The Original Area was an exclusive training ground belonging to Rong Jun. It was a simulated bustling cosmic city.
On the rooftop of a skyscraper.
“I have been in Chaos City for more than ten years.” Rong Jun stood barefoot on the top of the skyscraper, his hair messy, the Earth Splitting Blade in his hand, looking down at the city below. This was a city he was very familiar with, a city filled with beautiful memories. “Father, Father…”
Rong Jun murmured softly.
“How long?”
“How much longer before I can become an Immortal? How much longer before I can restore the Tu Man name? How much longer before I can kill that bastard?” Rong Jun whispered. “Father, I am suffering. I have so much pain suppressed in my heart.” There were faint tears in his eyes.
“Endure!”
“I will endure. In Virtual Universe Company, I will definitely become the most outstanding among my peers. Right now, I am weaker than Bolan, but in fifty years, a hundred years, a thousand years, I will definitely surpass him! Until one day, I possess the strength to kill that bastard with my own hands. I will go to his Imperial Capital Star, break into his Divine Kingdom, destroy everything he has, and make him regret everything before death!”
His fists were clenched, tears welling up in his eyes.
This hatred was completely carved into his soul. Every once in a while, he could not help but release it.
“Boom!”
Rong Jun waved his hand, and the entire simulated scene instantly disappeared, returning to the vast and enormous training ground whose end could not be seen. This training ground was hundreds of kilometres long and wide, far larger than Luo Feng’s training ground!
“My teacher demonstrated the first axe to me. As long as I pass the third level of the Heavenly Bridge, I will at least be able to attend lessons under other seniors who comprehend the Giant Axe Chaos Stele. My rate of progress will definitely increase.” Rong Jun thought to himself. “With my strength, I should be able to pass the third level of the Heavenly Bridge within the next one or two years.”
“Right now, I have only one goal, surpass Bolan!” Rong Jun thought to himself.
As for everyone else, they were no longer a threat. After all, Rong Jun had passed the second level in his fourth year in Chaos City. This speed was far beyond that of the others.
“Beep!”
“Hmm?” Rong Jun looked down suspiciously at the screen on his arm. A new email had appeared on the screen, making him somewhat puzzled. “Oh, it is an email from Supervisor Bafen. Has someone broken through again? The others passed the second level later than me, and the third level is much harder than the second. It is impossible for them to pass before me. Could it be Bolan? But Bolan only passed the fourth level half a year ago. The further one goes, the difficulty rises in a geometric curve. He will need at least ten years before he has a chance of breaking through the fifth level.”
Still puzzled, Rong Jun shouted, “Open.”
The email automatically unfolded.
“Luo Feng, making his first attempt at the Heavenly Bridge in nearly ten years, has just consecutively passed the second and third levels. He is now challenging the fourth level.”
Rong Jun’s eyes immediately widened.
Good heavens!
“The, the, the third level has already been passed?” Rong Jun could not believe it. “I passed the first and second levels faster than him, and he even has further guidance from my teacher. How could this be…”
“Madman, madman…” Rong Jun’s widened eyes were filled with shock.
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The Heaven Area.
In the garden of one of the villas, Galax appeared out of thin air, shrouded in a black robe.
“There is actually an email?” Galax pointed a finger into the air before him. A screen appeared, with an email displayed on it. He gently tapped it, opening it.
The email was very simple.
“Luo Feng, making his first attempt at the Heavenly Bridge in nearly ten years, has just consecutively passed the second and third levels. He is now challenging the fourth level.”
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“How is this possible?” In a villa beside Galax, the fat giant ‘Tao’ stared angrily at the screen before him and growled, “Madman, that madman. He, he actually made his first attempt at the Heavenly Bridge in nearly ten years and passed the second and third levels in one go. Madman, he really is a madman!”
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“Impossible!”
A handsome man with long green hair and secret patterns on his face, the Primal Secret Region member ‘Jiang Mo’, stared at the screen in horror. “I have not even passed the second level. He, he has actually passed the third level?”
