365: A level 98 Ancient Bone Dragon! Long Xiya was shocked!

The giant electronic eye in the sky flashed red once again.

[All teams are in position.]

[The first round of trials is about to begin!]

[Trial theme: Destruction!]

Rumble—!

The void in the center of the arena suddenly split open, and ten giant stone pillars, each a hundred meters tall and made of an unknown silver crystal, rose up.

Each pillar was engraved with the national flag of the corresponding country.

[Rules: Each country will send three representatives to attack the stone pillar.]

[The system will assess the destruction value based on the degree of damage the pillar sustains.]

[The sum of the destruction values of the three representatives will be the country's total score.]

[The three countries ranked last will have three of their contestants randomly erased!]

[You now have ten minutes to decide on your representatives!]

Once the rules were announced, the atmosphere in the arena instantly froze.

Erased!

It wasn't a point deduction, nor a penalty; it was direct erasure!

This was the cruelty of the Gaia Game; the very start was a life-or-death match!

"Destructive power?"

Thunder Breaks Heaven looked at the giant stone pillar, a flash of fanaticism in his eyes.

He slammed the giant warhammer in his hands onto the ground, causing it to hum with the impact.

"I know how to do this! My 'thors hammer' was born to smash things! Count me in!"

"I'll come too."

Burning Fierce's long blade ignited with raging flames. "When it comes to explosive power, my Blazing Blade Qi is second to none."

"We're still missing one."

Long Xiya stepped forward, her crimson gold dragon spear emitting a clear dragon roar,

"I'll be the closer."

The three spots were instantly reserved by three assault-type family geniuses.

It seemed reasonable.

However, just as they were preparing to submit their roster.

"Hold on."

A lazy voice interrupted them.

Su Mo leaned against Rose, playing with a lock of Shen Yanbing's hair, and said nonchalantly:

"Why would we need our Valkyrie to do such menial labor herself?"

"Su Mo! Don't cause trouble!"

Thunder Breaks Heaven frowned and rumbled, "People could die here! That stone pillar looks extremely hard. If we can't deal enough damage, we're all done for!"

"It's precisely because it's hard that we need to be strategic."

Su Mo let go of Shen Yanbing, walked to the stone pillar belonging to the Xia Kingdom, and tapped it.

"This kind of 'Star Steel' has extremely high physical defense. Relying solely on brute force will have limited effect."

He turned around and looked at Long Xiya, his eyes carrying a hint of provocation.

"Besides, wouldn't it be a huge loss to reveal our trump cards to those bastards so early?"

Long Xiya was stunned: "Then what do you mean?"

"Big guy Thunder counts as one; after all, he's thick-skinned and sturdy, so it's good to have him warm up the stage."

Su Mo pointed at Thunder Breaks Heaven, then at Burning Fierce, "The kid playing with fire counts as one too, just to fill the numbers."

"As for the third one..."

Su Mo's lips curled into a mysterious arc.

"I'll do it."

...

"You?!"

Thunder Breaks Heaven and Burning Fierce widened their eyes simultaneously, wearing expressions that said, "You're crazy."

"Su Mo, stop messing around!"

Burning Fierce said anxiously, "You're only level 55! Even if you're a Summoner, how much damage can your summons deal in a stage that purely tests destructive power? That's Star Steel!"

"What's wrong with being level 55? Did I eat your rice?"

Su Mo rolled his eyes, too lazy to explain.

He looked directly at Long Xiya: "How about it? Dare to make a bet? If we lose, it's on me. No matter what... we won't fall into the bottom three; we're not the weakest here."

Long Xiya stared into Su Mo's deep, confident eyes.

A few seconds later.

"Fine."

She put away her dragon spear and took a step back. "If you lose, I will throw you down myself."

"Deal."

...

[Time is up! Please have the representatives from each country take their positions!]

As the countdown hit zero, the thirty contestants from the ten countries stood in front of their respective stone pillars.

On the Eagle Sauce Country side, Adam Smith took the lead.

He didn't use any fancy moves and directly activated his [Thunder Titan] form!

Crackle—!

Violent golden lightning instantly enveloped him. His figure surged to five meters tall, and the golden round shield in his hand transformed into a giant thors hammer!

"God bless America!"

Boom!!!

He slammed the hammer down!

The entire arena shook violently!

The indestructible silver stone pillar was actually dented by this hammer strike, and countless cracks spread like a spiderweb!

[Eagle Sauce Country, Adam Smith, Destruction Value: 85,000!]

