Devouring Stars: Master of Evolution

Chapter 163 The Battle of Geniuses Begins

"Fortunately, I thought His Highness would confront this ninth-tier cosmic-level Golden-Winged Eagle head-on."

On the spaceship deck, even one of the guards had a bead of cold sweat on his forehead.

"How could that be? Your Highness's training objective is the Golden-Scaled Rhinoceros, not the Golden-Winged Eagle."

Another guard shook his head.

This world is specifically designed to cultivate geniuses, and it is teeming with cosmic-level monsters. Once a major battle breaks out, it is easy to attract a siege from ferocious beasts.

A group of guards remained hidden in the void, keeping a close eye on Qin Mu's every move.

In the field, Qin Mu darted through the soil, dodging the ninth-tier cosmic-level golden-winged eagle, before returning to the ground to continue his search for his target.

In a normal world, if one has mastered the Earth Domain, traversing the land would be very easy.

The situation is different in the world of the Realm Master. The transformation of the cosmic crystal and the super strong gravity have made the earth extremely thick and solid, greatly increasing the difficulty of traversing it.

"Training alone is very different from being supported by a swarm of insects, and there are many more things to pay attention to."

As Qin Mu searched, he also reviewed the situation in his mind.

The Lingchuan Forest has a complex environment and is home to many ferocious beasts. Although Qin Mu was very careful, he still encountered some ferocious beasts with strong senses from time to time.

This kept Qin Mu on high alert.

Using the Myriad Wheels is extremely energy-consuming; even Qin Mu would feel tired after controlling multiple sub-wheels for a long time.

Not to mention they also need to be wary of their surroundings, as major battles break out from time to time.

This forced Qin Mu to explore ways to fight with less attrition and avoid meaningless battles.

With his strength, he would be in considerable danger if he were surrounded by a large number of cosmic-level monsters.

……

"boom--"

A deafening clang of metal clashing made the air crackle.

Qin Mu stood on the Myriad Manifestations Heavenly Wheel, using the massive bodies of nearly a thousand golden-scaled giant rhinoceroses to dodge and weave through the crowd.

Nine golden sword energies darted around like swimming fish, leaving a trail of blood.

Unlike the straightforward attacks of the past, the golden sword energy was much more agile, each strike piercing the vital points of the Golden Scaled Rhinoceros.

In addition to the golden sword energy, nine fiery red blades, burning with raging flames and exuding an explosive aura, also cut around, slicing across the throat of the golden-scaled giant rhinoceros.

Under the attacks of the Golden Wheel and the Fire Wheel, the number of Golden Scaled Rhinoceroses was decreasing rapidly at a visible rate.

However, this Golden Scaled Giant Rhinoceros clan has a total of five cosmic-level beasts, the most powerful of which has reached the fourth level of the cosmic-level!

How could they allow Qin Mu to run rampant?

The earth roared, and the leading golden-scaled rhinoceros transformed into a golden light, seemingly tearing through space, and charged forward in an instant.

Light condensed on the single horn on its head, exuding an extremely sharp aura.

The other four cosmic-level golden-scaled giant rhinoceroses, seeing their leader launch an attack, instantly transformed into golden light and charged forward.

Five colossal golden-scaled rhinoceroses, each of cosmic scales, launched an attack simultaneously from different directions!

"Whoosh—"

The Myriad Manifestations Wheel beneath Qin Mu's feet spun rapidly, and from within the Earth Wheel, 36 rock shields flew out, their earthen-yellow runes gleaming.

From within the spatial wheel, 36 short spears flew out, their silver runes gleaming, piercing into the void.

As the All-Encompassing Heavenly Wheel Mother Wheel rotated, the Earth Wheel and the Space Wheel united their auras under its influence.

Combined with the earth domain emanating from Qin Mu's body, a yellowish-brown domain with a diameter of 500 meters was formed centered on Qin Mu.

Within the earthen-yellow domain, countless earthen-yellow air currents rippled slowly, as if the surrounding space had solidified.

"Rip—"

When the leading golden-scaled giant rhinoceros rushed into the earth-yellow area, it was as if it had entered another space. A heavy force pressed down on its body, and its speed decreased drastically.

When the Golden Scaled Giant Rhinoceros approached Qin Mu within fifty meters, its attack became extremely difficult, as if penetrating the domain was very difficult and strenuous. Its speed had slowed to only half, and its power was probably less than one-tenth.

Although the power was greatly reduced, Qin Mu still did not take the attack head-on, but instead dodged to the side at lightning speed.

This is a full-force attack from a fourth-tier golden-scaled giant rhinoceros of cosmic level!

Even if its power is less than 10%, it would still be enough to severely injure or even kill Qin Mu if it hit him.

What's more, there were a full five cosmic-level golden-scaled giant rhinoceroses attacking at the same time!

Within the earthen-yellow area, two figures of Qin Mu suddenly appeared.

