The Beginning of a Myth

"Blocked it?" A trace of surprise flashed through the silver-robed man's eyes, followed by hearty laughter. "You blocked my first spear strike, but can you block my tenth? My hundredth?"

The sixth-level gatekeeper's unrestrained laughter echoed continuously through the space. At some point, his entire figure had blurred once more, leaving behind only an afterimage where he stood.

Whoosh!

Suddenly, a silver spear tip shot out from behind Lu Ming's side!

A dense aura of the Time Origin Law coiled around that silver spear tip, its might exceptionally terrifying.

Hiss, hiss—

The incomparably profound power of the Time Origin Law condensed entirely at the spear tip, ultimately forming a strange silver spiral of airflow that pierced straight toward the back of Lu Ming's head!

If he were struck by such a devastating attack, there would be no chance of survival!

Boom! Fortunately, silver radiance also burst from the azure Quenching Star Spear, which stabbed explosively toward the sudden attack with boundless might!

Hiss, hiss— An extremely dense aura of the Time Origin Law was likewise concentrated on the Quenching Star Spear. As it stabbed out, it even faintly altered the flow of time in the surrounding area.

"I fell for it!"

Unexpectedly, the silver-robed man's seemingly terrifying strike was merely a feint. His entire body was directly shattered into pieces by Lu Ming's spear. Without question, Lu Ming had struck only an afterimage.

Hiss! The real body was in the sky!

A fatal spear strike descending from above suddenly thrust down!

As he attacked this time, the silver-robed man spread out an incomparably violent lightning domain. With his comprehension of the Time Law fused into it, it directly formed a terrifying domain capable of interfering with the flow of time!

"You can't escape!" His spear shot forth like a dragon. Coupled with the powerful domain infused with his comprehension of the Time Law, which restricted and hindered Lu Ming's movements, the silver-robed man was confident that Lu Ming could never evade this move!

"The one who can't escape is you!" Facing this seemingly unavoidable killing trap, Lu Ming showed no panic whatsoever. Instead, he smiled.

"What?" At that moment, the silver-robed man, his spear, and his domain had merged into one. He easily suppressed the surrounding temporal force field, only to discover in shock that... Lu Ming's figure had also instantly become strangely blurred. Could the one who had just unleashed that thunderous spear strike also have been merely an afterimage?

"Where is he?" The silver-robed man knew that he had made a misjudgment this time. He would surely suffer greatly, perhaps even die outright. Yet he still desperately wanted to know—when had Lu Ming managed to deceive him?

"This little fellow actually fooled the sixth-level gatekeeper!" Queen Butterfly, with her gentle and beautiful bearing, watched the live broadcast on the screen before her. The three pairs of transparent wings behind her trembled slightly.

"His comprehension of the second diagram has definitely reached the qualifying standard. Moreover, he has applied the influence of the essence of the Time Law within it..." Twilight King, clad in purple-gold armor, could not help praising him inwardly.

Judging by Lu Ming's ability to directly deceive the sixth-level gatekeeper just now, he had unquestionably comprehended all nine most fundamental essences of the Time Law—and perhaps even more than that.

Light King, whose golden hair made him resemble an angelic war god, had a gleam rise in his golden vertical pupils. He spoke as well, "With his current understanding of the Time Origin Law, he has likely completed the transformation from following time to directly influencing the time around himself... The sixth-level gatekeeper did not lose unjustly."

Inside the sixth level of the Tongtian Bridge.

The silver-robed gatekeeper, sensing the danger, did not simply await death. Instead, he instantly changed direction again, causing the spear that should have followed its predetermined trajectory to veer once more!

"If you want to kill me, don't even think of surviving!" The silver-robed gatekeeper suddenly turned around, his face filled with madness!

He knew perfectly well that no matter what he did now, he could not avoid Lu Ming's next fatal strike. Therefore, rather than fleeing, he intended to launch a desperate final counterattack and perish together with Lu Ming!

Given the power of their spear techniques, if either of them were struck in a vital area, death was almost certain.

However, the silver-robed man also understood that Lu Ming would not truly perish together with him. After all, the initiative was entirely in Lu Ming's hands now. Even in the best-case scenario, he could at most grievously wound Lu Ming.

But—

Lu Ming had no intention of suffering any injury.

