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“I’m in the Seventh Star Realm battlefield?” Li Yuan’s gaze swept over the second round of information, which was the Star Realm battlefield he had been assigned.
“42,000 people.”
“Over six million people registered, and only 420,000 made it through the preliminaries. The elimination rate is really high,” Li Yuan thought to himself. “And with more than forty thousand people in each Star Realm battlefield, only the top hundred can advance to the ‘Elimination Round.’ That’s crazy enough.”
In the battlefield, a large number of Star Realm Creatures would also appear. Li Yuan could imagine the fighting would be insane when the time came.
However.
“Whoosh!” Li Yuan grabbed his long spear, swiftly turning around. “I want to see who can stop me from taking first place in the battlefield.”
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February 10th, 7 p.m. Xia Country time, the highly anticipated virtual battle ‘Melee Competition’ was about to begin.
At 6:40 p.m., Li Yuan did not intentionally delay today but instead entered the combat space early.
Whoosh! A sea of people.
“Li Yuan.”
“Big Brother.”
Many people turned to look at Li Yuan, brimming with enthusiasm.
“It’s quite crowded today,” Li Yuan said with a smile.
Looking around, this vast Spectator Space seemed much bigger than it did yesterday.
“Indeed, there are more.” Gu Qianghan said with a laugh. “The number of spectators has already surpassed four million… More than half of the students from Martial Arts Universities all over the world have come to watch.”
“Brother Yuan, which battlefield are you in?” Gu Qianghan asked curiously.
Many students nearby couldn’t help but turn their attention to Li Yuan.
“The seventh,” Li Yuan said with a smile.
“I’m in the sixth.”
“I’m in the third.”
“Haha, I’m in the same Seventh Star Realm battlefield as Senior Brother,” someone said with a broad grin.
But in reality, everyone present understood that being in the same Star Realm battlefield didn’t matter much.
With over forty thousand people in each battlefield, the chance of running into each other was very, very low.
It mainly depended on oneself.
“Li Yuan.” A voice suddenly rang out, followed by a figure flashing over, arriving next to Li Yuan.
“Senior Brother Jin.” Li Yuan said with a smile, looking at the newcomer.
Suddenly, the others made room for them.
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One was the former number one talent of Kunlun Martial University, with longer training.
The other had a shorter training period but rose at an astonishing speed.
“Do you have the confidence to surpass me?” Jin Huguo said with a smile.
“I won’t disappoint Senior Brother,” Li Yuan replied with a smile. His interactions with Jin Huguo were not many.
But real kindred spirits don’t need much interaction; they just feel very comfortable when together.
“Haha, good, I’ll look forward to it,” Jin Huguo laughed. “Let’s fight hard together to take first place in our battlefields and make it directly into the finals to bring glory to our university.”
“To bring glory to our university.” Li Yuan nodded emphatically.
The surrounding students from the Sixth Institute were somewhat shocked to hear this. Aiming for first place in the battlefield? Were both of them that formidable?
…
Seconds ticked away, and when the time reached 7:55 p.m…
Boom!
A towering figure in black appeared in the center of the combat space, standing aloft.
“My dear Spectator friends… with over four million people watching, this iteration of the Global Inter-College Martial Arts Championship virtual battle has once again set a new record for the number of spectators,” the black-clad host exclaimed. “What we are about to begin is the ‘Melee Competition.'”
“In some ways, it’s a super-sized version of the ‘Cage Melee.'”
“In each battlefield, more than forty thousand competitors will fight one another, with a time limit of four hours or until only one person is left after the elimination.”
“Only the strong will survive until the end.”
“Only the top hundred Martial Path talents who accumulate enough Points will advance to the next ‘Elimination Round.'”
“Now I declare, the Melee Competition—Star Realm battlefield, is about to begin.”
“More than 420,000 competitors will soon be transported.”
“Above the combat space, the top hundred Points rankings of each battlefield will appear, along with a total of one hundred broadcast screens, providing live coverage of the exciting contests from each major battlefield… Each spectator will also be able to select any competitor to follow live on their personal screens in front of them, with a maximum of ten concurrent followings.”
“Countdown 10, 9, 8… The Star Realm battlefield, the life-and-death contest, officially begins!!” The host’s voice was filled with vigor.
Boom!
The entire combat space erupted with earth-shaking, uplifting music, and the entire space instantly echoed with the excited cheers of millions of spectators, boiling with excitement.
Almost simultaneously.
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh! Over four million spectator platforms began to fade out, with about ten percent disappearing.
All the competitors who passed the preliminaries had been collectively transported.
The Melee Competition officially began.
“Quick, let’s follow the competition.”
“I want to watch Dantai Feng.”
“I want to watch Yin Man.”
“Let’s quickly follow and watch Senior Brother.” Instantly, the millions of spectators on the platform began to select their competitors to follow on their personal screens.
Without a doubt, ‘Dantai Feng’ would be one of the observed competitors among spectators from nearly every country.
In terms of fame, Dantai Feng was currently the biggest name.
Next were Yin Man and Harmon, both of whom performed exceptionally well last year and were among the favorites to win this year’s championship.
As for Li Yuan? Many spectators from Xia Country would choose to follow him, followed by those from Sakura Country, Tianzhu Country, the South Asian Alliance, and other regions… In the Martial Arts Universities of these regions, Li Yuan was quite well-known.
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“It’s started.”
“I wonder how many Fifth Stage masters will emerge this time…”
In the higher-level Spectator Space, tens of thousands of Prime Warriors from around the world had gathered here.
This kind of competition was a test of the teaching level of the major Martial Arts Universities.
Every school took it very seriously.
“Dean Hai is here too?” Dean Xu looked at the figure seated in the front row, feeling slightly surprised.
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