Chapter 670: The Beginning of the Tournament

At this moment, Ye Feng ignored the four people by the corpses. He was well aware that their strength ranked among the top among the more than 18,000 contestants. If he were to confront them right away and kill them to seize their number tags, the others hiding in the shadows would surely flee immediately, making it difficult to gather such a group again.
Ye Feng reinserted his long sword into the ground and closed his eyes, listening for the nearest sounds. In just a moment, he heard heartbeats coming from four directions, all about 300 meters away. A slight smile appeared on his lips as he vanished in an instant.
He silently appeared behind one of them, using his destructive power to pierce through the person’s heart and then taking their storage ring—all without a sound. The victim didn’t even realize how they died.
In the same manner, Ye Feng killed the other three. At the location where he had killed these four, he heard even more heartbeats. He continued his silent slaughter, and in just the time it took to drink tea, nearly half of the over thirty people hiding in the shadows had been killed.
This scene was clearly broadcast, shocking everyone who watched.
Ye Feng never used a second method when killing those peak Star Universe-level fighters. He simply covered their mouths and noses with one hand while using his finger strength to pierce through their hearts with the other. His movements were like those of a ghost harvesting souls, sending chills down the spines of the onlookers.
“So powerful!” Even some fighters at the Pseudo-Void level frowned in admiration.
“He’s already killed fifteen or sixteen people. Why hasn’t he stopped?” asked the woman in the guest seats, puzzled.
“The items in those Star Universe-level fighters’ rings must be valuable to him, so he plans to get as much as he can at once,” said the bald man, expressing his thoughts.
The other guests also frowned slightly. If he killed people just for such trivial gains, they wouldn’t have much goodwill toward Ye Feng.
Deep in the forest, more powerful fighters were still on their way. But Ye Feng’s massacre had already reached nineteen victims. Including the previous ones, he now had twenty number tags. He finally stopped killing and returned to Liu Yuan, handing him a storage ring and whispering, “This is yours. The mission is over. We can leave now.”

“This…” Liu Yuan used his spiritual power to scan the ring and found ten number cards inside. He was surprised—he hadn’t expected Ye Feng to give him some of the number cards. By then, Ye Feng had already disappeared. Liu Yuan quickly took out the ten number cards and also vanished from that spot. When Ye Feng and Liu Yuan were transported out, the chief referee immediately announced their advancement. “Competitor Ye Feng is advancing!” “Competitor Liu Yuan is advancing!” In just one day, Ye Feng had completed the competition. He had originally thought he would need to wait outside for 29 days, but the chief referee told him that the virtual treasure contained a time-accelerating effect. Thirty days inside the virtual treasure equaled only one day in the outside world, so he only needed to wait one day to know the result. A day passed quickly, and Ye Feng finished watching the entire competition. Among this batch of contestants, there were indeed several strong players—about 23 with early-stage pseudo-void strength, 11 with mid-stage pseudo-void strength, 3 with late-stage pseudo-void strength, and 1 with peak pseudo-void strength. Out of 18,000 people, only 219 passed this test. This number was much lower than what Ye Feng and the others had expected. “A total of 219 people have passed the preliminary round. These 219 will directly enter the arena battles. Those who lose will be disqualified immediately.” The chief referee began explaining the subsequent competition format. “Since the number is odd, one person in this round won’t have an opponent. We’ll designate the person who draws number 1 to skip this match and go straight to the second round of arena battles. So, there will be 218 participants in the first arena battle, and 109 will advance by winning. The matchups are as follows: Player number 1 won’t participate, so Player number 2 will fight Player number 3, Player number 4 will fight Player number 5, and so on, until Player number 218 fights Player number 219.” “Our staff have already prepared the number cards. Now, all contestants may come up one by one to draw their numbers!” Ye Feng followed the crowd and quickly drew his number card—number 198. He knew his opponent should be the person with number 199, though he still didn’t know who it was. At that moment, Liu Yuan approached him with a strange expression. “What’s wrong?” Ye Feng asked. Liu Yuan secretly showed him the number on his own card.

“You’re number one?! Good luck!” Ye Feng said with a smile.
“Now, the contestant with number one shall come over here for registration,” announced the chief referee after everyone had received their number tags.
Liu Yuan hurried over to the chief referee, clearly feeling the envious and resentful gazes behind him. After handing over his number tag, he quickly completed the registration process with the staff.
“Alright, then for the first match, the contestant with number one is Liu Yuan. He won’t need to compete in the first round and will go straight to the second round. The other contestants, please follow the staff to your respective arenas.”
Guided by the staff, Ye Feng also made his way to arena number 99. Soon, his opponent appeared—a burly physical cultivator. Ye Feng had seen him perform in the Virtual Treasures, skilled in close combat, with physical strength comparable to that of early-stage Pseudo-Void level fighters.
Although that guy knew Ye Feng was the champion of the Genius Competition, he didn’t take him seriously. In his eyes, Ye Feng’s cultivation had only improved for about ten days, so no matter how strong he was, he couldn’t compare to himself.
But he was utterly wrong—and paid the price.
In just one round, Ye Feng knocked him off the arena with a head-on collision, leaving the many onlookers in awe.
Normally, Ye Feng’s physical strength was only at the peak of the Star Universe level, but thanks to his defensive and repulsion techniques, it wasn’t hard for him to knock away that brute who relied solely on physical force.
Ye Feng’s match was over before it even started, which undoubtedly caught the attention of the strong fighters in the other arenas.
But Ye Feng didn’t care, as his goal was simple: win the championship and gain that ten-day opportunity for enlightenment.