Swallowed Star: Lord of Thunder
Chapter 164

Breaking Through the Heavenly Bridge!

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Virtual Universe, a special Plane Space.

This Plane Space is a boundless ocean, with endless waves surging.

There is a unique and beautiful island in the ocean. Along the edge of the beautiful island are 52 ports, each of which extends into an endless bridge that stretches towards the horizon, as if to connect with the distant sky. These 52 bridges completely cover the entire ocean.

Above the ocean waves, a faint mist lingered, obscuring what lay within. The mist clung to the long bridge, creating a dreamlike and ethereal scene.

Yang Yu suddenly appeared in the plaza in the center of the island.

At this time, people were occasionally entering the 52 long bridges in the square.

Yang Yu looked further into the distance, where a man dressed in a black robe adorned with Xingchen stood. The man had four ears but no nose, and walked over with a smile on his face, "Greetings, Your Highness Yang Yu. I am Guardian Bafen of the Heavenly Bridge Plane."

"Hello Bafen," Yang Yu said with a smile.

"Let me introduce Your Highness, Your Highness." As a newly accepted Registered Disciple of the Chaos City Lord, Bafen learned of the news immediately.

"This Heavenly Bridge Plane was created specifically for the 52 Chaos Tablets in Chaos City."

"Because our human Human Race has been studying the 52 Chaos Tablets for billions of years, 52 schools of thought have formed within Chaos City," the Guardian Bafen remarked.

"For Your Highness, Your Highness, since you are studying the 'Thunder Chaos Monument,' you naturally belong to the 'Thunder' school. However, even among those who study the Chaos Monument, there are differences in their level of understanding. Only those with higher strength will be given another opportunity to study the Chaos Monument by Chaos City."

Yang Yu's eyes lit up.

Just as I expected.

Having gone through the process of comprehending the <Thunder Chaos Monument>, I now have a clearer direction for many aspects of my future cultivation. The exhilarating feeling of progress is truly captivating. If I could comprehend it again, it would indeed be very beneficial to my cultivation.

Although the Chaos City Lord has given me 20 opportunities to comprehend, naturally the more opportunities the better!

"How do you prove someone's strength? It's not something you can just talk about," Guardian Bafen smiled. "That's why we built the Heavenly Bridge Plane in the Virtual Universe. The further you cross the Heavenly Bridge, the stronger you are!"

"This island has 52 Heavenly Bridge, each corresponding to one of the 52 Chaos Tablets. Your Highness, since you are studying the Thunder Chaos Monument, you will be venturing into the 'Thunder Heavenly Bridge.' This 'Thunder Heavenly Bridge' is incredibly long, with one level after another that requires you to keep moving upwards. There are a total of 27 levels!"

"If you successfully pass the first level, you will gain one opportunity to comprehend the meaning. For each additional level you pass, you will gain another opportunity to comprehend the meaning!" The Guardian Bafen, smiled as he looked at Yang Yu.

"However, each level of this Heavenly Bridge is very difficult to cross. I wonder how many levels Your Highness will be able to cross on your first attempt?" Bafen said expectantly.

"Why don't we try and see?" Yang Yu said with a relaxed laugh. "Is anyone on the Thunder Heavenly Bridge right now?"

"There's no one here, Your Highness can go and try it now," Bafen said with a smile.

"Hmm, let's see how many levels I can get through."

Whoosh!

After Yang Yu finished speaking, he transformed into a blur and flew directly towards a Heavenly Bridge that stretched to the ends of the earth. From afar, he could see a stone tablet in front of the Heavenly Bridge with the words "Thunder" on it.

The Heavenly Bridge stretches to the ends of the earth, shrouded in misty white fog, with the sea roaring below.

The moment Yang Yu stepped into the Thunder Heavenly Bridge, Babata's voice echoed in his mind, "Yang Yu, I just received an email from Virtual Universe Company."

"What content?" Yang Yu asked.

"It's Points reward system," Babata said.

"So there's an email notification too!" Yang Yu thought to himself, standing on the Heavenly Bridge, a surge of joy welling up inside him.

Venerable Gui Yi mentioned it before, but didn't go into details. It turns out that there will be a detailed explanation when you start crossing the Heavenly Bridge.

It's important to know that there are many incredibly valuable items in the Virtual Universe Company. For example, Fifth-Order Psionic Weapon is only worth around 10 Points, and you can freely exchange for Life Fruit.

The abundance of these resources is astonishing, but they must be redeemed using Points. You may have a lot of wealth, but within the Virtual Universe Company, they only recognize redemption using Points.

There are many ways to redeem Points.

"Now in Chaos City, you have a way to gain Points, and that is to 'conquer the Heavenly Bridge '," Babata said. "The Thunder Heavenly Bridge has 27 levels!"

"Passing the first level rewards Points 100 points."

"Pass the second level and receive Points additional 200 points."

"Pass the third level and receive Points additional 400 points."

"The scores will double each time, then it'll be 800 points, 1600 points, 3200 points..."

Yang Yu did a quick calculation and realized that if he could reach the tenth or twentyth floor, his Points would be ridiculously high.

