23 July 2066, China Time.
Within the Virtual Universe, in the dimensional space belonging to the Giant Axe Dojo, on Island No. 29904, a genius battle was about to begin.
“Everyone, standing on the arena right now is the genius expert ‘Saiwaluo’ from the Dragon Horn Starfield.” As the commentator’s loud and excited voice echoed throughout the entire Dojo, a wave of cheers immediately erupted from the audience. Hundreds of millions of spectators from the Dragon Horn Starfield were extremely excited, shouting wildly.
“Saiwaluo!”
“Saiwaluo!”
“You’re the strongest!”
Hundreds of millions of people were cheering excitedly.
The home starfields of both sides in the arena decisive battle were each allocated one hundred million tickets.
Therefore, among the one billion spectators watching today’s battle, two hundred million came from the Dragon Horn Starfield and the Black Dragon Mountain Starfield respectively.
“Next, the person everyone has been eagerly waiting for is… the peerless genius from the Black Dragon Mountain Empire… Luo Feng!!!” The commentator’s voice rose to an even higher pitch than before. Clearly, the commentator was noticeably biased towards Luo Feng.
“Luo Feng!”
“Luo Feng!”
“Luo Feng!”
Not only were hundreds of millions of people from the Black Dragon Mountain Empire cheering excitedly, but more than half of the other 800 million spectators from the various starfields of the Ganwu Universe Country were also cheering Luo Feng’s name. Although he had also advanced through the arena group battles, Luo Feng, who had previously swept through his own group, had clearly won the affection of many people in the Ganwu Universe Country.
Amid the attention of hundreds of millions of people, Luo Feng also walked through the same passage and entered the arena.
The cheers immediately became even louder!
Countless young women from the various human races were extremely excited. Some even screamed until they fainted. This was the effect of a 100% virtual environment, even physiological responses were completely simulated.
Only two young men stood on the arena. One was the black-haired young man ‘Luo Feng’, carrying a dark golden long staff on his back and wearing dark grey battle armour. The other was the young man ‘Saiwaluo’, standing on a giant flying board with a smile on his face and a gentle, feminine air about him.
“Luo Feng, please guide me.” Saiwaluo bowed politely, displaying his courtesy.
Luo Feng simply stood there, silent like a dead volcano, without the slightest reaction.
For some reason, although Saiwaluo was very polite, Luo Feng inexplicably felt a trace of dislike towards him. As for why he disliked him, Luo Feng could not explain it either.
“Gentlemen.”
The tall and sturdy commentator, dressed handsomely, smiled. “This is very similar to the arena group battles. As the battle proceeds, your battle space will continuously shrink. After just five minutes, the battle space will shrink to a diameter of one metre. Therefore, a single battle can last for at most five minutes.”
“Thank you.” Saiwaluo smiled at the commentator.
Luo Feng merely responded.
“Very well, then. The battle… begins!” the commentator said with a smile. After saying ‘begin’, his entire body directly disappeared, leaving only the two opponents on the arena.
“Whoosh!”
Saiwaluo stepped onto his giant flying board and rapidly flew into the distance, moving as fast as lightning.
“Running?” Luo Feng frowned slightly. The Sky Shuttle beneath his feet instantly transformed into a streak of golden light, clearly faster than Saiwaluo.
The battle space initially had a diameter of 30 kilometres and continuously shrank as time passed. With the speed of Luo Feng and Saiwaluo, they almost instantly reached the edge of the battle space.
“This is the moment.”
Saiwaluo sensed that the two were very close. He suddenly turned around, while his speed sharply decreased. Luo Feng, who was rushing towards him at high speed, instantly drew close to him.
A crazy look appeared in Saiwaluo’s eyes. “Go! Kill him!!!”
At the same time, the giant flying board beneath his feet shot out a series of silver lights. The silver lights intertwined with the green airflow surrounding his body. The series of silver lights automatically split into nine silver arrows, simultaneously shooting towards Luo Feng.
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!…
Nine silver arrows!
They were like nine meteors, instantly shooting towards Luo Feng.
“Although the Yan Shen Armament is powerful, it has weaknesses!” Saiwaluo’s eyes were filled with intense desire, a desire for victory. “That is defence. Defence is its weakness!”
“Your strength is only average, yet you dare to split your attack into nine?” Luo Feng snorted coldly. “You really think I have no means of defence?”
Luo Feng’s mind moved.
The Sky Shuttle beneath his feet immediately shot out streaks of flowing light, rapidly assembling into 16 strange shields around him. Each of the 16 shields was connected by strands of golden threads. Eight shields were positioned on the outer layer, while another eight were positioned on the inner layer. The inner and outer layers rotated simultaneously, at different speeds, following a strange pattern.
This move was the Sword Matrix!
A defensive technique from the second form of the Sky Shuttle, the Sword Matrix!
The Sky Shuttle had three major forms.
The first form had the offensive technique ‘Mountain Drill’ and the defensive technique ‘Heavy Mountain Shield’.
The second form had the offensive technique ‘Swordfish Formation’ and the defensive technique ‘Sword Matrix’.
As for the third form, it could only be used after reaching the Universe Grade. Therefore, Luo Feng could currently use at most the ‘Swordfish Formation’ and ‘Sword Matrix’ when using the Sky Shuttle.
Eight shields floated around his body, while another eight floated on the outer layer.
