Swallowing the Stars: Starting with the Giant of Light

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Although it was a pity that such a genius was eliminated, Lu Yunhe did not stop his killing spree and turned his attention to the contestants around him.

"escape!"

Feeling that indifferent gaze, the onlookers who had just been hoping to get a bargain now had only one thought in their minds: to "escape" and run as far away as possible.

shhhhhh!

Lu Yunhe once again condensed an automatic attack system. Although his human body was not a mentalist, simulating a mentalist's attack was still very simple.

When the fighting got heated, Lu Yunhe personally took up his Primal Divine Weapon and fought his way from the east gate of the Ice and Snow Castle to the west gate, and then back to the south gate, turning the entire Ice and Snow Castle into a death graveyard.

The blood-type massacre spread from the ice castle to the snowfields, icebergs, and ravines...

The endless killing that lasted for twenty days kept Lu Yunhe firmly in first place in the 66th World District, leaving the second place by a full number and even higher than the combined points of the next ten.

After 20 days of brutal slaughter, the preliminary elimination rounds have entered their later stages, and the remaining participants are basically geniuses who have comprehended the domain.

If the first twenty days of the preliminary elimination rounds mainly tested ability, then the last ten days tested the participants' mentality, luck, and intellect.

The significant decrease in the number of participants and the increase in average skill level have made it extremely difficult to obtain each point.

The countdown reminder, in particular, made every participant want to be the hunter, but also afraid of becoming someone else's prey.

After all, at the end of the preliminary rounds, only the top 1000 players in the world region are selected, regardless of their actual strength.

There are five days left until the end of the preliminary rounds!

In Zone 66, under the aurora borealis, dozens of contestants were strangely gathered together.

"Grey Sword, everyone who wanted to come has gathered here, so let's not waste everyone's time. Some people are still a little short on points." A scarred man standing on the periphery couldn't help but speak up after seeing that the number of people was almost enough.

"Everyone, please calm down. I've contacted another powerful friend, and he'll be here soon." Gray Sword, with a friendly smile on his face, quickly said, "After all, you should understand the strength of the God of Slaughter. We must be absolutely certain of success."

"Killing God!"

Upon hearing this name, everyone present held their breath and waited silently.

Just then, a tall man in a blood-red robe approached the group. Even from a distance, everyone could feel the blood-red aura emanating from him.

"It's 'The Devil's Hand'! This is it!"

Someone recognized the newcomer and was immediately surprised that the Demon Hand would also participate in this disgraceful attack.

The most crucial person had arrived, and Gray Sword, without further hesitation, began to speak: "Everyone should understand why we put aside our killings and gathered together. Someone has used their strength to undermine the tacit understanding we should have."

Seeing everyone's attention focused on him, Gray Sword continued, "I have a friend who clearly has the strength of a top 10 player in the world, but because he met him, he was eliminated on the second day and couldn't even participate in the arena battle."

Although the 100 world zones and more than 8200 billion participants all came from the vast Qianwu Universe Kingdom, many of the top geniuses among them knew each other, after all, the circle is only so big.

Wild, dark horse geniuses are, after all, exceptions. Most geniuses come from various cosmic empires and top forces. Without professional training, many people, even if they have talent, find it difficult to bring it to fruition.

Therefore, in the battle of geniuses, the top geniuses have an unwritten rule: to eliminate weaker contestants as much as possible.

They try to minimize their encounters with each other, at least until the preliminary elimination rounds are almost over, so as not to miss out on the ring battles, which would be too frustrating.

When they occasionally bump into each other, they'll spar and test each other before going their separate ways, and sometimes they might even cooperate.

However, one person who had comprehended the fundamental laws of lightning was eliminated on the second day and died of anger.

It should be noted that the super geniuses who have crossed the threshold of the fundamental laws all possess the strength of the top three in the world.

Anyone who has even the slightest understanding of the fundamental laws can break into the top 100 in the world.

"Killing God!"

The last demonic hand arrived, muttering this name—the one who had forced this group of geniuses together.

“That’s right, the one who broke our tacit understanding was the God of Slaughter.” Gray Sword said excitedly, “But although the God of Slaughter is powerful, he is still just one person, and he has been fighting non-stop for more than twenty days. His consumption must be huge.”

"With 30 of the most outstanding geniuses from their respective star systems gathered together, they will surely be able to deal with this rule-breaker."

“I agree!” Scarface was the first to agree.

Then everyone nodded, indicating their willingness to cooperate and kill the enemy together.

30 vs 1, the advantage is in my hands!

However, revenge was just a pretext; their real goal was to covet the God of Slaughter's points. Everyone present understood that if any one of them could land the final blow, they would essentially secure the top spot in the world rankings.

Although their bottom line is the top 1000 in the world, it would be best if they could directly take first place and not have to participate in the arena battles.

“I have found the position of the God of Slaughter, or rather, he has never concealed his position.” A complex and admiring look flashed in Gray Sword’s eyes.

They were not the first group to try to kill Lu Yunhe, because the latter had killed too many people, which aroused public outrage in almost the entire world region.

However, they are probably the last group of people capable of surrounding and killing Lu Yunhe.

"Very good, then where is the position of the God of Slaughter?" someone asked impatiently. Being able to bring down a super genius is an extremely exciting thing.

“He should be here soon!” Gray Sword said, looking down, which surprised the person who asked the question.

Then, a man dressed in a light gray robe slowly came into view.

