Devouring the Stars: The Lord of the Sky

Chapter 111 The Battle of Geniuses Begins!
"I'm at the peak of the Marquis level, and I have a hundred times the life gene. What are 1.5 million Chaos Units?"

Zi Nishang said, not caring much.

She knew how Lu Jin calculated the 1.5 million mixed units he mentioned.

Lu Jin won first place, and she received one million mixed units.

This is a sure thing; Zi Ni Chang is well aware of Lu Jin's strength.

Based on the average level of previous years, being able to unleash the third level of the Nine Divine Weapons of the Master is enough to win first place, and sometimes even the second level is enough to secure first place.

Luo Feng, the younger brother, made it into the top ten, and she received 500,000 mixed units.

This is not enough at the moment.

However, the Genius Battle has not yet begun, and there are still several years until the final competition. Judging from Luo Feng's cultivation speed, making it into the top ten should not be a problem.

Is 1.5 million mixed units a lot?

It's a lot, but it's also a little.

The founders of intermediate-level civilizations and the lords of private star systems are mostly immortal military lords.

For the Immortal Military Lord, 1.5 million Chaos Units is definitely not a small number.

But for Zi Nishang, it really didn't hold any appeal.

Just as she herself said, she is a peak Marquis with a hundred times the life gene.

Even the assets of an ordinary nobleman who achieves immortality can reach tens of millions of Hunyuan units.

One and a half million Chaos Units were nothing to Zi Ni Chang, and even less to the Heavenly Frost King.

After all, generally speaking, cosmic sages have almost no interest in primordial units; what they pursue are precious treasures and supreme treasures.

Even a single ordinary treasure can fetch a price of ten trillion Chaos Units.

Moreover, in the original work, the rewards promised by the King of Tianshuang were undoubtedly suspected of being empty promises.

The human race has 1008 universe nations, and only the top 1000 receive rewards. On average, only one person from each universe nation can rank in the top 1000 each time.

Even Lu Jin suspected that there might be a certain universe country that had never seen a genius ranked first in the genius battle before.

Tens of thousands of kilometers away from the Lingxiao Palace in the Great Luo Heaven, there is a palace complex suspended above an endless sea of ​​golden clouds.

In front of the palace complex is a huge square paved with white jade in cloud patterns.

‘Shua——’

Suddenly, Lu Jin appeared in the square.

"I have met the Lord!"

More than twenty elderly realm lords who were comprehending the laws in the square stepped forward to pay their respects.

"Okay, you can continue."

Nodding slightly, Lu Jin waved his hand and looked towards Luo Feng, who was facing the sea of ​​clouds and immersed in comprehending the fundamental laws of metal, in a corner of the square.

As he got closer, Luo Feng, who was comprehending the laws, finally noticed that someone was coming from behind him.

Turning around, Luo Feng saw Lu Jin and smiled, "Brother Jin."

"Young man whose looks are slightly less than mine, how many levels of the Divine Weapon can you use?"

Lu Jin asked.

"Second level, Sky Piercing Strike!"

Skipping over the first half of Lu Jin's sentence, Luo Feng couldn't help but puff out his chest.

Three years ago, having already purchased a Divine Weapon, he used his cultivation talent as a darling of the Golden Horned Beast, the darling of the Golden Origin Law, to cross the threshold of the Golden Origin Law.

Shortly after crossing the threshold of the fundamental law of metal, he successfully mastered the first level of the Divine Weapon: Illusion Sword Style.

After three more years of training, although he is still far from being able to unleash the third level, he can now use the second level, the Sky Piercing Style, with great skill.

It's worth noting that Babata stated that a Stellar-level Spiritual Master who can unleash the first level of the Divine Weapon, the 'Phantom Sword Style,' is considered invincible among their peers.

He can unleash the second level of 'Piercing the Sky Style', which is among the top-ranking stellar-level techniques in the entire Frost Universe.

Believe it or not, after he was able to unleash the 'Sky Piercing Technique', Babata's assessment of him had already changed to that he possessed an immortal quality.

"What about the fundamental laws of space? Have you crossed the threshold yet?"

Lu Jin asked again.

"Uh~, the Demon Slayer Clan clone has only been conceived for a short time and has not yet mastered the basics."

Luo Feng said awkwardly.

As in the original work, Luo Feng again chose to nurture a Demon Slayer Clan clone for his second clone.

After all, the Golden Horned Beast is the darling of the fundamental law of metal, making it the easiest for it to comprehend the law of metal.

