Full Throttle

"Are you sure? You've already become an apprentice?"

The voice that echoed in his mind had lost its gentleness and turned cold.

Jiang Yao took a deep breath and continued respectfully, "I am certain that besides Teachers Jiuyuan and Marquis Huanqiong, I have no other teachers."

"Snort."

The voice of Venerable Tianhe left a soft hum in Jiang Yao's mind before disappearing.

"Could it be that the Xuanshang Universe Lord is lying to me? No, why would he lie to me? If he had taken Jiang Yao as his disciple, or obtained the Inheritance Token from Jiang Yao, what would anyone else dare to say given his status?"

Venerable Tianhe continued explaining the rules while pondering them.

After hundreds of epochs, another Yedier Inheritance Token has appeared, which naturally makes many Immortal Experts and even Universe Venerable eager to make a move.

Venerable Tianhe wanted to secure Inheritance Token for one of the powerful King-level of his own Heyi Race.

However, the higher up Human Race goes, the more rules they need to follow. Everything has certain rules and unspoken rules, and it's impossible to just shout for war and killing at the drop of a hat.

For example, if one wants to obtain the Inheritance Token from Jiang Yao, one must first get past the Xuanshang Universe Lord.

Jiang Yao was originally a subject of the Xuanshang Universe Lord.

The opinion of the Xuanshang Universe Lord must be respected first, or rather, he has the first priority to choose. He wants to obtain the Inheritance Token from Jiang Yao, and even the high and mighty Universe Master cannot object to it.

However, the Xuanshang Universe Lord did not seem to be very interested in the Inheritance Token, nor did he intend to take Jiang Yao as a disciple. He even issued an order to block the attempts of many powerful people from the Human Race and even the Hong Alliance to contact Jiang Yao, and said that everything would be discussed after the Genius Tournament.

The happiest person now was Venerable Tianhe.

As the host of this year's Genius Tournament, according to the rules, all geniuses who enter the Virtual Universe Company will naturally fall under his command, giving him the second priority after the Xuanshang Universe Lord.

Other Universe Venerable within the Virtual Universe Company who were also interested in Inheritance Token could not compete with him.

Unexpectedly, Jiang Yao rejected her.

This immediately made Venerable Tianhe suspect that the Xuanshang Universe Lord might have secretly promised to take Jiang Yao as his disciple. However, the Xuanshang Universe Lord's status was far higher than his, so there was no reason for him to lie to him. He had personally asked the Xuanshang Universe Lord about it.

Could it be that other Universe Venerable secretly contacted Jiang Yao?

But that shouldn't be the case. As the host of Venerable Tianhe Jiang Yao's current term and Jiang Yao's future direct superior, if other Universe Venerable within the Virtual Universe Company were to snatch the prize before him, it would be breaking the rules and indicating that they intended to turn against him.

As for Universe Venerable outside of Virtual Universe Company trying to steal it, they would offend Virtual Universe Company.

The group of King-level Immortal from Chaos City were all ignored by Venerable Tianhe. After all, refusing Universe Venerable for the sake of King-level Immortal is not something a sentient being would do.

Or perhaps Jiang Yao intends to sell the Inheritance Token to the Virtual Universe Company in exchange for resources and wealth?

If that's the case, then Jiang Yao is being incredibly unwise. How could the guidance and protection of the Universe Venerable Master be compared to the wealth and resources that could be obtained by selling the Inheritance Token?

Many exceptional geniuses, appearing only once every tens of thousands of epochs, desperately seek to become disciples of the Universe Venerable, yet fail to do so.

Regardless, Venerable Tianhe no longer had any goodwill towards Jiang Yao, who dared to refuse him, and was even secretly annoyed.

After all, if Jiang Yao really intends to sell to the Virtual Universe Company, then his tacit priority as Venerable Tianhe will be useless. He will have to compete for the Inheritance Token on the same starting line as the Virtual Universe Company, and possibly even the major forces and powerful figures of the Human Race and the entire Hong Alliance.

"Those ranked 1st to 100th in points will be directly recruited as Core Member of my Virtual Universe Company without further screening..."

"Ranks 101-7300 will need to compete in a final battle in the arena for the remaining 900 spots..."

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

The Venerable Tianhe finished explaining the trial rules in a cold voice, leaving many geniuses somewhat stunned. It was indeed exaggerated that 99% of the millions of people would be eliminated in just one Trial Space, leaving only a fraction.

Apart from Jiang Yao and Venerable Tianhe, no one knew that Jiang Yao had dared to offend a Universe Venerable, who was also the Venerable presiding over this final battle.

After Venerable Tianhe left, Jiang Yao could only smile wryly. It was a case of "when you have too many lice, they don't bite; when you have too many debts, you don't worry."

"What are you smiling about? You're the Controller, and you can wield two divine weapons at the same time. How could the Trial Space possibly stump you?" Sajin Fire Dragon said irritably.

"Hehe, but Sima Yan probably won't do too well in this round. Even if we can't beat him in the end, it would be good enough if we could outperform him in the Trial Space."

The bald, ruddy-skinned young man Daiqin, challenged with fierce fighting spirit. "We two are probably the strongest Controller in this year's competition. Why don't we see who gets more points and ranks higher?"

"Alright." Jiang Yao put the matter of Venerable Tianhe out of his mind. Why not take advantage of a free opportunity?

"If my grades surpass yours, you have to treat me to the Yunyan Wine we just had at that restaurant every year."

"Alright, don't think you have an advantage over me just because you can still wield the Xing Divine Weapon." Daiqin smiled confidently.

The next morning.

