Swallowed Star: Lord of Thunder
Chapter 204

Cruel Trial Tower Assessment

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Virtual Universe.

Inside Restaurant No. 1 in the Central Plaza.

The 'Nine Swords' Venerable, dressed in a green robe and bearing purple scales, appeared, and the thousands of immortals present stood respectfully.

After saying a few symbolic words, the 'Nine Swords' Venerable left.

It was dusk.

The 'Nine Swords' Venerable used his powerful Space Divine Ability at the Venerable Level to teleport all the participants to the Central Plaza.

Just a moment.

One million and eight thousand participants from 1,008 Universe Country stood in neat rows in the Central Plaza.

At this moment, standing in front of the formation were 1008 immortal beings. These immortal beings naturally exuded their aura, and the aura of thousands of powerful immortals instantly silenced all the millions of people in the formation, and no one dared to make a sound.

"Welcome to the Peak Genius Competition hosted by our Virtual Universe Company." A gentle voice suddenly reached everyone's ears.

Everyone looked on in shock.

Suddenly, a man dressed in Green Battle Robe and with purple scales on his head appeared in mid-air in the previously empty square.

He wore a smile, but his quiet presence in mid-air made all the geniuses present realize what a true powerhouse was!

"There are 1008 Universe Country, and each Universe Country selects one thousand, totaling over a million geniuses." The Nine Swords Venerable stood in the Void, looking down at the million geniuses below, and spoke in a gentle voice.

"Our Virtual Universe Company will select the one thousand strongest individuals from among you to join the company's core."

"A million of you are competing for these one thousand spots."

The rules are as follows.

"Tomorrow, each of you will enter a 'Trial Space.' Our Virtual Universe Company has prepared over a million Trial Space for you, one for each person."

"Each Trial Space contains a total of seven Trial Tower, and each Trial Tower has seven floors!"

"Start with the first Trial Tower, clear all seven Trial Tower, then move on to the second, and so on, until you die and are kicked out of the Trial Tower Trial Space!"

"Calculate your Points based on your performance in the Trial Space."

"Those Points 1st to 100th in points will be directly recruited as Core Member of our Virtual Universe Company without further screening, and will receive one of the 100 available spots."

"Those ranked 101st to 7300th, these 7200 people, will then engage in Arena Finals to compete for 900 spots."

"As for those ranked 7300th and below, they will all be eliminated!"

The words of the man in the green robe immediately stunned the millions of geniuses below.

There were a total of 1,008,000 people this time, which means that more than one million people were eliminated in just one Trial Space!

"Just as Brother Yu said." Luo Feng, Hong, and Dong Nanbiao looked at each other.

Eliminating over a million geniuses in a single Trial Space is truly typical of Virtual Universe Company. Didn't they eliminate countless participants in the previous Preliminary Round?

After announcing the rules, the 'Nine Swords' Venerable left the square, leaving a million geniuses looking at each other in bewilderment.

By the next morning.

Having adjusted to their best condition, Luo Feng and his two companions encouraged and cheered each other on.

Ai Chen was also quietly waiting in her room; she had already ventured into this Trial Space once before.

Now, revisiting this familiar place, she felt a surge of emotions. Thinking of Yang Yu, who was already cultivating in the Primal Secret Realm, she was filled with motivation.

Meanwhile, geniuses like Rong Jun and Boluo were also ready.

Boom!

Suddenly, an invisible and strange force descended upon the entire Plane Space, instantly teleporting all one million and eight thousand geniuses in the entire Plane Space away.

As for the immortal beings within this space, and the restaurant staff, they were completely unaffected.

This is a nearly rectangular meteorite, almost a hundred kilometers long, suspended in the Starry Sky.

Brush!

Luo Feng appeared on the meteorite, looked around, and saw tiny stars in the distance, as well as ordinary, lifeless planets not too far away. He couldn't help but sigh and laugh, "Just as I thought, the Virtual Universe has created millions of Trial Space."

Luo Feng looked down at his wrist, where there was a screen, just like the one used in the preliminary rounds within the Ganwu Universe Country.

Participant: Luo Feng (Ganwu Universe Country)

Points: 0

Rank: None

Trial Space Location: No. 027 9378

At the same time.

Ai Chen, Hong, Dong Nanbiao, and others also appeared in their respective Trial Space.

According to the introduction.

There are seven Trial Tower in the Trial Space, and each Trial Tower has seven floors.

The first Trial Tower awards a maximum of Points floor. Successfully completing all seven floors will yield a maximum of 70,000 Points.

The second Trial Tower offers a maximum of Points floor. Successfully completing all seven floors will yield a maximum of 700,000 Points.

And so on, the Points for each floor of the next Trial Tower are ten times that of the previous one.

Upon reaching the Seventh Trial Tower, each level can yield a maximum of 10 billion Points. Successfully completing all seven levels will yield a maximum of 70 billion Points!

Note: The trial ends upon death.

There are two methods for each layer.

The first method: Kill all targets in this layer to get the highest Points and be directly teleported to the next layer.

