Universe Peak Genius Battle

"Third Brother!"

Inside the Killing Field, Lei Shen greeted Luo Feng with a smile.

"Big Brother still hasn't come out?" Luo Feng casually asked as he looked at the empty seat beside Lei Shen.

"Not yet. I heard Big Brother is currently challenging a genius with dual laws!" Lei Shen replied with a sigh.

After three years of training, he was now the weakest of the three.

Ever since the life-and-death training ended, Luo Feng's Golden Horned Beast clone had advanced to the Domain Lord level, and his comprehension of the Law of Metal had grown increasingly profound.

Coupled with the spatial talent of his Moshaza Race clone, Luo Feng had already stepped through the threshold of the Law of Space.

With the two combined, he could effortlessly execute the second level of the Yan Shenbing. Even the third level was within reach.

Although Lei Shen was not very familiar with the standards of this Universe Peak Genius Battle, judging by previous years, Luo Feng's current strength could definitely place him among the top twenty!

After all, he was a genius who comprehended two types of laws!

As for their eldest brother, Hong had also made remarkable progress during this period. His powerful mindset allowed him to gain the deepest insights from life-and-death training!

Hong was now a genius who had comprehended the Law of Light. Combined with his calm temperament and the secret techniques he cultivated, he could likely advance to the stage of the universe-wide genius battle and perhaps even enter the core level of the Virtual Universe Company!

Only Lei Shen, despite the guidance of Thunder Immortal, had merely managed to comprehend the Law of Lightning. Whether he could even pass the first stage of selection was uncertain.

Tap, tap.

Footsteps sounded as Hong, clad in black battle armor, walked over with a light smile. "Second Brother, Third Brother."

"Big Brother, did you defeat that dual-law genius?" Seeing Hong in such a good mood, Luo Feng asked curiously.

"No, but I gained a new insight into a secret technique!" Hong shook his head, then looked at Lei Shen beside him. "Second Brother, don't worry. After passing the preliminaries, there will still be the long arena matches. Three years is enough time for us to improve!"

Logically speaking, with Lei Shen's mindset, he should not have had such a flaw.

However, the three of them had all become Su Heng's disciples, yet only Lei Shen might fail to enter the core level of the Virtual Universe Company.

And that was with abundant resources being provided to him!

Lei Shen had not yet reached Hong's boundlessly expansive state of mind, so having such a flaw was perfectly normal.

"Haha, don't worry, Big Brother. I'm a law genius too now. Even if I can't enter the core level this time, I'll have another chance in the future!"

Hearing that, Lei Shen quickly regained his composure and spoke with a smile.

"Mm, that's right!" Hong nodded with a smile.

The three sat outside the Killing Field and chatted.

Suddenly, an incomparably massive black announcement board appeared out of thin air in the void of the Virtual Universe, its edges radiating light. On the pitch-black board, lines of dazzling white text appeared.

"Universe Humanity—Peak Genius Battle"

"Held once every ten thousand years!"

"About to begin!"

"Jointly organized by the Virtual Universe Company and all Universe Kingdoms!"

"Are you a genius? Unable to find an opponent of the same level and rank? Then join the 'Peak Genius Battle'! Here, countless geniuses from numerous Universe Kingdoms across the universe will engage in fierce combat!"

"For details, please access the official 'Virtual Universe Network' website through your virtual assistant."

"It's finally started! Big Brother, Third Brother, I'll sign up first, haha!" Lei Shen laughed twice, then instructed the intelligent assistant beside him to register on the official website.

The reason the three of them had gathered in the Virtual Universe today was precisely to register!

As for the Killing Field, it was merely a way for them to pass the time.

Hong and Luo Feng exchanged a glance, then smiled and had their intelligent lifeforms or assistants register as well.

At the very top of the Virtual Universe official website was an extremely eye-catching string of numbers—9,485,938,889.

A few seconds later, the number immediately jumped by a huge amount, becoming 10,829,917,173. Beside it was a line of universal language text: "Number of registrants from the Gan Wu Universe Kingdom."

In other words, in the mere dozen or so seconds they had delayed, more than one billion Star-level warriors had already registered!

And that was only the number of registrants from the Gan Wu Universe Kingdom!

Although he had learned of the Universe Peak Genius Battle from his teacher long ago, Luo Feng still could not help but feel shocked at this moment.

After the scan, the three successfully registered for the genius battle.

Whoosh!

A flash of white light passed, and Su Heng appeared inside the Killing Field.

Su Heng glanced around and quickly found the three of them before walking over.

"The genius battle has begun. Your future destinies are now in your own hands!" Su Heng said softly to them.

Six years of cultivation was an extremely short span for the powerful beings of the universe.

