I picked up attributes in Swallowing Star.

There were originally tens of thousands of these arenas, and each arena could only have one winner. So there were tens of thousands of super geniuses on site. The fighting style adopted by these geniuses was no longer a simple free-for-all, but a one-on-one battle. This was done because geniuses who could reach this level were usually very outstanding.

Only in this way can they maximize their abilities, fully showcase their outstanding talents, and allow the high-ranking figures of various forces and families watching to gain a clearer understanding of these geniuses' abilities, so that they can selectively recruit and win them over.

Although this battle of geniuses was organized by the Luo Tian Sect, many other forces participated and paid a corresponding price. Therefore, the most outstanding geniuses will definitely be taken away by the Luo Tian Sect, while the remaining geniuses will join these aristocratic families and other forces, becoming the core force for them to maintain their respective positions in the future.

Regardless of the faction, they all need to continuously recruit and train new and powerful individuals to provide them with a constant stream of strong fighters. Only with the addition of these strong fighters can their faction maintain its strength and status, thereby gaining more resources.

Of course, another purpose of doing this is to keep their own faction active. This also gives members with average talent and potential a fair chance to compete, because if they don't work hard, they will be replaced by more outstanding newcomers at any time. The geniuses like Luo Yuan who won the first battle can only be said to have passed the preliminary selection.

Next comes the real start of this battle of geniuses, a process that will allow those high-level figures to gain a clearer understanding of them. As the various data on the virtual panel flashed continuously, the battle list between the geniuses was quickly drawn up.

Moreover, this list was based on the performance of both sides. Although Luo Yuan did not know the specific evaluation criteria, it was not too important to him to know the strength of his opponent. What he needed to do now was to be among the top ten in this battle this year, because only the top ten were qualified to join the Luo Tian Sect.

It's important to understand that this place originally gathered hundreds of billions of geniuses, but after the chaotic battle, only tens of thousands of geniuses remain. However, they still need to select the top ten through battle. This shows how high the requirements are to join a super power. And this is just a selection competition for one power in an independent universe.

In fact, no powerful being knows the exact number of forces in the entire universe, nor will anyone bother to count them. This is because, for them, only the truly powerful will pay special attention to and value those geniuses who cannot grow up, as they are of no value.

Moreover, even among geniuses, there are other differences. When they all gather together to fight, these differences become even clearer. Luo Yuan will not underestimate these geniuses in the independent universe, but he will not overestimate them based on this battle, because his own abilities and talents are indeed very good.

Very few can reach his level. Luo Yuan was able to become the successor of the universe controller, and his actual talent and potential were not fully displayed. Luo Yuan even felt that he might be qualified to become the sole successor of a ruler-level powerhouse, but it would be very difficult for him to obtain such qualifications and status.

The premise is that the sovereign-level powerhouse will only choose to initiate the inheritance battle when he is really about to break through. Under normal circumstances, there is basically no such opportunity, because there is only one sovereign in any independent universe. He has a very high status and authority. He can enjoy any resources of the entire universe, so he will not easily give up such a position unless absolutely necessary.

Moreover, Luo Yuan has already achieved a leap from the inheritor of the Hunyuan Lord to the inheritor of the universe controller. Therefore, the most important thing for him is to calm down, fully digest the inherited power he has obtained, and transform it into his own true combat power.

Therefore, only by building a more solid foundation and acquiring a powerful base can he possibly access higher-level inheritances and powers. Otherwise, even if he were given a Dominator-level inheritance now, he would not be able to master it, or even have the opportunity to come into contact with it.

Therefore, Luo Yuan was willing to come to this dangerous secret world to explore because he knew about such things. He wanted to integrate all the inherited knowledge he had acquired as quickly as possible, which required the use of resources in the universe.

