Swallowing the Stars: Heart of the Martial God

Chapter 27 The Flame Emperor's Talent

“No… he is far inferior to the Void Emperor.” Ling Xuan shook his head.

The Void Mirror chuckled, "Boy, you know the Great Emperor better than I do?"

"How could I possibly understand the Void Emperor? I only discerned his true potential after exchanging blows with this kid," Ling Xuan said with a smile.

"Haha, you're quite the talker, kid." The Void Mirror deity was extremely satisfied with Ling Xuan's reply.

"Master, who are you talking about?" Puff asked curiously, plopping onto Ling Xuan's shoulder with wide eyes.

“We’re discussing an unparalleled powerhouse.” Ling Xuan pinched Puff’s cute nose.

"Is that the annoying guy who just provoked Master?" Puff said coquettishly, clinging to Ling Xuan's big hand. "He's so awful!"

"He's considered a super strong person? You think too highly of him." Ling Xuan smiled, his eyes filled with admiration. "I'm talking about a true supreme expert, both in terms of strength and magnanimity."

"Puff also wants to know this man's story."

"Alright, then I'll tell you the story of the Void Emperor..."

In the afternoon, a voice invaded Ling Xuan's consciousness: "All participants from the 1000 Universe Kingdom, assemble at Giant Axe Square."

Ling Xuan unconsciously stood up, flew out of his room, and arrived at the magnificent Giant Axe Plaza.

By this time, quite a few geniuses were already waiting in Giant Axe Square.

Soon, a million geniuses from all the major universe nations gathered in the square.

"Is this what they call a privilege dog?" Ling Xuan thought to himself. In the virtual universe, he didn't even have the chance to ask for outside help.

"what happened?"

"Huh, how did I get here? I was just inside."

The entire formation of over a million geniuses was in shock, even Cao Benqi, who was always arrogant, looked incredulous.

“One day, I will also seize this power and hold the lives and deaths of others in my hands.”

"Welcome to the Peak Genius Battle hosted by our Giant Axe Arena." Just as everyone was still in a daze, a cold voice came.

Perhaps the events of the morning had displeased this cosmic venerable one, for even though he said "welcome," his tone was somewhat cold.

“There are 1000 universe kingdoms, and each universe kingdom will select 1,000 people, for a total of one million geniuses.” Venerable Beiyan stood in the void, looking down at the one million geniuses below. “Our Giant Axe Arena will select the one thousand strongest people from among you and absorb them into the core of our Giant Axe Arena.”

"Millions of you are vying for these one thousand spots."

"Here are the rules."

"Tomorrow, all of you will enter a 'trial space' separately. Our Giant Axe Arena has prepared a million trial spaces for you, one for each person."

"There are seven trial towers in the trial space! Each trial tower has seven floors!"

"Start with the first trial tower. After you've cleared all seven levels of the first trial tower, then move on to the second trial tower... until you die and are kicked out of the trial space!"

"Calculate points based on your results in the trial space."

"The 1st to 100th place in the points rankings will be directly recruited as core members of our Giant Axe Arena without further screening, and will receive 100 spots."

"No. 101 - No. 7300. These 7200 people will then compete in the arena to compete for the 900th place."

"As for the ones after 7300...all will be eliminated!"

The words of Venerable Beiyan left the millions of geniuses below stunned.

There were a total of one million people this time, which means that more than 990,000 people were eliminated in just one trial space. In other words, most people were just here to broaden their horizons!
"I'll give you a day to research and prepare." With that, Venerable Beiyan left without any explanation.

Ling Xuan returned to his room and sent his two older sisters the specific match time, instructing them to bring their parents to the temple and find the temple's messenger to watch his match through the virtual universe.

Only those at the Immortal level or above have the authority to view the Trial Tower's challenges.

They also sent an email to the temple messenger, requesting his help.

The temple envoy readily agreed. He had always been very satisfied with Ling Xuan, who was also a super genius in the clan. He had always paid close attention to Ling Xuan's matches, and now he was just watching with a few more kids.

The next morning.

