Titan God Star, Lichuan City.
On the crowded streets, light screens were projected into the sky by technological constructs on the rooftops, and these light screens displayed the battle scenes of the contestants on Everthorn Island.
"This Your Highness from the five Leviathans of Humanity is truly formidable; he killed his target in just over a minute."
"More than that! that Highness's opponent was a Ferocious beast of Domain Master Level 9. Although it wasn't large for us, for that Highness, who was only about two meters tall, it was a colossal monster like a small mountain."
"Yes, the Your Highnesses participating in this Brave Trial are very strong. Even for us Genius powerhouses, it takes several minutes to kill a Ferocious beast of Domain Master Level 4 or 5. We can't compare to that Highness at all."
After seeing the footage of Ender killing the Thunderskin Beast, several knowledgeable individuals couldn't help but converse. And it wasn't just them; even people with relatively ordinary strength could tell that Ender's strength was in a league of its own in this session.
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Two hours later.
Everthorn Island, inside the spaceship.
Ender was resting in a room when a voice suddenly sounded in his ear.
"The sixteen Brave Trial participants ranked by Ferocious beast kills have been determined. The first stage of this Brave Trial has ended, and you will soon return to Lichuan City for the second stage of the trial."
"Return directly to Lichuan City to begin the second stage of the trial?" Ender was a little surprised. "No rest?"
Feeling the abundant Gene Energy within him, he thought to himself, "This competition format is a bit strange, but it's good for me. With the special ability 'Source of Life,' my Gene Energy recovery speed is very fast, so continuous combat like this suits me well."
Upon hearing this voice, the other contestants in the cabins were all very surprised. They had just finished fighting Domain Master Ferocious beasts, and now they were starting the second stage of the trial immediately without rest.
"How can this be?" A contestant instantly stood up. "The news I received before said this Brave Trial only had one stage, but now it's divided into two stages, and after completing the first stage, the second stage is starting immediately!"
"My opponent was a Domain Master Level 7 Ferocious beast. To kill it, I paid a considerable price!"
A contestant with a pale face and somewhat listless spirit quickly took out Universe Crystals from his spatial ring to absorb them. "Before returning to Lichuan City for the second stage of the trial, I need to quickly recover my Gene Energy."
"It's too strange," mumbled a contestant, holding Universe Crystals and quickly recovering his Gene Energy. "This Brave Trial seems to be in a great hurry. It just finished the first stage of the trial and is rushing to the second stage, not even giving the contestants time to recover."
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Lichuan City.
"The sixteen Brave Trial participants ranked by Ferocious beast kills have been determined. The first stage of this Brave Trial has ended, and you will soon return to Lichuan City for the second stage of the trial."
The Titan God Race people on the streets or in the houses along the street were also somewhat surprised to hear the announcement from the light screen, which led them to discuss among themselves.
"What's going on?! Why are we directly returning for the second stage of the trial?"
"Although this schedule is exciting, it's unfair to those contestants who killed Domain Master Level 5, 6, or even level 9 Ferocious beasts in the first stage."
"Yes! What's the situation with this competition?! This schedule is very unfair!"
"It's unfair! For example, that Highness from the five Leviathans of Humanity killed a Domain Master Level 9 Ferocious beast. Although it didn't take long, the Gene Energy consumed must have been considerable."
The Titan God Race people enjoy excitement, but that doesn't mean they like unfair things. Moreover, it was not announced before that the second stage of the trial would immediately follow the completion of the first stage, which naturally led to their questions and doubts.
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Soon, the huge spaceship returned to Lichuan City and stopped above the Lichuan City dojo, its hatch opening.
Whoosh! Whoosh!
One by one, the Brave Trial contestants streamed out, landing on the spacious arena. Then, several World Masters also emerged from the spaceship.
The sixteen contestants who advanced to the second stage stood respectfully, facing an Immortal whose body was covered in flickering electrical arcs and who exuded a powerful pressure.
"Lord Immortal."
Upon seeing this Immortal, everyone respectfully bowed.
"I imagine you are all very curious as to why this Brave Trial is so urgent, immediately proceeding to the second stage after the first stage is completed."
Looking at the crowd, the Immortal's pressure permeated the entire arena. "To tell you the truth, the rules for this Brave Trial were personally set by King Suimi!"
"What! The rules for this Brave Trial were actually personally set by the great King Suimi?!"
