Three years have passed, and the time has come to March 2066 in the Swallowed Star world.

“Come on, little cousin, give your brother a smile!”

In the castle garden, Xu Zong held a candy in his hand and tempted a four-year-old child.

“Mom said not to be obsessed with toys.”

The four-year-old child replied innocently.

“You should work hard in your cultivation now so that you can become a respected strongman in the future!”

“Aunt, you’re raising your cousin too boringly.”

Xu Zong looked at Liu Wenqing beside him speechlessly.

Liu Wenqing rolled her eyes, thinking that Xu Zong’s son was very sensible at such a young age and would definitely have a bright future. On the other hand, Xu Zong’s cousin seemed to have no idea what he was doing all day and treated her son as a toy.

“Xiao Zong!”

Soon, Luo Feng’s figure appeared in the sky. He stepped on the escape shuttle and arrived above the castle.

“Let’s have a sparring session!”

“Luo Feng, it seems that you have made great progress recently!”

Xu Zong chuckled and flew up into the sky as well.

It had been a long time since they sparred.

“I guess so!”

Luo Feng’s face was filled with joy.

“I’m coming!”

As soon as he finished speaking, the escape shuttle under his feet flew out and transformed into dozens of flying knives, combining together to form a swimming fish that attacked Xu Zong as if it came to life!

Xu Zong remained calm and flipped his hand, revealing a pitch-black spear with a green tip. He thrust the spear towards the swordfish!

The collision caused the swordfish to suffer a huge impact and disintegrate like mechanical parts.

Luo Feng nodded secretly.

“No wonder it’s Xiao Zong. My seventh-level Star-level telekinesis with a telekinetic amplitude of 56 times was easily defeated by one spear. I wonder how much force he used. He’s really abnormal!”

“Be careful, I’m going to use my ultimate move!”

Knowing that other moves couldn’t defeat Xu Zong, Luo Feng shouted and took out a dark golden stick from his spatial ring.

Xu Zong’s gaze focused. A divine weapon?

Luo Feng stared with his eyes wide open, and his spiritual telekinesis surged out, blessing the dark golden stick. Nine small swords flew out from the stick and combined to form a golden illusionary sword. It flew towards Xu Zong at an incredible speed, sharp and unstoppable, as if it would easily defeat him if he wasn’t careful.

Facing this attack, Xu Zong released his domain without hesitation.

The nine-layered domain was released, and the surrounding air became extremely heavy. The tremendous wind pressure enveloped the surroundings, causing the speed of the golden illusionary sword to sharply decrease.

Taking advantage of this, Xu Zong raised the spear in his hand high and fiercely slashed towards the golden illusionary sword!

“Clang!”

A loud sound of metal clashing was heard. The momentum of the golden illusionary sword came to a halt, and the sword trembled incessantly. In the end, it fell apart like countless scattered parts and turned back into nine small swords.

“No way? Even the laws couldn’t be used, and my divine weapon’s first form was shattered?”

Luo Feng flew over in astonishment, unable to accept it.

“You must have just mastered this move, right?”

Xu Zong put away his spear, asking while looking understanding.

“Yes.”

Luo Feng nodded helplessly.

He bought this divine weapon at the Qianwu Auction four months ago, and he had just recently mastered the first form of the illusionary sword. He knew that he was still very unfamiliar with this move.

“But even so, it shouldn’t be impossible to force out your laws, right?”

“Come on, my domain has reached the ninth level.”

Xu Zong shrugged, speechless.

“And my physical strength has reached fifty times, and my cultivation has reached the sixth level of the Star-level. How many layers is your domain?”

“Uh, just four layers.”

Luo Feng scratched his head awkwardly.

His spiritual telekinesis was at the seventh level of the Star-level, and the telekinetic amplitude had just reached slightly over 50 times. He was already at a disadvantage, and the difference in the five-layer domain was even greater. It was normal for him to lose.

But just now, he had just mastered his ultimate move and was full of confidence, yet he couldn’t even force out Xu Zong’s laws. It was quite a blow to him.

“I told you earlier that you couldn’t win.”

Babata stood on tiptoe, looking at Luo Feng with a foolish expression.

“You’re only at the level of the top one thousand in the Qianwu Nation, while Xu Zong has been at this level for three years. It’s hard to say how strong he is now. Why did you come looking for trouble? If you want to defeat Xu Zong, you must bring out the sixth-level Universe-level Golden Horned Beast Avatar!”

“I know I can’t win, but I didn’t expect that I couldn’t even force out Xiao Zong’s laws.”

Luo Feng was very helpless. He thought that after possessing the Golden Horned Beast, he would definitely soar to the sky, but before he even left Earth, he was already beaten down by Xu Zong, who was several years younger than him.

“Hmm? Luo Feng, there’s an email from the Thunder God in the virtual universe!”

Babata suddenly exclaimed and said to Luo Feng.

On the other side, Xu Zong also received a reminder from Sui Ling.”Go to my castle.”

Xu Zong tilted his head and gestured to Luo Feng, flying towards the castle below.

Luo Feng followed suit, but for some reason, he kept looking around as if searching for something.

