Devouring the Stars: The Lord of the Sky

Chapter 116 The Road to Advance

Upon entering the tower, the text on the screen of Lu Jin's wrist guard changed: "Seventh Trial Tower, First Floor: Ten Thousand Ferocious Beasts 'Blood-Haired Mammoths'."

Each kill of a Blood-haired Mammoth grants one million points; killing all of them grants ten billion points, allowing you to teleport to the second level.

If you fail to kill all the enemies, survive for 10 days to be directly teleported to the second level. The trial ends upon death.

At the edge of the arm protector screen, there is a 10-day countdown.

"Whoosh!" "Whoosh!" "Whoosh!"

The next moment, as the 10-day countdown began, tens of thousands of enormous, blood-haired mammoths appeared in the vast space inside the tower.

"Ang!" "Ang!" "Ang!"

A dense roar of beasts rang out, and amidst the surging of the domain, tens of thousands of blood-haired mammoths, their bodies radiating fluctuations of law, charged towards Lu Jin.

"Snowflakes fall, then freeze!"

Lu Jin raised his hand and pointed, and the Heavenly Frost Divine Weapon on his back shot out a long string of blue light.

A burst of brilliant blue light erupted, and strands of blue silk connected and shot out 1600 tiny ice cones, which combined and gathered into an ice crystal snowball with a diameter of ten feet.

The ice crystal snowball spun rapidly, and in an instant, an ice and snow storm, powerful enough to wither everything and tear apart space, took shape around the ice crystal snowball.

As snowballs hurtled out, a massive blizzard swept towards the tens of thousands of blood-haired mammoths charging towards them.

Heavenly Frost Divine Weapon, Fourth Level – Falling Snow and Ice!
"call--"

"Click!" "Click!" "Click!"

A massive blizzard swept across the land, spreading an aura of extreme cold. A large number of blood-haired mammoths, whose bodies were permeated with the fluctuations of primordial laws, were frozen into solid ice, and then with a 'bang,' they turned into a large amount of ice crystal powder and dissipated.

Immediately, Lu Jin's ranking points began to soar.

Each trial tower has seven floors, and relatively speaking, the Blood-haired Mammoth on the first floor is the weakest.

The Blood-Haired Mammoth inside the first Trial Tower could easily sweep aside any one of the million geniuses participating in the trial.

However, with each advancement in the ranking of the Trial Tower, the Blood-haired Mammoth's strength would experience a leap forward.

When they reached the seventh trial tower, any one of the ten thousand blood-haired mammoths on the first floor would be enough to slaughter 99.99% of the millions of geniuses participating in the trial.

However, even with such strength, over a thousand of the Blood-haired Mammoths perished in an instant under Lu Jin's use of the fourth level of the Heavenly Frost Divine Weapon, 'Frosty Snowfall'!
If it were any other peak ninth-tier stellar mentalist using 'Falling Snow and Ice', they certainly wouldn't be able to achieve this level.

However, the power of each of the nine divine weapons wielded is not constant.

Different perceptions of the laws lead to different levels of understanding of them. Even though they are both peak ninth-level Stellar Spiritual Masters and both use the fourth level of the Heavenly Frost Divine Weapon, 'Frosty Snowfall,' their actual power can be vastly different.

"Click!" "Click!" "Click!"

"Bang!" "Bang!" "Bang!"

The ice crystal snowballs spun rapidly, and the extreme cold continued to spread along with the overwhelming snowstorm.

In the blink of an eye, in just a few seconds, all ten thousand blood-haired mammoths on the first floor of the seventh trial tower were turned into ice crystal powder and vanished into nothingness.

Participant: Lu Jin (Tian Shuang Universe Kingdom)

Points: 100 0000 0000
Ranking: 1
Trial Space Location: Number 012 6586

Looking at the points and rankings displayed on the arm protector screen, Lu Jin nodded in satisfaction.

Putting everything else aside, if this were in the original story, even if he withdrew from the Trial Tower right now, he would still get second place in the trial stage, second only to Bolan.

It's not that Bolan's level in the original novel was higher than his, but rather that Bolan accumulated 7.77777 billion points in the first six trial towers.

Although he ultimately failed on the first level, his total score was still significantly higher than his current score.

Then, the space shifted, and Lu Jin appeared on the second floor of the seventh trial tower. The text displayed on the arm guard screen also changed.

"The second level of the seventh trial tower: ten thousand 'Nine-Headed Pythons' monsters."

Each nine-headed python killed earns one million points; killing them all earns ten billion points, and teleports you to the third level.

If you fail to kill all the enemies, and survive for 10 days, you will be directly teleported to the third level. The trial ends upon death.

"Whoosh!" "Whoosh!" "Whoosh!"

