Space Imprisonment, Sixth Trial Tower

Virtual Universe, central plaza of Gulun Sacred Island.

A crowd of Star-level and Universe-level geniuses arrived at the plaza one after another, gathering in small groups.

They were waiting for the upcoming lecture on the origin laws of space.

Although the vast majority of members in Ancient Wheel Hall had not yet comprehended even a sliver of the laws of space, every lecture given by an undying god regarding the laws of time or space attracted most of the members to listen.

Eloise sat down beside Ji Chen and turned her head to look around: "Junior Brother Jiang hasn't arrived yet?"

Ji Chen also found it strange; every time there was a lecture involving the laws of space, Jiang Luo would always be eager to attend.

"I'll ask him."

Just as Ji Chen was about to contact Jiang Luo, he heard a Star-level genius cry out in astonishment.

"My ranking dropped. Did someone just enter the Trial Tower?"

"It's that Jiang Luo!"

"My god, how is his score rising so fast?"

The hundreds of Star-level geniuses present all checked the point rankings in unison.

They watched in disbelief as the name 'Jiang Luo' soared upward at a speed akin to a rocket.

"How is this possible?! He cleared the fourth Trial Tower?"

"How much time has even passed? How could he improve so much? Even reaching the realm of perfect force application shouldn't make him this strong."

"He's in third place now..."

"He cleared the sixth floor and entered the seventh floor of the fifth Trial Tower!"

"The speed has slowed down. It seems he won't surpass Gailuo after all."

"After that madman Thanses died, an even more monstrous one has appeared..."

Following the death of Thanses, Gailuo, whose points had risen to first place in the Trial Tower, was also nervously watching the ranking on the screen.

Although Jiang Luo had been in Ancient Wheel Hall for nearly 20 years, he was still considered a newcomer.

The feeling of being surpassed by a newcomer was naturally unpleasant.

Even if that newcomer was a peerless genius who had once reached the summit of the Mountain of Power.

The seventh floor of the fifth Trial Tower.

Nine flaming dragons pierced through the insect swarm time and again, killing Green Mantis after Green Mantis.

Jiang Luo stepped on his flying-wing telekinetic weapon, narrowly dodging a blade of light that grazed past him—the lower limb of a Blood Mantis.

He could not stray too far from the Flint God Weapon; he had to stay close to control the divine weapon's attacks.

After the Blood Mantis were birthed by the Brood Nest, the Green Mantis gained a leader and their combat intelligence increased significantly. They began to consciously focus their fire on Jiang Luo, even disregarding the damage from the Flint God Weapon.

Once Jiang Luo fell into the encirclement of the insect swarm, it would be extremely dangerous.

"The killing efficiency of the Nine Bright Blades at full power is fine..." Jiang Luo shook his head inwardly, "My main shortcoming is still my movement technique."

What tested him now was whether he could avoid being killed by the insectoids before he finished slaughtering his way through the swarm to reach the Brood Nest.

The Brood Mother of the fifth Trial Tower could no longer be dealt with by soul attacks—at least, not based on his current spiritual telekinesis.

"Hum!"

Dozens of insectoid squads, led by Blood Mantis, surged from the ground and the desert floor to surround him.

It seemed they were trying to force him to withdraw the nine flaming dragons that were protecting him from the swarm in front of the Brood Nest.

Jiang Luo's gaze was calm, without a hint of panic.

Imprison!

A subtle spatial fluctuation swept across the front in an instant.

The dozens of Green Mantis blocking his path seemed to fall into a quagmire; they struggled to break free, their movements slowed by more than a hundred times.

Every action required them to exert immense force just to overcome the powerful spatial pressure coming from all directions!

Jiang Luo stepped on his flying wings, easily weaving through the gaps in the insect swarm.

All the Green Mantis and Blood Mantis that approached him seemed to have fallen into a swamp, their speeds forced to slow down countless times over.

This was the first-level power of the inherited secret technique Shatter he had obtained after absorbing the bloodline of the Flame Star Behemoth—Spatial Imprisonment!

Jiang Luo had been cultivating Shatter for the past nine years, and with the Nine Heavens Atlas gifted by Marquis Mo Yan for reference, he had long since mastered the first level.

