From the Metropolis to the Strongest in the Cosmos

Chapter 220: Chapter 220: The Last Person

Lentz’s mind raced, his eyes filled with anticipation. He hoped the scene would play out just as he imagined.

While Lentz watched in anticipation, Lunba Wu was also staring intently.

Lentz hoped for Li Yang’s elimination, whereas he desperately hoped Li Yang would reveal even greater Talent and even be recruited by the Human Race’s Eternal Saint Hall!

’Li Yang, your strength is greater than this,’ Lunba Wu thought, his heart sinking slightly.

’I’m counting on you.’

He couldn’t deal with Lentz himself; he could only rely on Li Yang.

...

As the third round officially began, some contestants finished their matches in a very short time, yet Li Yang was still taking his sweet time in the first stage.

SWOOSH! SWOOSH! SWOOSH!

His figure flickered about endlessly. Inside the combat space were one hundred virtual humans, all at the Early Longevity Realm.

For Li Yang, such strength was utterly trivial; he could annihilate them all with a wave of his hand.

But Li Yang didn’t do that. Instead, he constantly dodged, not killing them at all.

’The rules said that new virtual humans would only appear after these ones were killed. If I don’t kill them, will new ones never show up?’

Li Yang was testing his theory.

「Meanwhile, in a hidden region on Earth.」

"ROAR!" "ROAR!"

The two colossal beasts, the Sky-Fierce Flood Dragon and the Thunder Star Beast, were still making continuous progress. And with this progress, Li Yang could clearly feel himself getting closer and closer to mastering the third form of the Hexagram Spear!

The deeper one’s mastery of the laws, the easier it was to grasp even the most difficult attack methods once one’s comprehension reached a certain level.

Therefore, Li Yang still wanted to stall for more time.

’Almost there! As long as I can fully master the third form of the Hexagram Spear, my strength will skyrocket, and my ranking will instantly jump by a huge margin!’

According to the information he had, even among the three thousand geniuses selected by the Human Race’s Eternal Saint Hall, the training resources provided would not be the same for everyone.

The higher the rank and the stronger the Talent, the more training resources one received!

It was the same in any faction! Regardless of its size, a faction would always have distinctions like Core Disciples, ordinary disciples, and so on.

Having come this far, Li Yang naturally had to give it his all!

Would he enter the Human Race’s Eternal Saint Hall at the very bottom of the ranks, or would he enter near the top?

If he entered at the bottom, even if he made a breakthrough later, he wouldn’t immediately gain access to the same resources as the geniuses at the very top.

He fought for a full ten minutes.

Suddenly, inside the combat space, the one hundred virtual humans all stopped moving. Then, the auras emanating from their bodies surged dramatically!

’Huh? The second stage?’

Feeling this change, a thought struck Li Yang.

’Could it be that if I don’t kill the virtual humans, they don’t respawn, but after ten minutes, they’ll still gain second-stage strength?’ Li Yang wondered.

’So, I have over an hour?’

Having roughly figured it out, a glint appeared in Li Yang’s eyes.

’An hour... success or failure, I’ll give it a try! I’m just a hair’s breadth away. At a critical moment like this, not fighting for it would be the truly foolish move!’

He continued to stall, dancing around the one hundred virtual humans without killing any of them.

Meanwhile, his Sky-Fierce Flood Dragon clone and Thunder Star Beast clone were focusing all their efforts on comprehending the laws and mastering the Hexagram Spear!

Another ten minutes passed. The one hundred virtual humans stopped again, and the fluctuations of their auras surged once more...

...

In the vast area, only Mixed Void and Lan Yu had appeared at first, but soon, more and more people emerged.

"The virtual humans in that combat space are too strong! In the ninth space, there are actually a hundred virtual humans at the Peak of Longevity Realm!"

"The ninth combat space is already that terrifying, and in the tenth, their strength actually reaches the Star Lord Realm!"

"Mixed Void and Lan Yu are too monstrous! They cleared it! They both actually cleared the entire thing!"

"Both of them have the strength to kill an Early Stage Star Lord Realm expert!"

"How in the world do they cultivate!?"

As the crowd of contestants grew, they looked at the rankings and immediately saw the "cleared" records of Mixed Void and Lan Yu at the very top!

"So strong... Mixed Void and Lan Yu are even stronger than my master estimated. No wonder he said the best I could hope for was third place. But their strength is what makes this interesting. I can feel the blood boiling in my veins right now."

The bare-armed Mute from Kui Lang Star Continent stared at the two, his eyes blazing with fighting spirit.

’They cleared it?’

Dilunxi, the youngest participant in this genius selection, was also watching, a trace of unwillingness in his eyes.

’It’s only because they’ve been cultivating longer than me. Give me a few more years, and I’ll definitely be able to clear it too!’

He was the youngest, but his strength was terrifying. His current rank was actually fourth place!

In his opinion, if the Human Race’s Eternal Saint Hall had delayed this genius selection by a few years, he would have been number one.

One by one, the geniuses all stared at Mixed Void and Lan Yu.

Gradually, however, everyone’s gaze shifted to the geniuses who had not yet finished the trial.

Half an hour had passed, and of the thirty million geniuses, only about twenty vortexes remained. Just twenty-one people had yet to finish.

BUZZ...

Suddenly, a vortex vanished, and a young man was ejected, eliminated.

The young man saw the dense crowd around him and the dozen or so vortexes still remaining. A smile couldn’t help but touch his lips.

He was one of the last to be eliminated.

"What’s there to be happy about? This ranking battle is a test of strength, not a comparison of who can stay in the combat space the longest. The longer you stay, the weaker it proves you are."

Seeing the young man’s happy expression, someone in the crowd spoke up.

"Haha."

Hearing this, many people in the surroundings burst into laughter.

They were all from various Star Continents, and to have made it this far, they were all powerful geniuses with significant backgrounds. They weren’t afraid of offending anyone.

"You..."

Hearing this, the man who had just left the combat space, whose joyful expression had lasted only a few seconds, became furious.

In many competitions, being eliminated later is more glorious and eye-catching, especially since so many people are watching you.

But seeing so many people around him laughing at him, the genius could only swallow his anger and hurry over to join the geniuses from his own Star Continent.

Following that, the remaining vortexes vanished one by one until, finally, only a single one was left.

This vortex, naturally, belonged to Li Yang’s combat space.

High above the vast area, several consciousnesses were paying attention.

"Haha, Yangyuan, the one in that last combat space must be a genius from your Yangyuan Star Continent."

"Li Yang, ranked third in the Yangyuan Star Continent."

"With his rank and strength, he passed the seventh stage with ease. Yet, Li Yang is still dawdling in the fifth stage."

A few of the consciousnesses were speaking to the Yangyuan Emperor.

The Yangyuan Emperor ignored their teasing. A sliver of his consciousness entered the vortex, allowing him to see Li Yang’s battle situation perfectly.

Earlier, his Yangyuan Empire’s Jin Xu and Lamoqi had both been eliminated. Their rankings were beyond 5,000th place, even lower than he had expected!