Nine Styles of Lanfeng

"What is this now? A secret technique he created himself?"

"I suppose so. Does the clan have any similar secret techniques?"

"I don't recall any records of such combat techniques on Yuluo Island..."

At this moment, inside the Elder Senate, everyone from the Immortal Gods down to the Domain Lord elders had calmed down significantly. After the shock of the Heavenly Cage Domain Seal, a sudden, unknown combat technique suspected to be Jiang Yao's own creation was just another debt they didn't need to worry about; in any case, his seventh-round opponent certainly wouldn't be able to stop him.

Jiuyuan stopped paying attention to the battle between Jiang Yao and his eighth-round opponent, turning his head to ask Kasa: "How is the opponent for the tenth round?"

Kasa gave a wry smile: "When I designed the opponent matching rules, I never imagined anyone could make it past the ninth round. So, starting from the tenth round, they are all Stellar Level 9s who have comprehended an Origin Law, though their domain is still at the fourth level."

A fourth-level domain combined with the comprehension of a law—such an opponent could probably only be simulated within the Virtual Universe. After all, generally speaking, even if one could only comprehend a sliver of an Origin Law, their domain would usually be at least at the eighth level.

Jiuyuan smiled brightly: "Then it seems you had better design the opponents for the eleventh and twelfth rounds well. Otherwise, given his combat power after mastering the Heavenly Cage Domain Seal, even an opponent who has comprehended a sliver of a law might not be his match. I fear only an opponent who has stepped across the threshold of the laws will be able to stop him."

Kasa continued to smile wryly: "The eleventh round features an opponent who has stepped across the threshold of the Origin Law of Earth. Surely that will be enough to stop him; after all, the Origin Law of Earth is considered the strongest in terms of defense among the eight lower-tier laws."

Jiuyuan couldn't help but throw his head back and laugh, his voice filled with pure delight.

This caused all the elders to look over, deeply shocked.

Jiuyuan swept his gaze across the elders below, his tone high-spirited: "I have decided to take Jiang Yao as my disciple, with a status equal to that of a Domain Lord elder."

The Domain Lords and Sector Lords sitting on the lower tiers looked at each other, unable to do anything but remain silent.

When the young man on the screen used the Heavenly Cage Domain Seal to fight, his acceptance as a disciple by the ancestor had already become a certainty.

Jiuyuan had taken many disciples in the past, but none had broken through to become an Immortal, and naturally, they had all died of old age.

His last disciple was Yanchen, over five hundred epochs ago. But following Yanchen's fall on the outer-territory battlefield, Jiuyuan had suffered a massive blow and had not taken another disciple since.

Meng Yi and Beiqiong, sitting on the lower tiers, exchanged surprised glances. They had previously predicted that Jiang Yao would inevitably attract the ancestor's attention during the selection tournament; his fourth-level domain alone was enough for the Lingtong Race to list him as the number one seed for the genius tournament.

But being taken directly as a disciple by the ancestor was something they had not anticipated.

The previous one was Yanchen, after all, even though Yanchen had only been taken as a disciple after demonstrating an eighth-level domain and a sliver of comprehension of the Origin Law of Metal.

Jiang Yao had mastered the Heavenly Cage Domain Seal, and in terms of same-level combat power, he was even stronger than Yanchen, but since it didn't involve an Origin Law, the significance was actually quite a bit less.

However, Jiang Yao was only at the fourth level of his domain. Everyone believed that once he reached the eighth level and could sense the fluctuations of the Origin Laws, he would undoubtedly be a genius who comprehended the laws.

If there truly was a spot for the Youyuan Secret Realm, it would naturally belong to him.

Just as the Lingtong Race Elder Senate was congratulating Jiuyuan on taking a new disciple, Jiang Yao had already quickly cleared the ninth round.

The eighth and ninth rounds no longer stimulated his desire to fight.

Jiang Yao waited excitedly for the stronger opponent in the tenth round, a strong instinct for the hunt beginning to release bit by bit within his body.

A desire to hunt?

Jiang Yao suddenly felt a jolt, a sense of vigilance arising. Bajie had not entered the Killing Field with him this time, so he was extremely wary of anything related to the Desolate God Bizhang at this moment.

Could this be a remnant of Bizhang's will from when it reshaped his body?

No, this was the Virtual Universe network, not the real world.

