Rise of the Zerg in the World of Gods

Shortly after Xu Luo sat down, the match on stage concluded, with Zhang Bei winning as expected.

However, although he won, Zhang Bei's condition wasn't good, and he couldn't continue fighting.

After Zhang Bei came down, Xu Luo walked onto the stage and looked towards Fang Xinglong's side.

"Xu Luo from Tianhai No. 6 High School. Who wants to play?"

"Xu Luo!"

"Xu Luo!"

As Xu Luo appeared, the spectators immediately began to scream.

Especially the students, who were very excited.

Earlier, seeing their side being suppressed, they couldn't do anything and felt very frustrated. But now, seeing Xu Luo was like seeing hope for victory.

The cheerleader girls were jumping and dancing, very joyful.

Their cool school uniforms, showing their long white legs, were a unique sight at this moment.

"It seems this is Tianhai's mysterious number one!" Seeing Xu Luo appear with such high popularity, Fang Xinglong frowned deeply.

They had already tried to overestimate the strength of this side, but when Qianqian, the second-ranked, appeared, there was only a little cheering. It was incomparable to the current boiling atmosphere of the entire venue.

"Should we let Xuefeng switch to unit battle?" Another principal beside him was a bit worried.

Judging by this popularity, this student should be very formidable. Although Xuefeng was confident, it was still an avatar battle, and there were concerns about unexpected situations.

"No!" Fang Xinglong directly rejected this proposal.

"We chose avatar battle. How can we go back on our word and choose unit battle now?"

As the host, Tianhai's side let them choose the battle mode, and they chose avatar battle. If they now felt Xu Luo was too strong and lacked confidence, switching modes, even if they won, how would others view them?

"Then should we let Liu Xiaobei go first? Although she's certainly no match, at least we can see his strength." These cities' schools had united, selecting and intensively training the few most talented students. They knew the strength of each student well. At this moment, using the last student as a pawn to probe the opponent's strength, they didn't hesitate at all.

They had already paid such a big price, so what did it matter to pay a little more now?

"Alright then!" After consideration, for the sake of caution, Fang Xinglong agreed.

They could be said to have already staked everything on this. There was no room for retreat now.

Fang Xuefeng, who had already stood up, was pressed back into his seat, and a short-haired girl beside him was sent to the stage instead.

"Why?" Seeing the girl walk up to the stage dejectedly, the stern-faced Fang Xuefeng asked in a low voice.

"Xuefeng, you must understand how many resources were reallocated to cultivate you few. We must win, there's no choice. Although the methods aren't very honorable, when necessary, choosing suitable tactics is unavoidable!" The lead instructor patted the young man's shoulder.

"We must win, bring back the resources, to compensate for the price paid by those students. Although Tianhai City is the center of the 11th District, it occupies too many resources. They should share some with us!"

Fang Xuefeng fell silent.

As a youth with outstanding talent, plus a good family background, his starting point was already higher than many. With multiple cities joining forces to cultivate him and reallocating resources, his achievements had already reached a height unattainable by countless others.

Geniuses all have their pride, and he was no exception.

He wanted to defeat the so-called Tianhai number one fair and square.

But now he had to let someone go up to probe first, which made him uncomfortable.

However, for the sake of final victory, he could only watch all this happen.

"He didn't come up!" Seeing a girl come up, Xu Luo frowned slightly. He had thought their strongest would come up directly.

"Who are you looking down on!" Hearing Xu Luo's words, the girl glared coldly.

"Looking down on me? I hope your strength is as good as your mouth!"

Feeling the girl's hostility, Xu Luo raised an eyebrow.

He hadn't done anything, why such great hostility?

Or was the hostility of others towards Tianhai people already ingrained in their bones?

There wasn't much more conversation between the two. They didn't bother with a fake handshake to show friendliness; there was no such custom.

They each lay down in their game pods, and the two directly appeared on a void platform.

"The guest goes first. I'll let you choose the scene," Xu Luo directly let the opponent choose the battle scene. Any scene was the same to him; he had experienced countless times already.

