Swallowing the Stars: Starting with the Battle of Geniuses

Chapter 53 Target: Berlan!

"A show of force? No, no, no, I was just giving your brother a free lesson in life."

Hunzhen smiled and asked, "By the way, who are you? Third in the overall rankings, and second in this temporary organization?"

"snort!"

The man in golden armor snorted coldly.

By Earthling standards of beauty, he looked about ten years older than his younger brother, appearing like a dignified middle-aged man.

"I am but a humble 'Knight,' ranked 112th overall! And you, the infamous Flame Demon, what are you?"

Hunzhen didn't answer, but sized up the knight and rubbed his chin: "One hundred and twelfth place, cutting it in half should be safe, right?"

"What did you say?"

The knight frowned, then suddenly froze.

Without any warning, Hunzhen drew his red sword, took a step forward, closed the distance, and slashed at him.

"this……"

Luo Yang opened his mouth, but ultimately lowered his hand that he wanted to use to stop him.

He was, after all, only a figurehead commander who temporarily brought everyone together. Not everyone in the team necessarily respected him. He was simply entrusted with the nominal leadership position because he ranked the highest.

These people have their own private conflicts, but to be honest, he can't be bothered to care.

"But you struck first!"

When the knight saw Hunzhen make his move, he immediately let out a sinister laugh.

His body trembled, his armor shone with golden light, and at the same time he raised a thick lance with his right arm and thrust it toward Hunzhen's red blade.

A streak of purplish-red fire suddenly flashed past, instantly slicing through the knight's territory, then deflecting the knight's thrusting lance, and continuing forward, cutting through the armor as easily as slicing tofu.

"How is that possible!"

The domain was instantly severed, and weapons and defenses were all destroyed in an instant. The knight looked on in disbelief.

He hurriedly tried to pull away.

"Trying to back out now? Too late!"

Hunzhen sneered, and a dozen dark red lines of fire appeared in the air, blocking all of the knight's escape routes.

"etc!"

Ignoring his astonishment at the Balrog's terrifying melee prowess, which the intelligence claimed was that of a controller, the knight exclaimed in surprise, "Weren't we supposed to be fighting Death together?!"

Hunzhen ignored the knight's pleas for mercy, and the beam of fire pierced through him and his armor in an instant.

Hunzhen swung his longsword and sneered, "Hmph, what use is a piece of trash like you who can't even withstand two of my moves? I might as well kill you."

Then she turned to look at Luo Yang, her expression apologetic: "I'm sorry, Luo Yang, actually I've always had a very good temper."

Then, with righteous indignation, she said, "But I've already forgiven his brother for his disrespect, and he still comes to cause me trouble. This... I just can't stand it anymore!"

Luo Yang's lips twitched, inwardly cursing, "If you hadn't said something about 112 being barely safe, I might have had a 10% chance of believing your nonsense!"

But he said, "Oh, no, no, everyone saw it. It was that knight who provoked you first. Anyway, even if he dies, he'll still be in the top 1000. It's just a pity he can't join us in the fight against death..."

But his eyes showed great apprehension.

The mere display of close-combat strength by Hunzhen was already comparable to his full-power burst.

It is said that when the Flame Demon first made his move, the main weapon he used was clearly the Meteor Flame Divine Weapon, one of the nine divine weapons controlled by the Flame Demon!

Such terrifying strength...

Luo Yang thought to himself, "This Flame Demon's true strength is probably second only to that terrifying Grim Reaper in the Second World Zone!"

Hunzhen's behavior, including his deliberate talking to himself, was not due to any strange habit. His purpose was simply to establish his authority and reduce unnecessary trouble.

His gaze swept over the crowd, and most of them dared not meet his eyes, averting their gazes.

Hunzhen nodded secretly: "The effect is good. It seems that even if I go up and have a friendly conversation, they won't refuse me, right?"

The team was still gathering, and Hunzhen, who had previously been ruthless towards the knights, approached them one by one with a warm smile.

"Hey, you there, the one with the red hair! Yes, you! What are you good at? Tell me!"

"Huh? Oh, it's not what you think. How could a kind person like me deliberately make things difficult for you? It's just that we'll be facing that Grim Reaper together soon, so I wanted to learn about my comrade's moves beforehand to make it easier to coordinate later."

"Hey, a newbie? Me? People call me the Flame Demon, which means I'm a warm-hearted guy who'll warm your heart! How about it, want me to introduce you to a few of us?"

Seeing Hunzhen gradually becoming one with the crowd, Luo Yang felt a strong threat in another sense.

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"Forget it, I probably can't beat him anyway..."

In the end, it all turned into a soft sigh.

Half a day later, the group finally gathered. A total of 327 people had come together to challenge Berlan.

Luo Yang naturally couldn't possibly know the information about so many geniuses who were keeping their trump cards hidden. He could only roughly count the number of people in different professions and make a general tactical plan.

Considering coordination issues, the participants conducted a rough rehearsal. With their star-level thinking abilities, although they couldn't elevate their overall combat capabilities to a higher level in a short period through group operations, they were more than capable of ensuring that each other didn't hinder the others.

Just as everyone was planning another coordinated performance, a scout brought an urgent report.

"The Grim Reaper! The Grim Reaper has left his sphere of influence and begun an indiscriminate extermination of everyone!"

Upon hearing this news, everyone's expression changed.

How much confidence must one have in their own abilities to do something like this?

Luo Yang's expression darkened, and he waved his hand, saying, "Change the battle plan β."

Then he glanced at everyone, lingering especially on Hunzhen's face, and tentatively asked, "Does anyone have any objections?"

"It's perfect that someone can help us wear down the Grim Reaper's forces, allowing us to conserve our strength and wait for the enemy to tire themselves out. Why not take advantage of it?"

Hunzhen smiled faintly and made a decision directly: "I think this is the best solution."

Death doesn't wait until you're fully prepared to come—that's far better than being attacked by Death while you're discussing how to defeat him.

Thus, the 327 top geniuses of the Second World Division began their march against death.

None of them, including Hunzhen, considered themselves a match for Bolan.

But their pride as geniuses made them unwilling to give up.

The possibility of having extra time to communicate and pool everyone's strength to gang up on one person is probably only possible in this qualifier.

Even if one person is absolutely unable to defeat it, what if we use the strength of the group?

Are you, Death God, not arrogant and think you can wipe out the entire Second World region all by yourself?

Let these despised fellows tell that noble Grim Reaper that even a lot of ants can kill an elephant!

(End of this chapter)