From the Metropolis to the Strongest in the Cosmos

”Li Yang is about to be eliminated!”

”Sigh, of all the people to offend, he had to pick Jun Mo! With Jun Mo’s strength, he’s guaranteed to represent the Yangyuan Star Continent in the competition against geniuses from other Star Continents. Is he someone you can afford to cross?”

”Let’s keep our distance so we don’t get caught in the crossfire.”

”Right, and watch out for Li Yang, don’t get too close to him. When Jun Mo attacks, Li Yang will definitely try to run. If he runs toward us, we’ll probably get caught up in it!”

Everyone in the 360th combat space tacitly cleared a path.

Seeing this, a cold smile tugged at the corners of Jun Mo’s mouth.

His strength deserved this kind of treatment!

Other geniuses could only try to curry favor with him. If he decided to deal with a genius, that genius should obediently stand there and take it.

”Li Yang, you were so tough with your words earlier.”

Jun Mo grinned savagely. ”You ignorant brat, let’s see where that confidence of yours comes from now.”

His figure erupted into motion, rapidly closing in on Li Yang.

He gripped a massive black battle saber. Red light glinted on the blade, which was wreathed in flames.

The flames spread, carrying with them the scorching fluctuations of the Fire Element Law!

A savage smile remained on Jun Mo’s face. He was going to utterly crush Li Yang and teach him the consequences of disrespect.

The terrifying Fire Element Law erupted, its power rippling outwards!

A few unlucky geniuses ahead failed to dodge in time and were caught in the blast.

Three of the geniuses spat out large mouthfuls of blood, while the aura of a fourth dissipated like a receding tide as he vanished from the combat space.

Just the shockwave of his attack had heavily injured three geniuses and eliminated one. His power was terrifying!

This scene made the faces of the spectators on Earth, throughout the Milky Way Galaxy, and in the palace of the Golden Moon Empire change drastically.

”This Jun Mo’s strength is just too immense!”

”The Yangyuan Star Continent will send ten thousand geniuses to compete against those from other Star Continents. Jun Mo is ranked around 300th. With that kind of power, he could advance with his eyes closed. For him, this second round of selections is just a formality.”

”Is Li Yang going to be eliminated?”

Countless eyes were focused on the confrontation, yet Li Yang’s expression remained perfectly calm.

Watching the approaching Jun Mo, his expression didn’t change in the slightest.

”Jun Mo, you talk too much.”

He gripped his longspear in his right hand and thrust it out in an instant.

A spear light of crackling lightning instantly materialized. It wasn’t particularly intense, only about a meter long, and shot directly toward Jun Mo the moment it appeared.

Jun Mo’s face was savage. Hearing Li Yang’s words, his expression grew even more ferocious, and rage boiled in his heart.

”Li Yang, still acting so tough? I’d love to see if you can keep this up when you’re being eliminated...”

He swung his massive battle saber, intending to shatter Li Yang’s incoming spear light.

’A brat from Planet Zero ranked almost outside the top ten thousand dares to keep provoking me.’

’A rank outside ten thousand, while still high, means his strength is probably only around the Mid-Longevity Realm.’

’Meanwhile, my own strength is approaching the Late-Longevity Realm.’

’I’m several times stronger than Li Yang, at the very least!’

Jun Mo’s face twisted savagely as he prepared to shatter Li Yang’s spear light.

But the moment they made contact, his expression changed dramatically.

He felt an unbelievably terrifying power emanating from that small spear light... A power he couldn’t resist at all.

’How is this possible?’ In that instant, the color drained from Jun Mo’s face.

Just now, he’d planned to toy with Li Yang, so he hadn’t used his full strength. If he killed Li Yang in one hit, it wouldn’t be any fun.

However, sensing that something was wrong, he fully activated his Flame Law.

He fully unleashed his top-tier Cultivation Technique, the Nine Flames Blades!

But even with his full power unleashed, he still couldn’t withstand Li Yang’s attack.

The small, lightning-laced spear light seemed to pierce through the void and pass directly through his body.

It was as if a giant star was crashing down on him.

SPURT!

Jun Mo felt his internal organs shatter in an instant. He couldn’t stop himself from spitting out a large mouthful of blood as his body was sent flying backward.

As he flew back, the aura fluctuations from his body steadily weakened.

They weakened by a full ninety percent.

’How could this be???’

The savage expression was gone from Jun Mo’s face, replaced by sheer horror.

’Li Yang’s strength is actually this terrifying!’

’Li Yang hid his true strength!’

Jun Mo was horrified. ’But even if he was hiding his strength, how could he be hiding *this much*?’

’I’m ranked 300th in the entire Yangyuan Star Continent. A single attack took out ninety percent of my life force. That kind of power is definitely at the very top of the Star Continent. He should have been able to climb at least 1,800 steps on the Path of Deities.’

’But Li Yang only climbed 1,500 steps.’

’So why didn’t he climb the last 300 steps? Was he playing weak to ambush his prey?’

’But who takes it this far?!’

But the thought vanished as quickly as it came. Right now, Jun Mo was more concerned with his own survival.

’So close... I was so close.’

’A single attack destroyed ninety percent of my life force!’

He had almost been eliminated.

But suddenly, Jun Mo’s expression changed drastically again. Li Yang’s figure had appeared beside him like a phantom, and another spear light was striking at him.

Seeing the spear light, an even more horrified look appeared on Jun Mo’s face, and he turned to flee.

One spear light had taken ninety percent of his life force. He absolutely could not block this second attack.

”Jun Mo, weren’t you going to teach me a lesson? Why are you running now?” an incredibly cold voice called out.

Li Yang gripped his longspear, his face like ice.

”Li Yang, I...” Jun Mo’s face was filled with terror as he tried to speak.

But he didn’t have time. The second spear light passed directly through his body, and his last ten percent of life force began to vanish.

’I... I’ve been eliminated.’

In his final moments, Jun Mo understood his situation.

At that moment, he felt no hatred for Li Yang. Instead, his resentment was directed at the Celestial Net.

’Damn that Celestial Net! Li Yang is so strong, yet it told me to go after him!’

He was ranked in the top 300s. In this combat space, even if he wasn’t Li Yang’s match, he was still the second strongest. Advancing to the third round of the Human Race’s Eternal Saint Hall selections should have been effortless.

But because of the Celestial Net, he had been killed by Li Yang and was now stopped in the second round.

If he had known Li Yang was this powerful, he never would have provoked him.

But there were no medicines for regret in this world. The aura from Jun Mo’s body dissipated like a receding tide.

Jun Mo, ranked in the top 300, was dead. His figure vanished from the combat space.

Just moments before, Jun Mo had been the number one ranked powerhouse in the combat space, a man everyone feared. Now, he had been stopped in the second round of the Human Race’s Eternal Saint Hall selections, killed in what was practically an instant.