The Vanishing Youth

"Break--for me!"

The full power of the third form of the Fire God Absolute Domain Blade, Blade Domain Whirlwind Kill, erupted, transforming into a death storm a kilometer in diameter. Wherever it passed, the herd of mammoths was harvested like wheat before an invisible scythe.

One thousand, two thousand, three thousand... Blood congealed into a rain of gore in the void, the wails of the giant beasts accompanied by the frequent flickering of the energy screens on the leaderboard.

His score skyrocketed like a nuclear explosion.

"This is impossible!" The genius from the Yanshen Kingdom stumbled backward.

The Ganwu Universe Kingdom camp erupted in tsunami-like cheers. Ling Yue and Ling Xue, one on each side, grabbed their father's hands with tears streaming down their faces: "I knew it, Third Brother wouldn't lose!"

"I told you there wouldn't be a problem." Ling Tianhe nodded excitedly.

On Tianzhou Island, the Immortal Kings who were interested in watching the competition all witnessed this scene.

"A breakthrough in the heat of battle; this child's future is limitless. Under crisis and pressure, his rate of progress is even faster."

"It's a pity that old geezer Zhulong King is occupying the latrine but not producing anything; he insists on wasting such a fine piece of raw jade."

"Forget it. With the talent this child has displayed, he will definitely attract the interest of Universe Venerables. Shall we look at the other geniuses instead?" someone said more rationally.

At this moment, Cao Benqi's score surged once again, reaching 2,777,770,000.

"The Yanshen of our Yanshen Universe Kingdom is the invincible one; he has already reached the third level." At the Giant Axe Plaza, the geniuses of the Yanshen Universe Kingdom cheered.

"Ling Xuan has also reached the second level." The geniuses of the Ganwu Universe Kingdom also noticed that Ling Xuan's score had reached 17,777,770,000.

"Tch, isn't that still a full level behind in progress? The gap is clear, and the outcome is decided."

The ten thousand Nine-Headed Pythons on the second level were much stronger than the Blood-Haired Mammoths.

The Blood-Haired Mammoths were merely ferocious beasts; their intelligence was far lower than the Nine-Headed Pythons of the Demon Race, and their tactics were singular.

The Nine-Headed Pythons, however, could besiege Ling Xuan with much greater flexibility.

However, the difference in individual strength between the two was not large. Having successfully broken through, Ling Xuan's strength had greatly increased. He was already extremely agile, and this level of improvement did not affect him much; after some effort, he fought his way to the third level.

The third level consisted of one thousand metal-life Tuoluo Race warriors.

The liquid metal bodies of the thousand Tuoluo Race warriors flowed with a cold luster, and the patterns on their surfaces seemed to be the Law of Gold in motion. A sharp aura rushed toward him, making Ling Xuan feel a stinging sensation on his face from far away.

"Burning Wave Horizontal Slash!"

Ling Xuan roared and swung his blade, striking first. Seven overlapping crimson waves swept forward like a volcanic eruption.

The crimson blade light, wrapped in surging flames, was like a giant axe splitting the heavens, instantly cleaving the five warriors in the front row, along with their spears, in two.

With Ling Xuan's lack of martial virtue in launching a sneak attack, the battle officially began, and the remaining nearly one thousand Tuoluo Race warriors swarmed forward.

"Well come!" Ling Xuan roared, his toes lightly tapping the ground. He unleashed the Youlong movement technique, transforming into thousands of afterimages to attract the attention of most of the warriors. He unleashed three blade lights with Blade Domain Whirlwind Kill, which moved like snakes emerging from a cave, entangling three warriors on the left.

The three Tuoluo Race warriors raised their golden spears in unison to block. The Fire Law on the Three-Pointed Double-Edged Spear collided violently with the Law of Gold, erupting into dazzling sparks.

Ling Xuan flicked his wrist, his blade moving like lightning, shredding the golden bodies of the three warriors into fragments.

However, a harsh sound of metal friction suddenly rang out across the battlefield.

Twenty warriors not far away stomped their feet simultaneously. The Law of Gold spread along the ground, transforming into golden chains that pierced toward Ling Xuan.

Ling Xuan spun and swung his blade, unleashing eight layers of fire waves with Burning Wave Horizontal Slash to collide with the golden chains. Crimson flames and golden light intertwined, illuminating the surrounding space as bright as day.

The Flame Domain and the Gold Domain collided crazily, and the air emitted unbearable explosions.

Ling Xuan's gaze sharpened; he noticed that the positioning of the warriors on the right was quietly changing.

Groups of three formed triangular formations. The patterns on the three warriors lit up simultaneously, actually forming a unique secret pattern, and their Gold Domains overlapped like a honeycomb, congealing into rotating blade wheels in the void.

Ling Xuan did not hesitate and swung Burning Wave Horizontal Slash again. The crimson waves collided with the golden blade wheels, the powerful impact distorting the space.

Ling Xuan gritted his teeth, operating his Flame Domain at full power to engage in a fierce tug-of-war with the Gold Domain.

The Three-Pointed Double-Edged Spear danced in his hands, creating layers of blade shadows.

