In the misty void, the battle between the two continued.
Once he had been locked onto by Lian Luo's Sword Intent, Ji Ning knew that his opponent was going all out. He did not dare be careless either. Even a lion had to use its full strength to hunt a rabbit, much less against a genius born only once in tens of millions of epochs.
Although his understanding of space allowed him to easily break free of the lock, he did not do so. He wanted to kill his opponent head-on and let the higher-ups of the Virtual Universe Company above witness his strength.
His thoughts turned rapidly, yet only an instant passed on the battlefield. The blood-red longsword, carrying an even more soul-shaking Sword Intent, tore through the void and shot toward Ji Ning.
Ji Ning, standing where he was, also thrust his sword at the incoming enemy. Extremely condensed Gold elemental Dao and Space Law gathered at the tip of his blade.
Squelch.
What looked like an ordinary straight thrust shattered Lian Luo's blood-red sword shadow and pierced through his chest. Force infused with the Gold elemental Dao and Space Law swiftly destroyed his body tissue.
Lian Luo died.
King Kuimu appeared at just the right moment and congratulated the Ji Ning Clone on passing the Virtual Universe Company's assessment.
"There will be plenty of time later. He will definitely come to Chaos City to cultivate next. Once he is right under our noses, will he still be able to hide his strength?" Kandri said with a chuckle.
After speaking, his figure gradually vanished. Seeing that there was no more entertainment to watch, the others logged off one by one as well.
After informing King Kuimu of his details and the location where he would board the spaceship, the Ji Ning Clone also logged off.
At the Gan Wu Secret Realm, after passing the assessment, he sent the news to Lord Gan Wu, hoping to make him happy and not disappoint the other man's efforts in nurturing him.
What he did not know was that, as a member of the Virtual Universe Company and his recommender, Lord Gan Wu learned of it the instant he passed! To Lord Gan Wu, this was the only bright spot in his gloomy life during this period!
A few days later, the Gan Wu Universe Kingdom branch of the Virtual Universe Company dispatched a spaceship to the Gan Wu Secret Realm, picked him up, and took him to cultivate in Chaos City of the Initial Universe, the core of the Human Race!
After bidding farewell to Lord Gan Wu and the others, he was about to embark on a long three-year journey. Even though the ship sent to collect him was an F-class spaceship capable of accelerating to fifty times the speed of light.
In truth, things had already drifted away from his original intentions. At first, the Ji Ning Clone's mission had been to join a major faction and provide protection and a source of money for the original body, which was preparing to participate in the Cosmic Peak Genius Battle.
Yet reality was always unexpected. He had only just begun to distinguish himself when Lord Gan Wu accepted him as a disciple. Soon after, he became a personal disciple, and now he had even been sent into the Virtual Universe Company.
The Cosmic Peak Genius Battle would not be held for another year. He had also been conflicted over whether his original body should participate, but in the end, he decided that it should. After entering Chaos City, everyone could choose a Chaos Tablet to study. By then, he would be able to choose two.
The only concern was that after entering the Initial Universe, the Lord of Chaos City would certainly inspect those entering and would definitely discover that they were the same person.
But at the Lord of Chaos City's level, there was a high chance he would not care about such a minor trick. Even if it were exposed, there would surely be no punishment.
During his time in the Gan Wu Secret Realm, although he spent most of it cultivating, he also set aside some time to ask his nominal Senior Brother, King Gan Yang, to sell off a batch of Force Weapons for him. Together with some rewards from Lord Gan Wu, the wealth he obtained exceeded one million Primordial Units—more than enough to cover his original body's expenses during the Cosmic Peak Genius Battle.
And what had Bai Yue been doing?
In the Virtual Universe's dueling space, after smashing another opponent into a bloody mist with a single staff strike, he looked at his battle record.
Name: Heavenly Emperor, Wins: 10000, Losses: 0, Rating: nine stars.
Yes, during this period, he had immersed himself in the Virtual Universe's slaughter space and dueling space, constantly fighting others until he finally achieved ten thousand victories today.
The reason he had chosen such an arrogant name was also out of necessity. At the beginning, because he had no record and no rating, no one was willing to accept his challenges. He could only rely on system matchmaking. Was that not a waste of time?
Then, at Thunder God's urging, he chose this particularly hate-provoking name. From then on, challenging others became much smoother. Anyone with even a little temper, upon seeing that name, would not mind wasting some time to teach him a lesson!
But those ten thousand victories had thoroughly cemented this title for him in the Virtual Universe of the Gan Wu Universe Kingdom!
His rapid rise in the dueling space had gradually attracted the attention of quite a few people.
In the dueling space, others could watch battles by paying money. Thus, the more spectators there were, the more astonishing the total fees collected became. Of course... even when Martial Artists with nine-star ratings at Star Level ninth rank fought, the fees could not become all that staggering. After all, they were only Star Level ninth rank.
If Domain Lords or World Masters fought, there would be far more spectators.
However, even for Star Level battles like these, some higher-ups from various organizations would occasionally watch to see whether they could recruit someone into their own organization. After all, "geniuses" had to be recruited early. Wait too long, and other organizations would snatch them away first.
His performance had caught the attention of Ming Yu, a deacon from the Black Dragon Mountain branch of the Virtual Universe, from the very beginning. Ming Yu then invited him to become an external member of the Virtual Universe and rated him as a "special-grade elite."
Naturally, this was a very loose organization—relaxed and free. He could even join other organizations.
If he wanted to advance further and become an internal member, he would have to undergo continuous assessments and accumulate contributions before becoming a true member of the Virtual Universe Company.
Deacon Ming Yu would also report his performance to his superiors, but that would take time to receive a response.
Bai Yue knew nothing of these matters. He and Luo Feng were preparing to attend the triennial Ganwu Auction. To participate in the Ganwu Auction, one's account had to reach Three Stars.
A Three Stars account required reaching the level of one trillion universe coins. Of course, it did not need to be maintained permanently; one merely had to have reached that amount before.
Bai Yue had long since reached that level. He was now a Four Stars user of the Cosmic River Bank, with a balance of over one million Primordial Units. He was absolutely qualified to participate.
Besides, since it was the Ganwu Auction, the Master behind it was obvious. Although there was no direct connection to the Ji Ning Clone on the surface, obtaining an invitation was still very easy.
In the Virtual Universe, on Black Dragon Mountain Island, Bai Yue and Luo Feng instantly vanished from Black Dragon Mountain Island as light flashed from the teleportation point.
Above Gan Wu Continent stood a floating city. Their invitations emitted specks of light, causing the city's defenses to automatically open a passage and admit the two of them.
It was an incomparably elegant land floating amid clouds and mist. The scenery atop the floating city was beautiful, with flowers and plants everywhere. Yet the most eye-catching sight in the entire city was the enormous structure—the auction hall!
The triennial Ganwu Auction was held in this auction hall every time!
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