It has been seven days since the last invasion incident by demons from the Land of Calamity.

Under pressure from Lin Tianming, the high echelons of the Beiyin Domain were forced to issue a public apology, causing a huge uproar across all global regions.

Today, just before the start of the Global High-level Awakened Academy Competition's top 100 qualifiers, in each of the pre-game live broadcasts, people were still discussing the incident.

"I initially thought it was for show effects, considering Lin Tianming slaughters demons like slaughtering dogs, never imagined it was a real global broadcast of a major incident!"

"Yes! As the strongest Overlord Level Awakened Force globally, Beiyin Domain actually allowed demons from the Land of Calamity to directly invade the Secret Realm where students were taking their trials during the competition. If it weren't for a freshman genius like Lin Tianming stepping in, many would have probably died!"

"Exactly! Although Beiyin Domain has already issued a public apology, their negligence this time is truly absurd. Did they really take precautions with the students' competition area before the match?"

"Hopefully, there won't be another demon invasion incident from the Land of Calamity today, another one would be unbearable!"

Under such a socially critical view towards Beiyin Domain, today's competition for advancing into the top 100, after a series of passionate pre-game commentaries by a Beiyin Domain host, finally enters the official competition phase.

The competition to ascend into the top 100 would progress through multiple one-on-one matches on various stages, continuing until only the last hundred remain to advance to the next round.

Lin Tianming, as one of the contestants, is not scheduled for the first batch of matches today.

This arrangement is intentionally made by the Beiyin Domain officials.

Previously in the Red Sea Secret Realm, he notably stood out because of his individual strength.

In this competition, attracting the most attention globally, is him, the rising star from Jiuzhou.

As the leading Awakened Force worldwide, Beiyin Domain naturally wouldn't allow Lin Tianming to overshadow them.

They purposely scheduled him for the second batch of stage duels today, to first allocate the peak of initial contest attention to Beiyin Domain's array of freshman geniuses.

Especially Alice, the strongest Level 48 freshman genius from Beiyin Domain.

Moreover, the competitor arranged for Alice by the Beiyin Domain officials is also a freshman from Jiuzhou.

Facing Alice is a Level 23 student, a power disparity so stark it is known without fighting that Jiuzhou will lose.

Alice, a Reincarnator, has quickly advanced in superpower cultivation and has a strong ability to challenge beyond her level.

That Level 23 Jiuzhou student is not even a Reincarnator, and normally, wouldn't stand a chance against Alice.

Beiyin Domain actually wanted Nan Xin'er to be Alice's opponent.

Level 42, although not the top level from Jiuzhou, but perfect for Alice to crush and assert dominance.

Alas, there are rules in the competition to avoid the strongest students from facing each other too early.

Hence, weighing pros and cons, Beiyin Domain chose the Level 23 Jiuzhou student for Alice.

Before Alice went on stage, she was hinted by her people from Beiyin Domain to utterly humiliate the Jiuzhou competitor.

Lin Tianming, nearby Alice, also gets to know everything through her thoughts.

Fortunately, Alice is quite principled and without personal vendettas, she wouldn't make a rash move.

"You might as well forfeit, you're not my match."

When people from Beiyin Domain heard Alice say this on stage, they were dumbfounded.

Didn't they just agree to let Alice severely humiliate someone from Jiuzhou, to reclaim some honor for Beiyin Domain?

Why did Alice make the Jiuzhou student forfeit without even fighting?

The Level 23 Jiuzhou student was also taken aback for a moment, but soon after, bowed slightly, and declared his forfeiture.

"I forfeit!"

Although forfeiting generally makes one the butt of jokes, facing an opponent you cannot possibly defeat and stubbornly remaining on stage is meaningless.

Besides, Alice did not verbally humiliate Jiuzhou, making her a respectable opponent.

Conceding to such an opponent is not too shameful.

Because of the forfeit, Alice quickly completed the stage match and left the stage.

"Alice, what are you doing? There's a rule in the competition; if you disagree, that Jiuzhou student must fight you once before he can forfeit!"

"Alice, you are too wilful. You just missed such a great opportunity to gain fame!"

"Crushing that Jiuzhou student thoroughly would have showcased your powerful strength, overshadowing Jiuzhou's Lin Tianming!"

Upon stepping down, Alice faced questioning from the high-level officials of Beiyin Domain.

Being the young mistress of the Holy Light Family, she is not afraid of these old folks scaring her.

"What I do is none of your business!"

With those words, Alice immediately left the venue, waiting outside for several rounds of matches.

Alice's unruliness is causing the high-level Beiyin Domain officials, who are eager to embarrass Jiuzhou, to look pretty bad.

