Chapter 1 The Grand Tournament Begins

The cheers in the pan-universe arena were like an avalanche, with countless spectators excitedly cheering.

Through information networks, the entire pan-universe world was watching the live broadcast.

The pan-universe arena competition was held once every thousand years and was the biggest event in the pan-universe world! For many weaker races, their lifespans were short, and it was extremely fortunate for them to witness a pan-universe competition in their short lives.

At this moment, they were all enjoying the joy of the competition.

In the center of the arena.

A golden-haired Panqiu clan member appeared in the center of the arena. His smile could influence the hearts of billions of viewers, and his voice echoed throughout the arena: "I am honored to host the 1008th pan-universe arena competition."

"I believe all viewers know that in the past three hundred years, the strength of experts around the world has advanced by leaps and bounds. It is foreseeable that this pan-universe arena competition will be more intense than ever before."

"This competition will be a turning point in the history of the pan-universe arena competition. From now on, the pan-universe arena competition will be even more exciting and popular. The competition will also promote the emergence of more powerful body refinement methods, pushing the limits of life to even greater heights."

Countless viewers cheered, which was indeed the case.

More than 5 million high-dimensional lifeforms had descended, and in the previous three hundred years, they had indeed taught many body refinement methods. For example, Xu Jingming had left more than one set of body refinement methods for the Jing family. His parents cultivated the set with the lowest difficulty.

The widespread circulation of a large number of body refinement methods had led to a general increase in the strength of the natives.

"Without further ado, next is the first match of the first round of this pan-universe arena competition: Fanqiu of the Fire Dragon Clan versus Yaluojin of the Forest Giant Ape Clan!" The golden-haired Panqiu said in a high-pitched voice.

In the outermost ring of the pan-universe arena, two figures flew out of two of the contestant boxes. One was the slender giant ape 'Yaluojin' with a height of 12 meters, and the other was a Fire Dragon Clan expert with wings spread wide.

"Yaluojin?" Xu Jingming looked at the other person. "When he chased me down back then, Yaluojin was already at level 55. Two hundred years have passed, I wonder what level he has reached."

The official contestants moved extremely fast.

The slender giant ape Yaluojin seemed to teleport into the arena from the contestant box, a distance of less than 10,000 meters. His movement even tore through the air, causing terrifying shockwaves. The energy shield of the pan-universe arena protected all the spectators.

The Fire Dragon Clan expert's entry into the arena was a hundred or a thousand times greater.

"Boom—" Like a spring thunderclap, the Fire Dragon Clan expert tore through the air and descended into the arena, causing the entire arena to shake slightly.

"Wow."

"The Fire Dragon Clan is so big."

"Compared to the Fire Dragon Clan, the Giant Ape Clan is so small."

Countless spectators watched excitedly, discussing among themselves. Especially the many weaker races sitting in the front row, such as the Ant Clan and the Bee Clan. In the eyes of these weaker races, the Fire Dragon Clan was too huge!

This Fire Dragon Clan expert was over 110 meters long, and the oppressive feeling of his huge wings spread out suffocated those Ant Clan and Bee Clan members.

"You little guy, you can actually get into the main competition." The Fire Dragon Clan expert Fanqiu looked down at Yaluojin.

Yaluojin stared at his opponent.

After failing to hunt down Xu Jingming back then, he felt ashamed and became even more determined to cultivate harder! So this time, there were two Giant Ape Clan members who entered the main competition: the One-Armed Giant Ape King and Yaluojin.

"Both contestants, this is the first match, so I will reiterate the rules." The competition host, the golden-haired Panqiu, said, "Once the match begins, it will only truly end when one side says 'I give up' or one side dies."

"I kindly remind both contestants that if you feel the gap in strength is too great, you can give up immediately. Because if you say it too late, you may never have a chance." The golden-haired Panqiu said.

The expressions of the two contestants did not change at all. After all, the rules of each pan-universe competition were the same, and they were already very familiar with them.

"Alright, both of you, please prepare." The golden-haired Panqiu had already retreated to the edge of the arena. "Begin the match!"

With the command.

The giant ape Yaluojin and the fire dragon Fanqiu observed each other.