…
Before Luo Feng’s sudden outburst, among this batch of geniuses, Bolan had passed the fourth level, while Rong Jun and six others had passed the second level. Everyone else had only passed the first level.
One had to know that among the seven people who had passed the second level, Long Yun was from the Original Secret Region, while ‘Tao’, ‘Galax’, and ‘Gusro’ were from the Heaven Area. Only Rong Jun, Qian Shui, and Wuka were from the Primal Secret Region.
In other words, the other people who had originally entered the Primal Secret Region, such as ‘Jiang Mo’, ‘Lancelot’, and ‘Ai Chen’, had still only passed the first level.
“Impossible!”
“How did this madman improve so much?”
“There are nearly a hundred of us in the Heaven Area. The gap between us and this madman was not this large. How did this happen?”
While the news of Luo Feng’s sudden outburst left the geniuses, who had been secretly competing and striving constantly, completely stunned, Luo Feng had already begun his battle on the fourth level of the Heavenly Bridge.
Grey winds howled, covering the surface of the Heavenly Bridge.
Luo Feng stood on the bridge, his eyes beneath his battle helmet gazing towards a tornado at the end of the bridge. A voice came from within the tornado.
“Choose your opponent. Warrior, Controller, or Illusionist. Choose any one. Once you defeat it, you can begin challenging the fifth level.”
“Controller.” Luo Feng answered directly.
Boom!
A figure suddenly flew out from the centre of the tornado. He wore silver white battle armour and white battle boots, stood on the Dark Cloud Shuttle, and carried a dark golden long staff on his back. His eyes beneath the silver white mask gazed at Luo Feng from afar.
“According to the descriptions in ‘Floating Blood’, the difficulty keeps soaring as one goes further, and the increase becomes more and more exaggerated.” Luo Feng thought to himself. “I wonder how strong this fourth level really is.”
Because ‘Floating Blood’ contained some simple descriptions regarding the Heavenly Bridge, Luo Feng had a rough idea of what to expect. He had been fairly confident when challenging the third level, but as for the fourth level, he had not the slightest confidence.
But even without confidence, he still had to give it a try!
“Silver-clothed man, I hope you will use your strongest strength.” Luo Feng shouted.
“Strongest?” The silver-clothed man stood on the Dark Cloud Shuttle, his voice low. “I only know one move. If you can block it, I lose.”
“You only know one move?” Luo Feng was stunned.
“Take this!”
The silver-clothed man pointed towards Luo Feng from afar. At the same time, the dark golden long staff on his back shot out countless densely packed golden swords.
Yes, they were practically packed together.
A huge number of golden swords floated directly before the silver-clothed man, while golden threads containing the power of laws continuously floated and connected them.
“1,600 golden swords.” Luo Feng swept his gaze across them and quickly determined the exact number.
Luo Feng’s soul consciousness had reached a level that perhaps was still inferior to that of an intelligent lifeform, but it was at least far beyond the computers of Earth’s past.
“The Yan Shen Weapon has a total of 10,081 small swords. The ninth level of the Yan Shen Weapon is to use all the small swords to form the most terrifying attack.” Luo Feng thought to himself. “He is using 1,600 small swords, so this should be the fourth level of the Yan Shen Weapon.”
The third level of the Yan Shen Weapon, the ‘Heavenly Sword Form’, consisted of nine golden swords floating in the air. Each golden sword was formed from 81 small swords, so the third level of the Yan Shen Weapon used a total of 729 golden small swords.
The fourth level of the Yan Shen Weapon, ‘Great Skill Appears Simple’, required 1,600 small swords to be combined into a thick golden pillar nearly ten metres tall, resembling a massive pillar supporting a grand hall. To use the fourth level, ‘Great Skill Appears Simple’, at the first level of the Universe Grade was absolutely enough to make one a formidable force across the universe, with very few opponents capable of matching them.
