Swallowing the Stars: Eternal Glory

Chapter 99 The Name of 'Light Magic'

Virtual Universe, World Zone 44.

When her vision returned to normal, Lu Jin found herself in an ordinary living room.

However, the gravity here is astonishing, tens of thousands of times that of Earth's surface.

Lu Jin glanced around and then looked down at the arm guard on his left wrist.

The arm guard has a screen that automatically receives various combat information from the virtual universe system.

At this moment, the screen was filled with densely packed universal language text.

Participant: Lu Jin (Black Dragon Mountain Empire)

Points: 0
Rank: None
World Area: 44th World Area

Timeframe: The preliminary elimination rounds will last for 30 days. Once the time is up, the preliminary rounds will end, and the winners will be determined based on the final points rankings.
Scoring rules: Killing a player earns 1 point, and you also gain half of the opponent's points.

After reading the preliminary selection rules, Lu Xin had a thought, and the Radiant Divine Weapon and the Hunguang Shuttle materialized.

"Whoosh!"

With the Divine Weapon on his back and the Hunguang Shuttle under his feet, Lu Jin transformed into a stream of light and flew out of the room.

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

At that moment, a series of booming sounds came from afar.

The battle in the 44th World District has officially begun.

"Hahaha~, I, Benlei Qiang Wentai, will definitely have a place in the top 1001 of the 44th World Region rankings!"

A burst of wild laughter rang out. Lu Jin turned his head and saw a burly figure holding a purple battle gun flying out of the building several hundred meters away.

"Wow—"

With a thought, nine platinum-gold blades flew out from the Radiant Divine Weapon behind Lu Jin.

Driven by the fundamental laws of light, the secret patterns burst forth and connected, instantly converging the nine blades into a platinum battle axe radiating a hazy glow.

"call out!"

The next moment, the Phantom Wave Axe transformed into a platinum stream of light and flew out at lightning speed.

"boom!"

With a flash of light, the Phantom Wave Axe traversed hundreds of meters in an instant, directly severing the head of 'Thunderbolt Spear Wen Tai' who was about to unleash his full power.

Benleiqiang Wentai: "."

First kill, easily secured!
Lu Jin looked at the screen on his wrist brace and saw that the text on the screen had changed.

Participant: Lu Jin (Black Dragon Mountain Empire)

Points: 1
Rank: 3603 4836
'Tremble, you scum!'

Lu Jin thought to himself.

He had no interest in participating in those tedious and lengthy arena battles; he'd rather use that time to study the laws of the game.

He plans to take first place in the 44th World Zone and directly qualify for the Genius Battle finals.

Looking at the many opponents appearing in his field of vision, Lu Jin had a thought, and another 72 platinum blades flew out, combining into eight hazy Illusion Wave Axes.

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

In an instant, nine Illusion Wave Axes appeared in the sky.

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

Nine streaks of platinum light darted through the air, and all the participants within a radius of several thousand meters, centered on Lu Jin, had their heads chopped off by the Illusion Wave Axe.

At this moment, Lu Jin transforms into a brutal killer.

"run!"

Upon witnessing this scene, the more knowledgeable participants in the distance all vanished in a flash of light.

It's important to understand that this is only the initial preliminary selection phase.

Anyone who can cross the threshold of the lower-level fundamental laws has the strength to compete for a place among the top few of the more than eight billion participants in the world zone.

The mastery of the first level of the Radiant Divine Weapon, the 'Phantom Wave Axe,' is a completely different concept from simply crossing the threshold of the lower-level primordial laws.

Although it was only the first day of the preliminaries, they were almost certain that the strongest person in the 44th World District was this brutal decapitation maniac standing before them.

His opponents all fled, and Lu Jin didn't bother to chase after them.

Instead, it flew over the city at its own pace, while its nine Phantom Wave Axes moved at high speed, reaping heads within a radius of several thousand meters.

A few hours later.

Participant: Lu Jin (Black Dragon Mountain Empire)

Points: 63 2357
Ranking: 1
After glancing at the points ranking displayed on the arm guard screen, Lu Jin rode away on his Hunguang Shuttle, heading to the next city to reap the rewards.

At this point, the city below had become a ghost town, with very few survivors remaining.

However, due to his own limited level, even though his strength far surpassed that of his opponents, Lu Jin only managed to secure tens of thousands of kills.

The other fighters in the city, seeing how crazy Lu Jin was, killing anyone he saw, had long since fled.

However, thanks to the kill rule that you not only get the basic 1 point after killing an opponent, you also get half of the opponent's points.

The points he could actually earn far exceeded the number of kills.

Moreover, this is only the first day. As the preliminaries progress, the points earned from defeating individual opponents will be even higher.

Towards the end of the preliminary rounds, there are even cases where defeating a top-ranked opponent can directly earn hundreds of millions of points.

In the 44th World Zone, all participants can fly to a height of approximately nine thousand meters above the ground.

Above that is an invisible and impenetrable membrane.

Above the membrane, spaceships flew slowly by.

Inside a single room on one of the spaceships, all the direct descendants of the Lu family gathered.

Through the virtual exterior view, they could look down and see the battle raging in the city below, and even zoom in to clearly see every fight and the condition of every participant. Of course, this was only possible when there were no obstructions; if the target was inside a building, they wouldn't be able to see it.

