Chapter 307: Less Than a Day, You Guys Broke Through the Trial Tower?
The people in the group had different focuses and cultivated different Laws.
However, one thing was terrifyingly consistent.
Almost everyone had comprehended the Five Elements Laws of metal, wood, water, fire, and earth.
In addition to the Five Elements Laws, Shi Jian, Shi Hao, and Fang Han also comprehended the Lightning Law.
Shi Jian and Yang Qi even comprehended the Light Law.
Xiao Yan, on the other hand, additionally comprehended the Space Law.
This was also somewhat related to their respective core cultivations.
Everyone had originally cultivated Fang Han's Great Five Elements Technique, and their attainments in the Five Elements were profound. So, after arriving in the world of Swallowed Star—a world where these Laws were incredibly "active" and easy to touch—they easily comprehended the Five Elements Domain.
Fang Han, as the creator, pushed the Five Elements Domain to its Peak. He then derived a Domain canopy, and the Five Elements Law evolved into Five Elements Divine Lightning, giving birth to a Lightning Domain.
Shi Jian and Shi Hao cultivated the Lightning Emperor's True Art and many other Lightning techniques from their world. It was natural for them to comprehend the Lightning Domain now.
Yang Qi and Shi Jian cultivated the Divine Elephant Suppressing Prison Strength. Within this technique, divine spirits suppressed Hell.
[Inorin's Note: The Divine Elephant Suppressing Prison Strength (Shenxiang Zhenyu Jin) is Yang Qi's (from Sheng Wang/Sage Monarch) core technique, granting him the power of countless particles (elephants) in his body.]
What are divine spirits?
Divine spirits are Light.
The Nethergod Guard evolved into the Armor of the Gods. The Nethergod Spear evolved into the Spear of the War God. The Wings of the Devil evolved into the Wings of the Angel.
The supreme Divine Abilities recorded in the Divine Elephant Suppressing Prison Strength all evolved towards the direction of Light, and naturally contained the Power of Light.
The Dominator said: "Let there be Light."
And so there was Light in the world.
There was hope!
It can be said that the Divine Elephant Suppressing Prison Strength inherently contained the Law of Light.
With this technique as their foundation, it was perfectly normal for Yang Qi and Shi Jian to comprehend the Law of Light.
And then there was Xiao Yan.
In the Battle Through the Heavens world, he had pondered many times over methods of creating space, like his 'Extermination Fire Lotus' which tore open spatial cracks.
Although Dou Saints and Dou Emperors creating and using space in that world did not mean they had mastered the Great Dao of Space, this was indeed a kind of application of it.
However, when they used these methods, they only knew what to do, but not why.
Xiao Yan, with his alchemist's soul and precision, had carefully comprehended the true meaning within when using these methods, aided by the power of his 'Heavenly Dao' (the chat group).
He was not without gains.
After coming to the world of Swallowed Star, he also comprehended the Space Domain.
This was why the "Lucky Brother" dared to be so "arrogant."
Among the people in the group, he was still the first person to master the Great Dao of Space.
Besides Xiao Yan, Lin Dong had also almost comprehended the Space Domain.
He had only recently obtained the Space Ancestral Symbol, which could control the Power of Space. Lin Dong had been studying it hands-on during this period.
[Inorin's Note: The Space Ancestral Symbol is one of the eight pristine Ancestral Symbols in Wu Dong Qian Kun, granting ultimate control over the Law of Space.]
However, he had only obtained the Space Ancestral Symbol for a short time.
Plus, he hadn't pondered the Great Dao of Space much before.
Therefore, it was difficult for him to get started for a while.
But at most, after some more time, Lin Dong would be able to comprehend the Space Domain.
Once he comprehended the Space Domain, and lent the Space Ancestral Symbol to the people in the group, it wouldn't take long…
The Space Domain would also become standard equipment for the group members.
Direct wholesale.
...
The few of them had been in the world of Swallowed Star for quite some time now.
During this period, they had already perfectly integrated their understanding of cultivation with the Laws of the Swallowed Star world.
The combat power they displayed now was all based on their Star Level 9 virtual cultivation.
[Inorin's Note: 'Star Level 9' is the peak of this stage in Swallowed Star, right before the 'Universe Level'. The original text's 'Ninth Rank of Planet' has been corrected.]
In the eyes of the people in the group, these were just basic operations.
However, their "basic" performance greatly shocked the outside world.
More than 1,000 powerful Immortals, gathered in the central spectator hall, could easily see the leaderboard and also watch the trial situation on massive light screens.
