After the Star Lord said that, another eighteen or so contestants backed off.

In the blink of an eye—

Only seventeen of the eighty people who stepped up at the beginning were left.

Nine of them were from the five best academies. While a lot of geniuses had passed the tests and advanced, most were from the five best academies.

However, they were five different organizations, each had merely one to two candidates left.

Su Ping and Oasis Gray were the only ones left from the Amir Royal Academy.

Apocalypse, who was slightly weaker than Oasis Gray, knew that she couldn't possibly be the champion after seeing those two had stayed, so she simply backed off.

On the other side—Goddess of Light, Dragon Devil, Sword Maniac and the other second best students in their academies also decided to call it quits. They knew it was impossible for them to win when the best students of their academies were still there, unless they cheated!

But obviously, it was impossible to cheat in such a competition, while an audience of billions were watching.

"Very good. If all of you are confident of slaying this Ferocious Skull Demon Dragon, you'll get a chance to fight it in turns. Let us get something straight first: once you start fighting it, you can't quit. You either kill or get killed; there's no other option!"

The Star Lord added coldly, "There's still a chance to quit before your challenge. This is to show mercy to greenhouse flowers like yourselves!"

Everybody was silent; some of them seemed angry about the Star Lord's final remark.

Disregarding their attitude, the Star Lord said coldly, "Who's going to fight it first?"

Everybody remained silent. One of them looked around, hoping that others would take action first. This battle was obviously just one of the tests; more would come later.

There was a long time of silence.

Nobody wanted to attack first; they hoped that someone else could test the waters first.

Although some were confident of killing the beast, they preferred to save their strength. After all, the rules had changed and they didn't have any time to rest after their previous battles; they were trying their best to save their strength wherever they could.

"We'll pick one at random if no one volunteers!"

The Star Lord snorted and realized what was on their mind. He didn't despise them; actually, he liked their way of thinking. Whoever was arrogant enough to step up would probably die young, even if they were gifted.

Soon, someone made a list of the contestants' identities and chose one randomly.

The first person to be picked turned out to be Queen of the Seas.

She was quite stunned by the result; she then looked around and saw that everybody was staring at her with relief or gloating smiles.

She was silent for a moment, but then accepted the fact with a snort and stepped up.

Next to her, the Holy King whispered, "Be careful."

Queen of the Seas looked at him; they were rivals, except during the survival test. She didn't see it coming, for him to actually cheer for her in such a moment.

She simply gave him a silent nod.

"You can still quit," said the Star Lord coldly.

Queen of the Seas said indifferently, "I can do it!"

"Sure."

The region in which the Ferocious Skull Demon Dragon had been freed was opened, and Queen of the Seas flew in.

…

The fierce dragon hovered in the sky excitedly after being freed. But very soon, its attention was drawn by an intruder; it quickly turned its cold and brutal eyes, fixing them upon the slim woman.

The intruder was a hideous bug in its eyes.

What imprisoned it earlier was exactly a group of the same hideous bugs!

That bug was clearly weaker than them. It was a good chance to vent its fury!

Queen of the Seas felt that something had locked onto her the moment she entered the continent. She quickly summoned her pets; some were as big as mountains; others landed and created an area filled with thorns.

Merge!

She let out a roar, then a deep blue phoenix flew out. It was a two headed creature; snowflakes fell from its crowns, lowering the overall temperature.

Feathers grew on her forehead after merging; she became even taller and sexier.

Roar!!

A dragon roar was suddenly heard up close; the previously hovering dragon made a quick approach. Its intimidating roar made Queen of the Seas change her expression; a chill ran all over her body as she instinctively hesitated.

Exactly at that moment, a mouthful of scorching white flames approached her. It was surprisingly fast, like a cannonball.

She quickly took action; an ape looking beast behind her dashed forward. It raised countless rocks, piling them up to form a wall enhanced by the power of laws.

There was a boom, then the power of laws collided with the dragon flames, to later melt like snow. The rocks had been strengthened by elements, but they were just regular substances and were soon burnt to ashes.

A dragon pet immediately moved forward and spouted a mouthful of flames too, but they couldn't possibly compare to the enemy's previous attack. It was quickly pushed back, and was almost consumed by flames.

Queen of the Seas changed her expression; she didn't expect the Ferocious Skull Demon Dragon to be so tough. Is this what the dominator among Star State beasts is like?

She gritted her teeth, then cold flames surrounded her body. She dashed forward with a profound law of freezing gathered in her hand; she was going to freeze the flames.

Space started to consolidate, and the dragon flames seemed to be dying out. The power of laws that was attached to it was about to be dissolved by Queen of the Seas' freezing law!

…

"This woman is so strong!"

There was surprise in the eyes of the sixteen remaining contestants. She had shown her freezing law in earlier battles, but it wasn't nearly as horrifying. The law she was currently using was definitely in the advanced phase of the Star State!

With a deeper understanding and some luck, she would have a chance to become a Star Lord in the future!

I didn't know that Holy King was not the strongest in the Hugh Mia Academy; she is. Dragon Emperor narrowed his eyes warily.

