Devouring Stars: Master of Evolution

Chapter 172 Luo Feng Hong Lei Shen's Epic Enhancement

Inside the luxurious hall of the spaceship that houses the ruling class of the Black Dragon Mountain Empire.

"Congratulations, Your Majesty! This time, our Black Dragon Mountain Empire has produced many outstanding talents."

"Excellent! Our Empire performed exceptionally well in the qualifiers, with a total of five players making the cut!"

"Your Majesty, firstly, our Black Dragon Mountain Empire has never had anyone achieve first place in the preliminary rounds!"

When the qualifiers ended, thousands of people in the hall erupted in cheers. This was a moment of glory that the Black Dragon Mountain Empire had never experienced before.

Hong is ranked 196th.

Thor is ranked 988th.

Nabini is ranked 860th.

Luo Feng is ranked 32nd.

Qin Mu is ranked number 1.

Such a result, even if it were ranked 32nd, let alone first place in the qualifiers, would be an achievement that the Black Dragon Mountain Empire had never made before.

When the results were released, the citizens of the entire Black Dragon Mountain Empire were excited and enthusiastic.

These five people, especially Qin Mu, have their images scattered all over Black Dragon Mountain Island in the virtual universe.

Such an achievement is equivalent to athletes from a small village achieving gold, silver, and bronze rankings at the Olympics during peacetime, enough to excite and ecstatic the entire village.

If the Black Dragon Mountain Empire were placed within the Qianwu Universe Kingdom, it would be no different from a remote rural village.

Even the emperor of the Black Dragon Mountain Empire, sitting in the highest position, couldn't stop smiling. He laughed heartily and said:

"This time, a total of five of us were successfully selected. Thor, Hong, and Nabini are all outstanding. As for Qin Mu and Luo Feng, they are the glory of our entire Black Dragon Mountain Empire!"

Especially Qin Mu, this will be recorded in the annals of our Black Dragon Empire!

Even the usually dignified face of the Emperor of the Black Dragon Mountain Empire became excited.

"These five individuals, as the pride of our empire, deserve to be properly rewarded, especially Qin Mu and Luo Feng, who must be richly rewarded!"

……

Qianwu Universe Country, Qianwu Secret Territory.

A giant sat in the sky, his mere presence distorting the surrounding space, making it impossible to discern his features.

Countless images flashed before his eyes—all the scenes of Qin Mu in battle.

Several battle scenes were frozen in time, which the giants watched and studied carefully.

"This little guy named Qin Mu is exceptionally talented!"

"He has not only stepped into the fundamental laws of metal, fire, earth, and space, but his comprehension is also extremely high. Judging from his recent actions, his soul defense and psychic power amplitude are also very good."

Judging from the application of the Myriad Manifestations Heavenly Wheel, it has at least reached the second level; otherwise, it wouldn't be able to handle it so skillfully!

He has a chance to win first place in the Genius Battle, and he's even more monstrous than Bolan, who's been hailed as the strongest prodigy of thousands of eras!

The giant smiled. He was stationed in the Qianwu Universe Kingdom in the hope that more geniuses would emerge and the debts would be paid off as soon as possible.

If a peerless genius were to emerge, at least tens of thousands of epochs could be saved.

"Qin Mu is Yu Chen's disciple. Let's ask Yu Chen what Qin Mu needs and do our best to strengthen him so he can perform better in the finals."

A smile appeared on the giant's face as his consciousness entered the virtual universe.

……

Preliminaries are over!

The top 1001 in each world zone pass the preliminary selection, and there are a total of 100,010 people in the entire 100 world zones.

Meanwhile, the top player in each world region directly obtains the final spot.

Qin Mu was ranked first in the Eighth World Region and directly secured the final spot.

Luo Feng, Hong, and Lei Shen need to participate in the arena battle to compete with 100,000 people for the remaining 900 spots.

Once the top 1000 of the Qianwu Universe Kingdom are selected, these 1000 people will represent the entire Qianwu Universe Kingdom and compete against numerous geniuses from other universe kingdoms... in order to determine the most outstanding and talented person among all humankind in the universe.

Selecting 900 people from 100,000 applicants is a relatively low elimination rate compared to the preliminary rounds, but it is still extremely high.

Anyone who makes it into the top 1000 is an absolute top genius, someone that countless forces would want to recruit.

So, as soon as he came out of the qualifier world, Qin Mu received countless emails.

Most of these were attempts by various powerful forces to win them over. Congratulations.

In the past, Qin Mu's greatest identity was that of the disciple of the immortal alchemist Yu Chen, and everyone who tried to win him over did so because of Yu Chen's influence.