On the screen in front of everyone, in addition to displaying the live feeds of the group members, it also displayed the scenes of geniuses from various Universe Nations.
For example, the person named Rong Jun.
[Inorin's Note: Rong Jun is a top-tier genius from the Swallowed Star novel, known as the 'Savage' and specializing in the saber.]
The wild, savage youth strode with large feet, his steps strangely fast. He held a battle saber, wantonly cutting down furry, winged lion monsters.
With one powerful slash, dozens of monsters were killed.
His figure moved constantly among the monster horde, appearing at ease.
Such a performance.
Normally, these Immortal powerhouses would definitely nod and say, "Not bad! He has the potential to enter the top 1,000."
But now...
They compared the performance of Rong Jun on one screen to Shi Jian and the others on the adjacent screens.
They were not on the same level.
One (Rong Jun) charged into the Vicious Beast horde, bravely fighting.
The other group (the chat group), upon meeting the Vicious Beast horde, simply annihilated them all in a single instant.
The gap was too big.
"They've... they've reached the seventh floor already?"
An Immortal mumbled in a daze, looking bewildered.
Only to see on the displayed light screen, the nine figures of the group had already entered the seventh floor of the First Trial Tower.
Before this, all obstacles had not stopped them for a single moment.
Whether it was the numerous "Blood-furred Mammoth" tide, or the "Horned Iron Rhino" horde known for their quality...
None of them were a match for the group.
Others were still struggling on the first or second floor. This group had already reached the seventh?!
How the hell could this be played?
Many Immortal powerhouses watched in a daze.
Reaching the seventh floor in such a short time was something that had never happened in the countless Universe Genius battles.
Countless people looked at the scene on the light screen.
The seventh floor of the first Trial Tower was a Zerg Hive.
[Inorin's Note: The Zerg are a terrifying, hive-mind-based race in Swallowed Star. A single 'Mother Nest' (Hive) can breed billions of warriors, making them a universe-level disaster.]
The Zerg are an extremely powerful race in the starry sky. Given enough resources, they can develop rapidly in a short period.
They are truly a Civilization Disaster.
How long can the Zerg, as a Civilization Disaster, stop the people in the group?
[Trial Target: Destroy the Zerg Mother Nest.]
[Reward: 10,000 points, directly teleport to the first floor of the Second Trial Tower.]
[Suggestion: The sooner the Zerg Mother Nest is destroyed, the better. The longer it drags on, the stronger the Zerg spawned by the Mother Nest!]
The information of the Trial Tower was transmitted to the personal information terminals of the group.
Space changed for a while.
A huge, pulsating sphere of flesh appeared in front of each of the group members!
Someone like Lin Dong, who didn't even look at his personal terminal, didn't read the information.
Seeing a giant, disgusting sphere appear in front of him, he knew that this sphere was his opponent.
Then!
"Great Desolate Imprisoning Heaven Finger!"
A colossal, ancient finger materialized from the void and pressed down. The Zerg Hive was gone.
Fang Han and Yang Qi also had nothing to say.
A five-colored divine lightning bolt descended from Fang Han's Domain Canopy. A brilliant spear of pure, divine light flashed from Yang Qi's hand.
Directly cleared the stage.
Instead, it was Shi Jian and the other "Earthlings" (Luo Feng, Xiao Yan, Meng Qi) who delayed for a moment before eliminating the Zerg Hive.
As Earthlings, they were also quite interested in things like the Zerg.
A single Zerg Hive could give birth to billions of Zerg warriors, a direct swarm strategy.
In many science fiction works on Earth, the Zerg exist, and there are also Zerg in some game works.
Almost none of these people, like Xiao Yan, were not interested.
"So this is the Mother Nest," Luo Feng murmured, his eyes cold. "The race that almost destroyed Earth."
"Interesting," Xiao Yan mused, "Can this much 'life' be refined by a Heavenly Flame?"
"It looks like a boss from a game," Meng Qi noted, "But its design is inefficient."
Therefore, they dragged on for a few seconds.
After carefully observing the Zerg Hive, they then took action.
...
Without any surprises, in less than a few hours, the people in the group directly broke through the first Trial Tower and then entered the second Trial Tower.
There was nothing to say about this second Trial Tower.
It was almost identical to the first Trial Tower.
The only difference was that the strength had changed slightly.
For example, the Blood-furred Mammoth Vicious Beasts on the first floor were now 'Armored Mammoths', and their combat power was slightly stronger.
However, this slight enhancement was nothing to the people in the group.
