Chapter 2 The Second Round

In just the second round, all the powerful experts from the weaker races were eliminated, leaving only the contestants from the powerful races on the field.

"This was expected. If the preliminaries hadn't favored the weaker races, there would probably only be two or three who could enter the main competition," Xu Jingming thought. The invisible pressure of the preliminaries oppressed them. The smaller the size, the less pressure one felt, allowing the weaker races to have nine places in the main competition.

But the gap couldn't be concealed. Xu Jingming and the others couldn't defeat opponents who were even slightly more powerful.

"Watch carefully."

Xu Jingming carefully observed each match. Far away in the outside world, numerous Eternal Realm avatars were deducing massive amounts of data based on the scenes of each battle.

Their speed of movement, speed of attack, their height, weight, arm length…

All data was being collected to absorb experience and improve his *Xin Shen Bing* Battle Technique (Heart Spirit Weapon Battle Technique).

…

The second round determined 75 contestants. The fastest winner received a bye and would directly participate in the fourth round. The other 74 contestants would compete in the third round, determining 37 winners.

After six rounds, only five contestants remained.

"Today, the 'Ultimate Round Robin' will be held. The five experts will fight each other until the undisputed champion of this competition is determined," announced the host, Golden-Haired Pan Qiu, in a high-pitched voice. A light screen appeared above the arena, displaying the images of the five contestants.

Inside the contestant booth, Xu Jingming and his family were still there! As long as he obtained a place in the main competition, the contestant booth would be available for Xu Jingming's use throughout the entire competition.

"That Lei Jiao Shan (Thunder Horn Mountain) is really powerful. No wonder Big Brother conceded proactively back then. He's been winning easily all the way," Third Sister exclaimed.

"The One-Armed Giant Ape King is also very powerful, sweeping all the way."

"I think the Golden Flame Divine Bird is even stronger."

His younger siblings were arguing.

Xu Jingming looked up at the images of the five contestants. Besides the Fire Dragonborn expert, the One-Armed Giant Ape King, and the Mountain Demon race expert, who were all recognized as the strongest during the preliminaries, there was also the 'Golden Flame Divine Bird,' who ranked first in flight during the preliminaries, and an Yu Hu (Rain Tiger) race expert.

"The Ultimate Round Robin…" Xu Jingming and many other experts were carefully observing.

"The first match today is between the Yu Hu race's 'Zhang Mu' and the Forest Giant Ape race's 'Wu Shi'," announced the host, Pan Qiu.

The Yu Hu race was a group living in a remote forest in the myriad race world. Their population was small, and they were generally around 20 meters tall, resembling upright-walking beasts.

The Forest Giant Ape race's 'Wu Shi' was also the king currently followed by all giant apes! He had been fighting with only one arm throughout the competition.

The match began!

"The Yu Hu race's Zhang Mu is much weaker than the One-Armed Giant Ape King," Xu Jingming observed. "The gap between the two sides is quite obvious."

Soon, the Yu Hu race expert conceded, and the One-Armed Giant Ape King won the first victory.

The second match was between the Mountain Demon race expert 'Jin Luo Shi' and the Fire Dragonborn expert 'Lei Jiao Shan.'

"What a strong body."

Xu Jingming exclaimed as he watched. The Mountain Demon race king 'Jin Luo Shi,' who was 63 meters tall, had an extremely powerful physique. The Fire Dragonborn expert, who was more than 8 meters tall, seemed like a tiny speck in front of him.

However, after a short exchange of only ten or so breaths, the Mountain Demon race king, Jin Luo Shi, reluctantly shouted, 'I concede.'

Lei Jiao Shan won the second match of the Ultimate Round Robin.

The competition continued.

After several matches, the audience could see it.

"The champion will be among the Fire Dragonborn expert 'Lei Jiao Shan' and the One-Armed Giant Ape King 'Wu Shi'," many spectators, including Xu Jingming, could judge. Only those two had been winning consistently.