In terms of the level of comprehension of the laws of space, the lowest level of 'Spatial Imprisonment' was on the same level as the 'Nine-Line Flow'.

The Golden Horned Beast's innate secret technique Absolute Space began with the 'Arc Light', which distorted space to create illusions.

Single Line Flow, Nine-Line Flow, Hundred-Line Flow, Ten Thousand Line Flow, all the way up to the highest level of Teleportation.

The Flame Star Behemoth's innate secret technique Shatter, however, began with Spatial Imprisonment, using the power of space to suppress opponents.

As his comprehension of the laws of space improved, his mastery over the power of space would also grow increasingly stronger.

Once one reaches a certain level of strength, they can attain the realm of Space Cutting.

The ultimate perfection of this path is Space Strangling!

Both are paths derived from the higher mysteries of the Laws of Space.

Even with the many treasures Jiang Luo possessed to assist in comprehending the Laws of Space, he could only choose one path to focus on first.

After all, his innate talent for space was still far inferior to that of the Mosha Clan.

Given that he possessed the secret inheritance techniques of the Flame Star Behemoth, he naturally abandoned the Ten Thousand Line Flow to focus primarily on Space Shatter!

Under the power of Space Imprisonment, the seventh floor, which had been extremely perilous, instantly felt like Jiang Luo's own backyard; he wove through the swarm of insects with ease, strolling as if in a garden.

Nine flame dragons effortlessly tore apart the Zerg warriors blocking the path to the Brood Nest, cleanly and efficiently slaying the Mother Empress!

"The sixth Trial Tower!" A smile appeared on Jiang Luo's face.

After clearing the fifth Trial Tower, his points had reached 777,770,000, ranking him first among the star-level geniuses of the Ancient Wheel Hall.

This was equivalent to gaining an additional several thousand Hunyuan units of cosmic currency.

Even a mosquito's leg is meat, after all.

Virtual Universe, Hanging Island.

"Space Imprisonment?"

Marquis Mo Yan and Marquis Huanming watched the screen, their eyes filled with astonishment as Jiang Luo moved freely through the insect swarm.

"He actually chose to cultivate the Strangling Flow from the Nine Heavens Atlas, and he's even mastered it!"

Marquis Mo Yan's expression was full of pleasant surprise: "To think this kid has comprehended the Laws of Space to such a degree."

Marquis Huanming could not help but sigh: "The Nine Heavens Atlas created by our teacher records a total of nine schools of cultivation for the Laws of Space.

"The vast majority of geniuses begin their cultivation with the Arc Light Movement Technique.

"After all, the Single Line Flow and Nine-Line Flow are the easiest to comprehend.

"I was the same back in my day.

"The Strangling Flow is considered one of the top three most difficult paths in the Nine Heavens Atlas; one must start with the power of space itself just to gain entry."

Watching the screen, Marquis Huanming sighed inwardly: The Flint Star Sector Lord has truly found a worthy successor...

Ever since he discovered that Jiang Luo could perfectly control the first form of the Flint God Weapon, he had been essentially certain that the Flint Star Sector Lord's treasure had fallen into Jiang Luo's hands.

It was said that the Flint Star Sector Lord had once obtained a remnant of a combat secret manual created by a great existence, which studied the combination of space and fire.

The Flint God Weapon was a simplified version derived from this secret manual.

Being able to perfectly control the Flint God Weapon meant he must have cultivated this manual.

"With this move, Space Imprisonment, his strength could definitely rank in the top ten among the star-level geniuses of the 1008 Universe Kingdoms!"

Marquis Mo Yan said with a hint of regret: "It's a pity the next Genius Tournament is 5,000 years away..."

Otherwise, if Thanses hadn't died, and with this Jiang Luo added to the mix, the Gulun Universe Kingdom would surely have made a massive splash.

"Eh?" Marquis Mo Yan, who was busy lamenting, suddenly widened his eyes: "Origin-Breaking Blade?!"

"He has actually condensed the second form of the Flint God Weapon, and it's six Origin-Breaking Blades at that?"