Chương 269: End of the second round

Huang Fang Hao's display of strength had shocked everyone, both the geniuses and spectators. No one could resist him. Any genius he appeared before, always handed over their tokens without hesitation and fleeing away as though their lives depended on it. What was worth mentioning was that Huang Fang Hao never took a person's token twice. Even if he ran into the same person twice, he seemed to recognize them and simply ignored them, which made many people feel relieved.

If he decided to take their tokens twice or thrice each, then it was likely that Huang Fang Hao alone would nearly eliminate all the geniuses here. He quickly reached the Southeast City and easily dealt with the wild beasts guarding the city. The way he slaid them all with a single attack again made them seem like ants facing a giant. He strolled into the city and gathered another dozens of tokens before leaving, heading North.

The entire supreme heaven mystic realm seemed to have become Huang Fang Hao's garden as he went anywhere he wished, taking the tokens of any genius he found. At the same time, the mystic realm kept getting smaller while more geniuses were eliminated by the increasingly strong wild beasts. At some point, Long Feng suddenly paused with a frown and looked around. He could sense a strange wave of energy spreading through the realm and it was barely discernable even to his soul power.

A few seconds of calm later, the supreme heaven mystic realm began to shake. It was as though a great earthquake had hit the land, causing huge cracks to open up everywhere on the ground. Long Feng quickly flew higher into the sky, watching the group with a solemn expression. At the same time, the eight cities suddenly faded away silently, as though they never existed. The eight cities that granted some solace to the geniuses was now gone, leaving no trace behind.

Thousands of wild beasts began to crawl out of the cracks on the earth and the weakest one was as strong as the weakest geniuses in the realm; rank seven spirit realm warriors. Some beasts gave off auras that wouldn't lose out at all compared to Huang Fang Hao's! And a few wild beasts had even stronger aura than even Huang Fang Hao. One didn't need to even think to realize that they were probably rank seven Imperial realm beasts.

They weren't much, merely five of them at different parts of the mystic realm, but their combined savage auras suppressed all geniuses except Huang Fang Hao. Even the seven overlord geniuses could barely stand. Even Huang Fang Hao himself wasn't having it easy. His expression was incredibly solemn as he stood in the air, releasing his full aura to counter the pressure. The savage roars of thousands of wild beasts shook the souls of the geniuses in the mystic realm.

And the eight cities that gave some protection were gone. This wasn't looking good at all. Long Feng was very cautious as he sensed the auras of over a thousand beasts just in his vicinity. They were very dense, especially when the mystic realm had shrunk to merely a fifth of it's original size. The wild beasts far outnumbered the geniuses. There was no room for comparison at all. They wouldn't last a single hour if all the wild beasts attacked them together.

Not even Huang Fang Hao would be able to avoid the elimination fate. The tale has been stolen; if detected on Amazon, report the violation. But the good thing was that the mystic realm itself was reaching it's final moments. The geniuses were almost reduced to three hundred, save for a few youths. With this outrageous wild beast attack, it was likely that the third round would end very soon. And it was just as Long Feng predicted.

An hour after the change, as he was fleeing from several Imperial level wild beasts, a powerful force suddenly descended upon the realm, freezing all of the wild beasts and geniuses alike. No one could move a muscle, each and every living being only able to stand frozen with even their facial expressions unchanging. Long Feng's heart sped up then. This feeling… was similar to when he faced the peak deity realm old Gan. Only, it was even stronger. An aura stronger than a peak deity could only mean one thing….

a Dao realm master!

"Only three hundred geniuses are left within the supreme heaven mystic realm. This brings the second round to an end. Congratulations to the top three hundred geniuses of the continent zone. You will all be moved outside to prepare for the final round!" The familiar calm voice sounded with the same mechanic tone. The hearts of all the tense geniuses finally relaxed. They had finally achieved it, making it into the top three hundred. This feat alone would make them all the most famous geniuses in the continent zone.

Their names would spread to every corner and they would gain unprecedented fame and bring honor to their homelands. This was the goal of many geniuses. Most of them didn't hold any fancy thoughts of getting chosen by a Mainland's force and going to the Mainland. The knew that they probably wouldn't amount to much there. Many people believed in the saying 'It was better to be the head of a Chicken than the tail of a Phoenix'. Staying in the continent zone would mean great power, fame and honor.

And in the future, they would be able to rule over the continent zone. The strange restrictive force disappeared and they all regained their freedoms. The over ten thousand wild beasts in the mystic realm slowly faded away into thin air, leaving all the geniuses awed. The wild beasts were definitely illusions as well. But the ability to create such lifelike illusions with beasts that had such great powers was a feat beyond even soul transformation layered soul cultivators.

