Whoosh!

The cloud layer formed by the task content was penetrated, and two competition cards fell into the hands of Li Changzhou and Si respectively.

The cards were purple, exquisitely beautiful.

Drawn on them with purple fire was a scene—

a tentacle monster capable of crushing planets; roaring members of the Dragon Clan; a mad scientist seated on the battlefield, backed by an army of machines;

a warrior with long horns, leaning on a giant sword; ghosts transparent as spirits; a cloak hidden in the shadows; a blade touched by fingers, with engravings of the Alien Clan lighting up; the Divine Race splitting into countless shadows; a Cosmic Person standing in the universe, tearing apart warships...

Every race that had once won first place in the ranking competitions appeared, competing as they surrounded and charged towards the central stage of the card.

The stage was set against a backdrop of a pink-purple nebula, grand and vast, like the legendary Heavenly Court.

"This is the competition arena," Si explained, "Competitors, no matter where they are, can teleport directly using the card, while non-participants need tickets to watch online, not on-site, but they must get there themselves."

Li Changzhou stood up: "Let's go."

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"Tall trees enjoy more sunlight and dew, but they also must endure more exposure and storms."

"You will face some trials."

"They might require a flexible mind, agile skills, or a courageous decision."

"Of course, with trials, there naturally come rewards."

Li Changzhou, flipping the competitor's card between his fingers like playing cards, listened to the opening words echoing through the stage.

The stage was random; no one knew where it would be before the start, but it was nearly full now.

"You just said how many people?" Li Qianxia reconfirmed with Si.

"About a hundred billion when full."

Earth's total population was merely 8 billion, yet just one event at the Divine Will Great Wall drew an audience of a hundred billion.

The stages were numerous, floating stages hanging in the pink-purple nebula like the Heavenly Court, as numerous competitions happened simultaneously due to the large number of competitors.

Boom!

An immense Divine Will pressured everything, silencing the hundred billion spectators. On the largest central stage, a Divine Will Crystal as tall as a person slowly descended.

Li Changzhou and his companions were astounded; a Divine Will Crystal merely the length of a little finger could elevate an Immortal to a Heavenly Immortal. What could such a large one grant?

{The rules for this edition's First Rank Divine Will Warriors ranking competition are as follows}

The Divine Will conveyed from the crystal reached every spectator, including an incalculable number of online viewers.

{One: The competition is divided into three rounds. The first round, complete an annual planetary mission, randomly drawn, top fifty thousand advance; the second round, comprehend a Divine Will, top five hundred advance; the third round, duel, winners advance, losers leave}

"Very standard." Turquoise Pool commented, "Testing ability, talent, and combat respectively."

She and Li Qianxia had researched many previous ranking competitions and were very familiar with the rules.

{Two: Participants may use any skill or prop they have brought with them;}

{Three: From the second round onward, participants who advance to Second Rank Divine Will can continue competing;}

{Four: Repeal of the previous 'no-kill' rule;}

{Five: Participants who shout 'I quit' can immediately withdraw from the competition}

After announcing the five rules, the man-high Divine Will Crystal ascended and hovered aloft like the sun, witnessing the competition.

The Divine Will of the Saint retracted, and the crowd erupted with cheers powerful enough to shake a planet—an uproar at least at the level of the Milky Way.

All competitors' purple cards began scrolling, displaying one planetary annual mission after another.

According to Turquoise Pool and Li Qianxia's intel, planetary annual missions refer to tasks issued on a planet that have not been completed within a year.

There are many reasons why these remain incomplete: mismatch between the difficulty and the rewards, tasks being overlooked, high difficulty, etc.

Of these, the most dangerous reason is obviously high difficulty; competitors who draw such tasks rarely advance to the next round.

Those who advance despite drawing such tasks are formidable figures.

On the large screens of each stage, one competitor after another and their randomly assigned tasks were projected.

Every image was met with shouts of encouragement.

"Ah!"

"Yak! Yak! Yak!"

On the main stage where Li Changzhou and the others were, suddenly erupted a roar like mountains collapsing and a massive tidal wave.

Li Changzhou looked up and saw on the main screen a young man with a ramrod posture, exuding a wild aura.

He resembled the image on the purple card of 'Alien Clan whose fingers swept across the blade, lighting up the Engraving.'

"He is a hot favorite," Turquoise Pool pointed out, "with betting odds of 1.01 after the first round."

"What about my brother?" Li Qianxia was also browsing an online betting platform.

"His competing Race is human from Earth, totally unknown, with odds of 3.23 after the first round."

"Bet it all, bet everything!" Li Qianxia began to go wild.

"Of course." The corner of Turquoise Pool's mouth lifted, "all the Game Coins Earth headquarters could come up with have been bet by me."

"..." Li Qianxia calmed down, "What if we lose?"

"You don't believe in your brother?"

"What if the task is too difficult?"

"What I mean is, don't you believe your brother can suppress the opinions within the headquarters?"

"...Aren't you the one gambling with the money, Sister Yao?"

Boom, a grand sound effect played as Si's projection appeared on the main stage.

"Ah!!!"

Some audience members fainted outright.

As the dream Lover of the entire Divine Will Great Wall, Si undoubtedly was the center of attention; usually, a single concert of hers would draw a viewership of billions, not to mention her participation in a ranking match.

For the fans, it was like their idol being selected as an astronaut to perform a concert from the space station online.

That explosive pride was enough to make some young girls and boys faint or even die.

[Participant: Si]

[Task: Collect three Dream Fruit]

After the task was displayed, Si left.

"How difficult is this task?" Yang Qinglan asked Li Qianxia and Turquoise Pool.

"Dream Fruit are very special, they only grow in dreams, very rare...." Li Qianxia started to speak but suddenly turned towards the main stage.

Boom!

The grand sound effect played again as Li Changzhou appeared.

For a moment, the audience fell into a quiet 'who is this guy?'

"Ah!!!" Li Qianxia screamed alone.

Despite her being young and beautiful, with a slim waist and long legs, for Li Changzhou, it felt just as awkward as when parents cheer loudly for their child.

Next, the world was dominated by the voices of women.

"Ah!"

"Super hot guy!!"

"I want to mate with you!!!"

[Participant: King of Black Fog]

[Task: Capture a Tri-eyed Extreme Fish]

"What's a Tri-eyed Extreme Fish?" Li Changzhou turned to ask Turquoise Pool and Li Qianxia.

The next moment, he was teleported away.

After a while, Li Qianxia finally said, "...My brother, he'll be okay, right?"

"The odds are at 6.3 now!" Turquoise Pool slapped her fair and graceful forehead, "I knew I should have bet less."

"Is it too early to bet, or... are we going to lose everything?" Li Qianxia cautiously asked.

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