Chapter 10: A Journey to Higher Dimensions Chapter 41 Ranking
Xu Jingming looked up at the sky. Through the blurry clouds, he could vaguely see the huge stadium in the sky.
"Most of the preliminary contestants are above level 50, and the air in front of them is like flowing water. They can definitely run on the air." Xu Jingming frowned, "But running on the air... will never be as fast as real flying!"
The alien with wings flashed and flew away into the air.
It is much slower to just step on the air with your feet.
"First round of screening for the preliminary rounds. All preliminary contestants are prohibited from touching each other." The golden intelligent machine in the sky said, "If a preliminary contestant touches another contestant, he will be immediately moved out of the World Center City and disqualified from this Ten Thousand Races Competition."
All the powerful people from all races present were shocked.
"Of course, the noise you make when flying is very loud and the air currents interfere with each other, so that's allowed," said the golden intelligent machine.
"Is air flow interference allowed?" Xu Jingming's heart moved, and Ying, Yu Yangwei and Feng Ke also became serious.
"The airflow burst out by a strong man is still very powerful." Ying An said.
Just like Xu Jingming could shatter a mountain several miles away with just one breath, the power of the air waves released by those who were stronger than Xu Jingming when they were rushing on the road at full speed was even more terrifying.
"More than 5 million strong men rushed to the sky together, deliberately releasing shock waves to interfere with the other side. A large number of shock waves will form a terrifying turbulence." Yu Yangwei said worriedly, "Those with weak strength will be shredded into pieces by these turbulences."
Fat Fengke said: "If we can make good use of the air turbulence, we can actually increase our speed significantly."
"It's not that easy to use." Ying's expression was serious.
The more than 5 million preliminary contestants present had their own ideas. For them, this was not just a competition, but survival! The first place in the Ten Thousand Races Arena was their only way to leave alive.
The golden intelligent machine in the sky smiled and said, "Now that you know the rules, all contestants, please get ready. Now count down, 5...4...3..."
The vast venue was filled with everyone waiting with great seriousness. There was an invisible electromagnetic force in the venue that suppressed all the preliminary contestants.
"2...1! Start!" As soon as the golden intelligent machine's voice fell, the suppressing electromagnetic force was withdrawn in an instant.
"rush!"
Xu Jingming, Ying, Yu Yangwei, and Feng Ke all pushed off the ground at the same time, and they all soared into the sky like cannonballs! Those with wings flapped their wings at an even faster speed.
In the blink of an eye, more than five million air waves exploded, and all the preliminaries soared into the sky.
"What! I..."
The last Ten Thousand Races Arena champion, the Giant God Clan's Cabermaha, was tall and sturdy. He also immediately pushed off the ground and soared into the sky! However, his level 47 strength was too far behind the preliminary contestants, and his huge body posed too much resistance, so his speed was too slow.
With just one push on the ground, Kabermahal sensed his surroundings and realized with a sad heart, "I am actually in the bottom ten thousand?"
There were more than 5.03 million preliminary contestants, and only 10,000 were selected in the first round of preliminary rounds. And he was in the bottom 10,000. Cabermeha's past pride was completely shattered, and he also had a clear position of strength.
The Myriad Races Arena was once the place he was most proud of. Now he had no hope in the first round of the preliminaries.
"Forget it, forget it. The gap is too big. It would be humiliating to continue fighting." Cabermaha did not struggle anymore. His upward momentum naturally became weaker and weaker under the resistance. He began to free fall after only rising for more than a thousand meters.
A rush up, and then a natural fall! Kabermaha looked up and calmly watched millions of figures soaring into the sky.
There are many others who died naturally like Cabermeha.
"The gap is too big." Many of these preliminary contestants who gave up were indigenous people, and some were high-dimensional beings with self-awareness. Those high-dimensional beings descended on weak races, and after just one start, they were ranked tens of thousands from the bottom, and they lost the idea of struggling.
“The previous generations should just give up and practice diligently for thousands of years. Only when the difference in strength is not too big, they are qualified to compete.” These high-dimensional beings are not stupid. The gap is too big, and competing is tantamount to seeking death.
…
boom!
There were waves of air rolling around his ears, and Xu Jingming was soaring into the sky at an extremely high speed.
With his current strength, he could rise to a height of 10,000 meters just by pushing off the ground! Of course, in order to reach the main competition venue as quickly as possible this time, Xu Jingming naturally had to step on the air to exert force.
"Thousand Shadow Crane Style!"
Xu Jingming spread his arms.
"Boom." "Boom." "Boom." Xu Jingming stepped on the air again and again during his upward rush. With his terrifying speed, the air seemed solid, and every time he stepped on it, he used the force to rush upward. His arms also flapped like bird wings to gain force, exploding his speed to the limit.
Xu Jingming saw at a glance that there were more than a thousand figures in the sky, most of which had wings.
"I am now ranked between 1200 and 1300. Most of those ahead of me are from various bird races." Xu Jingming thought to himself, "In the first round of selection, the bird race has a huge advantage."
"But there are also many without wings that are faster than me." Xu Jingming said solemnly, "These powerful races are indeed much stronger than me."
Now, the one ranked first is a huge golden bird. When it spread its wings, it created a terrifying air wave. The golden bird soared into the sky, and the air wave hit all the preliminaries below.
Among the top twenty, seventeen have wings, and three do not.
Ninth place, a powerful Fire Dragonborn warrior who is over eight meters tall.
Fifteenth place, the one-armed giant ape king who is twelve meters tall.
No. 20, a 63-meter-tall mountain demon warrior.
These three wingless warriors made Xu Jingming extremely fearful: "These three have no wings like me, they are bigger and have greater resistance! But their speed is still faster than mine, and it is obvious that their strength is obviously beyond mine."