The second option: If you fail to kill all the targets, after 10 days, if you are still alive, you will be directly teleported to the next level to continue the trial.

The trial ends when all participants have perished, and the final rankings are determined.

Below is the Rankings list.

"It's definitely easier than the Special Assessment I took back then," Ai Chen thought to himself as he looked at the description.

Back then, she and Yang Yu had to completely kill all the creatures on each level before they could reach the next level, and they stayed there for a much shorter time than they do now.

"This is insane." Luo Feng looked at the screen and shook his head. "All dead, the trial is over? What does that mean? It means it's almost impossible for anyone to pass all seven Trial Tower!"

Clearly, the Trial Tower is very difficult.

Virtual Universe Company is confident that it can kill all participants!

However, what Luo Feng didn't know was that Yang Yu had broken through all the Trial Tower and directly entered the Primal Secret Realm!

However, in order not to cause too much of a stir, the Virtual Universe Company kept this news almost Space Blockade from the outside world. If anyone wanted to investigate, those below the Venerable could only find out that Yang Yu had broken through the first six Trial Tower.

"According to the introduction, there are two ways to pass. Most geniuses who have enough time to grow but are unlikely to break through for the time being will choose the first method: quickly pass the Trial Tower." Luo Feng frowned and pondered.

"But there are as many as a million geniuses participating in the Trial Tower assessment. There must be geniuses like me who have not cultivated for long and whose potential has not been fully released. They will definitely choose the second method!"

"Make the most of your time and increase your cultivation time."

Luo Feng's eyes lit up at this thought.

"Then let's stay on each floor until the very last moment. That way, we can gain almost an extra year of cultivation time!"

Luo Feng lacks most right now is time!

The Golden Horned Behemoth's Clone only began to unleash its full potential after breaking through to the Universe Level.

The Mosha Clan Clone was only conceived at the end of October last year, and has been cultivating for less than a year. If Luo Feng were given another year...

It will definitely get stronger!

"Right!"

"That's the plan!" Luo Feng decided. "Don't rush forward at the beginning. Let the Golden Horned Behemoth Clone and the Mosha Clan Clone in reality cultivate diligently and try to continuously improve their strength!"

"Only in this way will there be a better chance of the final showdown!"

"This might result in a low initial ranking. But that doesn't matter; what matters is the final ranking!"

"I'll remain silent until I make a stunning debut!"

Luo Feng smiled.

Boom!

Luo Feng transformed into a streak of Liuguang and flew to the first Trial Tower. The entrance pillars of the Trial Tower, which was over ten kilometers high, were marked with the symbol '1', indicating that it was the first Trial Tower. Luo Feng prepared his Spiritual Weapon, battle suit, and other equipment before entering the first Trial Tower.

We just entered the tower.

The text on Luo Feng's screen changed. "First level of the first tower: 10,000 Fierce Beast 'Blood-Haired Mammoth'."

You earn one Points for each Fierce Beast you kill, and ten thousand Points for killing them all, which will teleport you directly to the second level.

If you haven't killed them all, survive for ten days and you'll be teleported directly to the second level.

Death, trial over.

At the edge of the screen on the arm, there is a countdown timer, indicating that once 10 days have passed, the user will be teleported directly.

"Just as I thought." Luo Feng smiled. "Then let's begin!"

So Luo Feng began to 'dawdle' in front of those Blood-Haired Mammoth on the first floor of the first Trial Tower.

Luo Feng first quickly killed 9,999 Blood-Haired Mammoth, leaving one alive. He then cultivated for nine days, finally killing the last one before stepping into the next level!

In reality, Luo Feng's two Clones are also seizing every opportunity to cultivate.

Unlike Luo Feng.

Hong and Dong Nanbiao are not in Clone and are currently in a period of slow cultivation. On the contrary, a large number of battles and killings can maximize their potential.

Therefore, both of them chose the first method.

Quickly eliminate the creatures on each level!

In Virtual Universe.

In the Central Plaza, 1008 immortal beings sat casually in various places.

The elimination rounds in the Trial Space are not broadcast publicly across the entire universe; only the changes in the rankings are made public. The final Arena Finals, however, will be broadcast publicly!

However, the immortal beings of the various Universe Country have the authority to observe the trials of each participant.

"This guy named Boluo is really ruthless; he rushed to the top spot right away."

"Um!"

"Wow, Boluo's Points have risen incredibly fast, leaving the second-place Points far behind."

"Thirteen, Rong Jun from your Ganwu Universe Country is also quite good, currently ranked 12th in Points."

All 1008 powerful immortals could easily see the Rankings and observe the trial proceedings. Now, representing their respective Universe Country, they naturally hoped that their Universe Country's geniuses would shine even brighter, as this would bring them honor. For these beings with eternal life, face and dignity were of utmost importance.

"Not bad." The giant in the scaled armor nodded slightly, sat in the large chair, and looked at the screen in front of him.

"Rong Jun." He directly clicked on Rong Jun's current trial live stream.