"My uncle is truly the best!"

Looking at the four lists displayed on the screen in front of him, Lu Jin's 12-year-old cousin, Lu Qihang, looked as if he had just expected this.

There are four leaderboards on the screen, ranking 1st, 44th, 72nd and 88th in the world, and the rankings of Luo Feng, Lu Jin, Thor and Hong are locked.

"That's right! With Uncle taking action, who can stand against him?"

The twin brother, Lu Yuanhang, raised his head and said.

Although their uncle was not very old, he was their most admired person.

"Hahaha~, I, Sun Lujin, possess the appearance of immortality!"

Lu Yi laughed heartily.

Seeing that Lu Jin's points far surpassed those of the second-place player, in the old man's eyes, Lu Jin, who was previously only at the level of a realm master, had already been upgraded to the level of an immortal.

Ten days later, in the 44th World District, above a city.

"Run! The Light Demon is coming!"

"Spare my life."

"Light Demon, you will die a horrible death!"

"Damn Light Demon!"

"."

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

Platinum light shot out, and nine Illusion Wave Axes swept across the sky. Ignoring the pleas and curses of his opponents, Lu Jin flew through the air, and heads flew up from within a radius of several thousand meters.

The name 'Light Demon' was given to Lu Jinqi by the survivors as early as the first day of the preliminaries.

The light refers to the Radiant Divine Weapon used by Lu Jin.

"Demon" refers to Lu Jin's extremely cruel behavior.

Every time Lu Jin killed an opponent, he would chop off their head with the Phantom Wave Axe, without exception.

As the preliminary rounds progressed and more and more participants witnessed Lu Jinga's rampage, the name 'Light Demon' became increasingly renowned in the 44th World Zone.

"boom!"

A phantom wave axe swept across the sky, blasting away the battle sword in the hand of a red-haired youth.

"Light Demon, you're already ranked number one, could you perhaps give the Blazing Flame Empire's royal family some face?"

With no hope of escape and no match for him, the red-haired youth with a single horn on his forehead shouted at Lu Jin in the distance.

The Burning Flame Empire is a mid-level cosmic civilization empire within the Qianwu Universe Kingdom, whose overall strength surpasses that of the Black Dragon Mountain Empire.

As the number one contemporary stellar-level genius of the Burning Flame Empire's royal family, the red-haired, one-horned youth Tick-Burning Flame has already crossed the threshold of the lower-level Fire Origin Law.

Originally, Tick was full of confidence, aiming to win first place in the 44th World Zone and strive for good results in the finals to become a core member of the Virtual Universe Company.

But he never expected that, just in the preliminary stage, the harsh reality would deal him a heavy blow.

The 'Light Demon', the first level of the Radiant Divine Weapon, the Illusion Wave Axe, at its peak?
We can't beat them, we simply can't beat them!

"boom!"

Lu Jin remained expressionless as he wielded the Phantom Wave Axe, slashing through the air and severing the opponent's head.

It's one thing if you don't kneel down and beg for mercy, but without my permission, you called me by some nobody's nickname that I gave you, and you still expect me to let you off the hook?
I want to eat fart!
As for the Burning Flame Empire and such, Lu Jin simply ignored it.

Lu Jin glanced at the screen on his armband and saw that his points had surged by more than a million, further solidifying his position as number one in the world region. He nodded with some satisfaction.

As expected of a genius who has crossed the threshold of lower-level primordial laws, he has far more points than the other participants.

Unfortunately, I met this guy a little too early.

Otherwise, if they meet again when the preliminaries are nearing their end, he will definitely gain tens of millions of points, or even hundreds of millions.

Day 25 of the preliminary rounds, World Zone 44.

On a scenic mountaintop, more than twenty figures gathered together.

"Everyone, I'm sure you've all heard about the Light Demon's heinous deeds, right?"

I, Sylena-Tia, though unworthy, wish to vanquish this demon. Who will lend me a hand?

Looking around at everyone, a woman with a pair of blue blades in hand, multicolored hair, and the aura of the wind's fundamental laws spoke.

"Count me in! Anyway, I'm ranked 39th in the world, so even if half of my points are deducted, it won't make a difference."

"That scoundrel, Light Demon, is an outrage against both gods and men! I'm coming too!"

"In times of scarcity, Light Demon has risen to fame; I'll join him too!"

At the call of the woman with the colorful hair, Sylena, everyone present responded enthusiastically.

There was no other reason; everyone present was ranked among the top in the world.

The preliminary rounds are now nearing their end. Even if they are outmatched and are defeated by the Light Demon, they will still be ranked in the top 1001 after losing half of their points.

Once you're ranked in the top 1001 in the world, there's no real difference between being ranked 2nd and 1001st, unless you take first place.

Without having to pay the price of trial and error, they naturally wanted to test the mettle of Light Magic.

three days later.

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

Above a city, Lu Jin wielded nine Phantom Wave Axes, wreaking havoc with a series of sharp, cracking blows.

Although he had been ranked first since the first day of the preliminaries, Lu Jin showed no signs of letting up.

The rankings change most in the last few days. If someone in second place defeats several of the top-ranked players, there's a real possibility they could catch up.

(End of this chapter)