Swallowed Star: Blood-robed True God

Chapter 197 Hong Jun's Illusion, the Final Quota
After the first battle, the 100 victorious geniuses will be able to enter the virtual universe company's 'Secret Realm of Heaven and Earth'.

"Congratulations to the young guys standing on the stage." Lian Luo stood in mid-air, overlooking the 100 young talents on the stage: "First of all, congratulations on entering the top 100 and being able to enter the 'Secret Realm of Heaven and Earth' of my Virtual Universe Company. Now we have to select the best 20 of you."

"According to the selection of the virtual universe system, I will submit a list of 20 people."

Except for Hong Jun, most of the 100 young talents who had just won and were standing on the stage became nervous. Although they won, only 20 of them were qualified for the next battle, and the next battle was to select the top 10!

Hong Jun, although he also looks forward to entering a higher level of secret realm, he will not be nervous or uneasy because it is not something he can decide or change. It is meaningless to be nervous and worried about something he cannot change.

"It doesn't matter if I can't enter the secret realm of a higher level. It doesn't matter if I walk slowly. As long as I keep making progress, I will reach the highest point sooner or later!" Hong Jun thought silently in his heart.

He was an orphan since childhood and was sold to a slave trader by the lord of his hometown. Before he could be implanted with a slave chip, the slave organization was destroyed. After he escaped, he wandered alone in the starry sky.

He has been like this for nearly a thousand years, neither hurried nor slow, going through all kinds of hardships, practicing step by step, until today, when he has made it to the final 100-man list of the Universe Genius Battle.

After nearly a thousand years of trials and tribulations, nothing can shake his state of mind, and nothing can stop him from moving forward.

His heart is infinite, embracing everything and everything!
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Lian Luo began to report a list of 20 people.

"Blue pupils!"

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"Hong Jun!"

Hong Jun, when he heard his own name at the end, his expression remained unchanged, forming a sharp contrast with the anxious and nervous geniuses around him.

"The 20 people selected by the virtual universe system are the 20 people I reported before." Lian Luo looked at the 20 geniuses and focused on Hong Jun for a while: "Please ask these 20 people to take a rest and recover from the previous battle. The next battle will start in a while. As for who your opponent is... you will know during the battle!"

In the central square, a group of geniuses sat casually.

They chatted and imagined their future training life in the Virtual Universe Company, and also discussed the twenty geniuses who were selected to compete for a place in the Taichu Secret Realm.

"That guy from Qianwu Universe is so ordinary, but he managed to make it into the top 20!"

"Yeah! It's really unexpected!"

……

The 1008 immortal gods were also discussing at this moment, and the one who attracted their attention the most was Hong Jun.

"This little guy is a fantasy swordsman. His swordsmanship is average, but his fantasy is very strong!"

"With such an attainment in illusion, there is hope of breaking into the Primordial Secret Realm."

"Congratulations, Yeyue. Your Qianwu Universe has returned with a great harvest this time."

……

At this moment, King Yeyue couldn't suppress his surprise on his face. He looked at Hong Jun with expectation in his eyes: "Little guy, I wonder how many more surprises you can bring me."

……

About half an hour later.

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

Inside the arena.

"Carrot actually ran into Qingtong?"

"Now he can only stop here!"

The other 980 geniuses and 1008 immortals who were watching from a distance were all lamenting Carrot's bad luck. Most people's eyes were on the stage where Qingtong was.

But at the same time, some people's eyes were on a stage not far away. On the stage were 'Hong Jun' from the Qianwu Universe, and 'Bu Long', a burly man wearing khaki armor.

In the previous duel, Hong Jun used strange magic to defeat his opponent, which naturally aroused everyone's curiosity.

The eyesight of these immortal gods is so sharp that they can easily see that Hong Jun has only comprehended the fundamental law of water, and the degree of his comprehension is not as good as that of the other top 20 geniuses.

This kind of law perception is completely at the bottom among all the geniuses. The contestants who can reach the top 20 in the genius competition have at least perceived a higher-level law, or have a deep understanding of a single lower-level law.

In theory, Hong Jun's understanding of the laws should have been eliminated in the Trial Tower. But relying on his extremely strange illusions, he passed through many tests and stood at the threshold of the Taichu Secret Realm.

Looking at the ten arenas from afar, Lian Luo said calmly: "The battle begins!"

As Lian Luo's words echoed, the battle broke out almost instantly. Ten arenas, ten battles.

Every match was a head-to-head battle. Compared with the battle for the top 100, the current showdown... could be considered the true pinnacle showdown of this genius battle!
The other duels were nothing interesting, and Lian Luo's eyes were fixed on the battle between Hong Jun and Bu Long.