"Hmph! Then choose the infernal environment!" The girl named Liu Xiaobei didn't stand on ceremony and directly chose the scene most suitable for herself.

She was talented, but at this moment, she was just being used as a vanguard to be sacrificed.

She was naturally unwilling. As a proud girl, she harbored resentment, wanting to prove to those people that her strength was also formidable, not just someone to be used to probe others and be consumed.

"Inferno?" Xu Luo was surprised. This was the first time someone had actively chosen such a special scene.

At this moment, the girl opposite him was no longer the original short-haired, delicate girl, but clearly a ferocious-looking, burly great demon.

"A demon?" Seeing the avatar was a demon, Xu Luo really hadn't expected it. So does this mean this girl's creature is from the demon race?

This starting point was quite impressive, to be honest!

Demons were also a major species, with many classifications. Starting from low-level imp, they gradually ascended, with strict divisions at each level.

The great demon corresponded to the Gold tier.

Now in the infernal scene, scorching heat waves rolled in from all around. They were in a lava cave, with constantly churning magma below.

After transforming into a great demon, Liu Xiaobei was completely unrecognizable. Now, with a pair of huge wings spread behind her and a flaming great sword in hand, she charged straight at Xu Luo.

Seeing her attack method, Xu Luo smiled slightly.

"The swordsmanship of the Demon Expeditionary Force, quite proficient!"

He had fought with countless people in the arena, seen all kinds of fighting styles and sword techniques, and had even learned them directly thanks to the xenomorphs' ability.

With a wave of his hand, a long sword appeared in his grasp.

Nothing special, just a standard human military long sword, without any special effects.

He used a knife in the arena, but a sword in reality. At least there was some distinction.

The two figures crossed, their swords clashing.

Liu Xiaobei quickly turned after her charge, flying up to readjust her position, preparing for the next charge. However, Xu Luo shook his head at this.

Compared to the opponents he had encountered in the universal-level arena, Liu Xiaobei's battle experience was too naive, and her control of power was rather rigid. She basically only knew how to use power, but not how to control it.

There was a qualitative difference between them.

His figure turned into a flash of light, leaving an image of himself in place, while his true self had already disappeared.

As a combat race, demons had very formidable battle talents.

Being able to survive in the Abyss Inferno, a great demon that grew from a small imp naturally needed to experience countless life-and-death situations.

Although Liu Xiaobei hadn't experienced these, such things seemed to be engraved in the bloodline.

Even though she didn't understand or know how to use it, when facing danger, she still instinctively responded.

However, reacting half a beat too slow, Xu Luo directly appeared behind her. Although she dodged, one of her wings was still cut off.

Liu Xiaobei, unstable in mid-air flight, directly fell into the magma.

The spectators outside couldn't help but exclaim in surprise.

Many of these people didn't have Divine Domains, or once had but lost them long ago.

Now they came to watch the competition, merely to satisfy a former obsession.

Many people weren't very familiar with God Fighter affairs.

They knew the competition rules, knew about Divine Domain development, the relationships between gods, Divine Domains, and believers, but didn't know the specifics of actual combat.

Now, according to ordinary people's thinking, falling into magma meant certain death, right?

Who could live in magma?

"The gap is still too big!" Fang Xinglong sighed.

He had thought that by sending Liu Xiaobei up, they could force the opponent to show some real skills.

But unexpectedly, compared to the previous people, Xu Luo was too strong. Just one exchange, and Liu Xiaobei was directly injured.

In this situation, hoping to see anything was completely wishful thinking.

"Who could have imagined that the gap between this number one and the others would be so large?" The principal beside him smiled bitterly.

"That second-ranked Qianqian earlier already seemed so formidable, just a bit inferior to Fang Xuefeng. I thought this number one would be about the same level. Didn't expect the gap between him and Xuefeng to be like the gap between Xuefeng and others, simply boundless."

On the other side, Fang Xuefeng didn't speak, but his expression was very solemn.