Millions of participants were instantly teleported to the Trial Space by an invisible, strange force.

Jiang Yao observed the enormous meteorite he was on, which had seven Trial Tower built on it, resembling seven majestic mountains perched atop the massive meteorite.

Participant: Jiang Yao (Xuanshang Universe Country)

Points: 0

Rank: None

Trial Space Location: Number 052 3987

"The first tower offers a maximum of 10,000 points per floor, 70,000 points per seventh floor, the second tower offers 100,000 points per floor, 700,000 points per seventh floor, and so on. Each Trial Tower offers ten times the points of the previous one, and the maximum score for seven towers is over 77.7 billion points..."

Jiang Yao marveled at the insane difficulty of this Trial Space; after all, ten times the points meant ten times the difficulty.

"In the original story, Death God Bolan, a genius appearing only once every tens of thousands of epochs, passed the sixth tower but collapsed on the first floor of the seventh. I wonder which trial tower I can reach..."

Jiang Yao transformed into Flowing Light and entered the first Trial Tower.

"First level of the first stage: 10,000 ferocious beasts, 'Blood-Haired Mammoth'... Death, trial complete."

Jiang Yao smiled, and the two intertwined Controller Divine Weapon on his back rose up with thin, cicada-wing-like blades and starlight, combining into nine Chongming Blades and 81 Star-Shattering Needle.

This is the most efficient combination for killing.

He didn't pilot any flying Telepathic Weapon; he transformed into a phantom and charged into the "Blood-Haired Mammoth" swarm. Because his body was just an ordinary human at the Star Level Nine, not the original product modified by Bizhang's will, he couldn't unleash the maximum speed of 90,000 kilometers per second of the first level of "Fire Fusion".

However, he used a flight technique recorded in the "Zhenhuang Sacred Body," and with his understanding of the Origin Law of Space, he was still able to unleash most of its power.

Unlike the arena battles, the elimination rounds in the Trial Space are not broadcast publicly. Only the rankings change, and only the immortal beings have the authority to watch the participants' trial progress.

In the Central Plaza, the 1008 Immortal Expert could naturally observe the detailed trial proceedings.

"It turns out that Sima Yan from the Yuanchen Universe Country has the fastest increase in points!"

"The 'Blood-Haired Mammoth' is just an ordinary ferocious beast, but it also possesses a soul. Sima Yan's group illusion and Soul Attack are definitely the most efficient way to kill it right now."

"Fito from the Biqiong Universe Country is actually ranked second? And he even surpassed Jiang Yao and Daiqin, who wielded the Nine Great Divine Weapons of the Controller?"

"His wheel-shaped Telepathic Weapon has such a unique variation, making it quite suitable for group attacks. I haven't seen it in the previous videos."

"Quein, you've been hiding your strength well this time. It seems Fito has been concealing his true power."

"Haha, the surprise is yet to come!"

"Hmm, Jiang Yao still doesn't wield another flying Telepathic Weapon, but his flying technique is quite superb. In terms of speed and agility, he's only slightly inferior to Dai Qin, who's piloting the Wind Shadow Shuttle Daiqin."

"I think it's because he was using two Controller Divine Weapons at the same time, and his mental energy was already running at full capacity. Controller Divine Weapon not only require a high level of comprehension, Law Comprehension, and consciousness, but also place a heavy burden on mental energy, far exceeding other Fifth-Order Psionic Weapon. How could he possibly spare any mental energy to control any flying weapon while using two Controller Divine Weapons at the same time?"

"That should be the case. Throughout history, there have been many Spirit Reader Controller Divine Weapon simultaneously. This is the reason why he should focus his energy on the Sui Divine Weapon and use the second form, the Yuan -Poyuan Blade, more flexibly and perfectly. It would be much better for him to use the first form of the Xing Divine Weapon, the Star-Shattering Needle, with his attention diverted."

"That's right. It's difficult for the two types of Controller Divine Weapon to achieve the effect of one plus one equals two, not to mention that the first few forms of the Xing Divine Weapon do not have the support of a domain."

If he encounters an opponent weaker than himself, wielding both divine weapons simultaneously will naturally increase his killing efficiency. However, if he encounters an opponent of equal or even greater strength, the heavy mental burden of wielding both Controller Divine Weapon at the same time will instead hinder his ability to fight back and maneuver.

"Lingcang Marquis, didn't you give this little fellow any pointers before?"

Lingcang Marquis snorted coldly at the teasing from the other immortal beings.

However, he was also somewhat disappointed. His disappointment was not that Jiang Yao was using two Controller Divine Weapons at the same time, which prevented him from controlling another flying Telepathic Weapon.

Rather, it turns out that the extreme flight speed that Jiang Yao displayed at the World Lord Level during the Trial God Kingdom was indeed achieved using some kind of treasure that exceeded the level of Fifth-Order Psionic Weapon.

These super-tier weapons and treasures are forbidden to be simulated in the Genius Tournament. Participants are only allowed to equip weapons of the fifth tier and below, including the Nine Great Divine Weapons of the Controller.

"Roar--"

Jiang Yao looked at the scene that had transformed before him, "Is it still Blood-Haired Mammoth?"

Thousands upon thousands of crimson behemoths, baring their sharp fangs and bloodthirsty eyes, charged toward Jiang Yao!

However, their strength has increased dramatically compared to the first floor of the first tower; indeed, the tenfold points were not for nothing.

However, this still didn't make Jiang Yao take it seriously. He didn't stop. The nine fire dragons transformed from the Chongming Blade acted like guardians, and together with the ethereal Galaxy formed by the Star-Shattering Needle, they roamed freely among the beast horde.