Wu Sheng's Inner World

Wu Sheng felt incredibly depressed right now. He had gone all-in with the 100 Cosmic Crystals from his starter rewards, only to unlock a notification feature.

To his dismay, the very first piece of information it provided was that his balance was insufficient.

To activate the Time-Space Shop ahead of schedule, he needed another 1 trillion Cosmic Crystals—that was equivalent to 1 Hunyuan Unit in human territory!

Who do you take me for, Luo Feng?

Even when Luo Feng had just reached Planet Grade, he hadn't obtained that many Cosmic Crystals in one go! Even his late, cheap teacher, Hu Yanbo, had only provided his bank accounts in batches.

The first bank account had only contained 10 billion Ganwu Coins, and he couldn't even access it until he reached Star Grade.

Yet now, you want me to scrounge up 1 Hunyuan Unit of Cosmic Crystals just for you to devour? And that's just for an activation?

I could spit blood!

Wu Sheng felt that this Time-Space Shop would be better off not existing at all; at least then he wouldn't have to see it and get annoyed.

But now... sigh, it's a long story!

"What a scam, I'm literally paying to suffer!"

Standing less than 1.5 meters tall, Wu Sheng simply lay down on the floor, hands behind his head, legs crossed, and stared at the ceiling of the trial chamber, lost in thought.

The Primordial Universe Will shouldn't be lying; this Time-Space Shop likely contained many practical secret arts and treasures, perhaps even including Innate Secret Arts and supreme treasures.

If one judged it by that logic, spending 1 Hunyuan Unit of Cosmic Crystals to activate the Time-Space Shop wouldn't be a loss at all—it might even be a massive profit.

The problem was that the earlier the Time-Space Shop was activated, the better the perks... which made the situation incredibly frustrating.

With his current strength being so weak, where was he supposed to find so many Cosmic Crystals?

If he waited until he reached the Realm Lord level, even if it opened automatically, it wouldn't be of much use to him anymore.

Because once he reached the Realm Lord level, his body height, Life Gene, and Inner World would be completely set. Unless he found some heaven-defying secret art that defied the laws of the universe, like the Nine Calamities Secret Codex, he was destined to remain an ordinary Special Lifeform for the rest of his life.

But Wu Sheng wasn't sure if he could find such a thing, and since he already had an advantage right now, why look further afield?

"Cosmic Crystals, I need a massive amount of Cosmic Crystals. Now I can only hope to obtain a large quantity in the Trial Ground and seize the chance to activate the Time-Space Shop."

A red light flashed in Wu Sheng's eyes. In the end, he chose to take the gamble and see if there would be any extra gains in the Trial Ground.

If he remembered correctly, before entering the trial chamber, quite a few people had been discussing their trial arena, and it seemed to involve a massive gambling pool.

Clearly, the Blood Trial he was in had undergone some unexpected changes.

According to a normal Blood Trial, the 100 survivors would each receive 10,000 Cosmic Crystals.

But now, that was hard to say!

"I reckon those Prison Clan higher-ups know that the 1 million of us participating in the trial won't just stupidly kill each other off until exactly 100 people remain. This is a real-world slaughter, not the Virtual Universe. Everyone only has one life, and to protect their own, some might resort to other unspeakable methods."

Thinking of this, Wu Sheng revealed a smug smile, then sat back up and began to study the various secret arts he had just acquired.

There were three soul-related secret arts: Soul Thorn, Ninefold Heavenly Splendor, and Mind Confusion.

There was the control technique for the Primal Force weapon Green Shadow, Shadow Kill, and the control technique for the Telekinetic Weapon Wind Dragon, Dragon Force.

Among these five secret arts, the one Wu Sheng valued most was the soul illusion technique, Mind Confusion.

This was because he possessed the Innate Secret Art Soul Devour, which allowed him to strengthen his willpower by absorbing the pure soul power of others.

As for his willpower, he was already at the peak of Planet Grade, which provided a powerful amplification effect for his use of Mind Confusion.

However, whenever Wu Sheng thought of the side effects of using Soul Devour, he couldn't help but shake his head and smile bitterly.

"Sigh, for now, I should just focus on improving my strength. Besides studying secret arts, I still have Muya Crystals and Wind Chime Fruit to use. The Wind Chime Fruit, in particular, is a great help to my Inner World; in this regard, it's not inferior to Cosmic Crystals at all."

Thinking this, Wu Sheng took a palm-sized wooden box from his Space Ring. Upon opening it, he saw a cyan fruit shaped like a bell inside.

The cyan fruit was only the size of a lychee, and its surface occasionally shimmered with cyan-gold secret patterns, looking quite mysterious.

Giving it a slight shake, one could hear a faint sound of wind. That sound carried a strange magic to it, making anyone who heard it feel as if they were bewitched, drifting into a drowsy state.

"Tsk tsk, it really does possess rich wind-attribute energy. Although it's a bit singular and not as comprehensive as Cosmic Crystals, for someone like me who cultivates the Wind Source Law, it's enough."

Wu Sheng looked at the small cyan fruit before him and sighed sincerely.

This was the confidence that allowed him to go all-in with those 100 Cosmic Crystals. The effects of Cosmic Crystals were incredibly powerful and suitable for all lifeforms, but he still had the Wind Chime Fruit and Muya Crystals as backups.

Used in combination, even if the effect still couldn't match Cosmic Crystals, the quantity would at least make up for some of the deficiency.

Plus, since he didn't need to rush to break through to Star Grade in order to activate the Time-Space Shop, these treasures were enough for the time being.

Wu Sheng blew a light breath onto the cyan fruit, and a beam of cyan light sprayed out, directly enveloping it.

Upon contact with the cyan light, the cyan fruit seemed to meet a raging fire, instantly melting into a mass of cyan-gold energy.

Wu Sheng then took a sharp breath, and the cyan light, carrying the cyan-gold energy within, quickly returned to his mouth. He then attempted to mobilize the Primal Force within his body to refine this strange energy.

This was a closed, cyan-hued space with a diameter of only fifty kilometers, yet inside, a deep cyan giant tornado five kilometers high drifted back and forth.

It was like the master of this space; wherever it passed, the pale cyan energy was either easily pulled inside or fled far away.

At the eye of the tornado, there were five blood-red miniature planets. One, slightly larger, sat at the very center, while the other four revolved slowly around it.

This was Wu Sheng's Inner World. The massive tornado was his Primal Force core, and those five blood-red planets were his soul.

Whoosh!

A stream of cyan-gold energy suddenly descended above the giant tornado. It first passed through the five miniature planets, then dove directly into the massive eye of the storm, finally vanishing without a trace.

It was as if it had been easily swallowed into the belly of a swimming wind dragon, without causing a single ripple.

The giant tornado continued to drift aimlessly through the Inner World, with only the eye of the storm occasionally flashing with faint points of cyan-gold light.