Swallowing the Stars: Starting with the Battle of Geniuses

Chapter 69, Part 2 (Seeking first subscriptions!)

"This is the trial space?"

"I've seen countless simulations, but this is the first time I've actually seen it in person."

Hunzhen stood atop a rectangular meteorite that stretched for hundreds of kilometers, gazing in awe at the seven magnificent towers standing before him.

Each trial tower is as tall as a mountain, reaching a height of ten kilometers and covering an area of ​​several kilometers. They occupy various positions on the meteorite, like mysterious ancient ruins in this tranquil starry sky.

In reality, this is just a virtual facility used by the Virtual Universe Company to measure the strength of one million geniuses from the 1008 Universe Country.

As Hunzhen leisurely surveyed the Trial Tower, the rankings on his watch scrolled, indicating that some participants had already entered the Trial Tower to begin their trials and earn points, and the rankings of the other participants naturally changed dynamically.

After four and a half years of intensive training, Hunzhen's progress can be described as rapid and leaps.

Not only does the cultivation time in Chaos City keep increasing, but the more significant gain is naturally the opportunity to comprehend the Chaos Stele, which is refreshed with each simulation.

During the preliminary selection process, he gained more than 30 opportunities to learn through simulations in the first month or so.

Unless someone has the backing of a universe master, like Luo Feng in the original story who was given the opportunity to gain enlightenment by the Lord of Chaos City, other core members of the virtual universe company would never have this many opportunities to gain enlightenment in their entire lives.

And what about him?

The number of times I have comprehended the Chaos Stele has long exceeded a thousand.

Even the most powerful cosmic rulers would call it extravagant.

Currently, Hunzhen's strength is still developing rapidly, but he does not intend to stay on each floor for the full time like Luo Feng, but instead spend a year building up his strength before making a name for himself.

"The top 100 in the trial space will directly qualify for the final battle and entry into the Virtual Universe Company. With my current strength, being in the top 100? More than enough."

Hunzhen smiled slightly and immediately stepped into the first trial tower.

We just entered the tower.

The text on the watch's pop-up screen changes:

"First level of the first building: 1 ferocious beasts, the Blood-haired Mammoths."

You earn one point for each ferocious beast you kill, and ten thousand points for killing them all, which will teleport you directly to the second level.

If you don't kill them all, survive for ten days and you'll be teleported directly to the second level.

Death. Trial over.

At the edge of the screen, there is a countdown timer, indicating that once ten days are up, you will be teleported away.

Looking up, ten thousand ferocious beasts, each the size of a small mountain, roared at Hunzhen.

The space inside the Trial Tower was incredibly vast, much larger than it appeared from the outside. It was clear that spatial technology had been used; otherwise, it would have been somewhat crowded to cram ten thousand such enormous ferocious beasts together.

Now, however, it is just right, convenient for combat.

"It does resemble the Flame Beast Giant Elephant quite a bit. Could it be a descendant of the Blood-Haired Mammoth raised by the Lord of the Flame Hell Realm?"

Hunzhen's brow twitched, he stepped on a fire wheel, a flaming sword hovered behind him, and at the same time a meteorite shot forward.

A disk-shaped space, with the meteorite as its axis, is flying at high speed.

It was as if an invisible giant hand was pressing down on the blood-haired mammoths, crushing their upper bodies out of thin air.

The mammoths, their bodies half-crushed, were extremely flat, as if they had been subjected to a two-dimensional foil attack and turned into a two-dimensional image.

"First level, cleared!"

"Second level, cleared!"

"Third level, cleared!"

……

The first trial tower posed no threat to Hunzhen, who swept through it with ease.

Following closely behind, the second, the third... were all swept away.

As the meteorite iron of the Meteorite Divine Weapon condensed into a sharp, spindle-shaped compressed space that pierced through the head of the Zerg Queen, Hunzhen was teleported to the fourth Trial Tower.