“It’s strange. Wasn’t there supposed to be a lot of slaves here?”

Luo Feng muttered unconsciously.

“They were disbanded a long time ago. Now there are only a few servants left.”

Xu Zong rolled his eyes. He didn’t expect Luo Feng to be this kind of person.

The slaves they bought on the Qiu Long Star were disbanded three years ago. He wanted to focus on cultivation and achieve a good ranking in the genius battle. Compared to pursuing a beauty, it was more worthwhile to focus on the future!

In no time, the two entered a room and logged into the virtual universe together.

Virtual Universe, Black Dragon Island, Nine Stars Bay.

“Third Young Master, Fourth Young Master, you finally came!”

The Thunder God had been waiting for a long time and hurriedly walked over.

Hong also followed beside him, looking unusually excited.

Listening carefully, the entire Nine Stars Bay was in a frenzy of excitement, with cheers and screams filling the air, as if a grand celebration was about to take place.

Xu Zong’s expression changed.

“What’s wrong, Second Brother? What’s the rush?”

Luo Feng couldn’t help but look curiously at the two. It was rare for Hong to show such obvious emotions.

“Look at that!”

The Thunder God couldn’t sit still and excitedly pointed to the sky.

A huge black floating announcement was hovering there.

“Universal Human – Peak Genius Battle! Once every ten thousand years, jointly organized by the Virtual Universe Company and all the Universal Nations, it is about to begin!”

“Are you a genius? Can’t find an opponent among your peers? Then come and participate in the ‘Peak Genius Battle’. There will be 1008 Universal Nations and countless geniuses battling!”

“For details, please use the virtual assistant to access the ‘Virtual Universe Network’ official website for inquiries!”

The characters on the floating announcement emitted a dazzling white light, with a length and width of over a million miles. Even the population of the entire Black Dragon Island, which was over a billion, could clearly see every word on it.

“The Universal Genius Battle has finally arrived!”

In the Nine Stars Bay, the four of them looked at each other and saw an endless fighting spirit in each other’s eyes!

They had been training for three years, all for the sake of standing out in this genius battle.

Whether it was the fierce battles with geniuses from the universe, or for the sake of Earth, or for their own future, they had all been waiting for a long time, wishing they could go out and conquer the world now!

As early as three years ago, they had already learned about the relevant information of the Universal Genius Battle.

Any star-level powerhouse could participate in this Universal Genius Battle, which was held twice every ten thousand years, once by the Virtual Universe Company and once by the Giant Axe Fighting Arena. So in fact, it was held once every five thousand years, but for the organizing party, the Virtual Universe Company, it was indeed once every ten thousand years.

The Universal Genius Battle organized by the Virtual Universe Company also had much better rewards than the one organized by the Giant Axe Fighting Arena. If one could break into the top one thousand of all Universal Nations, it would be even more incredible. The rewards obtained would be enough to make the Lords of the Universe jealous!

Being in the top one thousand would receive a monetary reward ranging from 10 million to 10 billion yuan, and they would also receive an initial universe comprehension quota. In the end, they might even be able to join the Virtual Universe Company and become its core members!

Ordinary Lords of the Universe only had a wealth of 10 million yuan, and 10 billion yuan could rival the immortals. As for the latter two rewards, the initial universe comprehension quota and becoming a core member of the Virtual Universe Company, they were far more precious than money!

“Quick, enter the website!”

The four of them entered the virtual universe network together. They didn’t even need to search for the words “Universal Genius Battle” on the homepage. After clicking on it, a large amount of rule information appeared, and the four of them glanced at it, finding no significant difference from what they already knew.

Scrolling down to the bottom, there was a bright red registration button.

Next to it, it displayed the number of people who had registered from the Qian Wu Universe Nation, followed by a long string of numbers.

“Four, eight, ten… over 2 billion people!”

The Thunder God exclaimed.

“It’s only been a few hours!”

The number of registrations was 2,098,341,746. In just a few seconds, the number automatically refreshed and jumped to 2.2 billion!

“How about it?”

The Thunder God turned his head to look at the three of them, his face filled with a menacing smile.

“No need to say anything!”

“Register!”

“We’ve been waiting for this!”

There was no need for further words. The four of them all clicked on the registration button.

“Beep, scanning complete. Star-level sixth-order warrior, registration successful!”

In no time, a screen appeared in front of Xu Zong, showing that he had completed the registration.

The entire Universal Genius Battle had a very long process, and just the registration alone would take over a month. The four of them quickly dispersed, wanting to do their best to improve themselves during this month.

In the chat group.

Swallowed Star Xu Zong: “The Universal Genius Battle is about to begin, @all Xu Zong!”

Wild Xu Zong: “Live broadcast, live broadcast!”Wind & Cloud Xu Zong: “Awesome!”

Martial World General Xu Zong: “Great fun is coming!”

In an instant, all Xu Zongs logged in, filled with anticipation.

Battle Through the Heavens Xu Zong: “I’ve been practicing Wanxian Liu and mental power for a long time, you can share it now!”

Swallowed Star Xu Zong: “Okay!”

(End of Chapter)