Devouring the Stars: A New Talent Every Month
Chapter 43

Alien Races Stirred: This Child Must Not Be Allowed to Live

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Virtual Universe, summit of Thunder Island.

Inside a palace filled with Chaos Qi.

An ancient being radiating an invisible, domineering aura showed a trace of emotion in eyes that seemed to contain the entire universe. "In just three years, his progress on the Path of the Beast God has become so immense?"

It was extremely difficult to truly enter the Path of the Beast God!

Under normal circumstances, even geniuses exceptionally gifted in this area generally needed law comprehension sufficient to pass at least the thirteenth level of the Tongtian Bridge before they could glimpse its entrance.

Even ordinary Domain Lord-level geniuses of the Primal Secret Realm found this requirement difficult to achieve.

By all reason, someone like Lu Ming, who had directly come into contact with the Path of the Beast God at the Stellar level while possessing only shallow law comprehension, should have been impossible.

But common sense existed to be broken.

Within the vast and boundless Original Universe, any miracle could be born.

"His talent defies the heavens, his will is astonishing... and he possesses a uniquely advantageous, immensely powerful clone talent... This Lu Ming already has every quality needed to become a Super Expert! What he lacks... is only time." The more Lord of Dragon Passage watched this little fellow, the more joy and anticipation filled his heart.

He looked forward to personally witnessing this extraordinarily gifted Human Race junior rise step by step!

Therefore, he made his decision. He would take a disciple!

Lu Ming had no idea that the brilliance he displayed on the seventh level of the Tongtian Bridge had drawn the attention of two of the most ancient and exalted great beings standing at the very peak of the Human Race. At this moment, he had already begun the battle for the eighth level of the Tongtian Bridge.

At the end of the eighth level of the Tongtian Bridge.

Lu Ming looked at the floating meteorite ahead. "Although the Tongtian Bridge has a major checkpoint every three levels, once you get further in, even a minor checkpoint cannot be underestimated."

The difficulty from the seventh to the eighth level might not have been greater than that from the sixth to the seventh!

But it was definitely far more difficult than going from the fifth to the sixth level!

Although he had appeared to force his way through the seventh level with overwhelming strength, the gatekeeper's power had actually already come very close to his own.

"You are outstanding to attempt the eighth level at the first rank of the Universe level. Among the current Universe-level members of the Virtual Universe Company, only one has successfully passed the eighth level." The eighth-level gatekeeper was a man clad in blue battle armor, wearing a mask and gripping a dark golden spear.

The blue-clad man held his dark golden spear, a hint of amusement in his eyes beneath the mask. "Take this."

Boom!

The dark golden spear in the blue-clad man's hand instantly unleashed countless streaks of silver light, simultaneously invoking the two great Origin Laws of time and lightning. Heaven and Earth changed color, and in an instant, a vast space of spear force formed around them.

It was still the move that manipulated World Power, only its might was even greater!

Rumble! The immense suppressive and binding effect made Lu Ming feel as though he had sunk into a quagmire, unable to move. Even when using the Thunder-time Fusion Law to execute the move "Time Walker," he could no longer move freely.

I've lost! Lu Ming's pupils suddenly constricted.

Swoosh!

A silver spear beam formed out of thin air before Lu Ming's eyes and directly pierced through his head.

Lu Ming was defeated!

His first attempt at the Tongtian Bridge officially ended, failing at the eighth level.

When the more than one hundred Immortal Gods on the central island of the Tongtian Bridge Plane, along with the overseer Bafen, saw Lu Ming finally fail at the eighth level on the screen, the gods who had been holding their breath in tense silence finally let out long sighs of relief.

"He finally lost."

"So he can lose too."

The many Immortal Gods all laughed, even teasingly discussing it among themselves.

Yet immediately afterward, endless shock surged through their hearts.

One had to know that the three veteran Universe-level members of the Primal Secret Realm had cultivated for several thousand years, yet two of them were still only at the level of the seventh floor of the Tongtian Bridge. Lu Ming, meanwhile, had only just entered the Initial Universe. It was hard to imagine what heights he would reach after remaining here for the full thirty years.

"The other geniuses from his batch are still failing directly at the first level."

"A gap of seven whole levels. If I had been his contemporary, I probably could only sigh in despair!"

Twilight King turned to Queen Butterfly. "With Lu Ming's talent and aptitude, does Venerable Yun Meng have no intention of taking him as a disciple?"