But for Luo Feng and the other two, six years was already no small part of their lives!

What was more, these six years of cultivation had surpassed all their previous time by countless times!

Even he did not know how far Luo Feng and the others would grow in the future!

"Teacher." Luo Feng and the other two all stood up respectfully.

"Sit." Su Heng smiled and took an empty seat. "For this genius battle, Luo Feng, my expectation for you is the Primal Secret Realm!"

"For Hong, you must at least enter the Heaven and Earth Secret Realm. It would be best if you entered the Primal Chaos Secret Realm!"

"Lei Shen, your goal must at least be to become a core member!"

Primal Secret Realm, Primal Chaos Secret Realm, Heaven and Earth Secret Realm, Doomsday Secret Realm.

Su Heng had long since explained the differences between the four great secret realms to the three of them.

"The Primal Secret Realm!" Luo Feng clenched his fists, infinite passion rising in his heart!

There was only one way to enter the Primal Secret Realm: become the undisputed first place in this Universe Peak Genius Battle!

With his current strength, it was indeed no small challenge!

"The Primal Chaos Secret Realm!" Hong also gained a goal in his heart.

"A core member? Big Brother and Third Brother can both become high-ranking members among the core members. I can't fall too far behind either!" Lei Shen made up his mind as well.

Time passed, and under the attention of countless humans from innumerable galaxies across the many Universe Kingdoms, registration for the Peak Genius Battle finally ended.

By Huaxia time, this day was April 16, 2066.

"Luo Feng, you have mail."

"Master, you have mail."

"Master, you have mail."

Because the genius battle had begun, Su Heng gave the three of them some free time.

Thus, Luo Feng, Hong, and Lei Shen had all returned to Earth!

After receiving the notification, the three entered the Virtual Universe to check.

Luo Feng, Hong, and Lei Shen appeared outside their respective homes at the same time. Seeing one another from afar, they all smiled.

After dealing with his youngest son, Luo Feng opened the email.

"Welcome to the 'Universe Humanity—Peak Genius' Selection Battle.

For this selection battle, more than 822.5 billion Star-level experts registered within the Gan Wu Universe Kingdom alone, 110 billion more than the previous event. This is something that makes our Virtual Universe Company extremely happy."

What followed was a lengthy introduction from the Virtual Universe Company regarding the genius battle.

In summary, the genius selection battle was divided into two major stages.

The first stage would select the top 1,000 experts from each major Universe Kingdom.

In the second stage, the top 1,000 experts from every Universe Kingdom would gather together. All the geniuses from the many Universe Kingdoms would assemble for the final decisive battle, determining the universe-wide top 1,000!

The first stage alone would eliminate tens of billions of people!

"The preliminaries and arena matches... Third Brother should have a chance to take first place directly in the preliminaries and avoid the arena matches. Big Brother and I can only do our best!"

Looking at the rules, Lei Shen spoke with a smile.

The rules were utterly insane, but they were also exciting!

"The preliminaries require not only great strength, but also decent luck. I'm not guaranteed to take first place either." Luo Feng shook his head.

After registration closed, the Virtual Universe Company began preparations. The preparations were indeed extremely complicated, but the Virtual Universe Company was highly efficient.

One month after registration closed, on May 16, 2066 by Huaxia time, came the day of the Gan Wu Universe Kingdom's preliminary gathering.

May 16, 2066.

"The preliminaries will be divided into one hundred world zones."

"I'm in Zone 72. Second Brother, Third Brother, what about you?"

"Haha, I'm in Zone 88. I like that number. Third Brother, what about you?"

"Me? Zone 1!" Luo Feng said with a smile.

Zone 1 was quite a nice number!

At this moment, the three had already appeared on an enormous continent, surrounded by densely packed figures!

After all, there were hundreds of billions of participants from the Gan Wu Universe Kingdom!

"All participants, please take note. This preliminary elimination round will be divided into one hundred 'world zones.' Group teleportation will begin shortly, sending you to your assigned 'world zones.'

Please take the time to check your equipment. Once the preliminaries begin, you will no longer be able to request weapons." A clear voice echoed through the skies above the entire continent.

Luo Feng, Lei Shen, and Hong lowered their heads to inspect their equipment. Only after confirming there were no issues did they quietly wait.

"Group teleportation is about to begin. Countdown: 60... 59... 58..." The clear voice rang throughout the continent.

Amid the ocean-like crowd, Luo Feng and the other two looked at one another.

"Good luck." Luo Feng smiled.

"Let's all pass the preliminaries." Lei Shen smiled as well.

"Do your best." Hong also wore a smile.

In reality, within the Black Dragon Mountain Empire.

