Looking at the projection of the *Daozang* catalog, facing what was reputed to contain all immortal techniques in the world, all the students present showed an expression of longing.

As Tianyan Shenjun concluded his speech, a series of images projected before their eyes, detailing the rules for the first competition.

First to appear in the projection was the floating continent beneath their feet.

With lines of light flowing, streaks representing the 100 students were cast across various parts of the continent.

Dao Qiankun’s gaze shifted: “100 contestants randomly dropped across the floating continent?”

“It’s a team battle like this?” Wen Wuya’s eyes sparkled with curiosity: “We can freely use the *Lingjie*, all communication technologies are allowed, *Xuntian Feijian* can still be used, but we can’t communicate with anyone outside the competition arena… This is perfect for me to shine.”

More rules continued to emerge, and the floating continent in the projection seemed to erupt in fierce battles, shaking constantly.

Ye Xingli’s eyes flickered, quickly capturing and saving each rule, while thinking to herself: “This team battle will last for three days, and the final victor will be determined by the number of captives each school has?”

Yan Qianji smiled slightly: “Hehe, merely defeating opponents isn’t enough; we need to capture them? At the moment the competition ends, the more captives, the more points. And captives can also be rescued, so the key to the competition lies in the word ‘captives’?”

Jiu Tianliu, standing nearby, calmly thought: “The ranking based on points at the end of this team battle will determine the qualification spots and the number of participants for the second competition.”

“The top-ranked school team will have 10 qualification spots. The last-ranked school team will only have one qualification spot, meaning only one person out of a team of 10 can participate in the next round.”

Jiu Tianliu made a judgment: “The outcome of this round will greatly affect subsequent competitions. The higher the ranking, the more students can be selected for the next round. To win, we need to quickly rendezvous with teammates and allies from other schools.”

Zhang Yu took a deep breath, thinking to himself: “This team battle, as both sides continuously gather and form groups, will probably evolve into… a decisive battle between two major alliances, one led by Wanfa and the other by Tianmo.”

Looking at one of the rules, Zhang Yu thought: “Especially since killing opponents is allowed during the competition, one won’t be eliminated for it, nor will they have to pay *Lingbi* for compensation.”

“And many people should have money to resurrect, some schools might even pay for resurrections.”

“That means even if one dies in battle, as long as they are valuable enough, they can be resurrected and selected for a qualification spot… to participate in the next round.”

At this point, Zhang Yu could already imagine how tragic this battle would ultimately become.

On the other side, within the Tianmo University team, Kuang Tianqing saw the final rule and couldn’t help but laugh: “Tch, a player can only carry one captive at a time while moving?”

“So even if I defeat all of them, I can only capture one at a time… Hmph, are they trying to restrict me?”

Meanwhile, on the floating continent in the projection, countless resources like plants, materials, minerals, *yaoshou*, and even *Lingmai* descended from the sky, distributing themselves across the continent, becoming a complete ecological and natural environment.

Anzhen Zhenjun thought to himself: “All kinds of resources are available, and with three days of competition time, it’s enough for each specialty to showcase their strengths. That means how to use the resources on the floating continent to increase one’s immediate combat strength within these three days is also very important.”

Then Anzhen Zhenjun looked at the vast resources on the floating continent and couldn’t help but think: “The company that undertook the construction of this competition venue must have made a fortune.”

After the content and rules for the first competition were announced, a five-minute countdown immediately appeared before everyone.

And after five minutes, 100 students from the ten major universities present would be randomly deployed across the entire continent.

These five minutes were everyone’s final preparation time.

Anzhen Zhenjun’s eyes flashed, and he immediately spoke in the school team chat: “After this competition begins, communication with the outside world is prohibited, but it’s fine for contestants within the arena to communicate with each other, or for you to use the school team chat or the Four Schools Alliance chat for internal communication.”

Anzhen Zhenjun: “The first thing you must do upon entering is to confirm your respective positions, then quickly communicate and decide on a rendezvous point.”

Anzhen Zhenjun: “Do not get bogged down in battles on the way, do not fight alone. Assemble as quickly as possible; this is the key to the early stage of this competition…”

Ye Xingli asked: “What if we encounter people from Tianjian, Jingang, and Xianbing on the way?”

Anzhen Zhenjun: “They can still be trusted. If it’s on the way, go with them.”

As Anzhen Zhenjun and the students communicated, the five minutes quickly passed.

In an instant, rays of light seemed to entwine the students in the *Lingjie*.

From this moment on, they could no longer contact anyone outside the arena.

The next moment, accompanied by an invisible force acting upon Zhang Yu, he felt his body shoot skyward, transforming into a streak of light in the blink of an eye, heading towards a corner of the floating continent.

At the same time, a hundred streaks of light, like a hundred meteors, streaked across the sky, covering the entire continent.

“Senior Sister is at that position…”

Zhang Yu’s eyes quickly scanned the trajectories of the light streaks.

Although he could no longer clearly see the people inside the light streaks, being students from Wanfa University, everyone had just been standing together moments before being enveloped by the light. This allowed Zhang Yu to remember who each of the surrounding light streaks represented.

“Dao Qiankun, Jiu Tianliu, Yan Qianji… they’re all a bit far from me.”

