I Got Up and One-Shotted Him

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A bunch of ignorant geniuses wanted to protest the unfairness, but the Virtual Universe Company had only one answer—

Anyone with objections could leave directly!

The Virtual Universe Company did not lack any one of them.

After that little incident, all the geniuses gained a clearer understanding of their status within the Virtual Universe Company's core layer.

The next morning.

This year's "Universe Humanity—Peak Geniuses" selection battle officially entered its countdown.

At the same time, it ushered in its final climax.

At the central plaza, 1,000 peerless geniuses gathered together.

"Venerable!"

The 1,008 Immortal powerhouses in the distance bowed respectfully.

"Mm."

The female Venerable of the Dream Snail Wing Race floating in midair nodded slightly. She then turned to look down at the 1,000 youths and said, "Today is a good day. Within a single day, we will select the top hundred, top ten, first place, and second place from among you 1,000."

"Are you all ready? Then the final battle begins now!"

The female Venerable of the Dream Snail Wing Race looked down at the crowd and waved her hand. One hundred enormous arenas instantly appeared in the central plaza. Strange black mesh screens covered the edges and upper portions of every arena, while 200 young men and women, including Lu Ming, were directly teleported into them.

There were two people in each arena.

Most of the powerful Immortals and the talented elites who were not qualified to participate turned their attention toward Lu Ming's arena.

A young man of the Yan Poluo Race with a dark red face and a tall dragon tail looked at Lu Ming before him, inwardly cursing his terrible luck.

He believed he absolutely had the ability to compete for the top hundred and obtain a spot in the Heaven and Earth Secret Realm, yet he had unexpectedly run into Lu Ming in the very first arena match.

However, he did not dare question the Virtual Universe Company's allocation rules again. In the end, he could only step onto the arena with a gloomy expression.

Flame Fist!

The Yan Poluo Race were all natural-born warriors, and this youth was no exception. His weapon was even the relatively uncommon type of gauntlets.

It had to be said that this youth possessed some strength. His comprehension of the Flame Origin Law was quite impressive, and neither his fist techniques nor Movement Technique were poor. With one strike, his entire body turned into a fiery meteor, bursting forth with blazing flames!

Yet, facing this fist he had unleashed with all his might, Lu Ming merely sent out a fist force through the air and directly shook him to death.

The battle ended.

Very soon, the victors of the other ninety-nine arenas emerged one after another.

Yet only twenty of these one hundred victors could participate in the next battles.

Whether they were dissatisfied or believed that the Virtual Universe Company had failed to recognize talent and assigned the wrong opponents, under the Virtual Universe Company's somewhat domineering rules, no one dared resist this time.

"Lu Ming!"

The female Venerable of the Dream Snail Wing Race began announcing the list of twenty.

"Kun Zhou!"

"Liya!"

"Tiffany!"

"Bailu!"

"Feike!"

"Ert!"

"The twenty of you may rest and recover from the previous battle's expenditure for now. The next battle will begin after some time. As for who your opponents will be... you will find out when the battle begins!"

Not publicly revealing the assigned opponents and only learning of them when the battles began was also a test of psychological fortitude.

But to Lu Ming, this test was meaningless. No matter who his opponent was, the outcome would not change.

About half an hour later.

"Rumble..." The entire central plaza shook. Ten gigantic arenas gradually rose from the center of the plaza, each covered by countless black threads. At the same time, Lu Ming and the other twenty people who had been resting were instantly teleported into those ten gigantic arenas.

Inside the arenas.

"Damn!"

"What a tragedy! Remnant Dream Ert actually ran into Demon God Lu Ming?"

"Everyone was guessing who would be unlucky enough to face Lu Ming, and it turned out to be Ert. Poor fellow." The other 980 geniuses watching from afar all laughed. Meanwhile, Ert, the sickly youth who had always been confident and flamboyant on the arena, now stared fixedly ahead with his pair of cyan eyes at the black-haired youth.

Damn it, why did it have to be him! His ranking in the Trial Space had not been high, only 153rd. Yet in the arena battles afterward, he had won every single match with absolute dominance!

The Virtual Universe Company had actually assigned Lu Ming as his opponent this round. Wasn't this deliberately suppressing him and preventing him from entering the Heaven and Earth Secret Realm?