On the other side—Linghu Jian's eyes flashed too, and the shadow of a sword glittered in them.

…

In the battling region—Queen of the Seas was no longer holding back, as she was using all the laws she knew. She activated her constitution and broke the frozen flames. Just as she was going to lead her pets to counterattack… A crack appeared in the void, and a swarm of skeleton monsters came out with special laws of annihilation.

Another dragon roar was heard as the monsters marched onward; the Ferocious Skull Demon Dragon then swooped down, exuding a stench.

Nobody's dead here. How did it summon that many skeletons?

Queen of the Seas was shocked; she then realized it had probably opened the gate to a world of undead and summoned the skeletons over.

It was definitely a top skill of the undead class.

But she wasn't caught unprepared; she then arranged her pets in a formation. The plants that landed at the beginning dug deep roots and formed a huge forest which was darting out sharp poisonous stings; while they couldn't poison the skeletons, they could still cause physical damage.

A wind was also blowing in the void, mixed with lightning and fire. That was the other pets' skills.

A lot of skeletons were consumed and minced by the skills; they had a protective layer made with the power of laws, but they could hardly resist the pets' powerful skills.

Two dragons fought against the Ferocious Skull Demon Dragon, but they were quickly wounded. Both dragons had been well trained, and they A+ aptitudes, which were the best pets she could get. They were very strong, as they were able to fight against advanced Star State beasts.

However, they were quickly wounded, even though they had paired up to tackle that dragon.

Roar!

Once the two dragons were forced to retreat, the Ferocious Skull Demon Dragon seemed to be infuriated. It roared, and somehow created a field with some red light radiating from its body.

The skeletons' eyes were also filled with red light inside the field, and they were significantly strengthened. They dashed out and surrounded Queen of the Seas.

"What?"

She was shocked. Even the summoned undead creatures could be this strong?

Her pets were soon injured and forced to retreat. She grit her teeth, as she had no time to hide herself anymore; she fully activated her ice-related top constitution. It could fully boost the freezing law she knew!

That was also her real trump card.

Crack, crack!

A lot of bones were frozen and hit by the pets' skills, shattering them in the process.

She suddenly took out a whip, which looked like the spine of a monster; it was surrounded by multiple laws that matched her perfectly. She then charged at the beast with the whip.

The Ferocious Skull Demon Dragon roared and waved its claws to fight back.

It had a deep grasp of two laws. It hadn't been frozen by Queen of the Seas, at all, and was able to fight back.

…

Those who were watching the fierce battle via live stream were holding their breath.

They had not seen such an aggressive exchange in the earlier phases of the contest.

Although a few of the top contestants had run into each other before, they had never fought relentlessly. Queen of the Seas had just displayed a strength that had never appeared in all of the competition!

It was hard to imagine that the woman who was fighting that massive dragon was in the Fate State!

The Star State cultivators who were watching the battle began to perspire awkwardly.

Those who were advanced Star State experts were also solemn and blushing. They were thinking it would be better to run for their lives if they ever ran into that woman!

…

While everybody was watching the battle, the situation in the region was changing. The longer the Ferocious Skull Demon Dragon fought, the more intimidating it became; its blood was highly corrosive, and was almost piercing the top armor Queen of the Seas was wearing.

The dragon's body was also turning from bright red to dark. More red scales grew from them, forming a complicated pattern which significantly strengthened it. Adding its laws and physical strength, it was suppressing her!

…

"This is not good!"

Outside the battlefield—a few contestants wore solemn expressions.

Holy King was also clenching his fist.

Su Ping frowned as he watched. He couldn't help but shake his head, as Queen of the Seas had reached her limits. The Ferocious Skull Demon Dragon was truly a cunning wild Star State beast; it had been pretending to be weak.

That woman is probably…

Pff!

Queen of the Seas vomited blood and her face was pale. The fury in her eyes was replaced by shock and fear, but she knew there was no way out. Her body hummed, and she fully activated her constitution; she began to burn her life essence and charged at the dragon again.

A few minutes later, she became exhausted again, while the dragon had been wounded multiple times. There were a few giant holes on its wings, but it managed to trap her with one of its claws during one collision.

It suddenly spewed a mouthful of flames. A cold wind arose, but it was quickly subdued. Then, the flames pressed on.

Nothing remained.

Queen of the Seas was nowhere to be seen in the dragon's claw.

Outside of the continent—

All of the contestants changed their expressions.

The viewers on countless planets were also wide eyed.

Dead?

A woman with such unparalleled gifts and combat ability died in battle?

Not even her body remained!

"This is impossible!"

At the Hugh Mia Academy—a teacher stood up in shock, finding it impossible to accept the fact.

On a certain prosperous planet, everybody was silent in a huge family estate. Then, exclamations burst out.

Queen of the Seas had failed and died!

Inside the battlefield—her wounded pets were stunned, none of them were attacking anymore. They were soon overrun and killed by the skeletons.

They were killed while their heads were in a mess, since their contracts had just been negated.

Roar!

The Ferocious Skull Demon Dragon roared aloud, as if demonstrating its power, before it looked at the contestants outside the region. Then, it lunged at the dragon corpses on the ground and ate them.