360: Who has objections? (Two in one)

Inside the competition space.

Lin Yang protected Time and his teammate, power surging around his body, clearing all other guys from the arena.

Soon, a small vacuum zone formed around him.

This situation drew the attention of the other guys.

Time and his teammate were even more dumbfounded.

"Your Excellency Lin Yang, this is too fierce..."

Time's teammate swallowed, staring blankly at Lin Yang's back.

Time was also dizzy.

Looking at the small vacuum zone around them, he found it hard to imagine this was happening in the chaotic arena of the Second Stage.

With even the weakest participants being nearly Primary Super Gene Warrior in strength, Lin Yang had forcefully carved out a vacuum zone around them, with no one daring to approach.

This situation was simply astonishing!

Those who could advance to the Second Stage were not weak; they were the prodigies who had emerged from various Universes.

Yet now, these prodigies were swept aside by Lin Yang.

A chaotic battle of five hundred people, yet a vacuum zone was created.

The impact was so shocking it made one's scalp tingle.

The other guys in the arena even stopped their chaotic battle, all staring at Lin Yang.

Some were terrified, some were jealous.

Some were filled with envy, some had grave expressions.

Eyes filled with various emotions converged on Lin Yang, making him the center of the arena.

Feeling these varied gazes, Lin Yang merely glanced around at everyone and said, "The three of us need three advancement slots. Does anyone object?"

All the guys were startled; no one spoke.

Lin Yang then continued, "Since no one is speaking, that means no one objects. Then, please do not let your subsequent battles involve us."

After speaking, he directly sat down cross-legged, closing his eyes to rest.

However, before truly resting, Lin Yang suddenly opened his eyes and smiled slightly at everyone:

"Of course, if anyone has an opinion, you can bring it up to me at any time. I will endeavor to help you eliminate your opinion of me."

With that, Lin Yang closed his eyes and said no more.

This scene immediately made some guys exclaim, "How arrogant!"

"He is arrogant, but who can blame him when he has the strength to be arrogant."

"This person seems to be that Medium Super Gene Warrior who entered from a Neutral Universe. I didn't expect him to be so strong."

"Alas, I envy those two guys he's protecting. They're clearly of average strength, yet they're advancing so easily."

"It's truly infuriating how people compare to each other!"

"..."

Some guys couldn't help but sigh, feeling both envy and jealousy at Time and his teammate's easy advancement.

Time and his teammate, hearing those envious and jealous words, suppressed their excitement and wanted to thank Lin Yang.

But seeing Lin Yang with his eyes closed, resting, they opened and closed their mouths, ultimately not disturbing him.

In reality, Lin Yang wasn't truly resting; he was secretly fusing with the Life characteristic substance.

The reason he took action earlier was that the elimination efficiency of the Second Stage was much slower than he had anticipated.

During the First Stage, the speed of elimination was very fast after the thousand-person melee erupted.

But by the Second Stage, everyone was much more cautious, and this stage also lacked a mechanism for prioritizing matching guys from the same Universe.

Therefore, there were almost no formed teams, unlike the First Stage where people would first team up to eliminate scattered guys.

As a result, everyone was more cautious in their actions.

This led to a very slow elimination rate.

The First Stage ended in a few days, but Lin Yang estimated the Second Stage would take about half a month or even twenty days to conclude.

In that case, he wouldn't have enough time to increase the fusion rate of the Life characteristic substance to thirty percent.

So, he took action.

Firstly, to deter other guys and buy himself time to fuse the Life characteristic substance.

Secondly, it was also to gauge his own combat power.

Since becoming a Super Gene Warrior, he had never had a truly satisfying battle.

Using this opportunity, he could also fully understand his own strength.

As for whether fusing the characteristic substance in the competition space would be discovered by the Universe Alliance's higher-ups.

Lin Yang was not worried about this point.

His extraordinary activity and extraordinary characteristics within his body, as long as he didn't actively display them, even Bai Pang couldn't sense them.

Moreover, since he was still in the competition space, and the higher-ups on the judging panel couldn't personally inspect him up close, he was even less worried about premature exposure.

While he was secretly fusing the extraordinary substance, appearing composed and utterly leisurely.

The entire Eighth Sector had already become lively because of his actions.

The crowd on the high platform watched as he forcefully carved out a vacuum zone in the midst of the melee, directly securing three advancement slots, and they were all completely stunned.

"God of War! This is a true God of War!"

Someone exclaimed excitedly.

Although the seed-level guys from the major Universe Countries could basically achieve this level, those seed-level guys were exempt from competition before the top 100 round.

This was where the strength of the major Universe Countries lay.

Other Medium Super Gene Warriors could at most be directly advanced to the final stage of their Home Universe.