Since the Golden Horned Beast itself comprehended the Law of Metal, among the two superior laws of space and time, choosing to comprehend the Law of Space is undoubtedly the most suitable.

The Demon Slayer Clan is, among the genetic material he has been able to come into contact with and successfully cultivate clones from, the life form with the strongest talent in cultivating spatial laws.

Of course, the genetic material that Luo Feng used to nurture the Demon Slayer Clan clone was not purchased at the Elementary Qianwu Auction as in the original story, but was ordered from the Cosmic Galaxy Bank.

The Demon Slayers are not special life forms, but rather a race with a considerable number of individuals. Obtaining their genetic material through the Cosmic Galaxy Bank would not be too difficult.

Moreover, only a tiny bit of the Demon Slayer Clan's genetic material is needed to create a clone.

However, because the genetic material of the Demon Slayer Clan that I obtained came from a peak ninth-order Demon Slayer Clan member in the universe, the time required for its development was not too short.

It wasn't until recently that Luo Feng's Demon Slayer Clan clone was born.

Lu Jin said, "The Genius Battle I told you about will start in three months."

This year's Genius Battle is of a high standard, and Virtual Universe Company has likely offered more than one spot in the 'Primal Secret Realm'.

With your current abilities, ranking in the top two is definitely not a problem.

However, the tournament for geniuses lasts about six years from start to finish. If you put in a little more effort, taking second place isn't impossible.

Upon hearing this, a fiery glint flashed in Luo Feng's eyes. He paused, then asked, "And what about first place?"

"Hehe~, do you think you're Lü Bu, the halberd-wielding hero?"

Lu Jin pursed his lips.

Among men, Lü Bu was the best; among horses, Red Hare was the best. With his halberd, he was used to stab his adoptive father!
Luo Feng hesitated for a moment, then waved his hand: "I'm just curious~"

Lu Jin's face showed concern, and he patted Luo Feng on the shoulder: "My foolish and unfilial adopted son, when you can master the Divine Weapon to the fifth level, you will be equivalent to me now."

But your kind adoptive father believes in you, keep it up!

Luo Feng: "."

The fifth level?!

Are there really such big differences between people who are both inhuman?
Luo Feng had also seen the original appearance of Lu Jin's water unicorn clone.

In Luo Feng's view, Lu Jin, who has a water unicorn clone, is like him; his human body is a clone, and he has essentially become a non-human.

Perhaps the Golden Horned Beast is inferior to the Water Kirin?

Luo Feng thought to himself.

However, Luo Feng, whose rebellious nature was growing, remained calm, because in addition to the Golden Horned Beast, he also had a clone of the Demon Slayer Clan, and after he advanced to the Realm Lord in the future, he would be able to have a third clone.

In contrast, Lu Jin's Water Kirin had reached the peak of the ninth level of the universe, yet he hadn't seen a second clone.

This suggests that the Water Kirin may have a strong talent for cultivation and may also possess the secret technique of creating clones.

However, this clone technique is not as powerful as the Golden Horned Beast's clone technique, and it can only create one clone.

With the main body and clones combined, it's four against two, the advantage is in my hands!

Earth time, March 9, 2066.

Virtual universe, Guanghan Island.

suddenly--

In the night sky above Guanghan Island, a gigantic black banner with glowing edges appeared out of nowhere.

On this entirely black notice board, there were characters that emitted a dazzling white light.

"Universe Humanity - Battle of the Pinnacle Geniuses!"

"Once in a million years!"

"Coming soon!"

"Held jointly by Virtual Universe Company and all the universe nations!"

"You're a genius? Can't find any opponents of the same level and rank? Then join the 'Peak Genius Battle'!"

"Here, countless geniuses from numerous cosmic nations across the universe will engage in fierce battles!"

"For more details, please visit the official website of 'Virtual Universe Network' through the virtual assistant."

The enormous notice that appeared out of nowhere in the night sky, stretching over a million miles in length and width, could be clearly seen even from any open space on Guanghan Island, which has a population of hundreds of millions.

At the same time, huge notices appeared in the skies above every continent representing a cosmic nation and every island representing a mid-level civilization or a private star domain in the virtual universe.

Each announcement was promoting the upcoming "Universe Humanity - Peak Genius Battle".

Overnight, the news spread throughout the entire human realm, demonstrating the ease of communication in the virtual universe.