Bron's weapon is a giant axe as big as a door panel. In his hand, the axe is as heavy as a meteorite falling to the ground, and as solid as a solid wall, absolutely infallible.

Hong Jun, however, was holding a long sword, calmly searching for Bu Long's weakness. Whenever he struck out with his sword, an illusion would appear. Such a strange method was amazing.

Generally speaking, those who are good at soul illusions are all psychics, but Hong Jun’s attainments in illusions are not inferior to those of the psychics of the same level.

However, Bulong is not an ordinary genius. In the process of comprehending the laws, his will has been greatly honed. Hongjun's illusion can affect him, but it cannot directly make him fall into the illusion and unable to get out.

The sword and the axe kept colliding, and every time an axe hit the ring, it would shake violently. Every time a sword was thrust out, Bu Long would look solemn and had to retract his axe to block!

They fought back and forth, and I don’t know how many times they fought.

In the repeated fights, Hong Jun's expression did not change at all, but Bu Long's will was constantly worn away by the illusion, and finally -

boom!
He was completely dragged into the illusion, and then the sword pierced his throat directly, and blood gushed out like a fountain.

Bron, defeated!

Hong Jun wins! Enters the top ten!
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"This little fellow's illusion technique is pretty good, and his state of mind is also very high. He can always remain calm in the face of strong enemies," a group of immortals nodded secretly, and their evaluation of Hong Jun increased a few points.

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Hong Jun was the final winner. Before him, the winners of the other ten arenas had already been decided.

Lian Luo stood in mid-air, looked at the ten winners, and said with a smile: "Congratulations to the ten winners. You are in the top ten, and your prize money has increased to 1000 Hunyuan units and you can enter the 'Taichu Secret Realm'."

1000 young people and 1008 powerful immortals all listened attentively to Lian Luo's words.

Lian Luo continued with a smile and said, "Next, we will select the top five from among you, and the first place will be selected from the top five. As for how to group the ten of you, according to the rules set by the virtual universe system earlier, the ten of you will have different winning times in the battle. The one with the fastest time will compete with the slowest time, and the one with the second fastest time will compete with the second slowest time... and so on!"

Wow!
The ten geniuses who were about to fight were stunned.

Because if the duel follows such rules, Hong Jun will face Qing Tong, who is recognized as the strongest genius of this session.

The gray-robed young man glanced at the sharp-looking tall and thin young man with green eyes in the distance and shook his head in his heart: "I am not his opponent. If I could meet a teacher earlier and go further in my understanding of the laws under her guidance, maybe I could fight him. But now, there is no hope at all."

He was able to defeat Bulong because of his strong state of mind, and he kept dragging the opponent until he found his weakness. But this trick didn't work against Qingtong, because... he couldn't drag the opponent at all!
Hong Jun thought silently: "Now, the Taichu Secret Realm is my limit!"

"Take a break and we'll have the ring battle later." Lian Luo's voice echoed in everyone's ears.

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Soon the battle of 10 to 5 began. As expected, facing Qingtong, Hong Jun's illusion had little effect. With his lightning speed, Hong Jun didn't even have the strength to resist.

After barely blocking several swords, Qingtong slashed Hong Jun's neck with a sword like thunder, and Hong Jun's blood splattered into the sky.

He lost.

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After the top five were decided, the round-robin battle for the top five began soon.

After one battle after another, there were no surprises. Qingtong won all four battles and got a spot in the original secret realm. The remaining nine people all entered the Taichu secret realm!
The battle of cosmic geniuses that alarmed the entire human race in the 1008 cosmic countries, all battles have come to an end!

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Lian Luo smiled as he looked at the 1000 star-level geniuses selected from all of humanity: "Your performance is not bad. I believe that after a long time, many of you will be famous throughout the universe."

"Someone will contact you later and take you to the universe headquarters of my Virtual Universe Company. We will assemble there and then head to the 'Initial Universe'."

"My Virtual Universe Company will do its best to train you. As for whether you will become a super existence famous throughout the universe, or become an ordinary strong man, or fall halfway, it all depends on you. Work hard, your journey to becoming a strong man has just begun!" Lian Luo's gentle voice echoed in everyone's mind.

After saying this, Lian Luo's figure disappeared immediately, and the Immortal of 1008 Universe Country also disappeared immediately.

Only 1000 geniuses are still left here, because the Virtual Universe Company needs to register their location, and then send spaceships to pick them up to meet up at the Virtual Universe headquarters, and finally send these geniuses to the original universe to practice for 30 years.

After listening to the staff's explanation, Hong Jun picked up the paper and pen in front of him and began to write: "Qianwu Universe, Rock Star Region, Blood God Star!"

Ever since he became his teacher's apprentice, he has been living on the Blood God Star with his teacher!

(End of this chapter)