Easily Clearing the Eighteenth Floor (Seeking Follows)

The third level of the Heavenly Bridge represents a major leap in difficulty.

Wu Yun used his King-level law insights to face a mere 15th-level guardian; it was essentially a one-shot kill. If they were fighting in the outside world, it might be different, as a low-level King-level Immortal would still need to burn their immortal divine power to truly annihilate a Marquis-level Immortal.

However, this is the Heavenly Bridge. Since no one here possesses an undying body, a King-level expert only needs one move to instantly kill a Marquis-level expert.

Bafen watched the screen in disbelief as Wu Yun walked toward the next level with an indifferent expression. He quickly sent an email to the big shots of the Giant Axe Arena.

This included Venerable Shihuo and a host of other Universe Venerables and Universe Overlords.

King Pujin was in the middle of cultivation and meditation when he received the notification. He entered the Virtual Universe, and a moment later, his face was filled with utter incredulity.

"Wu Yun cleared the 15th level of the Heavenly Bridge? And he did it with a one-shot kill?"

King Pujin wouldn't have cared if someone cleared the 15th level normally; the vast majority of World Lords in the Giant Axe Secret Realm were at that level, and it was easy for them to become Marquis-level Immortals after their breakthrough.

But becoming a King-level Immortal was incredibly difficult.

Within the Hong Alliance, humanity only had about one hundred thousand King-level Immortals, and that was even with the fact that Universe Masters would constantly resurrect them. One can see just how massive the gap is.

Many spend a million years accumulating power at the World Lord stage, only to become Marquis-level Immortals immediately after breaking through, and then remain at that level for hundreds of billions of years.

But Wu Yun cleared the 15th level with absolute crushing force. What does that mean? It means levels 16 and 17 would be effortless for him, and perhaps only the 18th level would be in question.

Swish! Swish! Swish!

Many figures instantly appeared in the Heavenly Bridge plane. Aside from the King-level Immortals of the Giant Axe Arena, there were even members from the Virtual Universe Company and other factions.

They weren't all from the lineage of the Universe Chaos Stele; some King-level experts had come to gather information on behalf of their own Venerables.

If Wu Yun could truly clear the 18th level of the Heavenly Bridge, then surely some Universe Venerables would want to take him as a disciple, and even Universe Overlords would be tempted.

Only the high and mighty Universe Masters would be more casual about it.

"Tell me, do you think he can clear the 18th level?"

"I think it shouldn't be a problem. It seems he already possesses King-level law insights; he really is a monster." King Jiujian laughed. "No wonder he didn't take any of us as his teacher."

"Indeed. To reach the 18th level of the Heavenly Bridge relying only on the Chaos Stele and his own comprehension of secret techniques without a teacher's guidance—I suspect some truly great figures will want to take him as a disciple."

When mentioning truly great figures, the eyes of these King-level Immortals were filled with envy.

Those were not people comparable to high-level Venerables like Venerable Shihuo or the Ganwu Kingdom Lord; at the very least, they would have to be Universe Overlords, or even the legendary Universe Masters.

Very few King-level Immortals ever get the chance to be apprenticed to a Universe Master.

By now, Wu Yun had reached the 16th level. This level was still devoid of suspense—since the major leaps only occur every three levels—and he defeated his opponent with ease.

On the 17th level, Wu Yun used two moves. The first strike involved space, and the second involved time; the combination of the two completely crushed his opponent.

"It's definitely King-level," King Jiujian said solemnly. "It looks like your Giant Axe Arena is about to produce another peerless genius. I wonder who will take him as a disciple."

If Wu Yun could reach the 18th level of the Heavenly Bridge now, and with the guidance of a famous teacher, the probability of him reaching the 20th level would be quite high.

Once he becomes an Immortal and the race bestows upon him precious treasures and inheritances, he would become yet another invincible King-level expert, and they might even find a way to help Wu Yun possess a special life form.

King Pujin stood there without speaking. He was only a low-level King-level Immortal himself; if Wu Yun wanted to, he could reach this level of combat power at any time.

Not many years ago, King Pujin could still look down on Wu Yun, arrogantly setting the rules for his assessments. Yet now, the other party's status was higher than his own?

Normally, a World Lord who clears the 18th level of the Heavenly Bridge has a status comparable to a low-level King-level Immortal.

Wu Yun was different. With his terrifying talent, there would absolutely be Universe Overlords, or even Universe Masters, vying to take him as a disciple.

In the Heavenly Bridge plane, Wu Yun appeared on the 18th level. The location was an infinitely vast cosmic star sea, and the guardian stood there, looking down with disdain.

"It is rare for a World Lord to reach this step," the guardian said with a smile. "I hope you can clear this level and prove your strength."

Swish!

Wu Yun took a step forward, his figure appearing ethereal—a sensation of his body merging with the void. Then, he swung his staff. The long staff instantly tore through the sky and appeared before his opponent.

"Merging the body with the void, teleportation of inanimate objects." King Chongshan laughed. "I am very curious about his mastery of the Time Law."

The four directions and the past and future constitute the universe; the Universe Chaos Stele involves the mysteries of both time and space, so the guardian also cultivated both.

The staff descended with a move of profound mystery. Billions of streams of light surged, brighter than the star sea itself. Time seemed to be flowing backward, and the images flickered.

Boom!

The guardian exchanged a blow with Wu Yun and was sent flying backward. In the Heavenly Bridge plane, the only things that matter are amplitude techniques and law bonuses.

The 18th-level guardian's space insights were comparable to a King-level expert, but his time insights had not yet reached that level. Therefore, a King-level insight in a single law was enough to clear the level.