But Jiang Yao, who already had PTSD from Bizhang's will, remained cautious. He would ask Bajie after the match. Forget it, being a Spirit Reader Controller was safer.

After all, his situation was two different things compared to Luo Feng, who developed a desire to kill after being influenced by the Golden Horned Beast he had possessed.

The Golden Horned Beast had already been possessed by Luo Feng.

But he was still constantly facing the danger of being possessed by the Desolate God Bizhang.

Therefore, both the spectators in the plaza and those in the Elder Senate suddenly saw that when Jiang Yao reached the tenth round, he suddenly began to wield his Telepathic Weapon, the Red Shadow Blade, once again, returning to his combat stance as a Controller.

"What does he mean by this?"

"The Martial Artist opponent in the tenth round should be much stronger than the one in the seventh, right? Can he handle it without using the Heavenly Cage Domain Seal?"

"Does he think the tenth round will be much stronger than the first nine, and is planning to just give up?"

"Maybe he doesn't know that the tenth-round opponent has comprehended a sliver of an Origin Law? He definitely won't be able to win without the Heavenly Cage Domain Seal."

"Have you forgotten how heavy the burden of using the Heavenly Cage Domain Seal is on the body? He's only at the Stellar Level. His body isn't just inferior to a Domain Lord's; it's far behind even a Universe Level's. This little freak probably can't hold on anymore."

"I think you're the one who forgot—this is the Virtual Universe network, not the real world."

Jiang Yao didn't know how many people outside were confused by his actions. Looking at the newly appeared opponent, he muttered to himself: "Aside from me, there shouldn't... be anyone else who could make it past the first nine rounds, right?"

Starting from the seventh round, unless one was as gifted as he was and could master a powerful Martial Artist secret technique like the Heavenly Cage Domain Seal, a normal Stellar Level 9 who hadn't comprehended an Origin Law would certainly not be a match.

"Then let's try this. I've never used it before."

Although Jiang Yao was somewhat wary of that intense hunting instinct, his previous desire to fight had not faded, making him want to encounter even stronger opponents and continue the slaughter.

In Jiang Yao's mind, the Nine Styles of Lanfeng, a profound technique of the Origin Law of Fire that he had found in the final stage on Yuluo Island, surfaced.

The reason he chose the Red Shadow Blade, a Tier 4 Telepathic Weapon, was specifically to match this blade technique.

The Red Shadow Blade, with its crimson flame patterns flowing along the blade, vanished into thin air.

Following that, a surging domain of fire suddenly contracted. A crimson comet appeared abruptly, streaking across the void like a shooting star and leaving behind a brilliant, crimson radiance.

The moment the flaming meteor appeared, the surrounding hundred meters lost all color, as if falling into boundless darkness, with only the meteor itself streaking toward the opponent who had just revealed their form.

As soon as Jiang Yao executed the first style of this technique, he realized something was wrong; the power was far beyond what he had imagined.

As expected, the tenth-round opponent had not even had time to react before being pierced through.

Inside the Senate, all the elders, including the World Lords, were silent.

Jiuyuan, the Immortal God sitting in the center of the highest tier, suddenly stood up, his weathered face filled with disbelief.

"The first style of the Nine Styles of Lanfeng, Crimson Flame Meteor..."

"An Origin Law!"

Kasa, the World Lord hosting the selection battle, murmured as if in a groan: "He has actually crossed the threshold of the Origin Law of Fire!"

Ultimate techniques were not common goods in the Jiuyuan Holy Land; aside from those created by Jiuyuan himself or captured on the outer battlefields, every ultimate technique was created by a peak World Lord who had at least gained the recognition of an Origin Law.

The elders were quite familiar with every single one of them.

The Nine Styles of Lanfeng was the most powerful ultimate technique involving the Origin Law of Fire, and the threshold to execute the first style was extremely high; even comprehending a trace of the Origin Law was not enough—one had to cross the threshold of the Origin Law of Fire itself.

After the shock came wild joy, and Jiuyuan's laughter caused the entire Senate to rumble with resonance.

This was not just a genius with the potential to rival Yanchen.

This was a genius who far surpassed Yanchen! The greatest genius in the history of the Lingtong Race!

Having just obtained the Divine Envoy Inheritance Crystal not long ago, only to have such a peerless genius appear immediately after—the Primal Universe Origin Will was truly favoring his Lingtong Race!