Swallowing the Stars: Starting with the Battle of Geniuses

Chapter 77 The Battle of Geniuses Comes to an End

"What did you say?"

Berlan's pupils constricted.

The attack had already been launched. Hunzhen was unable to split his attack into nine illusory forms and could only stand in front of him with nine Yuan Shen weapons in a row to block it head-on.

As the sword light clashed with the primordial spirit weapon, enormous beads shattered and dissipated, seemingly poised to declare victory for the sword light if it held out just a moment longer.

But Bolan dared not relax or be careless in the slightest.

Hunzhen's composed demeanor made him not feel that the other party was making baseless accusations.

Bang, bang, bang... One by one, the primordial spirit weapons shattered, and in the blink of an eye, only three remained.

Hunzhen offered no further explanation.

He simply raised his hand slowly and declared calmly, "This is the ultimate level of the third stage of the Primordial Spirit Weapon—Arc Light Leap."

A beam of light suddenly shot out from the first Yuan Shen weapon in front of Hun Zhen and collided with the second Yuan Shen weapon.

then--

call out!

Berlan's body jolted violently.

The power of the Blood Sword suddenly dissipated.

He looked down slightly and saw a huge hole in his chest.

His keen spatial awareness allowed him to determine the reason in that instant.

He looked at Hunzhen with a complicated expression and asked, "The light... teleported?"

Hunzhen shook his head and then nodded, saying, "It should be said that the essence of this move is the energy leap generated by the extreme control of spatial frequency, which creates a near-instantaneous teleportation effect."

After saying this, Hunzhen's face showed a proud expression: "This is the result of my initial attempt at combining space and time."

Bolan recalled the names of the moves that Hunzhen had just mentioned, and a vision of the future suddenly appeared in his mind.

That was the scene after Hunzhen had completely perfected the Arc Light Leap, with the light beam bending several times before finally launching a teleportation attack.

With just a little calculation, one can imagine endless variations.

"Arc light jump?"

Berlan smiled and nodded: "A good name."

Bolan, already at his limit due to that one strike, was severely injured by the Arc Light Leap. His virtual body finally exhausted its energy and dissipated in the wind.

This also marks the end of this year's Genius Battle.

On the raised arena, only Hunzhen remained.

He looked down and took in the sight of a thousand geniuses looking up at him.

At that moment, for no apparent reason, an unprecedented sense of awe rose within me.

"This is the pinnacle."

Hunzhen clenched his fists, a light smile playing on his lips.

The scenery along the way echoed in my heart, as if the weariness hidden deep in my bones was quietly washed away, and even my soul seemed to be rejoicing, and my spirit seemed to be undergoing a strange sublimation.

Before long, the carefree smile on Hunzhen's face quickly faded, and he silently added in his heart, "This is just a temporary peak."

……

1000 geniuses and 1008 powerful immortals stood in the central square listening to the Nine Swords Venerable's instructions.

"From this day forward, your path will no longer be ordinary."

"My Virtual Universe Company will provide you with full support. Whether you become renowned super beings throughout the universe, ordinary strong individuals, or perish along the way, it all depends on yourselves. Work hard, your path to becoming strong has only just begun!"

That majestic and powerful voice echoed in everyone's mind.

The battle of geniuses has ended, but the passion of the young geniuses has only just been ignited.

In the blink of an eye, both the Immortal and the Venerable departed.

The virtual universe staff member named Mana continued to liaise with the thousand geniuses, detailing the specifics of the spaceship transporting them to the initial universe.

When Mana mentioned that he would use a thousand specially designed F-class spaceships to transport them, everyone was shocked by the wealth and power of Virtual Universe Company.

Hunzhen, however, already knew this and showed little interest.

Inadvertently, his gaze fell upon a handsome young man with black hair carrying a long golden staff on his back.

With his divine weapon, black hair, and the most common physical characteristics of humans in the universe, plus the cold and murderous aura naturally emanating from the Golden Horned Beast itself, who else could it be but Luo Feng?

In fact, this wasn't the first time Hunzhen had seen Luo Feng in the Genius Battle, which had been going on for so long.

However, he never once went up to speak to her.

"It's the same 'Earth,' but ultimately just a similar flower in a different world..."

The homesickness and loneliness that he had suppressed in his heart rose again.

Hunzhen shook his head.

His path to enlightenment was aimed at "freedom".

