Devouring the Star: Age of Cataclysm

Chapter 265: Venerable Emperor Yu, Trial Space!

In the evening, the afterglow of the setting sun shines down, rendering the entire plane space blood red.

"What a beautiful sunset!"

In a corner of the square, Lin Ye and Luo Feng sat opposite each other, drinking Da Hong Pao, a drink unique to Earth.

The boiling water makes the tea fragrance more far-reaching and pure, and just one sip will leave you with an endless aftertaste.

Even though he has been traveling in the universe for decades and has seen countless rare treasures and all kinds of precious fruits, Lin Ye still likes the taste of his hometown the most.

"I didn't expect to see such a beautiful sunset in this virtual universe. It's really worth the trip!"

Luo Feng took a sip of tea, his face full of ease.

It was a rare chance for him to relax, so of course he would enjoy it.

suddenly.

Lin Ye and Luo Feng, who were drinking tea, were slightly stunned. A voice as deep and powerful as a bell rang in their minds at the same time - "Many geniuses from the 1008 Universe Country, gather at the central square immediately."

Immediately afterwards, an unnoticed spiritual force invaded the minds of these geniuses, and all of them except Lin Ye fell instantly.

"Hoo ho ho!!!"

At this moment, not only Luo Feng, but all the geniuses who were sitting stood up.

They were either running, flying, or controlling telekinetic weapons, and they were constantly gathering towards the center of the square from the restaurant, lounge, and building.

"How could this happen? Could this be the intrusion of the Lord's consciousness?"

Lin Ye was puzzled, and at this moment the Thousand Tribulations Pagoda in his mind emitted a hazy halo, which quietly wiped out the invading power of this Venerable, silently.

Then, he followed Luo Feng to the central square to gather without revealing any clues.

Contestants from 1008 cosmic countries, more than one million elite talents, rushed in like ants moving house.

In the blink of an eye, 1008000 geniuses gathered here, forming an ultra-giant team, standing neatly in the center of the square.

And then... everyone woke up as if from a dream.

"What's going on!?" Luo Feng's eyes regained clarity and he exclaimed in surprise.

"I was just eating, why did you suddenly come out?"

"You were just eating, I was taking a shower, luckily my little brother was helpful." An unknown genius in shorts cursed.

As each genius came to their senses, the entire phalanx was in shock.

Whether it was the Qianshui siblings, the God of Death Bolan, or the Prince of Manka Star... they all looked shocked.

At the same time, in front of the huge square formation stood 1008 immortal beings, who naturally exuded pressure. The combined terrifying pressure instantly silenced millions of geniuses, and no one dared to make a sound.

"Dear geniuses from many cosmic countries, welcome to participate in the top genius competition held by our Virtual Universe Company!" A voice as gentle as spring breeze reached everyone's ears.
All the geniuses looked in the direction of the voice, and saw two vague figures appear in front of the square formation that was originally empty.

They seem to blend in with the space.

One of them was stepping on colorful rays of light, like a god of war returning from ancient heaven.

His eyes were gentle, and the vertical crystal stone between his eyebrows, which looked like a third eye, flashed colorful light from time to time. The natural aura he exuded made thousands of immortals and millions of geniuses silent.

The other person was a young man wearing a green battle robe and with purple scales on his forehead.

These two people just stood there quietly, but gave people a feeling that they were not in the same dimension, a feeling of time and space confusion.

"The Venerable Emperor Yu and the Venerable Nine Swords."

Lin Ye's eyes swept across the two peak human powerhouses, and waves of thoughts surged in his mind.

These two people... are both good friends of his master, Venerable Fenchen, and friends for life and death.

As if they had noticed Lin Ye's gaze, Jiu Jian and Venerable Di Yu looked over at the same time and smiled at Lin Ye.

The three of them looked at each other, and everything was said without words.

“It seems that these two great beings also know my identity.” Lin Ye was shocked.

In addition to the 'Qianwu Order' sent by the Lord of Qianwu Country and some places in the Qianwu Secret Realm, Lin Ye has now been noticed by four high-level cosmic masters.

The pressure came instantly and completely covered him.

However, this pressure was fleeting and soon turned into internal motivation in his heart.

"Geniuses selected from 1008 cosmic countries, our Virtual Universe Company will select the strongest of you and recruit them as the core members of our company, so..."

The voice of the Venerable Emperor Yu suddenly rose, and he said directly: "Millions of you will compete for these 1,000 places. The rules are as follows:"

"..."

"..."

"There is no time limit. You can keep going in the seven-story trial tower in this trial space until you die and are kicked out of the trial space."

"The top 100 in points will be directly recruited as core members..."