"King Suimi! That's the greatest powerhouse of our Titan God Race. It's such an honor that this Brave Trial has attracted King Suimi's attention!"
Upon hearing the Immortal's words, the dissatisfaction in the hearts of all the contestants, except Ender, vanished without a trace, replaced by excitement and exhilaration.
Simply because the rules for this Brave Trial were set by King Suimi!
The Titan God Race is rich in martial virtue, and their overall talent is quite good. To this day, there are still more than ten Immortals, and the strongest among them is King Suimi.
King Suimi is the strongest of the Titan God Race and the only King Immortal. The sealing of Titan God Star was his doing.
"In this Brave Trial, the reason King Suimi set such rules is to tell you that not everything happens overnight, and it's normal for unexpected situations to arise."
He continued, "In the future, when you become World Masters and pass the assessment of the great Virtual Universe Company, you will enter the Extraterritorial Battlefield to fight for the Human Race."
"The war in the Extraterritorial Battlefield is brutal, and it's a place where any unexpected situation can occur. Therefore, you must not lose your vigilance, nor can you temporarily lose most of your strength due to a battle that isn't a matter of life and death."
Then, he announced, "Now the second stage of the competition begins. The rule is one-on-one combat. The winner advances to the next round, and the loser is directly eliminated!"
"The match list is arranged according to your ranking in the first stage of the trial: the first place opponent is the sixteenth place, the second place opponent is the fifteenth place, and so on!"
"And the ranking is as shown in the diagram." As he spoke, he gently waved his hand, and a light screen appeared before everyone.
Ender looked at the ranking on the light screen. "I am fourth, so my opponent is the thirteenth place, Weina."
"The first match of the second stage is eighth place versus ninth place, the second match is seventh place versus tenth place, and so on, with the last match being first place versus sixteenth place."
He announced, "Now, except for the two Brave Trial participants in the first match, everyone else immediately leaves the arena!"
Whoosh, whoosh...
Upon hearing this, Ender and the others quickly flew off the arena, leaving only the two who were about to duel.
...A few minutes later, the first four matches ended, and the fifth match was about to begin.
"It's truly brutal! Three people died in the first four matches."
Ender looked at the arena, which was stained with a lot of blood but had been cleaned, and thought to himself, "The Law comprehension of these contestants is at the Tongtian Bridge two or three-level. Many of them have similar strength, and when everyone wants to win and advance to the next round, no one is willing to hold back."
"Their strengths are similar, and they fight with all their might, holding nothing back, with every move aiming directly for the vital points like the head and the Sea of Consciousness Soul."
Ender flashed onto the arena. "Plus, the powerhouses present, whether World Master Level or Immortal, showed no intention of intervening to stop the matches, so the death rate is naturally high."
"No wonder Titan God World is a Dangerous Level mission. Whether it was the Brave Trial preliminaries, which focused on acquiring badges, or the current Brave Trial main competition, the death rate is not low."
Whoosh!
Weina, a lean man nearly thirty meters tall, flashed to the other side of the arena, his eyes full of hostility fixed on Ender.
"Fifth match begins."
As the voice from high in the sky faded, both figures in the arena moved simultaneously.
Whoosh!
Weina, also a Warrior, moved like lightning, instantly arriving on the opposite side of the arena and swinging his tens of meters long great blade towards Ender.
The battle blade landed on Ender, and Weina's face lit up with joy. "I won just like that! What kind of Genius who injured a World Master Level? He was still taken care of by one blade from me!"
Thud!
The massive battle blade struck the hard ground of the arena, emitting a deafening sound, and an invisible shockwave spread in all directions!
"What!"
Weina's expression changed. The Ender he had struck didn't bleed but shattered like a bubble. "I clearly struck him, how could this be..."
Pfft!
Suddenly, a powerful force struck Weina's chest. The terrifying power, imbued with the Law, directly blew a hole more than two meters in diameter in his chest!
"I surrender!"
Suffering such heavy injuries, Weina's face turned pale. To save his life, he quickly shouted loudly, and blood spurted from his mouth as he spoke.
"Match over, Ender wins."
The Immortal in the sky announced while simultaneously using his Immortal Divine Power to separate the two, preventing them from continuing to fight.
"Won."
After successfully landing a blow, Ender flashed to the edge of the arena, thinking to himself, "That was easy."