In the virtual universe, in the courtyard in front of a temple in the center of Guanghan Island, Lu Jin and Luo Feng were sitting on stone chairs enjoying tea.

"We've waited so many years, it's finally here!"

Looking at the huge notice that appeared in the night sky, Lu Jin couldn't help but sigh.

"A battle between billions of geniuses from all the universe nations—it's truly a grand spectacle!"

After glancing at the list, Luo Feng also sighed.

The Battle of the Ultimate Geniuses is undoubtedly the largest event ever held by the human race.

The number of star systems in the Tianshuang Universe Kingdom alone exceeds one hundred million.

The entire human race encompasses 1008 cosmic kingdoms and more than 100 billion star systems.

Even if only one genius from each galaxy participates, it would still gather hundreds of billions of geniuses.

"Fatty, open the Genius Battle special page and take a look."

Lu Jin gave the instructions to Fatty.

"Yes, Master!"

Fatty replied.

‘Shua——’

Soon, a projection screen appeared in front of the two of them.

On the screen was a detailed introduction to the 'Universe Humans - Peak Genius Battle'.

The Ultimate Genius Battle is open to all stellar-level humans. As long as you are a stellar-level human, you can register to participate!
To be precise, the Peak Genius Battle is held once every five thousand years and twice every ten thousand years, hosted by the Virtual Universe Company and the Giant Axe Arena respectively.

The Battle of the Ultimate Geniuses is divided into the Selection Battle of the Universe Nation and the Final Battle of the Ultimate Geniuses.

Each nation in the universe first conducts a selection process, then selects elites to participate in the ultimate battle of the pinnacle geniuses of the entire human race across the universe.

Those who rank in the top 1000 in the overall universe will receive three major rewards.

First, based on the ranking, participants will receive a prize ranging from 10 to 1 Mixed Yuan Units.

Second, obtain a place to enter the initial universe for enlightenment.

Third, one can become a core member of the Virtual Universe Company. "The Virtual Universe is indeed incredibly wealthy. The top 1,000 will receive at least 10 Chaos Units, and the most can even get 10,000 Chaos Units. That's more than the entire fortune of an Immortal God, isn't it?"

Luo Feng said in surprise.

Lu Jin said with a smile, "Let's put it this way: of the 1008 universe countries, half belong to Virtual Universe Company and the other half to Giant Axe Martial Arts Arena. Do you think Virtual Universe Company would care about such a trivial matter?"

"So it seems that, although they are called the five major forces of the human race, Virtual Universe Company and Giant Axe Arena are actually a level above the other three?"

Luo Feng seemed to be deep in thought.

Judging solely from the ownership of the 1008 Universe Nation, Luo Feng could see that the three forces—the Universe Mercenary Alliance, the Universe Galaxy Bank, and the Universe First Bank—were inferior to the Virtual Universe Company and the Giant Axe Arena.

Lu Jin nodded: "That's one way to put it, but even the remaining three are absolute behemoths compared to the other three major powers."

"The top 1,000 in the Genius Battle can become core members of the Virtual Universe Company, which is equivalent to going from a rogue cultivator to a member of the Holy Land!"

If I could rank first, wouldn't I become the Holy Son of the Holy Land?

Luo Feng borrowed from classic online novels on Earth.

"That's an exaggeration. Virtual Universe Company can hold a Genius Battle every ten thousand years. The title of first place in the Genius Battle alone is not enough."

Lu Jin waved his hand.

A first-rate individual only appears once every ten thousand years. In other worlds, this would be considered a very prestigious achievement, worthy of being called an emperor.

However, in the context of the vastly different timeline of the Swallowed Star universe, its value becomes extremely low.

To be worthy of the title 'Holy Son' within the Virtual Universe Company, one must be a genius who appears only once every tens of millions of epochs, and become an apprentice of one of the universe's masters within the Virtual Universe Company.

Of course, there's no need to worry about the latter. If one becomes a genius who appears only once every tens of millions of epochs, then the Lord of the Universe will naturally take him as a disciple.

Unless you have already become a disciple of some cosmic overlord.

The two then clicked on the registration page on the official website of Virtual Universe Company.

At the very top of the webpage was a line of very conspicuous numbers—23 4867 5963. A few seconds later, the number jumped up again, becoming 25 2369 6813.

Next to this number, there is a line of text in the universal language: 'Number of applicants from the Frost Universe Kingdom'.