It was as if it didn't exist.
...
The Genius Battle stirred up huge waves in every Universe Nation.
Countless people were following this war.
Now, the Peak battle of over 1,000 Universe Nation geniuses made countless people in the Universe Nations anxiously anticipate it.
However, unlike the preliminary round, this trial elimination event was not publicly broadcast.
Only the ranking was broadcast.
Although it was only a ranking, it still attracted the attention of countless people.
"This is really too crazy…"
"Are these people monsters? I heard they all come from a place called Earth…"
"How long has the trial competition just started, and they've already gained so many points?"
Countless people in the Universe Nations watched in utter bewilderment.
Only to see the broadcast leaderboard constantly changing.
The points on Shi Jian and the others were almost all skyrocketing, flickering as they updated.
This time, there was no fixed first place.
Everyone's points were changing.
One second, Shi Jian was first. The next, Fang Han's lightning erased a floor, and he was first. The next, Xiao Yan's fire incinerated a level, and he surpassed them.
Shi Jian, Shi Hao, Fang Han, Yang Qi, Meng Qi...
The leaderboard changed every moment.
Almost everyone had been first!
Even Li Changshou, the "King of Gous" (King of Hiding), although he didn't chase after the main group, he completely surpassed the local masters of Swallowed Star.
[Inorin's Note: "Gou" (苟) means 'to hide' or 'to be cautious'. This is Li Changshou's core survival philosophy from My Senior Brother is Too Steady.]
His performance had always been like this.
Bad news: barely able to keep up.
Good news: anyone who came could barely keep up!
People from various Universe Nations had never seen the points leaderboard of the Universe Genius Battle fluctuate so much.
It was like a rave.
This was definitely the craziest Universe Genius Battle ever!
...
The spectators were so bewildered.
Not to mention the other participants.
"Death God" Bolan, Yifeng, Kandita, Gusiluo… these were almost all peerless geniuses from various Universe Nations.
[Inorin's Note: Bolan is the number one genius of the Swallowed Star generation, known as 'Death God'.]
Upon entering the Trial Tower, they immediately started to sprint with all their might.
However, after their sprint, they were bewildered.
Because their wrist screens kept changing.
These people were all arrogant, so from the beginning, they set their goal on the top ten of the points leaderboard!
They adjusted their wrist screens.
Only displaying the top ten of the leaderboard.
Then they exploded.
Because the top ten of the leaderboard kept changing.
The top geniuses from countless Universe Nations looked at the rave-like leaderboard and fell into self-doubt.
"Nearly a million points already?" Bolan thought, frowning. "This means... they have at least passed the first Trial Tower."
While they were still struggling on the first floor of the first Trial Tower.
How could this be played?
The few of them were peerless geniuses themselves, beings admired and revered by others.
But now...
A sense of powerlessness arose in their hearts.
How could they compete with such monsters?
The key was that there was more than one such monster!!!
Such strength, strong enough to inspire awe!
On that leaderboard, after the ninth place, the data began to separate!
And the data of the top nine continued to climb at a terrifying speed.
Hundreds of thousands.
Millions.
Tens of millions…
The seven Trial Towers had the same trial checkpoint times, but the points increased tenfold each time.
The further back one went, the more points one obtained.
From the speed of point growth of the few, one could infer the current floor of the Trial Tower they were challenging!
The people of the Ganwu Universe Nation were ecstatic.
Among over 1,000 Universe Nations, their Ganwu Universe Nation had directly occupied the top nine spots!
...
Second Tower.
Third Tower.
Fourth Tower.
The few of them progressed very, very quickly.
The strength of the monsters in the towers was constantly increasing, but in the eyes of the people in the group...
It was as if it didn't exist.
Soon.
They even broke into the last tower, the Seventh Trial Tower.
In this last tower, the strength of the guardians reached a terrifying level.
Even the Mammoth Vicious Beasts on the first floor had strength that surpassed 99% of the geniuses in various Universe Nations.
Any single Mammoth Vicious Beast could use the Power of Law.
The strength of tens of thousands of these Mammoth Vicious Beasts can be imagined.
But it was useless.
Still useless…
For the people in the group, as long as it didn't exceed their "kill line."
It was something that would be instantly killed.
10,000 opponents with one point of combat power and 10,000 opponents with 1,000 points of combat power were no different.
Because they were all below the kill line.
Therefore.
Even on the seventh floor of the final tower, when the people in the group passed the challenge—it was still an instant kill!
