Chapter 1 The Preliminary Round

Xu Jingming looked up at the high altitude, vaguely seeing the enormous arena through the blurry clouds.

"Most of the preliminary round contestants are above level 50. The air feels like water to them. They can completely run on the air," Xu Jingming frowned. "But stepping on air… is never as fast as true flight!"

The alien races with wings flapped them and soared through the air.

Relying on stepping on air with their feet was much slower.

"The first round of the preliminary selection prohibits all preliminary contestants from touching each other," the golden intelligent machine in the sky said. "If a preliminary contestant touches another contestant, they will immediately be moved out of World Center City and deprived of their qualification for the All-Races Competition."

The powerful beings of all races present were shocked.

"Of course, the movements of your flight are very large, and mutual interference of air currents is allowed," the golden intelligent machine said.

"Air current interference is allowed?" Xu Jingming's heart stirred, and Ying, Yu Yangwei, and Feng Ke also became serious.

"The air currents erupted by the strong are still terrifying," Ying said silently.

Just like Xu Jingming's breath could shatter a small mountain miles away, the air waves erupted by those who were stronger than Xu Jingming when they were rushing at full speed were even more terrifying.

"More than 5 million experts are rushing to the high altitude together, deliberately erupting shock waves to interfere with each other. A large number of shock waves will form terrifying turbulence," Yu Yangwei worried. "Those with weaker strength will be torn into pieces by these turbulence."

The chubby Feng Ke said, "If we can make good use of the air turbulence, it can greatly increase our speed."

"It's not that easy to use," Ying said with a solemn expression.

The more than 5 million preliminary contestants present had different ideas. For them, this was not just a competition, but survival! Being number one in the All-Races Arena was the only way for them to leave alive.

The golden intelligent machine in the high altitude smiled and said, "Now that you know the rules, please all contestants prepare. Now counting down, 5… 4… 3…"

In the vast arena, everyone waited solemnly, with invisible electromagnetic forces suppressing all the preliminary contestants.

"2… 1! Start!" As soon as the golden intelligent machine's voice fell, the suppressed electromagnetic force was instantly withdrawn.

"Charge!"

Xu Jingming, Ying, Yu Yangwei, and Feng Ke simultaneously exerted force on the ground, each of them shooting into the sky like a cannonball! Those with wings flapped them, and their speed was even faster.

In the blink of an eye, more than five million air currents erupted, and all the preliminary contestants shot into the sky.

"What! I…"

The previous All-Races Arena champion, 'Giant God Race' Kabomaiha, was tall and burly. He was also the first to exert force on the ground and rush into the sky! However, his level 47 strength was too far behind among the preliminary contestants, and coupled with his huge size, the resistance was too great, so the speed of rushing into the sky was too slow.

With just one step on the ground, Kabomaiha sensed the surroundings and realized with bitterness, "Am I actually within the last ten thousand?"

There were more than 5.03 million preliminary contestants, and the first round of the preliminary round only selected ten thousand. But he was within the last ten thousand. Kabomaiha's past pride was completely shattered, and he also had a clear understanding of his strength.

The All-Races Arena used to be his proudest place. Now, he had no hope in the first round of the preliminary round.

"Forget it, the gap is too big. Competing again is just humiliating myself," Kabomaiha stopped struggling. The upward momentum naturally weakened more and more under the resistance, and he began to free fall after rising only a thousand meters.

One rush, and a natural fall! Kabomaiha looked up calmly at the millions of figures rushing into the sky.

There were quite a few who fell naturally like Kabomaiha.

"The gap is too big." Among these preliminary contestants who gave up, many were natives, and some were high-dimensional lifeforms who knew their limitations. Those high-dimensional lifeforms descended on weak races, and with just one start, they were in the last tens of thousands, so they had no intention of struggling.

"Give up on the previous few sessions, and cultivate for thousands of years. If the strength difference is not too big, then you will have the qualification to compete." These high-dimensional lifeforms were not stupid. If the gap was ridiculously large, competing was courting death.

…

Boom!

The air waves rolled in his ears, and Xu Jingming was rushing into the sky at super high speed.

With his current strength, just one step on the ground could rise to a height of ten thousand meters before falling! Of course, this time he wanted to reach the main competition arena as quickly as possible, so Xu Jingming naturally had to step on the air to exert force.

"Thousand Shadow Flying Crane Style!"

Xu Jingming spread his arms.

"Boom." "Boom." "Boom." During the upward rush, Xu Jingming stepped on the air again and again. With his terrifying speed, the air felt like a solid, and each step borrowed force to rush upward. His arms also flapped like the wings of a flying bird to borrow force, bursting his speed to the limit.

Xu Jingming saw more than a thousand figures in the sky. Most of these figures had wings.

"I am currently ranked between 1200th and 1300th. Most of those in front of me are various avian races," Xu Jingming thought silently. "In the first round of screening, the avian races have too great an advantage."

"However, there are quite a few who don't have wings who are faster than me," Xu Jingming said with a solemn expression. "These powerful races are indeed much stronger than me."

The one currently ranked first was a huge golden bird. A single flap of its wings stirred up terrifying air waves, and the golden bird shot into the sky, while the air waves impacted all the preliminary contestants below.

Of the top twenty, seventeen had wings, and three did not.

Ninth place, a Fire Dragon descendant expert who was more than eight meters tall.

Fifteenth place, a one-armed giant ape king who was twelve meters tall.

Twentieth place, a Mountain Demon race expert who was 63 meters tall.

These three experts without wings made Xu Jingming extremely fearful: "These three don't have wings like me, and they are bigger and have greater resistance! But their speed is still faster than me, and their strength obviously surpasses me."

