“It can’t be that difficult, can it?” Brolin could not help saying, “Our entire Black Dragon Mountain Starfield has more than eight thousand star systems, with billions of Stellar-level experts. Surely it cannot be that difficult for a genius to emerge who can enter the top one million in the entire universe?”
“It is very difficult!”
“Extremely difficult!” Hargreaves nodded. “The Qian Wu Universe Country has more than thirteen thousand starfields under its command, including nearly a thousand vassal states! Our Black Dragon Mountain Empire is merely one of the vassal states under the Qian Wu Universe Country. In terms of the density of powerful experts, we are a level below the starfields directly under the Qian Wu Universe Country.”
“Our Black Dragon Mountain Empire’s number one genius would find it extremely difficult to rank among the top ten thousand in the Qian Wu Universe Country, let alone among the countless universe countries belonging to the entire human race.” Hargreaves continued, “In the previous Genius Battle, there was not a single person from our starfield among the top ten thousand in the Qian Wu Universe Country!”
“Uh.” Brolin’s eyes widened.
“A disgrace. This is a disgrace to our Black Dragon Mountain Empire, and also a disgrace to our Holy Land!” Hargreaves’ anger surged. The temperature around him suddenly plummeted, causing the surrounding air to freeze and condense into ice flowers.
“Grandfather!” Brolin felt a bone chilling cold and hurriedly called out.
With a thought from Hargreaves, the surrounding temperature returned to normal. “I just feel ashamed and have a bellyful of anger.”
“Alright, I still have to train that group of disciples. You go back first,” Hargreaves said.
“Yes, Grandfather.”
Brolin did not dare say anything more and immediately left.
His original plan of asking his grandfather to send someone to deal with Luo Feng had been put on hold.
On 9 March 2066 of the Huaxia calendar, Virtual Universe, Black Dragon Mountain Island.
The various continents and islands in the Virtual Universe also had days and nights, and even the sky simulated a star. At this moment, it was night. Lights could be seen throughout many parts of Black Dragon Mountain Island. Places such as bars were even more brightly illuminated, and everything was just as it had been before.
Suddenly.
High above the night sky of Black Dragon Mountain Island, an incomparably huge black announcement appeared out of nowhere, its edges radiating light. The entire announcement was black, with characters emitting dazzling white light.
“Human Race of the Universe, Peak Genius Battle”
“Held once every ten thousand years!”
“Is about to begin!”
“It is jointly organised by Virtual Universe Company and all the universe countries!”
“Are you a genius? Can you find no opponent of the same level or rank? Then participate in the ‘Peak Genius Battle’. Here, countless geniuses from numerous universe countries throughout the universe will engage in fierce battles!”
“For details, please enter the ‘Virtual Universe Network’ official website through your virtual assistant.”
The enormous announcement suddenly appeared in the night sky. It was more than a million kilometres long and wide. Even on Black Dragon Mountain Island, which had a population of hundreds of millions, everyone could clearly see the announcement simply by looking up.
“The Peak Genius Battle is about to begin? Wow, haha, this is going to be crazy.”
“Billions of geniuses from all the universe countries competing against one another?”
“This is a grand event for the entire human race.”
“I heard that the top one thousand in the entire universe will receive astonishingly huge rewards.”
“Indeed. This time it is being held by Virtual Universe Company, so the rewards will definitely be extremely high.”
“The Peak Genius Battle is held twice every ten thousand years. Once by Virtual Universe Company, and once by the Giant Axe Dojo!”
“Hurry up and check the official website.”
In the Virtual Universe, every continent representing a ‘universe country’ and every island representing a ‘medium-sized universe country’ had huge announcements appear in the sky. Every announcement was promoting the news that the ‘Human Race of the Universe, Peak Genius Battle’ was about to begin.
In just one night, the news spread throughout all the universe countries of humanity.
The speed of transmission demonstrated just how advanced the Virtual Universe Network was.
Slaughterhouse, Slaughter Space.
This was a vast desert. Thousands of densely packed black-clothed men stood across the desert, every one of them at Stellar Level 5. In front of these thousands of black-clothed men stood a bald man in white robes. He held an Origin Force battle blade in his hand, the blade faintly reflecting a cold light.
“Kill!”
“Kill!”
Thousands of black-clothed men shouted coldly before charging forward like mad, moving as fast as lightning.
The bald man in white robes smiled as he walked towards them, with faint lightning surrounding him. When the group of black-clothed men at the front charged over, his body suddenly moved unpredictably, and the battle blade in his hand moved as well!
“Puff!”
The blade was as fast as lightning. It instantly split open the head of a black-clothed man, sending blood and brain matter flying!
“Puff!” “Puff!” “Puff!”…
The bald man in white robes seemed to move slowly, but every step he took was strangely unpredictable. The battle blade in his hand remained still until he swung it, at which point it was as fast as lightning, killing his opponent with a single strike! His footwork and blade movements formed an extremely strange and profound rhythm, combining speed and slowness. Large numbers of opponents at the same level were cut down.
“Whoosh!”
A long whip lashed across the bald man in white robes’ left arm, instantly causing his left arm to explode, blood pouring everywhere.
“Whoosh!” “Whoosh!” “Whoosh!”
The others who had surrounded him immediately seized the opportunity and launched a frantic barrage of attacks.
The bald man in white robes died!
The surrounding space fluctuated slightly. All the black-clothed men, including their corpses, bloodstains and remains, completely disappeared, and the bald man in white robes appeared once again.
“Wu, I did pretty well, right?” Thunder God laughed. “I killed more than one hundred and ninety opponents of the same rank in one go.”
“Idiot, idiot, idiot!”
