Great Talent Matures Late

The next morning.

Su Heng opened his eyes. Once he sensed that his body and mind had fully recovered, he immersed his consciousness in the Virtual Universe and checked the military merit quota assigned to him this time.

Although this was his second time entering the Extraterritorial Battlefield and he had certain privileges, the things he was supposed to have were still unavoidable.

For example, military merit. If Su Heng failed to complete his quota, he would have to remain in the Extraterritorial Battlefield until he did.

"One billion military merits. That's not too bad. The Virtual Universe Company hasn't imposed any specific quota either. Looks like they aren't placing any hopes on me."

After checking his military merits, Su Heng spoke with a self-mocking smile.

One billion military merits was the military's upper limit for a World Lord General. Anything beyond that could only be a quota issued to immortals.

However, during the life-and-death training of core members from the five great factions, each faction had its own military merit quota.

Back when Su Heng completed his life-and-death trial, the military merits assigned by the Virtual Universe Company alone had required him to reach one hundred billion!

What did one hundred billion military merits even mean?

Killing an ordinary immortal only earned one hundred million military merits. A high-level immortal was worth merely one billion, while only an elementary Marquis-level immortal was valued at ten billion.

And one hundred billion was the military merit awarded only for killing a high-level Marquis-level immortal!

One had to know that Su Heng had only been at the peak World Lord realm back then!

Of course, he still was now.

In order to complete those one hundred billion military merits, Su Heng had exhausted every possible method and spent tens of thousands of years before finally completing the life-and-death trial.

Unfortunately, even after completing it, he had still failed to break through to immortality.

Shaking his head, Su Heng withdrew from the Virtual Universe and prepared to set out from the base.

However, just as he rose to his feet, an unexpected change occurred before his eyes!

Streaks of golden light drifted through the air, then gathered into four large words.

[Great Talent Matures Late]

"Is this... my destiny?"

With just one glance, Su Heng understood the information carried by those four words. His expression immediately turned excited!

His cheat had finally arrived!

[Great Talent Matures Late: After being tempered for ten million years, you now possess truly supreme talent.]

[Comprehension increased, law affinity increased, genetic level increased.]

[From this point onward, your talent will improve slightly every ten thousand years.]

Bzzzt!

A sound like the tolling of a great bell rang out.

Golden light flooded into Su Heng's body.

"Mmgh!"

His cells rejoiced, and his soul trembled!

This was a transformation of his genetic level!

The overwhelming sensations made Su Heng involuntarily let out a moan.

At this moment, his heart was filled with shock, because this improvement had far exceeded his expectations.

He had thought the boost brought by his destiny would be at most around tenfold, but what about now?

Twentyfold? Thirtyfold?

It was probably far more than that!

One had to know that the transformation was not even complete yet!

Only after a full ten minutes did the transformation within Su Heng's body finally subside.

"Whoosh."

Under the control of his consciousness, he entered his Inner World.

The multiplication of his genetic level caused his Inner World, which had originally been only two million kilometers across, to swell to twenty million kilometers!

A full hundredfold increase!

"It seems my genetic level has increased by a hundredfold."

Su Heng murmured as he looked at the vast Inner World.

Due to certain opportunities he had encountered in the universe, his Inner World had already been considered exceptionally impressive among humans.

This was also one of the reasons he had been unable to break through to immortality.

Now that his Inner World had become even more enormous, the difficulty of breaking through to immortality would probably increase significantly.

However, after receiving the blessing of his destiny, Su Heng was filled with boundless confidence.

A hundredfold increase in genetic level meant that foundations such as his law affinity had also become a hundred times stronger than before.

Not to mention that his destiny had separately enhanced both his comprehension and his laws.

If he still could not break through to immortality after this, he might as well just kill himself!

Leaving his Inner World, he returned to the room once more.

At this moment, the dazzling golden light in the room had completely vanished. Everything was so clean and unchanged that it seemed as if it had all been Su Heng's illusion.

"The universe consciousness didn't even appear to interfere. Just what is the origin of this destiny?"

Looking at the unchanged room, Su Heng fell into deep thought.

Below the level of a Universe Lord, apart from naturally born Special Lifeforms, every race could only reach a hundredfold genetic level.

This was a rule of the Primal Universe!

But what about him? The destiny alone had granted him a hundredfold increase, and he himself already possessed a tenfold genetic level due to his opportunities.

Added together, that made a genetic level of one hundred and ten.

This clearly violated the rules of the Primal Universe.

Yet even so, the will of the Primal Universe had not appeared. Clearly, it had tacitly accepted this situation.

"Forget it. It's my cheat anyway. Maybe some fellow transmigrator gave it to me?"

Unable to figure it out, Su Heng stopped dwelling on it. At the very least, the appearance of his cheat had brought a hint of new life to the future that had once been heading toward destruction.

"But wasn't it a little too late? Ten million years—if I hadn't lived that long, would this destiny have just run off?"

Su Heng ultimately could not help complaining. If it had come another hundred thousand years later, he would have died of old age!

After taking some time to adapt to his body, Su Heng planned to leave the base and step onto the true battlefield!

Although his talent had now become vastly different after the boost from his destiny.

His remaining lifespan was not particularly long. If he advanced step by step toward immortality, it would take at least over a hundred thousand years.

After all, with his genetic level increased, the shackles of his Original Nucleus had also become dozens of times stronger than before!

If he wanted to break through to immortality now, he would not only need extremely profound law comprehension, but also formidable ultimate techniques and secret arts!

To create a decent secret technique, he naturally needed extensive practical combat experience. Relying solely on the Virtual Universe made it difficult to create a secret technique suited to himself in a short period.

Therefore, no matter what, Su Heng had to head to a real battlefield to temper himself!

Moreover, his opponents could not be ordinary immortals. At the very least, they had to be Marquis-level, or even King-level!

Inside a hall thirty thousand kilometers in diameter, countless spacecraft were docked as innumerable warriors boarded and disembarked in an orderly fashion.

Su Heng appeared in the hall.

After merely sweeping his gaze across the hall, he took an E9-grade spacecraft out of his World Ring.

The hatch opened, and Su Heng flew into the spacecraft. He then ordered the intelligence to plan a route according to the coordinates he had been given.

He himself went to the safest place aboard the spacecraft—the lounge!

The material used to construct the lounge was extremely special. Even against a peak Marquis-level expert, it could hold out for a period of time!

Even as a core member of the Virtual Universe Company, Su Heng had paid a tremendous price to customize such a secure lounge.

Barring any accidents, he would spend most of his time in the Extraterritorial Battlefield staying in this lounge.

"The spacecraft has left the base. The energy shield has been activated. Would you like to enable external scenery simulation?"

The spacecraft intelligence's voice sounded within the lounge.

"No. Follow the designated route and head for the Guangluo Shattered Star Belt."

Su Heng issued the command succinctly.

The Guangluo Shattered Star Belt was a third-tier battlefield around Base 025, and one of the peak locations among third-tier battlefields.

Within this Shattered Star Belt, there were even two elementary King-level beings, while Marquis-level immortals were even more numerous!

This was also the main reason Su Heng had chosen the Guangluo Shattered Star Belt.