When these three stepped on the air, each step seemed to shatter space and time, and the terrifying shock waves formed affected the lower areas, and their power was extremely terrifying.

"What, this Fire Dragon descendant expert is faster than me?" The one-armed giant ape king was secretly shocked. Although there was a slight height difference between the two, the Fire Dragon descendant expert flew faster, making him feel threatened.

"And the Mountain Demon race expert behind him, with a height of 63 meters, has extremely high resistance when flying, but he is only slightly slower than me, and he is also a strong enemy," the one-armed giant ape king thought silently.

The Mountain Demon race expert was expressionless. His feet were huge, and each time he stepped on the air, it caused a terrifying roar, causing his huge body to continuously accelerate upward.

"One-armed giant ape and Fire Dragon descendant?" The Mountain Demon race expert's eyes were cold. "My race is at a critical juncture of life and death, and I am the greatest pillar of the race! The All-Races World… I must win first place, and no one can stop me!"

There were many branches of the Dragon race in the All-Races World, such as the relatively powerful Five-Colored Dragon race, Fire Dragon race, and Demon Dragon race. The Dragon race also formed some mixed-blood Dragon descendants by mating with other races.

Dragon descendants are generally servants of the Dragon race!

A Fire Dragon descendant expert without wings was currently ranked ninth, which indeed attracted the attention of many high-dimensional beings.

"Fire Dragon descendant expert, who is he?"

"So strong."

"In this All-Races Competition, this Fire Dragon descendant expert will be at least in the top three," many high-dimensional beings commented.

The Fire Dragon descendant expert was very calm at the moment. He looked above, seemingly at the flying bird experts at a higher place, and also seemed to be looking at the deepest part of the illusory sky: "Even if it is an invincible myth, so what? In front of the Third Realm, I have no power to fight back, and I was dragged into his world, and I must follow his rules."

"Third Realm, when will I be able to reach the Third Realm?" the Fire Dragon descendant expert thought.

He was a traveler.

Wandering and traveling in the endless territory, he had experienced too much, and now his only pursuit was… the Third Realm!

"Let's leave this world in the first All-Races Arena," the Fire Dragon descendant expert thought.

For him, this was a matter of course.

He had not met an opponent for a long time.

"I hope that among these more than 5 million high-dimensional lifeform opponents, there will be an opponent who can surprise me," the Fire Dragon descendant expert thought.

…

"We have fallen to around nine thousand. With a slight mistake, we will be eliminated in the first round." Two Giant God race experts were very anxious. They didn't have wings, and their bodies were large, so the resistance was too great.

"Do it."

The two Giant God race members were very decisive. They waved their big palms, and terrifying air waves impacted all directions.

At the height of nine thousand, their strength still had a great advantage. Under the wave of their palms, those flying bird races were impacted, and many were injured, tumbling, and their speed greatly reduced.

"Boom, boom, boom." The Fire Dragon descendant expert, the one-armed giant ape king, and the Mountain Demon race expert at the front used all their strength to step on the air, forming shock waves. Some experts also took the initiative to blast out shock waves to block other contestants.

Under the influence of a large number of shock waves, this area of the sky became terrible.

"Pfft."

"Boom."

Some flying birds with weak strength were directly shattered by the many shock waves. If they were lucky, they could rely on their severed limbs to regenerate and slowly recover. If they were unlucky and injured a fatal spot, they would lose their lives on the spot.

For a time, blood flew and feathers splattered.

"Everyone is crazy."

Yu Yangwei, Feng Ke, and Ying were all shocked as they watched the large number of air waves bombarding them from above. Because there were too many attackers, a large number of air waves affected each other, and this area of the sky became chaotic and terrifying.

"Pfft." Yu Yangwei was impacted by the air waves, and blood overflowed from the corner of her mouth. Feng Ke and Ying also struggled to support themselves.

"Fortunately, this area is not so dangerous." Yu Yangwei thought that after obtaining the body refinement method taught by Xu Jingming, and after years of cultivation, their strength was now between level 53 and level 55. As small humans, their physical toughness was also extremely strong. Therefore, under the chaotic shock waves, they were only slightly injured.

Yu Yangwei, Feng Ke, and Ying looked up at the sky. The chaotic air currents above were even more terrifying, with a lot of blood flying around, and the contestants with inferior strength were either dead or injured.

"We are around 500,000th place, it's too late." Yu Yangwei, Feng Ke, and Ying judged after just watching the situation that they had no hope at all.

"Some high-dimensional lifeforms actually died in the first round of the preliminary round." Yu Yangwei, Feng Ke, and Ying slowed down and deliberately avoided the most intense shock wave turbulence above.

"If their strength is weak, they rely on their wings to rush fast. If they don't die, who will?" Feng Ke shook his head and said, "This first round of the preliminary round seems to be beneficial to flying races, but it is also dangerous. Fortune and misfortune depend on each other."

"The ones in the front have already arrived at the arena," Ying had already seen it.

…

The golden bird was the first to arrive at the high-altitude arena.

Whizzing, one powerful bird after another arrived.

"Boom." With terrifying movements, the Fire Dragon descendant expert also arrived at the arena. His movements were much louder than those of the flying birds. He was the 6th to arrive.

"Boom." The one-armed giant ape king arrived in tenth place.

The Mountain Demon race expert arrived in seventeenth place.

One expert after another arrived. The top hundred experts were all powerful races and flying bird races. Obviously, weak races… still had a certain gap in terms of physical aspects.

Boom!

Between about 860th and 880th place, Xu Jingming and more than a dozen experts arrived at the arena almost at the same time.

"Arrived." Xu Jingming relaxed after passing through the invisible barrier and seeing the arena of the main competition. He began to carefully observe his opponents one by one.