Every time he killed one, the spears of the surrounding warriors would thrust in from bizarre angles. Each spear thrust, accompanied by the sharpness of the Law of Gold, interrupted Ling Xuan's momentum while forcing him to constantly reposition.

Ling Xuan transformed into a crimson dragon shadow, weaving through the forest of spears. The sound of blades and spears colliding, "clang, clang, clang," was incessant.

Flames and golden light splattered everywhere; every clash seemed as if it would tear the space apart.

Just as he forcibly cleaved through the second triangular battle formation, an unexpected change occurred.

Hundreds of warriors simultaneously plunged their spears into the ground. The Law of Gold burrowed into the earth like a living creature, and hundreds of spikes instantly rose from the ground.

Ling Xuan leaped into the air, but a net of the Law of Gold, formed by the resonance of the laws from thirty battle formation units, suddenly descended from above.

He roared, unleashing Blade Domain Whirlwind Kill at full power. The Three-Pointed Double-Edged Spear spun crazily, shredding the golden net while fiercely battling the Law of Gold falling from above.

The moment he landed, Ling Xuan discovered that the battlefield had transformed into a honeycomb structure.

Every six warriors formed a hexagonal unit, and the law threads between the units intertwined to form a flowing golden maze.

Every time he lunged forward, he triggered chain attacks from adjacent units.

Flames and golden light dyed the entire space into a chaotic blur.

Ling Xuan fought with increasing bravery, but as he cleaved through the seventh unit, he triggered the ultimate change of the battle formation.

The golden bodies of the remaining warriors suddenly melted into liquid, reorganizing in mid-air into a ring-shaped blade wall that rotated at high speed, as if it could grind everything into fragments.

Youlong's third stage of movement technique, Dragon Battles in the Wild, was pushed to its limit as he wove through the dense barrage of blade light. The Three-Pointed Double-Edged Spear clashed frantically against the wall of blades; each collision shattered a dragon shadow, and waves of sharp force traveled from the spear into Ling Xuan, leaving several gashes on his body.

However, the circular wall of blades suddenly accelerated, transforming into a massive golden wheel that devoured everything in its path as it ground toward Ling Xuan.

"He's reached his limit. He's already pushed the third layer of Youlong and the Blade Domain Whirlwind Kill to their absolute peak. It's all in vain if he can't break the battle formation composed of these Tuoluo Race warriors." Ganwu Kingdom Lord shook his head as he watched the battle. "Still, a performance like this should be worth at least 1.5 treasure points. What a waste, what a waste. Old man Zhulong, why don't you have Ling Xuan withdraw from the competition? He would definitely take first place in the next Virtual Universe Company genius tournament, and he'd surely be worth a supreme treasure point by then. He's just too young."

"In your dreams. What's the difference between first and second place when they're both from the Giant Axe Secret Realm?" Zhulong King grumbled, preparing to exit the channel.

Ganwu Kingdom Lord curled his lip and said nothing; he was only joking.

Withdraw?

Wouldn't Beiyan Venerable block his doorstep and never let him hear the end of it?

Geniuses selected from the genius tournament would work under the presiding Venerable after becoming immortals and before breaking through to the Venerable level themselves, serving as a way to replenish the manpower under these Venerables.

If a talent with the potential of a Venerable like Ling Xuan were tricked into withdrawing by him, Beiyan Venerable would certainly fall out with him.

The power of the golden wheel was exactly as Ganwu Venerable had described; Ling Xuan could not parry it at all. His defense, composed of his Flame Domain and endless blade radiance, was shattered in an instant, and the next second, Ling Xuan's figure was swallowed whole.

"Sigh, what a pity," Ganwu Venerable sighed. Ling Xuan's greatest weakness was that his cultivation time was too short. He was only in his thirties; if he could have cultivated for over a hundred years like Cao Benqi, he might have actually cleared these seven levels of the Trial Tower.

"Hm?" But the next second, they noticed something was wrong.

If a contestant were eliminated, the Tuoluo Race metal warriors inside the Trial Tower should have returned to a calm state, and the live broadcast feed would have been cut.

But at this moment, although the golden wheel had vanished, the live broadcast feed remained.

This meant the Virtual Universe determined the battle was not yet over. Ling Xuan had not been eliminated; it was just that the Tuoluo Race battle formation had judged Ling Xuan to be killed under the current combat conditions, thus dissolving the formation.

"What exactly is going on?" At this moment, whether it was Ganwu Venerable, the immortals watching the match on Tianzhou Island, or certain supreme beings secretly observing the competition, all were puzzled as to what had happened.

First of all, the Virtual Universe could absolutely not make a misjudgment, nor could it be hacked.

Unless they were dreaming right now.

Yes, these super-beings who had lived for countless years, whose brain domain width was unfathomable and whose computing power rivaled that of intelligent lifeforms, would rather doubt themselves than doubt the Virtual Universe system.

Unless their brains had short-circuited.

"Could it be a method that none of us are aware of?"

"Zhulong, what is going on here?" Ganwu Kingdom Lord asked hurriedly.

At the same time, emails flooded in like a tide.

Zhulong King spread his hands awkwardly, "I don't know either."

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