The Fire Thief Chapter 51: Two-pronged approach
July 17, 2066 China time is the day when the tournament begins.
The previous one hundred world zone qualifiers were not broadcast, and the countless cosmic citizens in the more than 13,000 star fields of the Qianwu Universe could only see the rankings, but they could enter and watch the upcoming ring competition!
The fighting arena is tens of kilometers long and wide, and can accommodate up to one billion spectators. Tickets are sold like crazy and are hard to come by!
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The arena melee is divided into 1,000 groups! 200 groups are held every day.
The first day was Group 1 – Group 200.
Among the five people who passed the preliminaries of the Black Dragon Mountain Empire, except Lin Yan who qualified as the first place and could directly obtain the quota without having to participate in the ring battle, the other four were Nabini, Hong, Thor, and Luo Feng. Among them, Nabini was in the 32nd group, Hong was in the 161st group, Luo Feng was in the 382nd group, and Thor was in the 874th group.
So Nabini and Hong had their fight on the first day, Luo Feng on the second day, and Lei Shen on the fifth day.
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In the virtual universe, in a specially opened up plane of space, a vast and boundless river is rushing. In this river that runs through the entire space, there are islands, and on each island there is a fighting field.
10,389 islands.
Inside the fighting arena, the audience seats were packed with people, with no end in sight. The atmosphere was extremely lively, and everyone was looking forward to the upcoming melee.
"Dear audience!"
A sweet and clear voice spread throughout the fighting arena and reached the ears of one billion viewers.
A huge virtual projection of a beautiful commentator appeared above the fighting arena. It was a hot brown-haired girl who was introducing the upcoming match.
"The upcoming event will be the 161st Group Arena Battle. Let me introduce the 100 talented masters of this 161st group."
"The first one is Rong Jun, from the Golden Sword Empire. He was previously ranked fifth in the 88th World Zone."
As the beautiful brown-haired girl introduced herself, a screen appeared next to her. On the screen was the image of the savage "Rong Jun" and some simple information.
"Rong Jun!"
"Rong Jun!"
Suddenly, loud cheers rang out in the fighting arena. A large group of people in one area were cheering wildly and shouting Rong Jun's name.
"The second one..."
"The third one..."
Every time the beautiful commentator called out a name, the entire fighting arena erupted in cheers that were extremely enthusiastic.
"No. 79, Hong, from the Black Dragon Mountain Empire, ranked 814th in the 72nd World Region in the preliminary selection."
Wow——
"flood!"
"flood!"
"flood!"
In one area of the auditorium, millions of spectators from the Black Dragon Mountain Star Region cheered loudly. Among them, Lin Yan and others were also in the auditorium in this area with their families.
Amid the cheering crowd, Luo Feng and Lei Shen frowned.
"Brother Hong is actually in the same group as that savage. This is really troublesome." Thor was a little worried.
The savage's strength is definitely second only to Lin Yan. Although the arena melee is one hundred to ten, if he becomes the "target" of those extremely strong geniuses early on, he will not be able to pass the melee and enter the subsequent stages.
"Yeah." Luo Feng also held his breath and waited. Nabini, who was also from the Black Dragon Mountain Empire, had been eliminated just now. He hoped that Brother Hong would have better luck.
As the countdown sounded, the fighting arena roared, and one hundred absolute elites appeared in the fighting arena.
"It's okay." Lin Yan looked at Hong's figure among them, and said calmly: "With Hong's temperament, he knows how to hide his strength and keep a low profile. Nothing will go wrong."
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Inside the fighting arena.
Hong held a silver spear in his hand and cautiously glanced at the other 99 people around him. Some of the information he had seen quickly emerged in his mind.
"Among these one hundred people, the strongest are the wild men. We must stay away from their sharp edge."
"There are three others who are also very strong. It is not suitable for them to fight too early. I can go into a melee first, fight with the weaker ones, hide my strength, save my life, and wait until the situation becomes clear before confronting them."
boom!
boom!
A violent airflow raged, and 100 talented masters in the fighting arena quickly began to charge and fight!
"Take my sword!" The wild young man with messy hair laughed, took a step forward barefoot and covered a hundred meters, then slashed a psychic with a sharp sword. The psychic had no time to react at all.
In astonishment, he hurriedly controlled the telekinetic weapon to resist .
“Bang!”
Split mountains and cut through peaks, unstoppable!
The telekinetic weapon was directly chopped away, and then the mentalist was split into two halves!
“Haha…” The savage youth moved with ghostly steps. Even when facing siege from others, their attacks were completely ineffective with this kind of body movements. He slaughtered people all the way and no one could resist him.
One genius after another fell to the ground and died tragically.
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"hold head high!"
The spear is as fast as lightning.
From hiding his strength at the beginning to when the number of people decreased, Hong gradually revealed his strength. He danced with a spear like a giant snake, which was extremely strange.
The savage youth also noticed Hong's existence, and his mind moved as he thought of Hong's information.
Black Dragon Mountain Empire?
"Interesting." He did not choose to take the initiative to attack Hong.
It would be more interesting to fight against such an interesting opponent in the subsequent ring battles or reincarnation battles.
The arena melee will shrink in size over time and can only last 15 minutes at most, which is too unsatisfying for him.
but……
A sturdy female warrior stared at "Hong" and flew directly towards Hong with two swords in her hands.
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"flood!"
"flood!"
Among the one billion spectators at the fighting arena, many people from the Black Dragon Mountain star region were cheering enthusiastically, with excitement on their faces.
