Traveling through the heavens from swallowing

Chapter 381: Huge reward increase, tough virtual universe company, top ten revealed, unexpected opponent assignment!
1000 genius elites gathered together. Many geniuses who were considered to be in the top ten or twenty, or who thought they could be at the forefront, were watching the others.

"congratulations!"

The ethereal voice entered the minds of 1000 people, and everyone found that the Nine Swords Master appeared in front of them.

"You are the best 1008 people in this genius battle among the 1000 universe nations of the entire human race in the universe. Our Virtual Universe Company will also do our best to train you. If anyone doesn't want to join the Virtual Universe Company, you can say so now."

Silence, no one said a word.

The Nine Swords Master nodded with satisfaction, "Very good!"

“However, you should understand that competition is ever-present in the universe. There is competition everywhere. It is impossible for you 1000 people to receive the same treatment and the same training resources. Even my Virtual Universe Company dare not waste precious resources like this.” The Nine Swords Master smiled.

"I'll make an announcement."

"Among the 1000 of you, the 101th - the 1000th one will receive a bonus of 100 Hunyuan units, can enter the initial universe for enlightenment, and can join the core 'apocalyptic secret realm' of my virtual universe company."

"The 11th to 100th place will receive a bonus of 1000 Hunyuan units, can enter the initial universe for enlightenment, and can join the core 'Secret Realm of Heaven and Earth' of our virtual universe company."

"The 3th to 10th place will receive a bonus of 10000 Hunyuan units, can enter the initial universe for enlightenment, and can join the core of my virtual universe company, the 'Secret Realm of the Absolute Beginning'."

"The first and second place will receive a bonus of 1 Hunyuan units, can enter the initial universe for enlightenment, and can join the core 'original secret realm' of my virtual universe company."

At this point, the Nine Swords Master paused and said with a smile: "This is the original rule."

The geniuses were delighted at first, and then shocked. What did the original rule mean? Would our rewards be cut if we didn’t perform well?

It didn't take long for everyone to worry, as the Nine Swords Master immediately explained why it was like that.

"Your performance this year is truly amazing. Players who were able to win first place in the talent contest in previous years can only rank in the top 100 in your class."

"If we continue to give out only 1 or 2 original secret realm places as usual, it will be unfair to many of you."

"My Virtual Universe Company holds the Genius Competition to put resources in the hands of talented people and maximize benefits. Since you are geniuses, you should be treated like geniuses of the same level."

In countless previous genius competitions, there were very few people who could make it to the sixth trial tower, and there might not be just one in every session.

The results of this session were so good that it alarmed the Lord of Chaos City. Nearly 70 people made it to the sixth trial tower, and most of them were peerless geniuses who had made it through the first two levels.

There were even two people who completely passed the seventh trial tower, which was simply the most terrifying result since humans held the Genius War.

For this reason, the Lord of Chaos City issued an order for special measures to be taken, not only increasing the overall reward by 10 times again, but also increasing the number of places in the original secret realm to 5.

"According to the new regulations, the 1st to 5th place winners of your class will enter the Primordial Secret Realm, the 6th to 75th place winners will enter the Primordial Secret Realm, the 76th to 300th place winners will enter the Heaven and Earth Secret Realm, and the 301st to 1000th place winners will enter the End of the World Secret Realm. The bonuses for people at the corresponding secret realm levels will be increased tenfold on the original basis. All people will have the opportunity to enter the Initial Universe for enlightenment."

"This is an exception made by my Virtual Universe Company for you this year. You must remember the company's cultivation of you and become the pillars of our human race."

The Nine Swords Master was in high spirits, looking at the elite geniuses with cold eyes.

"Yes, Your Majesty!"

Everyone did not dare to delay and responded in unison.

But then, everyone began to have doubts again. What exactly do the four secret realms, "Secret Realm of the End of the World", "Secret Realm of Heaven and Earth", "Secret Realm of the Beginning of the World" and "Secret Realm of the Original World" mean? Why don't they explain it?
Although it is obvious that the original secret realm is the best and the primordial secret realm is the second, I have no idea what their specific uses are!

However, after Lord Nine Swords announced that they would compete for the final ranking tomorrow, he left without any intention of explaining.

