After leaving the Killing Field and logging out of the Virtual Universe, Luo Zhiyuan felt a little frustrated. He had hit a bottleneck. After killing his 39th opponent, the 40th had killed him twenty times, and he hadn't been able to do a thing about it.
Seeing this, Bulieni called a halt to the training and said, "It's obvious your Law Comprehension isn't quite there yet. You need to keep comprehending the Law of Time and the Law of Light. Come on, let's go back to the Time Chamber and continue your seclusion."
"Sure, but wait a moment. I need to buy a few things to take in with me."
"What things?"
With a determined look, Luo Zhiyuan said, "I'm going to buy some cooking utensils, seasonings, and food. Training is no problem, but I'm not going to let energy food torture my taste buds any longer!"
Bulieni was dumbfounded. He'd never expected Luo Zhiyuan to want to bring food along and cook for himself. He said helplessly, "All right. You really are Old Mystic's disciple. I don't even know what to say about that hobby of yours."
"Heh heh, you don't understand the joy of good food! It's a shame I never got to discuss the art of cuisine with my teacher."
With a wistful expression, Luo Zhiyuan rambled, "I wonder if any of the Universe's strongest beings broke through by following the path of cuisine. If you can make an enemy's body and soul surrender in a daze with all kinds of delicious food, that should count as one of the universe's ultimate truths, shouldn't it?"
"If no one's done it before, heh heh, maybe I should consider breaking through that way myself? Hahaha!"
Bulieni was completely stunned. It took him a long while to yell, "Luo, what did you just say? What about the Universe's strongest beings? You know how to break through to become one? Old Mystic and the other Natural Beast Gods were trapped for countless eras, unable to advance!"
Luo Zhiyuan came back to his senses. Hearing Bulieni's agitated shouting, he quickly said, "Why are you so worked up? I was just talking nonsense off the cuff. Calm down."
"How am I supposed to calm down? If even one of those Natural Beast Gods had become a Universe's strongest being, they wouldn't all have ended up falling. This is extremely important! How could I stay calm? Do you really know?"
Luo Zhiyuan hadn't expected Bulieni to take the matter so seriously, so he stopped joking.
"I know roughly how to break through and become a Universe's strongest being, but that's still a long way off for me—and even for you. There's no need to get worked up. When the time comes, I'll tell you how to find a path that suits us."
Hearing that Luo Zhiyuan really did know how to break through and become a Universe's strongest being, Bulieni couldn't calm down for a while.
A little later, Luo Zhiyuan took the supplies his guards had brought and walked back into the Time Chamber, saying he was ready to begin training. Only then did Bulieni come back to himself and resume instructing him.
"Luo, your Flowing Time can now reach a maximum rate of ten times. Neither your Shadow Race Clone nor your main body will be affected by the temporal disorientation caused by that difference anymore, so we can begin training more efficiently."
"Keep using Flowing Time with your main body. Use your body's instincts to sense the Law of Time, and study how to use the Light Wings."
"Have your Shadow Race Clone comprehend the Law of Light and study some close-combat techniques. Then create two more incarnations to study the Shadow Divine Weapon and the Divine Illusion Bead. By working on several things at once, you can maximize your training efficiency."
Following Bulieni's instructions, Luo Zhiyuan used Flowing Time with his main body and began studying how to use the Light Wings. He created two incarnations and gave them the Shadow Divine Weapon and the Divine Illusion Bead to use. He also created two more incarnations to comprehend the Law of Space.
"Why are you comprehending the Law of Space now? Last time, you only managed to get a tiny grasp of it. It'll be very difficult to make progress," Bulieni said, unable to understand why Luo Zhiyuan wanted to spend time on the Law of Space.
Luo Zhiyuan said, "My Mental Power Amplitude has reached 60. After fully controlling my main body, my Shadow Race Clone, and two incarnations, I can still control two more incarnations. Teleportation, from the Law of Space, is a life-saving move I value, so there's no harm in starting to comprehend it early."
"Besides, there's something I haven't told you about yet."
Bulieni asked in confusion, "What is it?"
"I don't want to limit my Law Comprehension to just the Laws of Light and Time. I want to comprehend some other laws, too. After all, if I follow my teacher's path of fusing the Laws of Light and Time, I'll hit a ceiling at Universe Master. It'll be impossible to advance and become one of the Universe's strongest beings."
"We happen to have this Time Chamber with its thousandfold time flow, and didn't you say my lifespan was more than ten times that of an ordinary human? I should make good use of that advantage and comprehend more laws. Then I'll have more options on my path of evolution in the future."
Bulieni really hadn't expected Luo Zhiyuan to be thinking so far ahead—to lay the groundwork now for advancing to become one of the Universe's strongest beings.
But this kid knew how to make that breakthrough, and he certainly wasn't wasting any time. If he didn't mind the extra effort, then...
"If that's what you want, I support you. But your Shadow Race Clone has another task now: comprehending the Law of Space as well."
"After all, for now, only your Shadow Race Clone can clearly sense the Law of Space. It'll be better for him to help your incarnations comprehend it."
With that, Luo Zhiyuan's Shadow Race Clone began studying close-combat techniques while comprehending the Laws of Light and Space.
