Swallowing the Stars: Time Simulation

Chapter 172 Rush!

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As soon as Yang Wu entered the first level of the first trial tower, it triggered a collective riot of tens of thousands of ferocious beasts.

With blood-red fur, curved fangs, and scarlet eyes, tens of thousands of blood-haired mammoths instantly charged madly towards Yang Wu.

However, these 10,000 blood-haired mammoths are actually quite weak. Even a genius at the ninth level of the Domain Realm could probably sweep them away easily.

As Yang Wu's domain continued to be released, only one of the tens of thousands of blood-haired mammoths remained, still possessing a faint aura.

Then, Yang Wu sat cross-legged and began to cultivate slowly while waiting for the next simulation.

Ten days later, Yang Wu killed the barely surviving blood-haired mammoth and arrived at the second level of the Trial Tower.

The target this time is ten thousand monstrous beasts called "Nine-Headed Pythons".

The difference between monsters and ferocious beasts is that monsters are more intelligent and are better at coordinated attacks.

Even though each nine-headed python is roughly equal in strength to the first-level blood-haired mammoth, the combined power of ten thousand of them is several times greater than that of the first-level blood-haired mammoth.

Of course, such strength posed no threat to Yang Wu whatsoever.

So Yang Wu continued to replicate his experiences from the first level.

……

The battles in the Trial Space are not broadcast to the entire universe; only the changes in the rankings are made public.

Therefore, most citizens of the Qianwu Universe Kingdom went crazy when they saw Yang Wu's extremely low ranking.

They couldn't understand why Yang Wu, who had shown invincibility in the Cosmic Nation competition, performed so poorly in the finals.

Of course, those like Jin Guanghou and Latte, who knew Yang Wu's true strength, had already roughly guessed Yang Wu's purpose.

"Father, do you think Junior Brother Yang Wu can really surpass that terrifying 'Grim Reaper' Bolan if he continues like this?"

At this moment, Latte was watching Yang Wu's ranking changes together with Jin Guanghou in the virtual universe.

For them, a mere year is nothing at all.

"I don't know!" Jin Guanghou shook his head and said, "That 'Grim Reaper' Bolan is an incredible genius. Even if Yang Wu has made great progress this year, Bolan will definitely not stagnate. I can only say that Yang Wu's chances are not high!"

"Of course, Yang Wu has already created too many miracles along the way!"

"I've watched him grow step by step from the fifth level of the Domain to where he is now! Perhaps, a miracle really will happen in a year!"

……

In the virtual universe, in the central square that once gathered millions of geniuses, immortal beings from various cosmic nations sat casually in different places.

"This guy named Bolan is really ruthless. He rushed to the first place as soon as he arrived!" an immortal being exclaimed.

"Wow! Berlan's points are rising at an astonishing rate; he's already far surpassed the second-place player!"

"Thirteen, your Qianwu Universe Kingdom's Rong Jun is quite impressive, isn't he? He's already ranked twelfth in the points rankings!" An immortal who was on good terms with the scaled giant Thirteen said with a smile, "By the way, what about Yang Wu, who's even more talented than Rong Jun? I haven't seen his ranking."

These immortals leading the teams can easily see the entire list, and naturally, the top-ranked geniuses are the focus of their attention.

As soon as this immortal finished speaking, many other immortals also began to pay attention to Yang Wu's ranking.

But when they searched carefully, they suddenly discovered—

Surprisingly, Yang Wu's name was not found in the top 100.

The top 1,000, the top 10,000, still none!

Only at the very end did these immortal beings discover Yang Wu's ranking at the very bottom of the leaderboard, and Yang Wu's score had remained unchanged!

"What is Yang Wu doing?"

Many immortal beings curiously clicked on Yang Wu's current trial live stream.

In the live stream, Yang Wu was seen sitting cross-legged on the ground cultivating, and next to him was the last of the heavily injured nine-headed pythons.

"Thirteen, this genius from your Qianwu Universe Kingdom is quite unique. He actually uses the Trial Tower as a place for cultivation?"

"Yes, with his ability, he's probably very confident of reaching second place overall. Does he really think he can reach first place?"

The other immortal beings laughed.

Even the bald immortal leading the Noah Universe Kingdom team laughed and said, "Haha, maybe Yang Wu really can make it to first place! Thirteen, how about we make a bet?"

"Get lost!" the Scaled Giant Thirteen said irritably. "If we're going to bet, let's bet on whether Bolan can clear all the Trial Towers!"