It seems that I can only experience it myself later.
boom!
After the Nine Swords Master left, the 1008 powerful immortals started talking.

"The original secret realm actually accepted 5 people this time!"

"Never seen before, never seen before!"

"That's normal. This year's genius is unprecedented. In fact, I think there are too few places for the Primordial Secret Realm. There are 3 people who have passed the third floor of the sixth trial tower. In previous years, this number would definitely be the first to enter the Primordial Secret Realm."

"Alas, there is nothing we can do about it. The Primordial Secret Realm can only accommodate a limited number of people, and the corresponding configuration is extremely expensive. It is already a great honor to be able to offer five places."

"Indeed, it's rare for Virtual Universe Company to be so generous."

"There are five places in the original secret realm. Besides Mercer and Tia, who do you think the other three will be?"

"There's nothing to guess. Luo Feng and Bo Lan who made it to the seventh trial tower must be in there. As for the remaining one, I think it's that Ayi. With her control, if the last level of the trial tower wasn't a Zerg hive, she would have been able to make it to the seventh trial tower. In the arena to decide the winner, there won't be a Zerg hive that can keep producing soldiers to drag her to death."

Ai is a member of the Wind Spirit Clan who came together to participate in the genius battle this time. During the melee in the Qianwu preliminaries arena, she directly controlled the other 99 people with the Water Field at the beginning of the battle and kept them under control until the melee time was up.

Her lethality is indeed not enough. When fighting against a strong enemy, she often needs to buy time and use secret techniques to completely saturate the opponent before she can kill with one strike.

This is very scary for most people, because it can make the opponent feel the approach of death step by step, while they themselves are completely unable to break free from the restraints.

But this is not the case for the Zerg hive.

The mother nest of the Trial Tower produces a batch of Zerg warriors every 20 minutes, at least several thousand each time. Ai was unable to destroy the mother nest with enough lethality in the first place, and was dragged into a protracted war.

No matter how strong Ai is, he is still at the star level. Facing a group of Zerg warriors that arrive every 20 minutes, he can never delay as much as the mother nest with infinite energy in the trial tower.

Finally, hundreds of thousands of Zerg warriors were beyond her control and were swept away in a wave, falling on the last floor of the sixth trial tower.

However, her strength is obvious to all. Except for Mercer and Tia, no one in this session can hurt her in a one-on-one fight. Once the ring battle begins, she is basically invincible.

There were also immortals who refuted: "I think Caiyun has a better chance than Ayi. Her illusion skills are simply terrifying, not at all like those of a stellar level. She could kill tens of thousands of nine-headed pythons with a single glare. If it weren't for the fact that the third level is made up of metal life forms, the Tuo Luo warriors are not susceptible to soul attacks, she might have been able to make it to the third level of the seventh seat!"

"There is no special race in the ring that is not susceptible to soul attacks. I think even Mercer and Tia will be defeated if they are not careful when facing her!"

Caiyun was also one of the participants from the Fengling tribe. During the melee in the Qianwu preliminary arena, she made everyone else get caught up in the melee and ignore her with just one glance. Even the audience who were just watching the game through the screen were affected. Her illusion ability was extremely powerful.

All members of the Wind Spirit Clan have completed the perfect enhancement of the Underworld Holy Fruit and the Earth Soul Fruit, and Caiyun is no exception.

The improvement of comprehension will passively drive the improvement of will. For the Wind Spirit Clan that has completed two perfect enhancements, the willpower is no lower than that of the Realm Lord.

Caiyun is one of the few masters of the Fengling tribe who is proficient in illusion and soul attack. With the help of a strong will, his illusion ability is amazing.

Galesi, a "phantom demon" from the same generation of the Howling God Clan, has illusion abilities far inferior to Caiyun's.

Just as the team leaders were discussing who the five original secret realm members were, the team of geniuses who were watching the rules of the decisive battle suddenly became excited.

The reason is simple, because 700 people were not even qualified for the final battle and were defaulted to 301 to 1000th place.

The rules of the decisive battle are:
Based on the performance in the trial space and the three rounds of elimination battles, the virtual universe system directly selected the best 300 people. The list is as follows.