But the seed-level guys from the major Universe Countries could be directly advanced to the top 100 round, without needing to participate in the previous melees.

Therefore, in the melee stage, it was extremely rare to see such a phenomenon where one person carved out a vacuum zone.

Even if other guys also possessed super strength, they generally wouldn't dare to do this.

Because acting this way, not putting the people of an entire sector in his eyes, and directly demanding three slots at the beginning of the melee, could easily lead to other guys temporarily uniting to attack him en masse, eliminating him first.

So, unless one was supremely confident in their own strength, they wouldn't easily act like this.

Even the seed-level guys cultivated by the major Universe Countries, if matched alone into the five-hundred-person melee of the Second Stage, wouldn't easily do so.

But Lin Yang did it!

Especially since Lin Yang was participating from a Neutral Universe.

Although it had not yet been determined which Universe civilization Lin Yang belonged to.

What was certain was that he was not a seed guy cultivated by the major Universe Countries.

He wasn't even a guy from those powerful supreme civilizations.

This made everyone even more excited and shocked.

A free agent guy, presumably from an ordinary Universe, possessed such strength, single-handedly dominating an entire sector.

This was an epic feat!

In the stage competition, he could be called a God of War!

Therefore, the news of a God of War appearing in the Eighth Sector spread rapidly to the other nine sectors!

...Second Sector.

A stern-faced middle-aged Universe official looked at the transmitted information, his eyes slightly narrowed.

"A God of War-level guy has appeared in the Eighth Sector? And as a free agent?"

The middle-aged official stared at the intelligence, and after confirming its accuracy, showed a thoughtful expression:

"Although Home Universe can enter the top 100 this time, there isn't much hope for further advancement. If we can invite this God of War-level guy, who is participating as a free agent, to fight for Home Universe, we might just be able to contend for that thing again..."

Saying that, he turned to a slightly younger deputy beside him and said, "You wait here for the competition to end. I will personally go to the Eighth Sector to see if I can invite that God of War-level guy to fight for our Universe."

After speaking, the middle-aged official immediately got up and hurried to the Eighth Sector... Fourth Sector.

An old man, after also finishing reading Lin Yang's intelligence, said to his assistant beside him, "Go to the Eighth Sector. No matter what, even at any cost, we must invite this God of War-level guy to fight for our Universe!"

"Yes."

The assistant took the order and hurried out... Similar actions to those of the middle-aged Universe official and the old man were simultaneously playing out in other sectors.

Almost all of the slightly more powerful Universe civilizations had sent people to the Eighth Sector.

During the First Stage, they only knew there was such a Medium Super Gene Warrior free agent guy.

But the more powerful Universes didn't pay too much attention, as their own Universes also had no shortage of such guys.

So, those who had the idea of inviting him were mostly Universes of more ordinary strength.

However, now, representatives from powerful Universes also moved quickly upon hearing the news.

A God of War-level free agent guy, if not comparable to the seed guys of Universe Countries, was at least guaranteed to be among the top twenty or thirty in the top 100 round.

This level of ranking was enough to make even powerful Universes excited and unable to remain as calm as before.

It could be said that the representatives of all major Universe civilizations were unable to sit still at this moment... Sixth Sector.

Yu Meng looked at the sole remaining guy, Xing Guang, in the sector, and had already given up all hope.

Only two people from Home Universe advanced in the First Stage.

And their luck was very bad; in this Second Stage, they happened to be matched with guys from Universe No. 364.

And they were two elite guys.

Those two guys immediately charged at Xing Guang and his teammate at the start of the competition, eliminating the other person with overwhelming force, leaving only Xing Guang.

They didn't eliminate Xing Guang immediately but continued to torment him.

Yu Meng's face turned ashen as he watched.

Xie Lin was not far away, watching Xing Guang being tormented and beaten, a sneer appearing on his face.

"Yu Meng, Yu Meng, is this the most talented guy from your Universe this competition year? Truly vulnerable (unable to withstand a single blow), ridiculously weak!"

Xie Lin continued to provoke and mock.

"Such a piece of trash can be cultivated as your Universe's seed guy. It's truly laughable. It seems you're really regressing, each generation worse than the last. If this little thing were in our Universe, I'd consider him too weak even for the second team!"

"This time, let alone having no hope for the top 100, none of you will even advance to the Third Stage. Haha, this is truly a disgrace!"

Yu Meng's fists instantly clenched, making a cracking sound, but he forced himself not to look at Xie Lin.

He was afraid that one more glance would make him unable to resist smashing his fist into Xie Lin's face.

Xie Lin, however, became even more smug: "Yu Meng, your Yu Xia Universe will always only have the role of submission before our Universe No. 364!"

