“Can you tell me why, even though the deadline I gave you has not yet arrived, you suddenly decided to take me as your teacher?” The Time Realm Lord Luo looked at the young man from Earth with great interest. “Is it related to the arena battle your third brother just finished?”
“Yes!”
Hong nodded and sighed softly. “Yes. This battle woke me up… I never thought that, in the blink of an eye, the gap between Third Brother and me had already become so enormous.”
He knew Luo Feng was strong, but he had never expected him to be this strong.
“If I continue to remain stuck in my old ways without a teacher to guide me, I think… the gap between Third Brother and me will only grow larger. He will leave me further and further behind.” Hong shook his head and smiled faintly. “Actually, it isn’t just Third Brother. I can also feel the pressure brought by that other fellow. Ever since he obtained his inheritance, his strength has clearly been improving much faster.”
“Hmm.”
The Time Realm Lord Luo smiled and nodded. “It’s good that you can feel the pressure! Alright, make your preparations, then take a spaceship and meet up with me. I’ll give you one day to spend time with your family and say your farewells.”
“Hmm.” Hong nodded.
Not long after the Time Realm Lord Luo left, Luo Feng and Thunder God came over.
“You’re here. Sit.” Hong pointed towards the two seats beside him.
“Big Brother, what’s going on?” Thunder God stared at Hong. “Why did the founder of the Three Axe Mountain organisation, the Time Realm Lord, suddenly come here? Didn’t he give you ten days to consider it? You still have another two or three days to think about it.”
Luo Feng also looked at Hong, unable to suppress the nervousness in his heart.
“I’ve decided to take him as my teacher.” Hong said.
“Teacher?” Luo Feng and Thunder God’s expressions both changed.
“You’ve really decided to leave with the Time Realm Lord?” Thunder God hurriedly said. “Once you leave, it’ll be more than twenty thousand years! What does twenty thousand years even mean? The history recorded in our Chinese culture is only five thousand years. And now you’re going to leave Earth, leave us, for more than twenty thousand years. This… this is simply…”
“Can’t we still meet in the Virtual Universe?” Hong smiled.
“It’s not the same.” Thunder God immediately shook his head.
Seeing Hong’s expression, Luo Feng could not help asking softly, “Big Brother, you’ve decided?”
Hong looked over and nodded slightly. “Yes.”
“Once you leave, you won’t see Earth or your homeland for more than twenty thousand years. You won’t even be able to smell the air of your homeland.” Luo Feng looked at him.
“Since I’ve embarked on this path of pursuing the peak, what is there that I cannot give up?” Hong shook his head. “My children have already started their own families, so I have no ties holding me back. I can still see my children in the Virtual Universe. As for my homeland, the place that gave me life and raised me, I’ll keep it in my memories. There are gains and losses in everything!”
“After my wife died and my children started their own families, the most important thing in my life became martial arts!”
“Wandering through the universe, witnessing the countless wonders of the universe, and pursuing the peak of life, that’s the kind of life I like.” A strange light shone in Hong’s eyes. “There are countless powerful experts in the vast universe. My goal is to establish myself among the ranks of the universe’s strongest, and not merely that. I want to be one of the best, one of the strongest among them!”
Luo Feng and Thunder God exchanged glances, feeling the absolute confidence and desire emanating from their Big Brother.
To truly achieve great accomplishments in martial arts, one first needed to possess such absolute desire. Only then could one work hard of one’s own accord!
“Second Brother, Third Brother!” Hong turned his head towards them and could not help laughing. “You two should be happy for me. What, you two have both obtained inheritances, and you want to watch your Big Brother shut himself away and cultivate alone?”
“Er…” Thunder God was stunned, then immediately laughed loudly. “Big Brother, well said! Third Brother and I each have our own inheritances, and you are going to follow the Time Realm Lord. Then let’s compare… Let’s see which of the three brothers will be stronger in the future!”
“Let’s compare!” Hong laughed as well.
“Big Brother, Second Brother, I’m temporarily in the lead.” Luo Feng laughed.