These 300 people will fight in pairs to decide the top 150, and then fight in pairs again to decide the top 75.

In this way, the rankings from 76 to 300 are determined.

Afterwards, the virtual universe directly selected 75 people from the top 10 to fight against each other to determine the top five.

这样，1到5，6到75，76到300，301到1000就都有了。

The reason why the geniuses were so excited was that according to such rules, as many as 700 people would not even have the chance to enter the finals.

How can these proud geniuses accept that who is eligible to participate in the final battle is decided entirely based on the judgment of the virtual universe system?
"How could this be?"

"You don't even give us the qualifications for a decisive battle?"

"unacceptable!"

"This, this is too much trust in the virtual universe system!"

"Virtual Universe Company! I don't accept it!"

"It's not fair! It's not fair!" someone nearby also shouted.

"That's not fair!"

"If we really fight, the loser will be eliminated. This is fair. Otherwise we won't accept it!" Hundreds of young people from many cosmic countries shouted at once.

There is no doubt that they are not among the 300 people who can fight in the final.

Except for the 300 people on the list, most of the other 700 people were not convinced.

Looking at the genius who was making a fuss just like in the original novel, Liu Mang shook his head.

This was so easy to incite. He just gave a little guidance and so many people started shouting.

This shows that they totally disregard the Virtual Universe Company!
But this is normal. Most of the people who truly understand the strength of the Virtual Universe Company come from big forces and are basically on the list.

Those who are not on the 700 list have no way to learn about the strength and status of the Virtual Universe Company. Apart from knowing that it is one of the five major forces of the human race, they know nothing about it.

Perhaps, they thought that immortality was the highest realm for practitioners in the universe.

Which of them, without the endowment of immortality, could endure such an injustice?

However, no matter how unconvinced they were, facing the pressure from the 1008 immortals whose faces changed wildly, those who refused to accept still fell to their knees one by one.

But even if they knelt on the ground, some people still refused to accept.

At this moment, a magnificent and ethereal voice sounded:

"If you have any objection to the duel rules of the Virtual Universe system, you can choose not to join our Virtual Universe Company. Our Virtual Universe Company will not force anyone to participate."

The sound echoed between heaven and earth, but it made the faces of the 700 geniuses lying on the ground change.

They were caught off guard by the toughness of the Virtual Universe Company.

If you don't agree, you can quit. No one forces you to join. The virtual universe company is recruiting workers. Can they be morally blackmailed by you?

“How stupid!” Among the 1008 immortals, a powerful immortal with long black hair looked at the 800 people kneeling and said coldly, “The decision on the decisive battle rules made by the top management of the Virtual Universe Company, can you guys just change it? How self-righteous!”

The other immortals also spoke up:
"I don't know how high the sky is!"

"Little guys, remember this! You may all be top geniuses in your respective universes, but in the Virtual Universe Company, the Virtual Universe Company holds a battle for 'stellar-level' geniuses every ten thousand years, and also holds a battle for 'universe-level' strongmen. In the Virtual Universe Company, there are countless geniuses and strongmen. You'd better keep a low profile!"

"It is a big taboo to go against the decision of the highest level!"

"You guys did something that I didn't even dare to do. Who do you think you are?"

"If it was Mercer or Tia who gave their opinions, they would be taken seriously by the top management. But you? You are just ordinary geniuses in the secret realm of the apocalypse. What do you count for?"

1008 immortals, it is clear that each of these geniuses is indeed extremely gifted.

But most geniuses are arrogant and have bad tempers, and the road to the top is extremely difficult.

It is easy to fail if you always have this kind of arrogance, so it is good to hit these geniuses hard.

They would basically experience this kind of scene once in every genius battle, but they were not really angry, their main purpose was to give these geniuses a warning.
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Lobby on the first floor of Building No. 0825.

Many people were sitting on chairs chatting, including Luo Feng, Hong, Lei Shen, Tia, Ayi, Rong Jun, Jia Yi and others.

"I was a little proud before, but after seeing what happened just now, I understand that in the eyes of the Virtual Universe Company, we are just one of the batches of 'seeds' they have absorbed." Luo Feng shook his head and smiled, "There are many, many talented people accumulated in the Virtual Universe Company."

