Disciple of the Inner Circle!

Jiang Luo channeled the Weapon Character Mantra, condensing nine crimson lotus flowers in a single breath!

Although pushing the Weapon Character Mantra to its limit could unleash its fourth form, the Red Star Wheel, his control over it was not yet perfect.

Furthermore, in terms of large-scale lethality, the nine-lotus domain was superior.

The nine crimson lotuses, radiating brilliant light, extended threads that seemed both illusory and real, spreading in all directions and connecting with one another.

They formed an astonishing, vast domain with a diameter of over a hundred kilometers!

This was precisely the combat technique recorded in the Boundless secret manual left behind by the Flint Star Sector Lord, concerning the third form of the Flint God Weapon: the Killing Domain!

Jiang Luo pressed his hand downward, and the hundred-kilometer-wide domain descended with a roar!

The petals of each lotus, appearing as if carved from hundreds of jade pieces, withered one by one, transforming into crimson blades that shot outward!

Because the speed was so immense, it looked as if 1,600 crimson beams were crisscrossing and weaving back and forth.

Swoosh! Swoosh! Swoosh!

Below, the Silver-Vein Wood forest, with a hardness reaching C9 grade, was instantly shredded to pieces.

The Silver-Vein Wood forest within a hundred-kilometer radius vanished in an instant.

Any Universe-level powerhouses within that range who failed to escape had their bodies either pierced or severed by the streaks of crimson light.

Above the 9,000-meter-high barrier, inside the spaceship, the Huanming Guard leader Angemon, along with the Jiang family and the high-level officials of the Luo Planet Alliance, stared at this terrifying scene in a daze.

Jiang Luo did not look like he was here to kill other Universe-level combatants; he looked more like a bulldozer.

At this rate, he would likely destroy the entire Silver-Vein Wood forest on this island in less than a day.

He was leaving no place for anyone to hide!

"Big Brother is too amazing!" Jiang Ying snapped out of her trance and clapped her hands in admiration.

Jiang Feng and Yue Qin, the husband and wife, nodded repeatedly. "Indeed, this move is clever. By destroying the entire forest, doesn't that leave everyone else with nowhere to hide? We can see things much more clearly now, too."

The other high-level officials of the Luo Planet Alliance echoed their sentiments in succession.

Angemon, who was already dumbfounded, stood there speechless, wanting to say something but holding back.

Is "amazing" really the word to describe this?!

The Flint God Weapon!

Do you even understand what one of the nine great weapons of the Controller, the Flint God Weapon, is?

He has unleashed it to the third form's perfection!!

Do you have any idea what that means?!

"Holy crap! That's the Flint God Weapon, right? I saw it once during a life-and-death battle between Domain Lords! This is the third form, the Lotus Domain. Big Brother can actually manifest nine of them; he's even more powerful than that Domain Lord..." Jiang Ting suddenly remembered something, his expression one of disbelief.

That's right! Angemon nodded with relief; at least someone here understood him.

"He's first!" Jiang Ting's attention suddenly shifted to the points leaderboard. "Big Brother's points are rising so fast, he's already ranked first!"

Jiang Luo's rapid ascent to the number one spot immediately drew the attention of everyone else on the ship, and the Jiang family and Luo Planet Alliance officials began to cheer and jump for joy.

Angemon sighed.

His Highness Jiang Luo has already unleashed the perfect form of the Lotus Domain; what is there to cheer about regarding a mere first place in a sector zone?!

"No wonder the great Kingdom Lord would take him as a named disciple..." Angemon watched Jiang Luo's image below as if looking at a future peerless powerhouse on the rise.

"Everyone was wrong. The strongest Universe-level genius in the Gulun Universe Kingdom is not Ji Chen, nor is it that super genius from the Huanyu Clan; it is His Highness Jiang Luo!"

"Even if His Highness Jiang Luo doesn't take first place in the final showdown of this genius battle, he certainly has the strength to reach the top three or top five..."

In the Virtual Universe, at the center of the Gulun Continent, within a magnificent ancient stone palace, numerous powerhouses with auras so powerful they made one tremble were seated in rows.

This was a banquet hosted by the Gulun Kingdom Lord.

