Jiang Luo activated the Soldier Character Art and instantly condensed nine crimson lotuses!
Although the Soldier Character Art could unleash its Fourth Layer form, the Red Star Wheel, when pushed to its limit,
he couldn't control the Red Star Wheel perfectly.
And in terms of large-scale destructive power, the Nine-Lotus Domain was stronger.
The nine crimson lotuses radiated dazzling light. From each one, countless fine threads, seeming both real and illusory, stretched out in every direction and connected with one another.
They formed an astonishingly vast domain more than a hundred kilometers in diameter!
It was the Killing Domain, a Combat Secret Technique recorded in the secret tome Boundless, left behind by the Flint Star Sector Lord, and associated with the Third Layer form of the Flint God Weapon!
Jiang Luo reached out and pressed down. The domain, over a hundred kilometers in diameter, came crashing down!
The petals of each lotus, seemingly carved from hundreds of jade discs, fell in a flurry and transformed into crimson blades, shooting out in every direction!
They moved so fast that they looked like 1,600 crimson streaks of light crisscrossing and weaving back and forth.
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!...
The Silver-Vein Wood forest below, with a hardness of C9 Rank, was torn to pieces in an instant.
The Silver-Vein Wood forest within a hundred-kilometer radius was wiped out in the blink of an eye.
The Universe Level experts who hadn't managed to escape in time were also struck by the crimson streaks of light, which either pierced through them or sliced them apart.
Above the 9,000-meter-high membrane,
inside the spacecraft, Angemon, the Huanming Guard leader, and the Jiang Family and Luo Planet Alliance higher-ups stared, stunned, at the terrifying sight.
Jiang Luo didn't look like he was here to kill other Universe Level fighters. He looked more like a bulldozer.
At this rate, he could probably destroy all the Silver-Vein Wood forest on the island in less than a day.
No one would have anywhere left to hide!
"Big brother is amazing!" Jiang Ying exclaimed, clapping as she snapped out of her daze.
Jiang Feng and Yue Qin nodded repeatedly. "That's right. What a clever move! If he destroys the whole forest, the others will have nowhere to hide, and we'll be able to see everything more clearly."
The other Luo Planet Alliance higher-ups chimed in with agreement.
Angemon, who was already dumbfounded, looked utterly speechless. He opened his mouth, then closed it again.
Was "amazing" even enough to describe this?!
The Flint God Weapon!
Did they even know what the Flint God Weapon was? It was one of the Nine Divine Weapons of the Controller!
He'd unleashed its Third Layer to perfection!!
Did they understand what that meant?!
"Holy crap! That's the Flint God Weapon, isn't it? I saw it once in a Domain Lord-level life-or-death battle! That's the Third Layer form, the Lotus Domain. Big brother can unleash nine lotuses—he's even stronger than that Domain Lord..."
Jiang Ting suddenly remembered something, his face full of disbelief.
Exactly!
Angemon nodded, relieved. At least someone understood.
"First place!" Jiang Ting's attention was suddenly drawn to the rankings. "Big brother's points are climbing so fast. He's already ranked first!"
Jiang Luo shot up to first place, immediately drawing the attention of everyone else aboard the spacecraft. The Jiang Family and Luo Planet Alliance higher-ups erupted in cheers.
Angemon sighed.
His Highness Jiang Luo had unleashed the perfected Lotus Domain. What was there to celebrate about being first in a World Zone?!
"No wonder His Majesty, the great Kingdom Lord, took him on as a nominal disciple..."
Angemon watched Jiang Luo's figure below as if he were looking at a peerless future powerhouse in the making.
"Everyone got it wrong. The strongest Universe Level genius in the Gulun Universe Kingdom isn't Ji Chen, nor is he that super-genius from the Huanyu Clan. It's His Highness Jiang Luo!
"Even if His Highness Jiang Luo doesn't take first place in the Strong Ones Battle finals, he's got a good chance of placing in the top three, or at least the top five..."
In the Virtual Universe, at the center of Gulun Continent, inside a magnificent ancient stone hall,
countless powerful figures whose auras made one's heart tremble sat in orderly rows.