Without noticing that the number of people from the Tian Shuang Universe Kingdom who had signed up for the Genius Battle had exceeded 25 billion, Lu Jin began to register.

After filling in the registration information such as nationality, Lu Jin clicked the 'Register' button.

"drop!"

"Scan complete. Registration approved for ninth-tier Stellar Martial Artist and ninth-tier Stellar Mentalist!"

Lu Jin and his companion signed up that very day.

However, the battle of the top geniuses will not start immediately; there is still more than a month before the registration deadline.

Time passed, and with the attention of humans in countless galaxies from many cosmic countries, the registration for the peak genius competition finally ended.

Earth time, March 16, 2066.

In the virtual universe, in the courtyard in front of the Guanghan Island Temple, Lu Jin opened an email sent by the Virtual Universe Company.

“Welcome to participate in the ‘Cosmic Humanity – Peak Genius’ selection competition.

In this selection battle, within the Tianshuang Universe Kingdom, 10026 billion stellar-level martial artists or mentalists registered to participate, which is 200 billion more than the previous session and also marks the first time that the number has exceeded one trillion. This is something that makes our Virtual Universe Company very happy.

We guarantee that everything in the genius selection competition will be conducted under 'absolute fairness'. It will test willpower, domain, experience, and understanding of laws, etc., and everyone will have the same external conditions.

This talent selection competition is divided into two stages.

Phase 1 Phase 2
The universe you reside in is the Heavenly Frost Universe Kingdom.

The Heavenly Frost Universe Kingdom has 10026 billion participants, divided into 'preliminary elimination' and 'final arena battle'.

Through preliminary elimination, out of 10026 billion participants, only 100,100 will remain!

Because of the large number of people to be eliminated, the preliminary elimination stage is destined to be extremely bloody.

The Heavenly Frost Universe Kingdom was eliminated in the preliminary rounds.
At the final deadline, those ranked in the top 1001 of their respective world regions based on points will be eliminated through preliminary rounds.

Each world region selects 1001 people, and with 100 worlds, that's 100,010 people.

At the same time, the player ranked first in each world region will directly win 100 of the top 1000 spots without having to fight in the arena.

The remaining 900 spots will be contested by 100,000 people who have passed the preliminary elimination rounds in a final showdown.

This letter is followed by an attachment; more detailed information can be found in the attachment.

'10026 billion? That seems to be more than the Qianwu Universe Kingdom?'

Seeing the number of applicants exceeding one trillion, Lu Jin raised an eyebrow and thought to himself.

"Trillions of stars participated in the battle, and 100,100 people were chosen from the fierce fighting. Tsk tsk, mountains of corpses and seas of blood!"

Luo Feng, standing to the side, clicked his tongue in amazement.

Lu Jin said, "It's just in a virtual universe, so it's good to get used to it in advance."

The philosophical classic Vimalakirti Sutra states: "Merit is also called virtue. Blessing means benefit. Good deeds can benefit and enrich those who practice them, hence the name blessing."

Do good deeds within your ability on ordinary days to accumulate merit.

Even if we slaughter hundreds of millions of lives in the future, we need not feel guilty.

Because you can confidently convince yourself that you possess great merit, and with that merit, you have nothing to fear from karma.

Lu Jin said this to Luo Feng, but also to himself.

"Is this why you, Brother Jin, have banned the buying and selling of all human slaves within the Guanghan Star Region?"

Luo Feng seemed to be deep in thought.

Judging from this, Lu Jin's murderous intent is probably even stronger than his own after possessing the Golden Horned Beast!

To avoid future regrets, I've already started accumulating good deeds in advance.

Lu Jin raised his head; "Of course! If there are billions of living beings, I will pray for them. What does it matter if I slaughter countless alien races in the future to protect them? If there really is a King of Hell, even he would have to kowtow to me!"

Upon hearing this, Luo Feng gave a thumbs up.

After the registration deadline, Virtual Universe Company began preparations.

The number of stellar-level humans participating in the Genius Battle is in the trillions, and the preparation work is extremely complicated, but the efficiency of the Virtual Universe Company is extremely high.

Earth time is May 16, 2066.

This day was the day when participants in the 'Genius Battle Preliminary Round' of the Tianshuang Universe Kingdom gathered.

In the virtual universe, on an incomparably vast continent, trillions of participants gathered together, including Lu Jin and Luo Feng.

The preliminary selection phase was divided into 100 world zones. Lu Jin found that he had been assigned to zone 66 and nodded in satisfaction.