To countless spectators and native creatures, the pan-universe arena competition was a grand event. But to these high-dimensional lifeforms who had descended, it was a great tribulation! Very few could survive the tribulation!

"Boom." The fire dragon Fanqiu was the first to pounce. The competition arena of the pan-universe arena was oval-shaped, with a maximum diameter of 10,000 meters, and the arena was covered by an energy shield.

The fire dragon Fanqiu's wings shook, and his dragon claws grabbed the ground as he suddenly pounced. This pounce was terrifyingly fast! Plus, the range covered by his wings was too large.

Yaluojin tried his best to dodge, but his speed was inferior, and he couldn't avoid it for a moment.

"Bang!!!"

A loud bang.

The fire dragon Fanqiu used his entire body to crash into him. One side of his thick wings, covered in fiery red scales, collided with Yaluojin, who couldn't completely dodge. Under the terrifying impact, Yaluojin flew backward and crashed into the protective shield at the edge of the arena, spitting out a mouthful of blood.

"Tear." The fire dragon Fanqiu's wings shook, and he followed up like lightning, his dragon claws already looming over.

Yaluojin's body was quite tough. While crashing into the shield, he immediately used the force to dodge and avoid this claw.

Whoosh! Boom! Bang!

The fire dragon Fanqiu and the slender giant ape Yaluojin were both too fast. In the blink of an eye, they had exchanged blows several times. The fire dragon Fanqiu clearly had the overall advantage, chasing and attacking one-sidedly. Yaluojin crashed into the shield several times. In just over ten seconds, Yaluojin shouted the words 'I give up' while spitting blood in embarrassment.

"It's over?"

"That was too fast."

Countless viewers looked up at the match while watching the slow-motion replay on the light screen of their watches. At this moment, the whole world was broadcasting.

"I'm sitting in the first row on the scene and can't see clearly. I still have to watch the slow-motion replay." An Ant Clan member helplessly touched the small light screen in front of him and contacted his friends through the network. "Just now, that giant ape crashed into the shield in front of me, and the blood he sprayed was like a lake. The broadcast marked that the maximum speed they reached when they were fighting exceeded 100,000 meters per second. It's really scary."

"That's too scary, 100,000 meters per second? The aftershock of the air from flying by could destroy a city."

"I'm sitting in the first row, feeling the speed of 100,000 meters per second at close range, it's just... I can't see very clearly, I can only see that giant ape crashing into the shield and crashing into the ground again and again." The Ant Clan member described through the network. Being able to come to the scene to watch the match in this life was the proudest moment of his life.

...

In the pan-universe arena, matches were being held one after another.

The spectators on the scene and the pan-universe creatures watching through the network were all enjoying this grand event, but high-dimensional lifeforms like Xu Jingming were all observing very carefully, analyzing every bit of information revealed by these experts.

"Next is the nineteenth match of the first round, Funan of the Titan Clan versus Mishuke of the Dwarf Clan! Mishuke is the first weak race contestant to appear in this pan-universe arena competition, please look forward to his performance." The golden-haired Panqiu said enthusiastically.

"The Dwarf Clan?"

"Finally, a weak race is making an appearance."

The whole arena cheered, the cheers far exceeding the previous ones!

In the arena, Funan of the Titan Clan, who was 33 meters tall, and Mishuke of the Dwarf Clan, who was 1.2 meters tall, stood facing each other on both sides of the arena. The contrast was too strong.

"Mishuke."

"Mishuke."

Countless spectators cheered for Mishuke of the Dwarf Clan.

Although there were 100 million spectators in the arena, about 99% were weak races, because weak races occupied less space! Strong races took up too much space. The space occupied by one dragon could accommodate millions of Ant Clan seats.

Even looking at the entire pan-universe world, the number of weak races was extremely large, while the number of strong races was generally small.

At this moment, the spectators of the weak races were all standing on the side of Mishuke of the Dwarf Clan.

"Dwarf Mishuke, you must win."

"Mishuke."

Xu Jingming's group of younger siblings next to him were also excitedly enthusiastic, their faces flushed. They were looking forward to Mishuke of the Dwarf Clan winning.

In the arena.