This was a banquet hosted by the Gulun Kingdom Lord.
Most of the guests were the seven hundred lords under the Gulun Kingdom Lord,
as well as the higher-ups of the five major factions' Gulun branches,
and the branch leaders of other groups with many clanspeople spread throughout the Gulun Universe Kingdom, such as the Huanyu Clan, Vajra Clan, He-Wing Clan, and Botan Clan.
There were also some powerful independents.
Every single person seated here was a powerful Immortal God.
"This Purple Ape Fire Wine can only be enjoyed in the Virtual Universe. And even then, only at a banquet hosted by His Majesty the Kingdom Lord. It's what I look forward to most at every banquet."
"Red Eagle King, I heard your Huanyu Clan has produced a peerless genius who might make it into the top 1,000 of the finals. You kept him under wraps so well that none of us even knew about him."
"When Motuer was at Star Level, an Immortal from the main branch of our Huanyu Clan took him to be trained in a secret realm. He hasn't been in the Universe Kingdom all this time. He just came back for the Strong Ones Battle, and even I didn't know the little guy had made such progress..."
"Keep pretending!"
"Haha, with Ji Chen, Jiang Luo, and your descendant named Motuer, our Gulun Universe Kingdom has three geniuses this time who could make it into the top 1,000 of the Strong Ones Battle finals."
"I remember that during the Genius Battle 1,900 eras ago, five Star Level geniuses from our Universe Kingdom made it into the top 1,000 of the finals."
"You can't just look at the numbers. Quality matters most. I've forgotten the details of that battle, but those five geniuses probably didn't rank very high..."
"This Strong Ones Battle is better. Ji Chen has a shot at the top twenty, while Jiang Luo and Motuer both seem to have a chance of making the top hundred and entering the Dragon Remains Secret Realm?"
"Hey, Jiang Luo has made it to first place in his World Zone?"
"He's going all out right from the start?"
Marquis Mo Yan's expression shifted as he brought up an overhead view of the 17th World Sector and projected it onto the screen.
The aerial view swept over one island after another...
"Hm?" Marquis Mo Yan froze.
A section of the dense Silver-Vein Wood forest on one of the islands appeared to have suffered massive destruction.
"Destroying the forest and buildings this early...?"
"Did a group battle break out?"
"That's—"
The nearly one thousand Immortals present all froze at once.
The view on the screen finally settled on Jiang Luo.
"The Flint God Weapon's Third Layer, the Lotus Domain?!"
"No! It's the Killing Domain! It's a Combat Secret Technique that combines the Flint God Weapon's Nine-Lotus Domain. It's in the first volume of Boundless, the secret tome created by the Flame Crystal Kingdom Lord. I've trained in Boundless myself."
"Didn't he only just manage to unleash the First Layer Lotus Domain when he entered the Star Level Trial Tower? How did he advance from the First Layer Lotus Domain to all nine lotuses so quickly?!"
"To cultivate the Flint God Weapon to perfection at the Third Layer, and to unleash the Killing Domain, he must have mastered the Third Layer perfectly as well... His Law Comprehension must be on par with Bolan's from the previous Genius Battle, right?!"
"His comprehension of the laws might not be better than Bolan's, but with perfect mastery of the Flint God Weapon, he has the advantage in combat. If he tries the Heaven-Reaching Bridge, there's a good chance he can clear the Third Layer!"
"Unbelievable..."
"He can make it into the top five of this Strong Ones Battle finals at the very least!"
"Congratulations, Kingdom Lord!" One Immortal rose and raised his cup toward the long-haired youth seated high on the throne.
Following his gaze, everyone could see a faint smile tugging at the corner of the Gulun Kingdom Lord's mouth.
The fact that this great being had smiled showed just how satisfied he was with Jiang Luo's performance.
"Congratulations, Kingdom Lord!"
Nearly one thousand Immortals rose and congratulated him in unison, whatever they might have thought privately.
The Gulun Kingdom Lord nodded slightly. "Since everyone is here, I'll take this opportunity to announce something. Starting today, Jiang Luo is my forty-second direct disciple!"
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