Qualification Battle's Shocking Turn

A light-type Immortal God hovered in midair, a faint pressure radiating from his eyes.

"You all already know the rules. The qualification battle begins."

The thousand-plus people below were instantly teleported to their respective battle spaces, leaving only one who drew a bye, standing there alone.

Above a vast forest, a four-armed man gripping a longsword in each hand saw his opponent Li Dui and cursed his luck inwardly. He had ranked 2736 last time and had hoped for a weaker opponent in his first match to start off with a victory and a good omen.

Who would have thought he'd run into this bastard right away? This newcomer could already rank in the top few hundred. Whether in talent or strength, he could only look up to him.

"Ah!" With a roar, the four-armed man charged at Li Dui.

"Shing." A blade light flashed, and the four-armed man's figure gradually dissipated.

Li Dui didn't even blink. The opponent was too weak—no value in sparring.

In the ranking battle, he had to fight each of the over seventeen hundred members one by one. Many of them were evenly matched against each other.

If not for the Virtual Universe, healing injuries and restoring genetic energy alone would take who knows how long.

For someone like Li Dui who finished fights quickly, as long as another member came out, the system would directly assign him an opponent. Unless he himself requested a break.

Soon, Li Dui was teleported to the battlefield again. This time, his opponent was from the same batch.

Of the 781 people in this batch, not a single one had died in the past hundred years. Probably everyone was taking high-safety missions.

But the harsh truth was clear to all. Aside from Li Dui, the other 780 would inevitably be demoted to reserve members.

Knowing he was far from Li Dui's match, the opponent said, "Please advise me," then unleashed his full attack. He was cleaved apart by a single blade strike.

Battle after battle proceeded. Figures flickered across the plaza. All 1777 people fought for their own futures.

In just one hour, Li Dui had secured 40 wins.

In truth, none of his fights lasted over a minute. Of those 40, only one barely dodged Li Dui's first strike, only to be killed by the second.

But since they were all comrades, people inevitably chatted a bit. Those trying to get close, those wanting to make his acquaintance, those refusing to accept defeat—all sorts showed up.

This level of battle intensity was no burden to Li Dui. In reality, he had only symbolically paused his secret technique creation. He still devoted most of his mind to studying the laws on the Hula Hoop.

At the end of the first day, the Immortal announced a half-day break.

By then, Li Dui's win count was as high as 809. Aside from him, the member with the most matches had only fought 67.

Others would rest, reflect, and analyze after each fight. Collisions between geniuses easily sparked insights.

Li Dui's performance left many who chose to watch his fights during breaks speechless.

His attacks were truly too sharp. And his movement technique was too fast, too bizarre. In those 800-plus matches, barely anyone had forced him to bring his blade back for defense.

Basically, he easily dodged their attacks, then struck with a tricky blade stroke that killed them outright.

The light-type Immortal presiding over the matches naturally noticed Li Dui's performance. He could only tell that Li Dui was fighting with ease, not going all out. For a newcomer in the Battle Axe Secret Realm, Li Dui could indeed be called a genius. The Battle Axe Secret Realm rarely saw someone like him in years.

But the Battle Axe Secret Realm's inherent value was limited. It wasn't enough to truly impress him.

During the break, Gaido and the others gathered around Li Dui. Though they had long expected the outcome, the group still felt somewhat dejected.

Gaido had done well. He had only passed the third floor of the Heavenly Bridge, yet he managed to beat two old members at the bottom of the rankings. When the secret patterns on their Augustus Star skin lit up, it could boost their combat power a bit.

New members in their first qualification battle—demotion wasn't even abnormal; it was inevitable. How many Luo Fengs were there, right?

Li Dui had no solution either. He could only encourage his friends. Demotion? So what? Same thing. Those dozens in the War Axe Secret Realm would drop down too. Let's all work hard—we'll fight our way back sooner or later!

Soon, the ranking battle resumed.

Li Dui continued his winning streak.

900 wins.

1107 wins.

1302 wins.

Just as he entered a new battlefield and was replying to his opponent, Li Dui's eyes suddenly went wide. His entire figure vanished from the battlefield in an instant.

On the void's massive screen, Li Dui's record at the top showed 1302 wins, 1 loss.

Xin'an Residence, Tulan City.

This small courtyard where Li Dui had lived for decades was now shrouded in an overwhelmingly vast aura of laws. Dark-silver secret patterns swirled around this aura. Dark-silver light blazed in all directions. The terrifying fluctuations of Origin Laws struck fear into all.

"What's going on?" Li Dui was startled too. His first reaction was that an Immortal-level powerhouse was attacking. But he immediately realized something was wrong. This law aura had no aggression whatsoever.

The law aura grew stronger and stronger, causing the surrounding space to tremble with a constant "rumbling."

Suddenly, a drop of dark-silver water appeared above Li Dui's head.

Drip.

It pierced through his flesh and blood, falling into his dantian.

Silently, the dark-silver droplet was absorbed by his dantian, tingeing his dantian and even his sea of consciousness with a hint of silver.

A dark-silver profound mark slowly emerged from between his brows.

This... is space?

The entire space before his eyes became different. He could even clearly sense the subtle fluctuations of space.

Li Dui understood.

The Origin Law of Space had acknowledged him!

He had actually been acknowledged by the Origin Law of Space!

Seventy-two years ago, his mastery of the Space Law was at most at the fourteenth level of the Heavenly Bridge. Over these years, though Li Dui had diligently pondered without cease, he had always been distracted by other matters and had never devoted himself fully to comprehending the Origin Law of Space.

Logically speaking, the deeper one goes, the harder it becomes. In Li Dui's estimation, he was probably at the sixteenth level of the Heavenly Bridge.

All these years, he had been completely working in isolation. He had basically never stepped out of his courtyard. So he had never fully unleashed the might of the Origin Law of Space. Nor had he ever fully used the Origin Law of Space to enhance his movement techniques.

As a result, he had developed such a huge deviation in his judgment of his own law power.

Just this? How long had it been?

109 years.

In merely 109 years, I've reached the level of King Rank enlightenment? Li Dui stared blankly at the "Ring." This thing was way too effective!

He didn't have time to dwell on it much. After that drop of Water of Origin Law merged into Li Dui's soul, his very soul underwent a subtle transformation.

At this moment, he could feel a call that shook his soul, like parents calling out to their children.

Suppressing this strong attraction, there were still matters at hand to resolve.

In the distance, countless people were watching this awe-inspiring scene. Among them were five Domain Level experts.

Domain Level experts most likely had communication devices. At this point, killing them to silence them was already too late. Li Dui himself didn't really care; he could just go somewhere else.

But in this courtyard, there were twelve maidservants who had been knocked unconscious by the law's aura. They had served him wholeheartedly for decades. If he left, they would be as good as dead.

Li Dui mobilized his domain power, swept up the unconscious maidservants, and shot up into the sky, flying toward the clouds.

Among the five Domain Level experts present, three seemed to have discussed something among themselves. They simultaneously took off, rapidly chasing after Li Dui.