Swallowed Star: Drawing Talents

The next morning.

In the central square, all 7,300 peerless geniuses gathered, quietly awaiting the start of the arena battles.

Suddenly,

an invisible aura enveloped the entire central square, causing all the geniuses present to involuntarily feel a sense of submission.

Everyone hurriedly looked up, only to see a familiar figure appear in mid-air.

Venerable Nine Swords!

Dressed in a seemingly ordinary cyan battle robe, with purple scales on his head and a faint smile on his face, yet when his eyes swept over, no one dared to meet his gaze.

“Venerable!”

The 1008 powerful immortals all respectfully saluted in unison.

“The trials are over. First, congratulations to the top 100 trial participants; you have obtained the qualifications to enter the virtual universe company's core layer.”

Venerable Nine Swords' voice was ethereal, echoing in everyone's ears and minds: “Now, if anyone is unwilling to join, you may say so. Our virtual universe company will never force anyone.”

Silence!

“Good.”

Venerable Nine Swords nodded with satisfaction before continuing, “The remaining 7,200 trial participants will participate in the following arena battles. Those who win three consecutive matches will obtain the final 900 spots.”

“The virtual universe system will arrange the best opponents for you based on your performance in the trial tower. Now, the 7,200 trial participants, go and participate in the arena battles!”

Boom~

Venerable Nine Swords waved his hand, and the central square trembled slightly. Instantly, the 7,200 geniuses were teleported away.

The top 100 geniuses from the trial tower found their own spots in a corner of the central square and sat down to watch the battles of the 7,200 geniuses.

Yang Wu, Luo Feng, and Rong Jun found a table, sat down, and watched the battles about to begin on the screens above the central square.

Battles began almost simultaneously on 3,600 screens.

Winners advanced, losers were eliminated.

In less than five minutes, the first round of battles was over, with 3,600 people eliminated.

Half an hour later, the second round of elimination began. Half of the 3,600 geniuses fell again, while the other half continued to advance.

Another half hour later, the third round of elimination began.

Among these seven thousand geniuses, there were not many who were worth paying attention to, but one person almost attracted the attention of everyone present.

“Phantom Devil” Galaxie!

“This Phantom Devil is terrifying.” After watching Galaxie's battle, Rong Jun's expression was serious, and his voice was low.

“Yes.”

Luo Feng stared at the screen, his brow slightly furrowed. “This Phantom Devil's soul attack has been integrated into illusion techniques, able to make people unknowingly fall into an illusion. This kind of terrifying illusionist is simply the nemesis of warriors!”

“Yes.” Rong Jun nodded slightly.

Yang Wu sat beside the two, but he didn't pay much attention to the Phantom Devil Galaxie.

He was just wondering, if Hong encountered Galaxie, what would happen?

The arena selection ended.

The 900 participants who passed through three victories in three battles appeared on the central square, most of them filled with excitement.

Because, from this moment on, they had obtained the qualifications to join the core layer of the virtual universe company.

On the square, these 1,000 peerless geniuses gathered together, looking at each other.

Among them, Luo Feng, Rong Jun, Uka, the Phantom Devil Galaxie, and other top geniuses with the strength to challenge the top ten received the most attention.

On the other hand, Yang Wu and Bolan, the two strongest super geniuses, did not receive as much attention.

“Congratulations!”

An ethereal voice once again entered the minds of Yang Wu and the others. Venerable Nine Swords appeared in front of everyone again.

“Now, you all have the qualifications to enter the virtual universe company. If anyone doesn't want to enter the virtual universe company, you can say so now.”

Everyone fell silent.

“Very good!”

“Then, the arena final will begin tomorrow to determine the final ranking. The ranking determines your treatment and represents your cultivation resources.”

Venerable Nine Swords smiled and said, “Among you 1,000 people, those ranked 101st to 1000th can receive a bonus of 10 chaos units, can enter the initial universe to comprehend, and can join my virtual universe company's core Doomsday Mystic Realm.”

“Those ranked 11th to 100th can receive a bonus of 100 chaos units, can enter the initial universe to comprehend, and can join my virtual universe company's core Heaven and Earth Mystic Realm.”

“Those ranked 3rd to 10th can receive a bonus of 1,000 chaos units, can enter the initial universe to comprehend, and can join my virtual universe company's core Primordial Mystic Realm.”

“The 1st and 2nd place can receive a bonus of 10,000 chaos units, can enter the initial universe to comprehend, and can join my virtual universe company's core Original Mystic Realm.”

“Under normal circumstances, the Original Mystic Realm only absorbs one person per session, but your session is of relatively high quality, so the highest level of the virtual universe company, after discussion, has granted your session two places to enter the Original Mystic Realm.”

Venerable Nine Swords' announcement made all the geniuses realize the difference between the four mystic realms.

The Original Mystic Realm was undoubtedly the best!

And one more spot than previous sessions?

In that instant, everyone's gaze fell on Yang Wu and Bolan.

It seemed that this didn't make much difference to them.

“Alright, the arena final will begin tomorrow to select the final ranking. The final rules have been transmitted to each of you. Rest well tonight.”

After Venerable Nine Swords finished speaking, he instantly disappeared. At this time, the 1008 powerful immortals began to talk.

Yang Wu lowered his head and looked at the screen on his wrist, which displayed the final rules.

The virtual universe system selects the best 100 people from the 900 based on their performance and battles them against the top 100 from the trial tower.

The 100 who win are qualified to enter the Heaven and Earth Mystic Realm, and the remaining 900 all enter the Doomsday Mystic Realm. Among these 100 who win, the virtual universe system will select the best 20 and conduct one-on-one duels to select the top ten.

The top ten are qualified to enter the Primordial Mystic Realm.

Finally, from the top ten, the first and second are selected to enter the Original Mystic Realm. These final rules are very arbitrary.

Therefore, some geniuses who were not clear about the power of the virtual universe protested on the spot.

“Boom!”

A terrifying mental pressure spread out, and those geniuses who were dissatisfied and protesting involuntarily closed their mouths, unable to bear the pressure and kneeling on the ground.

Then, Venerable Nine Swords' overbearing sentence, that they could withdraw if they didn't want to join, left them speechless.

This scene made Yang Wu shake his head.

What was the point?

What was the virtual universe system? It was a universe master of the mechanical race. In terms of vision, it was one of the best in the human race.

They had to recognize their own position. When facing such a behemoth as the virtual universe company, they had to be low-key when they should be.

Moreover...

The high-level members of the virtual universe company were universe venerables managing it. The geniuses they wanted were those who could obey the company's high-level arrangements.

They wanted obedient people!

It would be one thing if you didn't have the strength, but why wouldn't you listen?

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