"The Illusory Body - A Dual-Body Technique!"

The two figures clashed and covered each other, making it impossible for the five attacking golden-scaled rhinoceroses to distinguish between the real and the fake.

"die!"

Qin Mu let out a low shout, and in his sea of ​​consciousness, eight illusory soul chains intertwined and pierced into the sea of ​​consciousness of the weakest Golden Scale Giant Rhinoceros, which was only at the first level of the Universe level.

The second level of the soul attack technique "Illusory Soul Lock" - Illusory Intertwining!

"flutter--"

The moment it pierced the Golden-Scaled Giant Rhinoceros's sea of ​​consciousness, it felt as if something had shattered.

The golden light emanating from the giant rhinoceros vanished instantly, and its lifeless corpse crashed heavily to the ground.

Among monsters, the souls of ferocious beasts like the Golden Scaled Giant Rhinoceros, which are not very intelligent, are inherently weak. How could they possibly withstand Qin Mu's soul attack?

Qin Mu's two illusory bodies rushed towards the two second-tier cosmic-level golden-scaled giant rhinoceroses. With the combined force of nine golden sword energies and nine fiery blade beams, they instantly pierced the vital points of the golden-scaled giant rhinoceroses, whose speed had been greatly reduced within the domain.

The two golden-scaled giant rhinoceroses stiffened, and blood flowed from their necks, eyes, and other vital areas.

"call--"

In an instant, Qin Mu used the four sub-wheels of the Myriad Manifestations Heavenly Wheel and his soul attack, not only dodging the attacks of the five cosmic-level golden-scaled giant rhinoceroses, but also instantly killing three of them!

However, such a high frequency of attacks put a great burden on Qin Mu, who was panting heavily.

"In actual combat, such a sudden attack and defense is still too strained! We need to be more cautious in the future."

"However, the pressure was greatly reduced after the three golden-scaled giant rhinoceroses were killed in an instant."

Standing in the void, Qin Mu stared intently at the remaining two golden-scaled giant rhinoceroses, for these two were the most powerful!

"Again!—"

The Myriad Manifestations Heavenly Wheel beneath their feet traced an arc as both illusory forms simultaneously charged toward the strongest golden-scaled giant rhinoceros.

"boom--"

A fierce battle broke out again.

Unbeknownst to Qin Mu, the guards watching from the sky were now filled with horror.

"Heavens, is this Prince Qin Mu's true strength?"

"A ninth-tier Hengxing level expert directly attacking a herd of over a thousand golden-scaled giant rhinoceroses!"

"This is terrifying! They actually used the four fundamental laws of metal, fire, earth, and space simultaneously! And this is still at the celestial level?"

"In an instant, three cosmic-level monsters were annihilated!"

"They even have soul attacks! That's terrifying!"

"..."

Watching Qin Mu leisurely slaughtering his way through the herd of golden-scaled giant rhinoceroses, even Yu Ye, a peak Realm Lord, couldn't help but swallow hard.

"This level of understanding of the essence of space is beyond the reach of even ordinary realm lords."

Although all the guards were at the peak of the Domain Lord level, Yu Ye was at the peak of the World Lord level. They could easily kill all the Golden Scale Giant Rhinos below.

However, Qin Mu's fighting skills and understanding of the laws shocked them.

It should be understood that as long as one's realm reaches the ninth level of the domain and has some understanding of a certain fundamental law, crossing the threshold will make it easy to become a domain lord.

The requirement to break through to the level of a realm lord is that one must have a deep understanding of a certain lower-level fundamental law.

Generally, only when one becomes a realm lord does one begin to have a preliminary understanding of the higher-level fundamental laws.

Most of the domain lord-level guards present had not comprehended the superior fundamental laws!

How could this not horrify them?!

"His Highness's strength must be kept strictly confidential! Absolutely no information is allowed to be revealed, at the very least, it must not be leaked from our mouths."

Yu Ye looked at the guards around him with a serious expression.

These guards, including himself, were all members of Master Yu Chen's clan and were his true confidants; otherwise, he wouldn't have entrusted them with protecting Qin Mu's safety.

"clear!"

Upon hearing Yu Ye's words, everyone nodded in understanding.

Everything they had came from the Immortal Domain Dust, and their knowledge far surpassed that of ordinary powerhouses. Even so, they could not imagine that someone could possess such strength at the Hengxing level.

"Third brother, you participated in the Genius Battle before, right? With Prince Qin Mu's strength, wouldn't he just be slaughtering everyone indiscriminately?"

One of the guards spoke to the other person beside him.

"Anyway, I think that based on the strength His Highness Qin Mu has shown, he could easily have won first place in the genius battle I participated in!"

"He has simultaneously comprehended the four fundamental laws and can use them in combination!"

I don't think anyone in the Qianwu Universe could be a match for His Highness Qin Mu. What do you say, Boss?