"It's finally begun. Once the three of them finish the genius battle, it'll be time for me to seek opportunities as well." A strand of Su Heng's consciousness remained in the Virtual Universe. Once he saw the preliminaries officially begin, he smiled and murmured to himself.

Through this genius battle, his investment was more or less complete.

As for what came next, they would all have their own teachers and opportunities. They no longer needed him to watch over them at all times.

World Zone 1.

Luo Feng descended into a city. At first, he merely dealt with a few warriors who attacked him. The rest of the time, he continued cultivating somewhere within the city.

At the beginning, everyone had very few points. Wasting time on slaughter would be more loss than gain.

Only once those geniuses had accumulated a substantial number of points midway through would it be time for him to strike!

Day after day passed, and ten days went by in the blink of an eye.

Participant: Luo Feng

Points: 92

Rank: 68,942,048

"Ten days have passed. One-third of the preliminaries is over. It's time to make my move!" Luo Feng looked down at the screen on his wrist guard and murmured.

Whoosh.

Standing atop the Dunkong Shuttle, Luo Feng erupted with psychic power and shot out of the room where he had lived for ten days.

With Luo Feng's strength, not a single person in the entire city was his match!

Anyone detected by his psychic power would die!

Slaughter continued to unfold throughout the city!

"Not a bad domain, but unfortunately, it's still too weak!"

In World Zone 72, Hong put away his spear, looked at the corpse before him, and murmured.

Participant: Hong

Points: 23,789

Rank: 42,048

"More than ten thousand points. I jumped straight to over forty thousandth place. Not bad." Hong watched his points change, a faint smile appearing on his lips.

There were not many domain geniuses even in an entire world zone!

Whoosh.

Hong pushed off with the tip of his foot and shot toward the distance. The real show was about to begin!

"Thunderbolt!"

In a flash of white light, Lei Shen wielded his long saber and cut the three enemies blocking his path cleanly in half.

Participant: Lei Shen

Points: 9,420

Rank: 92,048

"I wonder how far Big Brother and Third Brother have climbed." After glancing at his points, Lei Shen muttered.

Day after day passed, and soon it was the twenty-seventh day of the preliminaries.

By now, the tens of billions of participants originally in each world zone had dwindled to only a few million!

And that number was still rapidly shrinking!

Outside, aboard a certain spaceship of the Black Dragon Mountain Empire.

Countless nobles of the Black Dragon Mountain Empire had gathered there for a celebration, including the Emperor of Black Dragon Mountain!

"Your Majesty, four people from our Black Dragon Mountain Empire have entered the top thousand this time. This is truly cause for celebration!"

One of the nobles looked at the rankings and congratulated the emperor.

"Mm, it is cause for celebration!" The Emperor of Black Dragon Mountain nodded slightly, but there was nowhere near as much joy on his face as his ministers had imagined.

After all, three of those four were disciples of some great existence. Only one had been nurtured by Black Dragon Mountain itself!

He had known this outcome long ago.

So what surprise was there to speak of?

However, the ordinary people outside did not know as much as the Emperor of Black Dragon Mountain.

They were all incredibly excited at this moment. Four top-thousand geniuses!

Moreover, Hong, Luo Feng, and Lei Shen were all within the top hundred!

Once the thirty days ended, the preliminaries came to an end.

As expected, Luo Feng ultimately took first place in his world zone and could directly participate in the second stage of selection without needing to undergo the lengthy arena matches.

Hong's luck was not very good. Even in the end, he only ranked third.

Lei Shen had done fairly well too, placing tenth.

"Third Brother, you really did take first place. Remember to treat us when we get back!" In the Virtual Universe, the three met again. Lei Shen patted Luo Feng on the shoulder and said with a laugh.

"Congratulations, Third Brother." Hong also smiled and offered his congratulations.

"Big Brother, your rankings are pretty good too. Besides, the arena matches can also help temper yourselves!" Luo Feng said with a smile, without being overly proud.

The preliminary rounds were only the initial selection, and luck still played quite a significant role.

Otherwise, with Hong's current realm, he definitely could have taken first place!

"Since Luo Feng got first place, you'll follow me and cultivate from now on. Hong and Lei Shen will participate in the arena matches while comprehending the laws. Three years from now will be the real main event!"

A voice rang out as Su Heng appeared beside the three of them.

"Yes, Teacher!"

At those words, the three immediately became much more serious.

The preliminary rounds could be easily passed by geniuses at the domain level, while law-level geniuses could easily secure a spot through the arena matches.

But the universe-wide battle three years from now would be where true geniuses gathered!

Geniuses who had comprehended laws would be everywhere. There would even be quite a few geniuses who had comprehended two types of laws or received special opportunities!

The next chapter will conclude the Genius Battle arc. This chapter is a combined two-in-one chapter.