It's an auspicious number; it can definitely turn the tide of the game.

He asked Luo Feng, "I'm in District 66, what about you?"

Luo Feng: "District 44".

Lu Jin: "., a good number."

At this moment, a clear voice echoed across the entire continent: "Attention everyone, this preliminary elimination will be divided into one hundred world zones, and a collective teleportation will begin soon."

Please everyone hurry and check your equipment. Once the pre-selection begins, you will no longer be able to request equipment.

Wearing a blue second-tier Force battle suit, with equipment such as the Heavenly Frost Divine Weapon, Ice Soul Sword, and Water Cloud Shuttle stored in his spatial ring, Lu Jin ignored it.

A short while later, a clear voice resounded once again across the entire continent: "Mass teleportation imminent, countdown: 60, 59, 58."

"come on!"

Luo Feng extended his fist in front of Lu Jin.

"come on!"

Lu Jin raised his fist and bumped into each other.

“10、9、8、7、6、5、4、3、2、1，传送！”

In an instant, everyone on the entire continent vanished.

Meanwhile, in the virtual universe, hundreds of billions of people appeared in one hundred separate worlds.

Moreover, it wasn't just the Tian Shuang Universe Kingdom; the entire human race's territory of 1008 Universe Kingdoms had begun the preliminary rounds of the Peak Genius Battle.

Meanwhile, in reality, somewhere within the territory of the Tian Shuang Universe Kingdom.

In the vast starry sky, there lies a continuous cluster of palaces.

At the center of the palace complex stands a crystal-clear, ice-blue palace, a hundred thousand miles high.

The entire palace is covered with countless intricate carvings, exuding a cold aura; it is no ordinary object.

Inside the enormous ice-blue palace, a handsome young man with silver hair and wearing frost armor sat on the throne.

The silver-haired figure wasn't particularly tall; he looked no different from any other Earthling with long silver hair.

But the power it exudes is enough to make any immortal god tremble.

At this moment, the silver-haired figure sitting on the throne was looking down, staring intently at a blue-gold four-hoofed beast statue about one foot tall in his right hand.

"Endless years. The path of the Beast God, is it truly a dead end, as Father said?"

Recalling his father's admonition, the silver-haired figure murmured to himself, stroking the blue-gold four-hoofed beast statue in his hand.

"No! Although you are a great being, it doesn't mean you are right. Since there are acquired beast gods, the path of the beast god is not a dead end!"

The silver-haired figure had a very determined look in his eyes.

In the eyes of the silver-haired figure, he was unable to break through that final barrier using the Path of the Beast God. This was not because the Path of the Beast God was a dead end, but because he lacked the potential to become a great being.

After all, how many people in the entire human race can master time and space and achieve greatness?
The silver-haired figure thought to himself that his talent was quite good. With such powerful talent, becoming immortal was easy, and becoming a Venerable was not difficult either.

But to become a great being who controls time and space, is something that can be achieved simply through talent?

At the very least, he doesn't have enough talent.

But he firmly believes that one day he will be able to control time and space.

Therefore, the blue-gold four-hoofed beast statue in his hand, which he obtained from a genius of the Demon Race's Heavenly Wolf Realm Lord during his trials on the outer battlefield, is the key to his mastery of time and space!

"The Hidden Realm of the Vast Ocean, I really want to go and see it!"

The silver-haired figure sighed with endless regret.

It wasn't that he didn't want to go to the 'Han Hai Secret Realm', but that he couldn't go; going there meant certain death.

Because the Vast Ocean Secret Realm is located within the territory of the demon race, and there is also a hegemon whose strength surpasses his own.

"Lord of the country!"

Suddenly, a voice came from outside the ice-blue palace.

The silver-haired figure, the ruler of the Heavenly Frost Kingdom, looked up, his gaze piercing through the hall, and asked, "What is it?"

"Your Majesty, the battle of geniuses has begun."

Standing outside the hall, a bald, burly man with a single horn on his forehead and a height of three and a half meters, who was in charge of this year's Genius Battle, bowed and said.

"I understand. Keep a close eye on things and give the orders. Make sure the alien race doesn't take advantage of any loopholes."

The King of Tianshuang Kingdom said in a deep voice.

In his past, when he was weak, he had been assassinated by alien races many times, but he knew better than anyone that these alien races wished for the extinction of all human geniuses.

"Yes, Your Majesty."

The bald, one-horned giant bowed and accepted the order.

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