Chương 259: The beast horde

The same calm voice from outside suddenly filled every nook and cranny of this world. The over four hundred geniuses scattered around all corners of this world all paused and listened with fluctuating emotions. The overlord continent's geniuses were indifferent, the stronger geniuses among the other continents were calm and the weak ones were already panicking. The rules of the competition just wasn't fair to the weak.

As long as a person was unlucky and got his token destroyed thrice, he would be sent out immediately, losing the rights to continue. Even for the stronger ones, if they ran into someone stronger than them, they would also lose their token. Unless one was truly strong, enough to fear no one, then no one was actually safe. In that case, only the seven overlord geniuses and the other imperial realm youths of the seven overlord continents were safe. Their only opponents would be themselves.

With their pride, they probably wouldn't bother to glance twice at even the high ranked continent's geniuses.

"The rules will make this place extremely chaotic soon…" Long Feng sighed. Just as everyone thought the rules were over, the calm voice resounded again"The supreme heaven mystic realm will automatically shrink each day, bringing you all to the center. It will automatically close if only three hundred of you are left, otherwise it will remain open for days. The wild beasts will get progressively stronger each day and if the realm stays open for three days, peak imperial realm beasts will appear.

Any longer and deity beats will appear, and your lives will be at risk. The wild beasts hordes will be everywhere and the only safe place will be the empty cities spread around. There, no one can attack someone else and the beasts won't be able to break in untill after three days. Good luck to you all." This time, everyone was speechless by the rules. The world would shrink by day? That was bad but it was still fine. It would merely gather them all in the center of this world.

The realm would remain open for days until only three hundred geniuses were left? That was fine, good. But peak imperial beasts and even deity beasts could appear the longer the realm stayed open? Was that a joke? And from the voice's tone, the beasts could absolutely kill the competitors unlike other geniuses who were banned from killing. A peak imperial realm beast would absolutely unleash a reign of terror here.

Perhaps If all the geniuses worked together alongside the seven overlord geniuses, they could perhaps use numbers to force back a peak imperial beast. But a deity? That was another story entirely. A deity realm beasts would slaughter every single one of them for breakfast!

"Are they trying to kill us?" Dong Fang paused mid air and frowned. Even with his strength, he didn't dare to face even a peak imperial master not to mention a deity. That would be straight up suicide.

"What are those old guys thinking? And what is this supreme heaven mystic realm anyway?" Lei Jie stood in the midst of tell trees and muttered in confusion, leaning against a tree by his side. He had never heard of such a mystical treasure in the thunder sky continent or any of the other seven continents at all. At the peak of a tall mountain, a lonely figure stood, his hair fluttering in the wind along with his white robes.

An ethereal aura of extreme confidence radiated from him, causing the world around him to look dim. A person with a weak will would be pressured merely by that confidence oozing out of this figure. Huang Fang Hao! The untitled leader of the continent zone. His aura of confidence was his way to affirm his Dao heart. This was a confidence that was lodged deep in his bones, confidence in his power, his talent and everything else. He was confident that he wouldn't lose to anyone.

And that alone fueled half of his ridiculous strength. After all, power wasn't just about fists and energy. It was also a battle of will, and between a person who was brimming with confidence and a person lacking in that, a winner would definitely be easily decided among them.

"Could this be a test for me? The Heavenly Spear Pavilion must want to test my limits and thus used this method." Huang Fang Hao raised his head and stared at the sky, his voice firm as he spoke.

"In that case, I will let them see my full strength. I will wait for them all at the center. They will all bring me their tokens and let me take first place!" Huang Fang Hao's confidence blazed into the sky. This was his own pride. He wouldn't chase anyone. Since everyone would be gathered in the center, then he would wait… wait for them to gather. He moved and vanished, leaving several afterimages that disappeared immediately. Find this and other great novels on the author's preferred platform.

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Long Feng had also heard the rules and he was honestly speechless. But then again, the rules were actually as fair as they could be. Everyone was given three chances just in case someone was unlucky and met a far stronger opponent than himself. And if you were unlucky enough to meet three such opponents and lose thrice, then… your luck was truly shitty.

"This place would be even more chaotic than I thought. They would all try to end the round before three days to avoid facing peak imperial beasts. Perhaps even before then, normal imperial realm beasts will appear. The only good lining was the cities. Anyone that wanted to be safe would have to hide within those cities, where neither the beasts nor other geniuses would be able to harm you. For three days… after three days, the cities would probably lose that restriction or even vanish.

No one knew what could happen in this world.

"The most important thing now is to find a city and understand this realm before anything else. And find Li Yue'er as well." Long Feng decided decisively and flew into the air without hesitation. Outside the supreme heaven mystic realm, the thousands of people stared at the sky in amazement. The Portal hadn't faded after all the geniuses had entered the realm. Instead, it expanded and seemed to transform into a mirror in the sky.

The scene within the mirror was the entire supreme heaven mystic realm, everything that was going on within it. They could see everything, just much smaller. But that wasn't an issue for them. Channeling some energy to their eyes would enhance their visions enjoy to focus on the person they wanted to follow. And many people zoomed in on Huang Fang Hao, following his movements as he rushed straight towards the center of the realm.

The Yihua clan's Great Elder rapidly searched for everyone and soon saw each an every one of them.

"The rules of this round put hao'er and your clan's kids in a very disadvantaged position. It'll be hard for them to pass this." The Misty Mountain's Master sighed softly.

"I know. But… we still have hope. That Li Yue'er lady. She should have a higher chance. But even if they all fail, it doesn't matter. The Yihua continent never expected too much anyway" the Great Elder nodded faintly and smiled. The Misty Mountain's Master also nodded and didn't say anything else.

