Luo Feng’s pupils contracted as he stared at the domain released by the savage warrior Long Yun from afar.
Everyone who made it into the top ten of the Universe Peak Genius Battle had a domain, and every one of them had reached the ninth level of domain comprehension. Having a domain was nothing unusual. However, this savage warrior, Long Yun, had almost perfectly integrated the Law of Earth Origin and the Law of Space Origin into his domain. Once his domain was released, it gave off a sensation as though space itself had solidified.
Terrifying!
“His comprehension of the Law of Earth Origin is even higher than Rong Jun’s! As for his comprehension of the Law of Space Origin, it’s impossible to determine for certain. However, judging from his domain, there’s at least one thing that’s certain, he has integrated the two extremely well.” Luo Feng understood that he had encountered a major problem.
To comprehend two Origin Laws was one thing, but to effectively combine the two was what made it perfect.
For example, the Yan Shen Armament could perfectly combine comprehension of two laws, but Luo Feng had only achieved this by relying on the Yan Shen Armament. As for himself, his comprehension of the Law of Metal Origin came from the Golden Horned Beast clone, while his comprehension of the Law of Space Origin came from the Mosha Clan clone. As for combining and applying them, that relied on his Earthling original body.
Luo Feng had improved too quickly.
As a result, his efficiency in combining the two laws had fallen behind that of his Golden Horned Beast and Mosha Clan clones.
“The arena battle begins!” The cyan battle-robed, purple-scaled man glanced at Long Yun in the distant arena before speaking.
Instantly!
The five battles began!
“Go!” Standing in mid-air on the Dark Cloud Shuttle, Luo Feng pointed towards Long Yun.
Immediately, the dark golden long staff on his back shot out nine golden streams of light, instantly forming nine golden swords. Wrapped in golden currents of energy, the nine golden sword rays resembled the heads of nine golden dragons, roaring as they charged towards the savage warrior Long Yun, who stood firmly in place.
“Nine golden swords. Let’s see how many you can block.” Luo Feng watched from afar.
Hiss, hiss…
The earth-yellow domain with a radius of fifty metres was incredibly sluggish. Once the nine golden swords entered the earth-yellow domain, their speed rapidly decreased at a speed visible to the naked eye, as though penetrating the domain was extremely difficult. By the time they had crossed the fifty metres and reached Long Yun, their speed had already dropped to only one third, while their power had probably fallen to less than one tenth.
“Clang!” “Clang!” “Clang!” “Clang!”…
The golden swords struck the scales on Long Yun’s body, yet he did not move at all.
“This domain…” Luo Feng’s expression changed dramatically.
“The heaviness of earth, combined with space and the domain in the most optimal way. The three are perfectly integrated.” Among the 1,008 Immortal beings in the distance, the tall bull-headed man chuckled. “In terms of domain suppression alone, Long Yun should be number one among the top ten.”
“Bolan places greater emphasis on speed, while Long Yun places greater emphasis on defence. They are different.”
“This Luo Feng is unlucky. He just encountered the troublesome Galesi last time, and now he has encountered an even stronger Long Yun. Haha…”
While the distant Immortal beings were discussing Long Yun, Long Yun himself was charging towards Luo Feng in great strides.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
Every step Long Yun took while running caused the arena to tremble, making it feel as though a great mountain was pressing down. His body then blurred and he directly appeared in mid-air. Meanwhile, Luo Feng, who had immediately used the Nine-Line Flow, left nine phantom bodies in mid-air and had already dodged far away.
Boom!
Long Yun landed on the ground.
“Long Yun, take my strongest move as well!” Luo Feng roared from mid-air, gritting his teeth. “Heaven-Piercing Form!”
Roar!
The nine golden sword rays instantly stopped in mid-air. At the same time, the nine golden swords rapidly overlapped and merged one after another. The overlapping golden swords instantly combined into one, with countless dense golden threads intertwining between them. The newly formed golden sword began continuously shrinking, while the golden threads became thinner and thinner.
It looked as though it was shrinking!
In reality, every golden sword consisted of nine small golden swords. This merged golden sword was actually composed of eighty-one small golden swords. The eighty-one small golden swords were extremely tiny. What was happening now was a process of compressing the distance between them. In the blink of an eye, the eighty-one small golden swords perfectly fused together, forming a genuine golden sword.
This golden sword contained not the slightest trace of illusion. It was completely real.
It was more than a foot long and was entirely composed of eighty-one golden swords. They fitted together perfectly, while countless golden threads ran through and wrapped around it, making the formed golden sword incomparably real and flawless. Even after careful observation, it was impossible to find the slightest trace of assembly. It was as though it were a complete golden sword more than a foot long.
Mysterious secret markings covered its surface, giving the entire golden sword an ancient aura.
The second level of the Yan Shen Armament, Heaven-Piercing Form!
“Whoosh!”
Wrapped in golden currents of energy, the golden sword resembled a comet, leaving behind a long golden trail as it directly stabbed towards Long Yun.