"Next is the ninth match of today's Ultimate Round Robin: The Fire Dragonborn race's 'Lei Jiao Shan' versus the Forest Giant Ape race's 'Wu Shi.' To date, Lei Jiao Shan has won three matches, and Wu Shi has also won two. They have both maintained a perfect record! And now, whichever side wins their match will directly become the champion of this Myriad Races Competition," announced the host, Golden-Haired Pan Qiu.

If Lei Jiao Shan won, he would have four wins and be the undisputed first.

If the One-Armed Giant Ape King won, he would have three wins! His opponent, Lei Jiao Shan, would have three wins and one loss, still losing to the One-Armed Giant Ape King. In terms of the win-loss relationship, the One-Armed Giant Ape King could still win the championship.

"The ninth match of the Ultimate Round Robin has become the final match of this competition. Welcome the two contestants to the arena," Golden-Haired Pan Qiu said loudly.

Amidst the cheers of the entire audience, two figures appeared in the arena.

The Fire Dragonborn expert, who was more than eight meters tall, and the One-Armed Giant Ape King, who was 12 meters tall, faced each other from a distance.

"Whoever wins between the two of them can leave the myriad race world alive," Xu Jingming said with some envy at this moment.

"Being born into a powerful race is quite fortunate," the Ant race expert 'Ha Fu Cheng,' sat in the front row of the audience, also watching.

"The winner between the two of them will leave the myriad race world and also receive a huge reward. We probably won't be able to leave for the rest of our lives," Ying, Yu Yangwei, and Feng Ke, who were in the audience, felt a complex mix of emotions.

The match began.

All the descended high-dimensional lifeforms, whether in the arena or watching through the broadcast, were watching this match.

This match was also unprecedentedly intense.

"What?" Xu Jingming watched with bated breath.

At the critical moment, the One-Armed Giant Ape King extended his second arm. Then, he extended one arm after another! A full eight arms, an eight-armed giant ape… his strength was unprecedentedly fierce and tyrannical!

The One-Armed Giant Ape King's strength completely erupted.

"Level 69!" Xu Jingming watched in horror. "The One-Armed Giant Ape King in the eight-armed state has a body level of 69, the strongest one I've ever seen!"

"Die for me!" The eight-armed giant ape king went completely berserk, attacking with all his might.

To leave the myriad race world.

He had been concentrating on improving himself for more than three hundred years. He used to be one-armed, and while researching 'arm regeneration,' he figured out how to grow a third arm, a fourth arm… eventually discovering that eight arms were the limit. Any more would affect the entire body structure, and strength would decrease rather than increase.

The eight-armed form was his strongest form.

"I'm actually being forced to this point." The Fire Dragonborn expert was covered in wounds, with blood at the corners of his mouth and eyes. He barely blocked the opponent's overwhelming and crazy eight-armed attacks with his arms.

"Outside, under the Third Realm, I am invincible. But in the myriad race world, I have met an opponent."

"Yes, I can't underestimate any opponent."

Although the Fire Dragonborn expert was battered, his eyes were as calm as the sea. While being completely suppressed, it seemed like flames were burning in his eyes.

"Boom~~~"

Flames rose from the Fire Dragonborn expert's body, completely transforming him into a huge flame.

A fist flew out from the flames, breaking through the obstruction of the eight-armed giant ape's arms and piercing through the eight-armed giant ape's chest.

"What?" All the spectators, all the high-dimensional lifeforms watching, were stunned.

Ying, Yu Yangwei, and Feng Ke stared wide-eyed. "In this world, all high-dimensional lifeforms are bound by their physical bodies. He is clearly a Fire Dragonborn expert, so how could he completely transform into flames? And what was that flame fist?"

Xu Jingming was also moved, and he looked at this scene in disbelief.

Having learned the half-step Third Realm inheritance, *Xin Shen Bing*, Xu Jingming could completely understand this move.

