Early the next morning.
“Everyone, please be prepared. We will soon be conducting a collective teleportation, sending all participants to their respective trial spaces.”
In room 0001 of Building 0825, Xu Zong got up early.
After the crisp and sweet voice sounded, Xu Zong took a deep breath, patted his cheeks, and became serious.
In the next moment, an invisible force descended upon the entire dimensional space. In an instant, all 1,008,000 geniuses in this dimensional space were moved away, leaving only the immortal beings and the waiters in the restaurant unaffected.
Xu Zong felt a blur before his eyes. When he regained his senses, he found himself in a scene of a cosmic starry sky.
Tiny stars floated in the distant sky, and several diverse planets surrounded them. They formed a complete star system. The scene was so real that it was unimaginable, exactly the same as reality.
Under Xu Zong’s feet was a huge meteorite suspended in the cosmic starry sky. It was hundreds of kilometers long and had a shape similar to a rectangular prism.
On this drifting meteorite, seven trial towers were built.
These trial towers were incredibly huge, each one over ten kilometers tall and several kilometers wide. They stood there, taller than Mount Everest. Even an ordinary person couldn’t see the top.
The seven trial towers stood in seven different directions on this massive meteorite. From the outside, they looked like seven giant mountains standing there.
Xu Zong looked down at his wrist. Just like in the elimination round of the Qianwu Universe, there was a screen on his wrist displaying similar information.
Participant: Xu Zong (Qianwu Universe)
Points: 0
Ranking: None
Trial Space: Number 0000001
“Oh? Such face given.”
Xu Zong exclaimed in surprise when he saw the trial space number. Being directly assigned to the first trial space was quite good!
Xu Zong continued to read. The screen displayed the rules for earning points in this trial space.
“There are seven trial towers in the trial space, each with seven levels.”
“The first trial tower can earn a maximum of 10,000 points per level. Passing all seven levels can earn 70,000 points.”
“The second trial tower can earn a maximum of 100,000 points per level. Passing all seven levels can earn 700,000 points.”
And so on. The third trial tower can earn a maximum of 7 million points, the fourth trial tower can earn 70 million points, the fifth trial tower is 700 million points, the sixth trial tower is 7 billion points, and the seventh trial tower is 70 billion points!
The further back the trial tower, the higher the points.
Even if one were to pass the entire first trial tower, they would only earn a maximum of 70,000 points. But as long as they passed the first level of the second trial tower, they could immediately earn 100,000 points. Passing a whole trial tower without surpassing the first level of the next trial tower wouldn’t be as high!
This encouraged all participants to strive harder and rush towards the trial towers behind. After all, as long as someone was slightly stronger and progressed a bit further, they could overwhelmingly surpass others. This made all participants feel a strong sense of crisis. Under this sense of crisis, no one dared to be careless and would definitely give their all to pass the trials.
However, there was a stubborn sixth-ranked participant named Long Yun.
“Note: Once dead, the trial ends.”
“There are two specific methods to pass each level: First, kill all the targets in that level to earn the highest points and be directly transported to the next level. Second, if unable to kill all the targets, assuming one is still alive after ten days, they will also be directly transported to the next level to continue the trial.”
“When all participants have died, the trial ends and the final rankings are determined.”
“The ranking list is attached below.”
Xu Zong closed the screen and jumped up in place.
When all participants died, the trial would end, which meant that the virtual universe had no intention of letting the participants pass these seven trial towers. The difficulty would definitely increase progressively.
As for the second method of passing, it meant that each player could stay in each level for a maximum of ten days. They could stay in one trial tower for a maximum of seventy days, which would be a year for five towers.
There would definitely be many sixth-ranked participants who would maximize their stay time on each level, using the trial space to hone their understanding of the laws. In doing so, they might have a breakthrough at a critical moment.
Luo Feng was one of those people, and he wasn’t the only one!
“But I’ll pass on that.”
Xu Zong raised his head and looked at the trial tower closest to him. His figure turned into a series of afterimages as he quickly approached the first level of that trial tower.
At the entrance of the trial tower, which was marked with a large character, Xu Zong chose two long spears, a force battle suit, and some shields and javelins. He then rushed into the first level of the trial tower’s space.On the first floor of the Trial Tower, Xu Zong appeared and was immediately surrounded by a group of ferocious beasts. There were tens of thousands of Blood Hair Mammoths, trapping Xu Zong in the middle. Each of them had a bloodthirsty expression, instinctively pursuing the battle.
These ferocious beasts were different from demonic beasts and divine beasts. They had extremely low intelligence and only followed their instincts. They were like the monsters on Earth. Once they reached a higher level, they would gain intelligence and be called demonic beasts.
“The first floor, the first level: Ten thousand Blood Hair Mammoths.”
“For each Blood Hair Mammoth killed, one point will be obtained. Killing ten thousand Blood Hair Mammoths will give the highest score of ten thousand points for this level, and the player will be directly teleported to the second level.”
