformity allows the Crystal Clan as a whole to have stronger joint attack power, even to the point of making up for the gap in quality with quantity.

The power of joint attacks has always been the Crystal Clan's greatest advantage against the outside world.

But every coin has two sides. Path uniformity indeed has many advantages, but it also comes with the consequence that many of the Crystal Clan's higher-ups have severely limited themselves in terms of advancement.

It should be known that the path of every strongest in the universe is unique. Unless one takes the most difficult path of divine body advancement, choosing the same path is self-sealing one's upper limit.

The most obvious example in the original universe in the past is the Prison King and the Demon Ancestor of the Prison Clan.

The Prison King is a special lifeform born from nature, basically coexisting with the Prison Clan's entire ancestral land.

In other words, the Prison King is naturally the best candidate to walk the Prison Clan's unique path.

And the Prison King also developed this path to the extreme very early on, becoming the Prison Clan's first top-tier five-step universe lord.

Even the Prison King's seniority is beyond the reach of many big figures in the original universe.

The current Demon Ancestor is only a junior of the Prison King, and has even received guidance and protection from the Prison King.

But after the Demon Ancestor grew into a universe lord, following the Prison Clan's consistent path, coupled with his own talent and opportunity, he actually broke the shackles and directly broke through to the strongest in the universe.

Having walked through this path also meant that the Prison King, who had been immersed in cultivation for many years, no longer had the possibility or hope of progress.

The Prison King is different from other universe lords. He himself is the carrier of the Prison Clan's path, and there is no possibility of choosing a new path.

Therefore, after the Demon Ancestor became the strongest in the universe, the Prison King also lost the motivation to move forward and stayed peacefully within the Prison Clan, guarding the development of the entire clan.

The Crystal Flame Lord's situation is undoubtedly very similar to that of the Prison King.

The Crystal Flame Lord's talent is actually very good, and no one within the entire Crystal Clan is more outstanding than him.

In the process of growth, the Crystal Flame Lord also received resource inclination and cultivation from within the Crystal Clan, and almost cultivated smoothly all the way to the level of a top-tier five-step.

But after reaching the top-tier five-step, the Crystal Flame Lord realized that his smooth cultivation path had become his stumbling block at this moment.

On this path that has already been verified within the Crystal Clan, the throne at the end has already been occupied by the Crystal Clan's Saint Lord.

In other words, no matter how excellent and talented the Crystal Flame Lord is, there is no possibility of breaking through in a direction where the path has already been taken.

This is the rule restriction within the original universe, which cannot be easily challenged by the Crystal Flame Lord.

Therefore, for a long time, the Crystal Flame Lord has been somewhat confused. He asked himself that his talent was more than that, but there was no good way to break through the predicament.

In fact, compared to the situation of the Prison King and the Demon Ancestor, the Crystal Flame Lord's situation is undoubtedly much better.

The Prison King has no choice. His path is fixed, and unless he seizes another's body, there is no way to change it.

But the Crystal Flame Lord is different. Although he is also from the Crystal Clan and has traveled a very long distance on the path of the Crystal Clan's Saint Lord, immersing himself in it for countless years.

But this is not the Crystal Flame Lord's fixed path. He himself can choose to start his own new path.

The Crystal Flame Lord also understands this very deeply, and has been looking for a new path suitable for himself for many years.

However, in the original universe where inheritance is scarce, the Crystal Flame Lord's progress has not been very smooth, which has led to the Crystal Flame Lord's strength not making any progress for a long time.