Silence. Most of the 1,000 peerless geniuses were somewhat puzzled. What exactly did the four secret realms, ‘Apocalypse Secret Realm’, ‘Heaven and Earth Secret Realm’, ‘Absolute Beginning Secret Realm’ and ‘Primal Secret Realm’, represent? But everyone could tell that the ‘Primal Secret Realm’ was clearly the best of the four.
“Among these 1,000 people, there are still differences in strength, so naturally the resources you receive cannot possibly be exactly the same.”
“The arena battles will begin tomorrow, and the final ranking will be decided.” The voice of the purple scaled man in the azure battle robe was ethereal and far reaching, echoing in everyone’s mind. “As for the rules of the final battles, they have already been sent to each of you. Rest well today.”
Boom!
After the purple scaled man in the azure battle robe finished speaking, he disappeared directly. Only then did the 1,008 powerful Immortals begin discussing among themselves.
“The Primal Secret Realm. This time, they are actually accepting two people!”
“I originally thought that the Primal Secret Realm place would definitely belong to that little fellow called ‘Bolan’. I never expected there to be an additional place.”
“The Virtual Universe Company has actually been generous for once.”
…
While the great Immortals were discussing, Luo Feng and the other 1,000 people were all looking down at the screens on their wrists. The rules for the final battles had already been transmitted to them.
“Hm?” Luo Feng frowned as he read.
“The rules are as follows:
In the three rounds of elimination battles that have just concluded, 900 geniuses have obtained places. Based on their performances in the trial space and the three rounds of elimination battles, the Virtual Universe System has selected the 100 best among them. They are Galasi, Carpenter, Lasha, Leishi, Utweisk, and others.
These 100 people will fight one on one against the top 100 trial participants who obtained places first, making a total of 200 people.
The 100 victors will qualify to enter the ‘Heaven and Earth Secret Realm’. The other 900 people will all enter the ‘Apocalypse Secret Realm’.
Among the 100 victors, the Virtual Universe System will select the 20 best according to its assessment. These 20 people will fight one on one to determine the top ten.
The top ten will qualify to enter the ‘Absolute Beginning Secret Realm’.
The first and second place among the top ten will ultimately be selected to enter the ‘Primal Secret Realm’.
A detailed battle list is attached below.”
“These rules… are certainly quite arbitrary.” Luo Feng thought to himself. “They actually let the Virtual Universe System select 100 people from those 900 and have them fight against the top 100. It seems the Virtual Universe Company has absolute confidence in its Virtual Universe System. In any case, it doesn’t matter much to me. I already have the qualification to participate in the final battles.”
“How can they do this?”
“They won’t even give us the qualification to fight?”
“This is too much!”
“They, they trust the Virtual Universe System far too much.”
The other peerless geniuses on the central square, however, erupted into an uproar. These rules effectively excluded 800 of the 1,000 people directly, without even giving them a chance to display their strength. Naturally, many of the geniuses present were extremely unhappy and felt deeply dissatisfied.
“Virtual Universe Company!” A sharp voice suddenly rang out. Luo Feng even found it uncomfortable to hear, and he could not help turning his head.
In the crowd stood a youth more than five metres tall. His entire body was lean and muscular, and there was a vertical eye between his brows. His expression was ferocious, and all three of his eyes were filled with madness. He shouted angrily, “I have one hundred percent confidence that I can make it into the top 100, or even the top 20! Why? Why can you simply rely on the Virtual Universe System to exclude me? I refuse to accept this! I refuse to accept it!”
“It’s unfair! It’s unfair!” Someone nearby also shouted.
“This is unfair!”
“Only a real fight, where the loser is eliminated, would be fair. Otherwise, we won’t accept this!”
Immediately, more than ten young people from various universe countries began shouting.
Luo Feng, the barbarian Rong Jun and the other 200 people on the list remained relatively calm. Apart from the other 800 people who were as agitated and furious as the three eyed youth, most of them were also deeply dissatisfied.
“Shut up!”
“What are you doing?”
“All of you, shut up!”
Many of the 1,008 powerful Immortals in the distance shouted angrily. At the same time, terrifying consciousness pressure spread out, directly pressing down upon the 800 people.
The 800 young geniuses from various races turned pale. Their entire bodies trembled slightly, and their legs shook continuously.
“Bang!”
Someone finally could not withstand it and collapsed to their knees.
Then came a series of bangs.
“Bang!”
“Bang!”
“Bang!”
One after another, they could no longer resist and collapsed onto the ground.
All 800 people were forced to kneel on the ground.
Rumble!
The 1,008 powerful Immortals all appeared in front of the group of geniuses, looking down at those kneeling on the ground.
“I refuse to accept this! I refuse to accept it!” Among the kneeling crowd, the three eyed youth supported himself with both arms on the ground. The veins on his arms bulged and twisted like earthworms as he raised his head and roared.
“Idiot!”
Among the 1,008 powerful Immortals, the giant in scale armour coldly glanced at the three eyed youth.
At this moment, a grand and ethereal voice suddenly rang out.
“If you have objections to the Virtual Universe System’s rules for the final battles, you can choose not to join my Virtual Universe Company. My Virtual Universe Company will not force anyone to participate.”