“Hmm?” Long Yun’s expression changed, and his spreading earth-yellow domain trembled violently.
Hiss! Hiss! Hiss!
It was like a sharp needle piercing through layers of cloth. Even after piercing through the entire earth-yellow domain, the golden sword still retained eighty per cent of its power!
“Ha!” Long Yun swung his terrifying giant axe. As the axe descended, the surrounding space seemed to be suppressed, and it directly struck the golden sword.
“Boom!”
The entire arena shook violently.
Long Yun staggered backwards three heavy steps, each step causing the ground to tremble.
The 990 watching geniuses and the 1,008 powerful Immortal beings all watched this scene in pleasant surprise.
“Unexpected, truly unexpected! Luo Feng has not only cultivated the Ten Thousand Thread Flow to the second level, his progress in the Law of Metal Origin is also astonishing! He can actually execute the Heaven-Piercing Form.” A group of Immortal beings marvelled. “This generation has not only produced the Death God Bolan, the most outstanding genius in ten million years, it has also produced several figures who would have been capable of taking first place in other generations.”
“Galesi, Luo Feng, Gusi Luo, Rong Jun and Long Yun. If they had been born in previous generations, they would all have been qualified to take first place. Even if they failed to take first, they would certainly have been among the top three.”
“This generation truly has an abundance of elites.”
In terms of Law comprehension, Luo Feng’s comprehension of the Law of Metal Origin was indeed greater than his comprehension of the Law of Space Origin. After all, Luo Feng had comprehended the Law of Metal Origin long ago, and in terms of difficulty, the Law of Space Origin was far more difficult than the Law of Metal Origin.
Ever since he entered the Nine-Line Flow.
By combining the Nine-Line Flow secret technique with his comprehension of the Law of Metal Origin, Luo Feng had managed to combine nine golden swords into one and execute the Heaven-Piercing Form. This was one of his trump cards, and he had never been in a hurry to use it. When he had broken through the sixth Trial Tower in the Trial Space, he had been facing ten thousand Blood-Haired Mammoths.
One against ten thousand, Luo Feng had felt that even his golden swords were not numerous enough. Naturally, using nine golden swords was more effective!
But against Long Yun, one against one, the Heaven-Piercing Form was naturally stronger!
“Excellent!” Long Yun’s eyes lit up, and he immediately charged forward in great strides.
“Hmm? He dissipated the force? His injuries are very light!” Luo Feng frowned. The power of the Heaven-Piercing Form was astonishing. If using the ordinary Sword Form at the Stellar level could only be described as invincible, then using the Heaven-Piercing Form could truly be called invincible. It could completely fight against a Golden Horned Beast of the same level, and might even suppress it, provided that the Golden Horned Beast was not the type that cultivated insanely.
Only in the ultimate battles of this Genius Battle could one encounter one or two opponents of this level.
Boom!
Long Yun leapt into the sky in one step. An earth-yellow wave of energy accompanied his giant axe as it enveloped Luo Feng, but Luo Feng had already transformed into nine phantom bodies and dodged away.
“Go!” Luo Feng gave a low shout as he dodged.
Whoosh!
The golden sword stabbed towards Long Yun once again!
“Boom!” It looked like an ordinary stab, yet it contained an incredible amount of power. Even after being heavily weakened by Long Yun’s domain, it still forced Long Yun backwards as he dissipated the force.
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!…
The golden sword stabbed again and again, while Long Yun remained like a tortoise, enduring the attacks one after another. He wanted to chase Luo Feng, but Luo Feng relied on the Dark Cloud Shuttle beneath his feet and dodged incredibly quickly.
One battle after another ended on the five arenas.
Bolan versus Rong Jun, Bolan won!
Qian Shui versus Aopatela, Qian Shui won!
Jiang Mo versus Ai Chen, Ai Chen won!
Lancelot versus Wuka, Wuka won!
Only Luo Feng and Long Yun remained on the final arena. Long Yun was like an armoured warrior with a tortoise shell, repeatedly enduring the Heaven-Piercing Form. Although the force of the attacks caused internal injuries, they remained within a tolerable range. At the same time, the attacks of the golden sword affected Long Yun’s speed, preventing him from instantly exploding with speed and catching up to Luo Feng!
A warrior’s explosive speed at close range was astonishing, enough to instantly approach and kill a controller.
Unfortunately, the Heaven-Piercing Form hindered Long Yun, leaving him helpless against Luo Feng!
And Luo Feng had even used a soul attack, yet he was also unable to do anything to Long Yun!
Neither of them could do anything to the other!
Time passed second by second. The arena space automatically began shrinking slowly. This ultimate arena battle could last for approximately ten minutes at most. In the end, the entire arena space would shrink to a diameter of one metre. This rule had been established to prevent controllers from immediately flying far away and continuously maintaining their distance.
“Damn!”
“Luo Feng is in serious trouble.”
“The arena space is getting smaller and smaller. It’s already only one kilometre in diameter. Luo Feng’s room to circle around is getting smaller as well, which is extremely disadvantageous for him.”
