Swallowing the Stars: You Can't Escape, Mountain Dweller

Chapter 262 Returning to the Original Universe

The guardian of the eighth floor, filled with grief and indignation, touched his bleeding neck and gradually turned into light and disappeared.

The bridges to heaven on the seventh, eighth, and ninth floors are actually in the boundless starry sky.

The bridge extends directly into space, and at the end of each level, a small meteorite several kilometers in diameter is suspended.

After the gatekeeper died, the meteorite leading to the ninth level silently disappeared.

Without hesitation, Bai Yang flew upwards, where another tall gatekeeper in silver robes and a silver mask awaited him at the far end.

"You're quite good. Among the current cosmic-level members of the Virtual Universe Company, only two, including you, have successfully passed the eighth level."

No one can get past me.

A hint of a smile played in the man's eyes beneath the mask. "Then, take this!"

This person strikes without hesitation, his movements swift and decisive.

Ding ding ding!

Almost instantly, the two exchanged dozens of blows with their two forged swords.

To everyone else, their actions seemed perfectly normal, without the slightest hint of awkwardness.

But in fact, everyone present, except for Baffin, was a universal master.

They could clearly see that it would happen in just a few breaths.

Time around these two people was violently distorted.

What may seem like a short breath actually involves localized temporal changes in hundreds of different parts of their bodies.

Bai Yang actually kept up with the guards' movements in every part.

"Bai Yang actually survived! He wasn't killed instantly!"

"Incredible! Has he comprehended the laws of time to this extent?!"

"He has actually surpassed Berlan Space's level in terms of the laws of time!"

I once thought that Berlan's spatial achievements could reach the ninth level, but his other aspects were too poor.

I never imagined there would actually be a genius who could do this!

All the venerable ones were discussing it amongst themselves; they were truly shocked.

Even when it was discovered that Rong Jun possessed the ancestral bloodline of the Giant Axe Founder, it didn't cause such a huge sensation.

The Venerable Xuechen watched with a gleam in his eyes, and couldn't help but stroke his beard and smile.

"Young Master's talent is truly terrifying."

If all of this stems from his ancient mechanical heritage, then it's even more remarkable.

The Nine Swords Venerable looked at the screen, where Bai Yang was currently locked in a fierce battle with the guardian of the ninth level.

For the first time in thousands of eons, he experienced a feeling called regret!

Bai Yang's current performance is enough to prove that he is one of the most outstanding geniuses among the human race.

Let alone a cosmic venerable, he certainly has the qualifications to become a disciple of the cosmic lord, or even the strongest being in the universe!

At this point, all the Venerable Ones no longer cared whether Bai Yang could pass the ninth level.

I just wanted to see closely just how far this unparalleled genius could unleash his combat power.

Bai Yang and the gatekeeper had similar understanding of the laws of time, so it was impossible to determine a winner using this method.

What the two were competing against each other in the end was actually their fighting techniques and combat instincts.

Bai Yang activated [Ethereal Time], and countless figures surrounded the gatekeeper, attacking him repeatedly, probing his weaknesses little by little.

This is not an illusion, but simply a combat illusion created by the excessive speed.

The gatekeeper's long sword protected him so well that he was impenetrable, and his swordsmanship was even stronger than that of the one on the eighth floor.

After a round of combat, Bai Yang's weakness in not being proficient in the seventh level of sword technique, "Pure Land," was quickly exposed.

With such an obvious weakness, how could the opponent possibly miss it?

Instantly, countless halos of purification light, large and small, surrounded Bai Yang.

He brought the "body is a sword" technique to its extreme, constantly trying to dodge.

However, after the number of sword circles from the opponent increased sharply, it was inevitable that it would be affected.

He was killed by the guardian of the ninth floor, who pierced his chest with a single sword strike.

"He didn't lose because of his understanding of the laws, but because of his swordsmanship."

"Yes, given some time, it's easy for him to catch up in this area."

"In fact, he did the right thing. In the environment of the initial universe, it would be a huge waste to use the same amount of time to comprehend the laws or to practice swordsmanship."

Many venerable figures discussed the battle at length, and no one would underestimate Bai Yang because of this.

Venerable Xuechen was all smiles. He was very satisfied with what had happened today and immediately logged off to report to Lord Longxing.

The others also left one after another.

As the last person, Baffin, left the spectator space, all the geniuses of this year's competition learned that Bai Yang had passed the eighth level.

All the geniuses who had truly experienced the difficulty of the Tongtian Bridge were dumbfounded.

They simply couldn't imagine what kind of difficulty the eighth floor would be.

Bai Yang didn't dwell on his failure; his body couldn't keep up with the extra 300 years of sword training in the simulated environment.

He was not surprised by this outcome.

Since he already had the chance to study the Chaos Stele, he had 28 days left to study it.

A rather large but simple mansion in a remote area of ​​Chaos City.

The gates of this mansion were as black as ink.

"Haha, it's rare to have a good friend come to visit me."

With laughter, the dark door opened automatically, and a three-eyed old man dressed in what looked like a linen robe walked out.

This three-eyed old man was none other than the guardian 'Kandri', who had created 52 clones to protect the Chaos Monument.

"It's been a long time, so I came to see you."

The Nine Swords Venerable smiled slightly and said to his old friend.

"Haha, Nine Swords, something seems to be on your mind. What happened?"

"Bai Yang, are you currently studying the Chaos Stele?"

"Yeah, what's wrong?" Candri asked, puzzled.

"He was originally my preferred disciple, but I hesitated."

"Ugh!"

Since Kandri was in charge of the Chaos Stele, he naturally already knew about Bai Yang's passage through the eighth level of the Bridge to Heaven.

He never expected that his old friend would miss this opportunity because of a momentary lapse in judgment.

"Lord of Dragons, since you want to take on disciples, no one can beat you to it."

"Yes, none of the other Venerable Ones spoke, knowing it would be pointless to say anything. The same goes for me."

Nine Swords was not in a very good mood.

"Haha, then have a few drinks with me."

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One day, two days...

"Ready to depart!" A voice suddenly echoed in Bai Yang's mind.

Bai Yang woke up with a start. In these last few days, he had been watching the secret patterns of the cosmic fundamental laws flowing naturally in the sky, reflecting each other.

Looking up, he immediately saw a dark blue spaceship shaped like a giant fish hovering above Chaos City in the distance.

"Are we setting off?" Bai Yang also soared into the sky.

More than 800 geniuses flew from various parts of Chaos City toward the spaceship.

After everyone entered the cabin, Bai Yang took Ai Chen's hand and stood at the center of the largest group of people.

Luo Feng, Rong Jun, Wu Ka, Bo Lan, and others were chatting in this circle.

After navigating through a portal where time flow was distorted, the spaceship finally entered the original universe.

(End of this chapter)