Mishuke of the Dwarf Clan had a solemn expression: "The size of the Dwarf Clan is too small, my strength and speed are probably not as good as my opponent. Even if I am a Abyss Lord, it won't be easy to win a match in the first competition..."

Funan of the Titan Clan had a calm gaze: "If I lose to a dwarf in the first competition, that would be my shame."

"Begin the match." With the competition host's command.

Funan of the Titan Clan charged out instantly and exchanged blows with Mishuke of the Dwarf Clan. As soon as they exchanged blows, the countless weak race spectators who were rooting for the Dwarf Clan felt a chill in their hearts.

Funan of the Titan Clan's pair of huge fists bombarded out one after another like thunder. His two arms were too thick, waving like two heavenly pillars. His fist was much larger than Mishuke of the Dwarf Clan's entire body.

"I can't dodge." Mishuke only felt extremely difficult. The opponent's pair of fists were like hammers descending from the sky, bombarding him frantically. He dodged with difficulty again and again.

Bang!

Mishuke of the Dwarf Clan flew backward and crashed into the arena.

The Titan Clan's fists bombarded frantically, the dense rumbling sound as if bombarding the hearts of countless spectators.

"Look, the slow-motion replay shows that in just one second, he threw out more than 3,639 punches! Mishuke dodged again and again, but he could only dodge and couldn't even get close to the Titan Clan." In the box, the younger siblings watched the match while looking at the slow-motion replay on the light screen next to them.

"He lost." Xu Jingming shook his head gently. "Although the second round of the preliminaries favors the weak races, the pressure on the weak races is generally small, so that nine weak races ultimately entered the main competition."

"But in terms of physical fitness, the weak races are still much weaker." Xu Jingming saw clearly, "Mishuke of the Dwarf Clan is at least three levels weaker than Funan of the Titan Clan. Otherwise, he wouldn't be suppressed to this extent."

...

"The difference in strength and speed is too great, I'm level 60, he's at least level 63 or even higher!" Mishuke had been dodging the frantically bombarding fists with difficulty. If the levels were comparable, he would have crushed his opponent long ago.

But the difference in levels was too great. The higher the level, the more difficult it was to improve. When approaching the limit, it might take a hundred years or even a thousand years to improve by one level.

Not to mention a difference of at least 3 levels, which was a complete one-sided situation.

"The second round of the preliminaries favored the weak races, allowing me to appear. But it's useless even if I appear." Mishuke was bombarded and flew out again. As blood splattered, he shouted that he gave up.

"He won." Although Funan of the Titan Clan won, he did not have the slightest joy.

"I hit him at least 25 times, and he can still fight. These weak races are too physically tough." Funan of the Titan Clan thought to himself, "I have such a big advantage, but it's not easy to win."

"Indeed, only in the first few competitions did the strong races have an advantage." Funan of the Titan Clan understood this and felt even greater pressure.

To get first place in the first few competitions? It was too difficult.

Whoosh! Whoosh!

The two contestants left the arena. Although Funan of the Titan Clan won, he did not have a single smile.

******

The competition continued, with matches almost entirely between strong races.

In the 37th match of the first round, another weak race 'Spider Demon Clan' appeared. She also won cheers and support from countless weak races throughout the arena. This female Spider Demon was 1.9 meters tall and extremely agile, but under the absolute power and speed, she was easily defeated by the Five-Colored Dragon Clan. One tail sweep from the Five-Colored Dragon Clan seriously injured her, and she immediately shouted that she gave up.

"Sigh, weak races can't fight at all."

"The difference in strength and speed is too great, they are completely suppressed."

"He lost again."

Countless spectators of the weak races were somewhat discouraged.

The competition progressed quickly. More than three hours after the start of the competition, the 59th match of the first round finally arrived.

"Next is the 59th match of the first round, 'Badi Shen' of the Mountain Demon Clan will face 'Jingming' of the Human Clan. Jingming of the Human Clan is also the third weak race to appear in this competition. I wonder if he can bring the first victory to the weak races?" The golden-haired Panqiu said.

And in the box.

Xu Jingming, who was sitting and watching the match, also stood up. His parents and younger siblings next to him all looked at Xu Jingming nervously.