"The status is different, so of course their words have different effects!" Savage Rong Jun said in a low voice, "The four secret realms are the different levels of the core members of the giant Virtual Universe Company. Didn't you hear Immortal say that if Mercer and Tia give their opinions, they might be taken seriously?"

Tia nodded immediately: "Okay, then I'll go and pick it up!" Luo Feng, Rong Jun and others pulled Tia with cold sweat on their faces, speechless about the elder sister's straightforwardness.

We are the vested interests, what suggestions do you have?
Everyone continued chatting.

"There are very few places in the original secret realm." Savage Rong Jun said, "The entire virtual universe company is such a huge force, but it is said that there are only a hundred masters in the original secret realm!"

"One hundred?" Luo Feng and others were shocked. Even Tia and others who had not been introduced by Liu Mang in advance were quite shocked.

Realm Lords have a long lifespan. Even the Qianwu Universe Kingdom has more than one million Realm Lords. And the Virtual Universe Company, which is hundreds of times more powerful, how many Realm Lords are there?

There are only a hundred realm masters who have entered the "original secret realm"!

"So, you should understand how special it is that the Original Secret Realm can absorb five members this time." The wild young man said, "The Original Secret Realm is the 'core' of the core layer of the virtual universe company. For example, Tia, even though she is only at the stellar cosmic level, her status is extremely high. Even the emperor of the Black Dragon Mountain Empire in your hometown cannot catch up with her."

Aiyi immediately refused to accept the offer: "What do you mean? My princess' status was much higher than Anyun's to begin with. After becoming a member of the Original Secret Realm, her status didn't rise. I don't accept this!"

The emperor of the Black Dragon Mountain Empire is now called An Yun, and this is something that is known to the entire universe after the end of the Genius War.

Rong Jun broke out in a cold sweat. Was he giving a bad example?
Luo Feng asked curiously: "I've always heard that you are a princess, Tia. Where are you from? Your status is higher than that of the emperor of the Black Dragon Mountain Empire. Aren't we all from the Black Dragon Mountain Empire?"

"From the Wind Spirit Tribe." Tia answered nonchalantly.

"The Wind Spirit Clan, are they some kind of hidden clan that can be compared to a high-level cosmic country?" Thor asked curiously.

Otherwise, it cannot be explained why Tia’s status is higher than that of Emperor Anyun of the Black Dragon Mountain Empire.

The Black Dragon Mountain Empire here is not the one in the original novel. As the headquarters of the Black Cloud Society, which has the reputation of being the first chamber of commerce of the human race, the Black Dragon Mountain Empire has 8000 registered immortals, and its strength is only second to that of the advanced universe country.

If Tia didn't have a father who was the emperor of a higher universe country, how could she be in a higher position than Dark Cloud?

However, the truth is always beyond everyone's expectations.

"The Wind Spirit Clan is not some hidden clan, nor is it comparable to a high-level cosmic country. It's just that Dark Cloud will belong to the same Fengyun Group as our Wind Spirit Clan. Within the group, Dark Cloud's status is not as high as mine." Tia said lightly.

Fengyun Group?!
Luo Feng and others heard this name for the first time, but after careful consideration, they also knew what this Fengyun Group was.

The Fengling Clan and the Heiyun Society each took one character from their names. Obviously, the Fengyun Group is a joint force of the Fengling Clan and the Heiyun Society.

The wind is in front and the clouds are behind. It is obvious that the Wind Spirit Clan has the advantage in the group.

Everyone was amazed and said that you are not a hidden clan. Your clan’s power exceeds that of the Black Cloud Society. How come you are not as powerful as the Advanced Universe Country?

As expected, we were in Versailles just now!
However, Tia knows her own business. If it weren't for Liu Mang, the Wind Spirit Clan would never be able to catch up with the Black Cloud Society.

Most of the 8000 immortals in the Black Cloud Society were realm masters who broke through to the immortal realm after being enslaved by Liu Mang and then given the Underworld Saint Fruit and the Earth Soul Fruit. Only a small number of them came to join the Black Cloud Society because they saw how powerful and wealthy the Society was.

Excluding Liu Mang and his soul slaves, the Wind Spirit Clan is still far inferior to the Black Cloud Society's original strength.

