Gulanxiu

"Ladies and gentlemen from all the Universe Countries!"

"Today's highly anticipated battle is about to begin. Place your bets now!"

"Gulanxiu wins! 1 to 1.05."

"Yanyan wins! 1 to 50."

"If both sides die, 1 to 25."

"Gulanxiu has already won 999 battles. Win or lose, this will be his last one. Will we witness the birth of a Cosmic Level Giant Axe Warrior today, or the rise of an even greater genius? Let's wait and see!"

On an island in the Giant Axe Fighting Arena's plane within the Virtual Universe, loud voices rang out incessantly!

The island was packed with people, all discussing the battle and placing their bets.

Of course, even though the odds on Gulanxiu were low, most people still bet on him.

After all, even low odds could still bring a profit. Apart from a few gamblers hoping to turn a bicycle into a motorcycle with one lucky bet, almost no one thought Yanyan stood a chance against Gulanxiu.

Gulanxiu's past record was simply too impressive. Among his previous opponents, 121 had reached 900 wins, and three of them had even reached 999. They needed only one more victory to earn the title of Giant Axe Warrior, but without exception, each had died beneath Gulanxiu's axe.

Moreover, even the abilities Gulanxiu had displayed were terrifying. He was at Universe Level 8, had reached the ninth level of domain, and had comprehended the Earth Origin Law. With such a combination, he was practically invincible among those at Cosmic Level.

So even though his opponent today was a cultivation genius from the mysterious Yan God Race, people still didn't think he had a chance...

On a massive planet covered in ice, a tall, stern-looking young man sat with his eyes closed, resting. Beside him stood a giant battle axe taller than he was, radiating a biting chill.

This was Gulanxiu, the man everyone was talking about. Although his eyes were shut, his mind was far from calm. If he won this battle, he would regain his freedom and finally get to experience the world from the novel he'd read in his previous life.

In his previous life, Gulanxiu had been an utterly ordinary young man on Blue Star. He'd never imagined that a quick trip to buy groceries would get him sent to another world by a delinquent with dyed-blond hair, riding a Ghost Fire motorcycle with a delinquent girl on the back.

After crossing over, Gulanxiu quickly discovered that this was the world of Swallowing Starry Sky, a novel he'd read in his previous life. Unfortunately, he hadn't crossed over to Earth, nor had he gained any ridiculously powerful cheat. There was a shriveled seed in his Sea of Consciousness, but he had no idea what it was for.

Fortunately, Gulanxiu had a decent cultivation talent. Though the humans on his home planet possessed only the ninth-grade bloodline, it still took him less than ten years to reach Planetary Level.

Unfortunately, not long afterward, a band of Star Pirates descended on the planet and subjected it to a merciless raid.

All the humans on the planet became slaves to the Star Pirates. Those at Planetary Level and above had control chips implanted in them, then were sold throughout the universe.

Those below Planetary Level were sent to mining planets to perform grueling labor.

Facing the powerful Star Pirates, Gulanxiu couldn't put up the slightest resistance. He was captured and implanted with a Chip, becoming a slave.

After that, Gulanxiu was bought and sold several times. Fortunately, his cultivation talent was decent. Even without cultivation resources as a slave, he still reached Cosmic Level in just a few hundred years.

A slave in the universe was a tremendous asset to their master. And Cosmic Level wasn't Gulanxiu's limit. After reaching it, he continued to advance rapidly, reaching the seventh stage of Cosmic Level in just a hundred years.

This left Gulanxiu's master with a dilemma. As his master, he was delighted to see Gulanxiu grow stronger, but the Slave Chip could only control slaves below Universe Level. Given the talent Gulanxiu had displayed, there was a good chance he would break through to Domain Lord.

Gulanxiu's master didn't dare gamble on whether he would turn on him after breaking through to Domain Lord. After weighing the pros and cons, he had no choice but to sell Gulanxiu to the Giant Axe Fighting Arena and make him fight.

According to the rules of the Giant Axe Fighting Arena, once he earned the title of Giant Axe Warrior, Gulanxiu would regain his freedom.

Gulanxiu had been deprived of his freedom for hundreds of years. Now that he was about to fight his final battle, how could he not be excited?

Gulanxiu took a deep breath and slowly opened his eyes. He looked at the ten-meter-tall Yan God Race youth before him, waiting for the battle to begin.

Meanwhile, Gulanxiu's opponent, the Flame God Race youth Yanyan, looked at him with a flash of fear in his eyes.

The people of the Yan God Race were born with powerful bodies, making them much stronger than other human races at the same level. Their clan leader, Emperor Yan, was also one of the superpowerful figures in the Giant Axe Fighting Arena.

Therefore, Emperor Yan had decreed that every member of the Yan God Race had to earn the Giant Axe Warrior title after reaching Cosmic Level. It was a coming-of-age ceremony for their race.

Yanyan had already won nine battles. He needed only one more victory to earn the Giant Axe Fighting Arena's Warrior title. But he never expected his opponent in the final round to be a prospective Giant Axe Warrior.

Having watched Gulanxiu's battle videos, Yanyan knew clearly that he was no match for him. Fighting Gulanxiu could only end in death.

Now, under Gulanxiu's gaze, he could barely keep his legs from shaking.

At the host's signal, Gulanxiu dashed forward, rushing up to Yanyan.

He raised his giant axe high and brought it down toward Yanyan's head.

Faced with the giant axe hanging over him, Yanyan's eyes flashed with fear, but instinctively, he tried to raise his fist to meet it.

Just then, he felt a terrifying force bind him tightly, leaving him unable to move. The space around the blade of Gulanxiu's axe rippled faintly. Before the blade even reached him, a force both keen and weighty came crashing down on Yanyan.

Yanyan's eyes were filled with terror and indignation, but he could do nothing. He could only watch helplessly as his body was cleaved in two.

"Gulanxiu wins! Congratulations on your thousandth victory and on becoming a distinguished Giant Axe Warrior!" A voice, faint and ethereal, came from above the planet. A Three-Eyed Youth with water-blue hair and a pale cyan teardrop-shaped mark between his brows drifted down before Gulanxiu like a breeze.

Gulanxiu bowed slightly. "Greetings, my lord!"

The person before him was the supervisor of this battle, a Realm Lord-level powerhouse who had earned recognition from the Origin Law.

Most supervisors were Outer Members of the Giant Axe Fighting Arena. Their job was to ensure the battles proceeded properly. If someone tried to flee the planet before the outcome was decided, the supervisor would step in and kill them.

The Giant Axe Battle was this cruel: once you entered, you either won or died. There was no third option.

Normally, Cosmic Level battles were supervised by Domain Lords.

Domain Lord battles were supervised by Realm Lords.

As for Realm Lord battles, Immortal Gods personally served as supervisors.

But since this was Gulanxiu's thousandth battle, and winning would earn him the title of Giant Axe Warrior, an exception had been made, and a Realm Lord had been assigned as the supervisor.