Swallowing the Stars: Starting with a Meteor Tear

Chapter 86 Preparations

In the dense forest of an island in the Ninth World District.

Zhou Yang sat cross-legged in a huge tree hollow.

A hazy green glow emanated from him, making his aura almost blend into the ancient tree behind him.

"Countdown to the end of the preliminary rounds: 605958"

A magnificent and powerful voice resounded in the minds of all the survivors in the one hundred world zones.

"It's finally going to end!"

Zhou Yang, who was sitting cross-legged, opened his eyes.

With the second level of the Origin Divine Weapon completed, his score was several times higher than the second-place finisher, making this preliminary elimination a perfect ending for him.

"4321! Initiate teleportation!"

The space rippled slightly, and Zhou Yang's figure instantly appeared above Black Dragon Mountain Island.

"Beep! Beep! Beep!"

In an instant, a barrage of notification sounds came from all directions!

"Babata, quick, help me block all messages from strangers!"

Zhou Yang hurriedly called out.

"Alright, the blocking is complete!"

Babata's long-lost voice rang in Zhou Yang's mind.

"Haha, Zhou Yang, you've done something really big!"

"Number one in the world! And he's dominating the top spot with an absurdly high score, several times higher than the second-place player, and he's directly advanced to the final Cosmic Peak Tournament without even having to participate in the arena matches!"

"Seriously, you can't even imagine how crazy the entire Black Dragon Mountain Empire has been over the past month!"

The mini version of Babata bounced wildly on Zhou Yang's shoulder, clearly very excited.

It simply couldn't believe that it would find such a peerless genius as Zhou Yang in such a remote corner of the earth!

It's only been a few years!

He went from an apprentice-level Earth native to a rapidly advancing planetary-level and celestial-level being, and then directly crossed the threshold of the fundamental laws of the universe!

Now, he has shown his dazzling brilliance among the billions of geniuses in the entire Qianwu Universe Kingdom!

This was all under the premise that he was an indigenous person of Earth and did not have many resources or guidance in the early stages.

"If Zhou Yang can successfully join the Virtual Universe Company, coupled with his talent as a top genius in the universe, as long as he doesn't perish halfway, surpassing the old master is almost a certainty!"

"There is hope for avenging our old master."

As an intelligent life form, Babata has the same emotions as normal humans.

For it, the death of its old master, Huyanbo, is a pain that it can never erase from its heart.

And now, it finally sees hope in Zhou Yang for avenging Hu Yanbo!

"Zhou Yang, there's a call from Luo Feng. Should you answer?"

Babata reminded him.

Zhou Yang nodded: "Connect it."

"Yangzi, where are you?"

Luo Feng's slightly anxious voice suddenly rang in my ears.

"I just came out and was about to go back. What's wrong?"

Zhou Yang asked curiously, "By the way, I haven't asked you how your ranking is in the qualifiers yet."

"Ranking? It's alright, 23rd in this world region. Brother Hong and Brother Lei have also broken into the top 1,000."

Luo Feng quickly said, "Yangzi, I was talking about something else. Lots of people can't reach you and have come to me!"

"There are calls from the Silver Blue Empire, the Black Dragon Mountain Empire, and other major powers. They've been calling my communications system non-stop. Please take a look and figure out what to do!"

Zhou Yang smiled upon hearing this. He had anticipated this scene and immediately blocked all communications with strangers upon exiting the building. It seemed he had truly caused Luo Feng considerable trouble.

"Hey Luo Feng, just tell him I'm in seclusion preparing for the upcoming competitions. Could you help me deal with those people for now? Bye-bye~~"

He quickly cut off the communication and even exited the virtual universe.

There was still the crucial final battle in the universe to come, and time was precious; he really didn't want to be distracted by dealing with these matters.

After he hung up, Luo Feng's eyes lit up on the other end of the line.

"Hey, Brother Hong, Brother Lei, I just had a bit of an epiphany and I need to go into seclusion for a while. Could you guys help me receive the guests?"

He gave a few words of advice to Hong and Lei Shen beside him, and then his figure gradually disappeared.

The second phase of the arena battles for the major cosmic nations will take place a month later. After the arena battles, there will be a long cycle of matches that will last for at least several years.

Zhou Yang couldn't afford to waste this precious time.

He first spent a few days with his parents, enjoying some rare moments of leisure.

They then returned to their retreat on the moon.

"Babata, help me analyze our current combat strength and see which aspect can be improved quickly."

Zhou Yang shouted into his mind.

As an intelligent life form, Babata's analytical abilities are nothing short of abnormal; in many cultivation plans, it is far more reasonable than Zhou Yang's own.

"Boom~"

A tiny metal figure, about a meter tall, landed on the ground.

"Your spatial perception is improving extremely quickly, and you have definitely surpassed most of the contestants."

The metal figure sat cross-legged opposite Zhou Yang, and Babata's voice rang out from among the figures.

"However, compared to your spatial perception, your understanding of the fundamental laws of wood is far inferior, and your application of these laws is also very crude, as seen in that Source Divine Weapon!"

"Although you've managed to use the second level, to be frank, you're completely relying on your extremely high spatial comprehension and brute force to forcibly control it!"

So my suggestion is—

The metallic figure, its pair of red crystal-like pupils fixed on Zhou Yang, continued speaking:

"First, your spatial comprehension is already strong, so make full use of your strengths! I suggest you continue to study 'Mastering Space'."

"You currently have barely reached five hundred spatial illusions. If you can cultivate the first level of 'Mastering Space,' 'Myriad Incarnations,' to perfection, and unleash a thousand illusions, your combat power will reach a terrifying level!"

"First Major Achievement: Thousand Illusory Bodies!"

Zhou Yang nodded repeatedly as he listened.

If one could truly reach the level of a thousand illusory bodies, one's spatial comprehension would probably be close to that peerless genius known as appearing only once every ten million years—the Death God Berlan!

That combat power is indeed terrifying!

"Secondly, you should try your best to improve your understanding of the fundamental laws of wood and make up for your shortcomings as soon as possible. However, it is a pity that your teacher's inheritance lacks secret techniques in this area."

Babata continued:

"I suggest you directly study the secret runes on the Source Weapon!"

"The Origin Divine Weapon is one of the nine divine weapons of the Master, a wood and void attribute divine weapon. Its secret runes contain the profound application of the two fundamental laws of wood and void."

"Face to these secret patterns again and again, and it may help you to improve your understanding and application of the fundamental laws of wood as soon as possible."

"Furthermore, this will also help you improve your mastery of the Source Weapon."

"I will also set up targeted training for you in the killing field space to help you further master the skills of using the Source Weapon."

"If you could control those nine illusory throwing knives at will, as if they were extensions of your own body, their power would be even greater than the second level you barely managed to use!"

"besides."

Babata acted like a responsible teacher, constantly helping Zhou Yang analyze his situation.

Listening to its description, Zhou Yang's direction gradually became clearer!

"Cultivate the 'Mastery of Space' technique to fully leverage your advantages!"

"Study the Origin Divine Weapon, and at the same time improve your understanding of the Wood-type Origin Laws to make up for your weaknesses!"

This will be his primary task for the next few years!

"Babata, thank you!"

Zhou Yang nodded, his gaze hardening.

"Four years... I wonder how far I'll go?"

(End of this chapter)