My Identity Is Becoming More and More Astonishing

The temporary platform originally constructed had been dismantled.

The chief examiner stood in front of the candidates, making her final speech.

"At twelve o'clock noon, follow me to the arena for the combat competition," she said.

"I've already explained the rules of the arena competition, so I won't go over them again. The order of appearance will be from 1 to 9. Keep an eye on the progress of the competition, and don't be late."

"Any questions?"

The candidates remained silent.

"Good." Nodding, the beautiful chief examiner smiled. "Then, in half an hour, follow me."

Battle was imminent.

Apart from a few extraterrestrial beings, who considered themselves transcendent, all the other Transcendents were fully armed and ready for battle.

The long-haired man standing in the front row solemnly pulled his underwear over his head. It was so infuriating that Chen Yu felt his teeth itch.

He realized that this freak didn't feel embarrassed at all.

So, naturally, it was his turn to feel embarrassed.

Five minutes.

Ten minutes.

Thirty minutes...

Time reached twelve o'clock noon.

"Let's go!"

At the chief examiner's command, the group headed toward the massive metal gates ahead.

"Are you ready?" She placed her hand on the wall of the gate at the entrance, turned around, and said, "Begin your performance. I wish every one of you extremely good luck and martial success."

"Creak, creak, creak—"

The heavy, huge metal gate was slowly pushed open, making a slightly grating noise.

Along with it came the deafening roar from the outside.

"Boom!"

The gate was fully open.

Accompanied by the near-mad cheers of hundreds of thousands of humans, Chen Yu, along with the nineteen others, stepped forward onto the translucent spiral staircase.

Several dozen proctors stood side by side on both sides of the staircase.

Among them, Li Yao was present.

"Hi." Chen Yu raised his hand in greeting, but the young girl ignored him completely.

After climbing the stairs and reaching the center of the "coliseum," he could see the spectator seats encircling them were packed, the dense crowd resembling ants.

"Buzz."

"Buzz, buzz—"

The simultaneous shouts of over five hundred thousand spectators were indeed "earth-shattering." Chen Yu could even hear the humming resonance of his internal organs.

Even the two Ka Xiu clan centaurs were secretly shocked by the intensity of the scene.

"NL].K... (Bugs, they really win by numbers.)" After the tall centaur got over his surprise, he sneered repeatedly.

"This...this is my world," the long-haired man with the underwear on his head said. He stretched out his arms indulgently, basking in the civilization's cheers for him.

"What?" asked Chen Yu, puzzled, turning to the long-haired man and shouting, "What did you say?"

"I said..." the long-haired man also raised his voice: "This is my world!"

"What? Your what world?"

"My world!"

"What about your world?"

"My world!"

"Which world belongs to what?"

"Belongs to...CNM."

"WCNM!"

Long-haired man: "..."

"Silence in the arena!"

An abrupt shout, like a thunderclap, with the force of the Purple-Gold Hammer, hushed the entire audience.

Tens of thousands of spectators fell silent at once.

The beautiful chief examiner was seen floating in midair, rising to the sky, her billowy garment making her seem like a deity.

"I am the chief examiner for this graduation assessment. You can address me as the Chief Examiner," she declared.

Her lips barely moved, yet her voice eerily filled every corner of the coliseum: "The arena competition is about to begin. But before that, I am honored to announce that the strategic alliance between the Ka Xiu clan and humankind is now officially initiated!"

"Dang, dang, dang—"

Inside tens of thousands of loudspeakers in the venue, an inspiring and magnificent BGM began to play.

The sun-sized spherical screen in the sky focused the camera on a centaur seated in the middle of the VIP stand. (How does a centaur sit?)

However, the reaction of the hundreds of thousands in the audience was somewhat muted.

Only a portion of the crowd managed to muster a sparse round of applause.

If you listened closely, you could even hear some jeers.

The camera cut back.

Without any further ado, the chief examiner went straight to the point: "Now, please, the two number-one contestants, take your positions on the north and south sides of the arena. All other contestants, please leave the field."

As she spoke.

Immediately, four proctors burst onto the arena, guiding the Transcendents to the preparing area to rest.

Before long.

On the vast arena, only two focused opponents remained, facing each other.

One was a human male Transcendent.

The other, a fungus-shaped mushroom man.

Inside and outside the circular stands, deafening cheers erupted once more.

"Go for it!" the crowd shouted.

"Thump, thump, thump!" The sound of drums thundered.

"Go for it!"

"Dong dong dong..."