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Before the silver-clothed man, the 1,600 golden small swords were separated from one another by faint gaps. Countless complex golden threads intertwined between them, while complicated patterns formed across the surface of the entire golden pillar, making it resemble a totem pillar.
The fourth level of the Yan Shen Weapon, Great Skill Appears Simple!
“This… no wonder he only has one move.” Luo Feng’s eyes widened. “The fourth level is actually this difficult. To form a totem pillar, the requirements for comprehending space and metal laws are extremely high. It is practically integrating the entire Sword Domain into that totem golden pillar. With just a casual strike, it possesses unbelievably terrifying power.”
The totem golden pillar had enormous power.
Once formed, a casual strike could shatter a huge mountain, while a strike against the sea could create a tsunami.
“Take this!” The silver-clothed man shouted.
“I want to see just how powerful this move really is!” Luo Feng stood on the Dark Cloud Shuttle and executed the Hundred Thread Flow movement technique. His movements were already as elusive as a ghost. While dodging, he rapidly controlled and executed the Heavenly Sword Form, ‘Nine Swords United as One’.
The golden giant sword instantly traced a curve through the air and stabbed directly towards the silver-clothed man.
Having glimpsed the essence of the laws of space, Luo Feng’s attacks were extremely fast.
Earlier, when he had used the Ghost Shadow Seven Ultimate Blade, ‘Epiphyllum’, to challenge the second level, his opponent on the second level had only been able to frantically circle two battle blades around his body to defend himself, finally managing to collide with Luo Feng’s battle blade by sheer luck. But immediately afterwards, Luo Feng had made a seemingly simple stabbing attack that was so fast his opponent could not react in time.
When challenging the third level, he had been similarly outrageously fast. Combined with his advantage in consciousness strength, he had overwhelmed his opponent.
“Rumble~~~”
The enormous totem golden pillar rolled directly towards him.
The surrounding space was faintly being compressed. At this moment, as the totem golden pillar rolled forward, it seemed as though it was crushing the space itself.
“Bang!”
The totem golden pillar was simply too large. With just a slight roll, it crossed a huge distance through space and collided with Luo Feng’s golden giant sword. With a bang, the golden giant sword was smashed apart and dispersed, breaking down into nine golden swords.
“Whoosh~~~”
The totem golden pillar swept through the air.
The pressure it exerted on space affected even Luo Feng’s movement technique. “Too fast!”
Luo Feng could not dodge at all, and the totem golden pillar directly slammed into his body.
His challenge of the fourth level had failed!
On the Heavenly Bridge plane, at the centre of the island.
True Yan King, Longyu King, and Tong Nan King were all watching the floating screen before them. Although the battle description seemed lengthy, in reality, the battle had ended in just a few seconds.
“It is perfectly normal for him to lose.” True Yan King nodded.
“Mm.” Tong Nan King also commented, “The Yan Shen Weapon has nine levels, which can be divided into three stages. The first to third levels, the fourth to sixth levels, and the seventh to ninth levels. The third level is at least still within the first stage, while the fourth level clearly represents a tremendous leap in power. It is perfectly normal for him to lose.”
“He has only trained in Chaos City for ten years, so we cannot demand too much from him.” Longyu King smiled. “In just ten years, he has glimpsed a trace of the essence of the laws of space, and his consciousness strength is also this powerful. This is an unexpected gain. Luo Feng is the unexpected gain I discovered during this trip. He is stronger than that Rong Jun!”
“In my opinion, he might even surpass Bolan in the future.” True Yan King said directly.
“Haha.”
“It is still far too early. Do not get too pleased with yourself. Bolan had too great a lead from the beginning.”
Tong Nan King and Longyu King both laughed.
“Regardless, I am very optimistic about him.” True Yan King said.
Just at this moment…
At the centre of the island, a figure, ‘Rong Jun’, appeared. Immediately afterwards, the fat giant ‘Tao’, Wuka, and one person after another appeared in succession.