The young Savage, barefoot, moved with uncanny speed and a strange, almost ferocious gait, wielding a War Blade as he ruthlessly slashed at a winged, furry, Three-Eyed Lion -like monster— the Fierce Beast 'Flying Hou'.

A rare smile appeared on the giant's face, despite his scaled armor.

"Hmm?" He frowned slightly, a murderous aura emanating from him. "This Luo Feng..."

He was surprised to find Luo Feng's name at the top of the Rankings. In his mind, Luo Feng should at least be ranked similarly to Rong Jun, considering that the Trial Tower assessment was most advantageous to the Controller.

Thirteen opened his list of Ganwu Universe Country with a puzzled look, and immediately saw Luo Feng's name - "Luo Feng (Ganwu Universe Country), ranking: 1006891." This made the giant in the scale armor robe reveal a fierce aura in his eyes.

"What on earth is Luo Feng doing?" He frowned as he watched Luo Feng's live stream at 13:00. "He's not putting in any effort at all. Is this guy treating the Trial Space as a training ground?"

While cultivating, Yang Yu also paid attention to the changes in the rankings.

Seeing that Luo Feng's ranking was indeed at the very bottom at the beginning, I smiled slightly to myself, knowing that Luo Feng had chosen the 'time-delaying' tactic, just like in the Original Work.

He then continued to immerse himself in Law Comprehension.

That's all.

Sixty days later.

By this time, there were already hundreds of thousands of eliminated geniuses in the Central Plaza.

Swish! Swish! Swish!

Almost every second, people were being teleported to the Central Plaza.

"Feng Lun, you've been eliminated too?"

"Blas, you were here before me," the green-haired youth, Feng Lun, joked with a smile.

The two then started chatting, and the young man Blas learned about Luo Feng's 'cunning' from Feng Lun.

Seven Trial Tower.

1,008,000 geniuses passed the first and second Trial Tower, but many were eliminated starting from the first level of the third Trial Tower.

The third Trial Tower eliminated the most people, accounting for almost 90% of the total!

This is currently inside the fifth floor of the third Trial Tower.

Hong Zheng wielded a Silver White Long Spear as he fought against 100 Machine Race puppets.

A thick black light appeared around Hong, and each swing of his long spear carried inexplicable fluctuations of Light Law. The Machine Race puppets posed no threat to Hong at all.

At this moment, Dong Nanbiao was also on the fourth floor of the third Trial Tower, fighting against a thousand strange cosmic creatures called "Flying Hou". After easily killing all the Flying Hou, he calmly stepped onto the next floor of the Trial Tower.

Having undergone the baptism of the Reincarnation Battle, Dong Nanbiao not only raised his domain to the ninth level, but also gained a considerable understanding of the Earth Origin Law, which enabled him to handle the third Trial Tower with the highest elimination rate with ease.

"Not bad, Thirteen. Your Ganwu Universe Country has produced quite a few promising talents this time. Rong Jun goes without saying, his ranking is very high now. Apart from this Luo Feng, who obviously uses the Trial Space as a training ground, Hong and Dong Nanbiao are also quite good and have a great chance of entering the top 7300!"

An immortal being, whose entire body was engulfed in ethereal flames, spoke.

"Haha, this is quite a surprise. I didn't expect there to be an extra surprise this time," Thirteen said with a smile.

Initially, he didn't have high hopes for any geniuses other than Luo Feng and Rong Jun, since there were simply too many geniuses from various Universe Country.

With Luo Feng and Rong Jun supporting him, his performance was already above average. What he really didn't expect was that as the Trial Tower assessment progressed, a genius emerged who surprised him greatly.

Time passed day by day.

Finally, the hundredth day arrived.

In the sixth level of the fourth Trial Tower, Dong Nanbiao fell to the siege of ten giant Starry Sky Behemoth 'Cang', and his final ranking was 3899.

Meanwhile, Hong, in the seventh floor of the fourth Trial Tower, was overwhelmed by the Zerg Mother Empress's massive Zerg Warrior and was unfortunately eliminated.

Hong's final ranking was 2856th!

They've successfully broken into the top 3,000!

Two figures teleported to the Central Plaza within seconds of each other.

"Brother Hong, you got teleported out too?" Dong Nanbiao said with a smile when he saw Hong, who was a few seconds slower than him.

"Haha, yes, that Zerg Mother Empress is too troublesome. In the end, we still fell to her."

"That's pretty good. You made it to the seventh floor. I was eliminated on the sixth floor," Dong Nanbiao said with a smile.

Although they were eliminated, they were still quite satisfied with their ranking.

"Well, Xiao Feng is still working on the challenges, let's see how far he can go," Hong said with a smile.

As time goes by.

As one genius after another was eliminated, only four people remain in the Trial Space.

It's still 'Death God' Boluo.

'Blood Edge' Candita.

'Sword of Life' Yifeng,

And 'Madman' Luo Feng!

At this moment, over a million participants were watching four giant screens in the sky.

That image showed the battle between Luo Feng and his three companions.

This scene also ignited the enthusiasm of the outside world's Ganwu Universe Country!

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