"It seems Speaker Lor doesn't want to start a massacre right from the beginning." A middle-aged legislator in a blood-colored wizard robe remarked regretfully.
"Do you think Speaker Lor is a killer like you? Not even sparing those groups in the Ayla Plane Group that could clearly help in pioneering the plane group." The young man beside him in a dark green wizard robe scoffed disdainfully.
"Tsk." The blood-robed legislator glanced sideways at the youth and said with a curled lip, "When they saw me for the first time, they didn't surrender voluntarily and even dared to launch an attack; that's a sure path to destruction!"
"Kun Ding, you need to think from another perspective. If they dared to attack even me, would they really behave and help in the development of the plane group in the future?"
"What if they take revenge on the little ones?"
"I call this preemptive elimination of potential dangers. If you don't understand, just shut up and stop rambling."
"Nonsense!" Kun Ding glared at him and said, "Ryan, from what I know, you directly activated your domain and true body, approaching the core of their group."
"If they didn't even retaliate in that situation, they would be ashamed to be considered a wise race."
"Back when Speaker Lor, Speaker Francis, and Speaker Domenico first set foot on the territory of the Yinhua Race, they also encountered resistance."
"And what was the result? Speaker Lor, regardless of past grudges, still incorporated the Yinhua Race into our Wizard Civilization System, playing a significant role for the survival of our Wizard Civilization's geniuses in that era without a Holy Land."
"Is your so-called preemptive threat elimination suggesting that Speaker Lor was wrong?"
"Speaker Lor is, of course, correct." Ryan, the blood-robed legislator, furrowed his brow, angrily staring at Kun Ding, saying, "But I have my way of handling things. If you're not convinced, let's step outside and have a fight."
"I..."
The quarrel between the two legislators continued, although it didn't cause much of a stir.
The reason being they both came from the same plane group and have been at odds with each other's ways for thousands of years, leading to frequent noisy disputes everyone had long gotten used to.
The legislators and speakers formed their circles, discussing amongst themselves when Speaker Lor might take action, contributing to a relatively relaxed atmosphere.
In seat number one on the left side of the conference room, Speaker Francis's eyes reflected a touch of nostalgia, seemingly recalling something from long ago. His lips curled upwards slightly before his gaze swept over to Yasen and others, saying:
"Speaker Lor's end is likely to stay unoccupied for a while, so why don't we take a look at the others?"
"Okay."
"Sure."
...
The speakers who hadn't been selected from the screening battle assessment nodded in agreement, though most of their eyes betrayed a hint of barely noticeable disappointment towards the light screen.
Even with Speaker Lor present, the outcome of this screening battle was preordained. Yet given the chance, who wouldn't want to personally partake in this screening battle that gathered all the geniuses of the Crystal Domain to validate their own path?
Unfortunately, they couldn't even make it past the registration assessment for the screening battle.
In this screening battle, besides Lor, the Wizard Civilization successfully saw thirty-eight wizards pass the screening battle registration assessment.
There was one Seventh Ring, eight Sixth Rings, twenty-eight Fifth Rings, and two Fourth Rings.
Among them were three from the Abyssal System, seven from the Soul System, nine from the Space System, and thirteen from the Mechanical System.
Altogether, there were only seven non-mainstream system wizards.
Among the mainstream systems, the number of Abyssal Wizards, even with Sanchez added, was less than half the number of non-mainstream system wizards.
There's no helping it, given how treacherous the path of the Abyssal Wizard is.
Mechanical system wizards were the most, nearly equaling twice the sum of all non-mainstream system wizards.
This is due to the Mechanical System's reliance on talent. As the Wizard Civilization's population grew, talents like Vincentia increased, making it unsurprising that so many received screening eligibility.
As for the Soul System and Space System.
The number of wizards entering the screening battle from these two mainstream systems may seem similar, or even with slightly more Space Mages.
In fact, the difficulty of cultivating within the Space System parallels that of the Abyssal System, considered among the hardest of the four major mainstream systems.
The reason so many powerful Space Mages have emerged in just twenty thousand years is all thanks to Lor's pioneering genius selection choice.
Additionally, the overwhelming number of Fifth-Ring wizards participating compared to Fourth-Ring and Sixth-Ring is because most wizards, starting from the Fifth Ring, begin exploring traits, namely the Law Prototype, gaining a significant advantage.
However, for other civilizations, practitioners who encounter the Law Prototype at the Fifth Ring are absolute prodigies, worthy of Tier Seven reserves.
Notably, while the number of wizards qualified for the screening battle seems small, in ordinary overlord-level civilizations, they would be exceedingly impressive.
Typically, large civilizations often need tens or even hundreds of eras to luckily await a genius of this caliber.
Just like that Fire Ape Civilization genius Lor met in the trial field, destined to be a civilization leader successor.
However, top large-scale civilizations can ensure at least one such genius emerges each era, with reaching Tier Seven relatively easy. However, Tier Eight remains a Celestial Abyss.
As for overlord-level civilizations, unless they're newly risen like Feathered Sky Civilization and Abyssal Sea Civilization, with ample races and resources, ten to twenty such geniuses emerge each era.
Wizard Civilization, having merely one Seventh-Ring Mage, classifies as a large civilization, yet the number of participants was double this, indicating the superiority of the Wizard System.
On the front of the conference room light screen, the light screen reflecting Lor's silhouette suddenly shrank, pausing at the very top, while the bottom expanded with thirty-eight sub-screens.
Sanchez, Domenico, Vincentia, and others were all included.
Sanchez continually scanned the surrounding plains, eager to begin a grand endeavor.
Vincentia stood atop a high mountain, her face etched with vigilance, silently waiting for the countdown to end.
Meanwhile, soul faction mages like Domenico were different.
Arousing around them like an endless tide, the Devouring Spirit Race charged towards them, only to be blocked by their transparent barriers.
Within the transparent barrier, Domenico continuously unleashed soul witchcraft, harvesting the lives of the Devouring Spirit Race in swathes.
"Quite the sight, the Soul Faction is directly fighting the Devouring Spirit Race?" Jerald remarked in surprise.
Though the Federation had long stated soul system cultivators were screened differently, seeing such differences did catch him unaware.
Lor and the others were still waiting for the countdown to finish, but Domenico was already in battle.
"I see."
Francis glanced at the civilization information exchange list and understood, saying, "The soul faction focuses not on direct combat strength, but on the speed of exterminating the Devouring Spirit Race and the recovery speed of the Power of the Soul."
"Unfortunately, their rewards are much less than those for the official screening battle, with equal status only given to the top hundred of the formal screening battle at best."
"Speaker Francis, it seems your attention has been diverted." Beside him, Yasen similarly opened the civilization information exchange list, but instead of searching for soul system cultivator screening requirements, he wore an odd expression, glancing at the series of post titles under the pinned post.
These post titles were as follows:
[Scandal! How could a Space-Time Transcender appear in the Tier Six number one battlefield?]
[Oh my, a Space-Time Transcender is still Tier Six!!!]
[No way, can a Tier Six roam the Vortex Plane Sea Bottom? Is he really a being naturally born in the Crystal Domain like us?]
[So, the criteria for special treatment from those Great Managers is actually this?]
[With a Space-Time Transcender present, Tier Six first place is a foregone conclusion!]
[Ha, didn't you previously not believe the Space-Time Transcender was Tier Six, now you do?]
[Sentient beings can never believe what defies their understanding unless they see it with their own eyes, like now.]
...
Francis glanced at the listed information Yasen had expanded and chuckled, saying, "This was all expected, wasn't it?"

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