However, Liu Mang is a member of the Fengling tribe, while the Black Cloud Club is just a slave.

As the princess of the Fengling tribe and Liu Mang's sister, Tia is second only to one person in the Fengyun Group.

Before Luo Feng and the others had time to envy Tia's birth, Ayi on the side started to talk about how miserable the Wind Spirit Clan was in the past and how Tia had to compromise.

Luo Feng and the others were shocked. Even the Wind Spirit Clan, which seemed to be a behemoth now, had they ever had such an unbearable experience?

Is it a good thing or a bad thing for the Earth to enter the universe? Do we have the ability to protect our home?

The strong men of the Earth lineage couldn't help but become worried.

Rong Jun looked at the people who were chatting with sadness, scratched his head, and decided to shock everyone with some cruel news.

"Do you know that the members of the Primordial Secret Realm have a special guard team?" said the Savage Rong Jun. "The leader of the guard team is immortal. There will be ten realm masters and a hundred domain masters in the guard team."

No matter how calm Luo Feng and the other Earthlings were, they couldn't help but widen their eyes.

"Fuck!" Thor lost his composure.

"How is that possible?" Hong couldn't sit still.

"Is this true?" Luo Feng couldn't help but lose his composure.

It is not surprising that members of the original secret realm have a guard team, but how could the leader of the guard team be an immortal being?
This, this, this is horrible!

They have been in the universe for some years and know very well what immortality means in the universe.

That is the immortal being known as the Immortal God, who is able to suppress an entire star field for billions of years by himself. He is a great existence that no one dares to even mention his name casually!

A wave of the hand can destroy a planet with life. A person's energy level is comparable to that of a conventional star, and the destructive power directly exceeds the peak that technology can reach.

(The pure technological destructive power of Devouring the Stars reaches F level, corresponding to Immortality, and this is still the Mechanical Clan. All subsequent levels are based on the Secret Patterns of Laws, belonging to the path of cultivation, and technology becomes a pure auxiliary)
This kind of person actually serves as the leader of the guard for the genius in the original secret realm. It is as shocking as the six-gem Thanos becoming the production team leader in the rural area of ​​​​the Earth.

The next morning.

In the central square, 1000 peerless geniuses gathered.

"Sir!"

In the distance, 1008 immortals saluted respectfully.

"Ah."

The Nine Swords Master in the air in the distance nodded slightly, then turned his head to look down at the 1000 geniuses and said, "Today is a good day. We will select the top 1000, top 300, top 75, as well as the first, second, and third place from among you 5 people within one day."

They said the top 300 would be selected, but in fact the selection has already been made, and many people still look unhappy.

"Are you all ready? The decisive battle begins now!"

The man in the green robe and purple scales looked down at everyone, and then he waved his hand. 150 huge arenas appeared directly on the central square. The edges and tops of each arena were covered with black silk screens. At the same time, 300 young men and women including Mercer, Tia, Bolan, Ai, Luo Feng, Hong, Thor, Savage Rong Jun, Light Sword Ai Chen, Qianshui brothers and sisters, Phantom Demon Galasi and others were directly teleported into the arena.

There are two people in each ring.

Liu Mang's Martial Ancestor clone smiled at the four-handed young man who was also from the Black Dragon Mountain Empire, and directly split the Flame God Soldier into 10081 flying knives to kill him.

The four-handed young man roared, and the earth domain turned into a shield to cover him, and the not-so-weak earth origin law was added, smashing down the huge list.

However, the field that he thought could block the flying knife did not delay the flying knife at all. The flying knife suddenly passed by him, and in an instant, he exploded into a pool.

Qianwu Liu Mang versus Qianwu Diltai, Liu Mang wins!
Tia, Luo Feng and others dealt with their opponents one after another without basically putting in any effort.

In the second game, Luo Feng encountered the clone of Mangshen.

Now that Luo Feng has mastered the "Sky-piercing Style" and cultivated the "Ten Thousand Threads Flow" to 700 phantom bodies, he is indeed powerful. The penniless Mang Shen "used all his strength" but only scratched the corner of Luo Feng's clothes before being eliminated.

