Above the barrier in the sky over World Zone 82, among the many spaceships, there was one particularly luxurious spaceship. Inside one of its private rooms, a hot-bodied, green-haired girl from the Dream Shell Race was kneeling beside a chubby young man, massaging him.
“Young Master, look, someone from our Black Dragon Mountain Empire has entered the top 1,001!” the Dream Shell Race girl exclaimed.
“Huh?”
The chubby young man was lying there. He casually tapped the screen beside him, and a ranking list quickly appeared. The moment he saw it, his eyes widened.
“Damn, there really is one. Eh… this genius expert is actually called Luo Feng! He has the same name as a friend I met on Qiu Long Star.”
This chubby young man was Gao Sheng, whom Luo Feng had met on Qiu Long Star back then.
“Interesting, interesting. I have to tell Luo Feng.” Gao Sheng immediately sent a communication request. After waiting for a while, he frowned slightly. “Hmm, he hasn’t answered?”
One minute, two minutes…
“Strange, he isn’t answering my communication request.” Gao Sheng was puzzled.
“Young Master, could the person who entered the top 1,001 possibly be Young Master Luo Feng?” the Dream Shell Race girl said with a smile.
Gao Sheng quickly waved his hand. “What do you know? Anyone who can enter the top 1,001 is absolutely a genius among geniuses. Moreover, the Black Dragon Mountain Star Field is vast and boundless, with countless Stellar-level warriors. It is perfectly normal for people to have the same name.”
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Inside another private room.
Nuolan Shan’s cold eyes stared at the screen, which displayed the name Luo Feng.
“Luo Feng?” Nuolan Shan frowned. “This name…”
The preliminary selection was not broadcast.
Furthermore, the universe was simply too vast, with an incalculable population, so people having the same name was extremely common.
“I hope, I hope he isn’t the Luo Feng I know.” Nuolan Shan frowned as he stared at the name on the screen, a name that had caused him so much trouble.
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Inside the luxurious and spacious hall of a spaceship, several thousand people were seated. These people were the true ruling class of the Black Dragon Mountain Empire.
The “Universe Human Race, Peak Genius Battle” was a grand event for all of humanity throughout the universe, open to all universe countries. Such an event involving the honour of the entire empire naturally attracted the attention of the Black Dragon Mountain Empire Emperor.
“Congratulations, Your Majesty.”
“Your Majesty, this is wonderful news.”
The entire spacious hall suddenly erupted into excitement. The important figures of the Black Dragon Mountain Empire immediately began cheering.
Those qualified to attend this occasion were either the empire’s own powerful nobles, World Masters and Domain Masters, or the emperors of more than 500 “primary universe civilisations”. Every one of them possessed a status far above that of Nuolan Shan.
“Haha…”
The emperor, dressed in a dark black imperial robe, let out a hearty laugh. His deep laughter echoed throughout the hall.
At the very front of the hall was a huge screen. It displayed “Black Dragon Mountain Empire Preliminary Selection Qualification Spots, Temporary: 1”, followed by Luo Feng’s name.
“Luo Feng, very good.”
The emperor laughed heartily and said in a booming voice, “At least our Black Dragon Mountain Empire isn’t at the bottom this time. Luo Feng has rendered a great service! We must reward him!”
“Yes, he must be rewarded.”
“Luo Feng has rendered a great service.”
“His Majesty is wise.”
The group of nobles immediately showered the emperor with praise, their voices rising and falling like a tide. The emperors of those primary civilisations were all extremely enthusiastic.
“Your Majesty, there is still a long time before the preliminary selection ends. We can only know the final result after it is over.” Beside the emperor, a bald, seemingly refined old man spoke softly.
This old man strangely had four small additional ears behind his ears. The fact that he dared to say something so discouraging while the emperor was in a good mood showed that his status was extremely high. He was one of the World Masters attending this banquet.
“Yes.”
The emperor nodded slightly. “But even if this Luo Feng fails later, he will still have rendered a great service.”
Luo Feng had no idea that his temporary entry into the top 1,001 had made countless people, especially the citizens of the Black Dragon Mountain Empire, extremely proud and excited.
It was like watching an international sporting event on Earth where an athlete from one’s own country was competing. Naturally, everyone would be incredibly excited and proud, hoping that the athlete from their country would win.
The “Peak Genius Battle” was one of the two greatest events in the entire universe. Its influence among the masses was even more astonishing.
At this moment, billions of people throughout the Black Dragon Mountain Empire were looking forward to Luo Feng and supporting him.
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First World Zone.
Inside a huge and prosperous city, in the living room of an apartment.
The “Luo Feng” who had absolutely no idea that he had attracted the attention of countless people in the Black Dragon Mountain Empire was sitting cross-legged in the living room, quietly regulating his breathing and recovering.
By now, the preliminary selection had been going on for 18 days. During the past eight days, especially in the eastern district, Luo Feng’s name as the “Madman” had long since made many genius experts terrified.
Madman!
In the city where Luo Feng was currently staying, he was a super expert who could rank among the top ten!
Of course, Luo Feng had to remain cautious during every massacre. After a long period of killing, even he would feel mentally fatigued, so he would rest for a while.
Regardless of what kind of opponent he encountered, Luo Feng tried his best to keep himself in peak condition. Even when a lion hunted a rabbit, it would use its full strength.