Today, it's about valuing him as a person.

After leaving the preliminary world, Qin Mu met with Teacher Yu Chen as soon as possible.

Teacher Yu Chen looked very happy. The four Marquis Immortals, namely Zi Ling Hou, Qian Ren Hou, Rong Yan Hou, and Hong Feng Hou, were also present.

"teacher."

Despite achieving first place in the Eighth World Region, Qin Mu remained very respectful.

"Haha, not bad, this first place was easy to get."

However, this time you are only competing with some geniuses within the Qianwu Universe Kingdom; there are no truly outstanding figures in this Eighth World Region.

But things will be different when it comes to the grand finale across the entire universe. That's when true geniuses will be everywhere!

There are still a few years until the finals, so we can't afford to be careless.

Although pleased, Yu Chen still gave a lecture.

"Teacher, I understand."

Qin Mu nodded and smiled.

"This is some information we've collected. There's some information about powerful individuals here that you should pay attention to. Go back and take a look."

Marquis Ziling smiled as well.

Thank you, teachers.

Qin Mu said respectfully, "Over the past year, the four Marquis Immortals have devoted themselves to teaching me."

Although Qin Mu did not formally become his disciple, he addressed him as his teacher.

"Haha, it would be our honor to train a genius who will be the number one in the universe."

We've discussed this with your teacher, Yu Chen. There are still over three years until the final battle of the universe, so we plan to use these three years to train you thoroughly and enhance your strength!

Zi Linghou laughed heartily.

"Thank you, Teacher!"

Upon hearing this, Qin Mu was also delighted. Having four Marquis-level Immortals skilled in combat to guide him was far better than cultivating alone.

After the preliminary rounds, it was time for a free-for-all in the ring.

The arena is a free-for-all, with 100,000 people divided into 1,000 groups. Each group consists of 100 people, and the top ten in the free-for-all are the winners.

This process selected the top 10,000 people.

These 10,000 people will begin their arena battles.

One-on-one, the winner advances, the loser is relegated to the "loser group".

These 10,000 people were paired up to form 5000 pairs. After the first battle, 5000 winners were determined, while the 5000 losers were relegated to the losers' group.

The 5000 winners continued to pair up, and after the second round, 2500 winners remained.

Back and forth.

The process continues until the fourth round, where 625 winners are selected.

These 625 players advanced, while the remaining 275 spots will be selected from the losers' group.

After removing those who advanced, there are 9375 people in the defeated group. Each of these 9375 people needs to fight one-on-one against the other 9374 people.

The 275 players with the highest scores ultimately won.

This avoids the situation where two super strong fighters unexpectedly meet, resulting in one being eliminated.

In the original timeline, Luo Feng was defeated and entered the loser's bracket because he encountered Rong Jun.

In the three-year cycle of battles, Luo Feng fought his way through the encirclement and finally won a spot in the top 1,000!

The final ranking battle for the entire universe will only begin after the top 1,000 from all the universe nations have been selected.

After chatting with Teacher Yu Chen and the others for a while, Qin Mu took his leave and headed to the headquarters of Xinghe Trading Company.

Galaxy Trading Company Headquarters.

Qin Mu, Luo Feng, Hong, Lei Shen, and Jia Yi gathered in a courtyard, and all of them were in good spirits.

Even Jia Yi, who was eliminated, was no exception.

After receiving the cosmic-level bloodline potion from Qin Mu, Jia Yi successfully comprehended the domain, but due to time constraints, he only reached the third level of the domain.

He was eliminated after eight days in the preliminary rounds.

"Haha, among the 136 people from China this time, although the others were eliminated after a short time, the four of you successfully advanced. This is a level that many medium-sized universe countries do not have."

Jia Yi laughed heartily.

"I was lucky; I was almost eliminated."

On the 28th day of the qualifiers, we unfortunately ran into "Wild Man," the third-ranked player from our world region.

If I hadn't fought Qin Mu a few times and experienced his greater power and domain, I almost wouldn't have been able to withstand even one of his strikes.

Luckily, I ran away decisively, and he didn't chase after me, which saved me from disaster.

Thor looked relieved; he had almost been eliminated.

"However, it was a blessing in disguise. At that time, I had a flash of inspiration and broke through one level in my understanding of the laws of lightning. Now I am at the eighth level of the lightning domain, and I can even faintly sense a trace of the primordial laws!"

As he spoke, Thor smiled.

"A breakthrough?"

A smile also appeared on Qin Mu's face.

Thor's talent was already very strong, but it didn't stand out as much because he spent so many years with Hong, Luo Feng, and Qin Mu.