Even knowing about Luo Feng's future achievements, he had no intention of currying favor with him.

On the contrary, his shared identity as an "Earthling" increased his interest in Luo Feng.

But that's all there is to it.

Based on his memories from his past life, he was already tired of the petty scheming in interpersonal relationships and adopted a "let things take their natural course" attitude.

He wouldn't mind exchanging ideas with people like Bolan, Rongjun, or even Uka if they happened to meet by chance, but he disdained to actively approach them to build relationships or friendships without any reason.

Even if you catch up with "Earthlings," what good will it do? You're still a stranger in this world.

This vast universe was ultimately not his home.

"If I have the chance, I could travel to this Earth, do a pilgrimage to the holy sites, and see what this Earth looks like."

Fortunately, Hunzhen was no longer the naive and innocent person she was when she first entered this world, and she quickly shook off her homesickness.

The battle of geniuses was not only a journey of his talent emerging from its cocoon, but also forged his true heart of a strongman.

"Um?"

The latest novel is first published here!

Not far away, Luo Feng, who had noticed being watched, turned his head and happened to see Hunzhen turn his head back.

A question lingered in his mind: "Was Hunzhen looking at me just now?"

Luo Feng was very self-aware. Even though he wasn't afraid of comparison, at this moment, his opponent was the number one in the Genius Battle, while he was only in the top ten. The reality of the gap made him realize that in terms of strength and talent, Hunzhen had no reason to pay special attention to him.

Who cares?

After the battle of geniuses ended, Luo Feng was in high spirits, and he quickly dismissed this doubt from his mind.

Mana quickly finished explaining everything.

Hunzhen, overwhelmed by Uka's enthusiasm, exchanged contact information with him.

Turning to look at Bolan again, he saw that the guy had secretly logged off again. He immediately pursed his lips and logged out of the virtual universe as well.

Shortly after, Virtual Universe sent an email informing them of the spaceship's arrival date and landing location.

"Half a month?"

Hunzhen pondered, "The Genius Battle is over, I'm leaving this place, and I won't be back for a long time. So, it's time to take care of some things."

Relying on the intelligent optical brain to use the search function, Hunzhen's first search was naturally for his former employer, "Black Oak Company".

"Oh, this..."

Before long, Hunzhen had identified the company he was targeting.

However, the answer the intelligent optical computer gave him was that when he had just begun to show his talent during the audition period, Black Oak Company had already quietly dissolved and its entire staff had run away.

"..."

With the assets accumulated over the years during the Genius Battle Cycle, Hunzhen could even issue bounties to capture all the former members of the Black Oak Company.

But now, Hunzhen has lost some of his enthusiasm.

Firstly, he had no intention of making enemies of his predecessor.

He didn't hold much grudge against his predecessor for killing his own sister with his own hands.

If a real reckoning were to be conducted, the blame would fall on the slave traders who destroyed the planet Balian.

Secondly, he did receive the resources, and the company didn't actually cause him much trouble or annoyance, so it was difficult for him to harbor much resentment.

Instead, it became a catalyst for motivating the early-stage Sims to grow stronger.

Looking at the universe as a whole, using assassin camps to cultivate die-hard loyalists is really just a minor evil among minor evils...

It's not even illegal; according to reports, human slaves are all bought through legal channels.

Moreover, everyone conceded defeat and the group disbanded on the spot.

He was a little reluctant to send someone to hunt him down again...

Thirdly, given his current status and position, this would indeed be somewhat beneath him.

He no longer took the small Black Oak Company seriously.

Whether he lived or died, it was all meaningless to him.

In contrast, another question had been on his mind for a very long time.

"It's time to really go to the Void Realm Star."

Hunzhen suddenly had an idea.

"Speaking of which... I've never seen what the beast-eared girl that the Sims dream about looks like."

Volume One, complete. It happens to have the same number of chapters and chapter titles as the original "Genius Battle" volume, which is a special tribute I made.

I had originally thought of following Tomato's tradition of "taking a day off to sort out the plot after finishing a volume", but... there have been a lot of requests for updates lately, and I'm afraid I'll get beaten up if I take another break, so I'll leave this glorious tradition behind for now.

Another new volume has begun, and I've recently started frequently looking up information again. I have to say, Baidu Encyclopedia is really harmful; it even has errors and omissions. If I hadn't specifically looked up the original text, it would have been full of bugs again.

(End of this chapter)