The voice echoed throughout heaven and earth, causing the expressions of the 800 geniuses lying on the ground to change.
Too… too… this was simply too ruthless!
The other 200 people standing nearby, including Luo Feng, Rong Jun and Death God Bolan, were also greatly shocked.
“Such a response?” Luo Feng was secretly astonished.
The 800 geniuses could hardly believe it. The three eyed youth likewise had an expression of disbelief.
Yes, he was a genuine peerless genius. In the universe country he came from, he was the number one genius. He had always been the favoured child of heaven, and even the Universe Country Lord valued him greatly. Even many Immortals took his opinions seriously.
In his view, these rules were simply too excessive. His demand should have been accepted.
Yet the Virtual Universe Company’s response was…
If you do not agree, you can withdraw. No one is forcing you to join!
That was all.
“How foolish!” Among the 1,008 Immortals, one powerful Immortal with long black hair flowing behind him looked at the 800 people kneeling on the ground and said coldly, “The rules for the final battles were decided by the higher levels of the Virtual Universe Company. Do you little fellows think you can change them? You really overestimate yourselves!”
“If Death God Bolan had raised an objection, perhaps it would have received some attention. Because he had already been determined to be capable of entering the Primal Secret Realm. He is already a member of the Primal Secret Realm!” An old man in a white robe, whose head was covered in silver scales, looked at the three eyed youth. “As for you… you dare say you refuse to accept it when you are only at the very outermost level of the core layer?”
“Little fellows, remember this! In your respective universe countries, you may all be the most outstanding geniuses, but in the Virtual Universe Company… the Virtual Universe Company holds a genius battle for ‘Stellar level’ every ten thousand years, and also holds a battle for powerful ‘Universe level’ experts. Within the Virtual Universe Company, geniuses are countless and powerful experts are everywhere… You had better keep a lower profile!”
“Defying the decision of the highest levels is a major taboo!”
…
The 1,008 Immortals understood very well that although these geniuses were all extraordinarily talented, most geniuses were proud and had unruly tempers. The road to the pinnacle was extremely difficult, and if they always carried this kind of arrogance, it was very easy for them to fail and perish. Therefore, striking a hard blow against these geniuses was beneficial to them.
Building 0825, first floor hall.
Luo Feng and Rong Jun were both sitting on chairs. As for the three original team members, all of them had been eliminated during the previous three rounds of elimination battles.
“I was inevitably a little proud before, but that scene just now… I understand. In the eyes of the Virtual Universe Company, we are merely one batch among many batches of ‘seeds’ they recruit.” Luo Feng shook his head and smiled. “There are countless geniuses accumulated within the Virtual Universe Company.”
“Status makes a difference, so naturally the importance of one’s words is different!” The barbarian youth said in a low voice. “The four secret realms represent differences in the status of core members within the Virtual Universe Company. Didn’t you hear what that Immortal said just now? If Death God Bolan raised an objection, perhaps it would receive attention?”
Luo Feng nodded slightly.
“The Primal Secret Realm has extremely few places.” The barbarian youth said. “For such an enormous force as the Virtual Universe Company, it is said that there are only around one hundred World Lords in the Primal Secret Realm!”
“One hundred?” Luo Feng was greatly shocked.
World Lords had extremely long lifespans. Even the number of World Lords in the Ganwu Universe Country exceeded one million. So how many World Lords did the much more powerful Virtual Universe Company have?
Yet there were only one hundred World Lords who had entered the ‘Primal Secret Realm’!
“So you should understand how special it is for the ‘Primal Secret Realm’ to accept two members this time.” The barbarian youth said. “The Primal Secret Realm… as the ‘core’ of the Virtual Universe Company’s core layer. Take Death God Bolan, for example. Even though he is only at the Stellar level and Universe level, his status is extremely high. Even the emperor of your home, the Black Dragon Mountain Empire, cannot compare with him.”
“Hm?” Luo Feng was stunned.
The status of a Primal Secret Realm member was actually higher than that of the emperor of the Black Dragon Mountain Empire?
That made sense!
There were only around one hundred World Lords in the Primal Secret Realm of the Virtual Universe Company. It was clear just how special the status of a Primal Secret Realm member was. It was not strange for such a person to be nobler than the emperor of a star region.
“Moreover, I heard that Primal Secret Realm members have their own dedicated guard forces.” The barbarian youth said. “The leader of the guard force is an Immortal. Within the guard force, there are ten World Lords and one hundred Domain Lords.”
Even Luo Feng, who was normally very calm, could not help widening his eyes.
“Damn!”
“Really?” Luo Feng could not help losing his composure.
It was not strange for a Primal Secret Realm member to have a guard force, but the leader of that guard force was actually an Immortal existence! This, this, this was simply too terrifying.
“Don’t be so surprised. The ‘Virtual Universe Company’ is one of the five giants. Even among Immortal existences… many of them in the Virtual Universe Company are only in the ‘Absolute Beginning Secret Realm’. In terms of status alone, they are still slightly inferior.” The barbarian youth said. “You should understand how noble Primal Secret Realm members are. Every single one is the most important elite of the Virtual Universe Company. The resources spent on them alone, even if converted into money, would amount to an unimaginable figure.”
Luo Feng was completely stunned.