Hunzhen opened the watch screen and took a look.

Participant: Hunzhen (Noah Universe Kingdom)

Points: 7770000

Rank: 2

Hunzhen turned off the screen, a slight smile playing on his lips: "Even this speed couldn't get you first place? You're something else."

Meanwhile, in the outside world, the Noah Universe Kingdom was in an uproar and went completely mad!

Even though the trial space didn't broadcast the event and only showed the rankings, such results are still amazing!

"I apologize to the Flame Demon. I shouldn't have doubted his strength. He is undoubtedly a peerless genius, second only to the leader of our Noah Universe Kingdom!"

"Brother, that's too conservative. Compared to the Balrog's performance a few years ago, this rate of improvement... surpasses even the Grim Reaper. Anyone looking forward to it?"

"Flame Demon! Flame Demon! YMYYDS!"

"I'm a fan now! Damn, seeing those ranking numbers got me so excited! I even spilled the takeout I was delivering—thankfully the delivery guy was also checking the rankings and didn't give me a bad review! Thank you, Flame Demon!"

"The peak breeds false support, twilight witnesses true believers, Yanmen!"

Demons ran rampant in the community, and many who had sworn against the Flame Demon were purged by the Time Police.

A video titled "My Confession" quickly became a trending topic on the Noah Universe Kingdom community forum.

The latest novel is first published here!

Initially, many people were skeptical of Hunzhen's ranking, and quite a few even expressed disdain.

Because in this trial space, many participants know that they are not strong enough, and they do not seek a high final ranking, but only hope to occupy a place in the top of the leaderboard in the early stage.

Ignoring his injuries and disregarding energy depletion, he unleashed a burst of power.

Such people may seem dazzling at first glance, but as time goes by, it becomes clear that they are unlikely to go far.

but……

In such a short time, he broke through the third trial tower with unstoppable momentum. Judging from this momentum, breaking through the fourth tower and reaching the fifth tower will definitely not be a problem!

Looking at the progress and elimination rate of others, it's questionable whether even a thousand people will be able to reach the fifth tower by the end of the trial!

No one can question Hunzhen's strength anymore!

The immortal leaders of various cosmic nations who could see the trial space looked at each other in bewilderment.

What were they saying not long ago?

"Your Noah's Ark Universe Nation has been bragging about having one superpower and many strong nations, but I think only Berlan is relatively secure. As for the others? It's uncertain. It's highly doubtful that even two of them will make it into the top 1000!"

An immortal ape suddenly replicated what a fish-man immortal had said to that fish-man immortal from the Noah Universe Kingdom on the first day of the trial space.

The immortal merman stiffened, his gaze fixed resentfully on the immortal ape-man.

If he couldn't see what was happening inside the trial space, he might still try to deny it.

But now?

I never saw Hunzhen break through three trial towers so quickly, without a single wound or much fluctuation in his aura?

Where are those guys who gave up on themselves after realizing they had no hope of making it into the top 7300?

"Freak!"

The Immortal Murloc cursed under his breath, then closed his eyes and remained silent.

The immortal winged man from the Noah Universe Kingdom was even more excited, his eyes practically shining.

"This little guy!"

Others might not know or have no way of knowing, but as the leader of the Noah Universe Kingdom, how could he not know?

Besides the Meteor Fire Divine Weapon that is currently the main weapon in battle, Hunzhen also applied for a Primordial Divine Weapon that he has never used!

Immortal's thinking speed is incredibly fast; he instantly retrieved Hunzhen's match records.

"The law of time—this little guy's understanding of the law of time is definitely no weaker than his understanding of the law of space!"

After all these years, he couldn't help but tremble in his arms; it was simply too shocking.

Even at this point, Hunzhen is still thinking of holding back and hiding his strength?

"If this Hunzhen were to unleash his full power, compared to the unparalleled Bolan, who would be stronger?"

The immortal winged man couldn't help but mutter to himself.

(End of this chapter)