Swallowing the Stars: Starting with the Battle of Geniuses

Chapter 133 The Declaration of Pursuit, Two Geniuses from the Thirteenth Level of the Sky Bridge

The invisible pressure dissipated in the next moment.

A rare wry smile appeared on Luo Feng's face.

He knew that given the strength Hunzhen had displayed back then, it was impossible that he hadn't made a breakthrough after all these years.

However, the speed at which the opponent broke through still far exceeded his expectations.

From the move he just displayed, Luo Feng clearly saw a trace of the essence of what his master, the True Fiend King, had taught him.

The gap has not narrowed, but has widened even further!

Hunzhen, however, knew that Luo Feng had just arrived in Chaos City and had not yet unleashed his accumulated power.

After a period of further practice and contemplation, a period of explosive growth will naturally follow.

but……

He remembered that during this first burst of enlightenment, his understanding of the laws only reached the level of the thirteenth level of the Tongtian Bridge.

Oh.

It was about the same as when he first became a knight in the Abyss of Purgatory.

That's fine.

Thinking of this, Hunzhen stepped forward and patted Luo Feng on the shoulder, encouraging him earnestly, "Keep it up. I'm going back to cultivate now. You can come over and ask me if you have any questions."

As he spoke, Hunzhen gave Luo Feng an address.

Luo Feng let out a soft breath and nodded: "You keep it up too."

After a brief reunion, the two quickly parted ways again.

This can be considered a daily routine for cultivators.

Luo Feng glanced at the spot where Hunzhen had just stood and was filled with emotion.

If it were someone else, it would be like a chosen one, with countless opportunities over the centuries, breaking through bottlenecks one after another. But now, Hunzhen has widened the gap even further. At best, they would be devastated, and at worst, their Dao heart would be shattered.

But who is Luo Feng?

After completing the Star Tower's recognition of its master, unsurprisingly, Dao Heart became the most important element in the entire book. (Dao Heart is the most important, not Willpower.)

Even though it has not yet completed that crucial transformation, its mental fortitude far surpasses that of ordinary immortals.

The sheer power of the primordial energy shocked Luo Feng, but his gaze quickly returned to calm.

"Perhaps having such a pioneer of our time can better urge me not to be complacent and inspire me to strive harder."

Thinking of this, a smile of mixed emotion and excitement appeared on Luo Feng's face, and then he closed his eyes and immersed himself in cultivation.

Hunzhen was not worried that Luo Feng's Dao heart would be shattered by his attack.

In this world, the one who has the most confidence in Luo Feng is neither Luo Feng himself nor the behind-the-scenes mastermind Zuo Shan Ke, but Hun Zhen Da!

If this small difference could affect Luo Feng, Hun Zhen would only suspect that Luo Feng had been possessed by someone due to his own butterfly effect.

Let's return to cultivation.

Having lived in Chaos City for nearly a century, Hunzhen has read numerous masterpieces and focused on comprehending the laws of nature, resulting in remarkable gains.

The most significant factor affecting the change in strength is naturally the spatial perception, which was originally far ahead of the perception of the laws of time.

Even now, there is still a gap between the two, but at most it's only one level of the Tongtian Bridge.

Why should road selection be done carefully?

Hunzhen has a good understanding of this principle based on the law of spacetime fusion.

Rather than allowing time and space to progress in parallel from the beginning, it's better to let the slower end become a hindrance than to choose one over the other, letting the understanding of another law serve as an aid.

Once the gap widens, attempting to fuse the laws again will take exponentially longer.

Therefore, in order to prevent the gap from widening again, Hunzhen even deliberately reduced the time spent comprehending the laws of time, preferring to spend more time consolidating the foundation before continuing to move forward.

This was something he had planned before he even possessed the body.

However, when it comes to comprehending lower-level laws, there's no need to rush as much as before in order to convert strength into power faster.

Even if we gain the recognition of the fundamental laws a little later, or are a little slower in the early stages, it doesn't matter.

For this reason, and considering the vast difference between the laws of spacetime and other lower-level laws, Hunzhen divided his cultivation plan into three dimensions.

The first dimension is the fusion of the five subordinate laws of the spatial law and the three subordinate laws of the temporal law.

The second dimension is the fusion of spacetime laws that he has been working on.

The third dimension involves the pairwise fusion between the five subordinate fusion laws of the spacetime fusion law and the space law, and between the three subordinate fusion laws of the spacetime fusion law and the time law.

This is a path he devised based on nearly a century of research, a path to study the laws of chaos while doing so as not to slow down the spacetime laws that have always been the main road.

In the blink of an eye, another sixty years have passed in Chaos City.

On this day, another spaceship broke through the cosmic passage and arrived in Chaos City.

Core members of the Virtual Universe Company have the opportunity to apply for cultivation in Chaos City at each level.

This situation is not surprising.