After all, Luo Yuan had already noticed that neither the Hunyuan Lord nor the Universe Controller could provide him with more cultivation resources. They could only provide him with the corresponding inherited knowledge and some guidance. The higher the level of the powerhouse, the higher the level of resources they needed. These resources were extremely precious and could no longer be determined by quantity. Therefore, he could only have the opportunity to obtain them by going to a higher-level universe.

The independent universe that Luo Yuan is currently in is a very good secret realm world. Although the super strong people in this universe have been eliminated, not all of the cultivation resources have been taken away. At least they can meet the various cultivation needs of these inheritors.

The problem is that these resources won't be given to them for free, and there won't be any super strong people to collect them for them. In the end, they can only obtain them here on their own. This is not only to enable them to obtain more resources, but also to enable them to achieve greater strength as soon as possible, such as through various forms of training, so that their mindset can also begin to grow.

Soon, Luo Yuan was matched with his next opponent. To his surprise, the opponent was from the same independent universe as him and was another inheritor. Luo Yuan was able to discover this person because he was one of the inheritors who were teleported at the same time as him.

Although this inheritor concealed his aura and appearance to hide his identity, some traces of rules from other universes on his body could not escape Luo Yuan's detection. In addition, Luo Yuan had cultivated some very powerful detection abilities, so he was able to see the other party's true face very quickly.

Of course, Luo Yuan was able to do this because his concealment skills were very strong, and naturally, his detection skills were also at the same level.

However, this also shows that the other party's concealment methods are not very strong. If he really cannot perfectly hide his identity in front of those super-powerful experts, since even Luo Yuan can see it clearly, it would not be so difficult for those super-powerful experts of higher level to find out his true identity.

Unless the other party elevates their various concealment techniques to the level of Luo Yuan, even though Luo Yuan discovered the other party's true identity, he did not immediately show any unusual expression.

Because Luo Yuan still needed to hide his true identity, and he discovered that the other party had not discovered his true situation, but only thought that Luo Yuan was a local strongman, and it seemed that the other party looked down on Luo Yuan a little.

This is because these inheritors from the outer universe generally look down on the local powerhouses. The universes where these local powerhouses reside are, in fact, just secret realms controlled by their own universes.

Moreover, it is extremely difficult for those powerful beings in the universe to change their current situation. Therefore, the inheritors of independent universes like Luo Yuan will feel superior and look down on these local geniuses deep down.

Not to mention them, even Luo Yuan had the same idea in his heart. However, Luo Yuan's feelings were not as strong. In particular, during his observation, he also discovered many unique things, which made him begin to pay more attention to the various forces and geniuses in this universe.

Luo Yuan always felt that this independent universe that had been taken over was definitely not so simple, because since he came here, he had discovered that the major forces in this universe were putting a lot of effort into cultivating geniuses, and the resulting hierarchical system allowed them to cultivate a large number of strong people in a very short time, and maximize their control and utilization of resources.

However, no matter how they use them, they must still have a lot of resources that they haven't actually used. So where did these resources end up? Luo Yuan thinks they are very likely to be used to cultivate even more outstanding beings. Maybe they are currently working hard to cultivate powerhouses at the level of rulers or above.

Of course, these are all Luo Yuan's guesses. He does not have any solid information or evidence, so it is impossible for him to directly report these guesses to the forces in his universe. Even if Luo Yuan and other inheritors have high status and many privileges, they cannot make a move against the universe's controllers and rulers based on just a word or a guess.

Because if they were to take action again and find that things weren't as they expected, it would not only waste the time of these super-strong individuals, but also provoke hostility from many powerful beings in the universe. Although this universe, which has already been taken over, has many resources, it still needs these native powerful individuals to nurture them.

Otherwise, how could they have grown out of nowhere? But it's also impossible to send powerful beings from their own universe to do such a thing. That's why these local forces and powerful beings are preserved so that they can provide them with more resources.

Therefore, we try not to disturb their lives in normal times. As long as these powerful individuals and forces do not affect the control of the higher-ups in their universe, the matter will eventually be dropped.

