"Although what you said is the truth, why does it hurt so much?"
"Hahaha." Luo Yu was in high spirits.
Xiang Kunlun looked at Luo Yu with a thoughtful expression, feeling that Luo Yu's strength seemed different from before.
He was a bit uncertain, so he decided to observe more closely.
Closing one's eyes to rest for a while and becoming stronger couldn't be this absurd, could it?
That would be too preposterous.
If Luo Yu hadn't channeled a Chaotic Qi Flow into him, he wouldn't have noticed it.
"Boom boom!"
As time moved backward, the sky thundered continuously with energy bursting, battle after battle began and ended.
The victors were naturally the cause for national jubilation; the losers' entire country fell into sadness, fear, and loneliness.
Because this meant they had lost in the competition of national strength.
Lagging meant getting beaten.
Since the birth of human history, there had probably never been such a cruel contest.
The format of this World Competition was exactly the same as that of the National Competition.
Pair off in battles, with the losers being eliminated.
Until the last round.
However, the arrangement of the competition seemed like a draw, but there was actually trickery involved.
That was the truly formidable top powers that were definitely not going to meet at the start.
The large powers knew this well in their hearts, and the smaller ones couldn't resist even if they didn't like it.
That's just the reality.
After Olympus, Pantheon Temple, Great Xia, Dark Council, and Ancient Buddha Holy Land all advanced.
One after another, forces like Wan Tower World, Totem Sky City, Andes Mountains, Sun City... and so on also made it through.
The citizens of the forces eliminated in the first round were already heartbroken.
Those not eliminated, aside from the four top powers, all started praying frantically.
The citizens of Great Xia might be the most nervous.
Because unlike other powers that had a plethora of God's Children,
they only had one person to rely on, Luo Yu.
If even Luo Yu was defeated, then Great Xia would be defeated; if it was just a one-on-one fight,
they were not worried about Luo Yu, but being outnumbered made it too difficult to fight.
Actually, the most important thing was that the citizens of Great Xia have always had a sense of national pride since ancient times; if they were defeated here,
their pride would be as if trampled into the dirt underfoot.
It would be really hard to accept.
The sun set in the west, and the Red Moon rose in the sky, casting a bewitching, blood-red light.
Under this eerie glow, the stars all disappeared from sight.
God's Children naturally didn't need to rest, and people all over the world didn't sleep either.
It was a sleepless night for the whole world,
as they anxiously watched the competition.
Except for the ferocious beasts.
The second round of the competition officially began.
"Dark Council versus Wan Tower World."
"Boom boom!"
Two beams of light shot up into the sky simultaneously, illuminating the blood-red darkness.
On one side, a huge blood-colored bat obscured the sun,
on the other, ancient tower phantoms towered in the void, emitting an aura of ancient years.
Luo Yu found it very strange and frowned, taking a careful look at the Dark Council's preparation area.
The other God's Children were all sitting there quietly, making no splash whatsoever.
"What is it, Luoshenzi?" Xiang Kunlun had actually been secretly observing him all along.
Luo Yu said, "Don't you find it strange that if this Cain really is the strongest God's Child of the Dark Council, would he have such a lack of presence, always being the first to take action?"
"The first round could be excused."
"But if it's the same in the second round, then something is off."
The four men wore strange expressions as Cao Potian said, "Aren't you also the first to go into battle?"
Luo Yu rolled his eyes: "Isn't it because you four are so weak that I have to work a bit harder?"
"I would find it shameful if our Great Xia lost even one match."
"Err..." The four men were at a loss for words.
"Boom!"
The sky blazed with brilliant explosions of fireworks, as an energy storm swept across heaven and earth.
Luo Yu waved his hand, dissipating the residual shockwaves that were spreading out.
He didn't pay attention to the battle in the sky and glanced sideways at the resting area of the Dark Council.
"I feel that their unexposed God's Children are harboring some strangeness."
Zhao Yunliu and the other three exchanged looks before speaking, "God's Child, how confident are you in this competition?"
"Why do you ask?" Luo Yu's mouth curved into a smile.