In the original timeline, Thor mastered the Lightning Domain just before his final battle with the Golden Horned Beast.

It's not surprising that a genius who comprehends a field at the planetary level would break through and comprehend the fundamental laws under extreme pressure after elevating their bloodline to the cosmic level.

"Haha, there's still a month until the arena battle. Use this time to consolidate your strength, and passing the arena battle shouldn't be a problem."

Qin Mu smiled.

"Congratulations!"

A smile also appeared on Hong's face.

Among them, Hong and Thor have the best relationship. They are good friends who have gone through countless life-and-death battles together since the Great Nirvana.

"Congratulations."

Luo Feng also offered his congratulations; the three of them had trained together over the years and had long since become like brothers.

"With all three of you having comprehended the fundamental laws, your chances of winning the arena battle are very high."

In the thousand groups of arena battles, on average, it would be good if one person in each group comprehended the fundamental laws.

Qin Mu spoke up.

During the preliminary rounds, he was able to encounter so many people who comprehended the fundamental laws, entirely because he was too powerful. From the very beginning, he dominated the entire city and gathered all the experts together.

"However, that was just a free-for-all in the arena. The subsequent arena challenges and the overall ranking battle across the universe were not worth watching."

Luo Feng is alright; he has the Golden Horn clone, and once the Demon Slayer Clan clone is born, his strength will surge, making it easy for him to enter the top 1,000.

But Hong and Thor, you two are a bit lacking.

After hearing Qin Mu's words, Thor, who had been somewhat excited, suddenly fell silent. This was the truth, and he knew it in his heart.

Hong was very clear about his own strength. It wouldn't be easy for him to even enter the top 1,000 in the Qianwu Universe Kingdom, let alone the overall ranking of the entire universe.

"Just give it your all! The final result doesn't matter."

Hong smiled.

"That's right! I was lucky to get through the preliminaries; it got even harder after that."

Thor also said in a very open-minded way.

"I have an idea that can quickly improve your strength in a short period of time."

Not only you, but Luo Feng's strength can also be improved even further!

Qin Mu said in a deep voice.

"What method?!"

Thor's eyes lit up. Who wouldn't want to improve rapidly in a short time?

Being open-minded is one thing, but wouldn't it be better to go a step further?

Even Hong showed an expectant look.

Luo Feng was also curious about what method Qin Mu was referring to.

Qin Mu didn't keep them in suspense and held up two fingers.

"Two aspects! First, improve your qualifications."

Second, find a strong mentor who can guide you.

"Firstly, let's start with the bloodline evolution agent. You've all used cosmic-level bloodline evolution agents, so you should know the difference between cosmic-level bloodlines and celestial-level bloodlines."

What if we elevate your bloodline to the Domain Lord level? Without a doubt, you'll be able to comprehend the fundamental laws much faster!

As he spoke, Qin Mu looked at Jia Yi and said...

"We must have made a lot of money from this Genius Battle qualifier, right? How much of it can we use?"

Jia Yi smiled and said without hesitation.

"Of course, our total assets have increased nearly a hundredfold. The two hundred Hunyuan you gave me are now worth about twenty thousand Hunyuan."

The funds available immediately should be around 3000 Hunyuan; the rest will take some time to be allocated.

The Genius Battle is a super competition across the entire universe, and even more so, a super competition in which everyone can participate.

This is many times better than the World Cup during Earth's time!

If you knew the outcome of the World Cup in advance during Earth's time, how much money could you make?

Without a doubt, this is an astronomical figure.

Not to mention this kind of competition that spans the entire universe.

"3000 Hunyuan! That's enough."

Looking at the people opposite him, Qin Mu smiled.

"I plan to go to the teacher and buy a domain lord-level potion from him."

A Domain Lord-level potion is worth about several tens of Mixed Yuan, and if it is a top-level Domain Lord potion, the price will be even higher.

We currently have enough funds to purchase one top-tier Domain Lord potion for each of you.

Upon hearing Qin Mu's words, Luo Feng, Hong, and Lei Shen exchanged glances, their eyes filled with surprise.

Who doesn't know that Domain Lord-level potions can improve one's aptitude?

Putting aside the price, the most important thing is the purchasing channel!

This top-tier bloodline potion is something you can't buy even if you have the money.

Needless to say, it also needs to match one's own attributes, which makes it even more difficult.

It's only because Qin Mu's teacher is an immortal-level alchemist that he dares to say such a thing.

"If it's a Domain Lord-level potion, then it can indeed boost strength in a short period of time!"

Thor said excitedly.

