The Others Make Their Move!

Virtual Universe, Kasolo Island, Lanhui City.

Countless people gathered around the four enormous screens floating above Lanhui City, watching the battle promotional videos on the screens.

Virtual Universe Company will produce promotional videos for every participant who ranks in the top 1,000 of the trials.

At that moment, one of the screens was playing Jiang Yao's promotional video.

"Incredible... What kind of monster is this?"

The towering Prose stared in shock at the figure on the screen, hundreds of meters long, covered in dark golden scales, with sharp, upright bony plates on its back that gleamed with a dark, blood-red light, and a pair of enormous triangular eyes that were cold and bloodthirsty.

Even just through the screen, you can feel the overwhelming sense of wildness.

What's even more chilling is that there were actually ten of these monsters.

"This is Starry Sky Behemoth, Cang." A young man with a head of crimson braids, a long, narrow scar running from his right ear to the corner of his mouth, and a cold, hard face that exuded a chilling murderous aura interjected.

"Duomeng?!" Prose, Kuman, Gaichen turned around and exclaimed the name of the newcomer in surprise.

This person was none other than Duomeng, the disciple of the current Clan Leader, Lord Kasa, who had once been close to several geniuses of the Yanhe Lineage, including Jiang Yao.

However, that once spirited, red-haired youth had become a warrior who had experienced countless deaths on the battlefield.

"Where have you been these past few years? We haven't seen you since the Four Sacred Lands lifted their blockade. If the Clan Leader hadn't said you were still alive, we would have thought something had happened to you. The last time we met with Jiang Yao, he asked about you." Kuman asked with some curiosity.

The young man with bright red braids grinned, his scars twisting and making him look even more ferocious and sinister. "I did have some trouble, I almost died. I was captured by the Qulong Sacred Land and then a chip was implanted in me, turning me into a slave. I was about to be sold, but soon I heard that Jiang Yao won first place in the World Zone in the Genius Tournament and was even hailed as the number one genius of the Xuanshang Universe Country."

"The Sacred Land of Qulong released me, removed my Biochip, and then I joined a space adventure team. Two years ago, I participated in the Universe Mercenary Alliance's One-star Mercenary assessment, and now I am One-star Mercenary."

As he spoke, Duomeng showed off a medal on his left chest, on which a planet floated above a raging sea of blood.

Prose, Kuman, and Gaichen wanted to congratulate him, but looking at the hideous scars on Duomeng's face and the stiff smile that seemed to have been absent for a long time, they were at a loss for words.

Although Duomeng only mentioned it briefly, the dangers and difficulties involved were already imaginable.

This is a reflection of the circumstances faced by countless geniuses and powerful individuals of the Lingtong Race over the past few centuries; Duomeng is already considered lucky.

Because Prose, Kuman, and others had returned to the Yanhe Branch and received generous resource support from the Main Sect, their struggle against Longshan Company under Yinhu Island, though fierce, was actually far less dangerous than that with the Main Sect.

Tens of thousands of stellar-level geniuses from the Main Sect and various branches who participated in the selection battle back then were all upgraded to the cosmic level with the help of the Lingtong Race's hidden resources. They became the backbone of the war and also suffered the most casualties. Now, only a small portion of them are still in the clan, while the rest have either died or become slaves.

The three Sacred Land, including Qulong Sacred Land, released all the Lingtong Race slaves that hadn't been sold yet, but Yinhu Island, which had plundered the most Lingtong Race, did not release any slaves, probably because it knew that no matter what it did, the relationship Two Great Holy Lands was beyond repair.

Prose forced a smile, "As long as you're alive, everything's alright now."

Duomeng grinned and nodded at the screen. It was alright. The Lingtong Race was lucky. The fall of Jiuyuan almost plunged them into the abyss, but the young man on the screen, who was even a level below them, once again lifted the Lingtong Race up on his shoulders.

On the screen, Jiang Yao calmly faced the ten enormous beasts rushing towards him and fused the nine Chongming Blades, which had transformed into fire dragons, into the second form of the Sui Divine Weapon — the Poyuan Blade.

The red and white jade blade, as Chongming Blade, no longer possessed the sharp, violent, and all-consuming aura of the Chongming Blade. Instead, it was restrained and calm, just like the master who wielded it.

But as the jade blade, shimmering with a red and white aura, approached the leading beast, a flicker of horror flashed in its triangular eyes, and it even considered hastily dodging.

The jade blade, with its milky-white center and crimson outer edge, seemed to embody the "breaking" in its name, the "Poyuan Blade." It pierced through the dark red scales covering the giant beast's tail as if without any hindrance, creating a hole in the tip of the beast's tail, which was about two meters in diameter.

But this three-hundred-meter-long ape seemed to have injured not the tip of its tail, but its Life Core, and let out a mournful wail.

"Soul Attack! As expected, the second form of the Sui Divine Weapon, the 'Poyuan Blade,' contains Soul Attack!"

Duomeng had just earned One-star Mercenary badge, twitched and twisted his scarred face as he excitedly watched the jade blade on the screen that made the giant beast howl in agony.

Prose and Kuman also shouted excitedly!

The Poyuan Blade has an inner flame, which is a milky white, ancient-looking pattern at the center of the blade, and an outer flame, which is a crimson, ancient-looking pattern on the outer edge. The outer flame burns the body, while the inner flame burns the soul.

Duomeng and Prose, who are also Spirit Reader, have long admired the Nine Great Divine Weapons of the Controller. They have also seen many cosmic-level geniuses use this move of the Sui Divine Weapon in previous Strongest Battle videos.

