After the Battle

In the misty void, the battle between the two continued.

Once Lian Luo's Sword Intent locked onto him, he knew the other was going all out, which made him dare not slack off either. Even a lion must use full force when hunting a rabbit, let alone when facing a genius that appeared once in tens of millions of epochs.

Although with his comprehension of Space Law, he could easily break free from the lock, he chose not to. He wanted to kill the opponent head-on, letting the higher-ups of the Virtual Universe Company watching from above see his strength.

His thoughts churned, but only an instant had passed on the field. The blood-red long sword, carrying an even more soul-shaking Sword Intent, tore through the void and shot toward where Ji Ning was.

And Ji Ning, still standing in place, thrust his sword toward the incoming enemy. The extremely condensed Gold elemental Dao and Space Law gathered at the tip of his sword.

"Pfft."

A seemingly ordinary straight thrust shattered Lian Luo's blood-red, diffused sword shadow, pierced through his chest, and the force infused with the Gold elemental Dao and Space Law rapidly destroyed his Body Tissue.

Lian Luo fell.

King Kuimu appeared at just the right moment, congratulating the Ji Ning Clone on passing the Virtual Universe Company's assessment.

"There's plenty of time. He'll definitely be coming to Chaos City to cultivate soon. With him right under our noses, can he still hide his strength?" Kandri said with a chuckle.

After speaking, his figure gradually faded. The others, seeing there was no more excitement to be had, logged off one by one.

Below, the Ji Ning Clone sent his information and the boarding location of the spacecraft to King Kuimu, then logged off as well.

In the Gan Wu Secret Realm, after passing the assessment, he sent the news to Lord Gan Wu, wanting to make him happy too, so that his nurturing wouldn't be in vain.

What he didn't know was that, as a member of the Virtual Universe Company and his recommender, Lord Gan Wu had already known the moment he passed! For Lord Gan Wu, this was the only bright spot in the otherwise bleak period of his life!

A few days later, the Virtual Universe Company's Gan Wu Universe Kingdom branch dispatched a spacecraft to the Gan Wu Secret Realm to pick him up and take him to the core of the Human Race—the Initial Universe's Chaos City—for cultivation!

After bidding farewell to Lord Gan Wu and the others, he would embark on a long, three-year journey, even though the F-class spacecraft picking him up could accelerate to up to 50 times the speed of light.

In truth, reaching this point had deviated from his original intention. At first, this Ji Ning Clone's mission was to join a major power, providing shelter and financial resources for the main body who would participate in the Cosmic Peak Genius Battle.

But reality was always unexpected. He had just begun to show promise when Lord Gan Wu accepted him as a disciple, then promoted him to a personal disciple, and now sent him into the Virtual Universe Company.

The Cosmic Peak Genius Battle was still a year away, and he was torn over whether the main body should participate. In the end, he decided to go, because after entering Chaos City, everyone could choose a Chaos Tablet to cultivate on. That way, he could choose two.

The only concern was that after entering the Initial Universe, the Lord of Chaos City would definitely scrutinize the entrants and would surely know they were the same person.

But at the Lord of Chaos City's level, there was a high chance he wouldn't care about such tricks. Even if it were exposed, there likely wouldn't be any punishment.

During his time in the Gan Wu Secret Realm, though he spent most of it cultivating, he also set aside some time to entrust his cheap Senior Brother, King Gan Yang, to help him sell a batch of Force Weapons. Combined with some rewards from Lord Gan Wu, the wealth he gained exceeded 1 million Primordial Units—more than enough to cover the main body's expenses during the Genius Battle.

And what was Bai Yue doing?

In the Virtual Universe, in the duel space, after smashing another opponent into a bloody mist with his staff, he looked at his battle record.

Name: Heavenly Emperor. Wins: 10,000. Losses: 0. Rating: Nine Stars.

Yes, during this time, he had been immersed in the Virtual Universe's killing space and duel space, constantly fighting opponents, until today, when he achieved ten thousand victories.

The reason he chose such an arrogant name was out of necessity. At the start, with no battle record and a rating of none, no one was willing to accept his challenges. He could only rely on the system's matchmaking, which was a waste of time!

Then, egged on by Thunder God, he picked this particularly hate-attracting name. After that, challenging people did become much smoother. As long as someone had even a bit of pride, seeing that name, they wouldn't mind wasting a little time to teach him a lesson!

But these ten thousand victories had firmly cemented that title for him in the Virtual Universe of the Gan Wu Universe Kingdom!

His rapid rise in the duel space gradually caught the attention of many.

In the duel space, if you spent money, others could watch your matches. So the more viewers, the more staggering the total fees collected. Of course... even a Nine-Star-rated Martial Artist at Star Level 9 fighting wouldn't generate fees that were too shocking—after all, it was only Star Level 9.

If it were Domain Lords or World Masters fighting, then the number of spectators would be huge.

Still, some organization higher-ups occasionally watched these Star Level battles to see if they could recruit someone into their organization. After all, "geniuses" had to be snapped up early; delay, and other organizations would snatch them away.

His performance was first noticed by Ming Yu, an executive of the Virtual Universe Company's Black Dragon Mountain branch, who then invited him to become an external member of the Virtual Universe Company, rating him as a "Top-Tier Elite."

Of course, it was a very loose organization—very relaxed, very free. You could even join other organizations.

To advance further and become an internal member, he would have to undergo continuous assessments and accumulate contributions before he could become a true member of the Virtual Universe Company.

Executive Ming Yu would also report his performance upward, but that took time to process.

Bai Yue was unaware of all this. He and Luo Feng were preparing to attend the triennial Ganwu Auction. To participate in this Ganwu Auction, your account needed to reach Three Stars.

A Three-Star account required your account to reach the level of 10 trillion Cosmic Coins. Of course, you didn't need to maintain it long-term—you just had to have reached it at some point.

Bai Yue had already reached that level. He was now a Four-Star user of the Cosmic River Bank, with a balance of over 1 million Primordial Units—more than qualified to attend.

Also, since this was the Ganwu Auction, the Master behind it went without saying. Although there was no direct connection to the Ji Ning Clone on the surface, getting an invitation was still very easy.

In the Virtual Universe, on Black Dragon Mountain Island, with a flash of light at the teleportation point, Bai Yue and Luo Feng vanished from Black Dragon Mountain Island.

Above the "Gan Wu Continent," a floating city hovered. The invitation emitted faint rays of light, causing the floating city's defenses to automatically open a passage, letting Bai Yue and the two enter.

It was an exquisitely elegant land suspended in the clouds. The floating city had beautiful scenery, with flowers and plants everywhere. The most eye-catching structure in the entire floating city was the enormous building—the auction hall!

The triennial Ganwu Auction was always held in this auction hall!

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