The siren sound grew closer and closer.

"If I'm guessing right, we'll be cornered by the police and awaken the Divine Will of Cyber," said the Demon Star, removing his helmet and pressing a pistol against his jaw.

Bang!

Blood and brain matter splattered all over Li Changzhou's face.

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[Participant: Human-Earth -- King of Black Fog]

[Divine Will: Cyber]

"Found the data!" Li Qianxia moved the holographic projection on her arm to the middle of the trio.

The owner of "Divine Will-Cyber" was a soldier.

Before entering the battlefield, he was a regular human, but after his discharge, only his head and a small part of his chest were still flesh.

Such a high degree of ascension demonstrated the dangers of war and also his exceptional glory.

The night before he was supposed to become the head of the local police station, after drinking, he had a cyber-disease outbreak and killed a prostitute.

He might have had a bright future, but due to manslaughter while drunk, everything was stripped from him.

Afterwards, the soldier's livelihood was secured by the "Soldier's Rights Act," which entitled him to sustenance money, and he lived in a windowless basement in the Clo District, moldy and infested with bugs enough to make a meal, with a weekly rent of 70.

Having abilities but living poorly, it was only natural that he joined a gang of cyber maniacs to rob a bank.

In a chase, when about to be killed, this soldier who had poured his blood for honor on the battlefield, and gradually driven insane by a bottle of wine, awakened the 'Divine Will-Cyber' and painted three streets with human blood!

On the fourth street, at the peak of his life and falling into an even darker abyss than ever before, the soldier was killed and the Divine Will stripped away.

"After awakening the Divine Will, didn't anyone try to persuade him?" Turquoise Pool asked.

Li Qianxia looked at the report again and said, "It's not mentioned here, and now is not the time to worry about that!"

"Demon Star is giving up," Yang Qinglan said.

In the scene, Demon Star raised his gun to his jaw and fired it, committing suicide.

On stage, as soon as Demon Star's real body opened his eyes, he immediately flew towards another crystal.

"The Divine Race also has a big advantage in this level," Yang Qinglan remarked, looking at another contestant Si on the subdivided stage.

In a realm of possibilities, he saw which Divine Will he understood fastest and then moved there in reality, a hundred times faster than other contestants who kept trying.

"Your brother will probably give up too, he doesn't understand mechanics at all," Turquoise Pool said.

Before her words finished, Li Changzhou shot himself, and not just him—two other criminals also committed suicide, leaving the criminals meant to meet them stunned.

In the driver's query, "Is there any need to keep fleeing?" a missile turned the truck into a fiery hell, the scene so realistic that the heat wave seemed to reach the spectators' noses.

Unlike Demon Star, Li Changzhou didn't go to another subdivided stage but floated overhead, observing the situation of all participants.

His gaze first fell on Spirit Clan·Yak, sensed the water Qi and the stench of a corpse on him, and quickly moved his gaze away.

"Is this person starting now?"

"Seems quite confident in himself."

"Which race is he from?"

"So handsome! Wonder how much it would cost to spend a night with him."

Li Changzhou's method was nothing out of the ordinary.

Understanding Divine Will wasn't simple; there was a gradual integration process involved. For example, Spirit Clan·Yak, with the advantage of the Spirit Clan, only initially embodied "Dead Water Corpse" during his first comprehension.

Through this phenomenon, other participants could guess what kind of Divine Will it was and whether it was suitable for them, thus saving a lot of time.

But no one would do this at the start.

The competition had just begun, and participants showing "premonitions" were few; it was better to try one's luck with a few Divine Will Crystals first.

This approach also carried high risks.

All the participants present were the best of their races. Given time, nearly all of the fifty thousand could comprehend a Divine Will, but only five hundred would advance to the third round.

Observing other participants' "symptoms" to pick a suitable Divine Will and then begin comprehension could likely delay them, carelessly resulting in elimination.

Moreover, Li Changzhou was trying to secure the first place.

He concentrated profoundly, tense and alert, not missing a single one of the fifty thousand players in the arena.

The other participants glanced at him, gritted their teeth, and looked down to continue.

If they could hear the noise outside, the audience could also become Li Changzhou's aide—a burst of loud cheering usually meant someone else had shown a "premonition".

A Mechanical Clan warrior, with ripples of water stirring behind him, caught Li Changzhou's immediate attention.

He stared intently for a few seconds, then shifted his gaze away, now eliminating three stages, leaving 497.

496 stages... faith-based;

495 stages... ghost-like creatures issuing gloomy laughter, their forms growing more ethereal;

494 stages... mechanical creatures oozing a trace of blood, as if trying to grow flesh;

493 stages... contestants with short statures and large heads, engraving patterns on their Weapon;

The Water Qi and smell of decay around Spirit Clan·Yak intensified, with his hair even starting to drip.

So fast!

Once he completely turned into the appearance of a Dead Water Corpse, it meant he had fully comprehended "Divine Will - Reanimating Corpse." This was the Spirit Clan, the best of the Spirit Clan!

Li Qianxia and Turquoise Pool both felt somewhat anxious.

Yang Qinglan calmed her mind; she only needed Li Changzhou to make it to the third round and take the total first place in the ranking competition.

Li Changzhou's expression was solemn, his eyes darting quickly within their sockets, betraying no emotion.

Si opened her eyes, raised her hand attempting to grasp something from the Void, the Divine Race, in previous ranking competitions, had always finished at the top once they made it to the second round.

Si lowered her hand but did not continue her comprehension. She suddenly looked up at Li Changzhou and waved him over.

Li Changzhou swooped down, landing by her side.

"Combat-oriented," Si said coldly.

"Thank you," Li Changzhou replied as he sat cross-legged.

Three hours later, Li Changzhou stood up, reached out his hand, and a Divine Will Golden Spear, capable of automatically navigating, appeared in his hand.

Boom!

Fireworks exploded, the scale so immense that a stage capable of accommodating hundreds of billions of spectators was enveloped by the explosive display, all eyes on Li Changzhou.

On another stage, Spirit Clan·Yak got up, now resembling a "Dead Water Corpse," his entire body pale, staring at Li Changzhou as if to reincarnate through a corpse.

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