"There are seats over there; you can watch the live broadcast there first."
Venerable Gu Lun raised his hand and pointed, and immediately, in a corner of the Central Square, 100 spacious chairs and some tables appeared. The tables had drinks and food, while he himself took a seat among the 1,004 Immortals.
Some of the 100 Geniuses were preparing to take their seats, but Nuno, the Wind Flame Genius of the Flame God Race, frowned. He felt that he had been underestimated.
Because he saw Ender and Kedi looking at each other from a distance, completely ignoring the existence of everyone else.
"Kedi, I am not your opponent! Can't I still defeat you?" Thinking this, Nuno called out, "Ender!"
Ender looked over upon hearing his name and found that the person calling him was Nuno, the Wind Flame, who had reached the seventh floor of the fifth Trial Tower, one of the strongest few besides him and Kedi.
Not just Ender, but everyone else also looked over upon hearing the sound. Some who knew a thing or two about the Flame God Race immediately showed expressions of anticipating a good show.
"Something wrong?" Ender asked.
"I will defeat you!" Nuno confidently declared, "To let you know what a true Genius is!"
"Defeat me?" Ender looked puzzled, completely unable to understand where Nuno got such confidence and courage.
How could someone who was instantly killed by the Zerg Queen on the seventh floor of the fifth Trial Tower dare to say he could defeat him? Reaching the sixth Trial Tower would be more like it!
After his confusion, Ender couldn't be bothered to respond and turned to walk towards the seats in the corner.
Nuno stepped forward and questioned, "Are you scared?"
"Scared?" Upon hearing this, Ender stopped, tilted his head, and chuckled lightly, saying meaningfully, "Heh, you'll know when you meet me."
"Hmph!" Nuno narrowed his eyes, snorted coldly, and also walked towards the corner of the Central Square.
...
Those Immortals leading the teams naturally heard the conversation between Ender and Nuno and began to discuss among themselves.
"Flame God Race members, without long periods of tempering, their personalities always have some issues."
"They're just a bit arrogant, conceited, and selfish. With that great existence's protection, what does this flaw count for?"
"It's best to say less about that; it will cause trouble."
"That's right, just watch the match."
Because of that great existence of the Flame God Race, they stopped themselves after only a brief discussion.
...
"It's already over?"
As soon as Ender sat down in the corner, he noticed that among the 3600 light screens above the Central Square, on the arena where 'Fei', the Illusionist from Nine Flame Universe Country, whom he was most interested in, was located, only he remained.
Seeing that 'Fei''s battle had ended, Ender multitasked, simultaneously watching multiple light screens.
In less than five minutes, all the battles on the arenas in the 3600 light screens concluded.
This also meant that 3600 Geniuses were eliminated. They had entered the arena stage, but their insufficient strength still couldn't save them from the fate of being eliminated.
The eliminated Geniuses were naturally unwilling. Having come this far, they were just a step away from entering the Core Region of the Virtual Universe Company.
Being in a Universe Country and being in the Core Region of the Virtual Universe Company were completely different!
The five Leviathans of Humanity, those were the five most Pinnacle forces of the Human Race in the Universe, and they were the goals they strove for!
However, they were eliminated, and their goal would become exceptionally distant.
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Half an hour later, the second round began.
Among the 3600 Geniuses, half fell again, while the other half continued to advance. In this round, Ender saw the battle on 'Fei''s arena, and the result was as he expected: the latter merely glanced at his opponent, and the opponent fell down.
...
Another half an hour later, after resting and preparing, the third round began.
The 1800 Geniuses about to participate in the third round were all incredibly eager to win, because they were just one step away from entering the Core Region of the Virtual Universe Company!
However, only one person on each arena could enter the Core Region of the Virtual Universe Company; the other had to be eliminated.
This final round was truly a battle that would decide their fate!
If they won, they would enter the Core Region of the Virtual Universe Company and receive the Human Race's top-tier resource cultivation.
If they lost, they could only return to enter a Universe Country Secret Realm, and whether they could become Immortal in the future was a question mark.
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"She won again."
A Genius ranked in the top 100 of the points leaderboard, seeing that 'Fei' again merely glanced at his opponent and the opponent fell to the ground, winning, felt immense pressure.
Not just him, but other Geniuses also felt the pressure.
Kedi!
Ender!
Fei!
These three were like three insurmountable mountains; whoever encountered them would be crushed to death, so no one wanted to encounter these three!
"Hmm." Ender looked at 'Fei''s opponent this time. After suffering a Soul attack, his eyes still held a bit of determination, but he still succumbed the next moment.
"This opponent seems to have endured two Soul attacks from Fei." After secretly calculating, Ender thought, "If that's truly the case, my chances of winning are not small."
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Swish! Swish! Swish! Swish! Swish! Swish!
900 figures suddenly appeared above the Central Square, and most of these 900 Geniuses showed excitement!
Yes, after three consecutive rounds of elimination, among 7200 people, these 900 people finally succeeded and successfully entered the Core Region of the Virtual Universe Company!
Ender and the other 100 Geniuses stood up and went to meet with the 900 Geniuses.
At this point, the top 100 on the points leaderboard, plus the winners from the arena battles, the Geniuses who entered the Core Region of the Virtual Universe Company in this Pinnacle Genius Battle, were all present.
"Congratulations to you all!"
Venerable Gu Lun's voice entered the ears of the 1000 Geniuses, and at the same time, his figure appeared in front of their crowd, "You are the 1000 most outstanding individuals from this Genius Battle, from all 1004 Universe Countries of the entire Human Race in the Universe. Our Virtual Universe Company will also fully cultivate you. If anyone doesn't want to enter the Virtual Universe Company, you can say so now."
Silence, no one spoke.
"Very good."
"However, you should understand that competition is eternal in the Universe; there is competition everywhere."
"These 1000 of you cannot receive the same treatment or the same cultivation resources. Even our Virtual Universe Company would not dare to waste such precious resources."
Venerable Gu Lun smiled, then announced, "Among these 1000 of you, the 101st to 1000th place can receive a bonus of 10 Mixed Yuan units, can enter the Beginning Universe for comprehension, and can join our Virtual Universe Company's core 'Last Phase Secret Realm'."
"The 11th to 100th place can receive a bonus of 100 Mixed Yuan units, can enter the Beginning Universe for comprehension, and can join our Virtual Universe Company's core 'Heaven and Earth Secret Realm'."
"The 3rd to 10th place can receive a bonus of 1000 Mixed Yuan units, can enter the Beginning Universe for comprehension, and can join our Virtual Universe Company's core 'Absolute Beginning Secret Realm'."
"The 1st and 2nd place can receive a bonus of 10,000 Mixed Yuan units, can enter the Beginning Universe for comprehension, and can join our Virtual Universe Company's core 'Primal Secret Realm'."
"Under normal circumstances, the 'Primal Secret Realm' only accepts one person each session, but this time is a bit special. After discussion by the highest levels of the Virtual Universe Company, you will be given two slots to enter the 'Primal Secret Realm' this session."