"Everyone, please prepare yourselves. We will soon be conducting a mass teleportation, sending all participants to their respective trial spaces." A clear and melodious voice echoed throughout the entire plane. All the geniuses in the 1000 ancient towers had already gotten up, waiting for this initial elimination.

First comes elimination, then the final battle. But in terms of brutality, the elimination trial is clearly more nerve-wracking.

"come on."

"Keep trying." In front of Tower 0825, many geniuses from the Qianwu Universe Kingdom blessed each other. It was too cruel. The first wave eliminated more than a million people. Of the 1000 geniuses present, probably no more than a handful were still here.

"Go, Flame Demon! Kill that idiot from the Flame God Clan!"

"Yeah, Flame Demon, we all have high hopes for you. That Cao Benqi is so arrogant, acting like some kind of cosmic venerable. He really thinks he's invincible. Take first place in the Trial Tower and teach that bastard a lesson."

Ling Xuan smiled at these blessings and expectations, "You guys should also try your best to get a spot too."

Was the Balrog talking to us just now?

"Holy crap, that ruthless fire demon actually smiled at me just now."

"Ah!! I'm going to die, my Flame Demon husband~"

suddenly--

boom!
An invisible, strange power descended upon the entire dimensional space, instantly teleporting all 1000000 young geniuses in the entire dimensional space away.

This is a nearly rectangular meteorite, almost 100 kilometers long, suspended in the cosmic sky.

brush!
Ling Xuan appeared on the meteorite and looked around. In the distance were tiny stars, and not too far away were ordinary, lifeless planets.

The objectives of this trial—seven trial towers—were established on this meteorite.

Each trial tower is as tall as a mountain, with a height of more than ten kilometers and a radius of several kilometers.

Seven trial towers are entrenched in different directions of this huge meteorite.

Ling Xuan looked down at his wrist, where there was a screen, just like the one in the preliminary rounds of the Qianwu Universe.

Participant: Ling Xuan (Qianwu Universe Kingdom)

Points: 0
Rank: None
The trial space where it is located: No. 0176350.

There are a total of seven trial towers in the trial space, and each trial tower has seven floors.

For the first trial tower, you can get up to 10,000 points per floor. If you succeed on all seven levels, you can get up to 70,000 points.

For the second trial tower, you can get up to 100,000 points per floor. If you succeed on all seven levels, you can get up to 700,000 points.

……

For the fourth trial tower, you can get up to 10 million points per floor. If you succeed on all seven levels, you can get up to 70 million points.

……

The seventh trial tower can earn up to 10 billion points per floor. If all seven levels are successful, you can get up to 70 billion points.

Note: Upon death, the trial ends.

There are two ways to pass each level: 1. Kill all the targets in this level to get the highest score and be directly teleported to the next level. 2. If you fail to kill all the targets, after 10 days, if you are still alive, you will be directly teleported to the next level to continue the trial.

When all participants die, the trial ends. Determine the final ranking.

Below is a ranking list.

"All dead? They're really confident!" Ling Xuan looked at the rules and thought of the description of the Trial Tower.

It is said that this Trial Tower, like the original Tongtian Mountain, was never intended for anyone to pass through. And the original Tongtian Mountain could only be passed by super geniuses with more than ten million epochs. Could this seventh Trial Tower be the same?

"Then let's try to break through this trial tower first. We can't let our momentum falter." Ling Xuan looked at the list, a surge of fighting spirit rising in his heart.

If this Trial Tower is set up the same way as the original Tongtian Mountain, then Cao Benqi, as a super genius who appears only once every hundred million epochs, will definitely be able to pass through it.

Although Yan Di's weakness was his temperament in the later stages, and his comprehension was poor, his strength stopped improving after reaching the level of the Lord of the Universe.

But now, as a child, with the talent of the Yan God Clan that allows for the autonomous evolution of life genes, he is absolutely a catastrophic figure among human geniuses.

The increase in the number of life genes can enhance the affinity with the laws.

In the original universe cultivation system, before reaching the level of the universe master, the affinity with the laws is an important measure of one's genius.

(End of this chapter)