The Fall of a Genius

"Brother Qingshan!"

Ross raised his glass in a toast, then smiled and said, "Do you remember the champion of our Genius Battle?"

"You mean the 'Fire God,' Francis?" Lu Qingshan raised his glass as well and drained it in one gulp.

"That's right!" Ross nodded.

Lu Qingshan shook his head. "I only heard that Francis quickly became the disciple of a super expert after entering Chaos City. After that, I never heard any more news about him!"

At the time, Lu Qingshan had only been at the stellar level. Although he had joined Yanfeng Holy Land, his authority within the Virtual Universe was not particularly high, so it had naturally been difficult for him to learn about matters within Chaos City.

And by the time he had become powerful enough to gain sufficient authority, he had been wholly focused on breaking through to become immortal. He had paid even less attention to a super genius like Francis, someone whose path would never cross with his.

"Francis has fallen!" Ross sighed softly.

"This..."

Lu Qingshan could not help feeling somewhat shocked upon hearing Ross's words.

Back then, Francis's performance in the Genius Battle had been astonishing. He had defeated every opponent with nearly overwhelming superiority, ultimately claiming first place and smoothly entering the Primal Secret Realm within the Virtual Universe Company's core.

But now, such a super genius had actually fallen?

"Francis truly was the most dazzling person in our Genius Battle. He had not even reached a hundred years old when he participated!"

Ross could not help sighing. "Less than ten years after entering Chaos City, he had already passed the third level of the Nine Universe Heavenward Bridge. Afterward, he successfully became the disciple of Thousand Illusion King, a grandmaster of the Nine Universe Lineage. Before leaving Chaos City, he even passed the fifth level of the Heavenward Bridge!"

"After leaving Chaos City, he was temporarily removed from the Primal Secret Realm because he had cultivated for too short a time. Yet after just a few hundred years of cultivation, he charged back in!"

"At the universe level, domain lord level, and world master level, Francis was the only one from our Genius Battle to enter the Primal Secret Realm and remain there continuously!"

"Especially during the world master stage, he ranked among the hundred strongest of the Virtual Universe Company's tens of millions of world master-level geniuses. Even throughout the entire human territory, there were not many geniuses who could surpass Francis!"

"Over three hundred thousand years ago, Francis passed the seventeenth level of the Nine Universe Heavenward Bridge and even broke into the top ten of the Primal Secret Realm in the world master qualification battles. After that, he chose to break through to the immortal level. The moment he did, he became a peak marquis-level immortal, and his combat strength was even more terrifying!"

"However, Francis later went to Star Tower, one of the most dangerous regions of the Seventh Extraterritorial Battlefield. During the emergence of a sealed star, he ultimately fell at the hands of Ziluo King, an ultimate king-level expert of the demon race!"

Hearing Ross's words, Lu Qingshan sighed inwardly as well.

Francis's talent had already been considered extremely outstanding among the countless geniuses of the human race, yet even such a super genius could still fall on the Extraterritorial Battlefield if he was not careful.

"What a pity!" Lu Qingshan could not help sighing.

"Actually, it might not be so bad!"

Ross suddenly lowered his voice. "I once heard my teacher say that the great beings of our human race can reverse time and space to resurrect king-level experts of our human race!"

"Although Francis did not pass the eighteenth level of the Heavenward Bridge, his combat strength was no weaker than that of most elementary king-level experts. Perhaps one day, a great being of our human race will reverse time and space to resurrect him!"

Hearing this, Lu Qingshan could not help secretly shaking his head.

Although the universe masters of the human race would periodically resurrect king-level immortals, those eligible for resurrection were generally powerful among king-level immortals, or those who had rendered great service to the human race or possessed great backing. Someone like Francis, who possessed only seventeenth-level Heavenward Bridge law comprehension yet could unleash elementary king-level combat strength, was likely not among those to be resurrected.

"It isn't just Francis!"

Ross could not help sighing. "Of the thousand geniuses from our Genius Battle who joined the Virtual Universe Company, only thirteen are still alive today. Aside from one Apocalypse Secret Realm world master who has yet to comprehend a complete lower origin law, all the others have already broken through to the immortal level!"

"Among them, the strongest is Lucius, one of the top ten in that year's Genius Battle, the 'Storm'!"

Ross sighed. "Before breaking through, he had been a world master of the Absolute Beginning Secret Realm and had passed the fifteenth level of the Windshadow Chaos Stele. The moment he broke through, he became a marquis-level immortal with an undying body. He is now known as Storm Marquis!"

"I previously explored this Seventh Extraterritorial Battlefield together with Lucius. However, three thousand years ago, he spent an astonishing fortune to exchange for ten thousand years of enlightenment time in the Initial Universe. He has now gone there for secluded cultivation!"

"Only after Lucius left did I join another immortal divine spirit squad! But the Extraterritorial Battlefield is still far too dangerous. After staying for another few tens of thousands of years, I will probably leave as well!"

"The Extraterritorial Battlefield truly is fraught with danger!"

Lu Qingshan sighed as well. "I also ventured onto the Extraterritorial Battlefield when I was a world master, but after encountering several life-and-death crises, I chose to retire!"

"Although it is very easy to encounter danger on the Extraterritorial Battlefield, there are also many opportunities!"

As he spoke, Ross raised the world ring Lu Qingshan had just given him. "Accumulating wealth on the Extraterritorial Battlefield is much easier than within human territory. This time, I purchased supplies to allow my auxiliary lifeform to break through to the immortal level!"

"Although these supplies cost more than ninety percent of my wealth, as long as my auxiliary lifeform can break through to the immortal level, it will immediately possess the strength of a high-level army lord. By then, my ability to preserve my life will increase greatly!"

"However, allowing an auxiliary lifeform to break through to the immortal level is still extremely difficult. Even though I have purchased enough resources, there is still a possibility of failure! If the breakthrough fails, all my efforts over these many years will have been wasted!"

"Don't worry, Ross!"

Lu Qingshan smiled reassuringly. "Your auxiliary lifeform will definitely succeed in breaking through!"

"Hahaha!"

Ross said as well, "Then I'll gladly accept your good wishes. That's right, Kush will definitely succeed!"

Lu Qingshan chatted with Ross for a while longer. Ross then introduced him to three immortal divine spirits from the same generation. After the group drank heartily at Ross's residence on Thunder Island, Lu Qingshan finally returned his consciousness to reality and bid farewell, leaving Ross's villa in the military camp base.

Those who say Youhou Lord is very young, isn't that because the Chaos City Lord once said that Youhou Lord is the youngest universe master of the Virtual Universe Company lineage?

Keep in mind, that meant the Virtual Universe Company lineage, not the human race!

Also, who do you think had greater talent, Youhou Lord or Yan Emperor?

Although Mountain Guest ultimately gave up, do you think this reincarnated God King had lower standards for disciples at the beginning than the Dark Lord? If so, how could he seek revenge?

Also, I remember the original work mentioning that the human race had one hundred thousand king-level experts. I have forgotten which chapter it was in. Does anyone remember?