Luo Yuan understood the intricacies of the situation, which is why he was so cautious. He even spent so much time and effort studying the rules of the universe and various combat methods in order to better conceal his identity. Luo Yuan believed that doing so would definitely bring him more benefits.

And so Luo Yuan and the inheritor opposite him began their battle. Since they both came from the same universe, they had some understanding of each other's fighting styles. However, the fighting techniques that Luo Yuan displayed were basically learned from the geniuses in this universe.

So, although the other party had some doubts, they were not truly certain of Luo Yuan's true identity. However, the other party's combat ability was not as strong as Luo Yuan's, so they were constantly suppressed. The other party even wanted to use their original abilities directly, but dared not use them, so they could only feel very frustrated. Luo Yuan, on the other hand, found it very interesting to keep suppressing the other party.

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Chapter 798 Importance

This was Luo Yuan's first time fighting against a successor of the same level. Moreover, because his opponent was unable to use his original abilities, he was suppressed by Luo Yuan in every aspect. However, Luo Yuan was able to learn the various methods possessed by the top geniuses in this universe in a very short time and transform them into a complete cultivation system and fighting style.

Therefore, Luo Yuan was able to use his various abilities with greater ease, but his opponent did not have such abilities. As a result, his opponent was very frustrated when fighting Luo Yuan because he could not use many of his methods directly. This involves the issue of concealing his identity.

After all, a large number of high-ranking figures would be watching the battles between these geniuses. If they revealed their true abilities at this time, it would cause a lot of trouble. Luo Yuan did not have such concerns, so he could unleash all kinds of powerful methods without restraint.

Moreover, Luo Yuan already had a basic understanding and mastery of the rules of this universe. This was because Luo Yuan discovered that since he could deduce his advanced inheritance through the rules of this world's universe, thereby increasing his control, the reverse was also true.

Luo Yuan could say that by comparing the two, he could quickly gain control over the various rules and powers of the two different universes and improve his actual combat ability. However, the inheritor who was fighting against Luo Yuan was not very strong in this aspect, which shows that the two of them were not on the same level in terms of comprehension and control.

Therefore, Luo Yuan understood that he had long ago adopted the method of creating various powerful means and then learning from other people's fighting styles and the rules of the universe as nourishment to improve his strength. Over a long period of time, this method allowed Luo Yuan to improve his abilities in this area to a very high level, which is why Luo Yuan was able to better adapt to any environment.

Even though Luo Yuan's current identity has some drawbacks and he cannot obtain a powerful inheritance, he can still provide a decent explanation through various means. In fact, he doesn't even need to explain; the high-ranking figures will fill in the blanks themselves.

Meanwhile, the inheritor fighting Luo Yuan was constantly probing Luo Yuan's various abilities. Although the other party suspected that Luo Yuan might be an inheritor from the same independent universe as him, Luo Yuan never used any related rule power from beginning to end.

Because all of Luo Yuan's abilities are derived from the rules and power of the universe they are currently in, the inheritor on the other side can only keep hiding his powerful methods until Luo Yuan's identity is fully confirmed, and thus appears very passive in Luo Yuan's hands.

So the battle between the two started out evenly matched but ended up being one-sided. Both of them emerged from the clash of millions of geniuses, but the gap between them was now so large that it surprised the high-ranking figures in the stands.

Therefore, the gap between geniuses is actually quite large. Only by putting them all together to fight can the most outstanding individuals be selected. In particular, Luo Yuan has advantages that other geniuses do not possess. Even though Luo Yuan was not very strong at the beginning, and did not receive any powerful inheritances or various methods, as long as he is given the right amount of time, he will become stronger and stronger with each battle.

Therefore, Luo Yuan has become the focus of attention for many powerful figures. They believe that Luo Yuan is a genius worth cultivating because it means that he has great potential and growth value. If given the corresponding resources and inheritance, he will definitely grow even faster in the future. At least so far, those powerful figures think so.

