Rise of the Zerg in the World of Gods

In a short time, someone had resisted and was eliminated, which made other alien races somewhat cautious.

Some aliens who originally had similar plans no longer dared to harbor any devious thoughts.

Even if they wanted to resist, they would have to accumulate enough strength first.

After this, Xu Luo's life became very regular.

Every day he went to participate in competitions, with point matches in the morning and individual matches in the afternoon.

In the evening, he would return home and enter his Divine Domain to accept various orders. As long as they paid and weren't related to humans, he accepted all comers.

In the melee with other schools, Xu Luo no longer performed the feat of defeating twenty in a row, even though he had the ability. There was no need.

The reward was only given once, and he needed to give others a chance to appear.

Generally, he would let others go on stage to fight, and only go up when they couldn't win.

Sometimes, he wasn't even needed; the others had already won.

Against No. 1 High School, Xiang Xun and others indeed weren't very effective, but for other schools, only No. 3 and No. 8 were hard to beat. The other schools were actually about the same as them.

After several months of development, Xiang Xun's Dragonkin were no longer just dragon-blooded warriors. He had somehow obtained some land dragons and mixed-blood flying dragons, forming dragon cavalry and flying dragon cavalry. These two unit types made him stand out greatly in competitions, attracting the attention of many clubs.

Wang Xiaoling was in a similar situation.

When Xu Luo didn't take action, they were like twin stars of No. 6 High School, making other schools cry out in distress.

As long as she wasn't facing Xu Chengzhi, Wang Xiaoling was normal.

No. 6 High School only held the top spot in points for a few days before being overtaken by No. 1 High School.

Except when facing No. 6 High School, where No. 1 High School's first-year grade lost once, afterward, No. 1 High School was unstoppable, winning consecutively against any opponent, gaining three points every day.

As for No. 6 High School, apart from the first year's one point being secure, the third year had a good chance of getting points. The second year was miserable, often unable to get points, almost becoming just experience fodder. Among the 19 schools, being able to get eight or nine points was considered top performance.

If not for the initial 10-point bonus and this year's first-year students being so strong, No. 6 High School would probably still be hovering around eighth or ninth place like before.

Zhong Tianyue was actually very satisfied with the current situation.

After all, looking at the current situation, Xu Luo was sure to secure a qualification spot, and the points situation was much better than in previous years. They were currently ranked second, and there was a high probability of finishing fourth or third in the end.

In the individual competition, after selecting 200 people in the preliminary round, it became one-on-one battles, still at the same pace, with ten battles happening simultaneously to determine the top 100.

Then it was the top 50.

However, after reaching the top 50, the rules changed.

Because the top 50 were no longer one-on-one battles.

It became a five-person melee.

At this point, the competition was no longer many matches in a day, but became two matches per day.

The five-person melee included unit battles, possession battles, and Demi-God battles!

It tested comprehensive strength.

There was no need to worry about strong ones being grouped together.

This all-around test would score each person's performance.

The previous one-on-one battles looked at each person's individual combat ability.

Now the melee was about controlling chaotic situations.

Each person's performance would be scored, with all data provided by the main brain.

The winner of a group might not necessarily qualify. Those who performed well but lost in a strong group might have higher scores than winners from other groups.

At this time, high-scoring losers could challenge winners with lower scores than themselves.

This ensured that strong individuals who were weak in a certain area wouldn't be inexplicably eliminated.

During the competition, the rules weren't unchanging, so basically many aspects were tested to allow them to adapt to various changes.

At this stage, with two matches a day, everyone's performance could be observed. Unlike before, when there were too many competitors each day to watch them all, now people could selectively watch those they were interested in.

Even in the team competition, because Fang Shuo and Qianqian's team was too strong, their one-sided victories made many people lose interest.

In the points competition, No. 1 High School only lost one point, then went on a winning streak. Their performance in the team competition was even more terrifying.

In the individual competition, No. 1 High School's students were also unstoppable.