As a peerless Prodigy from the Virtual Universe Primal Secret Realm, Ender's Law comprehension and his weapon and battle armor were beyond what Weina could compare to.
Therefore, after narrowly dodging his opponent's attack, he easily inflicted heavy damage with a single blow, demonstrating his strength without taking his life, so that he would know when to retreat.
And Weina understood Ender's meaning. After suffering severe injuries, he decisively surrendered. He knew that if he didn't surrender, the opponent could kill him in the next moment!
"So strong! Is this the strength of Your Highness from the five Leviathans of Humanity?!"
The contestants were all shocked to see Ender defeat Weina in just one second.
Although they had heard that this Your Highness from the five Leviathans of Humanity had injured World Master Xi Gang in the Brave Trial preliminaries, they didn't believe that a powerhouse of World Master Level would be injured by a Universe Level.
As the saying goes, hearing is not believing, seeing is believing. Since they hadn't seen it with their own eyes, they naturally didn't believe it.
But until today, after witnessing the strength Ender displayed, they realized that the rumor was very likely true!
After witnessing Ender's strength, the contestant who ranked first in the first stage felt bitter. "It seems I have no hope of winning the Brave Trial championship."
The Brave Trial is held once every hundred years, meaning it will be held a hundred times in ten thousand years. The lifespan of a Universe Level is ten epochs, or 100,810 years. Even if one Cultivates for fifty thousand years, one can still participate in 508 Brave Trials.
Therefore, the Brave Trial stipulates that each person can only participate in the main competition once, regardless of whether they win the championship. So, if you don't win it once, you'll never win it.
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On the streets of Lichuan City.
Many Titan God Race people watched the light screen in the sky. Through slow motion, they saw Ender narrowly avoid the attack and defeat his opponent with a single flash, leaving them all in shock.
"This Your Highness from the five Leviathans of Humanity is too strong, far stronger than the two Your Highnesses from the previous session."
"The previous battles were life-and-death struggles between evenly matched opponents, but this Your Highness easily crushed his opponent. Their strengths are completely on different levels."
"Yes, the strength gap is too large. This Brave Trial's Pinnacle should be that Highness."
In a private room of an inn, a two-meter-tall man sitting by the window heard the discussions of the Titan God Race people below and thought to himself, "Of course it's not on the same level. That's Ender, a Prodigy who passed the tenth level of the Tongtian Bridge!"
This man was a Genius who had just entered the Absolute Beginning Secret Realm through the Secret Realm competition. He had entered Titan God World several years ago, originally thinking he could win the championship, but when he discovered that Ender was among the contestants, he instantly gave up the idea of participating in this Brave Trial.
"I'm really unlucky," the man secretly shook his head. "There are only three members in the Primal Secret Realm, and I actually encountered one here in Titan God World. It seems I'll have to stay in Titan God World for a hundred years to compete for the next championship."
"There's a good show coming up..."
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Lichuan City Dojo.
The second stage of the trial continued, but unlike before, because of the strength Ender displayed, other contestants realized they had lost the possibility of competing for the championship. The battles naturally became more harmonious sparring rather than life-and-death struggles.
Thus, Ender, by himself, lowered the death rate of this Brave Trial. Until he effortlessly claimed the championship, only the three people from the first four matches had died.
"The King of this Brave Trial is Ender," the Immortal announced. "Now, the King of the previous Brave Trial, Sike, will transfer the sacred fruit to this session's King, Ender."
Upon the announcement, Sike, wearing a gray-white battle suit and having reached Domain Master Level 6, walked onto the arena.
He held a circular white jade plate, more than a meter in diameter, in both hands. On the plate lay a pale green, round fruit, about twenty centimeters in diameter, with a few golden patterns on its skin.
Under everyone's gaze, Sike walked up to Ender, who was suspended in the air, and transmitted a cold message: "I know Your Highness from the five Leviathans of Humanity has extraordinary strength, but you are ultimately a Universe Level, while I am already a powerhouse of Domain Master Level 6."
"If you're sensible, just accept the sacred fruit I'm handing over, otherwise I'll make you regret it!"
Having said that, Sike extended his hands, holding the white jade plate, and presented the jade plate to Ender.
Looking at the white jade plate in front of him and the pale green fruit on it, Ender's lips curved slightly upward, and he sneered, "I refuse!"