"The Dragon Country's Lei Jun is here! Who dares to fight me!"
At the very center of the numerous battle stages, Lei Jun, bathed in lightning and electric light, arrived wielding a silver spear. He cast a disdainful gaze upon the surrounding demon, devil, and ghost opponents.
Above the stage, a data eye rotated slightly, capturing the scene and transmitting it to the live broadcast of the Shenghua app, igniting a frenzy among the viewers.
"Wow, my brother is so handsome!"
"Isn't this Lei Jun, one of the top ten prodigies of Kyoto? So handsome, so fierce, I love him so much~"
"Brother, I want to have your babies..."
"Since awakening, Lei Jun has been invincible among his peers, except for his past defeat against Yu Zhibo. This round is a sure win, and 150,000 strands of immortal energy will be added to the Dragon Country's reserves."
"Damn it, the battles in Zone A are about to start too. Which one should I watch!"
"There's too much to take in, I only wish my parents had given me a hundred more eyes!"
"..."
Lei Jun's first appearance greatly boosted the morale of the Dragon Country's B-zone participating team. His decision to fight first was not without reason.
As everyone knows, lightning abilities are among the most ferocious in this world. Not only do they have a strong restraining effect on enemies from the demon, devil, and ghost factions, but they can also continuously purify the dark spiritual energy in the air when used. Capable of both combat and support, they are one of the most popular ability sequences.
After fusing with the eye of a beast from the Eternal Night world, Lei Jun possessed a vertical pupil between his brows, resembling Erlang Shen reborn. Under his piercing gaze, many participants subconsciously avoided his eyes.
"Putting aside everything else, Old Lei's aura has always been second to none," Zhong Yu, an ability user who played Yasuo, quipped with a smile from within the crowd.
According to regulations, participants could freely ascend the stage to challenge opponents from various factions ten minutes before the duel began. While this approach undoubtedly meant losing the initiative, the rewards were substantial. A victory would increase the original 100,000 strands of immortal energy to 150,000. This was the primary reason for Lei Jun's early appearance.
He was confident that he could defeat any opponent of the same tier.
After ten minutes, the process would shift to random matching.
Shortly after Lei Jun's appearance, Wang Sen also flickered, his body enveloped in sword energy as he crashed onto the stage adjacent to Lei Jun. He stood with his saber, exuding an imposing presence.
"Who wants to die!" Wang Sen looked around coldly, his tone chilling.
"Brothers, I'll go first!" Yu Zhibo's transformed consciousness, Konohamaru, smiled faintly and used the Body Flicker Technique to disappear from his spot, reappearing on another stage near Wang Sen.
"This guy, so confident?" Li Fang and Si Junfang beside him were somewhat surprised.
Xia Buling, a shadow ability user, landed silently on a stage, his expression calm.
He, Lei Jun, and two others were distributed across four stages. Each stage was roughly the size of a small county, surrounded by energy barriers set up by Law ability users, which were unbreakable by B-class individuals, thus preventing any cross-stage interference.
Less than two minutes after the arena matches began, four individuals from the Dragon Country had entered the fray. While the Demon Country's Empress and the Demon Country's Ao Lie were fine, the Ghost Emperor frowned, his expression showing displeasure.
Wang Shouyi lowered his head to sip his tea, smiling without speaking.
"Heh heh~ Just a few pieces of food, what's there to be afraid of? Since you're all afraid of death, I'll go first!" A vicious ghost covered in green flames grinned menacingly and shot towards Xia Buling's stage.
Those who appeared first generally possessed absolute confidence in their strength and believed they wouldn't be countered by other participants' abilities. This was also why participants from the demon, devil, and ghost countries were reluctant to appear first, especially given how much the Dragon Country's lightning ability users countered their powers.
Initially, when Lei Jun appeared, the ghosts were somewhat wary; his aura was too intimidating, making him look like a formidable opponent.
However, after Xia Buling, Konohamaru, and Wang Sen appeared, a ghost could no longer hold back. The green-flame ghost that spoke was the first to act, choosing Konohamaru, who appeared to be the most harmless.
Soon, a Black Demon from the Demon Country also stepped out, selecting Xia Buling, who was dressed entirely in black.
As for Wang Sen, he was confronted by a Merfolk from the Demon Country, its scales smooth and its body enveloped in water.
"Just a lightning ability user, what's there to fear!" A ghost from the Ghost Country's thunder department, bathed in black lightning, sneered and transformed into black lightning, appearing before Lei Jun.
Qin Tiao, one of the four referees, seeing that no other participants were appearing, did not even glance at the other three referees from different factions and directly issued the command: "All participants, prepare. The battle... begins!"
As the word "begins" fell, the situation on the four stages abruptly changed.
The green-flame ghost fighting Konohamaru instantly unleashed its Ghost Domain, a green energy shield emitting green flames, centered on the ghost itself, engulfing Konohamaru. Within the domain, countless specters roamed, spewing flames that symbolized plague and could corrupt souls, attacking Konohamaru.
Meanwhile, the Black Demon fighting Xia Buling also expanded its Demon Domain, completely enveloping the entire stage.
The Merfolk fighting Wang Sen flicked its fish tail, and a wave instantly materialized out of thin air, surging towards Wang Sen.
"Die for me!" The Yin Lightning Ghost fighting Lei Jun spread its arms, transforming into a black lightning dragon that roared. In an instant, its Ghost Domain expanded, and countless black lightning bolts rained down from above.
Konohamaru, facing the green-flame ghost, not only remained unfazed upon seeing the unleashed Ghost Domain but even found it somewhat amusing, feeling like a king playing a smurf match in a silver league.
"Since I'm using Konohamaru's identity, I won't use lightning techniques for now. Take this, Rasengan!"
As he opened his right palm, a small energy sphere began to form in his palm. The moment the sphere appeared, a terrifying and chaotic energy, ignoring the isolation of the Ghost Domain, began to rapidly expand with the injection of a bit of origin power.
From a diameter of two centimeters, to one meter, then to tens of meters, a massive, attribute-less energy sphere was held by Konohamaru. All the specters that rushed towards him were shredded upon contact and then dissipated.
At this moment, although Konohamaru was only B-class, with his comprehension of the本体法则 (本体法则 - Body's Law/Principle), his control over energy was extremely proficient. In his eyes, using origin power combined with the initial spiritual energy was as simple as a child's toy.
It was like a university student transmigrating into a first-grader, completely on a different level from his peers.
"What the hell is this thing? Is this energy within the B-class scope?" The green-flame ghost, hidden somewhere within the Ghost Domain, had its mentality instantly shattered as it looked at the massive sphere being held aloft.
Before it could react, the Rasengan grew larger again, directly becoming a hundred-meter-diameter sphere with terrifying rotational power that dispersed the Ghost Domain above.
The green-flame-filled Ghost Domain was instantly shredded. The next second, the green-flame ghost's body was exposed to Konohamaru's sight.
"Found you, scum!" Konohamaru lightly snorted and waved his right hand, dragging the Rasengan forward.
"Dodge it!" The green-flame ghost's already ferocious face became even more contorted. However, under the influence of the chaotic and overbearing energy of the Rasengan, it was completely immobilized, and its ghost body even showed signs of disintegration.
The next second.
"Boom!"
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