However, passing the 21st level allows one to become a 'Universe Country Lord,' which is the realm of Time Venerable or Space Venerable. The entire Human Race has accumulated only a few thousand Venerable over countless years, demonstrating how difficult it is to obtain Points.

"Yang Yu, the email also said that you're a newcomer to Chaos City. For young geniuses, the Virtual Universe Company has a special reward rule—anyone who Heavenly Bridge within 30 years of entering Chaos City will receive ten times the Points reward. That means..."

"Within these 30 years, if you pass the first level, you will be Points with 1000 Points; if you pass the second level, you will be rewarded with 2000 Points... and so on! This tenfold reward is only available to newcomers entering Chaos City for the first time. You won't get this benefit when you enter Chaos City again in the future."

Yang Yu nodded.

Originally, each level awarded 100 points, 200 points...

Now it's 1000 points, 2000 points...

This is a special reward for the younger generation, but precisely because they are young, most of them are only just beginning to understand the Cosmic Origin Law.

Many geniuses who entered through the Genius Competition may only have passed one or two levels, or even two or three levels, after thirty years. Only the exceptionally talented can pass the fourth or fifth level.

Want to Points?

It's actually very difficult!

"Go for it." Yang Yu looked at the Heavenly Bridge that stretched to the end of the clouds, his eyes slightly cold, and then he transformed into Liuguang and flew away.

A moment later, Yang Yu flew to the end of the first level of the Thunder Heavenly Bridge.

At this moment, a huge cloud of mist was in front of Yang Yu, and a voice came from within the mist:

"Choose your opponent. You can choose Martial Artist, Mental Master Controller, or Psychic Illusionist. Defeat your opponent to Heavenly Bridge."

According to the information Yang Yu received.

Only by defeating the opponent can the clouds dissipate and allow one to enter the next level of the Heavenly Bridge.

"I choose to Martial Artist!" Yang Yu said solemnly.

Call!

A cloud of black liquid immediately flew out from the mist, condensing in mid-air to form a mysterious figure wearing a black mask. This figure was dressed in Purple Battle Suit, holding a Golden Battle Blade in his right hand and Hexagonal Shield in his left, wearing combat War Boots. Beneath the black mask, a pair of cold, eerie eyes stared at Yang Yu, and the figure spoke in human language:

"Let the battle begin!"

"Defeat him, and you can enter the second level of the Heavenly Bridge," the cloud of mist uttered.

Yang Yu had already chosen his weapon: the Heavenly Thunder Blade, a complete set of Martial Artist equipment that he had ordered from the Virtual Universe Company and mastered in the training ground.

And the opponent's War Blade was also Heavenly Thunder Blade!

However, their movement Movement Technique and Blade Technique were different.

"Whoosh!"

A mysterious figure streaked past like a purple phantom, rushing towards them at an incredible speed, comparable to the opponents in the Seventh Trial Tower of the Special Assessment!

Generally speaking, there are very few opponents who can defeat those who enter through the Star Level Genius Competition.

However, Yang Yu did not unleash the Thunder Light Disc at this moment, but instead prepared to use Martial Artist techniques to fight his enemy.

After all, this was merely the Gatekeeper of the first level, not enough for Yang Yu to resort to his Spirit Reader techniques.

"Call out!"

Unleashing his Thunder Body Technique, Yang Yu transformed into a bolt of Thunder, charging towards the mysterious man with a speed far exceeding his opponent's.

As the two figures passed each other, Yang Yu's Heavenly Thunder Blade suddenly flashed with a Purple Blade Light, cleaving his opponent in two from head to toe at a speed that left him no time to react!

"No!" The mysterious man's pupils widened suddenly as he tried to raise his shield to defend himself, but it was too late.

The flash of the blade dissipated.

The mysterious man's shattered body then turned into black liquid and merged into the white mist.

This strike incorporated all of Yang Yu's understanding of the essence of 'speed,' and its pure attack speed was already at its limit. This was without any added Time Acceleration effect; otherwise, it could have been even faster!

But as I said before, this is only the first level, and it's not enough to make Yang Yu use many of his methods.

The white mist in front of the bridge dissipated, revealing the entrance to the second level.

Yang Yu stepped inside.

Fly to the end of the second-level Heavenly Bridge.

"I choose..." Yang Yu looked at the cloud of mist before him, "Martial Artist!"

He still fought his enemies Martial Artist.

The massive cloud at the end of this Heavenly Bridge, just like the previous two levels, condensed directly into a mysterious figure dressed in Purple Battle Suit as the black liquid flew out. This purple-clad figure was still shrouded in a mask, wielding the same War Blade as Yang Yu. The only eye visible beneath the mask was locked onto Yang Yu: "Trying to pass through the second level?"

"Yes." Yang Yu grinned.

He then unleashed his Thunder Body Technique, rushing towards the mysterious figure at an incredible speed.

"So fast!" The mysterious man's only exposed eye narrowed sharply, and he then used his fastest speed to try to dodge.

However, his so-called fastest speed was only a few times faster than the Gatekeeper of the first level, which was far too slow in Yang Yu's eyes!

"Whoosh!"

Two figures flashed past each other.