The inner and outer layers of shields slowly rotated around his body, rising and falling slightly. They were connected by golden threads, and an indescribable aura spread out. They contained Luo Feng’s understanding of the Origin Law of Gold, making the defence virtually perfect.
When the nine silver meteors shot towards him, the 16 shields slightly changed their rotation speeds, leaving no opening whatsoever.
Clang! Clang! Clang!
A series of collisions rang out.
The nine arrows, whose power was not particularly strong to begin with, were completely incapable of shaking the defence of the 16 shields.
…
Normally, psychic force weapons did not have as many functions as the Sky Shuttle. Under ordinary circumstances, the more powerful a psychic force weapon was, the more specialised it would be.
Psychic force weapons purely for attack!
Those purely for defence!
Those purely for flight!
Gold was extremely fierce and unyielding! The Yan Shen Armament was naturally a purely offensive psychic force weapon, incomparably domineering!
Attack! Concentration made it stronger, while dispersion weakened its power.
Saiwaluo knew that he could not fight Luo Feng head-on, so he gambled. He gambled that Luo Feng had not brought a defensive psychic force weapon with him. That was why he simultaneously controlled nine arrows.
In fact, controlling nine arrows separately caused his consciousness to be divided among all nine, making their individual power relatively weak. He was simply gambling, hoping to seize a sliver of a chance at survival.
Facing nine arrows, Luo Feng’s ‘Swordfish Formation’ could only block two or three at most. If that happened, Saiwaluo would have a chance to win.
Unfortunately…
Luo Feng had a defensive psychic force weapon. It was the Sky Shuttle!
The Sky Shuttle possessed multiple functions, including flight, defence and offensive capabilities under special circumstances. Because Luo Feng had been constantly studying and researching it, using its defensive form, the ‘Sword Matrix’, was the wisest choice at present. There might be better defensive psychic force weapons, but Luo Feng simply had not had enough time to study them.
“It’s over.” Saiwaluo’s expression changed dramatically.
“Puff!”
The golden sword beam transformed into a streak of golden rainbow light, directly smashing apart his psychic force weapon before piercing through his head.
First battle, Luo Feng won!
Second battle.
“Luo Feng, I know I’m not your opponent, but I… still want to fight you!” Luo Feng’s opponent in the second battle admitted as soon as he entered the arena that he was not Luo Feng’s opponent.
Very soon.
Luo Feng easily won the second battle as well.
…
Third battle.
The opponent in the third battle was extremely powerful, comparable to that Pushkin. In particular, the power of the giant axe he wielded was astonishing.
However!
Previously, when facing nine arrows, Luo Feng’s ‘Swordfish Formation’ had been unable to deal with them. But when facing a single giant axe, Luo Feng could easily control the golden sword beam to block it head-on and clash directly with it.
With the Sky Shuttle beneath his feet, Luo Feng remained far away while remotely controlling the golden sword beam. After only six consecutive impacts, the burly giant wielding the giant axe had both arms shattered and was coughing up blood. Naturally, he had no ability to fight back.
Third battle, Luo Feng won again.
Three battles, three victories!
At the entrance of Luo Feng’s residence in Nine Star Bay on Black Dragon Mountain Island, Luo Feng sat facing the silver-haired old man ‘But Asheka’.
“Three battles, three victories. Everyone on Black Dragon Mountain Island is talking about you now.” The silver-haired old man smiled. “Many entertainment programmes and news programmes on the Virtual Universe Network are paying attention to you.”
Luo Feng smiled.
Even while sitting at home, he could hear cheers from some people outside the residential area who were drinking and celebrating. They were all excited because Luo Feng had won and were drinking heavily to celebrate.
“Lord But Asheka, you didn’t come here just to tell me this, did you?” Luo Feng smiled at the silver-haired old man.
“I came bearing His Majesty’s words.”
The silver-haired old man looked at Luo Feng. “Tomorrow is the fourth battle. As long as you win your fourth battle, you will obtain a place! His Majesty hopes that you will prepare carefully and absolutely not be careless. Your opponent is very strong.”
“I know.” Luo Feng nodded slightly, the image of his opponent appearing in his mind.
That wild-looking young man with messy hair and bare feet.
“Defeat him!” Luo Feng silently said in his heart.
…
Within the territory of the Ganwu Universe Country, in a vast starfield.
A flying saucer-shaped D6-class spacecraft was parked on the satellite of a mineral planet. Inside this D6-class spacecraft, in a rest cabin.
A burly man more than three metres tall, with his large bare feet exposed and his hair still in a complete mess, sat cross-legged on the alloy floor of the rest cabin. With the short blade on his back, he silently looked up at a photograph hanging on the wall.
It was a photograph of a dark-skinned, sturdy young man with his arm around the shoulder of a burly man.
“Father!”
The wild-looking young man silently gazed at the photograph and murmured, “Although you are not my biological father, still…”
The wild-looking young man gritted his teeth and said in a low voice, “I, Tu Man, swear… I will definitely, definitely kill that bastard! Definitely!!!”
A chilling glint erupted from his eyes, making one’s heart tremble. He was like a crazed lone wolf that was almost starving to death.
“He is Immortal!”
“He is the emperor who founded an empire!”
“But I will definitely… definitely kill him! Father, watch me… I will break into the top 1,000 in the universe’s ultimate showdown during the Genius Battle and enter the Virtual Universe Company! I will even become the strongest among my generation within the Virtual Universe Company.” The wild-looking young man said in a low voice. “The day I kill him will be the day I restore the name ‘Tu Man’.”