Swallowing the Stars: Starting with the Battle of Geniuses

Chapter 10 Changes in a Year

After a year of simulations, Hunzhen no longer takes the Black Oak Company, which he was initially extremely wary of, so seriously.

In terms of sheer strength, even if he directly inherited the life level of the simulated humans, he would still be far inferior to Black Oak Corporation, which controls thousands of life-bearing planets.

But Hunzhen wasn't arrogant; in fact, he had successfully broken free from Black Oak Company's control dozens of times in the simulation. And with his potential, once he was given time to develop, Black Oak Company would never be a threat to him again.

Despite defeating that domain genius for the first time and breaking through to the next domain, Hunzhen unfortunately failed to escape the company's control.

Instead, he was immediately controlled by the company's management through a method of soul enslavement after the match.

Just as the soul was about to be completely controlled, the system announced the end of the simulation, which also made Hunzhen aware of the second way to be forced to end the simulation, besides death.

After inheriting the power of the domain, Hunzhen learned his lesson when the second simulation began.

Not to mention his more than 600 consecutive wins, as early as after he became the Martial King with a 100-win streak, the company members monitoring him were replaced. Once he reveals his domain power, it is impossible for him to escape the attention of these experienced individuals.

However, before becoming the Martial King, due to the limitations of the company's human resources, the level of those observing him was naturally not very high.

He deliberately concealed his abilities, but not so completely, and even took the initiative to reveal some information to the people involved in the fighting arena.

Perhaps because he had been holding back for too long, things went more smoothly than Hunzhen had expected. After obtaining the title of Warrior, he successfully attracted the attention of the arena and passed the test during his twenty-seventh consecutive victory.

What followed was a natural progression.

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After the Giant Axe Arena bought Hunzhen from the Black Oak Company for ten times the price of an ordinary cosmic-level slave, the Sword of Damocles that had been hanging around Hunzhen's neck disappeared.

Black Oak Company's goal is, at best, to cultivate loyal and powerful cosmic-level or even domain lord-level henchmen at low cost.

Now, the Giant Axe Arena is offering prices similar to those they had during their peak season.

Not to mention the risks involved in the training process, the Giant Axe Arena has already officially spoken. If they refuse now, the consequences of angering the Giant Axe Arena are something that a small Black Oak Company cannot afford.

Therefore, since that simulation, Hunzhen has never escaped the control of the Black Oak Company again.

Although it was merely a transformation from a slave of the Black Oak Company to a gladiator completely controlled by the Great Axe Arena, their statuses were entirely different.

At Black Oak Company, one would be a slave for life, but at the Giant Axe Arena, as long as one displays talent and strength, there is a chance to regain one's freedom, and even a hope to rise to the top of the human race.

Of course, this path will not be smooth sailing either.

With his mastery of the first level of the Simulated Human Realm, sweeping aside planetary-level gladiators is no problem for him.

The Giant Axe Arena, with its deep pockets, directly used a cultivation pod to help the simulated human break through to the first level of the Constant Star level, becoming a Constant Star gladiator. It also promised that when the simulated human obtained the title of Warrior, he would be given the resources to break through to the fourth level of the Constant Star level, and upon obtaining the title of Fighting King, he would be able to break through to the ninth level of the Constant Star level.

Their swift response was partly due to the sheer scale of the Giant Axe Arena, where even star-level resources were insignificant to them, but also partly an investment in the potential of the simulated humans and a way to win their hearts.

Even at this point, the Sims were still just contracted gladiators, not even considered peripheral members of the arena.

Only by sweeping through the constant-level gladiators and becoming a constant-level giant axe warrior can a simulated human be qualified to enter a special secret realm for assessment. Only after passing the assessment can one truly shed the status of a slave and become a genuine member of the giant axe arena's outer circle.

Furthermore, since Hunzhen signed the contract as a slave, his winnings were not as good as those of free gladiators, and he was also required to participate in matches at a certain frequency. Whether he would be assigned to a match was another matter, but he had to register at least once a month.

At most, it will take a hundred years. Within a hundred years, Hunzhen must become a star-level giant axe warrior.

If one actively breaks through to the Cosmic level, the winning streak will start accumulating again, and the difficulty of the Secret Realm assessment will naturally increase. In addition, the benefits of helping to improve the level of life genes will no longer be available. This means that Hunzhen needs to allocate some of his already limited winning resources to improve himself, otherwise he will not be able to keep up with the Warrior level and Martial King level in the future.

From Hunzhen's perspective, these conditions are not particularly harsh.

The fact that the Giant Axe Arena, with its sheer size, would treat a mere planetary-level being a slave not long ago, demonstrates its immense scale and grandeur.

At the first level of the Hengxing realm, one can not only sweep aside those of the same level, but also be virtually invincible before the level of a Martial King.

Having just broken free of their cages, the simulated humans were naturally in high spirits. Every time they won a victory, they would immediately sign up for the next duel without waiting for a month.

In less than two years, he became a Martial King and rose directly to the ninth level of the Hengxing Star.

And it is clearly visible to the naked eye that the strength of the opponents increased dramatically after that.

Even without a domain, he is an extremely rare combat genius, capable of displaying combat power close to that of a domain-level genius by relying on the limit of his true intent.

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The style of the Giant Axe Arena is to excel in practical combat. Among the strongest Star-level Martial Kings, they can unleash the combat power of a second-level Domain using only the first level of Domain.

However, Hunzhen, who had gone through hundreds of simulations, was no pushover. Although his combat talent might not be as good as those few combat geniuses, his rich combat experience made him one of the few "pseudo-geniuses" who could rival a second-level Domain expert with only a first-level Domain.

Although the simulated human's performance in the simulation was far from the "exceptional" level of performance it had at the planetary level, the level it displayed was by no means a worthless piece of junk.

Besides, simulating for ten years is less than one percent of a star's lifespan. Even if a simulated human underperforms for ten years, it won't be as regrettable as the story of Zhong Yong, and no one will gossip about it.

After a series of fierce battles, as the strength of their opponents increased, the simulated humans dared not be careless, and the frequency of their duels decreased, basically to once a month.

Even today, after Hunzhen disembarked from the spaceship, the highest winning streak for the simulated human is 247 games.

This is not the peak level of the Sims. If they really disregarded life and death, Hunzhen would probably have no problem achieving a winning streak of five or six hundred games.

Hunzhen speculated that if one could break through to the third level of the Domain, there would be a 90% chance of becoming a Star-level Martial King.

If the Sims continue to grind through the Arena, they could probably clear it in two or three months and then go and see the secret realm where members of the Giant Axe Arena are assessed.

However, Hunzhen did not have the idea of ​​simply replicating the simulation records.

He had had enough of this lousy company after a year and a little over a month.

(End of this chapter)