Years of Silence, One Explosive Breakthrough!

On the enormous screen, the nine levels of the Genius Trial Tower were displayed with perfect clarity.

It had already been a full nine years since the trial began.

Over these nine years, four geniuses had emerged from the Genius Trial Tower, all achieving respectable results on the Seventh Layer. Jiang Li in particular—though he had been the last to charge into the Seventh Layer—had slain fourteen Ninth Order Peak Star Beasts in succession.

He only needed to kill two more to enter the Eighth Layer!

"Phew..."

Outside the Genius Trial Tower, Yu Heng hung his head. He had been the third genius to reach the Seventh Layer. After fighting with everything he had, he had ultimately killed nine Ninth Order Peak Star Beasts and exhausted all his mental power. Only when a Tenth Order Expert from the Nine Universes Merchant Alliance intervened was he rescued from the deadliest Killing Array.

Afterward, he had witnessed Jiang Li's strength with his own eyes!

Slaying fourteen Ninth Order Peak Star Beasts might have seemed like only five more than his own total.

But Yu Heng, having experienced it personally, knew perfectly well that on the Seventh Layer, killing each additional Ninth Order Peak Star Beast was nearly twice as difficult as before.

Every Ninth Order Peak Star Beast here possessed an immensely powerful combination.

On the Fifth Layer, there had been earth, water, fire, and wind.

On the Sixth Layer, there were Qian, Kun, Zhen, Xun, Kan, Li, Gen, and Dui.

They formed a flawless closed loop. The attacks of every Ninth Order Peak Star Beast interwove, resembling the domain of a Tenth Order Expert—terrifying beyond measure. Ordinary Ninth Order peak cultivators could only be trapped to death before such moves.

That was why, despite the tremendous fanfare surrounding this Genius Trial