Before they even got close, everyone felt an extremely oppressive aura enveloping them. The combined aura of 30 top geniuses was no match for that of a single person.

Even though there was only one person on the other side, it felt like all thirty of them were surrounded.

"Killing God!"

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Chapter 88 First

"Great, they're all gathered together, saving me the trouble of searching for them one by one."

Despite the menacing crowd, Lu Yunhe showed no sign of worry; on the contrary, he was overjoyed.

The thirty people in front of me all had scores that were among the top 1000 in the 66th World Zone, and their average strength was at the ninth level of the Domain. Some of them had even comprehended the Origin Law.

Such a massive force gathered together... if anyone were to be eliminated, that person would essentially secure their position as the world's number one.

"Seeing so many of us gathered together, you still dare to come alone and face us head-on. I don't know whether to say you're overestimating yourself or deliberately courting death?"

Scarface was the first to mock, bluntly saying, "God of Slaughter, we are all top-tier geniuses at the Stellar level. No matter how strong you are, you can't possibly maintain your strength after killing us all. If you don't want others to take advantage of you, you'd better leave now."

"Yes, yes, yes!" Many people echoed, "God of Slaughter, if you don't want to lose your position as the number one in the world, you'd better leave as soon as possible!"

Although they desperately wanted to take Lu Yunhe's head, when they actually faced the God of Slaughter, many realized that even if they could kill him, they would likely suffer heavy casualties.

Only a few people can actually get kills, so there's no need to put yourself in danger for a chance.

After all, there are still a few days until the end of the knockout stage, and some people's scores are not yet stable. If they are eliminated now and lose half of their points, they might fall out of the top 1000 if they are unlucky.

Despite the provocations from the crowd, Lu Yunhe showed no sign of stopping, quickly approaching them with his divine weapon, Primal.

After twenty days of slaughter, his heart had turned to ice.

"Everyone come shoulder to shoulder!"

Seeing that Lu Yunhe remained unmoved, everyone understood that they had no way out and could only grit their teeth and press on.

"I'll take the lead!"

The last one to arrive had a burning desire in his eyes. He had long wanted to fight the renowned God of Slaughter, and now he had accumulated enough points to ensure that he would not fall out of the top 1000 even if he died.

After saying that, the Demon Hand rushed directly towards Lu Yunhe without hesitation. With the leader in charge, the others were also shocked and began to surround and kill him from all directions.

"I will dig out your heart and savor it."

The demon held up a blood-red battle axe, and a faint yellow light rose from beneath its feet, connecting it to the earth, thus increasing its health, defense, and survivability.

"The fundamental law of earth!"

Lu Yunhe's heart stirred slightly. The Earth Origin Law is an all-around law that combines offense and defense. People who comprehend this law usually prefer to use force to suppress others.

"kill!"

In the blink of an eye, the demonic hand rushed directly in front of Lu Yunhe, raised the blood-red battle axe in its hand high, and cleaved it fiercely with the power of the earth.

"Thunder Sword!"

Faced with the attack of the demonic hand, the primordial divine weapon in Lu Yunhe's hand lit up with purple lightning and directly blocked the giant axe.

when!

As the sound of clashing weapons rang out, the Demon Hand's expression changed slightly: "One-handed!"

Faced with his full-force attack imbued with the fundamental laws of earth, the opponent actually withstood it with just one hand.

When his first attack failed, Demon Hand felt a tingling sensation from the battle axe in his hand. He instantly prepared to retreat, gather his strength again, and launch another attack.

Zizizi!

The blood-red battle axe retreated, but the sword light flashing with lightning instantly closed in.

With a retreat and an advance, in just a moment Lu Yunhe reversed and suppressed the demonic hand, and the frequent thrusts of the thunder sword left the latter unable to defend itself.

"damn it!"

Realizing he had been overwhelmed in a single move, Demon Hand couldn't help but show annoyance on his face, and then... he retreated even faster, because his other helpers had already arrived.

"Attack together!"

In an instant, 30 top geniuses at the ninth level of the Stellar Realm each unleashed different attacks from different directions towards Lu Yunhe.

Although it was the first time the group had worked together, thanks to their stellar-level consciousness, they were still able to quickly establish their respective formations.

The Demon Hand and two other martial arts geniuses who had comprehended the fundamental laws stood in front of Lu Yunhe as the main attackers, while the mentalist geniuses who had also comprehended the fundamental laws unleashed ranged attacks.

The others launched attacks from different directions, wave after wave, striving to give Lu Yunhe no chance to catch his breath.

Faced with the overwhelming attack from the crowd, Lu Yunhe's lips curled up slightly: "So you think you have the upper hand because of your numbers?"

The crowd was somewhat confused, but the next moment, the three martial artists in front of Lu Yunhe's face changed drastically.

Lu Yunhe's figure flashed slightly in front of them, and suddenly nine people appeared to fight them one-on-one.

"Illusion!"

The Demon Hand's expression changed drastically. The appearance of the illusion meant that Lu Yunhe had some understanding of the higher-level origin laws. Once he crossed the threshold of a higher-level origin law, he would be at the level of the top 1,000 geniuses in the battle.

At the same time, not only in front of him, but also in front of everyone who was besieging Lu Yunhe, three illusory figures appeared.

Actually, the illusion refers to the effect produced by distorting space, which corresponds to the understanding of the fundamental laws of space, while the traces left by the fundamental laws of time should be called "images".