Chenyan Planet, Giant Axe Arena.
This is also the building with the largest footprint on Chenyan Planet, comparable in size to a small planet, with a wild architectural style and the Giant Axe emblem at its highest point.
There is no shortage of World Lord-level powerhouses lurking here, though they are all here to reap massive profits through the Giant Axe Arena.
Very few of them actually enter the arena to fight themselves.
Having cultivated to the World Lord level, they are already overlords in their own right; they mostly focus on capturing slaves or scouting for geniuses across the universe to send into the Giant Axe Arena for life-and-death battles.
The Giant Axe Arena also frequently scouts for geniuses, or people desperate for money who sell themselves into service to engage in life-and-death battles for profit.
For those powerhouses who can survive countless life-and-death battles, the Giant Axe Arena will find ways to recruit them into the Special Training Camp, and the best among them can even join the core layer.
"Sir, are you saying that you want to participate in World Lord-level life-and-death battles?!"
The staff member responsible for receiving Wu Yun looked at him in disbelief. This was a dignified World Lord powerhouse, an existence that could only be born from the natural development of thousands of star systems.
To think he would actually come to participate in World Lord-level life-and-death battles.
At this level, it is difficult to force them to do anything, and the appearance fees for World Lord-level life-and-death battles are extremely high. The longer they live and the more they fight, the more they can earn—even accumulating wealth comparable to an Immortal.
"Please process it as soon as possible. As long as there is a World Lord-level match, you can arrange it for me." Wu Yun said with a smile, "I want to become a Giant Axe Warrior of the World Lord level as quickly as possible."
Hearing this, many powerhouses in the great hall looked over.
"A World Lord who hasn't even been acknowledged by the Origin Laws, yet dares to dream of becoming a Giant Axe Warrior?"
"How laughable."
Those World Lords all sneered in disdain.
Swish!
At this moment, a towering figure descended into the hall. He stood nearly three meters tall with a thick mane of black hair, exuding a fluctuation entirely different from those of the World Lord powerhouses.
It was the fluctuation of eternity, one that would not decay no matter how much time passed.
"Follow me." This Immortal God glanced around, causing the World Lords to fall silent instantly, and then he walked toward the end of the hall.
This ancient hall was nearly a thousand kilometers long, but the two reached the end quickly, and then, under a strange fluctuation, they arrived in another space.
"World Lord-level life-and-death battles are not something those staff members outside are qualified to handle." The black-haired man said, "My name is Ka Wei, and I am the General Manager of the Ganwu Branch of the Giant Axe Arena."
Wu Yun replied calmly, "Lord Ka Wei, my name is Wu Yun. I only wish to participate in as many World Lord-level life-and-death battles as possible, as quickly as possible."
Under normal circumstances, an Immortal God would not need to step in when a World Lord arrives at the Giant Axe Arena. Ka Wei only became interested after hearing that Wu Yun required a high volume of matches.
For ordinary Immortals like him, earning resources relies almost entirely on performance.
How does one get performance?
The more life-and-death battles he can organize under his jurisdiction, the higher his performance rating.
In a normal week, there are thousands of life-and-death battles, but among those thousands, there might not even be a single World Lord. Every World Lord-level life-and-death battle involves massive wealth.
Tickets, betting pools, and so on.
An ordinary World Lord's net worth is only about 10 Hunyuan, yet the profit brought by a single life-and-death battle can reach dozens or even hundreds of Hunyuan. As their number of matches increases, this figure will continue to soar.
The economic value behind the birth of a World Lord-level Giant Axe Warrior is no less than that of a high-level Army Lord, or even the entire net worth of some Marquis-Level Immortals.
"World Lord level one, what kind of strength do you want your opponents to have?"
Ka Wei looked at Wu Yun with great interest. "For life-and-death battles, you need to sign a contract with our Giant Axe Arena. The minimum for the World Lord level is one match, and the maximum is one thousand."
For lower levels, the minimum for a life-and-death battle contract is ten matches.
"Let's go with a thousand matches. For the early stages, opponents within World Lord level five will do; once my level increases later, it won't matter." Wu Yun laughed, "By my calculations, it would probably take at least a hundred years for a World Lord to complete a thousand matches."
"Give me your Virtual Universe code; the contract will be signed within the Virtual Universe." Ka Wei did not answer Wu Yun's question.
In his eyes, it was impossible for Wu Yun to survive a thousand matches. He hadn't even been acknowledged by the Origin Laws, so how strong could he be?
Even World Lords who have been acknowledged by the Origin Laws wouldn't dare claim they could become Giant Axe Warriors. They struggle just to enter the Doomsday Secret Realm and can only hold certain positions to earn resources.
For example, as leaders of the Primordial Secret Realm guard teams.
Except for a small number of geniuses, the path for the vast majority of cultivators is to keep working.
Wu Yun did not mind Ka Wei's contempt; he truly had not been acknowledged by the Origin Laws yet.
He had spent too little time on the Primal Universe system.
In the Virtual Universe, after receiving the contract sent by the Giant Axe Arena, Wu Yun confirmed there were no issues and clicked to sign. This is the standard signing method used by all humans.
Contracts are preferred to be signed in the Virtual Universe because there is notarized supervision.
After confirming the signature was complete, Ka Wei's smile became a bit brighter.
As long as Wu Yun could persist through a few more life-and-death battles, his performance would be guaranteed.
"Once there is a suitable opponent, we will email you three days in advance. Come over then and wait, and we will take you to the battle location." Ka Wei said very enthusiastically, "You can also choose to stay here."
Wu Yun shook his head; he still needed to improve his level.
If he were to honestly and slowly absorb energy, he would probably need tens of thousands of years to reach the peak of the World Lord level.
The wealth required for a World Lord to reach level nine simply by soaking in a nutrient pod is an astronomical figure. Wu Yun needs to go out into the universe to set up arrays and absorb energy.
Staying on Chenyan Planet was definitely not an option; a Heavenly Immortal formation could easily cover hundreds of thousands of miles, and such a massive disturbance would inevitably alert an Immortal God.
Three hundred and sixteen light-years away from Chenyan Planet, Wu Yun used a star map to locate a desolate mineral planet with a diameter of tens of thousands of kilometers.
Surrounding this mineral planet were smaller asteroids, each several thousand kilometers in diameter, which Wu Yun had shifted into place using heaven-defying methods to vaguely construct a unified whole.
Amidst the biting cold winds, Wu Yun tirelessly carved out the formation.
Since substitute materials could also be found in the Primal Universe, Wu Yun quickly set up a grand formation covering one hundred thousand kilometers to serve as the core.
Clusters of light rings were cast out by Wu Yun, landing upon the surfaces of those countless asteroids.
"I am using the Streamer Great Dao as the core to set up this formation, covering a total range of nearly a million miles; the density of the energy absorbed should be sufficient."
Wu Yun sat contentedly in the center of the formation to cultivate, with endless energy pouring wildly into his body; the efficiency was not much worse than soaking directly in nutrient fluid.
However, cosmic energy required a recovery process, and according to Wu Yun's estimations, he should be able to cultivate to the peak of the World Lord realm within a few decades.
This was already many times faster than absorbing energy on his own.
Only three days later, an email from the Giant Axe Arena was sent to Wu Yun within the Virtual Universe.
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