“You’re an absolute idiot. Back then, even without my guidance, you could develop a Domain on your own. Now I’m training you with all my strength. A genius like you should be improving much more!” A white-bearded old man the size of a fist stood on Thunder God’s shoulder and roared, “And last time, you actually lost to that Hong! I was embarrassed too! Hong doesn’t even have a teacher, while you have me teaching you, and you still lost!”
“I almost won,” Thunder God hurriedly said. “You have to understand, after all these years, I’ve never beaten Big Brother even once. The fact that I almost won last time was already pretty good.”
“What do you mean by ‘pretty good’? You have to set higher standards for yourself!”
“Alright, now I’ll tell you about your movement technique and blade technique. Based on today’s test, you still have quite a few problems with your movement technique. I spotted nine points at a glance. First, the movement of the blade is also part of the movement technique. You’re always unable to fully comprehend this. Second…” The white-bearded old man pointed out a whole host of shortcomings.
Thunder God listened carefully.
…
After finishing his training, Thunder God finally walked out of the Slaughterhouse. When he stretched outside the Slaughterhouse’s main hall and was about to summon the Pegasus in the sky, he immediately saw the enormous announcement in the sky.
“Damn!” Thunder God widened his eyes. “Such a huge announcement?”
Thunder God quickly read the contents of the announcement.
“The Peak Genius Battle? Kid, you absolutely have to participate. This is a rare opportunity,” Old Wu roared.
“Big Brother, Third Brother.” Thunder God immediately contacted Luo Feng and Hong.
Asian Continent of Earth, dawn.
On a badly damaged motorway, Luo Feng stood in battle attire with a dark golden long staff strapped to his back. He stared coldly ahead. With a thought, he shouted in a low voice, “*** Style!”
Whoosh!
A string of golden light immediately flew out from the dark golden long staff on his back. At the same time, an inexplicably powerful and strange force descended and merged into the golden light. Only then did the string of golden light stop in mid-air.
They were nine small golden swords as thin as cicada wings. At this moment, the nine palm-sized golden swords were spread out in formation. In addition, incomparably complex and strange golden secret patterns covered their surfaces. With the assistance of his compressed Domain, Luo Feng relied on his powerful consciousness to forcefully control the nine small golden swords.
Golden threads spread in all directions, permeating and connecting everything. In terms of complexity, they were thousands of times more complicated than the ‘Sky Shuttle’.
“Condense!” Luo Feng gritted his teeth.
The complicated golden threads connecting the nine small golden swords, together with their profound combinations, finally caused a golden *** to gradually take shape.
“Boom!”
The golden *** collapsed. The golden threads broke apart and scattered into nine small golden swords.
“Return.” Luo Feng’s face was pale as he shook his head and sighed.
The nine small golden swords quickly flew back towards the dark golden long staff on his back and entered it along the gaps on the staff.
“I didn’t expect the first stage of this ‘Yan Shen Weapon’ to be so difficult.” Luo Feng shook his head and sighed inwardly. After being nurtured by his spirit for some time, the Yan Shen Weapon had long since become incomparably compatible with him. However, the difficulty of wielding the Yan Shen Weapon was indeed astonishing. Even practising the first stage was already so strenuous.
Now, his Domain had reached the fifth level, and he had also crossed the threshold of the Universe Origin Law of Gold.
At the same time, the intensity of his willpower amplitude had reached 58. Of course, this willpower intensity was actually the strength of the soul and willpower of a sixth rank Universe-level Golden Horned Beast, which was why Luo Feng, a seventh rank Stellar-level Spiritual Reader Master, possessed such an abnormal level of willpower.
Powerful willpower, a fifth-level Domain, and an initial step across the threshold of the Universe Origin Law of Gold.
Any one of these would already be considered abnormal at the Stellar Level.
Yet even with all this, he still had not mastered the first stage.
“Don’t be anxious, Luo Feng. Your Domain, law comprehension and willpower intensity are sufficient to execute the first stage. However, you’re still unfamiliar with it. You need to practise it repeatedly until many of the controls become second nature. That way, you won’t need to expend so much mental energy when controlling it,” Babata said.
“Understood.” Luo Feng nodded.
“Luo Feng, Thunder God is requesting a call,” Babata said.
“Hm? Second Brother?” Luo Feng was somewhat surprised. Thunder God was being trained desperately by his intelligent life and rarely contacted him. “Connect to the Virtual Universe Network.”
…
Western Asia, a wilderness.
A ragged beggar sat cross-legged beneath a crooked tree. The monsters that frequently ran past him seemed to turn a blind eye to him, completely ignoring him instead of eating him.
“Roar~~”
One monster after another attacked each other, their bodies covered in blood.
Yet the beggar continued sitting silently.
“Where there is light, there is light.”
“Where there is none, there is darkness,” the beggar said softly.
Whoosh.
The beggar who had been sitting there suddenly disappeared. The area around him became completely pitch black. Then, the absolute darkness suddenly disappeared, and the beggar appeared once again.
“The universe… nature… the wisdom of the ancients is profound and extensive. They were merely limited by their physical bodies and spirits, making it impossible for them to explore more deeply.” The beggar smiled. “Last time, I was almost defeated by Second Brother. This time, I’ve finally entered the sixth level of the Domain.”
“Hm?”
“Second Brother is looking for me again. Could it be that he wants to spar with me?”
The beggar’s tattered clothes suddenly began to burn. At the same time, a set of clothes automatically extended over his body. In an instant, he transformed into a calm and composed man.
He was none other than the eldest brother among Earth’s three strongest experts, Hong.
…
Luo Feng and Hong both entered the Virtual Universe Network.