The bright red number pulsed on the big screen, drawing gasps from the entire audience.

"85,000?! Is this damage even possible for a human to deal?!"

Thunder Breaks Heaven swallowed hard, his expression looking somewhat ugly.

Immediately after, Sato Ryuichi from Japan made his move.

He slowly drew the cursed blade "Muramasa" from his waist. The blade was blood-red, as if countless wronged souls were screaming from within.

"Asura Flash!"

Swish!

No one saw his blade-drawing motion.

Only a shrill blood-red blade aura flashed by, and a bottomless cut instantly appeared on the stone pillar!

[Japan, Sato Ryuichi, Destruction Value: 82,000!]

Another 80,000 plus!

The contestants from other countries also displayed their abilities, with destruction values mostly between 50,000 and 70,000.

Finally, it was Xia Kingdom's turn.

Thunder Breaks Heaven roared, his muscles bulging. The giant hammer in his hands, wrapped in ten thousand tons of lightning, smashed down fiercely!

"Break for me!!!"

Boom!

[Xia Kingdom, Thunder Breaks Heaven, Destruction Value: 78,000!]

Not bad, but compared to Adam and Sato, it was clearly a cut below.

Burning Fierce followed closely, his Blazing Blade Qi erupting.

[Xia Kingdom, Burning Fierce, Destruction Value: 72,000!]

The combined scores of the two were not at the bottom, but they definitely couldn't make it into the top three.

Currently, in the overall rankings, Xia Kingdom was temporarily in fifth place.

It was in a very awkward and dangerous position.

Everyone's eyes were focused on Su Mo.

"Heh heh, that level 55 kid is up."

Adam crossed his arms, wearing an expression of watching a good show, "I'd like to see what he uses to attack? Is he going to use those women of his to tickle it?"

Sato Ryuichi simply closed his eyes, dismissive.

On the Xia Kingdom side, the atmosphere was tense to the extreme.

"Su Mo... do your best!"

Rose gripped her scalpel tightly, her palms full of sweat.

Shen Yanbing pursed her lips, the ice soul light at the tip of her staff flickering, ready to save him at any moment.

Long Xiya's fingers lightly tapped against her dragon spear, her eyes locked onto Su Mo's back.

Su Mo walked to the stone pillar.

He didn't take out a weapon, nor did he chant any spells.

He just looked up at the towering stone pillar, then... snapped his fingers.

"Snap."

The crisp sound seemed exceptionally abrupt in the silent arena.

"Come out, big baby."

"Let this bunch of bumpkins who have never seen the world see what... true destructive power is."

Hum—!

The void above Su Mo's head suddenly darkened without warning.

A pressure a hundred times more terrifying than when Adam erupted, carrying a dense aura of death and decay, descended like the sky collapsing and the earth sinking!

Crack! Crack!

The space in the arena couldn't withstand this pressure and began to crack, with fine black fissures spreading out!

"This is..."

Adam, who had been looking disdainful, had the smile on his face freeze instantly.

Sato Ryuichi, who had been resting with his eyes closed, suddenly opened them, his pupils contracting violently.

And the one who felt it most deeply was Long Xiya.

The dragon blood in her body seemed to boil at this moment, but it wasn't excitement, it was...!

"Roar—!!!"

A desolate, ancient dragon roar that seemed to come from the abyss of hell shattered the firmament!

Immediately after.

A giant dragon claw, covered in dark golden scales and burning with ghostly blue soul fire, reached out from the fissure!

Just this one claw was even larger than the stone pillar!

Then came the bone wings that blotted out the sky, and the hideous dragon head that was like a mountain!

Abyssal Bone Dragon — Saphiron!

And it was the... Level 98 Ancient Dragon that had been "carefully nurtured" by Su Mo and had already recovered to its peak state!

Its massive body was a thousand meters long, circling above the arena like a moving fortress of death!

Its huge eye sockets, burning with soul fire, indifferently stared at the ants below.

"This... what kind of monster is this?!"

"A dragon?! Is it a bone dragon?! A bone dragon of this size... is at least Overlord-level?!"

"No! This aura... this is an ancient species! It's the legendary Abyssal Demon Dragon!"

The whole arena went crazy!

Everyone was stunned by this sudden behemoth!

Su Mo stood under Saphiron's huge head, as tiny as a speck of dust.

But the smile on his face was more arrogant than anyone else's.

"Saphiron."

Su Mo pointed at the stone pillar.

"I don't like that thing."

"Destroy it."