As he pondered, the ground below grew closer. With a resounding crash, Zhang Yu slammed into a jungle.

Leaves flew, and the immense impact created gusts of wind, uprooting a large number of giant trees and forcefully clearing a space in the dense jungle.

In the deep pit, as if struck by a meteor, Zhang Yu’s figure slowly floated up, followed by a sword box over three meters tall behind him.

Inside the sword box, besides the 24 *Taihao Shenglü Feijian*, there were other *fabao* such as *Jinlü Yubi*, *Zhendi Yin*, and spare *Taiyi Jinye Dan*.

Meanwhile, messages began to appear in the school team chat.

Dao Qiankun: “Everyone report your location. I’ll go to your central point, and you all come find me.”

Jiu Tianliu frowned, looking at the constantly erratic data in her eye display, and replied: “Unable to confirm geographical coordinates.”

Beside Yan Qianji, Tianri Huangshen brought forth bursts of fire, sensing in all directions. Then his gaze shifted, and he said: “There’s strong geomagnetic interference on this floating continent.”

Yan Qianji: “The entire continent might be covered by a *zhenfa*; there’s no way to confirm our location using conventional methods.”

Dao Qiankun asked: “Zhang Yu, can you do anything?”

Zhang Yu slapped his sword box, and 24 *Taihao Shenglü Feijian* shot skyward, rapidly sweeping outwards in all directions with him as the center.

Zhang Yu: “I still remember the map of the floating island. It will probably take one to two hours to re-scan the base data and rebuild the geographical model.”

Dao Qiankun frowned and said: “You probably remember the direction you fell in, right? Mark it on the map.”

So, everyone in the school team sent the map of the floating continent and marked their drop locations on it.

Dao Qiankun finally marked the central point of the other nine people and said: “All of you rush to this spot.”

Dao Qiankun: “I will wait for you here.”

Dao Qiankun: “Remember to keep a low profile. You can hide your *Lingjie* projection above your heads and your *Zhuji* domain.”

Dao Qiankun: “Don’t get ambushed along the way.”

Then he sent another message in the Four Schools Alliance chat: “Those who see me and need protection can follow behind me.”

After sending this message, Dao Qiankun looked towards the target direction and then pointed a finger at the sky.

“Wind, come!”

The next moment, a dark cloud suddenly appeared in the sky and expanded at an incredible speed.

Gale, torrential rain, thunder, lightning… in a blink of an eye, a storm had formed.

Ten meters, a hundred meters, a thousand meters… a hundred kilometers!

The storm’s influence spread to a hundred kilometers in an instant.

And Dao Qiankun, at the center of the storm, was like a deity wielding celestial phenomena. Countless bolts of lightning, thunder, and swirling torrents seemed to obey him like subjects, transforming into dragon-like forms, guarding him as he shot towards the target location.

A student from Baigu University watched this scene from afar, looking at the faint figure visible in the center of the meteorological disaster. He felt as if he could hear the other person speaking from the explosive thunder.

“Don’t bother me!”

The Baigu University student looked at the towering characters formed by the *Lingjie* projection in the center of the storm, and below those characters, the flowing calligraphy of “Dao Qiankun”…

He swallowed, quietly and quickly departing, seemingly not daring to make any sound, afraid of drawing the other’s attention to his presence.

In the jungle, Zhang Yu’s figure flickered rapidly, raising gusts of wind as he quickly rushed towards the agreed location.

But at that moment, a shrill cry suddenly came from the sky, and a chilling aura abruptly enveloped Zhang Yu.

With a crackling sound, Zhang Yu suddenly turned and struck out with a palm, colliding with the approaching figure.

Waves of air exploded from the impact point, sweeping in all directions, causing the surrounding layers of trees to tremble violently.

Looking at the figure emerging from the airwaves, Zhang Yu’s gaze sharpened: “Tianyao University?”

The man in front of him made no attempt to hide the *Lingjie* projection above his head.

The name “Ying Yufan” from Tianyao University’s *Yaowu* department, ranked 7th in the school, had already registered in Zhang Yu’s eyes.

Although the other person’s appearance looked very similar to that of a human student, the tufts of feathers hidden in his hair still revealed his *Yaoyi* identity.

Zhang Yu knew that a portion of *Yaoyi* with high-grade bloodlines were said to look more human-like, with fewer *Yaoyi* characteristics, the purer their bloodline. The Ying Yufan before him was clearly one such individual.

Ying Yufan’s lips curved into a smile: “Wanfa University’s Zhang Yu?”

Zhang Yu’s gaze narrowed, sensing an undisguised malice in the other’s eyes.

Ying Yufan looked at the glaring red-purple projection above Zhang Yu’s head and sneered coldly: “Scum, you’re the weakest one among Wanfa University’s ten this time, aren’t you?”

“Then don’t blame me for starting my hunt with you.”

“After all, the strong prey on the weak; this is the way of nature.”

The next moment, with a wild laugh, Ying Yufan’s flesh and blood suddenly swelled, transforming from a human form into a giant dragon form in an instant. Then, he spread his five fingers, and a dragon claw grabbed towards Zhang Yu.

Zhang Yu’s heart sank, already recognizing the *gongfa* the opponent was using.

Tianyao University’s *Yaowu* department’s military-grade *daoshu*—*Tianyao Baibian Fa*.