Three Axe Mountain, as the foremost of the four major organisations in the Black Dragon Mountain Star Field, was an existence that even the Sacred Land Black Dragon Mountain and the Sacred Land Ice Sea Divine Kingdom were unwilling to provoke. This was because Three Axe Mountain had three founders behind it.
When they were young, all three founders had once obtained the title of ‘Domain Lord Level Giant Axe Warrior’ from the Giant Axe Battle Arena.
The ‘Domain Lord Level Giant Axe Warrior’ was a thousand or even ten thousand times rarer than a Universe Level Giant Axe Warrior!
The three of them came from different star fields, yet they cherished each other and became close friends who would risk their lives for one another. Since all three possessed the title of Giant Axe Warrior, the organisation they established was named ‘Three Axe Mountain’!
The three founders consisted of two men and one woman.
They were called Laimonto, Mo Lei Ya, and Luo!
Among them, Laimonto and Mo Lei Ya had already become Immortal, while only ‘Luo’, this legendary powerhouse of the Black Dragon Mountain Empire, remained stuck at the pinnacle of the World Lord level. However, he could be considered an invincible figure among World Lords. Ever since he disappeared from the Black Dragon Mountain Star Field hundreds of thousands of years ago, no one had seen him again…
No one knew whether that third founder was alive or dead!
“From our Black Dragon Mountain Empire?” This question revealed that this ‘Army Master’, this founder, was from the Black Dragon Mountain Empire!
The three founders came from different star fields!
And the one from the Black Dragon Mountain Empire was ‘Luo’!
“Do you have information on this little fellow?” the old man asked.
“Yes.”
Jiang Tianchen respectfully answered. He quickly brought up a file and said quietly, “His name is ‘Hong’. He has an extremely close relationship with the other two young men, Luo Feng and Thunder God. According to our estimates… the three of them should be natives of ‘Earth’ in the Milky Way Galaxy of our empire.”
“Natives?” The old man slightly raised his eyebrows.
“Yes, but this is only an inference made by the intelligence organisation of Three Axe Mountain,” Jiang Tianchen said. “Also, Hong, Luo Feng, and Thunder God all participated in this edition of the Genius Battle. The most outstanding among them is not Hong, but Luo Feng.”
“There is someone even more outstanding?” The old man revealed a surprised expression.
“Yes. Thunder God ranked 5,128th in the preliminary selection, Hong ranked 982nd, and Luo Feng ranked 51st.” Jiang Tianchen respectfully replied.
The old man nodded slightly. Looking at the arena battle being broadcast on the screen in front of him, he said in surprise, “This Hong actually broke through at the critical moment, comprehending the sixth level and breaking through to the seventh level of the Domain… Uh… that little girl has erupted. What incredible blade techniques, continuous and layered one after another. This ‘Hong’ can’t withstand it anymore. Oh, what a pity, he still died. There was nothing he could do, the gap in absolute strength was simply too great.”
Jiang Tianchen was secretly shocked.
Army Master ‘Luo’ rarely spoke this much. Judging from his appearance, he seemed to care greatly about ‘Hong’.
Luo!
A legend of the Black Dragon Mountain Empire. Even now, the two Divine Masters of the Sacred Land Black Dragon Mountain and the Sacred Land Ice Sea Divine Kingdom would still give Luo some respect! One reason was that both of Luo’s close friends who would risk their lives for each other were Immortal, while the other was that Luo was indeed extremely powerful. Jiang Tianchen’s reputation was mainly limited to the Black Dragon Mountain Empire, whereas ‘Luo’s’ reputation was enough to make the millions of World Lords in the Ganwu Universe Nation revere him.
If he had not been distracted by the ‘Time Origin Law’, he would probably have already become an Immortal existence.
“Sigh.” Jiang Tianchen looked at the old man before him, his senior ‘Luo’, who had once promoted him, and sighed inwardly. “Is this fate? The Army Master changed his mind and no longer pursued great ambitions. He wanted to perfect his comprehension of the Light Origin Law and break through to the ‘Immortal’ level, yet he encountered such a calamity and was trapped for more than eight hundred thousand years! He wasted the last crucial period of time… There are only more than twenty thousand years left before his lifespan limit. How can the heavens punish the Army Master like this…”
Jiang Tianchen felt deeply troubled.
Among the three founders, Luo had been the most outstanding one back then, and also the most ambitious.
Unfortunately, fate had played a cruel trick on him…
The 161st group of the arena battles among the one thousand groups had already ended!
A wave of sighs filled the spectator stands.
The group of people from Earth sitting in the audience looked towards Hong’s corpse in the battle arena, feeling helpless.
“He still lost.” Thunder God shook his head helplessly.
“His opponent was indeed too strong.” Luo Feng shook his head. “Once someone comprehends even a little of an Origin Law, their strength undergoes a fundamental transformation. Big Brother did not lose unfairly, but it is still a pity.”
Yes, it was a pity.
Hong had already done extremely well. He had even persisted until only around twenty people remained, yet he was still killed by that female warrior’s ultimate move.
“Let’s go home.” Luo Feng stood up.
“Third Brother, now it’s all up to you. Of the three people from the Black Dragon Mountain Empire who passed the preliminary selection, only you are left.” Thunder God also stood up and said quietly.
“Me alone?”
Luo Feng’s ears twitched. He immediately heard the discussions around him. The more than one million spectators in this area were all from the Black Dragon Mountain Star Field. Clearly, the consecutive failures of Nania and Hong had left the countless people of the Black Dragon Mountain Star Field frustrated. Now, their only hope rested on Luo Feng.
“Luo Feng will definitely win.”
“That’s right. He reached 51st in the preliminary selection! The arena battle will definitely be easy for him!”
“Luo Feng is the greatest genius in our empire!”