Among the 50 students, No. 6 High School only had Xu Luo and Xiang Xun advance. Even Wang Xiaoling was eliminated early because she encountered Zuo Jiaojiao.

If she had met someone slightly weaker, she might have advanced. But luck was such, and there was nothing to say about it.

In fact, even if she had made it to the top 50, she would basically be eliminated in one round. It would be difficult for her to qualify in the big melee of the top 50.

Among those who entered the top 50, most people had already set certain expectations for their advancement based on their initial performances.

The top one or two from the 19 schools basically all advanced, with only one or two upsets where they encountered new kings from other schools and were eliminated early.

Besides this, the other spots were occupied by No. 1 High School, while No. 3 and No. 8 High Schools each had three to four people advance.

No. 1 High School directly occupied as many as eleven spots, which was terrifying.

It seemed intentionally arranged that this time, Xu Luo's appearance became the first.

His opponents were one from No. 1 High School, one from No. 3 High School, and the other two were from Tianhai Girls' Academy and Tianhai Interstellar Academy respectively.

The first match was directly a unit battle.

At this moment, on the void platform, the four people looked at each other, their gazes subtly falling on Xu Luo.

Although they couldn't communicate with each other due to competition rules, their mutual intentions were still conveyed through eye contact.

As the strongest first-year newcomer at this time, Xu Luo's strength was too terrifying. If they wanted to win, their only option was to join forces.

Thus, the few people tacitly completed their alliance.

Soon, the one-minute preparation time ended, and their surroundings changed, directly becoming a battlefield.

Seeing himself placed in a plain, Xu Luo sighed at the luck of the others.

If it were a forest or swamp terrain, they might have a better chance.

But plains and grasslands were too suitable for the Zerg to display their prowess. More importantly, it was convenient for them to form orderly ranks and charge.

Facing a group of first-years, Xu Luo didn't need to go all out. He still used a combination of Bronze and Silver-tier units, performing normally.

The main Bronze-tier combat forces were mantis bugs, beetles, worker bees, and flame butterflies.

The Silver-tier units were blade locusts, burrowing bugs, mountain-shaking bugs, fairy butterflies, and a small number of earth dragon zerg in reserve.

Although earth dragon zerg were often not needed.

 

On low-tier battlefields, fairy butterflies were too effective. Often, this side didn't even need to act before the opposite side started killing each other.

Deploying flame butterflies was also necessary to have long-range attack means.

At this time, the five people randomly appeared in corners of the battlefield.

Because it was a plain, there wasn't much hiding from each other.

However, Xu Luo's units were basically hidden underground, and without detection methods, no one knew where he was.

The worker bees had already flown out to gather intelligence on others.

During the melee, students were forbidden to communicate, but no one stipulated that they couldn't attack one person simultaneously. This led to the weak ganging up on the strong, or some people tacitly agreeing to eliminate some first, then competing for the final spots.

This was the first situation now.

Xu Luo had shown too much strength, forcing others to join forces.

With the Zerg hidden underground, the opponents dared not march randomly. They could only use mage-type units to cast spells for detection to avoid ambushes.

Inevitably, their marching speed slowed down.

At this time, the four people from four directions were converging together, wanting to combine forces before forcing Xu Luo out.

But Xu Luo, who already knew their locations, naturally wouldn't give such an opportunity.

Burrowing bugs specially enhanced their burrowing ability, digging tunnels to bring other Zerg close from underground.

Spells could detect life auras, but not all mages could do this, and if the distance was deep enough, it was also difficult to detect.

These days, Xu Luo had been fighting people constantly, and had already mastered the relevant distance control very precisely.

At this time, the entire plain looked normal, with a few black dots visible approaching each other in the distance.

But underground, the Zerg were approaching at an extremely fast speed.

Suddenly, a huge shadow broke out of the ground, then a second, a third...

It wasn't one direction being attacked, but all four people encountering attacks simultaneously.

Instantly, the units of all four people were thrown into chaos.

Because they had no contact with each other, they didn't know the situation of others, only thinking they were the one being attacked.