After the Scaled Giant finished speaking, the bald Immortal from the Noah Universe Kingdom was speechless.

Although Berlan is very strong, in their eyes, it is still impossible for Berlan to pass all the trial towers.

The others chimed in with jokes, "Yeah, Severus, let's take a gamble with Thirteen!"

For these eternal beings that have existed for countless ages, dignity and honor even surpass life and death.

They were somewhat displeased that the Noah Universe Kingdom's genius had secured the top spot in the overall universe rankings.

But they also knew in their hearts that among the million geniuses in this year's Genius Battle, there was indeed not a single one who could match Bolan.

Therefore, the only way to defeat the opponent is to clear the Trial Tower!

……

Meanwhile, countless people within the Qianwu Universe were extremely dissatisfied with Yang Wu's performance.

Throughout the hundreds of millions of star systems in the entire Qianwu Universe Kingdom, countless people believe that Yang Wu is the strongest genius in their universe kingdom.

But now, even Rong Jun, who was defeated by Yang Wu, has risen to the twelfth position in the entire universe, while Yang Wu's ranking is at the bottom among countless geniuses.

How can this be satisfactory?

In an instant, countless people in the Qianwu Universe felt immense disappointment in Yang Wu!

Of course, this disappointment only exists among those at the bottom of society.

As for the more knowledgeable and powerful individuals, they could naturally guess that Yang Wu was either hiding his strength or cultivating.

But they also couldn't understand what use a mere year or so could have for Yang Wu.

After all, which of the geniuses who are qualified to break into the top ten of the universe's overall rankings isn't an exceptionally talented individual? Perhaps Yang Wu can surpass countless peers in a year, but that certainly won't include these geniuses!

What's more, there's the even more incredible 'Grim Reaper' Berlan looming ahead of everyone!

As for Luo Feng, who was cursed by many people in the Qianwu Universe Kingdom and the Black Dragon Mountain Star Region in the original work, he escaped a calamity this time because of Yang Wu.

Because Yang Wu and Luo Feng's rankings were always very close, Yang Wu, who was stronger, naturally became the target of more people's frustration.

Of course, Luo Feng was still cursed by many people in the Black Dragon Mountain Starfield.

……

And so, time passed day by day.

Although Yang Wu's progress was slower, he never stopped.

The seven-story trial tower is also the best place of trial prepared by the Virtual Universe Company.

The trial creatures inside are all carefully selected over countless years.

The first level is dominated by the ferocious beast 'Blood-Haired Mammoth';

The second level features a terrifying monster called the "Nine-Headed Python";

The third layer consists of metallic lifeforms called "Thoraga Warriors";

The fourth layer is a strange creature from the universe called the "Flying Hou";

The fifth layer consists of mechanical puppets from the Machine Race, one of the most powerful races in the universe.

The sixth level contains an extremely rare number of colossal star beasts, the "Azure";

The seventh level is the true core of one of the most powerful races, the Zerg, the Zerg Mother Nest!

Each and every opponent was an extremely difficult character to deal with.

Some of these trial creatures were unfamiliar even to Yang Wu.

For example, the Zerg mother hive!

Information about the Zerg hive on the virtual universe network is all restricted and will not be made public.

Even if Yang Wu chooses to fight the Zerg hive in the Killing Space, the opponent's fighting style probably won't be as flexible as that on the seventh floor of the Trial Tower.

Therefore, starting from the fourth level of the Trial Tower, Yang Wu has been constantly experiencing the fighting styles of these different opponents, gradually improving his own combat skills.

Time continued to flow by...

Perhaps at the beginning these trial creatures were of low strength, and the star-level geniuses could easily pass through each level.

However, as the difficulty of the Trial Tower increases, more and more geniuses are eliminated.

Thor, who had not yet crossed the threshold of the fundamental laws, was eliminated on the first floor of the third trial tower, and his final ranking was around 400,000.

Hong, who had entered the fundamental law of light, was ultimately eliminated on the second floor of the fourth trial tower, with a final ranking of around 80,000.

……

In the blink of an eye, it was July 10, 2071, Earth time.

On this day, during the trial tower challenge of the highly anticipated finals of the Cosmic Peak Genius Battle.

Yang Wu and Luo Feng, both from the Qianwu Universe Kingdom, rushed into the fourth floor of the fifth trial tower.

Thank you to reader Yan Zai Huishou for the 1500 points reward.

(End of this chapter)