Over the years they had followed Yu Chen Immortal, they had witnessed many geniuses, but none of them were as good as Qin Mu.

"I once went to the Qianwu Universe Kingdom with Lord Yu Chen and witnessed the geniuses in the Qianwu Secret Realm. Anyway, I think none of them can compare to His Highness Qin Mu."

Yu Ye also sighed.

"Prince Qin Mu is not only incredibly strong, but he's also progressing remarkably quickly!"

"Two months ago, His Highness Qin Mu's attacks, while extremely powerful, were somewhat stiff; now they are much smoother. His application and combination of laws have improved significantly."

"He is also much more skilled in using the special divine weapon, Myriad Manifestations of Heaven and Earth. The combined use of the four sub-wheels is far more powerful than that of ordinary controller divine weapons."

"Once we finish killing this batch, the training in the first world will be almost over."

We're getting ready to go down and greet them.

……

A magnificent spaceship, hundreds of meters long and entirely silver, resembling a silver crane spreading its wings, landed on the starport of the apothecary capital.

Qin Mu stepped out of the open hatch. Due to the long period of killing and fighting, he exuded an extremely sharp and fierce aura.

Looking at that magnificent scene, I felt much more relaxed.

"It's been a year. Apart from traveling, I've spent almost the entire year in battle, and my combat skills are much better than before."

Qin Mu thought to himself.

Even though they have all grasped the principles, the effects of applying them will vary from person to person.

Some people, even though they are only at the fourth or fifth level of the Domain Realm, can still defeat experts at the sixth or seventh level.

It also depends on how well one performs.

Perhaps one has grasped some of the laws, but how one applies those insights to combat determines one's fighting strength!

If a year ago, Qin Mu could only utilize 70-80% of his understanding of the laws in battle, now he can utilize 100%, or even 110-120%!

"You're back. Rest for two days, then we'll begin the second phase of training."

The second phase of training takes place in a virtual universe, where participants fight against numerous powerful human beings.

This includes arena battles, one-on-one fights, and so on.

This will allow Qin Mu to become familiar with fighting against various human races, and to gain a better understanding of some powerful races and geniuses.

Ferocious beasts and humans are different, and their fighting styles are also completely different.

Upon returning to the capital of pharmacists and meeting with his teacher, Yu Chen allowed Qin Mu to rest and relax for three days before beginning to devise opponents based on Qin Mu's strength.

Each race comprehends different laws, and their opponents are based on different fundamental laws such as metal, wood, water, fire, earth, wind, lightning, and light.

Yu Chen also directly arranged for some universe-level, and even domain lord and world lord powerhouses to suppress part of their strength and fight Qin Mu.

This isn't a simulation; it's real people fighting in a virtual universe.

Qin Mu's figure can be found in places like the Killing Space and the Killing Arena.

After returning to the capital of pharmacists, and with Qin Mu's safety no longer an issue, Yu Chen used almost all of his connections to mentor Qin Mu.

He even went to great lengths to invite Marquis Ziling, a powerful immortal who had spent years in the outer battlefields and was most skilled in combat, to personally guide Qin Mu!

One-on-one guidance for achieving immortality!

What kind of treatment is this?!

This also allowed Qin Mu to truly witness what the connections of an immortal alchemist were like.

Is Teacher Yu Chen not good at fighting?

It doesn't matter! He's rich! He has connections!

In just one year, Yu Chen found four of his friends, all of whom were Marquis-level Immortals and were respectively skilled in the origins of metal, fire, earth, and space, to teach Qin Mu.

At first, the four Marquis Immortals, including Zi Linghou, who were skilled in combat, were somewhat unwilling.

What are their identities?

They actually need four people to guide a mere Eternal Star cultivator at the same time?

Spoiling your disciples isn't done this way!

However, out of respect for Yu Chen, and because Teacher Yu Chen had given so much, he decided to lend a hand.

Then, the four Immortal Marquises, who were skilled in combat, almost came to blows.

The reason is simple: they all want to take Qin Mu as their disciple!

Qin Mu's talent was truly terrifying; even those who had traversed the extraterrestrial battlefields for countless years were amazed.

What they didn't know was that what seemed like Qin Mu's efforts alone were actually the result of the entire insect swarm's support!

This made Yu Chen both smug and furious.

It was precisely through such tireless training that Qin Mu not only greatly improved his combat abilities, but also comprehended the fundamental laws at an astonishing speed.

The resources consumed during this period left Qin Mu speechless.

"The second stage of training is now complete!"

March 9, 2066 (Chinese calendar), virtual universe, Heilongshan Island.

Qin Mu looked at the enormous black banner with radiant edges that had appeared out of nowhere in the night sky above Black Dragon Mountain Island, and his heart was filled with excitement.

"The battle of geniuses has begun; it's time to test the results of our years of training!"

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