Chaos City had remained unchanged after countless years. As the Human Race's headquarters and final stronghold, it had nurtured one powerful warrior after another and concealed countless core secrets of the Human Race.
A three-story building near the City Lord Mansion was the residence of Blood Blade King, an Invincible King. It was also Qin Cang's temporary home during his three thousand years of cultivation in Chaos City.
Today, Blood Blade King had no lectures to give. Instead, he had dragged Qin Cang into the Virtual Universe for a sparring match.
This was one of the ways Blood Blade King guided Qin Cang: by honing his practical combat skills.
The Virtual Universe was a secret technique created by Original Ancestor. It could perfectly simulate fluctuations in the laws and reproduce secret techniques without the slightest flaw. It could also create specific opponents to target the weaknesses in Qin Cang's techniques, helping him refine them and grow stronger.
In the universe, secret techniques were generally divided into five levels: "Unranked," "ordinary," "top-tier," "peak," and "ultimate."
Secret techniques created by ordinary World Lords and mediocre Immortal Gods belonged to the "Unranked" level.
Most secret techniques created by Immortal Gods could only be considered "ordinary."
Peerless geniuses at the World Lord Level and Immortal Gods at the King Level could create "top-tier" secret techniques. The spear technique Qin Cang had created at the Domain Lord Level had already come very close to that level.
Above top-tier were peak secret techniques. These were created by super-geniuses among World Lords—one in tens of millions—as well as the strongest among King-level Immortals, Invincible Kings, and most ordinary Venerables.
The secret techniques created by Blood Blade King, Snow Imperial King, and King Gale all belonged to this level.
Venerable Mi Hao's secret techniques were also at the peak level, but they were undoubtedly more refined than those created by Blood Blade King and the other two. They had already come very close to the "ultimate" level.
As for true "ultimate" secret techniques, Demon Wing Venerable had long ago created several ultimate techniques best suited to him. Even his two clones, with their different fighting styles, each had ultimate techniques of their own. Among techniques at the "ultimate" level, they were considered exceptionally refined.
Eldest Senior Brother Golden Feather Venerable had also created an ultimate secret technique of his own, but it consisted of only one move. Even so, with that single ultimate technique, if Golden Feather Venerable could gather enough resources to exchange for a Supreme Treasure suited to him, he would have a good chance of reaching the Universe Overlord level. But gathering enough resources to trade for a Supreme Treasure in an ordinary Universe Secret Region was painfully slow. Perhaps when the Primitive Star appeared, he would have a good chance if he bet everything on it.
Over the past nearly two thousand years of cultivation, Qin Cang had already begun refining his own ultimate techniques under Demon Wing Venerable's guidance.
Demon Wing Venerable had set two thousand opponents for Qin Cang in the Virtual Universe, just as he had once done for Luo Feng.
If Qin Cang could defeat five hundred, that would mean his secret technique had reached the top-tier level. If he defeated a thousand, his technique would have reached the peak level. And if he could defeat all two thousand opponents, it would mean his technique had attained the ultimate level.
Of course, besides those two thousand opponents, Blood Blade King had also gotten itchy to test his junior brother's skills. Every few days, he dragged Qin Cang into the Virtual Universe to fight him, claiming it was to assess Qin Cang's progress.
Not long ago, Qin Cang had successfully defeated the eight-hundredth opponent Demon Wing Venerable had set for him, taking his ultimate techniques to a new level. When Blood Blade King heard the news, he eagerly dragged Qin Cang off to spar.
Blood Blade King had, of course, long since created several peak secret techniques of his own, and was especially renowned for his movement technique and saber technique. If he fought with all his strength, it would hardly be fair to a junior.
So when fighting Qin Cang, Blood Blade King limited the power of his techniques to the level of someone who had also defeated eight hundred opponents. He also set their divine bodies to the same strength: a thousand times World Lord Power, the level of an ordinary Marquis Immortal.
Virtual Universe, Killing Field.
The Killing Field had been transformed into a vast frozen plain. Two figures stood facing each other upon the ice.
One wore Black Battle Armor and held a blood-red saber. It was Blood Blade King.
The other wore red armor and held a blood-red spear. It was Qin Cang.
Neither said a word. They opened with their strongest killing moves.
The blood-red saber in Blood Blade King's hand blazed with boundless crimson light as he charged straight at Qin Cang. The blade's radiance became a sea of bloody shadows that engulfed Qin Cang.
This was Blood Blade King's saber technique: the blade's radiance turned to blood, as if it would Devour everything. It suited his nature—domineering, straightforward, and never one to dawdle. When faced with an opponent, he did everything he could to tear them apart completely. If one slash wasn't enough, then two. If two weren't enough, then three. He wouldn't stop until his target was utterly eliminated.
Faced with this onslaught, Qin Cang didn't simply wait to be defeated. He countered with the ultimate technique he had created.
He thrust his spear, and a torrent of flames took the shape of a colossal fire dragon, surging toward the boundless crimson light. This was the fullest expression of Qin Cang's Comprehension of the Laws of Space. Of the three branches of the laws of space, Teleportation offered the strongest means of survival, but Qin Cang had always preferred "Strangulation." The secret techniques he had created had always focused on direct combat.
Qin Cang had used this move, "Flame Radiance Breaking the Void," to pass the Domain Lord Level Primal Sky Mountain when he was still at the Domain Lord Level. Now that he had advanced to the World Lord Level, his Law Comprehension had improved, and his secret technique had risen from something close to "top-tier" to a true "top-tier" technique capable of defeating eight hundred opponents. Its power was on an entirely different level.
The fire dragon became a vast river of blazing flames, clashing against the boundless crimson light. For a time, the two forces were evenly matched, until the crimson light and the river of flames slowly faded away.
"Not bad, Junior Brother! We'll call that first exchange a draw. Now for the second!" Blood Blade King shouted.
He didn't let the conversation stop him from attacking.
"Junior Brother, my first move was created solely by combining my Comprehension of the 'Lockdown' branch of the laws of space. For this second move, I'll add my Comprehension of 'Strangulation' and 'Teleportation' to the mix. Be careful."
Qin Cang didn't dare underestimate him. Both techniques had defeated eight hundred opponents and were top-tier, but a technique based on just one of the three branches was naturally different in power from one created using all three.
Qin Cang almost wanted to ask: A top-tier secret technique created using all three branches—did you just come up with that on the spot to make things harder for me?
But how could he afford to lose focus in the middle of a fight? Qin Cang once again countered with an ultimate technique of his own. This time, it wasn't "Flame Radiance Breaking the Void," but his second self-created technique, "Burning Shadow Shifting Void." It was his strongest move to date. Though it, too, was a top-tier technique that had defeated eight hundred opponents, it differed from "Flame Radiance Breaking the Void." "Burning Shadow Shifting Void" was built around Strangulation, with Teleportation as a support. It was more complex than "Flame Radiance Breaking the Void," since it had been created around two branches.
Blood Blade King's second move resembled his first, but the boundless crimson light turned into countless blade shadows, slashing at Qin Cang one after another. The crimson light sealed off every avenue of retreat, while the blade-light became a killing move. The endless succession of slashes left Qin Cang unsure whether to defend or counterattack, putting him completely on the back foot.
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