A Battle of Geniuses at an Ordinary Level

Whether it's the Giant Axe Arena or the Pinnacle Genius Battle held by the Virtual Universe Company, the process is almost identical.

The first step is to conduct a massive first round of open selection to identify contestants with exceptional talent, temperament, and comprehension from a huge pool of participants.

In this preliminary round, the Qianwu Universe Kingdom region alone reduced the number of participants from over 800 billion to only about 100,000, which shows how brutal the process of weeding out the weak was.

After the first round of preliminary selection, there are several more rounds of the talent competition. The competition system is meticulous and refined, eliminating a large number of talents each time.

In the end, only those who rank in the top 1000 in the final universe are considered true victors and qualify to join the core of a major power.

Considering the 1008 universe nations in humankind, among the trillions of geniuses in each universe nation, it is highly likely that only one or two of the most outstanding individuals will have the possibility of joining the core layer.

This is a testament to the convenience of the virtual universe. It is precisely because of this facility that humanity has been able to maintain the rhythm of holding two Genius Battles every ten thousand years, efficiently attracting top geniuses from all over the universe.

While over 800 billion star-level geniuses from the Qianwu Universe Kingdom were locked in a fierce battle across 100 world zones, Li Che sat atop his majestic throne within the Rongbing branch of the Giant Axe Arena, surveying everything with an air of detachment.

Since the start of the World Regional Qualifiers, almost every minute a star-level genius has been killed in the battles, becoming a stepping stone for even stronger geniuses to display their power.

Beside Li Che, most of the ancient and powerful immortal gods remained silent, their eyes gleaming with the light of primordial laws as they stared intently at the geniuses locked in fierce battles across various world zones.

Only when the first round of preliminary rounds, which lasted for 15 days, came to a complete end did these immortal gods from the Giant Axe Arena slowly withdraw their gaze.

In their hands, a dozen illusory pages from the Qianwu branch of the Giant Axe Arena gradually appeared.

That's a list of the top 1001 geniuses in each of the 100 world zones.

These more than 100,000 people, even if they are the winners of the first round of the Peak Genius Battle, have qualified to participate in the second round.

"Hmm, this year's level is not bad. There are a few bright spots who may have a chance to break into the top 1000 in the entire universe."

"Compared to the thousands of previous genius battles, this one is only slightly above average."

"generally."

The immortal gods offered their comments one by one.

Each of them is an immortal being who has lived for countless years. The peak genius battle, which takes place once every 5000 years, is a rare opportunity for a star-level kid, but for them, it is just a routine process that they have watched countless times.

"Based on your experience, how many out of these 800 billion people can achieve immortality?"

Li Che was not a member of the Giant Axe Arena. He looked at the Flame Soul Army Lord, the immortal god of the Fire Origin Law, who enthusiastically handed all 100 names to Li Che.

His question immediately drew the attention of all the immortal gods present.

"To become immortal... Normally speaking, out of more than 800 billion people, it would be quite good if ten immortal gods were born." The immortal, whose body was crackling with violent lightning, swung his long tail and spoke.

"Lord Burning Thunder's figure is a bit optimistic. Perhaps after 1000 epochs, all 800 billion people will have reached the limit of their lifespan and perish," another female immortal deity dressed in silver-white snake-scale armor said, shaking her head.

"The Lord of Guixu should know that even those little guys who join the core of the arena can hardly guarantee becoming immortals. They have stronger talents and deeper accumulation at the Lord level, but at the same time, it is more difficult for them to break through to immortality."

"Indeed, many years ago someone seemed to have done similar statistics. Compared to the young people in the core of the two giants, the proportion of those second-rate geniuses who were absorbed into the Qianwu Secret Realm who broke through to immortality was actually higher. Of course, most of them were the most ordinary immortals..."

Other immortal deities also shared their perspectives.

Even a genius who comprehends the fundamental laws at the Eternal Star level can die in a seemingly ordinary adventure.

Many people believe that after a thousand years, perhaps all the little guys who were trained in the arena or the secret realm of Qianwu have died, while some little guys who were originally of average rank have become gods due to their fortuitous encounters. There are just too many unknowns.

While the immortal gods chatted, news of the genius battles from other cosmic nations also came one after another through the virtual cosmic network. The Giant Axe Arena was very efficient and had already compiled a list of the most outstanding young talents in this year's genius battles based on their performance in the first round.

The one assessed as the best in this competition by the core intelligence of the Giant Axe Arena is a spirit master who has comprehended the two fundamental laws of wind and time at the Eternal Star level. He can now unleash the second level of one of the nine divine weapons of spirit masters - the Divine Rift Weapon, and is judged to have a chance to win the championship of the entire universe.

The second level of the Divine Weapon's power at the Hengxing level seems to be similar to Luo Feng's level in the later stages of the Genius Battle.

Li Che glanced at the age of that young genius mentalist.

Yes, 1575 years old.

As expected, it was a battle between peak geniuses of fairly average skill level.

Based on the memories he obtained from Li Che in the Mountain and Sea Realm, Li Che also made a certain assessment.

With a sigh in his heart, Li Che chatted with the immortal gods for a few moments before continuing to watch the second round of the Peak Genius Battle.

The second round of the Genius Battle was a free-for-all in the arena to further filter out the geniuses who ranked in the top 1,000 in the first round in various world regions, eliminating 90% of them and leaving only the 10,000 most outstanding ones.

It is worth mentioning that the young genius from the Rongbing Empire, who was personally guided by Li Che, was stopped in the arena battle. Although he had mastered the eighth level of the domain and was good at fighting, he was still no match for those stronger geniuses who had mastered the lower-level laws.

In the third round of the Genius Battle that followed, 90% of the remaining participants were eliminated, and only the 1000 most outstanding individuals were qualified to participate in the Genius Battle All-Universe Final.

It wasn't until the third round of the Genius Battle that Li Che finally became interested. He discussed some of the more exciting battles with the immortal gods around him. Even though those battles seemed incredibly crude to them, it was still astonishing that a Hengxing-level being could achieve this level.

"It's actually quite interesting. Among the little guys who made it to the third round of the Genius Battle, the winners would join the Qianwu Secret Realm and the Martial Arts Arena, while the losers were not completely hopeless. Many immortal gods who had not joined any major forces were willing to select disciples from among the losers, and some of them were lucky enough to become immortals."

"Just like in one of the genius battles more than two thousand years ago, the Lone Immortal Rongyu Hou took such a 'loser' as his disciple. That little guy has now become an immortal, and I heard he's already quite famous in the Second Extraterrestrial Battlefield..."

On the enormous throne of the Rongbing branch of the Giant Axe Arena, the Flame Soul Army Lord was recounting some secrets from past genius battles to Li Che.

All I can say is that the universe is vast and never lacks miracles and lucky people.

"Beep beep beep!"

Just as Li Che was sighing to himself, his intelligent assistant Bai Yue suddenly appeared in the virtual universe and delivered a virtual email to Li Che.

Upon seeing the sender of the email, Li Che immediately perked up.

The email was signed by Venerable Luanmo, who had once met Li Che.