However, the high-ranking members of the Luo Tian Sect who came to host this battle of geniuses also had doubts when they observed Luo Yuan's battle. They were worried that Luo Yuan was an inheritor from the outside world. The management of those super forces basically had a basic understanding of the situation of the entire independent universe, and naturally knew about the existence of the outside universe. They even knew that their universe was just a secret world under the control of others.

Therefore, these high-ranking figures need to conduct a thorough assessment when selecting geniuses. If they discover that someone is a successor, then it is necessary to expel them. If they recruit them into their own faction and then train them, there will be no benefit; on the contrary, it will cost them a lot of resources and effort.

Of course, if they discover those exceptionally talented and promising geniuses, they will need to investigate them carefully. If the other party is a native powerhouse of their universe, they will be very happy and may even cultivate them as candidates for becoming a ruler-level powerhouse.

However, if it is an inheritor from outside, then they will likely try to eliminate it. After all, although their universe is under control, the two sides are actually in a hostile situation. Therefore, the correct choice is to find a way to increase the strength of their own universe and weaken the power of the other universe.

Even if there are super strong individuals who could pose a threat to them at any time, they still have some means to deal with these inheritors who have not yet grown up. Therefore, it is not without risk that those universe controllers send their inheritors to the secret world for training and growth.

While it can enhance their strength and various mental states in a short period of time, it also increases the possibility of their demise to the maximum. However, in order to cultivate more powerful successors, these costs must be paid. There has never been a case where someone could grow into a super strong person through their own cultivation alone, no matter how powerful their talent was.

Because powerful individuals are forged through constant battles of life and death, these universe controllers, while providing some protection to ensure their successors are not compromised, do not offer overly comprehensive protection. In fact, Luo Yuan had even heard that some powerful geniuses were considered as candidates for succession.

In other words, during the initial selection process for geniuses, the top three geniuses were all potential successors to the ruler of the universe. If a successor perished during the training process, then only a successor could fill the vacancy.

Not only can it reduce risks, but it also allows these geniuses to truly take risks. If they can grow, the benefits they will ultimately gain will be enormous. Therefore, the status of these inheritors is not fixed; they need to demonstrate greater value in order to truly grow.

Competition is brutal in any universe. Even with a certain status and resources, one cannot become arrogant and complacent, losing the will to become stronger. What Luo Yuan found somewhat speechless was that the inheritor he was fighting eventually began to use his original methods, which meant that the other party had truly reached his limit and did not want to fight in such a frustrating manner any longer.

However, this also means that the true identity of this inheritor cannot be hidden and will soon be discovered by the high-ranking figures watching the battle. What kind of situation and outcome the other party will encounter is not something Luo Yuan cares about. However, from this perspective, it can also be seen that the other party's mental state is not that strong, at least compared to Luo Yuan, it is completely incomparable.

In Luo Yuan's view, it would be unwise to reveal his full strength for such a talent selection competition, because even if he won in the end, the higher-ups of the Luo Tian Sect would take care of him. The only explanation would be that the other side felt that they might be suppressed by a local genius in the battle.

This made him extremely angry, which is why he lost his mind and made such a wrong choice. There was no need to do this. Even if he couldn't join the Luo Tian Sect, there were other forces. He could have ventured into other forces, or even participated in selection battles. He could have treated this genius selection competition as a training exercise and continuously accumulated strength, which would have been a very good choice.

Improving one's spiritual wisdom is actually more difficult than improving one's cultivation level and strength. This is because cultivation level and strength only require one's own talent and potential to be excellent enough, coupled with abundant resources and inheritance, and can be continuously improved through long-term cultivation.

However, the mind and wisdom require personal life experiences and various adventures to continuously improve in the process of growth. This requires individuals to constantly reflect on everything they have experienced, allowing themselves to be sublimated in terms of mind and state of mind, so that they can truly see the state of themselves and the universe.

