Read Novel Full Chapter 224: The First Battle
Chapter 224: Chapter 224: The First Battle
"It’s finally about to begin!"
Liu Yu walked along the streets of Shuiyue New City. Looking around, the buildings stood in rows, and various beautiful plants decorated the environment, full of vitality.
"The environment on Yingmu Star isn’t bad. Why don’t I buy a house here in the future?"
"No, with my current commercial value, it’s enough to buy a house on Azure Wood Star."
He came from Moon Embrace Star. Ever since the Genius competition’s top 100 list was announced, and his name was among them, all major businesses and brands on Moon Embrace Star approached him, offering him lucrative endorsement contracts.
From the moment he made the list, he became the hottest young talent on the planet, a supergenius in the hearts of the people, carrying the hopes of everyone on the planet, determined to bring glory to Moon Embrace Star.
Countless spotlights shone on him. The planet’s governor, chief, and other big figures met with him, making him feel exuberant and prideful.
The only thing that discontented him was that the professional institutions rated him as a Three Star Genius.
Although it wasn’t the lowest One Star, he felt that Three Stars was definitely an underestimate of his abilities.
Sure, I’m not a Five Star Genius
But am I not at least a Four Star?
Stupid institutions, watch me slap your face!
Liu Yu continued down the street, with numerous miniature cameras pointed at him from various corners and above, projecting the scene onto livestream split-screens.
Once the battle of geniuses officially commenced, the stream would be divided into a hundred channels, allowing netizens to freely switch between different geniuses’ livestreams.
At that moment, over 40% of Moon Embrace Star’s population flooded into Liu Yu’s livestream room.
Barrage comments kept popping up
"Liu Yu, go for it, you are the pride of our Moon Embrace Star!"
"Liu Yu is my neighbor’s kid. I held him when he was young."
"Defeat the other geniuses, bring honor to our Moon Embrace Star!"
Liu Yu was also aware that at this moment, over a billion of his fellow countrymen were watching his stream. He paid extra attention to his appearance, maintaining a stern look, holding his longsword, exuding the aura of a top-tier genius.
Just then, a shadow appeared at the end of the street. A person in black attire wearing a Black Crow mask glanced at Liu Yu and then turned to leave.
"Finally, a chance to encounter an examiner."
Liu Yu muttered to himself, a confident smile appearing on his face.
Familiar with the competition’s rules, he immediately recognized that the earlier figure was a C-level examiner, ranked middling among all examiners.
With his skills, he was more than capable of taking on a C-level examiner alone.
In doing so, he could not only showcase his strength to the planet’s people but also seize the examiner’s guardian artifact.
Spiritual Artifact, Elixirs, Secret Manuals
No matter which one, he would happily accept.
"Don’t leave!"
Azure wings sprouted behind Liu Yu, wind roaring as he flew up quickly, chasing after the shadow.
...
On Moon Embrace Star, the official livestream invited two local Tier Six experts to join the channel and analyze the situation.
"Dear audience, many of you may not be familiar with the competition’s rules. Let me quickly explain. "
"This genius competition has 180 examiners, alongside an unknown number of spirit plants and spirit beasts to test participants, but let’s not focus on those. The examiners are divided into three levels: A, B, and C. Among them, A-level is the highest, with only four such examiners. There are 12 B-level examiners, dressed in Zodiac costumes, and the rest are all C-level examiners, usually wearing beast masks."
"As for the examiner that appeared earlier, wearing the Black Crow mask, he was a C-level examiner."
"In my opinion, with Liu Yu’s strength of Tier Five, Two Stars, and Silver Level lineage, he has a great chance of defeating the opponent. Let’s wait and see!"
Barrage comments showed a flood of support for Liu Yu.
"Young Master Yu, charge, take down that Black Crow!"
"Tiny Black Crow, easy to crush, Liu Yu, charge!"
"Take down the Black Crow, and I’ll buy the brand of underwear you endorse!"
"Young Master Yu, use the Black Crow as a sacrifice for your sword and start with a stunning victory!!!"
...
Liu Yu flew over the street, spotting Black Crow at the corner with a single glance.
"Meeting me is your misfortune, your career as an examiner ends here!"
A cold glint flashed in Liu Yu’s eyes. The azure wings behind him thundered, hurtling down with a thunderous force, the azure light entwining his sword’s spine formed a roaring Wind Dragon shadow.
As he spun and swung his sword, a radius of a hundred meters distorted, tearing up plants from the roots to twine with roaring winds, forming an azure wind drill with a diameter of ten meters, slicing the air with piercing screeches.
"Azure Wind Sword—Wind Dragon Drill!"
With a thunderous shout, the drill, accompanied by dragon roars, smashed into the ground.
The terrifying wind pressure shattered the street’s blue bricks into dust, wind blades carrying debris poured down like a storm, buildings along the street crumbled, beams breaking with a roar, mingling with the howling winds in an apocalyptic symphony.
Amidst the rising dust, cracks like a spider’s web spread across a hundred meters of ground, remnants of azure sword qi slicing through the void, turning shattered walls into countless fragments.
"What an impressive move!"
"Young Master Yu is invincible!"
"That Black Crow won’t be left in pieces, this is brutal, too brutal!"
Comments of praise and mockery flooded the barrage.
At this moment, one of the Tier Six commentators spoke up:
"Dear audience, the selection of examiners is also very strict. I think Liu Yu has the ability to eliminate the opponent but it’s challenging to do so with just one move."
"Let’s calm down and keep watching."
As the dust settled, Liu Yu stood in the middle of the crater, yet no one was around him. Black Crow’s figure was nowhere to be seen.
Missed
Liu Yu was startled. He hadn’t expected Black Crow’s speed to be so quick as to dodge the wind sword technique renowned for its speed.
Just then, there was a commotion behind him. Turning swiftly, Liu Yu saw Black Crow standing nearly a hundred meters away, calmly watching him.
"Didn’t expect Black Crow to have some skills, pretty quick to run."
"No matter, that was just a test. The real dominance begins now."
"Go for it, Young Master Yu, defeat this Black Crow."
The people of Moon Embrace Star still had great faith in Liu Yu. That was just a minor move; Black Crow narrowly escaped. Next, if Liu Yu got serious, a small C-level examiner was surely no match for Moon Embrace Star’s top genius.
Liu Yu looked at Black Crow, azure winds curling around his sword blade. In a clash of experts, one strike could reveal the opponent’s level.
Black Crow’s agile dodge earlier clearly indicated he was a speed-agile Spirit Martial Artist, with a combat style similar to Liu Yu’s. To defeat such an opponent, one must be faster and more ruthless.
With this thought, Liu Yu said no more, stepped on azure winds, and charged toward Black Crow like a streak of azure lightning.
Beneath the Black Crow mask, Qin Tian’s lips curled slightly, as dark energy, deep and mysterious, gathered on his fists.
"Perfect, I’ll use you to refine my new fist technique."