As the 10-day countdown on the armrest screen began to move, tens of thousands of ferocious giant snakes with nine heads appeared in the tower's interior space against a starry sky background.

"Hiss!" "Hiss!" "Hiss!"

A dense hissing sound rang out, and amidst the surging of the domain, tens of thousands of ferocious nine-headed pythons charged towards Lu Jin like lightning.

"Snowflakes fall, then freeze!"

Lu Jin still used the fourth level of the Heavenly Frost Divine Weapon, 'Frosty Snowfall'.

When dealing with a large number of 'small fry', using this type of wide-area attack is undoubtedly more efficient.

In the virtual universe, in the central square, 1008 immortal leaders from various universe nations sat casually in different places, observing the trial progress of their respective universe nations' participants.

Similar to the preliminary rounds within each universe, the elimination phase in the Trial Space is not broadcast publicly across the entire universe; only the changes in the rankings are made public.

Only the final ring battle will be broadcast publicly.

However, the immortal leaders of the various cosmic nations have the authority to observe the trial progress of each participant.

After the trial began, the immortal leaders who were casually sitting in various places in the square all projected projection screens in front of them through their intelligent life forms.

The screen displays the ranking of points among the million geniuses who participated in the trial.

Soon, the points ranking list, which originally had zero points and did not display any specific rankings, began to change.

No. 1 Bolan (Noah's Universe), Points: 3348
No. 2 Luo Feng (Tian Shuang Universe Kingdom), Points: 1453
"This guy named Bolan is really ruthless. He rushed to the first place right away."

"Wow, that's fast! The Berlan points have increased amazingly!"

"Luo Feng from the Frost Universe Kingdom isn't bad either. By the way, Barn, is this the source of your arrogance?"

"Thirteen, Rong Jun from your Qianwu Universe Kingdom is also quite good, currently ranked 13th in points."

The group of immortals leading the teams were discussing it.

Barn heard someone calling him, but he ignored it, his eyes fixed on the screen.

Luo Feng?

This is just the 'Little King'; his greatest strength lies in the other 'Big King'.

Now that the show has started, where is the 'King'?

Just as Barn was wondering what was going on, suddenly, a name that had never appeared at the top of the leaderboard appeared out of nowhere and landed at the top.

"Depend on--!"

"grass--!"

"Blanching—!"

The next moment, a burst of intense traditional Chinese music rang out in the central square.

A dramatic change occurred on the leaderboard. No. 1: Lu Jin (Tian Shuang Universe Kingdom), Points: 13,000,000
No. 2 Bolan (Noah's Universe), Points: 6894
No. 3 Luo Feng (Tian Shuang Universe Kingdom), Points: 5123
"1.3 billion points?!"

"The seventh one! He actually went straight into the seventh trial tower!"

"Are you kidding me? Going straight into the seventh trial tower, aren't you afraid of being instantly killed by tens of thousands of blood-haired mammoths that have been strengthened six times?"

"Damn it! This Lu Jin is from the Tian Shuang Universe Kingdom, Barn, you actually tricked us?"

The immortals leading the teams in the square exclaimed in surprise, and then more than half of them glared at Barn.

It's worth noting that more than half of the 1008 immortal leaders from the cosmic kingdoms placed bets at the betting odds opened by Barn!

Furthermore, everyone who placed a bet wagered at least ten million units of mixed currency.

At this rate, Barn is bound to earn a kingship worth hundreds of billions of mixed units.
Fuck, a plant!
To be fair, the winner of this year's Genius Battle is practically decided by now.

Barn straightened his back, waved his big hand with a big smile, and said, "What do you mean by 'scam'? Don't talk so rudely!"
"Didn't I already say that? In this year's Genius Battle, our Tian Shuang Universe Kingdom has one first place winner and one top ten finisher, but you just wouldn't believe me. Can you blame me for that?"

"Damn it, that guy got it!"

"Barn, you just wait. After the Genius Battle, let's have a real spar offline."

"Come on then, do you think I'm afraid of you?"

He was very defiant, but in his heart he was wondering if he should go out and hide after the Genius Battle ended.
It wasn't because of winning money; compared to the foreseeable rewards from the king, this amount of money was nothing.

The main reason is that he's made a big show of it this time. These guys who are so envious of Kun'er that they're practically turning purple with envy will probably stick around with him and insist that he treat them to a few meals of the best wines they would never have dared to dream of before.

While Barn was smug and everyone was furious, Lu Jin, who was at the top of the points ranking, was still seeing his points skyrocket.

After suddenly appearing at the top of the leaderboard, Lu Jin's points soared to over 10 billion in just over ten seconds.

"The first level of the seventh Trial Tower has been cleared! Which cohort was the last one to clear this level?"

"It seems to have been more than 20,000 sessions ago."

"Is this kid a once-in-ten-thousand-epoch genius?"

