On the arena, the geniuses all moved together, reaching for the streaks of light falling down.

But Shi Feng was unhurried, extremely calm.

There were twenty-one streaks of light. Since it's a draw, each person would grab one. Inside these lights, there should be something akin to their number tokens.

At this moment, Shi Feng set his sights on a purple streak of light not far away. His body moved to instantly teleport over, but just as he was about to reach for it, his brow suddenly furrowed sharply as the purple light abruptly shot backward, instantly speeding away from him.

Shi Feng coldly watched the rapidly departing streak of light. He quickly saw the direction of the purple light, heading toward the Ancient Netherworld Clan genius wrapped entirely in black fog, Gloomy Hide.

Though he couldn't see the face hidden in the black fog, nor knew if it even had a face, Shi Feng already sensed that when this thing looked at him, its expression was full of mockery and disdain.

In the next moment, the purple streak of light approached Gloomy Hide, but Gloomy Hide did not reach to grab it. Instead, with a backhand slap from his right hand, also resembling black fog, he sent the purple streak flying towards a young, beautiful woman dressed in golden attire.

The woman in the golden attire, with a cold and glamorous face, saw the purple streak flying her way and extended her hand to grab it, quickly holding it in her palm.

The purple light dispersed, transforming into a purple small ball about the size of a fist, adorned with an ancient-looking script.

The grandly dressed woman took a glance down at it, then ignored everyone else.

At this moment, the twenty-one streaks of light on the arena were gone. "Heh!" At this moment, Gloomy Hide, who was not far in front of Shi Feng, let out a mocking laugh, then casually tossed a green small ball in his left hand towards Shi Feng.

"Heh, so that's it! He wants to seek his own doom!" Upon seeing the small ball flying his way, Shi Feng immediately understood what Gloomy Hide intended to do.

First, he grabbed two small balls with close numbers, then closely watched Shi Feng's movements, not allowing him to grab any other ball.

Once the other clan geniuses had picked their numbers, Shi Feng would have no choice but to take the ball from his hand.

Shi Feng extended his pale white right hand, grabbed the green small ball thrown at him, and looked down to see the ancient script on the ball resembling a four!

This also meant that Gloomy Hide's number was three!

At this moment, as Shi Feng raised his head again to look toward Gloomy Hide of the Ancient Netherworld Clan, Gloomy Hide made a throat-slashing gesture with his right hand at Shi Feng, full of provocation!

"Idiot!" Shi Feng laughed dismissively, his voice not loud yet clearly reaching Gloomy Hide's ears.

At this moment, Shi Feng distinctly sensed a subtle tremor in the two green flames before the black fog face of Gloomy Hide, enveloped in a chilling killing intent, growling:

"Because of your vile mouth, you will die a horrible death!"

"Heh, really?" Shi Feng laughed indifferently, saying with disdain.

Shi Feng completely dismissed the threat from Gloomy Hide.

On the contrary, Shi Feng looked at Gloomy Hide, who was seeking his own death, as if he were already a dead man.

...

"Haha, well done, Gloomy Hide!" In the Ancient Netherworld Clan's stands, someone laughed as they watched the arena!

Then, another "person" from the Ancient Netherworld Clan laughed, "Ancient Corpse Clan, hahaha, good! Let's just crush this eyesore first."

"Hehe, I'm just afraid this little corpse won't dare to go on stage and battle our Gloomy Hide!"

... 𝓯𝙧𝓮𝓮𝒘𝓮𝙗𝙣𝒐𝒗𝒆𝓵.𝓬𝓸𝒎

The Ancient Corpse Clan was adjacent to the Ancient Netherworld Clan, and the voice from the Ancient Netherworld Clan naturally reached the Ancient Corpse Clan's side.

"Hmph!"

"Hmph!"

"Hmph!"

In the Ancient Corpse Clan, there was a series of cold snorts.

Then, many "people" ignored the Ancient Netherworld Clan's remarks, and some internally thought, "This is actually good! It gives us a chance to check that person's real battle power."

"Hmm, that's right! It's said the Evil Eye Clan's Tian Hao was defeated by him. Lord Corpse God claims he has the battle power to fight a Nine-star Demigod! Let's see if he can kill this Gloomy Hide."

"Hmm."

...

In front of the Ancient Corpse Clan's stands, a few young people watched Shi Feng and Gloomy Hide in the arena, each with their own expressions.

"He... He's really going to battle Gloomy Hide. Didn't expect his first opponent would be Gloomy Hide, sigh!"

Miss Shii Wu softly murmured to herself, her pale, pretty face showing signs of worry, followed by sorrow.

Suddenly, it seemed she was transported back five years ago, when her brother Shii Heng participated in the Genius Battle. Then she watched helplessly as her brother Shii Heng died at the hands of Gloomy Hide.

Sitting next to Shii Wu was Shii Wei, whose eyes scrutinized the expressions on Shii Wu's face, his own growing colder by the moment.

In his opinion, Shii Wu acted this way entirely because of Shii Fan.

"Shii Fan!" Shii Wei coldly murmured those two words, then said coldly:

"I've always known there was something wrong between them. Indeed, Shii Wu, this wicked woman! Despite my unwavering dedication to her, even considering spending this life with only her! Yet, she has betrayed me like this!"

"Shii Fan! Heh, heh! It doesn't matter, though. He's about to face Gloomy Hide soon. As long as he, Shii Fan, dares to step onto the arena, I'll never have to see him again!"

Gradually, Shii Wei's eyes narrowed, as if secretly plotting something in his mind.

On the arena, the voice of Longevity Old Demon reverberated once again, "Number one and number two, remain. Everyone else, leave the arena!"

Immediately, the figures on the arena moved again. From twenty-one figures, in an instant, only two remained on the arena.

One of them was entirely dark-skinned, with a muscular human form but had two heads. Clearly from the Two-headed Clan!

The other appeared also muscular, dressed in black armor, but the head exposed was a skull. Five streams of Death Black Fog floated from the skull's orifices, facing the Two-headed Clan person not far away.

It appears the man with the skull head is from the Ancient Skeleton Clan!

...

In front of the Ancient Corpse Clan's stands, a figure flashed—it was Shi Feng returning.

At this moment, all eyes of the Ancient Corpse Clan gathered on Shi Feng.

Shi Feng leisurely sat back in the stands, next to Shii Wu.

"Sigh." At this moment, Shii Wu let out another subdued sigh.

An Ancient Corpse Clan youth then spoke, asking Shi Feng, "Brother Shii Fan, what number are you?"

Upon hearing that, Shi Feng glanced at him and casually replied, "Number four."

"Number four!"

"Number four!"

"Number four!"

"So that means, once the battle between the Two-headed Clan and the Ancient Skeleton Clan ends, it's your turn, Brother Shi Feng!"

"Ah!" Just then, Shii Wu gaped, letting out a surprised "Ah," realizing it would be so soon!