The Shadow Race Clone immediately used his Innate Secret Technique, Shadow Transformation, hiding his body inside the shadow of his main body. Within the shadow's void space, he could clearly sense the fluctuations of the Laws of Light and Space.
Bulieni also found a Combat Secret Technique based on the Law of Space and gave it to the Shadow Race Clone, so he could alternate between practicing it and comprehending the law.
This was a technique created personally by the Light Beast God, called Shattered Space. It was on a par with Time Flow. Once mastered to the utmost, it would allow one to fully comprehend the three profound mysteries of the Law of Space, leaving one just a step away from becoming a Space Venerable.
After a day of such tense, intensive training, Luo Zhiyuan walked out of the Time Chamber again.
Standing in front of a full-length mirror, he looked at the figure within. Its face resembled his from his previous life, but its features were sharply defined, its muscles firm and well-proportioned, and it stood two meters tall. Luo Zhiyuan couldn't help praising himself. "What a handsome young man!"
Bulieni couldn't resist teasing him. "Oh, who's this? Luo Feng's son? He doesn't look much like him, haha!"
Uh... To be honest, Luo Zhiyuan's appearance in this life was probably a new face formed from a combination of his features from his previous life and Luo Feng's.
Luo Feng's genes were very strong, but after they fused inside Xu Xin, they formed a new body, and the baby's appearance changed considerably.
Besides, people often said that a person's appearance reflected their nature. Luo Zhiyuan instinctively remembered what he'd looked like in his previous life, so as he grew up, he did have some resemblance to Luo Feng, but not much.
"Hmph, boys change a lot as they grow up. So what? Is that not allowed?"
He stubbornly refused to back down, but Bulieni didn't keep making fun of him. After all, he didn't care at all what Luo Zhiyuan looked like.
"All right, hurry to the Killing Field and see how much you've improved after a day of training."
After logging into the Virtual Universe, Luo Zhiyuan went straight to the Killing Space. The Battle Space held no appeal for him now. He knew exactly how strong he was, and fighting ordinary Star Level humans would be too much of a mismatch.
In the wilderness of the Killing Space.
Bulieni brought up the 40th opponent again. Luo Zhiyuan merely sent a Light Shuttle from the Lightning Shuttle streaking past, and the virtual opponent he'd once been helpless against was killed on the spot.
Bulieni nodded and continued setting up opponents for him to fight.
Soon, the 100th opponent appeared before Luo Zhiyuan. He was clearly holding back. He used only the beginner level of Time Flow, and with a Historical Phantom beside him, each of them sent out a Light Shuttle. The virtual opponent was killed.
"Good. The next opponents will be significantly harder, so be careful. When you can kill a thousand opponents, it'll mean you've mastered the first layer of Time Flow," Bulieni reminded him.
"Bring them on. I haven't even used my other combat methods yet."
The 101st opponent charged at Luo Zhiyuan with nine figures streaming behind him.
Luo Zhiyuan's eyes widened. This was the first layer of Time Flow at the minor-achievement level!
He had only just reached that same level. As the opponent charged, he rushed forward with nine figures of his own.
The Lightning Shuttle had reached its second combat form. Eighty-one blades formed a rain of light that swept toward the enemy. As it neared the opponent's ten figures, it instantly transformed into a chaotic downpour, engulfing them all.
The 101st opponent was defeated.
After that, sheets of light like rainstorms flashed through the Killing Space from time to time. Even enormous Light Shuttles repeatedly darted back and forth, accompanied by countless scattered rays of light streaming in every direction.
Against the 230th opponent, Luo Zhiyuan was helpless. He was cleanly killed ten times.
"All right, that's the limit of your Time Flow training for now. Switch to the next technique." After speaking, Bulieni brought up a starry backdrop filled with fragments of meteorites.
"This time, it's Shattered Space. Let's see how far you've gotten with it. See that red meteorite up ahead? If you can reach it without getting hit by any fragments after I say start, you'll have reached the entry level."
This time, Luo Zhiyuan chose the Light Wings and spread them across his back. They looked like a pair of white wings with a five-meter span growing from his shoulders, slowly beating.
Luo Zhiyuan nodded at Bulieni to signal he was ready.
"Start!"
In an instant, countless erratically moving meteorite fragments appeared before Luo Zhiyuan, sweeping across the path ahead.
Taking a deep breath, Luo Zhiyuan's Light Wings shuddered, kicking up a fierce gust as he rushed into the meteorite field.
He dodged and weaved, stopping abruptly and doubling back. He gave it everything he had, but when he was less than fifty meters from the red meteorite, a fragment struck him. The entire starry backdrop froze and stopped moving.
"Luo, is this really all you've got? You had the nerve to say you wanted to learn Teleportation, but you haven't even reached the entry level! Again!"
As Bulieni shouted, Luo Zhiyuan pressed his lips together and charged once more without saying a word.
"Again!"
"Again!"
With a bang, a vast display of fireworks appeared against the starry backdrop, dazzling and brilliant.
Before the red meteorite, two Luo Zhiyuans stood facing each other. The fireworks' glow illuminated their excited faces, reflecting a brilliant light.
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