"Those with a score of 101 to 7300 will go to the arena to fight for the remaining 900 spots. Those with a score of 7300 or higher will all be eliminated..."

"..."

The voice of the Venerable Emperor Yu was overwhelming and without any emotion.

But such a cruel rule shocked all the geniuses present.

In just the first round of the trial space, more than one million geniuses were eliminated! ?

"I won't say much about the rest. Just prepare yourself... Tomorrow morning, the trial space will be opened. I am looking forward to the thousand of you joining my Virtual Universe Company and becoming my capable subordinates in the future."

The loud and steady voice echoed throughout the entire square, like thunder, making the millions of talented and powerful people unable to help but get their blood boiling.

The Nine Swords Master and Emperor Yu looked at Lin Ye deeply and then disappeared from here.

"Let's go back and rest." x1008
Coincidentally, all the immortals present made sounds at the same time.

Lin Ye and others also walked towards Building 0825 in groups.

……

Early the next morning.

The geniuses in the 1008 buildings got up early, waiting for this brutal elimination match.

"Please prepare yourselves, geniuses. We will be teleporting you to your respective trial spaces soon."

A clear and joyful voice echoed throughout the entire plane space.

The elimination round will be held first, followed by the final battle in the ring.

This level of cruelty is even more heart-wrenching than the initial selection round for the top genius competition.

"Everyone, come on!"

"Come on!"

"Kill God, good luck!"

"Come on, madman!"

"**,come on!"

"..."

The geniuses are encouraging each other!
"Buzz!"

The next moment, a powerful energy instantly descended upon the entire plane of space, instantly teleporting away all the millions of young talents within it.

As for the immortal beings leading the team and the service personnel in the plane space, there was no impact at all.

……

This was a huge square meteorite that was hundreds of kilometers long and wide. Lin Ye appeared here with a "swish".

All around, there is a dense belt of broken stars, and the dotted light is obviously small stars.

"What a realistic trial space, it's worthy of being a virtual universe."

Lin Ye sighed secretly in his heart, and at the same time thought of the ancestor of the strongest human race who performed the secret method of "virtual universe", and a trace of loss flashed in his eyes.

If the original ancestor had not been suppressed for wanting to seize the original universe, the leader of the six top ethnic groups would have to be the human race.

But all this is just if... "This place is really similar to the trial tower created by Master."

Looking around, Lin Ye clearly saw seven giant trial towers built on this drifting meteorite.

The seven trial towers are located at different angles on several positions of this huge meteorite, and it looks like a spoon from a distance.

“I wonder if the trial tower here is the same as the trial tower in the virtual space.”

Lin Ye muttered in a low voice, and a raging fighting spirit burned in his body, piercing the sky.

Without any warning, a black wrist suddenly appeared on his right wrist, and his points and some numbered information were displayed on the screen.

[Contestant: Lin Ye]
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【Points: 0】

[Ranking: None]

[Trial space: 0666666]

Seeing this number, Lin Ye frowned slightly: "So I am number six!?"

Then he swept his eyes downwards and continued to browse the screen.

After the personal information is displayed, some scoring rules about the Trial Tower will appear.

Although Lin Ye had seen it in the original book, when it all really appeared before his eyes, it was a different feeling.

[Seven seven-story trial towers, the first one can get 10,000 points per floor, a total of 70,000 points; the second one can get 100,000 points per floor, a total of 700,000 points... The seventh trial tower can get 10 billion points per floor, a total of 70 billion]

[Note ①: Once you die, the trial ends]

【Note ②: No one has yet cleared all seven seven-story trial towers. Once you clear them, you will receive a mysterious reward.】

"Forget about the mysterious reward or something like that."

Although Lin Ye was extremely confident in his own abilities, the difficulty of clearing the seventh level was somewhat high.

In the original novel, even a powerful god like the God of Death, Boran, died on the first floor of the seventh trial tower.

[Additional rules: You can get the highest score by killing all the targets on one level, and then be transferred to the next level. If you fail to kill all the targets after ten days, you will also be transferred to the next level. The score is determined based on the record.]

"It's a very humane rule, but also very cruel."

After understanding all the rules, Lin Ye was full of expectations for the seven towers in this trial space.

……

Another plane of space.

Luo Feng had just finished reading all the rules and let out a deep breath: "What crazy Trial Tower rules."

"But...I like it."

At this moment, Luo Feng's madman nature was revealed.

Even though he had not taken over the body of the golden-horned beast, he had not been infected by the killing intent that came from deep in his blood.

Under Lin Ye's guidance, Luo Feng has become a man who is 'calm as the abyss, and as powerful as a landslide'.

"When all contestants have died, the trial will finally determine the ranking."