The high-level officials of the Virtual Universe Company and the Immortal powerhouses of various Universe Nations originally thought that the increased difficulty of the final Trial Tower would cause some trouble for Shi Jian and the others.
The result was still an instant kill.
Such a scene was truly—too horrifying!
Second floor, third floor.
They swept through all the way.
Soon after, the Zerg Hive on the last floor of the last tower was also annihilated!
On the points leaderboard.
A terrifying, unprecedented scene appeared…
Everyone.
Tied for first place!
Because all seven Trial Towers had been cleared, the total points obtained by the few were exactly the same.
After all, the total number of monsters in the Trial Tower was fixed!
They cleared them all.
The points obtained were naturally the same.
The only difference might be in the time taken…
But the difference was not much.
The points leaderboard was ranked by points.
Thus, this grand scene of a nine-way tie for first place appeared!
Space shifted.
The people in the group appeared almost simultaneously in the Central Plaza.
Hmm.
Li Changshou was a little slower!
The Immortal powerhouses from various Universe Nations all looked at them.
These Immortal powerhouses all had strange, stiff expressions.
What was this?
Was the trial over?
But…
It hadn't even been a full day since they started the trial!
And it had already been broken through?
Everyone felt as if they had gone through an eternity.
Even those who saw the specific combat performance were like this.
Not to mention those who only saw the points ranking leaderboard!
Countless Universe Nations completely erupted.
The Universe Genius Battle had started for less than a day, and someone immediately gained hundreds of billions of points, even breaking through the trial space?
How the hell was this possible?
Countless people even suspected that the Universe Genius Battle had a hidden agenda!
The Ganwu Universe Nation and the Black Dragon Mountain Empire, on the other hand, went completely insane!
In the Universe Genius Battle, their people completely dominated the leaderboard!
What a grand sight was this?
Within the Ganwu Universe Nation and the Black Dragon Mountain Empire, there were overwhelming network news and propaganda.
Various promotional videos about Luo Feng and the others swept across the entire network.
They.
Became known to countless people in the Universe Nations!
People from the outside looked at this leaderboard with madness, confusion, suspicion…
Many emotions.
But this matter was far from them after all; they could only watch the excitement.
The other participants were different.
Looking at the points leaderboard, their faith almost collapsed.
At the top of the leaderboard.
Shi Jian (Ganwu): 120,450,000,000
Fang Han (Ganwu): 120,450,000,000
Xiao Yan (Ganwu): 120,450,000,000
... (and so on, for nine names)
Below them, Bolan, who was originally ranked eleventh, became tenth.
Some other people also made it into the top ranks.
But these people couldn't be happy at all.
This current leaderboard had become a form of torture for them.
Because the point gap on the leaderboard was too big.
The group of people tied for first place.
Their points were in the hundreds of billions.
By the time it reached Bolan, it became tens of thousands.
To be honest, earning tens of thousands of points in such a short time participating in the trial... This was already enough to prove the strength of Bolan and the others.
But everything fears comparison.
From that long string of numbers, suddenly jumping to Bolan's five-digit points...
That kind of psychological gap…
Even Bolan himself, after seeing the comparison of points between the two sides, subconsciously thought: "With such a big gap, this 'Bolan' is just... inferior."
Not to mention others.
Bolan looked at the points leaderboard, his expression changing several times.
He felt his Dao Heart, his invincible will as 'Death God', was about to shatter.
I just started the challenge, and you guys already cleared it??
No cheats for me to eat!
...
After breaking through the trial space, the few of them appeared outside simultaneously.
The Immortal from the Ganwu Universe Nation, his face stiff with a forced smile, stepped forward to warmly welcome the few!
Tied for first place.
This was something that had never happened in the countless Universe Genius battles held by the Virtual Universe Company.
But undoubtedly.
Shi Jian and the others had already obtained the qualification to comprehend the Original Universe!
[Inorin's Note: This is the ultimate prize for the top 1,000 geniuses—a chance to comprehend the 'Original Laws' of the universe, a massive boost to their cultivation.]
The purpose of the people in the group participating in the Universe Genius Battle had been achieved.
However!
The Secret Realms of the Virtual Universe Company were also divided into Ranks.
After the trial, there was also an arena finals!
To decide the Secret Realm Rank through PK.
This just happened to suit the intentions of the people in the group.
After all, they had set a second bet.
They were just about to decide a winner.
Now that there was this arena finals, it was perfect!
Everyone unanimously decided to participate in the arena finals.
In short…
Xiao Yan couldn't be allowed to keep being arrogant!
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