However, Hunzhen, who was cultivating, raised an eyebrow.

"This Bolan has actually broken through to the Realm Lord realm now, which is somewhat different from the original story."

But he sensed Berlan's presence.

Several hundred years later, three geniuses returned to Chaos City to cultivate at the same time, which was quite a coincidence.

This time, Hunzhen did not intend to take the initiative to greet him.

Firstly, it seems that Berlan has always regarded him as his number one competitor. Even after joining the Virtual Universe Company, his indifferent personality has changed slightly, but he still likes to put on his old arrogant and cold face only in front of him.

Hunzhen was happy to do this; pretending to be an expert in front of Bolan was one of his unique and unavoidable pleasures.

Secondly...

The scene he saw in the future appeared before his eyes, and a smile crept onto his lips.

At this very moment, in the virtual universe's Sky Bridge dimension, a massive tremor, a phenomenon rarely seen even in tens of thousands of epochs, is taking place.

……

"It's only been a few hundred years, hasn't it?"

"This Luo Feng..."

"They actually made it past the 13th floor!?"

"From the 8th floor to the 13th floor, you cleared 6 floors in a row?"

On the island in the center of the Skybridge plane, a group of immortal gods surrounded the guardian Baffin, just like a group of middle school students in 2000 surrounded the rich guy who was the only one in the class with a Ganmeboy game console and watched him play games, watching the Skybridge scene that Baffin brought up.

Let alone these ordinary immortals, even Luo Feng's teacher, True King Yan, was so shocked by Luo Feng's feat that he was almost speechless.

It's really...

Luo Feng is progressing too fast!

There were indeed exceptional geniuses who reached level 13 during the Domain Lord era, but they all required tens of thousands of years of cultivation.

What about Luo Feng?

Less than a thousand years have passed since the end of the Genius Battle, and such progress has been made!?

"Let's not even talk about Bolan and Rong Jun."

"This talent is probably no less than that of Hunzhen from this year's Genius Battle, right?"

An immortal suddenly spoke up, and the other immortal gods looked at each other in bewilderment. Although they remained silent, similar thoughts arose in their hearts.

"Zhenyan, what do you think of the disciple you taught?" Someone couldn't help but look at King Zhenyan, who was silently watching the drama unfold, both shocked and with an expression of "great pride."

"How should I see it? I'll stand here and look."

King Zhenyan rolled his eyes and gave an irrelevant answer.

He silently shook his head in his heart.

He's in Chaos City right now, how come he doesn't know about Hunzhen's meeting with Luo Feng last time?

Even with his broad vision, unparalleled level of mastery and strength, when he saw Hunzhen, he could only sigh, "The younger generation is truly formidable."

Hunzhen's manipulation of the laws of space was extremely skillful, and he was also well aware that Hunzhen's greatest strength lay in the laws of time.

He was quite certain that it wouldn't be long before this young man surpassed him.

Even with all his confidence in his disciple Luo Feng, the current True King wouldn't dare say that Luo Feng could rival Hunzhen.

The immortal gods, however, persisted, trying to get information out of the True King.

However, a figure that suddenly appeared in the Tongtian Bridge dimension caught their attention, ending the harassment that had been bothering the True King.

"It's Naberan."

The sharp-eyed immortal had already recognized its identity.

An immortal god narrowed his eyes, looking at Baffin who remained unfazed: "Hey, Baffin, you're the one who stirred up trouble again, aren't you?"

As if in response to his words, one after another, young figures who were free appeared in the Tongtian Bridge dimension.

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"Rong Jun, Wu Ka, Long Yun, Ai Chen..."

Baffin's calm gaze swept over the figures, his face expressionless, but inwardly he was clapping his hands in laughter: "All here, all here, everyone's here!"

"Um?"

A look of surprise flashed across Baffin's face, just like an old angler who had been sitting alone on the fishing platform suddenly realizing that his hook had come off the hook. This change in expression made everyone's eyes follow his gaze.

When their gazes fell upon the end of Baffin's line of sight, both the immortal gods and the group of young geniuses had their pupils constrict slightly.

"It's Hunzhen!"

A person's name, a tree's shadow.

The Tongtian Bridge Island is suspended in mid-air, where Hunzhen stands with his hands behind his back, smiling.

Upon seeing that transcendent figure, everyone involuntarily stopped whispering, as if under a spell, and simply gazed at his silhouette.

Even the most discerning immortal gods failed to notice when Hunzhen had arrived.

"Hunzhen" (浑真).

A figure in white robes suddenly stepped forward and faced Hunzhen directly.

To everyone's surprise, the first to react under these circumstances would be the aloof Berlan, who had once been known as the Grim Reaper.

Bolan carried the Blood Sword as always, his eyes fixed on Hunzhen's figure.

"You are strong, very strong... undeniably strong, overwhelmingly so."