The male Transcendent took a deep breath, forcefully suppressing the boiling emotions within his heart.

In the venue, tens of thousands of people.

Outside, tens of billions of people.

All were paying attention to him at this moment.

For a Transcendent who had just graduated, there was no moment more in the spotlight than this.

"Tournament match, first round, first battle! *** versus 'Moon Demon Laselle Clan'**." The chief examiner raised his hands high, then swung them down fiercely, "The duel begins!"

"Dong!!"

The male Transcendent was the first to erupt, recklessly spinning the source of his supernatural abilities, charging forward.

The Mushroom Man didn't dodge or evade; below him, over a dozen tentacles wildly extended, blocking all the Transcendent's possible lines of attack.

"Secret technique! Endless Explosions!"

A glint flashed in the Transcendent's eyes as he violently pulled out a rocket launcher from his backpack, aimed at the Mushroom Man, and ruthlessly squeezed the trigger.

"Swoosh—"

"Boom!!"

The flames and shockwave that burst forth sent the Mushroom Man flying.

But mid-air, the Mushroom Man was unscathed and instead, numerous tentacles plunged into its body, pulling out several handguns, and began firing wildly, "biubiubiubiu".

The Transcendent dodged nimbly, discarded the rocket launcher, and took out two "AK-47s", fearlessly returning fire.

"Dada dada—"

"Biubiu..."

"Dada dada!"

"Biubiubiu—"

Bullets flew back and forth, crisscrossing in mid-air.

A lively exchange of gunfire!

Below the stage, in the waiting area.

Chen Yu's mouth hung open, his eyes wide as if he'd seen a ghost: "What... what?!"

Stunned for a moment, he vigorously rubbed his eyes and looked again.

He saw that both sides, having run out of ammunition, had now taken out their respective civilization's "grenades", and begun lobbing them back and forth frantically.

Chen Yu: "???"

Chen Yu: "Am I watching the wrong channel?"

Turning his head, Chen Yu shouted at a long-haired man, "Are they competing in shooting?"

"Huh?" The long-haired man didn't hear him clearly, "What are they competing in?"

"Are they competing in shooting?"

"What shooting competition?"

"They're competing in shooting!!"

"What shooting?"

"CNM."

"WCNM!"

Chen Yu: "..."

Turning to another person, Chen Yu asked, "Hey buddy, were the tournament fights always like this before?"

"No… not wrong." The man covered his bleeding lower abdomen, pale, "First use cough cough… first use firearms to deplete the enemy's stamina. Then it's hand-to-hand combat."

"You've been shot?" Chen Yu was shocked.

"It's... it's no big deal."

"You've been shot in the groin?!" Chen Yu was horrified.

"It's... it's nothing."

"Do you need me to call a doctor for you?"

"No need." The man waved his hand, wiping the cold sweat from his forehead, "A minor issue of an inch or two, not worth bothering about."

With that, the man collapsed to the ground, trembling as he clutched his lower abdomen.

Chen Yu: "I'm still going to call a doctor for you."

"No need!" The man clenched his fists, "It's none of your business."

Chen Yu: "..."

Looking down to avoid the stray bullets flying everywhere, Chen Yu quickly ran to an examiner, shouting, "Hey! There's someone over there who's been shot!"

The examiner looked in the direction Chen Yu was pointing, then shook his head, "Don't worry about it."

"Did you hear what I said? He's been shot!!"

"Since when do Transcendents die from bullet wounds?" replied the examiner.

"But… but the ordinary people in the audience could be killed!"

"The audience seats are protected by a shield..."

"Bang!"

Before he could finish, a bullet hit the examiner's forehead and was deflected. The examiner touched the bruised wound on his head with an expressionless face and continued, "The audience seats are all covered by a protective barrier. It's safe."

Chen Yu: "..."

"Not good!" The monitor, who had been watching the platform all this time, seemed to notice something, suddenly turned pale, swiftly hugged Chen Yu, and pressed him to the ground, "Get down! It's a tactical nuclear warhead!"

At those words, everyone in the preparation area, in a uniform motion, all proficiently lay down on the ground.

"Boom—"

The next moment, the entire Sky-reaching Tower swayed thrice.

One could see at the heart of the stage, a great mushroom cloud was now rising into the sky, blooming furiously...

"Cough."

Chen Yu lifted his head, facing the rain of stone shards falling down, and roared, "Is this what you call a duel?!"

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(PS: The update is a bit late, I will try to be quicker tomorrow. Please, for monthly tickets!)