Luo Yuan understood that he was very different from the other inheritors. He had grown up in a very small place, learning and experiencing a lot, which allowed him to achieve a comprehensive improvement. However, many of the other inheritors were born extraordinary.

Therefore, their path to growth is generally very smooth, with few setbacks. Even if the other party possesses great strength, they lack the relevant mental training, which is why they cannot control their emotions and mind. It is not that the longer they exist, the stronger their mental state becomes; it is impossible to achieve a proportional increase.

For many powerful individuals, although they have cultivated for a long time, most of it is spent in seclusion, without experiencing many things. Therefore, it is more difficult for them to improve their mental state. So, the inheritor who fought Luo Yuan was not lacking in wisdom, but rather felt that he should not be weaker than the native geniuses of these secret realms.

Luo Yuan felt that if he could put strong pressure on his opponent and defeat him, it would actually be a good thing for him. At least it would make his opponent realize that his strength was still not very high. Even among the local strongmen in the universe, there were many who were stronger than this inheritor. Eliminating his opponent would allow him to grow up quickly.

However, the premise is that this inheritor will not be targeted by the high-ranking figures of those local super powers immediately. Luo Yuan can only do these things. He will not participate, nor will he help this inheritor understand the truth of this universe, nor will he remind the other party to pay attention to anything, because there is no affection between the two.

It was only because Luo Yuan and this inheritor came from the same independent universe, and Luo Yuan was unwilling to offend the universe controller behind this person, that he could only defeat him at most, but not eliminate him. Therefore, in the end, Luo Yuan's various abilities became stronger and stronger until he exhausted the opponent's energy before the battle ended.

This means that Luo Yuan's first talent selection competition has been completed. The other party was also very shocked and confused, because as the inheritor of the universe controller, this is an extremely lofty position. However, after arriving in this secret world, the battle between the two sides ended in defeat in just the first match.

Moreover, the strength Luo Yuan displayed made his opponents think he was just a local genius, which was incredibly unbelievable. What's more, Luo Yuan's current identity was just that of a genius from a small village. Just as this inheritor left the arena, he was unaware that the managers of the Luo Tian Sect watching from the high platform already knew his background and that he was an inheritor from another universe.

However, no specific measures were taken against him in the end, because in the eyes of those high-ranking figures, there was nothing to worry about regarding a successor who had been defeated in the first round of selection, especially since this person's mental state appeared to be very fragile.

His future growth value is limited, so he poses little threat to their universe. Therefore, there is no need to waste time and resources targeting him. On the contrary, the strength that Luo Yuan has shown has greatly surprised those high-level figures. They did not expect that such an outstanding genius would appear in their universe.

Several powerful individuals even used various secret techniques to investigate Luo Yuan, but they were unable to find anything unusual. Even all the information about the village Luo Yuan came from was immediately investigated, but they still couldn't find anything strange. Although they couldn't be sure that Luo Yuan was indeed a native genius of their universe.

However, they could not determine whether he came from the outer universe. Under these circumstances, they directly designated Luo Yuan as a key person to focus on and cultivate. If Luo Yuan could achieve even better results in the next battle, they could even recommend him to those stronger people at the higher level and let him participate in the next selection of core geniuses.

Because once these geniuses join the core selection process, they will be subject to intense scrutiny by powerful beings at the level of creator gods. If no problems arise during such scrutiny, then they can be transferred to the highest level of genius selection and training without any issues.

In fact, the information that Luo Yuan was able to discover and guess upon arriving in this universe was also noticed by the super-strong individuals in his universe. Furthermore, many inheritors had been active in this universe, obtained corresponding status, and remained hidden.

Therefore, while everyone knows that the super-powerful beings in this universe are nurturing the most outstanding geniuses, hoping to help them grow into beings at the level of rulers or above, the specifics are not well understood, especially regarding the highest-level geniuses. No one knows exactly where they are being nurtured or to what extent they have been nurtured. Therefore, we need to investigate further to gain a new understanding.