Hiss!

Hiss!

The two spears tore through the air and struck at one another almost simultaneously. Both the silver-robed man's spear and Lu Ming's were incredibly fast. Yet in terms of sheer speed, Lu Ming's spear was still faster. At the final moment, in order to avoid injury, Lu Ming changed the trajectory of his spear once more before directly colliding with the silver-robed man's fatal strike.

The defining trait of Time Severance was its equal emphasis on speed and power! The silver-robed man had used the most standard version of Time Severance, one with overwhelming power!

Lu Ming's version, however, was clearly quite different.

His spear was based entirely on fifteen Time Law profound mysteries, drawing upon the oppression of time throughout the universe. At the same time, he fused in his three years of comprehension of the Lightning Origin Law, causing the spear itself to contain the power to destroy everything!

One possessed only speed and power!

The other contained the temporal oppression of the universe itself—and was even more powerful!

Hiss, hiss, hiss... At the instant the two spears were about to collide, the silver spear thrust by the silver-robed man visibly slowed, as though subjected to an invisible pressure. Meanwhile, Lu Ming's Quenching Star Spear, aided by the time of the entire universe, pressed straight forward.

Bang!

The Quenching Star Spear became a streak of light. It knocked away the opponent's weapon and directly pierced through his head!

Sixth level!

Passed!

Tongtian Bridge Plane, central island.

More than a hundred Immortal Gods watched the live broadcast on the screen. Although they had been mentally prepared to some degree, when Lu Ming successfully killed his opponent and passed the sixth level, every Immortal God present still felt heartfelt shock.

"Only three years!"

"From the first level to the sixth, passing six levels of the Tongtian Bridge in succession—this Lu Ming... is simply too outrageous!"

"A peerless prodigy! Hahaha... a peerless prodigy has appeared in our Human Race!"

"Even throughout the long river of our human history, such a prodigy is exceedingly rare. We have been fortunate enough to witness the birth of a new era!"

This era was destined to belong to Lu Ming alone.

In other eras, perhaps countless stars had shone brightly. But with Lu Ming in this era, even if all the stars in the sky were added together, how could they compare to the sun's dazzling, scorching brilliance?

"This guy... does he really have no limit?" The gazes of the many geniuses had long since turned blank, and their hearts had become numb.

Before Lu Ming began challenging the Tongtian Bridge, there might still have been some geniuses who wanted to chase even his shadow. But now? They could not catch up... it was impossible... they had completely given up.

"Lu Ming... Lu Ming..." Some geniuses even muttered Lu Ming's name as if possessed, as though this man had become an eternal nightmare they could never banish from their hearts!

"Do you think it's possible for him to pass the seventh level?" Twilight King's joking voice rang out among the Immortal Gods once more, but this time, no one answered for a long while.

Although the seventh level of the Tongtian Bridge was many times more difficult than the sixth, they all found themselves quietly beginning to hope.

They hoped that this unbelievable peerless prodigy would continue writing his own immortal legend!

Though this legend had only just begun, the brilliance of its story had already captivated countless people!

The seventh level of the Tongtian Bridge was dreamlike. Before him was no longer raging wind, but an infinite starry sky.

At the end of the seventh level floated a small meteorite roughly several kilometers in diameter. A voice came from within it. "Choose your opponent: warrior, controller, illusionist. Choose one. Defeat them, and you may pass the seventh level."

"Warrior!" Lu Ming said solemnly.

A stone suddenly broke off from the floating meteorite. It rolled across the bridge surface of the Tongtian Bridge, then transformed into a warrior clad in blue battle attire, wearing a silver mask, and wielding a dark-purple spear.

"Young man at the first rank of the Universe level, being able to reach me already makes you exceptional. But my level will not be easy to pass." The blue-clad man's voice was somewhat aged, but his demeanor was exceptionally kind.

Lu Ming gripped his spear and readied himself solemnly.

The blue-clad man took a step forward. The dark-purple spear in his hand instantly erupted with countless silver spear lights. In almost an instant, Heaven and Earth changed color. The surrounding bridge surface, the starry sky—everything vanished completely, leaving only innumerable spear lights raging through the void.

"This is... World Power?" For the first time, pressure appeared on Lu Ming's face.