Urban God-level Youth

In the viewing area of the martial arts arena, Southern Continent Heavenly Earth Academy was adjacent to North Continent Academy, West Continent Academy, and East Continent Academy.

People from North Continent Academy looked proud seeing Ning Huang from their academy among the top ranks: "Ning Huang is already fourth, and he hasn't even tried his hardest yet. Otherwise, he'd definitely be first."

The name Ning Huang was well known across the Northern Continent, a peerless genius whose talent and strength were terrifying, unprecedented in the last ten thousand years.

The martial arts arena had a special virtual screen broadcasting the secret realm's events live, focusing mainly on the top 100 contestants.

Witnessing scenes of those top prodigies battling mystical beasts, the audience was thrilled and shocked, gaining a clear understanding of these top prodigies' strength.

So powerful, being able to fight off Void-breaking Realm beasts, they might one day break through to the Saint Realm and reach the legendary God Realm.

The Supreme Realm is nothing for these top prodigies; almost all the young prodigies participating have an eighty to ninety percent chance of becoming Supreme Realm experts in the future.

In the secret realm.

Qin Hao and the three others flew for four to five hours, deeply into the mountains. Though the three women were puzzled internally, they didn't voice any questions, silently following him.

Finally, Qin Hao found a suitable place, and they descended from the sky into a relatively spacious valley.

In this valley lay a mystical beast, a giant python of the mid-stage Void-breaking Realm.

As soon as Qin Hao and the others landed, it attacked, its bloody maw lunging towards Qin Hao.

"Courting death."

Qin Hao snorted coldly, the War God spear appearing in his hand, engaging in battle with the python.

After dozens of rounds, the python was slain by Qin Hao, its body dissipating into the air. It wasn't a real mystical beast but one conjured up with Great Divine Power, though indistinguishable in momentum and combat ability from a real beast.

Qin Hao's points increased by twenty thousand, although the top-ranked contestants already had hundreds of thousands of points.

Void-breaking Realm beasts are hard for ordinary prodigies to slay, but for top prodigies, it's no different, not wasting much time.

After slaying the python, Qin Hao said to Wei Xianyun, Lan Manshuang, and Nangong Yuya: "We can start hunting now."

"Hunting? How do we hunt?" Wei Xianyun looked at him with puzzled eyes.

Qin Hao retrieved a large amount of formation materials from his storage space: "These are all materials for setting up a formation. The four of us will set up a formation together and then lure the mystical beasts into it for hunting."

"A formation? You plan to use a formation to kill mystical beasts?" Lan Manshuang now somewhat understood Qin Hao's plan. Indeed, it was a good method.

But a weak formation wouldn't work; a strong one would require precious formation materials and meticulous setup. Even prodigies from top forces wouldn't usually do this, preferring to use such materials for a Sect Protection Array.

Nangong Yuya asked: "Qin Hao, what formation do you plan to set up? How many mystical beasts can it withstand? How long can it last?"

Qin Hao: "A small Demon Slaying Array, a type of top-level formation, can accommodate up to a hundred mystical beasts; more than that would be overload."

Under his instructions, the three began setting up the formation in the valley.

This Demon Slaying Array, carefully selected by Qin Hao, was the most time-efficient and powerful of small top-level formations.

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Time passed day by day, and ten days later, Qin Hao and the others finally finished setting up the formation.

From the outside, the valley looked as usual, showing no signs of the formation, nor could anyone feel the formation within it.

At this point, the top ten on the points leaderboard had scores exceeding three million.

This points growth was terrifying; a mid-stage Void-breaking Realm beast was worth twenty thousand points, so these top scorers must have been hunting tirelessly.

After the top twenty, the point gaps widened, and there was a noticeable divide at the top one hundred, one thousand, three thousand, five thousand, and beyond.

"Finally, we can start working now. We'll split into four paths, each of us attracting some beasts here," Qin Hao said.

Wei Xianyun, Lan Manshuang, and Nangong Yuya nodded.

The four flew out of the valley, where many Void-breaking Realm early and mid-stage mystical beasts were lingering.

In less than half an hour, the four attracted more than twenty mystical beasts.

All these beasts chased after Qin Hao's group, and once they entered the valley, Qin Hao and his team activated the Demon Slaying Array.

In an instant, the valley was filled with radiant lights flashing, and the beasts roared in fury, struggling to resist.

The entire valley shook, but it didn't matter; the Demon Slaying Array they spent ten days setting up was not something these beasts could withstand.

One by one, the mystical beasts were slain. In about five minutes, all twenty-three beasts were dispatched, earning points based on the beasts each person attracted.

Qin Hao attracted eight early-stage Void-breaking Realm beasts, earning eighty thousand points, while the others attracted five each, earning fifty thousand points each, totaling two hundred thirty thousand points.

After gaining the points, Qin Hao and his group checked their ranks, hovering around the ninety-thousand mark.

"Let's seize the day and surpass those people," Qin Hao said.

Then the four went out to lure more beasts into the valley.

Repeating this process, their points skyrocketed like a rocket; by seven o'clock in the evening, they were already in the top thousand.

By then, the mystical beasts within hundreds of miles were nearly wiped out, all thanks to Qin Hao and his team's formation setup.

At this moment, Qin Hao was roasting mystical beast meat in the valley: "Let's eat dinner then continue. By tomorrow morning, we should be able to secure the top four slots."

Wei Xianyun said: "There's not much difference in making the top ten in this first round. As long as we're in the top hundred thousand, we can advance, and the subsequent rankings won't be the same. We should stay low-key. As long as we advance, that's all that matters; we can exert ourselves in later rounds."

Lan Manshuang and Nangong Yuya nodded slightly: "Miss Wei is right, the rank in the first round isn't too important. As long as we advance, that's all that matters. We don't need to attract attention with high points, which may lead to targeting."

Hearing this, Qin Hao nodded: "Then let's follow your advice. After dinner, let's train. The rounds ahead will be the most brutal."