Hong and Luo Feng nodded in agreement, while Babata, perched on Luo Feng's shoulder, rubbed its hands together excitedly. The stronger Luo Feng became, the greater the chance of its master being resurrected!

"Secondly, there are teachers who can truly guide you."

"I'm afraid I'll have to trouble Teacher Yu Chen with this."

A poor but immortal person's total assets are around 1000 Hunyuan.

An Immortal Army Lord-level powerhouse has assets of around 1 Chaos Yuan.

Many ordinary immortal gods with lifespans exceeding hundreds of millions of years may only have tens of thousands of Hunyuan units of wealth, and on average, they cannot earn even one Hunyuan unit in ten thousand years.

If we can spend enough money, we can ask an immortal powerhouse to personally guide you!

Once you pass the arena battle, you'll have three years!

Even if an immortal powerhouse spends a hundred or a thousand Hunyuan a year, it's worth it!

Qin Mu said in a deep voice.

In the original timeline, Thor was eliminated in the preliminary rounds, while Hong was eliminated in a melee.

But now both of them have greatly improved their strength and have both comprehended the fundamental laws, so it is not difficult for them to pass the arena battle.

What's truly remarkable is the subsequent arena battles and the grand finals across the entire universe.

It would be a real shame if they were eliminated after getting to this point.

With a little more effort and a bit more struggle, we might just be able to make it to the global finals and challenge for a spot in the top 1,000!

Over a long period of time, Hong Ke became a true god, and Thor became the master of the universe!

In terms of potential, how many people in this year's talent competition can compare with these two?

However, in the original timeline, both of them had very limited resources and only gradually made it to the later stages.

Hong followed the Time Realm Lord "Luo" in his cultivation, while the Thunder God was merely an intelligent life guide for the Thunder Realm Lord.

It's not that Qin Mu looks down on Realm Lords; you have to understand that after Luo Feng entered the core of the virtual universe, even his guards were Realm Lords!

Furthermore, they can enter the primordial universe and listen to lectures from those who have been granted titles of nobility or even kings.

The difference is simply too great.

"Spend one hundred Chaos Yuan a year, and one thousand Chaos Yuan to hire an Immortal powerhouse for guidance?"

Thor's eyes widened, and he said incredulously.

Luo Feng and Hong were also breathing rapidly.

What an enormous fortune this is! It surpasses all their gains in the entire Realm Within a Realm!

"That's right! Throw money at it! Get the teacher to step in; as long as you have enough money, I don't believe you can't bring in a powerful expert!"

Qin Mu said without hesitation.

This is only because his teacher is an immortal alchemist with extensive connections; otherwise, Qin Mu wouldn't have dared to say such a thing.

If you can't get a title of Marquis or an Immortal, then being an Immortal Military Lord is always a good option.

Even if most people had the money, would you dare to invite them?

Aren't you afraid of being murdered and robbed?

Even Qin Mu only dared to dream of such a thing after acquiring the assets of the Thick Earth Realm Lord, encountering a cosmic event like the Genius Battle, reaping huge profits, and having an immortal alchemist as his teacher.

In fact, the most important person in all of this is Teacher Yu Chen.

If it were anything else, Qin Mu wouldn't want to ask his teacher for help. After all, his teacher had been incredibly kind to him, and doing so would only deplete his teacher's goodwill.

But Qin Mu really didn't want to let this opportunity slip by.

If Hong and Thor could also enter the top 1,000 in the universe, even if it's just by entering the Apocalyptic Secret Realm, their future would be limitless.

For Mr. Yu Chen, this is also a very good investment opportunity.

Given the personalities of Hong and Lei Shen, and Luo Feng, how could they not be grateful to their teacher?

This is a win-win situation!

"If that's the case, then our strength might indeed see a leap forward in a short period of time."

Hong said in a deep voice.

From Earth's past to the present, they have always relied on their own solitary cultivation.

Although they possess the inheritance of Meteorite Star, they have no shortage of secret techniques.

But what is passed down is passed down, and a teacher is a teacher!

Qin Mu understood the difference all too well.

If Hong, Lei Shen, and Luo Feng had a powerful immortal mentor for three years, how much would their skills improve?

Luo Feng and Babata were both quite excited.

Although Luo Feng had Babata's guidance, Babata was, after all, just an intelligent life form. While it possessed knowledge, it could only offer general advice on matters such as the cultivation of laws.

"What do you guys think? If there are no problems, I'll go talk to the teacher!"

Qin Mu said.

"no problem!"

Luo Feng, Hong, and Lei Shen shouted almost in unison.

This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity!

If the plan succeeds, Luo Feng, Hong, and Lei Shen will receive an epic boost!

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