When the arena space had shrunk to a diameter of one hundred metres, Luo Feng could only smile bitterly.
One hundred metres?
At the ninth level of the Stellar level, one step could cover one hundred metres instantly. Most importantly, Long Yun’s domain maintained its maximum power within a radius of fifty metres. Its diameter was therefore exactly one hundred metres, completely filling the entire arena space!
In other words, no matter how Luo Feng flew or dodged, he was always within his opponent’s domain.
In terms of domain suppression, no one could surpass Long Yun. Even Bolan might be slightly inferior.
“Bang!” “Bang!” “Bang!” In the small space, Long Yun’s face flushed red as he crazily swung his giant axe. Under the suppression of his domain, Luo Feng was completely at a disadvantage. After holding on until the space diameter shrank to fifty metres, Luo Feng finally lost.
…
His defeat was somewhat unfair, but also not unfair.
It was unfair because if the arena space had not shrunk, Long Yun would never have had a chance to approach and kill him at close range.
It was not unfair because in terms of Law comprehension and the fusion and application of the laws, his opponent truly surpassed him!
The top five had been decided. They were Bolan, Qian Shui, Ai Chen, Wuka and Long Yun. Three men and two women.
“Excellent. The battle for the top five was indeed wonderful and full of surprises.” The cyan battle-robed, purple-scaled man smiled as he looked at the 1,000 young people. “Everyone, rest first. Soon, we will begin the round-robin battle for the top five. The rules are simple. Each of the top five will fight one battle against each of the other four. The winner receives one point. In the end, the first and second places will be determined according to the number of points.”
…
A moment later.
Luo Feng sat drinking tea, with Rong Jun sitting beside him. The two watched the battles taking place on the distant arenas.
“What a pity.” Rong Jun sighed. “You actually mastered the Heaven-Piercing Form. You definitely had the qualifications to challenge for second place.”
“If Long Yun has strong defence, then Rong Jun, you have strong offence! If you hadn’t encountered Bolan, you would also have had a chance to reach second place.” Luo Feng smiled.
The two looked at each other and smiled.
Both of them had firm convictions and clear plans. Luo Feng was determined to follow the path of a controller, while Rong Jun was determined to create his own secret technique. There were millions of paths, and what mattered was firmly choosing one’s own path. After all, any path could lead to the emergence of a supreme powerhouse. The real danger was hesitating for a while, then denying oneself.
In this Genius Battle, the two of them had both been somewhat unlucky.
One had encountered Bolan.
The other had ultimately lost because of the shrinking arena space.
It was over.
Both of them had stopped at the final stage and ultimately obtained a place in the top ten.
“Long Yun is truly strong.” Rong Jun sighed as he watched Long Yun defeat the Prince of the Manka Star.
“His domain fusion is stronger than yours, but his axe technique is inferior to your blade technique.” Luo Feng said, “Look, Qian Shui… she’s truly impressive. She won.”
“She’s the only controller among the five, but her attack power is obviously inferior to your Heaven-Piercing Form. If you went up against her, you could definitely defeat Qian Shui.” Rong Jun said.
While they were talking and watching the battles.
The round-robin battles among the top five proceeded one after another, and soon the final results were announced.
Bolan won all four battles, taking first place without dispute!
Long Yun won three and lost one, taking second place! His only defeat was against Bolan, whose sword technique was indeed far too fast and fierce.
…
Bolan entering the Primordial Secret Realm was universally acknowledged.
As for Long Yun entering the Primordial Secret Realm, quite a few people still had doubts. After all, Galesi, Luo Feng and Rong Jun were all at his level. However, if any one of Luo Feng, Galesi or Rong Jun had entered the Primordial Secret Realm, it would likewise have caused the other geniuses to remain doubtful.
It was the same principle. Before someone demonstrated an absolute advantage, it was difficult to convince everyone.
…
The 1,000 geniuses and 1,008 powerful Immortal beings all stood on the Central Square, listening to the cyan battle-robed, purple-scaled man speak.
“First and second.”
“Third to tenth.”
“Eleventh to one hundredth.”
“One hundred and first to one thousandth.”
“These four tiers have all been decided. Today, this generation’s Universe Human Race Peak Genius Selection Battle has come to a perfect end.” The cyan battle-robed, purple-scaled man smiled. “Your generation has been exceptionally outstanding. I believe that after several dozen or even hundreds of eras, many of you will become renowned throughout the entire universe.”
“Soon, someone will contact you and take you to the headquarters of my Virtual Universe Company, where you will gather before heading to the ‘Initial Universe’.”
“From now on, your paths will no longer be ordinary.”
“My Virtual Universe Company will do everything possible to assist you. As for whether you become a supreme existence renowned throughout the universe, an ordinary powerhouse, or fall halfway along the way, everything depends on yourselves. Work hard. Your path to becoming a powerhouse has only just begun!”
The voice of the cyan battle-robed, purple-scaled man echoed through the minds of every person.
This generation’s Genius Battle officially came to an end!