"This will take a long time, but I can also stay longer on each level of the Trial Tower to practice and improve myself, and prepare for the finals."

Looking up, Luo Feng shifted his gaze from the screen to the seven giant towers not far away: "This time, I must rush into the top rank, otherwise I will let myself down!"

"I feel even more sorry for my master, and for my family and friends who have high hopes for me."

His lips moved slightly, and familiar faces suddenly appeared in Luo Feng's mind: "I will do my best!"

"But it will take too long to break through these seven towers, so I will practice while fighting."

"If you don't make a sound, you'll be amazing!!"

Thinking of this, Luo Feng smiled.

His smile is so confident and comfortable, and he looks like he is bathed in sunshine, full of positive energy.

Putting away his smile, Luo Feng transformed into a stream of light and flew to the first trial tower with a "boom".

Looking at this giant trial tower that was about ten thousand meters high, Luo Fengchuan put on his own telekinetic weapon and battle suit, and stepped straight into it.

As soon as he entered the tower, a series of words appeared on the screen on his wrist - "The first tower, the first floor: Ten thousand ferocious beasts 'bloody mammoths'"

"You will get one point for killing each mammoth. Once all mammoths are killed or after ten days, you will be transferred to the next level."

Then, a ten-day countdown appeared on Luo Feng’s screen.

"In that case, let's fight!"

Luo Feng had a confident smile on his face and immediately started the battle.

……

In the central square of the virtual universe, one thousand and eight immortal beings sat randomly everywhere, watching the live broadcast of this knockout match.

This is different from the previous elimination rounds where each universe had one hundred world zones.

The one million geniuses who are now participating in this trial space are all real ones, and they have finally obtained the places after countless battles.

Therefore, the excitement level is far beyond the previous world zone knockout rounds.
"As expected of the God of Death, he has such a terrifying speed. He locked onto the first place right away. Looking at his posture, is he going to use his domain to kill people randomly right from the start?"

“Bolan is not bad either, following closely behind, trying to bite Lin Ye.”

"The two of them were chasing each other, it was so intense... but it seems that Lin Ye has a bigger advantage."

"Medusa, the contestants from your Qianwu Universe are very strong. Not only the God of Killing Lin Ye, but also the Savage Rong Jun's points and rankings are skyrocketing, and he is about to break into the top ten."

"Of course!" Queen Medusa nodded slightly and said proudly, "Don't you see which country's leader he is working for?"

Many immortals: "..."

"Click on Lin Ye's trial live broadcast." As Queen Medusa thought of this, the light screen in front of her suddenly changed.

A young man in a blood-red battle suit was strolling leisurely on the fifth floor of the first tower.

He almost didn't use his sword, and all the ferocious beasts 'Giant Eyed Demon Centipede' that approached him were killed.

Most of them had their bodies chopped off, leaving broken limbs and corpses all over the ground.

Even if there were ten thousand ferocious beasts that were powerful enough to make the powerful cosmic beings ashamed and rushed forward one after another, the only thing that would greet them in the end was death.

Looking at Lin Ye, who was so fierce and fierce that he relied on the sword intent field to kill directly to the fifth floor of the first trial tower, Queen Medusa's mouth curled up quietly -

"As expected of you, you are that man's disciple!!
"

This touch of charm was captured by the immortals around, and even those with a firm mind like these eternal beings could not help but be moved and deeply attracted by it.

"Lin Ye is still too conservative, and his killing speed is too slow."

Looking at the young man who was walking leisurely on the fifth floor but still killing monsters quickly, Medusa moved her red lips slightly, pretending to be a little resentful: "If you were faster, I would be happier!"

Upon hearing this, many immortals turned their heads and looked at Queen Medusa.

Can you drive on any broken road???
"...Look at the look in your eyes, you are thinking the wrong thing!"

Medusa glared at the immortals and added, "What I mean is... if Lin Ye kills faster, I can report the good news to the Lord."

Immortals: “…”

"Look, there's a little idiot here!!" An unknown immortal shouted, and many immortals shifted their gazes from Medusa to Luo Feng.

"This guy... actually treated the Trial Tower as a place to hone himself and improve himself. Really! He doesn't work hard at all!!"

A fat and big-eared pig-headed immortal cursed in frustration.

"This is also a way for a group of people to improve their practice. It is called making good use of the rules. I think this kid will achieve great success in the future."

An immortal stood up and refuted the former's words.

"Yes, what should they do when they enter this trial space? I believe these geniuses are not idiots and will definitely have the best choice."

"So now, let's just watch their performance carefully."

Once these words were spoken, many immortal gods agreed.

Gradually, the bustling central square began to quiet down...

(End of this chapter)