"Ye Chen is at the top of the purple vines in the middle; he's climbing at such speed that it's faster than Moko Ye, who is rumored to be ranked first in the Star Domain God King Ranking!"
"And Long Li, she's in the silver vine area, moving like an elf, swiftly leaping on the vines without pausing, going all the way up!"
At the Divine Kingdom of Wanmu Mountain, across the eighteen continents of stars at the Supreme Divine Institute, a grand projection from the entire universe appeared.
Numerous disciples of the Supreme Divine Institute instantly recognized Ye Chen and Long Li, who were participating in the Stellar Domain Genius Battle.
When they saw Ye Chen and Long Li leading at the front, countless disciples of the Supreme Divine Institute screamed in surprise and delight!
"How is Ye Chen so fast!"
The star vines Ye Chen chose were not far from the ones Moko Ye was on.
Moko Ye also recognized the figure of Ye Chen, who was swiftly climbing upwards.
Originally, Moko Ye believed his climbing speed should be the fastest among the Divine Kings, but he didn't expect Ye Chen, ranked fourth in the Star Domain God King Ranking, not far away, to be just as fast, if not faster, overtaking him in a moment of distraction.
What surprised Moko Ye even more was that while he couldn't observe all the surrounding vines, within his view, he noticed several figures moving at a speed no slower than his.
This made Moko Ye even more alert.
"The Stellar Domain Genius Battle, Universal Grand Battle indeed cannot be underestimated!"
"As expected, there are many hidden masters!"
"Even though the first round is just for the qualifiers to enter the second round, not concerning high or low scores, I must not be weaker than others since I'm ranked first on the Star Domain God King Ranking!"
With this thought, Moko Ye's clothes suddenly vibrated, and a more intense divine light enveloped him. Instantly, his speed increased several times, and he surged towards the higher levels!
From further afar, looking at the countless vines, one could see millions of figures on various vines, climbing at different speeds, at varying heights on the star vines, from a distance, it looked chaotic, like countless little bugs, constantly swapping places and advancing upwards!
Among the countless crowds.
Qianqian, who had the qualification to compete for first place in the Stellar Domain Genius Battle Universal Grand Battle's Battle of the God Kings, was not leading the climb but positioned at the upper section of the crowd.
Qianqian's eyes gazed around; Moko Ye could only see a small area of star vines around him, but Qianqian seemed able to see all the star vines in the God King Area.
"The first-round competition just requires arriving at the destination within three days, entering the top million."
"Why strive so hard, really."
"Absolutely no sense of modesty."
"This isn't about ranking, I'm not exerting myself much."
Qianqian mumbled a few words, steadily climbing upwards.
Yet even though she wasn't fully focused on climbing speed, her progress was faster than the majority of Divine Kings fighting hard.
Moreover, like Ye Chen, none of the dangers on the star vines posed any threat to her.
"There are indeed quite a few hidden geniuses this time."
While climbing and observing around, Qianqian noticed many fast-moving Divine Kings on the star vines who were previously unknown and only showing strength now after the Stellar Domain Genius Battle Universal Grand Battle began.
"That Goddess King Jiang Yao who likes Ye Chen, she's pretty strong too; her speed is not much slower than Ye Chen's."
"Eh, that's... that's Star Vine Divine Light! Ye Chen has already reached the first Star Vine Divine Light spot and is absorbing the Star Vine Divine Light!"
"That Star Vine Divine Light looks interesting, I need to hurry and see what it's like after absorbing it."
Qianqian's gaze occasionally flitted towards the surrounding geniuses and occasionally towards Jiang Yao and Ye Chen.
Upon seeing Ye Chen pause at a dazzling divine light location, Qianqian's starry eyes shifted towards the intriguing star vine divine light above.
Desiring to quickly reach the top spot, Qianqian's speed instantly soared, surpassing countless people and rushing upward at incredible speed.
At this moment, Ye Chen was the first to arrive at the first Star Vine Divine Light spot.
As endless divine light poured onto Ye Chen, his eyes slightly squinted: "The Star Vine Divine Light seems to contain some starry origin power."
"Earlier, I wanted to absorb starry origin power from the Starry Sky Waterfall, but it was sealed. Unexpectedly, the Stellar Domain Genius Battle began releasing starry origin power."
Sensing the starry origin power, Ye Chen immediately opened the Origin Star Aperture he cultivated within, crazily drawing in the starry origin power from the Star Vine Divine Light.
After Ye Chen absorbed the first Star Vine Divine Light, feeling the increased quantity of starry origin power within him, his eyes lit up.
Suddenly, an idea flashed in Ye Chen's mind.
"For this first round competition, qualifying for the second round is enough, no need to be the first to reach the higher destination."
"Why not take this opportunity to climb more star vines and absorb more starry origin power?"
Ye Chen glanced around.
While Moko Ye could only see the surrounding small area of star vines, Qianqian could see the entire God King area's star vines, but Ye Chen could clearly see all the countless vines!
Furthermore, Ye Chen could see a new, giant platform at the very top of the countless vines, which was the endpoint of the first-round competition!
During the previous preparation time, although Ye Chen couldn't absorb the starry origin power from the Starry Sky Waterfall, he operated the Primordial Star Scripture and Tai Yu Chapter, fully comprehending the Space Star Aperture of the Starry Sky Waterfall!
His mastery and perception of the Starry Sky Waterfall far exceeded all the competitors present!
Ye Chen was absolutely confident in climbing more star vines, absorbing more starry origin power, while also entering the second round!
Once Ye Chen formed this thought.
Something happened that made many in the arena and countless spectators gape.
All the audience saw that Ye Chen's climbing speed remained unchanged, still one of the fastest!
However, upon reaching the top of the vine, he didn't choose to leap over into the destination area but instead fell directly off the vine.
Ye Chen fell to the bottom and started climbing anew on another vine!
While countless people were laboriously striving to reach the destination, Ye Chen had already started his assault on the second vine!