“The further I go, the harder it really becomes to rise in rank.”
Luo Feng opened his eyes. His gaze was restrained as he lowered his head and looked at the screen on his wrist.
Participant: Luo Feng (Black Dragon Mountain Empire)
Points: 3,129,302
Rank: 398
The experts near the top, in order to ensure that they could maintain their position within the top 1,000, were slaughtering opponents like mad and accumulating as many points as possible.
In particular, when super experts fought other super experts, a single battle could yield more than a million points. This caused the points to become increasingly exaggerated the higher one climbed.
When Luo Feng rose from the millions to rank 997, his points had increased by around 900,000.
But when he rose from rank 997 to rank 398, his points increased by more than two million.
“It’s time to hunt.”
Luo Feng’s gaze sharpened. He immediately stood up. At the same time, his Psychic Force spread out rapidly like a storm, penetrating and investigating the entire area within 800 metres.
“Hmm? Three prey.”
Whoosh!
Luo Feng instantly leapt out from the balcony like lightning. He drew an arc through the air outside the apartment building, and then a golden fish jumped out, lively and full of joy, as if it were extremely delighted, and began sending its enthusiastic “kisses” towards its prey.
“It’s the Madman.”
“Run!”
Amid the panicked roars, two of the experts were directly killed by Luo Feng. The only one who flew out of the apartment building, a Winged Human youth, was also pursued by Luo Feng for several kilometres before being killed.
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Night.
The city had both day and night.
The wind howled.
Luo Feng carried his battle blade and shield on his back and silently walked along a street covered with dried blood. There were occasional cracks in the street. Apart from some corpses and remains, Luo Feng was the only living creature there.
Crunch!
His battle boots stepped on rotten flesh.
Luo Feng continued walking silently. Suddenly, he stopped, and his ears twitched slightly. He could faintly hear an extremely subtle sound coming from the distance.
A trace of excitement finally appeared in Luo Feng’s cold eyes.
“Those who dare to come out at night are generally the best of the best! Killing super experts is much more efficient!”
Whoosh!
Luo Feng transformed into an afterimage and rapidly approached the direction of the sound. In just a moment, he arrived at a crossroads.
“Hmm?”
Luo Feng turned his head and looked over. Although it was night, the eyesight of a ninth-level Stellar-level expert was astonishing. He could still clearly see several thousand metres away with a single glance. During the day, as long as there was nothing obstructing his line of sight, seeing a hundred kilometres away was easy.
“That’s…”
A battle was taking place on the distant street. More accurately, it was a massacre!
Bang!
A Spiritual Force Master failed to dodge in time and was struck on the head by a black hammer. His head shattered instantly, and he died on the spot.
“Hahaha…”
The shrill laughter made one’s heart tremble.
The one holding the black hammers was a lean human who was a full three metres tall. He had sturdy legs and four thick, powerful arms. Each of his four hands held a black hammer.
There was a single eye on his face.
It was a vertical eye.
Seeing his appearance, Luo Feng’s heart stirred at the distant crossroads.
“A member of the Dark God Race. He’s Demon Hammer!”
As one of the super experts in this city, Luo Feng had learned about some of the most famous experts in the city during his recent period of slaughter.
Because they did not know the others’ names, they had all been given nicknames.
“Madman” was a newly risen powerhouse, extremely crazy and killing everyone he encountered. Others killed selectively, and after killing too many people, they would generally feel depressed and uncomfortable.
But this Madman seemed to enjoy killing.
His strength was considered sufficient to rank among the top ten in this city.
“Demon Hammer” was a powerhouse who had risen early. He could be said to have dominated the eastern district of this city. He had previously been recognised as the strongest expert in the eastern district.
However, after the rise of Madman, Demon Hammer’s position as “the number one expert in the eastern district” had been called into question, because Madman was also active in the eastern district.
“Interesting.”
Excitement appeared in Luo Feng’s eyes as he directly walked towards the distant Demon Hammer.
The Dark God Race member, who was three metres tall and holding black hammers, immediately chased after his final opponent after smashing one opponent to death.
His footsteps were strange. Every step carried him instantly into the distance, and his speed was astonishing.
His final opponent was a handsome youth with crystalline, translucent skin. His face was filled with terror as he fled rapidly.
“How could I run into this devil, Demon Hammer? It’s too late, it’s too late.”
Suddenly…
“Hmm?”
The Dark God Race powerhouse Demon Hammer, holding four black hammers, suddenly stopped. His single eye stared ahead.
On the street ahead, shrouded in darkness…
A figure silently walked out.
Compared with the three-metre-tall, sturdy Dark God Race powerhouse Demon Hammer, he looked very small. He was only around 1.8 metres tall, wearing a dark grey battle robe and carrying a battle blade and shield on his back.
He simply walked forward step by step…
Yet this caused the Dark God Race powerhouse Demon Hammer to give up chasing his final target.
“Hmm?”
The handsome youth who had fled into the air was somewhat stunned.
On the street.
The Dark God Race genius Demon Hammer stared at Luo Feng with his single eye.
Luo Feng was also looking at the opponent ahead of him, and there was instead a trace of excitement in his eyes.
“Madman?” Demon Hammer’s voice was cold and stern.
“Demon Hammer?” Luo Feng grinned, revealing an excited smile.