"Venerable Yun Meng said before that Lu Ming's greatest strength lies in the Path of the Beast God, so she is not suited to take him as a disciple and guide him." Queen Butterfly knew that Twilight King was asking about Venerable Yun Meng's intentions. However, Venerable Yun Meng specialized in the Space Law, while Lu Ming specialized in the Time Law and the Path of the Beast God. It truly was not a good fit.

"If that is the case, then I will report this to Venerable Nanke!" Twilight King vanished from thin air after speaking, clearly having gone to report to the Venerable Nanke behind him.

With a monstrous performance like Lu Ming's, he was fully capable of shaking Super Experts at the Venerable level.

"I'll be leaving as well!" Immediately afterward, the other Immortal Gods also rapidly departed one after another to make their reports, leaving only the overseer Bafen on the entire island.

Overseer Bafen also took a deep breath. "Lu Ming's performance is simply too, too..."

Then, overseer Bafen quietly began sending mass emails. A peerless talent who might only appear once in tens of millions of epochs would likely stir many Venerables and Universe Kingdom Lords into wanting to take him as a disciple. It would depend on whose actions were faster and whose methods were more ingenious.

"After cultivating for only a little over twenty years and entering the Initial Universe less than a month ago, he directly reached the seventh level of the Tongtian Bridge!"

"Is our Human Race about to produce another peerless figure?"

Reports from more than one hundred Immortal Gods and overseer Bafen caused the result of Lu Ming's Tongtian Bridge attempt to instantly spread to nearly every high-ranking member of the Virtual Universe Company.

News of something that could be called a miracle spread at an astonishing speed. How could those Immortal Gods resist telling their friends about it... Thus, in less than half an hour, the news that Lu Ming, a little fellow who had cultivated for only twenty-some years, had passed the seventh level of the Tongtian Bridge had spread like a whirlwind...

Yet the protagonist of this miracle, "Lu Ming," was not excited in the slightest.

After returning, he directly sat cross-legged on the rooftop of his cultivation residence.

"This attempt at the Tongtian Bridge has given me quite a few new insights. I'll first think them through and organize my understanding properly, then consider other matters."

Although he had successfully passed the seventh level of the Tongtian Bridge, the method he used had been based on the Thunder-time Fusion Law. The gatekeeper, however, had used a combination of the Time Origin Law as the primary basis and the Lightning Origin Law as support.

In terms of his comprehension of the Time Law alone, the seventh-level gatekeeper still surpassed him by a great deal.

While reflecting on the battle, Lu Ming directly shut off "Virtual Universe network reception" to prevent anyone from disturbing him and affecting his focus.

Yet he did not know that this time, he had not only caused quite a Storm within the Virtual Universe, but had also drawn the attention of many powerful Alien Races hostile to the Human Race once more.

As early as three years ago, when he had cleared seven Trial Towers, he had already been placed on the Alien Races' must-kill list of Human Race geniuses and ranked as the No. 1 target. This time...

Within the starfield territory of the Nanhu Universe Kingdom, a vast divine kingdom existed inside the "Spatial Layer" corresponding to a certain region of starry space.

This majestic divine kingdom was the location of a hidden Demon Race organization.

Within the Original Universe, the Demon Race and the Human Race were both peak races, and their enmity ran deep. Many Human Race geniuses who had once shone brilliantly had died in Demon Race assassination operations.

Inside the divine kingdom.

A massive temple more than one hundred thousand kilometers tall radiated dazzling purple light. The purple radiance illuminated the earth, and even from afar, faint figures could be seen within the temple.

"Master, Master."

At the highest level of the temple.

A purple-robed man appeared within the main hall and urgently cried out, "Important intelligence! Important intelligence!"

"Speak." A cold, sinister voice echoed through the hall.

The purple-robed man respectfully looked ahead. Before him was a one-eyed, blue-scaled giant python twelve kilometers long, with three pairs of fleshy wings!

This royal Demon Race beast, Zi Qian Wan She, was the purple-robed man's master.

"We have just received word that the Human Race genius Lu Ming, after previously clearing seven Trial Towers in the Genius Battle, has passed seven consecutive levels of the Tongtian Bridge in only three years!"

"How is that possible?!" The cold giant python's voice immediately rang out in shock.

At the same time, the Insect Race, the Mechanical Race... all received this news that filled them with fury.

Countless powerful Alien Races wished to strangle Lu Ming, this peerless Human Race genius, in the cradle before he could grow.

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