Who do you think you are!

To clear the first level of the seventh trial tower in just over ten seconds is definitely not his full strength; a genius that appears only once every ten thousand eras cannot describe this little guy.

I think he's a genius who appears once every hundred thousand epochs.

"How many levels do you think this little guy can get to? Could he even clear the game?"

"That's an exaggeration, an exaggeration. As far as I know, the one who cleared these seven trial towers last time has now become a great being of our human race. This little guy definitely can't compare."

Looking at the unparalleled 10 billion points on the leaderboard, the Immortals were abuzz with discussion.

In a certain trial space, on the first floor of the first trial tower.

"Boom!" "Boom!" "Boom!"

"Puff puff!"

Nine hazy golden illusory swords surged and weaved as Luo Feng, the master of mental manipulation, efficiently slaughtered the blood-haired mammoth.

Before long, all ten thousand blood-haired mammoths were killed by the hazy golden illusion sword that pierced their skulls, and their corpses disappeared.

Unlike the original story, Luo Feng, who was confident of ranking among the top 100 in the trial stage, did not adopt the method of racing against time to cultivate. Instead, he deliberately left the Blood-haired Mammoth alive and waited for ten days before entering the next level of the challenge.

Instead of wasting time dawdling, it would be better to first conquer the Trial Tower, complete this stage of the trials, and then focus on cultivation.

In any case, among millions of geniuses, there must be some who have this idea.

Even if you want more cultivation time, there's no need to limit it yourself; just let other geniuses limit their time.

Then, Luo Feng opened the points leaderboard to check his ranking.

No. 1 Lu Jin (Tian Shuang Universe Kingdom), Points: 700,000,000
No. 2 Luo Feng (Tian Shuang Universe Kingdom), Points: 10000
No. 3 Bolan (Noah's Universe), Points: 8463
Luo Feng: "."

Looking at Lu Jin's ten zeros behind him at the top of the leaderboard, and then at his own four zeros, Luo Feng was stunned.

This is a virtual universe, so cheating or display errors can be completely ruled out.

In other words, Lu Jin had already cleared the first level of the seventh trial tower before he cleared the first level of the first trial tower.
Outrageous! Absolutely outrageous!
However, since the person who acted so outrageously was his good brother Lu Jin, he could understand it.

After all, Luo Feng was already used to it.

Luo Feng wasn't the only one to notice that Lu Jin was at the top of the list and had a significantly higher score than expected; he was just the first among the million geniuses to discover it.

When the million geniuses undergoing trials clear the first level of the first trial tower, or kill 9999 Blood Mammoths and weaken the last Blood Mammoth but do not kill it outright.

The million geniuses were all shocked as they stared at the top of the leaderboard with ten zeros.

Berlan: "."

Ai Chen: "Monster!"

Rong Jun: "You are the next target I will surpass!"

Qian Shui: "A monster!"

Jiang Mo: "Is this even human?"

Long Yun: "So strong?"

Lancelot: "One word: Strong!"

Uka: "Wow! Little brother, no, is my older brother really that powerful?"

Trial Space No. 012 6586, the seventh trial tower.

The second level, the starry sky environment, is home to ten thousand highly intelligent 'Nine-Headed Pythons,' monsters no less intelligent than ordinary humans. They are dead!
On the third level, on the rocky ground, a thousand perfectly aligned metal lifeforms, the 'Thor' race warriors, whose combat skills had reached their peak, were dead!
On the fourth level, in the vast starry sky, a thousand extremely ferocious-looking, blue-faced, fanged, and ferocious cosmic creatures called 'Flying Hou' were dead!
With the fourth level of the Heavenly Frost Divine Weapon, 'Frosty Snowfall', Lu Jin crushed all his opponents on the first four levels of the seventh trial tower.

After a spatial shift, Lu Jin, whose points had soared to 40 billion on the leaderboard and whose top position was already firmly established, entered the fifth level of the Trial Tower.

At the same time, the text on the arm guard screen changed: "Seventh Trial Tower, Fifth Floor: One Hundred Mechanical Puppet Warriors."

'boom--'

Suddenly, the scene changed, transforming from the vast starry sky into a large mechanical experimental base with a ground entirely paved with alloy.

Meanwhile, within this experimental base, stood 100 humanoid mechanical puppets, each eight meters tall and entirely silver.

Mechanical puppets are a type of combat weapon created by the Mechanical Race, one of the six dominant races in the primordial universe.

Every member of the Mechanical Race is an intelligent life form; each of them can be considered a control terminal, and each can form a mechanical kingdom.

Mechanical golems are the most common type of combat unit in these mechanical kingdoms.

"Om-"

One hundred towering mechanical puppets activated their energy, their eyes glowing red as they instantly locked onto Lu Jin, the uninvited guest.

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