"Brother Hong was in danger just now. That female warrior was too fierce and had crossed the threshold of the law of the origin of water. Her sword force was continuous and it was so overwhelming that it was hard to breathe."
Thor exclaimed excitedly.
Hong had just been targeted by a talented female warrior who had entered the realm of the Origin Law. Even though he was extremely powerful, he was unable to withstand the sword power of the female warrior.
However, he changed his fighting method early on. He took the path of "light field" with extremely fast speed, fighting and retreating. He persisted for a long time. Finally, at the critical moment, his spear was like lightning and pierced through the head of a genius, eliminating the 90th person and successfully entering the finals.
When announcing the end of the 161st ring battle, the fierce female warrior looked at Hong with an extremely fierce look, her eyes filled with murderous intent.
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In addition to the one billion viewers on site, more people watched the game through live broadcasts.
In the virtual universe, on the floating island above the Black Dragon Mountain Island, there is a seemingly simple manor covering a vast area.
In the reception room of the manor.
A man in a crimson robe was sitting nearby, with a lightning mark on his forehead. This man was none other than one of the most powerful masters among the Black Dragon Mountain Empire - Jiang Tianchen!
Next to Jiang Tianchen, there was a gray-haired and kind-looking old man.
"Hong?" The old man chewed on the name.
"When I saw Lin Yan before, he had a very deep understanding of the laws of the origin of light. I didn't expect that Hong, who came from the same Milky Way as him, also had such a talent for fighting."
He looked at the arena station being broadcast on the screen in front of him and said with emotion: "His light field seems to be in the eighth level, but with a long spear full of resilience, he can exert the light field to this extent, comparable to those little guys in the ninth level."
Jiang Tianchen was secretly shocked.
The old man in front of him rarely talked so much and didn't pay much attention to those trivial matters, but now it seems that he cares about "Hong" very much.
Moreover, he had actually heard of Lin Yan's name and obviously knew something about him, as he directly said that Hong was from the same Milky Way as Lin Yan.
You know, although this old man looks ordinary, he is one of the three founders of "Three Axe Mountain", a local force of the Black Dragon Mountain Empire.
Three Axe Mountain, as the leader of the four major organizations in the Black Dragon Mountain Star Region, even the Holy Land Black Dragon Mountain and the Holy Land Ice Sea Divine Kingdom are unwilling to provoke it, because of the three founders behind the Three Axe Mountain.
When they were young, they all won the title of "Domain Lord-level Giant Axe Warrior" in the Giant Axe Fighting Arena. Their names were Lemonto, Moreya, and Luo!
Among them, Lemonto and Moreya have become immortal, but "Luo", the legendary strongman of the Black Dragon Mountain Empire is still stagnant at the peak of the Realm Lord. However, he can be regarded as an invincible figure among the Realm Lords. No one has seen him since he disappeared in the Black Dragon Mountain star field hundreds of thousands of years ago, and no one knows whether he is dead or alive!
The person in front of him is Luo, who is known as the "Lord of Time"!
If Jiang Tianchen's strength is top-notch among the realm masters within the Black Dragon Mountain Empire, then "Luo"'s fame is enough to awe millions of realm masters in the Qianwu Universe!
If he had not been distracted by the " Law of the Origin of Time", he would probably have become an immortal by now!
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"Listen, everyone is cheering for Brother Hong!"
Luo Feng looked around and saw the crazy cheers from the audience in the Black Dragon Mountain Star Region. He couldn't help but be infected and his heart was filled with excitement.
Lin Yan nodded and smiled, "Those who pass the arena melee will be among the top 10,000 in Qianwu Universe, but no one in the Black Dragon Mountain Empire has been able to do this in hundreds of sessions, so naturally they will be extremely excited."
"Every day is ordinary and silent, but I also love to see others shine brightly."
“People are eager for heroes, victory and glory. This is just the beginning. Such cheers will also belong to you.”
Luo Feng was stunned for a moment, then nodded heavily.
Lin Yan sat in the audience and communicated consciously with Feng Hou.
"Are you ready for what I'm going to tell you?"
Feng Hou's voice sounded: "Master, I have been choosing for a long time and finally chose the 'Tianshui Studio' in Qianwu Continent. They have deep experience in advertising and have launched many successful cases. They can also easily obtain advertising resources from many islands under the jurisdiction of Qianwu Continent."
Lin Yan said: "Okay, communicate with them. From now on, we will promote the discussion of Luo Feng and his team. According to our plan, we will package their image. For the time being, we will start from the Black Dragon Mountain Island and gradually expand the influence according to the schedule of the ring battle."
"Don't be too aggressive in your approach. For now, just build up their popularity and focus on Luo Feng. When the universe's overall ranking battle comes, that's when we'll really spend the money."
"Okay, master." Feng Hou replied.
At this point, Feng Hou was a little confused: "Why doesn't the master come in person?"
“If it’s the owner, it would be easier for them to build up their profile.”
Lin Yan's eyes were deep, and he said, "Two-pronged approach."
"Let Luo Feng and the others digest the attention brought by the Genius Tournament in a normal way first."
"And I..."
"The qualifiers couldn't be broadcast. Even though I performed well at the time, it wasn't enough to enter the field of vision of more ordinary people. So I thought, instead of letting them remember me now, it's better for them to forget me."
“That would have a better effect.”
He smiled and said, "People can never resist surprises, right?"
