Chapter 61 The Main Competition Begins

“In three days, this year’s Ten Thousand Races Competition will officially begin.” The golden intelligent machine continued, “The detailed requirements for the main competition will be sent to everyone via the information network.”

After saying that, an invisible force enveloped Xu Jingming and the other powerhouses, and all of them were moved away.

Fifteen minutes later.

Xu Jingming strolled leisurely and returned to his manor residence.

His father, Jing Yulong, was still lying on the sofa watching a light screen program, and Yuan Yu was also watching intently, while Xiao Jiu was sleeping soundly in the crib beside them.

“You’re back so soon?” His mother, Yuan Yu, said in surprise.

“I’m back for lunch.” Xu Jingming said with a smile.

“Jingming, the schedule for the Ten Thousand Races Competition will be announced tonight, and ticket sales will begin tomorrow night.” Jing Yulong said, “We have dozens of people here this time, so grabbing tickets is a big problem. There are only one hundred million tickets, but nearly ten thousand races are competing for them. We may not be able to buy enough tickets.”

Yuan Yu added, “Online ticket sales are only available within World Center City. But when the time comes, many people who aren’t going to watch the matches in person will also try to grab tickets. As long as you get them, you can make money by reselling them.”

“It’s too difficult for us to get dozens of tickets together.” Jing Yulong also had a headache. “If there’s no other way, everyone will have to be scattered in the stands.”

“Ticket sales are a problem.” Xu Jingming nodded.

“We’re still okay; it’s even harder for those large races to get tickets,” Yuan Yu said. “Some large dragon races are hundreds of meters long, and the average Mountain Demon race is over fifty meters tall! There are only a thousand grandstand boxes suitable for them. Various branches of the dragon race, as well as many large-sized races… it’s not easy to get even one ticket.”

Jing Yulong said, “I heard that the main competition contestants all have separate resting boxes. The contestants’ family and friends can also be in those boxes.”

“That’s a perk only main competition contestants get; we can only envy them.” Yuan Yu saw that Xiao Jiu was awake and immediately went to coax the child.

…

Inside a small building in World Center City.

A small gray elf sat by the window, watching the night descend upon World Center City.

“Gray elves are considered weak among the various branches of the elf race, with an average height of 60 centimeters to 1 meter.” The gray elf powerhouse said silently, “In my plan, the first three hundred years after descending are a period of complete hibernation, with only one goal… to survive.”

“So, twenty years after descending, I came to the safest World Center City and have lived here ever since.”

“Everything that happened later was as I expected! High-dimensional lifeforms of powerful races began to attack and kill weaker races, forcing them to flee everywhere, some to World Center City and some underground,” the gray elf thought.

“World Center City has a high population density and strict rules, so there’s no way to freely cultivate. The dark and narrow underground is also not a place to fully cultivate,” the gray elf was helpless.

After all, as one’s strength increases, a true burst of power would obliterate the surrounding dozens of kilometers.

Even when restraining himself to train his body, the aura of merely ‘breathing’ could destroy the surrounding several kilometers!

“Here, it’s safe, but there’s no way to fully unleash my body refinement techniques, let alone practice combat techniques,” the gray elf thought. “In this preliminary competition, my strength was only Level 45. When I kicked off the ground to rush to the main competition venue, I was in the last tens of thousands.”

Due to his small size, his speed when kicking off the ground was actually faster than that of Kabbemaiha of the Giant God race, the champion of the previous competition.

“The attacks are rare now,” the gray elf thought. “It’s time for me to go out and cultivate with all my strength.”

In World Center City, he had never dared to unleash his full power even once! Because even the aftershock of a punch hitting the ground would affect the surrounding one or two kilometers. World Center City would immediately arrest him and might even permanently strip him of his competition资格 (zige, qualification).

…

“How could I possibly fight those monsters? I’m just a natural nascent realm being, so I’ll just enjoy life in the Ten Thousand Races World.”

“Being behind for three hundred years doesn’t mean I’ll still be behind thousands of years from now. I still have enough time.”

“I’m a powerful race, but I was surpassed by a group of weak races in the first competition. How can I compete later?”

The eliminated contestants of the preliminary competition had different mindsets.

Some remained firm in their beliefs, some were anxious, and some gave up completely.

The competition of more than 5 million high-dimensional lifeforms was too intense! These high-dimensional lifeforms had a high speed of thought, and after some data calculations, they could easily calculate the probability of them winning first place in the Ten Thousand Races.

******

The night in World Center City was prosperous and dazzling. The eyes of countless lives in the Ten Thousand Races World were focused here, and there were many programs broadcasting ‘World Center City’ every moment.

“The schedule has been released.”

“The schedule for the official competition has been released, and the 300 main competition contestants have also been announced.”

World Center City instantly boiled over. Countless races in the Ten Thousand Races World were also looking forward to seeing the schedule and the list of main competition contestants. They all hoped that there would be members of their own race on the list, which would be the pride of the entire race!

“Hmm?”

“On the first day of the competition, Round 1, Match 59: Bardi God (Mountain Demon Race) vs. Jingming (Human Race)!”

“There’s a human, there’s a human in the main competition contestants!”

The countless citizens of the Seven Human Nations were also paying attention to the Ten Thousand Races Competition, and they were looking at the schedule with a normal attitude! But the appearance of a human contestant in the schedule made countless citizens of the Seven Nations stunned, and then the entire Seven Nations fell into jubilation.