But the one wielding the Sui Divine Weapon at this moment was not one of those legendary geniuses who were incredibly far removed from them, but rather a genius of their Lingtong Race, Jiang Yao, who had grown up alongside them.

The battle scene in the wasteland was absurd. The ten originally menacing giant beasts avoided the small Poyuan Blade like the plague. Even a slight touch from it caused them to howl and wail in pain, even if it only created a tiny wound compared to their massive bodies.

Before long, several stags, whose bodies had not yet been seriously injured, had already lost their breath and collapsed on the wasteland.

The terror of the Poyuan Blade is fully demonstrated. Its "breaking" aspect is not only about physical attacks, but also about soul-destroying. Every attack is a severe blow to the soul.

"That's Starry Sky Behemoth!"

Duomeng came to his senses and sighed incredulously. Although Cang did not belong to the twelve peak bloodlines of the legendary Starry Sky Behemoth, any one of them would be considered invincible among Human Race of the same level.

This being, who could be considered invincible at the stellar level, was utterly helpless in front of Jiang Yao, and could even be described as pathetic.

This is the power possessed by the most outstanding geniuses of the Human Race!

Their Lingtong Race can actually produce such a genius.

On the street, almost every pedestrian was watching the screen playing Jiang Yao's promotional video. When the last giant beast died, countless cheers and shouts resounded throughout Lanhui City.

Among them were members of the Lingtong Race, as well as citizens of the Kasolo Empire who were not members of the Lingtong Race.

"Come on! Just one more floor and we'll be able to pass the fifth Trial Tower!" Prose couldn't help but shout excitedly.

After the promotional video finished playing, everyone's attention turned to the rankings in the upper right corner of the screen, which displayed the top ten positions in real time. For those ranked after ten, they had to check their own rankings on the smart device.

No. 4 Jiang Yao (Xuanshang Universe Country), Points

"Why did it drop one place?"

"That Daiqin who used the Lie Divine Weapon has overtaken us."

"I just watched Daiqin's promotional video. He cleared the sixth floor of the fifth Trial Tower much faster than Jiang Yao. That's unbelievable!"

"Alas, it seems my teacher was right. Dividing my attention between wielding two Controller Divine Weapon is less effective than focusing on mastering just one. It's all just empty talk and no substance."

"Heh, I know you. Aren't you a disciple of Yinhu Island? Why aren't you staying in Yinhu City and instead running off to Lanhui City? If you're so capable, why don't you show off your empty boasting? Fourth in the 1008 Universe Country? If I remember correctly, that Abbott from your Yinhu Island has already been eliminated, right? It seems he didn't even make it past the third Trial Tower?"

"Sima Yan, who was originally ranked first, seems to have encountered some trouble with the Machine Race puppets on the fifth level of the fifth Trial Tower and has been eliminated. However, this Fito is too abnormal. He passed the first four Trial Tower towers as Controller, but in the fifth Trial Tower, he suddenly became a martial artist and passed the fifth Trial Tower with almost effortless ease..."

Prose stared intently at the changes in Jiang Yao's points, and sighed, "I wonder if his ranking can rise any higher."

Although being fourth in the entire universe is already an unimaginable achievement, the desire to have more is human nature.

Duomeng laughed and said, "Very likely. Judging from the results of previous Genius Tournament, they will basically stop at the first level of the sixth Trial Tower. The only reason that people have surpassed Jiang Yao is because they kill faster. Once they reach the sixth Trial Tower, it will be a competition of who can kill more Blood-Haired Mammoth before they die."

Within the dimensional space specially Opening for the Genius Tournament, apart from the powerful immortals sitting on their thrones, the millions of eliminated geniuses were all staring at the four large screens in mid-air.

When a Golden Flowing Light pierced through the last Blood-Haired Mammoth, gasps of surprise echoed throughout the Central Plaza.

"Fito actually passed the first level of the sixth Trial Tower?!"

"The last time someone passed through this level was over 120 epochs ago, wasn't it?"

"To have simultaneously crossed the thresholds of the three Origin Law metal, earth, and space—he's practically a monster on par with Jiang Yao."

"Heh, this Fito is far more monstrous than Jiang Yao. Look at him, he's clearly mastered some kind of ultimate technique that combines three laws. His attack, defense, and movement techniques are almost perfect."

"And he's actually Controller and martial arts... He's already in the top twenty as Controller, but his martial arts skills are even more monstrous... This is outrageous. I think he's the undisputed champion of this year's competition."

"Let's remove the word 'I think'..."

A streak of red and white light transformed into a mysterious arc, easily piercing through the frail, pitiful Zerg Mother Emperor with mournful eyes.

Fifth Trial Tower Passed!

Jiang Yao looked at the space that had changed due to the teleportation. "I wonder if I can clear the first level of the sixth Trial Tower with the Poyuan Blade... I doubt it."

Don't be fooled by how easily he cleared the last two levels of the fifth Trial Tower using the second form of the Sui Divine Weapon; the difficulty of the sixth Trial Tower is definitely far greater than that of the fifth. Otherwise, there wouldn't be the term "super barrier" on the first level of the sixth Trial Tower.

The true genius is one who can pass the first level of the sixth Trial Tower, no longer limited to this generation, but belonging to the most outstanding genius of ten or even hundreds of eras.

"Fito?"

Jiang Yao stared in surprise at the screen on his arm: No. 1 Fito (Biqiong Universe Country), Points

Fito actually made it through the first level of the sixth Trial Tower?