Just then.
A grand voice echoed above the platform: "The first round of the Immortal Kingdom War, the Human Immortal Battle, is about to begin. The rules are as follows: All Human Immortals will be placed into a small world.
Inside the small world, there will be a large number of Earth Immortal beasts and a smaller number of Golden Immortal beasts. To pass, each person must slay at least one Earth Immortal-level creature. Anyone who fails will be eliminated immediately. Additionally, the top 4,000 will earn ten points each; those ranked beyond 4,000 will receive no points."
Every Host present had extraordinary intelligence to make it this far. With just a moment's thought, they understood: to rank highly, their units needed to kill as many beasts as possible while minimizing casualties.
So, each Host immediately sent instructions to their subordinates.
"Begin teleportation!"
The grand voice sounded again. In a flash of light, all the Human Immortals vanished from the platform.
Immediately afterward, a huge holographic projection appeared before each Host, showing the small world where their Human Immortals had arrived.
These Human Immortals were grouped according to their Host.
As a result, this batch of Human Immortals was teleported to more than 8,000 different locations within the small world.
Ian Song swept his gaze across the projection and immediately spotted the location of his Human Immortals.
Not far from them, more than five hundred Earth Immortal-level beasts had already appeared. Clearly spotting Rachel Xuan’s group of two hundred, the beasts charged straight at them.
Ian, however, wasn’t worried at all. His Human Immortals had fought inside the Divine Temple for hundreds of thousands of years—their battle experience was off the charts. Five hundred Earth Immortal beasts were nothing; even a thousand wouldn’t faze them.
"Form up the battle formation!"
Sensing the incoming beasts, Rachel immediately gave the order. After fighting together for so long, the two hundred Human Immortals moved with near-telepathic coordination.
As soon as Rachel finished speaking, they rapidly formed a battle formation. Divine-grade armor materialized over their bodies, and each wielded a divine weapon.
In moments, the five hundred-plus Earth Immortal beasts arrived.
Instead of retreating, the two hundred Human Immortals charged straight at them in formation.
"Splat, splat, splat!"
Blood sprayed everywhere as the battle formation punched a bloody corridor straight through the herd of beasts.
Then, they immediately wheeled around and crashed back into the beast horde. After just a few passes, nearly all five hundred Earth Immortal beasts were slain; every member of the two hundred met the pass requirement.
Seeing defeat was inevitable, the remaining dozens of Earth Immortal beasts tried to escape.
Rachel quickly broke the formation and split her people into groups to hunt down the fleeing beasts.
In less than half a quarter-hour, the remaining beasts were wiped out.
"Ian, your Human Immortals are seriously strong—every one of them can kill across realms!" Ethan Ye exclaimed.
"Ethan, your people aren’t weak either!"
Ian replied with a smile. Ethan’s Human Immortals were also equipped with divine armor and weapons, but they fought in squads of ten, forming smaller battle formations to encircle and slaughter the five hundred attacking beasts.
Their kill speed was a bit slower than Ian’s unit, but clearing out the beasts was still no problem.
Ian then scanned the other Hosts’ teams.
Overall, every Host’s Human Immortals were outstanding—each could fight across realms, and many had cultivated god-grade techniques. However, most of these techniques were low-tier, probably snatched from summoned Divines.
But Ian’s subordinates had all cultivated top-tier God-King-grade techniques. That alone put them far ahead of the rest.
A quarter-hour later.
The first wave ended. All 8,000-plus teams successfully wiped out the charging Earth Immortal beasts. No one died, but several dozen were injured.
Hosts whose subordinates were injured all wore slightly dark expressions.
Soon, the second wave of beasts arrived.
This time, the number of beasts rose to a thousand, with one Golden Immortal beast mixed in. Most importantly, the Golden Immortal beast disguised itself as an ordinary Earth Immortal beast.
Many Hosts looked anxious, but they could only watch; there was no way to intervene in the small world’s battle.
As expected.
Quite a few teams fell for the disguised Golden Immortal beast. When it suddenly erupted, over a hundred Human Immortals died and more than two hundred were injured in less than half a quarter-hour.
Ian’s people, on the other hand, not only spotted the disguised beast but pretended not to notice, waiting for the perfect moment to kill it.
Ian was very satisfied. Rachel was a born military genius—cautious and clever, but also bold when needed, always able to plan without omission.
He also noticed she had an uncanny sensitivity to danger.
After the second round ended,
The third wave began.
This time, the Earth Immortal beasts numbered two thousand, with three Golden Immortal beasts hidden among them, disguised as Earth Immortals.
Disaster struck—some teams lost more than half their members, and the survivors could only flee.
Rachel excelled again, leading her unit in a fighting retreat. Using a slow, grinding strategy, they spent five full hours wearing down the two thousand Earth Immortal beasts and three Golden Immortal beasts. Amazingly, not a single member was lost, and not even one was injured.
"Congratulations, Ian! With your team’s performance, making the top 4,000 should be a sure thing!"
The fourth wave of beasts arrived.
Their numbers rose to at least three thousand, with five Golden Immortal beasts.
Perhaps because hiding had proved useless, the five Golden Immortal beasts no longer disguised themselves and charged directly at Rachel’s group.
"Take down those five Golden Immortal beasts with everything you’ve got!"
Rachel called out. The battle formation blazed with light, then shot forward like a beam.
"Bang, bang, bang, bang, bang!"
The five Golden Immortal beasts were smashed flying, their bodies disintegrating midair into clouds of blood mist.
Then, the battle formation plowed through the beast horde, and in less than half a quarter-hour, all three thousand-plus Earth Immortal beasts were crushed to death.
Seeing this, Ethan Ye, Mona Meng, and the others were deeply impressed. They realized Rachel’s unit had been holding back before, and the formation was brilliantly constructed—focusing all their power into a single explosive point. Its strength surpassed late-stage Golden Immortal and even rivaled Profound Immortal.
No wonder those five Golden Immortal beasts were instantly obliterated.
As for the other teams, their casualties were even worse.
At the same time, all the Hosts noticed something: apparently, talisman-type items couldn’t be used in the small world. They’d all equipped their people with plenty of talismans, but none had been activated.
Ian was no exception—he’d given his team talismans capable of killing Ancestral Immortals, but even when there were minor injuries, Rachel never used them in the following rounds.