"Damn it, Xie Lin, you..."

Yu Meng was about to lose his temper.

However, just as he was about to erupt, news of a God of War appearing in the Eighth Sector arrived.

This caused his anger to momentarily stall.

Xie Lin also no longer bothered to provoke and mock Yu Meng. Looking at the intelligence, his eyes narrowed into a slit, revealing a dangerous aura.

"There's actually such a guy in the Eighth Sector?"

Xie Lin's gaze was cold and deep.

A God of War-level guy participating as a free agent made him feel an unsettling sense of losing control of the situation.

He disliked this feeling very much.

"Quickly go and investigate the background of this guy! A God of War guy with a free agent status, if not controlled, could have a certain impact on our plan."

Xie Lin turned and instructed, a hint of killing intent flashing in his eyes.

For this Cosmic Competition, their Universe No. 364 had made the most thorough preparations in all previous competition years. He would not allow any uncontrolled situations to arise!

Yu Meng, on the other hand, sighed inwardly.

If, in the previous stage, he had a slight thought of trying to invite Lin Yang, a Medium Super Gene Warrior free agent guy, after learning of his existence.

Then now, after learning of Lin Yang's strength, he completely abandoned the idea of inviting him.

Their Universe simply couldn't afford the cost of inviting a God of War-level guy.

"Now, there should be many representatives from powerful Universes heading to the Eighth Sector."

Yu Meng felt uncomfortable.

Not even being able to enter the Third Stage was indeed a great disgrace!

"Swish."

Xing Guang was also completely eliminated at this moment, walking over to Yu Meng's side with a face full of guilt, his mouth slightly open, wanting to apologize.

But Yu Meng gently patted his shoulder and slowly said, "No need to say anything more. You did your best. Our competition ends here. Now, just relax and watch the rest of the matches. It's a rare opportunity to come, so let's watch all the matches before going back."

"I..." Xing Guang lowered his head slightly, then suddenly looked up, biting his lip, and said, "Teacher Yu Meng, if we could invite that God of War free agent from the Eighth Sector, perhaps there's still a chance."

"Haha, you kid, do you think I don't want to? It's just that we can't afford the price. Look how many people are moving quickly to the Eighth Sector now. Compared to those top Universes, we have no competitiveness now." Yu Meng laughed.

"But we should at least try," Xing Guang whispered.

"Xing Guang, I know you're also feeling bad right now, but we really can't compete with those top Universes. Going to invite him would just be asking for humiliation, and giving Universe No. 364 more reason to laugh at us." Yu Meng sighed.

"I understand, Teacher Yu Meng. I want to go over there and watch, is that okay?" Xing Guang's eyes flashed, and he asked softly.

"As you wish." Yu Meng glanced at him, saying nothing more... Eighth Sector.

The competition continued, but the vacuum zone around Lin Yang remained, with no one daring to easily step into it.

After all, no one wanted to risk being eliminated just to continue probing Lin Yang's strength for others.

In the stands, Black Le was now truly ecstatic. He called out the names of the Universe officials who had just angrily rebuked him:

"Hahahaha, did you old fogeys see that? This is Your Excellency Lin Yang's strength!"

"Not only can we advance to the Third Stage with 100% certainty, but both of our guys will advance!"

"You doubted Your Excellency Lin Yang's strength before, and now you're all regretting it, aren't you? Doesn't it feel terrible?"

"Hahahaha!"

Black Le couldn't stop his wild laughter.

He was very proud now, extremely proud!

The other Universe officials, however, were completely the opposite, each feeling both terrible and regretful.

If they had known earlier that Lin Yang's strength was so formidable, they would have competed with Black Le to the very end, offering a higher price than Black Le to invite Lin Yang!

But now, it was too late to say anything.

Seeing Black Le's smug demeanor, the few of them were utterly exasperated and couldn't help but curse:

"Damn it, you dead Black Le, can you not be so arrogant? What do you have to be smug about? Your Excellency Lin Yang is so strong that even if you two are matched with him again in the Third Stage, there's no possibility of you cooperating with him again!"

"Exactly! Now, representatives from other top Universes are on their way. The Third Stage is for the top 100 slots. Those representatives from top Universes will definitely invite Your Excellency Lin Yang to cooperate at any cost. You two are already at your limit!"

Black Le, however, was unfazed, still smiling smugly: "So what? We indeed can't compete with those top Universes, but I've already gotten everything I wanted, and even more than I expected. Even if Time and his teammate are directly eliminated in the Third Stage, we still made a huge profit!"

"..."

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Today, a small repair (supplement) of a few hundred words. I'll continue repair (supplementing) the rest tomorrow!

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