“After a gap of 158,000 years, we humans have a new powerhouse on the stage of the Ten Thousand Races Competition.”

“In this era, the whole world is full of powerhouses, and their strength far surpasses that of previous competitions. The significance of this competition will also far exceed that of other competitions. A powerhouse from our human race can actually step onto the stage.”

“Jingming, the patriarch of the Jing family of Dongyun Nation, was weak in his youth, but later dropped out of school to focus on martial arts, and has made rapid progress ever since. He has been traveling and cultivating around the world for the past two hundred years.” Soon, the information of the human Jingming was dug up on the internet.

“Dongyun Nation, Jingming.”

“Our Dongyun Nation is amazing.”

“They all say that the powerhouses of today are terrifying, I wonder how powerful Jingming is now.”

“His opponent is ‘Bardi God’ of the Mountain Demon Race, who is 65 meters tall and is like a small mountain.”

The Seven Human Nations were in a frenzy, constantly searching for various information about Jingming, searching for information about his opponent, and speculating whether they could win this match.

…

World Center City, the Jing family.

“Huh?”

Jing Yulong, Yuan Yu, a group of younger siblings, a group of guards and servants, including the old assistant Ni Yun, were all in shock as they looked at the schedule displayed on the light screen.

“Son.” Jing Yulong couldn’t help but say, “This, is this Jingming of the Human Race on the public schedule, you?”

“Brother, is that you?” The young sixth brother stared wide-eyed.

“In the entire Seven Human Nations, besides the boss, where else is there a powerful martial artist named Jingming?” Ni Yun muttered to herself.

Under the gaze of everyone, Xu Jingming went upstairs with a bottle of beverage: “Yes, that’s me! So, you don’t need to grab tickets anymore, the official contestants all have boxes.”

“Brother, don’t go, explain it clearly.”

“Brother.”

The younger siblings were excited and rushed over one by one.

Xu Jingming turned around helplessly: “Didn’t I admit it? That’s me! Okay, I’m going to cultivate, I still have to fight a powerhouse from the Mountain Demon Race in the main competition.”

“Don’t disturb your big brother’s rest.” Jing Yulong immediately scolded the group of children.

Xu Jingming immediately went upstairs to his room.

The living room was in an uproar, Jing Yulong, Yuan Yu, and a group of younger siblings were excitedly discussing.

“I said, my brother can create such powerful body refinement techniques, he must be very powerful.”

“My brother has been traveling and wandering outside for more than two hundred years, he must be wholeheartedly cultivating.”

“Yes, the Jing family patriarch doesn’t enjoy himself, but wanders outside alone to cultivate bitterly, no wonder big brother has such strength.”

“How strong is big brother?”

“Don’t know.”

“I saw some videos, some terrifying powerhouses can destroy the surrounding several kilometers with one punch. Is big brother as powerful as them?”

“Sixth brother, what is a main competition contestant? The 300 main competition contestants of the Ten Thousand Races Competition are the 300 most powerful experts in the entire world today.”

They were all excitedly chatting.

******

Amidst the expectations of countless lives, the day of the official opening of the Ten Thousand Races Competition finally arrived.

Xu Jingming brought dozens of members of the Jing family to the entrance area.

“Contestant Jingming, welcome to your arrival, I will send everyone directly to the contestant boxes.” A black intelligent machine received them separately, “Do you have any other friends you would like to join you?”

“No, that’s all.” Xu Jingming shook his head.

Ying, Feng Ke, and Yu Yangwei had already purchased tickets, and they did not need to gather with the Jing family.

“Okay.” The black intelligent machine nodded with a smile, and then electromagnetic light enveloped the Jing family, including Xu Jingming.

Whoosh!

The group was directly moved away.

Xu Jingming and the others appeared out of thin air in a large box, which was fifty meters wide, with an open-air roof.

“The box is so big.”

“Wow.”

“The arena is so big too.” The younger siblings looked around excitedly, and also saw in the next box, a majestic demon dragon was coiled there. The demon dragon was too large, even when coiled it was more than thirty meters high. The demon dragon looked at Xu Jingming’s box, and their eyes met. Both recognized each other as one of the 300 powerhouses in the main competition.

“For a weak race to enter the top 300 in the first competition, he must be much stronger than me outside.” The demon dragon thought secretly.

The demon dragon watched solemnly, scaring the younger siblings, bodyguards, and servants.

“Wow.” The infant Xiao Jiu even cried.

The demon dragon was helpless and slightly turned its upper body to face the other side.

“Don’t panic, the laws of World Center City are strict, it’s still very safe.” Xu Jingming comforted everyone.

“Brother, another big one is coming next door.” The third sister was also nervous.

Xu Jingming turned his head to look.

In the box on the other side was a huge bird with folded wings, whose size was no less than the demon dragon.

“Out of the 300 main competition contestants, only 9 are from weak races.” Xu Jingming explained to his younger siblings, “The others are all powerful races, and the small ones are ten meters tall, while the large ones are nearly a hundred meters.”

“Brother, you’re still the best.”

“Among the nine weak races, there’s you, big brother.” The younger siblings were all quite proud.

And in countless seats throughout the arena, the audience was taking their seats.

In the very front row, in a very small seat, a luxuriously dressed ant tribe member sat there. His eyes were cold as he watched the arena up close: “In the first competition, I, Ha Futeng, couldn’t participate, so I can only be a spectator. I can also watch their strength carefully.”

(I’ll rest for a day tomorrow, and Tomato will resume updating the day after tomorrow)