"Hahaha, God Mang, you still need to work harder!" After getting off the stage, Luo Feng patted God Mang's shoulder and laughed.

Obviously, the depression that had been suppressed by Mangshen for a long time was completely released this time.

The top 75 were quickly decided. Liu Mang only had two clones at this stage, namely Mo Se and Martial Ancestor Liu Mang.

The 10 people from Earth and the 33 people from the Wind Spirit Tribe were extremely competitive, and all of them made it into the top 75.

"Congratulations to the young guys standing on the stage." The Nine Swords Master stood in mid-air, overlooking the 75 young men and women on the stage. "First of all, congratulations on entering the top 75 and being able to enter the 'Primordial Secret Realm' of my Virtual Universe Company. Now we have to select the best 10 of you."

"According to the selection of the virtual universe system, I will submit a list of 10 people."

Suddenly, most of the 75 young talents standing in the ring who had just won became nervous. Although they won, only 10 of them were qualified for the next battle, and the top 5 were selected for the next battle!

The Nine Swordsmen began to announce the list of 10 people:
"Merser!"

"Luo Feng!"

"Caiyun!"

"Tia!"

"Bolan!"

"Ayi!"

"flood!"

"Thor!"

"Liu Mang!"

"Leila!"

"The 10 people selected by the virtual universe system are the 10 people I reported before." The Nine Swords Master smiled and said, "Please ask these 10 people to rest and recover from the previous battle. The next battle will begin in a while. As for who your opponents are, you will know during the battle!"

Liu Mang was a little surprised. He thought that he had good control over his strength and should not be in the top ten in the evaluation of the virtual universe system. Why was he chosen?
However, he immediately realized what went wrong.

When he still needed to hang out in the killing ground, he used the current account of Liu Mang. Perhaps, the virtual universe gave a comprehensive score based on his previous performance in the killing ground.

He had used this account to show Tia how he killed 10 domain lords in half a day. His record in the killing field was quite amazing.

With a slight bitter smile, he had revealed a little of his strength. In the future competitions, he had to perform even better than before in the killing field. Otherwise, if the virtual universe found out that he was still hiding his strength at this time, he would be investigated.

I hope he meets Tia or Mercer, or Bolan, otherwise, he will have to send one of his own to the top five.

About half an hour later.

"Boom~~~" The entire central square began to shake, and five giant arenas gradually floated up in the center of the square. The arenas were also covered with a large number of black silk strips. At the same time, the 5 people who were originally resting were instantly teleported into the ten giant arenas.

Inside the ring, Liu Mang looked at Luo Feng in front of him and smiled bitterly again.

The virtual universe would not have allowed Luo Feng, who was supposed to enter the original secret realm this time, to meet him. After all, apart from Mercer and Tia, Luo Feng's strength was probably the strongest, slightly better than Bolan.

Obviously, it is not known whether it was the future Luo Feng or Yuan who influenced the virtual universe, forcing Luo Feng to go to the Taichu Secret Realm.

Liu Mang didn’t know why Luo Feng had to go to the Taichu Secret Realm, but since this was the result, he could only think so.

It can't be that the virtual universe just happened to go haywire, right?

"Luo Feng, this is truly a peak battle." He said to Luo Feng.

Luo Feng was extremely excited. He had long wanted to compete with Liu Mang, but he never had the chance. Now, on such a stage where human geniuses were at their peak, he was facing Liu Mang. His blood was almost boiling!

“Come on, Uncle Liu, I want to see, you who led me onto the path of martial arts, can you still continue to guide me forward!” He held the Yanshen Weapon in his hand and stepped on the Dark Cloud Shuttle. The golden field bloomed, and an extremely solid and sharp aura rose into the sky.

Nearly a thousand geniuses watching the battle all looked sideways. They had never seen Luo Feng so serious. How could Liu Mang force him to this point?

Everyone looked at the phantom demon Galesi, who was defeated by Luo Feng just like in the original novel.

Galesi's face turned dark. Why are you looking at me? Luo Feng and I are not familiar with each other!

The battle for the top 5, Mercer vs. Leila, Tia vs. Thor, Bolan vs. Hong, Caiyun vs. Ayi, Luo Feng vs. Liu Mang, officially begins!
(End of this chapter)