“You’d better be careful and maintain that advantage. Otherwise, Second Brother and I might catch up with you in the blink of an eye.” Hong looked at Luo Feng, while Thunder God also hurriedly said, “That’s right, that’s right. Third Brother, the main reason Second Brother and I didn’t have good teachers at the beginning was because of that. Now that we have teachers, our strength is immediately starting to soar. And Big Brother has incredibly high comprehension. As for me, I don’t even need to mention it! So Third Brother, you’d better be careful!”
“If you’ve got what it takes, come and catch me!”
Luo Feng burst into loud laughter.
The three brothers from Earth laughed brightly, but unknowingly, the corners of their eyes had become slightly moist.
……
Milky Way, Earth, Asian Continent, Hong Ning Base City.
At around five in the evening on 27 July 2066 according to Chinese time, the sun had not yet set. The sky was crimson red, and a dark blue flying saucer shaped spaceship was suspended above Hong Ning Base City. A large number of senior officials from the Limit Dojo, along with Hong’s relatives, had all gathered there.
After saying their farewells to his relatives and friends, the supreme expert Hong, who held a special position on Earth, finally flew alone into the spaceship.
“Goodbye!”
“Haha, don’t be like this, everyone. We’ll meet again in the Virtual Universe!”
Amidst his loud laughter, Hong flew into the spaceship.
Boom!
The spaceship suddenly accelerated and shot straight into the sky.
“Big Brother, have a safe journey!” Thunder God stood in mid air and could not help shouting.
Luo Feng, who was likewise standing in mid air, looked up at the departing spaceship and murmured, “Have a safe journey.”
On this day.
27 July 2066, the supreme expert and unparalleled genius Hong left his homeland aboard a spaceship.
This journey would last a very, very long time…
The four rounds of arena battles in the Genius Battle had completely ended on the same day as Luo Feng and Rong Jun’s match. A total of 625 victors had been selected.
As for the other 9,375 participants who had been sent into the losing group, after resting for three days, they began high intensity, high density reincarnation battles.
Each person had to fight 9,374 battles, all for the sake of competing for 275 spots!
……
Earth, Jiangnan Base City, Yangzhou City.
“Big Brother has left.” Luo Feng sat alone on the balcony of his castle, holding a cup of tea. “He’s gone into the universe to follow the Time Realm Lord, wandering…”
Scenes from the past still vividly appeared in his mind. It was as though he could still hear the laughter and vows of the three brothers from the previous day.
“Thousands of years from now, or even tens of thousands of years from now, the three of us brothers will have another match.”
“Right, we’ll have another match!”
“Let’s compare. Who’s afraid of whom?”
These were the brothers’ vows!
Whether Hong, Thunder God, or Luo Feng, all of them were walking along this road towards the peak of life.
And this road was filled with hardships and dangers. The slightest mistake could lead to death!
“Bang!”
Luo Feng put down his wine glass, his eyes shining brightly.
“Big Brother, work hard. I won’t slack off either!”
“Babata, enter the Virtual Universe!”
Luo Feng separated out a strand of consciousness and entered the universe.
In terms of consciousness strength, the consciousness of a Universe Level Golden Horned Beast could completely separate out a strand and enter the Virtual Universe while still remaining conscious in reality.
Virtual Universe, Killing Arena, Killing Space.
This was a vast starry sky.
Luo Feng stood in the starry sky.
“Wahaha…” Demon Babata jumped around and shouted, “Luo Feng, the arena battle just ended. You have three days to rest, and on the first day of your rest, you’ve already come to the Killing Arena. You’re really diligent! Tell me, what kind of opponent do you want? I’ll arrange everything for you. Gahaha, I love training you!”
“I want a psychic weapon.” Luo Feng said seriously. “A psychic weapon specifically designed for flight. It must be good at rapid turns and evasive movements within a small area.”
During his battle with the Savage Rong Jun, he had clearly felt that his agility was far too poor in the face of his opponent’s speed.
“Oh?”