“Luo Feng must have been hiding his strength. His actual strength is even greater than his ranking suggests. His ranking only rose sharply towards the later stages of the preliminary selection, which means he wasn’t fighting with all his strength at the beginning. He only started fighting for points towards the end. If he had fought for points from the beginning, he might even have reached the top ten of the World District, or perhaps even the top three!”
“Exactly!”
“Luo Feng will participate in the arena battle tomorrow. I’ve already bought my ticket.”
“Luo Feng will definitely sweep through everyone.”
“Total sweep!”
Many people from the Black Dragon Mountain Empire who had lost unwillingly were talking among themselves. In fact, the person they had originally been most confident in was Luo Feng.
……
“Third Brother, I lost. You have to work hard.” Hong said this.
“Third Brother, it’s up to you now.” Thunder God said this.
“I can even reach a very high ranking in virtual games. My dad is the strongest, he must be the strongest in the entire Ganwu Universe Nation!” Xiao Hai said.
“Luo Feng, work hard. Countless citizens of our entire Black Dragon Mountain Empire are watching you.” These were the words spoken by the Emperor of the Black Dragon Mountain Empire during his call with Luo Feng.
“Luo Feng! Luo Feng! Luo Feng!”
“Luo Feng will definitely succeed.”
“He will definitely win.”
“He has already won.”
Almost everyone living on Black Dragon Mountain Island was an imperial citizen, so the billions of people on the entire island were completely fired up that night. In some bars and public venues, people gathered together. Hundreds of thousands, millions, or even tens of millions of people gathered at various venues to watch the broadcast together!
Luo Feng…
The only citizen of the Black Dragon Mountain Empire still participating in the Genius Battle. If Luo Feng won, it would be the glory of the entire Black Dragon Mountain Empire.
“So crazy.” Luo Feng felt a sense of pressure.
“Dad, I even have national wars in the virtual games I play. Our Black Dragon Mountain Empire fights national wars against other empires!”
“Xiao Hai, those are virtual games.” Xu Xin laughed. “Your dad is the real deal.”
“Yeah, being ranked first in a star field would make someone a super powerhouse ranked on the Heavenly List in our virtual game.” Xiao Hai said this. Luo Feng, who had not spoken until now, finally looked at his son in surprise. “What game do you play?”
“A combat game.”
Xiao Hai chuckled.
……
The night passed, and daylight arrived.
Although countless people in the Black Dragon Mountain Star Field were going crazy over the upcoming arena battle, Luo Feng himself was sitting alone on the rooftop of a high-rise building in a desolate city in Earth’s wilderness area.
“Caw!”
A flock of flying monster beasts known as ‘Blood Crows’ flew overhead. Groups of monster beasts could often be seen in this abandoned city, and occasionally traces of human martial artists could also be found. However, Luo Feng did not suppress the will pressure he naturally released. Naturally, not a single monster beast dared to approach, and no human martial artist dared to come near either.
Sitting quietly on the rooftop, for a long time.
Luo Feng was controlling his state of mind. According to what his Big Brother and Second Brother had taught him, both ancient yoga techniques and internal martial arts placed great importance on the state of mind! ‘Cultivating the mind’ was extremely important. However, there was no such concept as cultivating the mind in the universe. The state of mind was an extremely ethereal thing. At first glance, it did not seem to have much impact on combat strength. Even if an ordinary Earthling had an extremely high state of mind, a Universe Level powerhouse could blow them into dust with a single breath!
Rage could sometimes allow someone to perform beyond their normal level! But at other times, it could cause someone to perform poorly!
This was the state of mind!
According to what his Big Brother and Second Brother had said, in their view, the reason they had been able to possess their own Domains at the Planetary Level was related to their ‘state of mind’. Thunder God could instantly enter a state of tranquillity, sincerity, naturalness, and unity with heaven and earth. Hong could also instantly enter an incomparably ethereal state, becoming one with the natural environment and combining all his senses, Domain, and other abilities with nature to unleash their greatest power.
Thunder God and Hong had achieved such states of mind only after decades of cultivation.
Luo Feng could not do it…
“I can’t empty my mind. Because I am influenced by the bloodline of the Golden-Horned Beast, the depths of my heart are filled with killing intent. This killing intent is in my very bones.”
“But Second Brother is right.”
“Whether it is anger, sadness, happiness, excitement, or bloodlust, all emotions are natural reactions. Maintain an innocent heart and let all emotions occur naturally. Laugh when you should laugh, get angry when you should get angry.” Luo Feng thought inwardly. “Bloodlust is also a part of nature. Face it with an innocent heart and accept it! Naturally, I will be able to reach the state of sincerity, naturalness, and unity with heaven and earth.”
Luo Feng understood the principle, but when he truly started killing…
At most, Luo Feng could maintain a cold state of mind without any fluctuations. As for achieving sincerity and merging with nature, that was extremely difficult.
“Luo Feng, the arena battle is about to begin. You should enter the virtual universe.”
“Whoosh!” Luo Feng opened his eyes, a trace of coldness in his gaze.
His killing intent was no longer suppressed, and was released naturally.
“You look different now. Have you achieved something through cultivating your mind?”
Luo Feng did not answer. Instead, he directly said, “Connect to the virtual universe.”
……
Virtual universe, the dimensional space where numerous battle arenas were located. In the preparation hall of the battle arena on Island No. 29109, one genius expert after another sat on the chairs. These were all genius experts preparing for the upcoming slaughter.
“Whoosh!”
A black-haired man wearing dark grey battle armour suddenly appeared.
The many genius experts in the preparation hall all turned to look. The black-haired man swept his gaze across the surrounding genius experts without saying a word. He directly found a seat and sat down, closing his eyes, guarding his original state of mind, and waiting for the battle to begin.