The attendees were primarily the seven hundred princes and marquises under the Gulun Kingdom Lord, as well as high-level officials from the five major factions' Gulun branches.

There were also high-level members of various sub-branches that had large populations within the Gulun Universe Kingdom, such as the Huanyu Clan, the Vajra Clan, the He-Wing Clan, and the Botan Clan.

Of course, there were also some lone-wolf powerhouses.

Everyone seated here was, without exception, a powerful Immortal God.

"This Purple Ape Fire Wine can only be tasted in the Virtual Universe, and only at His Majesty the Kingdom Lord's banquet. It's the thing I look forward to most every time a banquet is held."

"Red Eagle King, I heard your Huanyu Clan produced a peerless genius who is expected to break into the top 1,000 of the final tournament? You've protected him so well that none of us even knew."

"Motuer was taken away by an Immortal from the main branch of my Huanyu Clan to be trained in a secret realm back when he was at the Star Level. He hasn't been in the Universe Kingdom at all, and I only just found out this little guy had progressed so quickly when he returned for the Genius Battle..."

"Keep pretending!"

"Haha, with Ji Chen, Jiang Luo, and that descendant of yours named Motuer, our Gulun Universe Kingdom has three geniuses capable of breaking into the top 1,000 of the final tournament this time."

"I remember that Genius Battle 1,900 epochs ago; the Universe Kingdom had five Star Level geniuses break into the top 1,000 of the final tournament."

"You can't just look at the numbers; the most important thing is quality. I've forgotten the specifics of that batch, but those five geniuses probably didn't rank very high..."

"This Genius Battle is better. Ji Chen has a chance to break into the top 20, and both Jiang Luo and Motuer seem to have the hope of breaking into the top 100 to enter the Dragon Remains Secret Realm?"

"Eh? Has Jiang Luo reached first place in his world area?"

"Going all out right from the start?"

Marquis Mo Yan's expression shifted as he pulled up the overhead view of World Area 17 and projected it onto the screen.

The bird's-eye view swept across one island after another...

"Huh?" Marquis Mo Yan was stunned.

A portion of the dense Silver-Vein Wood forest on one of the islands appeared to have suffered large-scale destruction.

"Starting to destroy the forests and buildings this early..."

"Did a group battle happen?"

"That is—"

Nearly a thousand Immortals present were stunned at the same time.

The perspective on the screen finally locked onto Jiang Luo's figure.

"Flint God Weapon third stage, Lotus Domain?!"

"No! It's the Killing Domain! It's a combat secret technique performed by fusing the nine-stage Lotus Domain of the Flint God Weapon, found in the first volume of the secret manual Boundless created by the Flame Crystal Kingdom Lord. I once practiced Boundless myself."

"Didn't they say he could barely manifest a first-stage Lotus Domain when he cleared the Star Level Trial Tower before? How did he improve from a first-stage Lotus Domain to a nine-stage Lotus Domain so quickly?!"

"To be able to cultivate the Flint God Weapon to the third stage of perfection, and since he can manifest the Killing Domain, it means his control over the third stage has also reached a perfect level... His law comprehension is already no less than that Bolan from the last Genius Battle, right?!"

"His law comprehension might not be stronger than Bolan's, but his control over the Flint God Weapon has reached a perfect level, giving him the advantage in combat power. If he were to challenge the Heaven-Reaching Bridge, there is a high probability he could clear the third level!"

"Incredible..."

"In the final tournament of this Genius Battle, he can at least break into the top five!"

"Congratulations, Kingdom Lord!" An Immortal stood up and raised a glass to congratulate the long-haired youth seated high on the throne.

Following the gaze, one could see a faint smile curling at the corners of the Gulun Kingdom Lord's mouth.

To be able to make this great existence smile, it was clear he was quite satisfied with Jiang Luo's performance.

"Congratulations, Kingdom Lord!"

Regardless of what they were thinking inside, nearly a thousand Immortal powerhouses hurriedly stood up and offered their congratulations in unison.

The Gulun Kingdom Lord nodded slightly: "Since everyone is here, I will announce some news: starting today, Jiang Luo is my 42nd personal disciple!"