"What are those?" Someone exclaimed. Everyone noticed thousands and thousands of wild beasts suddenly appearing out of thin air. There were literally hundreds of species, apes, winged tigers, ferocious lions, huge snakes, frightening birds, anything one could think of. They were everywhere in the supreme heaven mystic realm save for twelve small cities that stood in twelve different directions of the realm. And even from our here, they could sense the auras of these beasts.

Even the weakest ones were merely equal to rank one spirit realm warriors, but they were almost numerous. Stronger beasts were rarer and peak spirit realm beasts were very few. They were visible everywhere in different hordes of beasts.

"This is ridiculous! How are the weaker geniuses supposed to survive!" The Yihua clan's Great Elder's heart dropped to the bottom. If he had a tiny bit of hope that someone from the Yihua continent could pass this stage before, then he no longer had that hope. The mere sight of these almost ten thousand beasts instantly extinguished any hope he had. Even he would almost instantly die if he was surrounded by any of these beast hordes! They weren't strong, yes.

But in some cases, greater numbers worked miracles, unless the difference wasn't little. Within the supreme heaven mystic realm, Many geniuses were caught unaware by the sudden appearance of hundreds of beasts around them. The entire supreme heaven mystic realm was thrown into panic as many geniuses fought desperately to escape. But they were far away from each other to help, and each person was probably surrounded by a few dozen beasts. The wide beasts were in total almost ten thousand!

The mere four hundred plus geniuses were hardly an equal match. Long Feng's expression was dark as he stabbed another beast dead. They were weak and he hadn't run into any beast above rank five spirit level yet, but they were simply too much. They kept appearing from all directions, flying beasts, sneak attacks, everything. Even with his strength, he would eventually be tired out in this situation.

"I need to find a city! Fighting alone wouldn't be very possible. I hope Li Yue'er is doing well!" Long Feng pushed his Nine Firmament Steps faster and began to move with a speed almost comparable to rank eight spirit realm, trying to keep a low profile. He didn't know if this world was being watched, so he wouldn't reveal too much of his strength or secrets and cause trouble for himself. Everyone in the second round certainly weren't having it easy.

The beasts were not very strong, especially the rank one spirit level beasts. Any of the geniuses here could kill dozens them. But what if they came in hundreds? You would certainly get tired no matter how much stamina you had. And if your spirit energy got exhausted in the middle of these beasts, then you were most probably done for. The rules didn't say whether you would die from the weaker beasts or you would be eliminated. Only the peak imperial and deity beasts truly could kill.

But no one wanted to test that out. None of these geniuses took their lives for granted. The Imperial level geniuses of the overlord continents were definitely doing much better than others. The difference in strength between them made it such that they could kill much more weak beasts with each attack while lasting longer in battle. But even they wouldn't last long. The beasts were rapidly reappearing out of thin air the more that died. And slowly, everyone began to notice something that terrified them.

"They're slowly getting stronger! The rank one spirit level beasts seem to be reappearing as rank two after death. That is the same for the stronger ones. Does that mean if a peak spirit level beast is killed, it'll return one level stronger than it was?!" Long Feng exclaimed in shock. If this was the truth, then they were in huge trouble. Not killing them was impossible as they would overwhelm you and killing them would actually make them stronger? Long Feng calmed down and sent his soul energy into his token.

A figure was reflected in his mind.

"67? All this killings for just 67 points?!" He nearly pulled out his hair. Would 67 points be enough? That was impossible as hell. Not even close. Long Feng began to try his best to dodge the beasts attacking him from every direction as he flew, spreading out his soul power in search of a city. If killing them would make them stronger, then he would try his best to slow down their crazy improvement. Around the center of this realm, Huang Fang Hao stood surrounded by hundreds of beast corpses indifferently.

Not a single speck of blood could be found on his spotless white robes. He watched as many more beasts, stronger ones approached.

"No matter how many you come, you can't change the fact that you're all… useless!" He snorted and charged forward, continuing in his path to the center while slaughtering any and all beasts that dared to block his path. In less than thirty minutes, this entire realm was filled with the scent of blood. The seven overlord geniuses were barely bothered by the reckless attacks of the wild beasts, each of them moving at their own pace.

The difference between them and the weak beasts made it such that mere hundreds wouldn't be enough to overwhelm them. Even peak spirit realm warriors were having a rather good time compared to others. But Long Feng couldn't say the same about himself. His combat power was amazing, but in the end, he was still a rank one spirit realm warrior. His double Dao spirit core should've given him a huge advantage if he could use them both and grant him much more energy reserve, but that wasn't possible.

And even if it was, he didn't dare to use his light Dao so openly. Thus, the total spirit energy he had in his demon energy was merely as much as what a rank three spirit realm warrior had. That wouldn't be enough to sustain a continuous fight and flight at the same time. He was rapidly running low on energy and the beasts kept coming. Long Feng was very relieved when he spotted a huge city wall in the distance that towered into the sky.

He laughed and rushed around, searching for the city gates while killing the beasts around him. But… when he saw the city gates, he froze in shock. There were almost a thousand wild beasts simply standing around the gate, blocking entry as though they knew that many people were rushing this way. Those geniuses that were very lucky to be close to a city in the beginning had already rushed in before this beast army appeared and blocked the gate.

If it was just rank one spirit level beasts as usual, Long Feng could still decide to force his way through. But, the weakest were rank three, and he could sense the auras of three peak spirit realm beasts within the army!