"Damn it, damn it!"

After discovering that Lu Ming's opponent this round was Ert, the other eighteen people all secretly breathed a slight sigh of relief.

Facing a freak like Lu Ming, any one of them would be giving away a free win if they met him. But as long as they won this round, they could enter the overall top ten and enter the Taichu Secret Realm, second only to the Primal Secret Realm.

So long as they did not encounter Lu Ming, it was the best possible draw.

Ten arenas, ten battles.

Other than Lu Ming's arena, where there was no suspense at all, the remaining battles were all evenly matched.

Compared to the battles for the top hundred, these duels could truly be called the peak clashes of this Genius Battle!

On the arena.

The sickly youth shrouded in a black robe did not reveal his true face, exposing only a pair of cold cyan eyes.

Opposite him, the black-haired youth carried a long spear on his back, his face showing a trace of amusement.

Before entering the Trial Space, Ert had arrogantly mocked both him and Tiffany. Now, he had been intercepted by Lu Ming in a crucial match.

The Virtual Universe Company's allocation system was actually doing a pretty good job, wasn't it?

"Lu Ming." The sickly youth spoke in a shrill voice, putting on a fierce front despite his inner weakness. "The Trial Tower results prove nothing. Facing the Perfect Illusion I weave, you will never break free!"

It had to be said that Ert's pre-battle declaration sounded rather imposing. But Lu Ming really wanted to know whether Ert himself believed it. Had he perhaps hypnotized himself?

"I'm looking forward to it." Lu Ming could not help but smile.

Soon, the sound announcing the start of battle rang out across all ten arenas at once.

Almost at the same instant, battles erupted across the ten arenas!

Standing atop the Dark Cloud Shuttle, Ert's eyes were incomparably cold as dazzling light burst from his cyan pupils!

The deeper one's comprehension of the Origin Law, the more one's consciousness would be influenced by the Universe Origin, and the harder it would become to shake.

Given Lu Ming's comprehension of the Origin Law, even if he did not possess a powerful soul and will, Ert had no confidence at all that he could defeat Lu Ming through Soul Attack and illusions.

However, with his ever-proud personality, it was impossible for him to simply bow his head and admit defeat.

Remnant Dream Phantom!

Filled with endless resentment and unwillingness, Ert activated his illusion at the first opportunity and poured nearly all his spiritual power into a Soul Attack against Lu Ming.

Lu Ming was indeed not particularly proficient in soul illusions, mainly because he had not had that much time and energy to study them before.

But when it came to resisting illusions, Lu Ming was absolutely an expert. The transformation of his soul granted by the Will of the Overlord had long elevated his will to a level ordinary people could scarcely imagine. A mere Ert could not affect him in the slightest.

Slash!

Completely ignoring Ert's descending illusion, Lu Ming manifested his telekinetic power and condensed it into a sharp blade, which shot straight toward his opponent!

As a warrior, Lu Ming was not especially skilled in Soul Attack. He only knew a few simple and brutal moves, such as this one—Soul Blade Slash!

The principle behind Soul Blade Slash was simple: condense spiritual telekinetic power into a "blade" and directly attack the opponent's soul!

Compared to Ert's Soul Attack methods, Lu Ming's move was rather crude. But his Origin Law foundation was simply too high, and his consciousness and will completely crushed his opponent's as well.

Even a simple move that relied on overwhelming force was enough to achieve the effect of crushing ten techniques with one force.

"Block it, block it for me!" Ert had not expected Lu Ming to choose Soul Attack against him. Just as he was secretly delighted, he discovered in terror that the power of Lu Ming's Soul Blade was completely beyond what he could resist!

"No!"

After a shrill wail, Ert, whose body appeared completely uninjured, fell stiffly onto the arena.

From the announcement of the battle's start to its end, the entire process had probably taken less than a second.

All the geniuses watching this match below the arena fell silent for a moment.

Remnant Dream Ert was the strongest illusionist of this Genius Battle, a super genius acknowledged to have the ability to break into the overall top ten.

Yet before Lu Ming, he could not last even a second—and Lu Ming had used Soul Attack, a method warriors were not even particularly skilled at.

If it had been close combat, the gap between them would likely have been even greater.