When these three stepped on the air, every step seemed to shatter time and space, and the terrifying shock wave formed spread to the bottom with terrifying power.
"What, this Fire Dragonborn warrior is faster than me?" The one-armed giant ape king was secretly shocked. Although there was a slight height difference between the two, the Fire Dragonborn warrior flew faster, which made him feel threatened.
"There's also the strong man from the Mountain Demon Clan behind us. He's 63 meters tall and creates tremendous resistance when flying. But he's just slightly slower than me, so he's also a formidable opponent." The One-Armed Giant Ape King said secretly.
The strong man of the Mountain Demon Clan had a blank expression on his face. His feet were extremely huge, and every time he stepped on the air, it made a terrifying roar, causing his huge body to continue to accelerate upwards.
“One-armed giant ape and fire dragon?” The mountain demon clan strongman’s eyes were cold, “My clan is at the brink of life and death, and I am the biggest pillar of the clan! In the world of all clans... I must get first place, and no one can stop me!”
There are many branches of the dragon race in the world of all races, such as the more powerful ones are the five-colored dragon race, the fire dragon race, and the magic dragon race. The dragon race mates with other races and forms some mixed-blood dragon descendants.
Dragonborn are usually servants of the dragon clan!
A powerful wingless fire dragon, currently ranked ninth, indeed attracted the attention of many high-dimensional beings.
"The Fire Dragonborn, who is he?"
“So strong.”
"In this Ten Thousand Races Competition, this Fire Dragon descendant is at least in the top three." Many high-dimensional beings made this comment.
The Fire Dragonborn warrior was very calm at this moment. He looked upwards, as if he was looking at the bird warriors who were higher up, or as if he was looking at the deepest part of the illusory sky. "Even if he is an invincible myth, what does it matter? In front of the third realm, I have no power to fight back. I was dragged into his world and must follow his rules."
"The third realm, when can I reach the third realm?" the powerful Fire Dragon thought.
He is a traveler.
He has experienced too much while wandering and traveling in the endless territory , and now his only pursuit is... the third realm!
"After the first competition among all races, let's leave this world." The powerful Fire Dragon thought.
For him, it was a matter of course.
He hasn't met an opponent for a long, long time.
"I hope that among these more than 5 million high-dimensional life forms, there will be an opponent who can surprise me." The powerful Fire Dragon thought.
…
"We have dropped to around 9,000th place. If we make even the slightest mistake, we will be eliminated in the first round." The two giant god warriors were very anxious. They had no wings and were large in size, so the resistance was too great.
"Do it."
The two giant gods were very decisive. They swung their huge palms and terrifying air waves hit in all directions.
At the height of nine thousand level, the strength of the two of them still had a great advantage. When they waved their hands, those bird races were impacted, and many were injured and rolled, and their speed was greatly reduced.
"Boom boom boom." The powerful Fire Dragonborn, the one-armed giant ape king, and the mountain demon tribe strongmen at the front stepped on the air with all their strength to form shock waves. Some strong men also took the initiative to blast out shock waves to block other contestants.
Under the influence of a large number of shock waves, this airspace became terrifying.
"puff."
"boom."
Some birds were weak and were strangled by the shock waves, their bodies shattered. If they were lucky, they could slowly recover by regenerating their broken limbs. If they were unlucky and were injured in a fatal part, they would lose their lives on the spot.
For a moment, blood splattered and feathers flew everywhere.
“Everyone is crazy.”
Yu Yangwei, Feng Ke, Ying and the other three were all shocked at the massive air waves coming from above. Because there were too many attackers, the massive air waves affected each other, and the airspace became terrifyingly chaotic.
"Puff." Yu Yangwei was hit by the air wave and blood flowed from the corner of her mouth. Feng Ke and Ying also struggled to hold on.
"Fortunately, our area is not that dangerous." Yu Yangwei thought, after receiving the body refining method taught by Xu Jingming, after years of practice, their strength is now between level 53 and 55. As a small human race, their physical toughness is also very strong. So under the chaotic shock wave, they were only slightly injured.
Yu Yangwei, Feng Ke and Ying looked up at the sky. The chaotic airflow above was even more terrifying. A large amount of blood was flying everywhere. The weaker contestants were either dead or injured.
"We are around 500,000 strong. It's too late." Yu Yangwei , Feng Ke and Ying could tell just by looking at the situation that they had no hope at all.
"Some high-dimensional life forms actually died in the first round of the preliminaries." Yu Yangwei, Feng Ke, Ying and others slowed down and deliberately avoided the most intense shock wave turbulence above.
"They are weak, but they rely on their wings to run fast. If they don't die, who will?" Feng Ke shook his head. "This first round of the preliminaries seems to be favorable to the flying races, but it is also dangerous. Good and bad are interdependent."
"The front ones have arrived at the stadium." Ying has already seen it.
…
The golden bird was the first to arrive at the high-altitude arena.
Whoosh, whoosh, powerful birds arrive one after another.
"Boom." With a terrifying noise, the Fire Dragon warrior also arrived at the arena. His noise was much louder than those of the birds. He was the sixth to arrive.
"Boom." The one-armed giant ape king arrived in tenth place.
The powerful mountain demon clan member arrived seventeenth.
Strong men arrived one after another. The first 100 strong men were all from powerful races and bird races. Obviously, there was still a certain gap between the weak races... in terms of physical strength.
boom!
Around 860th to 880th place, Xu Jingming and more than a dozen strong men arrived at the stadium almost at the same time.
"We're here." After passing through the invisible barrier and seeing the venue of the main competition, Xu Jingming relaxed and began to carefully observe his opponents one by one.
