The Killing Ground and Kinkaku

After finishing his daily training, Huang Wuye beckoned Dasheng to enter the Virtual Universe.

Upon entering the Virtual Universe, Huang Wuye's eyes widened! He felt a bit dazed as he looked at the boundless earth beneath his feet. Although he had long known that giant continents were not in short supply within the Swallowed Star universe, he still lacked a true sense of scale until he saw it with his own eyes. This inevitably left Huang Wuye astonished.

The continent before him was vast and trackless, with distinctive buildings spreading from his feet to the horizon. Countless transport vehicles moved back and forth, like grains of sand in the ocean, failing to stir up even a ripple. He tried to fly, but it was to no avail. The distant horizon remained just as unreachable, leaving him feeling powerless. In this moment, Huang Wuye truly understood the concept of hundreds of millions of people, and realized his own insignificance. A Planetary-level martial artist was like a speck of dust in this vast, boundless world. His determination to grow stronger became even firmer. Since arriving in this world, that resolve had never been stronger.

Because he did not want to be a mere speck of dust in this trackless world, vanishing as time flowed by. Otherwise, his arrival in this magnificent world would be no different from his past life.

At this moment, Huang Wuye suddenly understood what he had been seeking all along! He wanted to stand at the pinnacle of this world; he wanted to carve his own mark into the long river of history. A person has to do something while they are alive, don't they? Huang Wuye's state of mind took a giant leap forward at this realization.

"Boss, because this is your first time logging into the Virtual Universe, we automatically appeared on the Desolate God Clan's home planet. This continent has a diameter of several light-years. The humans living here all belong to the Desolate God Clan or its affiliated forces," Dasheng said, standing on Huang Wuye's shoulder once he saw him regain his focus.

"Oh, I see. Search for the nearest Killing Field first," Huang Wuye said. He had originally intended to explore the colorful variety of the universe, but after witnessing this vast continent, that desire had vanished.

"Understood, Boss. According to the search, the nearest Killing Field is 300,000 kilometers away, but we can teleport there using internal permissions," Dasheng said after checking.

"Then let's head over immediately."

"This is the Killing Field?" Huang Wuye and Dasheng entered a hall in the blink of an eye. The hall was massive, comparable to a large city, though there were not many people inside.

"Truly magnificent," Huang Wuye said, admiring the giant 'Blood Drop' background in the hall, unable to help but praise it.

"How could it not be? Consumption in this place is extremely expensive. Boss, at Planetary-level 9, you have to pay 0.07 Universe Coins per day. Although it isn't much for you, Boss, it is definitely not something an average person could afford."

Dasheng couldn't help but remark that the cost for a single day could purchase a large warehouse base on a small planet.

Yet here, it was only enough for one day!

"But many people are still willing to come. After all, in the Killing Field, you can have any kind of opponent you want."

The Killing Field! It was an excellent place for combat training. As long as you paid, you could submit any request to the 'Virtual Universe System'. For example, Huang Wuye was at Planetary-level 9, with a physical force multiplier of 30, a gene multiplier of five, a level-nine domain, entry-level Fire Laws, and entry-level Space Laws.

It was very difficult to find suitable opponents in reality. Basically, there were no appropriate sparring partners for him to train with in the real world.

But in the Killing Field, he could demand opponents one step stronger than him, or have multiple opponents of equal strength attack him simultaneously.

He could even request 100 genius Planetary-level 9 martial artists and spirit readers to besiege him.

Such opportunities were hard to come by in reality, but in the Virtual Universe, they could be realized!

In the Killing Field, two sides were currently locked in a standoff.

On one side stood Huang Wuye, with long fire-red hair, clad in black mysterious armor, holding a three-zhang silver-white red-tasseled spear. On the other side was a ferocious giant beast. The beast was covered in scales from head to toe.

It had four strong hooves, a pair of massive, scale-covered wings, a sturdy and powerful tail covered in barbs, and a single horn that pierced the sky! It looked as if it wanted to puncture the heavens.

And those cold, ruthless dark-gold eyes! This was a giant beast over two hundred meters long! And the giant beast was the famous Star-level Golden Horned Beast.

Huang Wuye, standing over three meters tall, did not show a hint of fatigue before the two-hundred-meter-long, one-hundred-meter-tall devouring beast.

His aura surged, his presence piercing the firmament, actually faintly suppressing the Golden Horned Beast.

Suddenly, Huang Wuye moved. With a flash of his footsteps, he arrived above the Golden Horned Beast.

He thrust his spear out, transforming it into a beam of light that struck the Golden Horned Beast. Sparks flew where the spear tip met the scales.

The Golden Horned Beast felt the pain. It let out a roar and then swung its tail toward Huang Wuye.

The air itself exploded from the force of the strike.

Seeing that his first blow hadn't succeeded, Huang Wuye saw the tail rushing toward him, moved his body, and raised his spear to parry.

"Thud!" The spear shaft and the long tail collided with a muffled sound.

Seeing its tail attack blocked, the Golden Horned Beast swiped with its claw. Huang Wuye saw the danger and immediately dodged, then thrust his spear down again.

In the blink of an eye, Huang Wuye and the Golden Horned Beast had engaged in two hundred rounds of hand-to-hand combat. The sounds of "clang, clang, thud, thud" echoed through the sky.

Suddenly, Huang Wuye let out a loud shout, collided violently with the Golden Horned Beast, and then pulled back several tens of thousands of meters.

"Refreshing! Hahaha, exhilarating!" Huang Wuye was incredibly happy. There was no other reason; he had longed for a battle like this for too long. This bout of physical combat made his blood boil. As for why he chose hand-to-hand combat, let's just say he had a martial arts dream from his previous life.

"Alright, big guy, I'm done playing with you. Time to finish this." Huang Wuye laughed loudly, then took a step, leaving eight afterimages in the air. This was the Desolate God Clan's footwork technique, Phantom Void, a peak-level secret technique that could allow one to master teleportation when cultivated to the highest level.

"Roar!" The Golden Horned Beast heard this and let out a roar, then its body suddenly shrank to one-third of its size. It had activated its innate secret technique, True Body Heaven and Earth, increasing its strength, speed, and defense by three times.

Huang Wuye was not flustered by this. He laughed and activated Phantom Void, arriving above the Golden Horned Beast in an instant. He swung his spear, and suddenly, several thousand meters around his body were engulfed in flames. This was his Fire Domain. He gathered it around himself to bind the Golden Horned Beast. Then, he shouted: "Blazing Fire Prairie." His spear transformed into a long rainbow and struck toward the Golden Horned Beast in an instant.

Seeing the fiery red light attacking, the Golden Horned Beast let out a roar and raised its left claw. Golden light condensed on the claw, and a luster appeared on its scales, emitting a sharp aura. It swung its left claw to meet Huang Wuye's spear.

"Boom!" A massive sound erupted. It was seen that...