If Luo Yuan and the other inheritors could enter this independent universe, the key place for cultivating core geniuses, and bring out relevant information, they could gain more benefits and rewards. However, the problem is that the risk factor is also very high, because once discovered, they might be directly eliminated. No one would come out to protect them, and there would be no reason for them to have any concerns.

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Chapter 799 Genius

The first battle is over, but there are many more to come. There are still a lot of geniuses left, and they all need to fight to achieve higher rankings in order to gain benefits. Therefore, Luo Yuan must also continuously improve his ranking in the following battles, and hopefully become the number one in this genius selection battle.

Only in this way can he truly have the opportunity to become a core genius member of the Luo Tian Sect. At that time, he might even have the chance to become a high-ranking figure in this super power, thereby obtaining the corresponding status and authority. Then Luo Yuan can also more easily obtain the resources and information he needs. Only by performing better can he grow faster.

If you rely solely on your own efforts and work in isolation, you will never reach a higher level. Once you reach a certain level, you can no longer break through through personal ability alone; you must participate in the competition among the various universes to obtain the corresponding qualifications.

The system quickly listed Luo Yuan's opponent for his second battle. This time, Luo Yuan couldn't tell whether the opponent was a local genius or a successor from the same universe as him. During the battle, Luo Yuan discovered that the opponent's methods were only those of geniuses in this universe, and he couldn't see any abilities that successors from other universes could possess.

However, the abilities that the opponent displayed were not as powerful as Luo Yuan knew, but they were able to maximize their attack power after each move was made. This showed that the opponent had very strong combat talent, but lacked high-level inheritance. Therefore, Luo Yuan judged that the opponent was likely a super genius from this native universe.

Luo Yuan didn't think that the inheritors from the same universe as him could hide their identities from him. Even if it was difficult to identify them at first, some clues would be found as the battle continued. It was impossible for them to hide so perfectly. After all, these inheritors did not have the powerful advantages that Luo Yuan had. They could not possibly integrate all the methods they had mastered, including the inherited knowledge bestowed by the rules of the universe, to such an extent.

This was the first time Luo Yuan had truly witnessed the level of strength possessed by these super geniuses in this universe. Of course, one cannot judge all geniuses based solely on this one genius, but at least this person was much stronger than the inheritor Luo Yuan had encountered in his first battle.

Moreover, Luo Yuan believed that this genius possessed all the abilities required to become the successor of the universe controller. In other words, given the right resources and time, this genius would eventually grow into the universe controller. However, such a genius would definitely be the focus of attention and the target of elimination by the super-strong beings who control this universe.

According to the ideas of the high-ranking figures in Luo Yuan's universe, they would not allow any existence that threatens them to appear in the secret world under their control. However, the problem is how many such geniuses there are, and it is not an easy task for them to find and eliminate them all.

Luo Yuan didn't believe that the universe controllers in his universe could wipe out all these geniuses. What Luo Yuan could observe, the controllers of the major forces in this universe would certainly also know. In the end, they would likely gather them together for intensive training.

Therefore, Luo Yuan felt that the strength of the major forces in this independent universe was definitely not as simple as it seemed. There were likely some powerful beings hidden, but they had not yet revealed themselves. There was only one possibility: they had not yet cultivated a ruler-level powerhouse. However, there were definitely powerhouses at the universe controller level.

Before cultivating a super-strong individual capable of completely reversing the situation, the best approach is to remain low-key, continuously increase training, and with the right time and resources, they will eventually improve. However, the price to pay will be high, and one must always be wary of detection from dominant figures in other universes.

Although Luo Yuan felt somewhat sorry for the geniuses in this universe, he would not go against his original stance. After all, the two sides were in an adversarial relationship, and Luo Yuan was even less likely to violate the mission standards issued to him by the higher-ups of his own faction for the sake of these geniuses and forces in an unrelated universe.