After reaching the Planetary level, Jiang Ming had fought quite a few battles, but they had almost all been one-sided. Now, after fighting himself over a hundred times, the small gap in his combat experience had been filled.
The same move looked different in the hands of different people. Even at the same realm, this held true.
Jiang Ming's combat experience before reaching the Planetary level had been his most abundant. His exquisite battle experience had come from the blood of countless monsters.
Now that he had also made up for his Stellar level combat experience, Jiang Ming could clearly sense his own improvement.
"So this is how a domain enhances movement techniques—my body like blazing fire, my movements like flickering flames.
"And this is how it enhances defense—flames and radiant light, dispelling everything."
Jiang Ming greedily absorbed his own experience from the simulated version of himself, gradually perfecting his fighting style.
"Unfortunately, the Virtual Universe can't simulate the Stellar Body. It can only simulate the Stellar Body I can perform."
After another battle, Jiang Ming defeated an opponent with strength equal to his own for the first time.
At that moment, Jiang Ming felt somewhat regretful, but also exhilarated.
The techniques simulated by the Virtual Universe came from the performances of countless Experts over endless years. Theoretically, as long as a secret technique had appeared in human civilization—or even in the Primeval Universe—it could simulate it.
Since the Virtual Universe could not simulate the Stellar Body, it meant that this talent had at least never appeared within human territory before him.
Yet that was also the regrettable part. The Stellar Body came from Jiang Ming's own talent. In reality, his body could already perform the Third Level of the Stellar Body.
But within the Virtual Universe, restricted by an ordinary Stellar level body and lacking the support of his body's talent, he could only perform the First Form, which he completely understood.
Naturally, the Jiang Ming simulated by the Virtual Universe could only perform the First Form of the Stellar Body as well.
"As expected, a Talent Secret Technique is the secret technique best suited to me. Even if I only use the First Form, it can still amplify my combat power fivefold."
While enduring, immunizing against, and absorbing all kinds of light and heat, the Stellar Body could also amplify combat power.
When Jiang Ming had been at the Apprentice level and Planetary level, the First Form's amplification could reach tenfold or even dozens of times.
But at the Stellar level, that amplification had dropped considerably. The First Form, which could only withstand temperatures of sixty thousand degrees, had already fallen behind the Stellar level in terms of rank.
"If I could perform the Second Form in the Virtual Universe, my combat power should be amplified by dozens of times, perhaps close to a hundred."
Jiang Ming thought to himself.
With that in mind, Jiang Ming became even more eager for the Cosmic Crystals within Thunder World. If he wanted to raise the level of his secret techniques, he needed a great deal of time to study.
The Wheel of Time could help Jiang Ming shorten that time to the minimum in reality.
"It's time. I should go."
With that thought, Jiang Ming left the Slaughter Field and entered the Decisive Battle Space.
The Decisive Battle Space differed from the Slaughter Field. The currency consumed here was only one-tenth of what the Slaughter Field required, and the opponents here were not virtual opponents, but genuine martial artists.
"Hmm, I still need to choose a codename."
Jiang Ming looked at the prompt before him and spoke after thinking for a while.
"God."
An arrogant name would naturally make others unhappy. When he issued challenges, it would naturally make them less inclined to refuse.
In the Decisive Battle Space, one could only challenge opponents of the same rank. Based on evaluations from the Slaughter Field, they were classified from zero to nine stars.
The initial evaluation was zero stars, while the highest evaluation was nine stars.
If possible, Jiang Ming naturally wanted to challenge nine-star opponents directly. But as a newcomer with a zero-star evaluation, those nine-star Experts naturally could not be bothered with such newcomers.
Perhaps Jiang Ming's arrogant name had caught his opponent's attention, because the opponent he challenged for the first time immediately accepted his request.
This was a one-star opponent. Jiang Ming did not care what his codename was.
"Challenge request approved."
"Transmitting to the Decisive Battle Space."
Decisive Battle Space.
Above an endless sea stood a metal arena ten kilometers long and wide.
A man in black armor looked at the prompt that had appeared before him and thought to himself.
God? What an arrogant name. Let me see whether you truly have the strength to back it up.
As the man in black armor pondered, a youth clad in a golden red battle suit appeared out of thin air before him, carrying a crimson blade.
The crimson blade was merely an ordinary third-tier Origin Power Weapon. Jiang Ming had chosen it only because he thought it looked beautiful enough.
In the Decisive Battle Space, one could freely choose weapons, but an Origin Power Battle Suit could only be selected at one's own rank.
Upon seeing Jiang Ming, the man in black armor had intended to say a few words, but a crimson flash swept before his eyes the next moment.
By the time he came back to his senses, the man in black armor had already left the Decisive Battle Space.
17 wins, 5 losses!
Looking at the additional defeat that had appeared before him, the man in black armor finally said belatedly.
"Me? I was instantly killed?"
The man in black armor could hardly believe it. They had both possessed Stellar level bodies—how could someone kill him in one move?
"Was that person really at the Stellar level?"
Thinking this, the man in black armor hurriedly checked the record of the person he had just fought.
Jiang Ming, who had still been rated zero stars moments ago, had now changed.
'God,' 3 wins, 0 losses, two-star evaluation.
"He just finished fighting me, and now he already has three wins!"
The man in black armor's eyes widened. This meant that the opponents in the other two battles had also been instantly killed, just like him.
"No, I need to watch. What exactly is this person's background?"
With that thought, the man in black armor immediately spent money to apply to spectate.
In the Decisive Battle Space, one could pay to watch battles. Some duels between nine-star Experts could even attract tens of thousands, or over a hundred thousand, martial artists.
However, the fee was very low, so the earnings were not high either.
Only battles between Domain Lords and Realm Lords could draw large audiences and bring in fairly considerable profits.
Of course, Domain Lords and Realm Lords did not think much of such meager earnings anyway.
Within the Decisive Battle Space, Jiang Ming used only one slash against every opponent.
One slash for one-star opponents, one slash for Three-star level opponents, and even one slash for Five-star level opponents.
As the opponents Jiang Ming killed grew stronger and stronger, those he had instantly killed began joining the spectators one after another.
They were curious.
They were bewildered.
Just how far could this God, who could kill them with one slash, go?
But as the battles continued, the spectators gradually became numb.
Because regardless of the evaluation of Jiang Ming's opponents, regardless of how bizarre their movement techniques were, how powerful their attacks, or how formidable their defenses—
One slash!
It was always one slash!
Whether six stars or seven stars, none could escape being beheaded by a single slash.
At that moment, Jiang Ming's evaluation had already reached eight stars.
He had also encountered his first eight-star opponent.
The spectators began to anticipate it. An eight-star Expert could not possibly still fall in one slash, right?
But in the next moment, something dreamlike happened.
Eight stars also fell to one slash!
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