Surrounded by ten thousand Blood Hair Mammoths, Xu Zong’s expression remained unchanged. He held two fifth-grade spears in his hands, and two different rule fluctuations rippled around him.
A triumphant smile appeared on his face.
“Let’s see how far I can go!”
In a flash, his figure disappeared. Countless cries of the Blood Hair Mammoths resounded, and blood splattered like waves, dyeing the entire ground red.
…
In the virtual universe, on the central square, the 1008 immortals sat casually in various places. Screens were arranged in front of them, and the immortals were observing the progress of the seed players’ trials.
The elimination matches of this trial space would not be broadcasted live to the public. At most, the rankings would be made public. The final arena matches would be broadcasted.
However, as the immortal powerhouses leading the teams of various cosmic countries, they had the authority to view the progress of each participant’s trials.
“This Boran is ruthless. He rushed to the first place right away, creating a huge gap in points!”
“Indeed, he released hundreds of avatars in an instant. It’s not something a stellar-level kid can compare to.”
“Thirteen, the two from your Qianwu Cosmic Country are not bad either. One is ranked twelfth, and the other is ranked sixth, both in the top positions.”
The immortals conversed with each other, and familiar people congratulated the Scale Armor Giant. The Scale Armor Giant was in a good mood and smiled naturally.
However, he couldn’t help but feel a little strange in his heart. He directly opened the battle screens of those two people.
“The one ranked twelfth is indeed Rong Jun.”
The Scale Armor Giant nodded secretly. In that screen, Rong Jun directly released his second avatar and killed one Blood Hair Mammoth after another with his Earth Splitting Blade. It was like bullying chickens, with an extremely fast killing speed. Only those who could also release avatars or were spiritual Mind Teachers could surpass him in killing speed.
On another screen, Xu Zong held two guns and hunted down the monsters at an equally fast speed.
“Why isn’t Xu Zong using avatars?”
The Scale Armor Giant was slightly stunned. He was wondering what Xu Zong was planning, but suddenly widened his eyes.
“This… this vortex!”
In the footage, Xu Zong extended his left gun, and a gray vortex formed at the tip of the gun. Then, he extended his right gun, and a white vortex formed at the tip.
As soon as these two vortices appeared, they gathered a terrifying and irresistible attraction, drawing all the surrounding Blood Hair Mammoths towards them. Then, with an astonishing twisting force, they tore the Blood Hair Mammoths into pieces!
“It must be a secret technique!”
The Scale Armor Giant was greatly shocked.
“And these two vortices are clearly… clearly!”
Most of the immortals were focused on their own cosmic country’s participants. Although they were paying attention to Boran, they didn’t pay attention to Xu Zong. Only a few immortals gradually noticed something unusual and their expressions changed.
“Hahaha! Just as I expected, just as I expected!”
In the center of the square, the purple-robed man in front of the blue unicorn simultaneously opened two screens.
In one of the screens, a handsome young man in a white robe directly released hundreds of avatars and chased after the Blood Hair Mammoths. It didn’t look like he was surrounded by ten thousand ferocious beasts, but rather that he was the one surrounding these ten thousand ferocious beasts.
In the other screen, Xu Zong wore a black Force Battle Armor. The two guns in his hands were like divine needles stirring the sea. Every shot caused distortions in time and space, blooming gray and white vortices. The ferocious beasts had no resistance and were sucked into the vortices, torn into countless pieces!
The Nine Sword Venerable in the blue robe didn’t look at Boran. His eyes were completely focused on Xu Zong, and a look of confirmation appeared in his eyes. His face was filled with admiration.
“Space-time laws! This stellar-level kid really did comprehend the two superior laws of space and time early, just as those people said. Moreover, judging from the secret technique he displayed, his comprehension of the two laws of space and time must be evenly balanced. It’s hard to imagine that in this cosmic genius battle that I preside over, such a terrifying monster has appeared!”The Nine Swords Venerable laughed heartily, his words of praise flowing out incessantly. It was clear that he admired such a monstrous talent from the bottom of his heart!
The immortals on the square saw the Nine Swords Venerable’s ecstatic expression and thought that Berlan had made a breakthrough. Hearing the words of the Nine Swords Venerable, the immortals were even more shocked and hurriedly turned their attention to Berlan’s challenge screen, but they didn’t see any new and extraordinary scene.
“It’s not Berlan, it’s this one called Xu Zong!”
The immortal who was friendly with the Scale Armored Giant spoke urgently to the others.
“The one called Xu Zong?”
“Isn’t he only capable of creating dozens of phantom bodies?”
The immortals were full of doubts and quickly clicked into Xu Zong’s challenge screen.
They observed carefully for a while and saw Xu Zong with a grey vortex in one hand and a white vortex in the other, each of them widened their eyes.
“Simultaneous cultivation of time and space! It’s really simultaneous cultivation of time and space!”
“And his understanding of the two superior laws is obviously very deep!”
“Monstrous talent, this is the real monstrous talent! Berlan is nothing compared to him!”
(End of the chapter)