But spectators could see clearly that although they were all attacked, three of them were just feints. Only one was the real target of attack.

The other three were harassed but thought they were the real targets.

Because Xu Luo had always hidden his units underground and never appeared in large numbers, no one knew exactly how many there were, and now they didn't know how many were still underground.

Seeing that the forces blocking them weren't many, they thought it was just a portion sent to probe their situation, with the main force still underground. This made them hesitant to act due to worries.

Little did they know, it was precisely because of this that Xu Luo directly broke through them one by one.

If he directly attacked one person, their forces weren't few. Even if he fought to this extent, without large-scale deployment of earth dragon zerg, facehuggers, soul butterflies, and other trump cards, it wouldn't be easy for Xu Luo to defeat opponents in a short time.

Once the battle started, there would be a huge commotion, and the units of others would march at full speed, turning it into four people besieging him.

One against four wasn't unwinnable, but it would lead to heavy losses for himself, losing points in the tactics category.

In marching and warfare, naturally, the weight of tactics would be very high.

Even with superior forces, being able to win at the smallest cost would get the highest score.

Conversely, having superior forces but only achieving a pyrrhic victory would naturally lower the score.

Don't say it's because it's one against four. The four people could have been defeated one by one originally. Giving the opponent a chance to encircle was originally one's own mistake.

Moreover, this was a competition within the same city. In future competitions with alien races, everyone would be strangers. If others could unite but you couldn't, that would be your own problem.

"Illusory yet real, true and false hard to distinguish. Old Zhong, this student of yours is really amazing!" Dongfang Cheng sighed.

This was already who knows how many times he had said this sentence.

It really was a new surprise every time he saw it.

At first, he forcefully defeated twenty people from No. 1 High School with his strong power, becoming famous in one go.

But from that time on, this youth had been constantly hiding his abilities.

Many times, when they thought they had seen through him, he would reveal something new.

"His units and tactics all perform excellently. He's sure to qualify, and might even break out of our home star to compete with geniuses from other planets."

"He's still far from that!" Although Zhong Tianyue was proud, he wasn't carried away by the current victory.

"His units are naturally formidable. You should have seen that he's still hiding something. With his strength, playing with first-years is just bullying them. Possession battles are no problem either. That female warrior of his is very powerful, she's been holding back all along, actually being Gold-tier. What worries me now is his Demi-God strength."

Hearing Zhong Tianyue's worried words, Dongfang Cheng's expression also became solemn.

"Saying that, it really is a fatal flaw. We haven't seen his Demi-God battle in all these days of fighting. Let's see how he performs this time."

Thinking about not having seen Xu Luo's Demi-God battle, Dongfang Cheng was also curious.

"But you mentioning this, your purpose isn't pure!"

"Haha, can't hide it from you. Once Xu Luo qualifies, he won't just represent our No. 6 High School anymore. At that time, he'll represent Tianhai City, the 11th District. Our 11th District hasn't had someone particularly impressive for a long time. Fang Shuo is good, but still falls short. How about it, interested in helping me train him?"

Zhong Tianyue smiled.

"After all, his outstanding performance will benefit the entire 11th District and Tianhai. Won't you also bask in the glory then?"

"If you want my battle room, just say so. No need to beat around the bush!" Dongfang Cheng glared at him in annoyance.

"Am I that petty? Once he qualifies, let him come to No. 1 High School. I'll have someone give him authorization and give him some intensive training."

"Hehe, thanks then!" Zhong Tianyue grinned smugly.

He had been eyeing No. 1 High School's battle room for a long time.

Compared to No. 1 High School, No. 6 High School was like a poor country bumpkin, with no comparison at all.

No. 1 High School's battle room had many functions that No. 6 High School didn't possess.

No. 1 High School was superior to other schools not only because its teaching was excellent, attracting many outstanding students.

More importantly, No. 1 High School had more advanced facilities and equipment, as well as numerous exclusive plane worlds and unique resources. This attracted most of Tianhai's wealthy heirs and geniuses to flood in, generation after generation, thus allowing it to look down on all other schools.