When Bolan uttered these words, a hint of gloom flashed across the faces of all the geniuses.

It was as if I could feel it myself.

It was as if he were secretly relieved—look, even Berlan admitted that he was not as good as him, so what can we do?

However, Berlan's next words gave these geniuses, who had begun to underestimate themselves, a jolt.

"But I won't let you pull too far ahead."

"I am far inferior to you now, but I will hold on to your tail tightly."

"Then... whether it's a thousand epochs or ten thousand epochs, one day, I will definitely catch up with you."

Berlan suddenly turned his head to look at the Sky Bridge and said, "Before that, don't let anyone else overtake us."

As soon as he finished speaking, Berlan stepped into the space inside the Cosmic Bridge.

The group of geniuses, even those who were thousands or tens of thousands of years old, were all excited after hearing Berlan's declaration.

It was as if the brave warriors who dared to bare their blades at the Great Demon King were not Berlan, but themselves.

Several people even looked at Hunzhen with eager eyes.

However, no sooner had Bolan disappeared than the passage connecting the Nine Heavens Bridge began to ripple, and a young man with short black hair emerged from it.

"What are you all doing here?"

Luo Feng looked at everyone with a surprised expression.

He was met with a host of resentful gazes.

Uka gestured towards Luo Feng's back with his lip and said quietly, "Just now, Bolan also entered the Tongtian Bridge."

Shortly thereafter, Baffin sent a mass email announcing that Berlan had followed Luo Feng through the thirteen levels of the Tongtian Bridge.

One is a Domain Lord, and the other is a Realm Lord. Others don't know that Luo Feng's Golden Horned Beast is already a Realm Lord, so the difference in their status is naturally different.

This was slightly less shocking than Luo Feng's, but compared to Bolan's own speed of progress, it was still enough to shock everyone, proving that his declaration to Hunzhen just now was by no means empty talk.

Only Hunzhen silently shook his head in his heart.

He understood the implied meaning of Bolan's words, but unfortunately... not to mention whether Bolan could catch up with him, the current situation was that even now, Bolan was about to be surpassed by Luo Feng.

Wiping away the dust from his heart, he abandoned the path of merging the laws of time and space ahead of time, and embarked on a route that focused on space, making Berlan shine even brighter than the original work.

With the added stimulation of Hunzhen, he didn't linger at the cosmic or domain lord levels at all, directly stepping into the realm lord level.

The achievement of reaching the 13th floor of the Skybridge is already the best result of Bolan's hard work during this period.

However, having entered the realm of immortality and gained a deeper understanding of the laws, he could no longer progress as rapidly as before.

Luo Feng, who has embarked on the path of the Beast God, has only just begun to unleash his full potential.

Without other opportunities, Berlan was destined to fall further and further behind.

It seems to reflect Hunzhen's thoughts.

The news that Luo Feng had been accepted as a disciple by the Lord of Chaos City spread like wildfire, just like in the original story, and was widely circulated in certain circles. However, Bo Lan did not have any contact with the Lord of Chaos City.

Unlike Hunzhen, who displayed his talent early on and whose intelligence was controlled by the Nine Swords Venerable from an early age.

On the surface, Luo Feng is the type whose talent grows stronger as time goes on, and his growth process is traceable.

Luo Feng's intelligence was something he couldn't hide even if he wanted to.

This naturally sparked considerable discussion.

After all, they are both on the thirteenth level of the Bridge to Heaven. Even though one is a Realm Lord and the other is a Domain Lord, there is a difference in their cultivation time, but it won't be too great.

Why was one favored by the Lord of Chaos City, while the other was not?

There are different opinions.

Some people who disliked Bolan even uploaded Bolan's declaration to Hunzhen that day to the forum, comparing Hunzhen and Luo Feng, criticizing Bolan as a clown, and making all sorts of sarcastic remarks.

Little did they know that those who were chosen as disciples by the Lord of Chaos City were at least those who had the potential to break through to become universe overlords.

What kind of vision does the Lord of Chaos City possess?

Berlan cleared his mind of confusion and his progress accelerated dramatically, but in reality, he was simply unleashing his true spatial talent.

It was indeed somewhat unexpected that they were able to break through the 13th floor of the Sky Bridge in such a short time.

However, from the perspective of the Chaos City Lord, this change only means that the actual talent is slightly stronger than estimated during the Genius Battle, and the probability of breaking through to the Universe Venerable is only slightly higher, from one in ten thousand to one in a hundred.

What most others don't know is that the Lord of Chaos City intends to take Luo Feng as his disciple because he values ​​Luo Feng's talent in the Path of the Beast God.

The Lord of Chaos City, however, would not offer an explanation.

The turmoil naturally subsided.

It is said that Berlan eventually became the disciple of a cosmic overlord.

Three hundred years have passed in the blink of an eye in Chaos City.

(End of this chapter)