He knew his opponent would definitely be strong, but didn't expect him to be so formidable.

Although Liu Xiaobei wasn't the strongest after him, she wasn't weak either. But just one exchange, and her wing was directly injured.

The group of Tianhai principals on the other side was much happier.

After all, it concerned the fight for resources, and everyone was paying attention.

The other side came with great momentum. If their side didn't have a powerful figure to withstand the pressure, it would be very uncomfortable.

Fortunately, Xu Luo's appearance helped them solve this problem.

Meanwhile, in the scene.

After Liu Xiaobei fell into the magma, the battle didn't end directly as most ordinary people might think.

A figure was seen flying out of the magma, causing magma to splash everywhere!

At this moment, the great demon was burning all over, becoming a veritable fire demon.

As demons born from magma, magma was one of their power sources. Falling in naturally wouldn't harm them, but would instead make them stronger.

The two exchanged blows back and forth, fighting extremely fiercely.

But as they fought, Liu Xiaobei noticed something was amiss.

"Who asked you to go easy?" The burly demon transmitted the girl's voice.

"Hmm, just letting you have some battle experience. Now the experience is over!" Xu Luo spoke calmly.

Then, before the girl could counterattack, his figure rapidly changed, appearing all around her. Before she could strike back, she had already lost consciousness. When she appeared again and opened her eyes, she was already in the game pod.

At this moment, Liu Xiaobei's mind was full of confusion.

She had no idea how she had been eliminated.

Losing wasn't scary; she had lost countless times before. But she had never lost like this, not even knowing how she lost.

This feeling was very uncomfortable.

Crawling out of the game pod, she looked at Xu Luo, who had just gotten up as well.

However, at this moment, Xu Luo wasn't looking at her. His gaze had long been fixed on Fang Xuefeng.

Liu Xiaobei really wanted to rush up and question him.

But in the end, she didn't do so. At this moment, she was very self-aware. From beginning to end, he had never taken her seriously. They fought for so long, but it was just playing with her.

Just as he said, it ended too quickly, there was no experience!

Liu Xiaobei quietly walked off the stage alone.

No cheers, no attention. At this moment, probably no one was paying attention to her!

Just an ordinary background character. That boy was so formidable, so dazzling, where did she have the qualifications to attract others' attention?

Xu Luo indeed hadn't taken her seriously. Earlier was purely a warm-up, and incidentally stealing the demon's swordsmanship.

Demons were a combat race. All their techniques were summarized from countless battles, so they were true combat arts.

The reason Xu Luo entangled with her for so long was, to put it bluntly, just to steal techniques.

As for not wanting to embarrass her, or giving her experience, those were just nice-sounding excuses.

In front of so many people, he couldn't admit that he was actually stealing techniques, right?

Fortunately, this process was very quick, and others might not have noticed anything.

Over there, everyone else had finished fighting, leaving only Fang Xuefeng who hadn't competed yet.

The stern-faced youth, maintaining a cool expression, walked up to the stage step by step.

"I've been waiting for you. Didn't expect you to arrive so late," Fang Xuefeng spoke calmly.

"Sorry to keep you waiting, but I'm here now, aren't I?" Xu Luo smiled.

"However, I was quite looking forward to competing with people from other cities and counties at first. But when I just arrived, I wasn't in a good mood. Earlier was a little girl, so I didn't want to be too harsh."

Xu Luo's implication was that Liu Xiaobei earlier was a girl, so he didn't use his full strength. But you're different; he wouldn't hold back later.

Fang Xuefeng understood his meaning.

"That's exactly what I want. I also want to see how formidable the genius cultivated by Tianhai, as the center city of the large district, taking so many resources every year, really is!"

Fang Xuefeng fell silent.

"If taking so many resources only results in the performance of those earlier people, it seems not quite worthy of the resources received, right?"

"How the performance is, won't we know after we fight?" Xu Luo smiled.

"I look forward to seeing the results of your cultivation at such a great cost."