As the light from Yang Yu's Heavenly Thunder Blade dissipated, the Gatekeeper of the second level was decapitated.

Second level, easily passed!

Stepping onto the third floor.

This time, Yang Yu still chose the Martial Artist!

Furthermore, he himself was fighting as Martial Artist.

As a cloud of black liquid emerged and formed a mysterious Martial Artist, this mysterious figure did not rush to attack. "You've passed two trials in a row, your strength is not bad, but it ends here!"

"I hope you can still be this confident later." After saying that, Yang Yu signaled to his opponent to make the first move.

Seeing Yang Yu's arrogance, the mysterious man laughed in anger, "Hmph! Then let me show you my methods!"

He then unleashed Movement Technique Yang Yu had never seen before. The mysterious man seemed to transform into a falling leaf, moving slowly but arriving in front of Yang Yu in the next instant!

"That's getting interesting," Yang Yu chuckled.

The first two levels passed without any difficulty, offering no challenge whatsoever. As expected, the Gatekeeper of the third level was much stronger.

His Movement Technique and speed alone were more than ten times greater than those of the Gatekeeper.

But Yang Yu still didn't take this speed seriously.

With Thunder Body Technique, he easily dodged the mysterious man's powerful "Mount Hua Cleave" strike.

"If that's all the speed you can do, then die." Yang Yu's indifferent voice came from all around, and then he transformed into a bolt of Thunder, suddenly flashing past the mysterious figure.

The speed was so fast that the mysterious man barely had time to react before his shield was severed by the Heavenly Thunder Blade!

The third level was easily passed again!

Bafen, watching Yang Yu's progress, couldn't help but praise him, "No wonder he's Peerless Genius who cleared all seven Trial Tower and was directly accepted as Registered Disciple by the City Lord."

As the powerful guardian of the Heavenly Bridge, Bafen had the authority to know that Yang Yu had cleared all the Trial Tower.

In the Heavenly Bridge.

The battle continues.

Upon reaching the fourth floor, the scenery changed completely, with howling winds filling the sky.

Upon reaching the end of the fourth-level Heavenly Bridge, a dark, howling wind continuously blew across the bridge surface.

This time, Yang Yu has once again chosen Martial Artist!

In the previous battles, Yang Yu didn't even reveal one percent of his strength!

There's naturally no need to use more powerful Spirit Reader.

As a gust of wind surged, a mysterious figure clad in silver-white Battle Armor appeared. "I must say, your strength is indeed formidable, managing to pass three levels in a row. However, this level won't be so easy for you!"

"Enough with the nonsense, let's get started." Yang Yu's eyes gleamed. The Heavenly Bridge hadn't put any pressure on him yet, and Yang Yu just wanted to see where his limits were as soon as possible.

"Very confident, huh?" Before the mysterious man could finish speaking, he transformed into a beam of Light Law and rushed towards Yang Yu at lightning speed.

His speed was so fast that it was as if he had truly transformed into light!

But just as he can transform into light, Yang Yu can also transform into Thunder!

"Boom!"

"Boom!"

In the Lightning Flash, Yang Yu and the mysterious man clashed directly, their War Blade slashing at each other with incredible speed.

However, their trajectory was simultaneously detected by the other party.

"Bang!"

A dull thud of clashing War Blade echoed across the bridge.

The two War Blades had actually clashed!

"Whoosh!"

The two resumed their high-speed runs, widening the distance between them.

"What a fast knife!"

The mysterious man was terrified. The Blade Technique he used was considered the fastest sword technique in the Universe Level!

The sword has completely transformed into 'Light Law'!

However, the Heavenly Thunder Blade in Yang Yu's hand was by no means weak, and its attack speed after transforming into Thunder was no slower than that of the mysterious man.

"You're not bad either," Yang Yu said with a smile.

The difficulty of the fourth level of the Heavenly Bridge has indeed undergone a qualitative change; the strength of the Gatekeeper is more than a hundred times greater than that of the third level!

It was actually able to block Yang Yu's Thunder Blade Technique, which perfectly incorporated the essence of 'speed'.

"That was awesome!" the mysterious man laughed. "Again!"

"Come!" Yang Yu's eyes turned cold, and he once again used the pure Thunder Body Technique to attack his opponent at lightning speed.

The mysterious man, undaunted, gripped his War Blade and transformed into Light Law once more, charging towards Yang Yu.

Moment.

Thunder and Light Law collide!

"Bang! Bang! Bang!"

In a very short time.

Yang Yu and the mysterious man have already unleashed their full power in over ten thousand strikes!

And every single strike was blocked by the other!

A true fast-paced attack against fast-paced attack!

Unable to defeat their opponent, the two had no choice but to distance themselves again.

"It's been so long since I've had such a satisfying back-and-forth battle! Let's do it again!" the mysterious man laughed loudly.

"As you wish!" Yang Yu responded loudly, and then the two of them engaged in another rapid battle.

However, Yang Yu's Thunder Blade Technique this time was different!

The Purple Blade Light, which was originally moving at its fastest speed, now carried a hint of Thunderclap Artistic Conception.

This is precisely the essence of 'Thunderclap' in the Lightning Law!

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