Thirty Years

Time flowed, and thirty years passed in the blink of an eye in the Primal Universe.

In Chaos City, ten years had also passed.

As one of the holy lands of the human race in the entire universe, existing for billions of years, Chaos City had barely changed in a mere ten years.

It remained shrouded in chaotic energy, with countless cultivators still on the rooftops.

On this day.

High above Chaos City.

True Yan King and Pupil Difficulty King hovered, seemingly awaiting the arrival of a certain being.

"Rumble~~" A curved spaceship, entirely azure blue, appeared in the distance.

"True Yan, Pupil Difficulty!"

A clear voice rang out. A beautiful woman, clad in azure battle armor and possessing flowing purple hair, emerged from the spaceship's hatch. The spaceship then vanished.

"Long Yu!" True Yan King and Pupil Difficulty King said with smiles.

As friends who had known each other for billions of years and experienced countless life-and-death trials, their relationship was incredibly deep!

This time, Long Yu King had been dispatched by Nine Swords Venerable to Chaos City to investigate the participants of the Genius Battle.

After all, this was the first Genius Battle hosted by Nine Swords Venerable! Thus, it was taken quite seriously.

"Let's go, head to my place first." After the three exchanged pleasantries for a short while, Pupil Difficulty King said with a smile.

A moment later.

A building with a peculiar style, where light and darkness seemed to coexist in perfect harmony.

True Yan King, Pupil Difficulty King, and Long Yu King, three supreme beings with extremely high status in the Virtual Universe Company, sat together.

"Tsk, this is delicious." Long Yu held a crystal-clear wine cup and took a sip of the liquid within. Faint stars seemed to flow within the liquid, making it exceptionally beautiful.

"Haha, I'm benefiting from you, Long Yu, by getting to taste this 'Five-Colored Star'." True Yan King gulped down the wine in his cup in one go, then contentedly rubbed the soft fur around his mouth.

Pupil Difficulty King shook his head with a chuckle, then looked at Long Yu King and said, "There are many talented individuals in this Genius Battle; it should be enough to satisfy the Venerable's requirements."

Because of Su Heng, Nine Swords Venerable was paying even more attention to this Genius Battle than originally planned, so Long Yu King had asked True Yan and Pupil Difficulty to help investigate early on.

"Yes, this year's Luo Feng and Bolan are both peerless geniuses, especially Luo Feng..." After another drink, True Yan King nodded in agreement.

He spoke at length about his high hopes for Luo Feng.

In fact, if it weren't for Annihilation King, he would have wanted to directly take Luo Feng as his personal disciple!

Both his talent in comprehending laws and his temperament were perfectly to his liking!

"Luo Feng?" Long Yu King murmured.

Luo Feng, Hong, and Lei Shen were the three geniuses Nine Swords Venerable specifically asked him to keep an eye on.

Although these three were all disciples of Annihilation King, they also belonged to Nine Swords Venerable's faction. This kind of relationship was considered extremely close within the Virtual Universe Company!

However, speaking of Annihilation King, Long Yu King's eyes flickered. In these thirty years, Annihilation King had made quite a name for himself!

"Huh? Luo Feng is going to challenge Tongtian Bridge again? Let's go take a look."

Suddenly, True Yan King exclaimed in surprise.

During his ten years in Chaos City, Luo Feng had only passed the third level of Tongtian Bridge once. He had challenged it again while hunting Chaos True Spirits, and that time he passed the fourth level, with the fifth level not far off!

"Let's go!" Neither Pupil Difficulty King nor Long Yu King refused. The three consciousnesses immediately entered the Virtual Universe's Tongtian Bridge plane.

The Virtual Universe network's Tongtian Bridge plane.

Three figures appeared simultaneously on a beautiful island, all of them super powerhouses within the Virtual Universe Company.

"True Yan King, Pupil Difficulty King, Long Yu King." Warden Bafen bowed respectfully.

"Has Luo Feng's battle on the fifth level begun?" Long Yu King demanded.

"It has already begun!" Bafen nodded, then immediately displayed Luo Feng's screen.

Facing these three supreme beings, Bafen dared not be the slightest bit negligent.

However, looking at the young figure on the screen, a deep sense of emotion filled Bafen's eyes.

Hundreds of thousands of years ago, a white-robed figure had also shocked him.

Hundreds of thousands of years later, that person's disciple was once again displaying his prowess!

"Truly remarkable. I wonder where Annihilation King found this disciple," True Yan King marveled as he watched Luo Feng's battle against the fifth-level guardian.

With his eyesight, he could naturally discern Luo Feng's true combat strength at this moment.

The fifth level was definitely not a problem. With a few more years of honing, there was still a good chance of passing the sixth level.

Before the end of the thirty years, he might even have a chance to pass the seventh level!

It was important to note that in these countless epochs, very few geniuses selected through the Genius Battle had managed to pass the seventh level of Tongtian Bridge!

Such individuals appeared, at most, once every million epochs!

"He's Annihilation King's disciple, so it's not entirely surprising. That guy is also a monster," Pupil Difficulty King said in a low voice beside him.

Annihilation King was a legend within the Virtual Universe Company.

Ten million years of silence, achieving enlightenment in a single moment!

Now, he could even suppress Venerables of other races!

Even within the entire race, Annihilation King's reputation was immense!

"That's true." True Yan King thought of something as well, a smile appearing at the corner of his mouth.

In the end, Luo Feng only passed the fifth level, narrowly failing the sixth.

However, Luo Feng was not discouraged by his failure, his expression incredibly calm.

After him, Hong, Lei Shen, and other geniuses also attempted to challenge the Tongtian Bridge again.

Ultimately, Hong passed the third level, Lei Shen passed the second, Bolan passed the fourth, and eight other geniuses passed the second level.

The rest were all stuck on the first level!

Long Yu King recorded the changes in these geniuses, then after staying in Chaos City for several dozen more days, she left to report back.

Somewhere in a magnificent mansion within the Virtual Universe.

Long Yu King stood respectfully to the side, and before her, Nine Swords Venerable happily accepted the information.

"Luo Feng, Bolan, Hong, and even Lei Shen, they are all very good!" Nine Swords Venerable praised.

"Alright, you may return. These geniuses will be a significant help to you in the future, continue to monitor them!"

Finally, Nine Swords Venerable waved his hand, letting Long Yu King leave.

To him, it was already an unexpected joy if even one person like Long Yu King emerged from this batch of geniuses!

After Long Yu King left, Nine Swords Venerable pondered for a moment and sent an email to Su Heng through the Virtual Universe.

Within the Virtual Universe, on the mountainside of Thunder Island.

Inside Su Heng's palace.

"A mail from Nine Swords?" Su Heng opened the email with some confusion.