“You’ve noticed your weakness?” Demon Babata stroked his chin with one small hand, floating beside him as he looked at Luo Feng. “Luo Feng, are you thinking long term, or do you want results in a short period of time?”
“Long term? Short term?” Luo Feng frowned slightly.
The little demon nodded repeatedly. “That’s right. In the short term, we would find a way to maximise your agility. Ten days or half a month would be enough! As for the long term… we would start from the fundamentals step by step, and at the same time, choose a psychic weapon that will accompany you for a very, very long time in the future.”
“Long term!” Luo Feng said solemnly. “I have plenty of time.”
“Very good!”
The little demon snapped his fingers and slightly raised his head.
“Your choice is very wise!”
“Then the flying psychic weapon I have chosen for you is the fifth tier psychic weapon best suited to the Laws of Gold and Space, the Dark Cloud Shuttle!” The little demon smiled. “Of course, at the beginning, you may not be able to use it as effectively as the Sky Shuttle, but don’t worry. I’ll train you properly.”
“How long do you estimate before my agility improves significantly?” Luo Feng asked.
“That depends on your comprehension.”
The little demon said, “If your comprehension is high and you comprehend the Origin Laws quickly, then with this series of training, you’ll probably pass within a year. If your comprehension is poor and you aren’t hardworking enough, even a hundred years won’t be enough for you to pass.”
“A series of training?” Luo Feng frowned slightly.
“Hehe!” The little demon grinned. “Take it slowly. We have plenty of time. I’ll train you properly.”
Starting from 30 July 2066, the high intensity reincarnation battles began.
Although they were called high intensity battles, in reality, each person only fought ten battles a day!
With Luo Feng’s speed, he could finish one battle within a minute.
Therefore, the daily reincarnation battles might consume a great deal of mental energy for the other participants, but for Luo Feng, they were extremely easy.
After all, among all the geniuses of the Ganwu Universe Country, he could rank within the top ten. As for the losing group, there were a total of 49 people including him who had crossed the threshold of the Laws.
Of these, only two could truly be compared with Luo Feng.
Therefore…
The reincarnation battles were very easy, and instead became a place for Luo Feng to test his own combat techniques.
Inside the Killing Space.
This was a vast grassland, but at this moment, countless blood coloured birds filled the sky and swept towards Luo Feng.
“Dodge! Dodge! Dodge! Don’t let them touch you!”
“Damn it, faster, you need to be faster.”
“This test can potentially achieve a perfect score!”
The little demon roared.
Luo Feng stood on a strange black shuttle shaped psychic weapon. This Dark Cloud Shuttle naturally extended strands of black membrane, directly wrapping around Luo Feng’s battle boots.
Luo Feng’s entire body had already transformed into a hazy phantom, continuously dodging beneath the attacks of countless blood coloured birds that were swooping towards him from all directions.
“Pfft!” “Pfft!” “Pfft!”
Once he was touched by one blood coloured bird, he would be hit repeatedly.
When he was hit three times…
Boom!
All the blood coloured birds disappeared.
“You failed again!” The little demon stared at Luo Feng with a pair of red eyes and roared furiously. “Continue with basic training! I’ve never seen anyone as stupid as you!”
With a wave of his hand, the surrounding grassland immediately disappeared and transformed into a gigantic mechanical factory. There were many complicated machines inside the factory.
“Begin!”
The little demon roared.
Luo Feng remained very calm, seemingly unaffected by anything Demon Babata said.
……
Under the hellish training created by Demon Babata, Luo Feng instead became even more relentless.
Babata’s description of him also changed from “Idiot” at the beginning, to “Average, and still very weak”, and later to “Barely good enough, I suppose”.
Meanwhile, the Golden Horned Beast devoted all its energy to studying the secret techniques of Origin World, Absolute Space, and comprehending the Law of Gold Origin.
And so…
Time continued to pass.
The reincarnation battles consumed almost none of Luo Feng’s energy. Instead, they became a place for Luo Feng to test his own strength.
Meanwhile, Babata’s hellish training almost completely exhausted Luo Feng’s energy every single day.