Zhao Yunliu said bluntly, "If you're confident, and we don't need to go up as cannon fodder to scout the enemy, then we'll give up and not participate."
"After all, you're right; why should we go up and lose face for Our Great Xia? Losing a match indeed looks bad and affects the people's morale."
"Ha ha ha, wanting to give it a try is no problem; it's okay." Luo Yu indicated that he didn't care, "You don't need to give yourself so much comfort."
Cao Potian shook his head, "Forget it, if you're confident, why should we go up and play the clown?"
"One has to save face, after all." Liu Sheng Tan covered his face.
"Whoosh—"
At that moment, a blood river appeared in the sky, nearly becoming tangible.
It emitted a thick scent of blood.
The Cain Divine Child was at the center of the blood river, his aura expanding to the extreme.
The vast blood river continuously struck against the high tower summoned by the Wan Tower World's God's Child.
"Boom—"
The tower wobbled under the impact of the blood river before it could no longer withstand the pressure.
It exploded thunderously.
Subsequently, the Wan Tower World sent several God's Children in succession, employing various means, but all were ultimately defeated by the Cain Divine Child and fell towards the ground.
In the end, the victory was declared for the Dark Council.
Although Cain once again managed a one-man conquest of a nation, it was obvious he had a harder time than in the previous round of competition, and the situation where he would instantly vanquish an opponent no longer existed.
The next match involved Mount Olympus against Mount Andes.
The clash between the two great Western divine mountains.
Undoubtedly, Mount Olympus achieved victory, sending the descendant of War God Ares riding a golden chariot.
Swinging his war spear, he easily defeated several strong contenders from the Divine Mountain.
In the end, he lifted his war spear to various major forces on the ground, as if to say that everyone seated was trash and challenged anyone who disagreed to clash with him.
The arrogance of the War God was undisputedly on full display.
Other descendants of gods might be more subtle.
However, this scene didn't provoke insults in the world broadcast, but rather dread.
For the power that Mount Olympus had shown was just too strong.
The descendants of the Fourteen Great Gods had all displayed strength that was well above the first rank.
Clearly, each could fight; none were weak.
The battles continued, with the Pantheon Temple fighting against the Totem City from their northern territory.
Totem City revered the spirits of various wild beasts.
In their myths, all gods evolved from wild beasts, possessing the mighty power to summon the wind and rain, and alter the heavens and earth.
Upon the referee's command, a God's Child from Totem City transformed into a giant eagle and flew into the sky, and after reaching the sky, turned into a massive King Kong ape.
It exhibited a powerful ability to change forms.
Luo Yu watched, slightly stunned; this seemed very much like the Seventy-Two Earthly Fiend Changes he had learned from the Great Saint, although he hadn't used this divine power in the fight so far.
This time from the Pantheon Temple, dark flames roared into the sky.
They sent out one of the Seven Fallen Angels, the descendant of Lucifer, with an apparition of an Angel with thirty-six dark wings standing tall in the sky; the powerful currents of air cleared the clouds for thousands of miles around.
The roaring dark flames burned fiercely.
With a single hand raised, a Gate of Hell appeared in the void.
As the gate opened, myriad ghastly howls emerged, terrifying to the core.
And no matter what exotic beast the Totem City's God's Child transformed into, they couldn't ward off these howls.
In the end, regrettably, they summoned a gigantic beast spirit with features of various animal species.
Then the descendant of Lucifer simply trembled his dark wings, sending out tens of thousands of dark feathers that completely shattered the opponent.
The Lucifer Divine Child defeated two God's Children and then stepped down.
Not because he was exhausted, but because he no longer wished to play.
In the end, one of the Seven Sacred Angels, the Blazing Angel, took action to end the battle.
Successfully defeating five God's Children.
The Blazing Divine Child ignored Luo Yu, seeming to look down upon him, and turned his provocative gaze towards the War God Ares's Divine Child.
The voice of the referee rose, "Great Xia against Solar Holy City."
"Please prepare, contestants from both sides!"