"Time Distortion?!" King Jiujian's voice changed. "In a thousand years, he has comprehended both the Teleportation branch and the Time Distortion branch?!"

Those images of time appearing to flow backward were precisely the result of the Time Distortion branch.

The Space Law has three major categories: Teleportation, Space Strangulation, and Space Lockdown.

The Time Law has three major categories: Time Pause, Time Acceleration/Deceleration, and Time Distortion.

Within these major categories, many minor categories can be divided. Mastering one minor category is enough to gain the recognition of the laws, but mastering a major category is something usually reserved for peak King-level experts.

A few high-level King-level experts might reach this realm, but low-level King-level experts can only perform minor category techniques.

"Time Cutting," King Pujin said, enunciating each word. "He can merge his body with the void, teleport inanimate objects, and perform Time Cutting. Having comprehended three minor categories in total, he is definitely at the 18th level of the Heavenly Bridge."

With a single strike of the staff, ten thousand laws followed in its wake, and after the gatekeeper hastily parried a few moves, he was shredded into nothingness.

Wu Yun left the Heavenly Bridge cleanly and decisively, without continuing further.

On the plane island, several King-Level Immortals looked at one another; King Jiujian considered himself a peerless genius, yet in the face of an existence like Wu Yun, he felt inferior.

At the very least, during his own World Lord stage, he had been nowhere near this heaven-defying; although King Jiujian had become an Immortal only after comprehending a major category of laws, he had already been cultivating for over a million years by then.

"Sigh, your judgment and mine are still too poor." King Pujin's mood was the most complex; when he first heard that Wu Yun could clear the fifteenth level of the Heavenly Bridge, his first reaction had been to disparage him.

But after Wu Yun cleared the eighteenth level, King Pujin felt a sense of relief instead; he understood that the other party was no longer the weak World Lord from the assessment, but an existence he would have to look up to in the future.

It wouldn't even take long; a genius of the ten-million-epoch level could rival a high-tier King-Level Immortal during the World Lord stage, with strength even a cut above his own.

"Let's go." King Chongshan shrugged. "The higher-ups sent an email; we must keep Wu Yun's affairs absolutely confidential and not leak them to anyone around us."

The secrets of human geniuses were not just guarded against hostile alien races, but also against the alien races within the Hong Alliance.

The news of Wu Yun clearing the eighteenth level of the Heavenly Bridge instantly spread throughout the upper echelons of the Giant Axe Arena.

Beyond the upper echelons of the Giant Axe Arena, the Virtual Universe Company, the Universe Mercenary Alliance, and those two major banks had also caught wind of it.

"In a thousand years, is it really possible to reach such a stage?" Venerable Shihuo played the recording of Wu Yun on the eighteenth level repeatedly.

As a genius who appeared once every ten million epochs, Venerable Shihuo had once been extremely glorious himself, rivaling King-Level Immortals during the World Lord stage and even slaying Marquis-Level Immortals.

He had even been taken as a disciple by a Universe Master, and later, he had rapidly broken through to become a Universe Venerable.

But Venerable Shihuo believed that he himself could not have achieved such exaggerated progress in a thousand years.

Venerable Shihuo was tempted; he quickly sent an email to Wu Yun, expressing his desire to take him as a disciple and promising to cultivate him with great care.

As for whether he could win the competition, he had no confidence in his heart; after the email was sent, Venerable Shihuo discovered after a long while that Wu Yun had actually disabled his Virtual Universe reception.

Wu Yun had learned this trick from Luo Feng; he didn't want to reject others directly, especially since Venerable Shihuo had helped him.

Entering the Giant Axe Secret Realm, the gifted points didn't amount to much; what mattered was that Wu Yun's authority was high enough to access a vast amount of information and enjoy massive resources.

"I'll open the Virtual Universe message reception again tomorrow; I hope there will be a powerhouse who moves me enough to take me as a disciple." Wu Yun was very patient.

When twenty-four hours had passed, Wu Yun estimated that the news should have spread throughout the upper echelons of the Giant Axe Arena, so he opened the Virtual Universe, and a massive deluge of emails flooded in.

There were congratulations from King Pujin—the fact that Wu Yun had cleared the eighteenth level of the Heavenly Bridge was still a secret, and Marquis Nanque did not even have the authority to know.

The rest were a large number of emails regarding apprenticeship; those ancient Universe Country Lords, high-tier Universe Venerables, and even Universe Overlords were all tempted by Wu Yun.

The first email was sent by Venerable Undying.

This Universe Overlord had a perverse temper, but his ability to preserve his life was truly exaggerated to the point of absurdity; within the Primal Universe, he dared to claim he was undying even in the face of a Universe Master.

However, Wu Yun felt that an ordinary Universe Overlord was a bit weak; after all, the purpose of taking a master was naturally to have the other party provide more resources.

The human race would bestow treasures upon outstanding juniors.

If Wu Yun's teacher were a Universe Master, the bestowed treasures would certainly be much better; what could a Universe Overlord give? Even if they were a teacher, they would only have a few supreme treasures—could a disciple really expect to receive one?

The second email made Wu Yun feel somewhat tempted, because it was an email sent by Venerable Ancestral Tree, a legendary top-tier Universe Overlord.

Top-tier Universe Overlords could kill ordinary Universe Overlords quite easily; their status was almost comparable to that of ordinary Universe Masters, and they could be resurrected infinitely even if they died.

Having a top-tier Universe Overlord as a teacher wouldn't be bad either.

But as he continued to flip through them, Wu Yun saw an email sent by an Immortal God, stating that the Lanzang City Lord was interested in taking him as a personal disciple.