All the geniuses felt their sights rippling and when it faded, they found themselves standing outside in the thunder sky continent and the mystic realm was nowhere to be found. The sky screen had also vanished silently, leaving no trace of it's appearance. Long Feng was slightly dazed at the sudden change from the mystic realm to suddenly appearing outside under the heated gazes of hundreds of spectators and eliminated geniuses.

"They're out!" The crowd immediately exploded with excitement.

"Where's Huang Fang Hao?" Over half of them first searched for Huang Fang Hao, who was inarguably the most dazzling prodigy in the continent meeting. But some were more interested in their continent's geniuses or the new overlord genius who had risen to the top in the second round; Long Feng. He drew endless curious gazes on himself as many people assessed him. This naturally made Long Feng to feel very awkward and he wished for nothing more than to return to the mystic realm instantly.

"There is Long Feng!" The Misty Mountain's Master finally spotted Long Feng's figure among the gathered geniuses and called out to the Yihua clan's Great Elder. The Great Elder quickly followed the Misty Mountain Master's gaze and found Long Feng as well. The two men stared at the youth with extremely complicated emotions. They had been with him for a while now, and they never expected that he was such a terrifying person.

To fight against and defeat an overlord, and the famous berserk wolf who was famous for his defense, that was something no one expected. He has stayed low-key for a long while, and when he finally revealed himself, he shocked the entire continent meeting directly. His feat of defeating a rank three Imperial realm master with a rank one spirit realm Cultivation was absurd, but he pulled it off. This was something truly unprecedented, something Huang Fang Hao could never achieve.

Just by that face, Long Feng was already above Huang Fang Hao in an aspect. Even Huang Fang Hao appeared surprised when he heard about Long Feng from the discussions of those around. His calm gaze scanned through the crowd and locked onto the youth with the weakest aura present and paused on him. Long Feng immediately sensed a piercing gaze on his back and he turned around, his gaze colliding with Huang Fang Hao's.

The two youths stared at each other briefly before Long Feng broke the eye contact, his eyes hurting him. Huang Fang Hao was strong! He was on a whole different level entirely above Jin Bao whom Long Feng defeated. Huang Fang Hao also withdrew his gaze indifferently, standing there as though nothing could faze him.

"This kid… he truly brings nothing but surprises. We thought he would be eliminated at the Dao tempering tower, yet who knew…" The Yihua clan's Great Elder sighed after staring deeply at Long Feng's face.

"Indeed. We underestimated him beyond our expectations. But what baffles me is how he gained such strength with his meager unstable rank one spirit realm cultivation."

"Who knows? That is his secret. I find it hard to believe that a day like this will come when I will witness a genius of our Yihua continent soar into the sky during the hundred continent meeting!" The Great Elder exclaimed.

"If nothing unexpected happens, then Long Feng will definitely rank in the top ten! And to think we hoped for even a single person to reach the top three hundred!" The Misty Mountain's Master responded emotionally. Behind them, The Yihua continent's geniuses all stood with dazed expressions as they stared at Long Feng's figure. At this moment, they couldn't help but recall how they had dismissed him as weak from the beginning, and that returned as an invincible slap to their faces.

Lan yanyue, Ming Dao, Li Hu, Gongsun Hao and the four Yihua clan's youths all stood silently, sometimes exchanging glances while feeling downhearted.

"Hm. He's our hope now. Gongsun Hao and everyone else has been eliminated already." The Great Elder spoke softly.

"Including the two youths of your clan that came before us?"

"That's right. I'm afraid everyone is already eliminated."

"Not everyone…" the Misty Mountain's Master said, causing the Great Elder to pause.

"That Li Yue'er… she's still there." He continued. The Great Elder was shocked and looked around, quickly spotting Li Yue'er's figure amidst the three hundred geniuses. Due to the hundred continent meeting, she had to put back her face veil to prevent causing a commotion, which contributed to why she didn't draw much attention to herself.

"Impressive! Her cultivation is also among the lowest after Long Feng! To think she also made it through!" The Great Elder spoke, pleasantly surprised and excited. The Yihua continent had two geniuses among the top three hundred! That was definitely a record! It was worth mentioning that the Yihua continent was the only low ranked continent to make it into the top three hundred. Even the mid ranked continents were not much.

The high ranked continents were the ones that made up the majority of the top three hundred, followed by the members of the seven overlord continents.

"All of you are to go and rest. The third and final round will begin in two days. Two days later, the final round will begin and the hundred continent meeting will come to an end for this decade." The mechanical voice echoed, calming the rowdy place. The thousands of people began to disperse, returning to their residences and taking their geniuses along. Long Feng also hesitated then decided to meet up with the Yihua continent's group.

He first searched for Li Yue'er and after finding her, they both walked over to the waiting Great Elder, Misty Mountain's Master and the other youths behind them.