That young man's spear technique looked simple and direct, broad and powerful, yet it contained a mysterious, unfathomable intent that they could not comprehend. It was as though every thrust had anticipated the enemy's moves, sealing off all their paths of counterattack and evasion, leaving them utterly frustrated!
"This guy... he's practically a monster! Just how did he cultivate?!"
Blood Claw gritted his teeth, his voice filled with frustration and fury.
He had lived for tens of thousands of years and roamed the Star Sea, yet he had never fought such a stifling, humiliating battle—being beaten down as though he were someone's son.
General Iron Bone's face was so grim it seemed ready to drip water. He frowned in thought for a moment, then suddenly remembered something. His pupils contracted slightly, and his voice trembled with disbelief.
"In the universe... there is indeed a legendary kind of genius who can disregard ordinary gaps in rank and fight above their level as easily as eating and drinking. Such people are extraordinarily rare throughout the entire Star Sea. They are known as... Cosmic-level Geniuses!"
"Cosmic-level Genius?" Blood Claw's expression became utterly dreadful as well. He recalled certain distant legends.
"Rumor has it that the Azure Empire, which rules over the entire Azure Starfield, established a ranking specifically for such geniuses, called the 'Microcosm Ranking'!"
General Iron Bone continued, his voice filled with gravity and a trace of reverence.
"That ranking records monstrous geniuses above the Ninth Tier who are under a thousand years old! Across the entire Azure Starfield, with its hundreds of millions of races and trillions of living beings, only one hundred people can make it onto that list!
"Every one of those hundred possesses an ancient inheritance and boundless fortune! As for the monsters ranked in the top ten,