Lin Tianming internally applauded Alice's behavior.

Moreover, since Alice ended her part quickly, he, the first one up for the second batch, took the stage directly.

"Go Brother Tianming, crush those snobbish Beiyin Domain folks!"

As soon as he got onstage, he was cheered on by his girlfriend, Ye Qingxue, and Lin Tianming was quite happy.

Members from Jiuzhou such as Feng Lan, Meng Xiyue, and Nan Xin'er, although not as uninhibited as Ye Qingxue in cheering, were also full of confidence in him.

His opponent was a Level 25 first-year student from the Beiyin Domain.

Thinking back to the Jiuzhou student who had just agreed to surrender, Lin Tianming also made a decision.

If this Beiyin Domain student didn't pull any tricks, he would also allow the opponent to surrender.

Even if the opponent wanted to fight him before losing, as long as it was a fair match without any dirty tricks, he would hold back.

It would also count as a response to Alice.

Fortunately, this Level 25 Beiyin Domain first-year also wisely chose to surrender, not daring to clash with Lin Tianming.

Primarily, Lin Tianming's spectacular performances in the Red Sea Secret Realm a few days ago had left a deep impression.

Especially the scene where he plunged into a demon army as Black Thunder God, electrifying a large group of demons to death, was deeply ingrained in everyone's heart.

No wonder, not even goddess-level Reincarnators or students with SSS-level Superpower Talent could dare to battle such a monster after a year of growth!

"This is too uninteresting, that Beiyin Domain student didn't even dare to fight you, Brother Tianming. I was looking forward to you thrashing those Beiyin Domain villains!"

Once off the stage, Lin Tianming heard Ye Qingxue pouting in disappointment and rubbed her little head.

"It's your turn, Qingxue, I reckon your opponent won't dare to fight you either!"

As Lin Tianming predicted, although Ye Qingxue wasn't as famous as him, her stunning performances in recent days also made her opponent choose to surrender directly.

Next were Jiuzhou's Feng Lan, Meng Xiyue, Nan Xin'er.

And those from outside Jiuzhou, Lilith, Sofia, and Lianghua.

Their opponents also tacitly chose to surrender.

They were all Reincarnator-level talents, and no students at the scene dared to confront them directly.

The students chosen as opponents against these goddess-level Reincarnators wisefully chose to surrender early, acknowledging it as the most sensible decision.

Throughout the day's competition, most of the first-year students facing Lin Tianming or the goddess Reincarnators chose to surrender.

But there were still a few who wanted to see how far they were from talents like Lin Tianming and Alice, opting for a normal match only to be defeated.

However, none of Lin Tianming's opponents dared to challenge him seriously.

Who could blame them? Lin Tianming's presence was most intimidating, fearing that even an accidental strong blow from him could cause severe injuries, affecting their foundational development.

Now, unless they encountered a goddess Reincarnator, basically no one dared to voluntarily challenge Lin Tianming.

Global audiences were quite eager to see Lin Tianming make a move.

But unfortunately, due to his opponents surrendering as soon as they took the stage, he didn't even get a chance to showcase his skills today.

This greatly disappointed them.

After all, being the most notable figure in the Global High-level Awakening Academy Competition, most people were looking forward to seeing more of Lin Tianming's impressive performances.

But they had no such opportunity!

Although Lin Tianming never actually fought, leaving most people disappointed, today's competition was still quite watchable.

Especially since people from all regions could witness Lin Tianming being so powerful that no one dared to confront him directly, they relished discussing it.

Various hot search titles about Lin Tianming's invincibility dominated major social media platforms.

Titles like "Victory without Fighting," "The Invincible Black Thunder God," "Who Can Make Black Thunder God Strike Once," "Oh, How Lonesome it is to be Invincible," and so on, made explosive headlines.

Audiences in live streams were more excited than the others.

"It's utterly ridiculous, isn't there anyone brave enough to challenge Black Thunder God, Lin Tianming? Are the competitors too cowardly, just advancing to the top 100 without even fighting?"

"The one calling others cowardly, would you dare to fight Lin Tianming? Maybe he'd accidentally kill you even while holding back. When there's such a disparity in strength, surrendering might truly be the wisest choice! Otherwise, even if you don't die, getting crippled is on you, right?"

"I have a feeling... until Black Thunder God encounters those same first-year geniuses in their level 40s, will he keep advancing without a fight?"

"Your intuition is probably right. Apart from those top-tier level 40+ geniuses, who at this competition would dare face off against Lin Tianming who slaughters demons in levels 50-60 as if they're mere dogs? If they do face him, there's no suspense at all!"

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