Chapter 272: Cruelty

Chen Xiao was slightly stunned, but in the next moment, the light bursting from the arena condensed into a white glow within that space.
Immediately afterward, this white light filled the entire space, driving away all the powerful beings above the gods.
“Chen Xiao, remember—never show mercy. Out of these more than ten thousand people, only one hundred and eight can survive.”
The Great Immortal smiled faintly before vanishing from that space in an instant.
“Only one hundred and eight can survive?”
Chen Xiao thought for a moment before a slight smile appeared on his face.
“This place is indeed a perfect hunting ground. These Void Gods or Domain cultivators surely possess powerful divine artifacts. If I can devour those artifacts…”
“What?!”
Suddenly, Chen Xiao’s expression changed. He realized that the white light filling the space had terrifying corrosive properties. If one’s body remained exposed to it for too long, even the entire person or domain could be corroded away.
“The arena!”
Chen Xiao’s eyes lit up as he suddenly remembered what the Great Immortal had said earlier about seizing an arena.
A purple glow erupted from his body as he flew straight to the nearest arena.
“Hm?”
Suddenly, Chen Xiao frowned slightly. It seemed the arena had its own consciousness, transmitting messages to his mind.
“Can only one person be accommodated here?” Chen Xiao was taken aback, but soon he noticed that although the white light in this space came from these one hundred and eight arenas, none of them had such a white halo. Compared to the outside world, this place was extremely safe.
Although those people reacted slowly, they were still very quick. In just a few breaths, hundreds of figures rushed toward the arena.
However, only the first figure managed to pass through the halo outside the arena and enter; the rest were blocked outside.
“Kill your opponent within two hours, or you’ll all be eliminated.”
A powerful consciousness echoed throughout the arena.
“Two hours?”
Chen Xiao frowned slightly. After thinking for a moment, he acted swiftly. Before the Void God inside could react, he smashed it into a pulp with a single punch. The Void God’s laws were instantly extracted and merged into his primal spiritual fire.
The divine artifact on that being was also taken by Chen Xiao.
In an instant, an intermediate-level Void God was killed outright.
The guardians and their descendants outside were stunned.
“You can also attack each other, kill those around you, and seize their Void God laws. That way, you can survive longer in this void.”
Suddenly, the Great Immortal’s mocking voice rang out in the void.
“Kill your companions, seize their power—then you might survive and even have a chance to become guardians. Otherwise, death is your only fate.”
On those one hundred and eight arenas, two hundred and sixteen people were already fighting, leaving no room for others.

But if the remaining nearly ten thousand people do not kill each other and seize each other’s Void God laws, they will not be able to survive in this world.
“This is simply raising poisonous insects…”
Chen Xiao couldn’t help but shudder upon hearing the Great Immortal’s words. This arena was clearly meant for the final contenders to fight it out—only the strongest 108 could survive in this space.
“The competition to become a guardian is truly cruel.”
Chen Xiao glanced at the Void God who had just entered and sighed slightly. Those who became heirs to guardians and came here were undoubtedly true geniuses, those with the potential to become gods. Yet, out of over ten thousand such geniuses, only 108 could survive, and these 108 were undoubtedly the most monstrous beings.
Chen Xiao glanced briefly at the person across from him, then waved his hand—immediately, a giant purple hand appeared above the void.
“A purple giant hand?!”
The Void God across from him paled at the sight of the purple hand and almost instinctively tried to run away from the arena.
“You can’t show mercy here… If you don’t kill others, they will kill you…” Chen Xiao remembered the Great Immortal’s words and sighed lightly. “You came here, so I must kill you. If you want to kill me, then you’re my enemy. Why should I let you go?”
Muttering to himself, Chen Xiao realized that the purple hand in the void was formed from his own domain. In an instant, that purple hand pierced through space and grabbed the Void God. Without a doubt, the Void God was instantly killed.
After two months of training at the core of this world of supernatural powers, Chen Xiao’s primal spiritual flame had devoured seven true divine artifacts. Although they hadn’t taken shape like Qi Tian Kuo or Xue Hua Piao Ling, his physical strength and domain power were now comparable to those of true gods. At this point, Chen Xiao could now confront a god head-on. To him, such Void Gods were nothing but ants, easy to slaughter.
“The person on Arena 73 is too strong; I can’t match him.”
In an instant, all the guardian candidates fighting in the space noticed what was happening on Chen Xiao’s side. Their bodies instinctively moved toward other arenas.
“If no winner is determined in two hours, they’ll all be wiped out… I’m sure those people aren’t fools. If no one wins after four hours, it means they’re evenly matched, and they won’t keep fighting to the death.”
Chen Xiao shook his head slightly and began to pay attention to the other arenas. In an instant, he felt that this place was rather boring. Competing with these beings, who were at most mid-level Void Gods, was like children playing house.
Boom!
Suddenly, a loud noise came from the void. Behind a woman at the seventh level of her domain, a blood-red halo suddenly appeared—it was the primordial spirit of the Yuan Ling God. This woman wore blood-red clothes and hair, with a cold expression. Wherever she went, all Void Gods turned to nothingness. Eventually, her body occupied an entire arena.

And once that arena was occupied by her, everyone stayed at a distance, unwilling to fight her anymore. Behind this woman with blood-red hair, several primordial spirits suddenly appeared in the void, competing for the remaining arenas. These beings with primordial spirits were undoubtedly descendants of the Primordial Spirit God, having awakened their bloodline of the Primordial Spirit God and destined to become such gods. Suddenly, a man with a pale blue wave-like primordial spirit appeared at the arena where Chen Xiao was.