"He didn't turn into flames."

"It's that the power of his mind was too great at the last moment, distorting the perception of all life," Xu Jingming thought. "Whether it was on the scene or even the audience watching the online broadcast, their perceptions were distorted, and they all felt that he had transformed into flames."

"Being able to distort perception in the myriad race world…" Xu Jingming was amazed in his heart. "Unbelievable."

What Xu Jingming didn't know at all.

That this Fire Dragonborn expert's achievement in the field of mind weapons was even more terrifying than the highest level of *Xin Shen Bing*.

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"I…"

The eight-armed giant ape fell to the ground, a hole in his chest, his heart shattered.

He stared blankly at the sky.

"Am I, am I going to die?"

"This, how is this possible?" The eight-armed giant ape was filled with unwillingness at this moment.

With his body control, he could slowly recover from a shattered heart.

But—

The mental will carried by this body was already fragmented. Without the control and guidance of the mind, the body would naturally move towards extinction.

"One strike, breaking my body, destroying my mind… how is this possible? I, I am a half-step Third Realm," the eight-armed giant ape's eyes were wide, his mind completely annihilated, his vitality cut off. He had too much unwillingness, too many unfinished things.

Even in death, he was unwilling.

The Fire Dragonborn expert Lei Jiao Shan returned to his original form, looking at the already dead eight-armed giant ape. "Your eight-armed form was too strong. I had to unite my mind and body and use the Heart Spirit Weapon battle technique to have a chance of winning."

Ordinary moves could no longer win against the One-Armed Giant Ape King.

But once the Heart Spirit Weapon battle technique was used, attacking both the body and the mind, Lei Jiao Shan couldn't hold back.

"I can't hold back." The Fire Dragonborn expert Lei Jiao Shan looked at the host of the competition, Golden-Haired Pan Qiu, in the distance.

Golden-Haired Pan Qiu shivered and rushed into the arena, announcing in a high-pitched voice, "The match is over. The champion of this Myriad Races Competition has been born, and that is Lei Jiao Shan from the Fire Dragonborn race."

The whole arena cheered, especially many mixed-blood Dragonborn lives were extremely excited.

But the high-dimensional lifeforms in the audience were a little horrified.

"The One-Armed Giant Ape King, is he dead?"

"He's dead?"

At first, they thought he was just seriously injured with a shattered heart, but who would have thought that the One-Armed Giant Ape King would lie down and completely lose his vitality.

"Both injured the body and injured the mind. Was his mind annihilated?" Xu Jingming watched with a shudder. "The One-Armed Giant Ape King was undoubtedly one of the top three experts in this competition. Even if he lost this time, he would still have the hope of winning the championship next time."

"But he just died like that?"

Xu Jingming sighed. "If the difference in strength is large, the opponent might still hold back. But if the strength is close, really fighting desperately… if you're not careful, your life is gone."

The One-Armed Giant Ape King forced out the Fire Dragonborn expert's true ultimate move! But he couldn't withstand such a move.

A half-step Third Realm had fallen.

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In the contestant booth, the Fire Dragonborn expert Lei Jiao Shan returned here.

"I won the championship. I should be leaving the myriad race world, right?" Lei Jiao Shan waited patiently.

Whoosh!

The scene in front of him began to become illusory, his mental consciousness completely leaving this world. All the spectators in the arena seemed to become a painting.

A huge painting!

Lei Jiao Shan's mental consciousness left this huge painting. The moment he left, his mental consciousness immediately mobilized the vast power of the Mind Realm to construct a new body.

"Hmm?" Just as he flew out of the huge painting, Lei Jiao Shan looked up and saw the figure sitting in front of the huge painting.

He, was incredibly vast, radiating endless light.

Lei Jiao Shan could hardly see his true appearance, but over the long years, he had seen similar existences more than once.

"Great Third Realm existence." Lei Jiao Shan respectfully saluted.