Galaxy

Azure City had three main tiers of battle zones for wagers: True God, Void True God, and Eternal True God. Every tier had two fixed forms of wagering battles: life-and-death battles, where lives were at stake, and wagering battles with other forms of stakes.

In Azure City, fighting was forbidden in most areas. Personal grudges were settled on the battle platforms in the battle zones.

In order to improve quickly, most would choose to challenge opponents slightly stronger than themselves.

In addition, some old fellows who had been unable to make breakthroughs for a long time would choose wagering battles, or even life-and-death battles, to stimulate and force out their own potential.

Thus, wagering battles gradually became an extremely popular activity in Azure City.

The city's three great battle zones were the most popular places in the entire city. Whenever there was a match, they were packed to capacity.

For beings with long lifespans, watching battles or taking the stage themselves became an amusement during the endless years.

After leaving the Thousand Treasures Pavilion, Luo Feng and Morosa flew directly toward the Eternal True God battle zone. Azure City was simply too vast, and teleportation was forbidden. Aside from the no-fly zones, there were aerial passages for travel.

The Eternal True God battle zone covered an area with a radius of over a hundred million kilometers. It was built like a stadium, surrounded by tens of millions of spectator seats.

Besides watching in person, one could also purchase the You Mountain Empire's officially issued Realm Stone, something similar to a consciousness-linked space, to watch matches. The Realm Stone contained a strange internal space that could project and replicate reality, even perfectly duplicating many law fluctuations and the like, giving viewers a completely immersive experience.

As long as its owner refined the Realm Stone and sent a thread of consciousness into its internal space, they could arrive at the viewing site as if they were there in person, with virtually no difference. The Realm Stone space could map reality almost perfectly. The law fluctuations of True Gods and Void True Gods could basically be replicated perfectly, while the laws or origin fluctuations of Eternal True Gods could be replicated by more than ninety percent, less than a ten percent difference from watching in reality.

Eternal True God battle zone.

Directly in front of the battle zone's entrance stood a rather exquisite gray stone stele, hundreds of thousands of meters tall. At its top were three dazzling golden characters: "Azure Rankings."

The Azure Rankings were not a ranking of battle records or win rates within the battle zone, but a ranking of strength throughout all Azure City. Strength was listed from highest to lowest, with a total of one hundred names. Everyone on the list was publicly acknowledged as being among the hundred strongest in Azure City.

Ranked first was none other than Azure City's lord, Evil Eye!

Second was Zhan Tianxing, the master of the Celestial Star Pavilion, the foremost of Azure City's eight great powers.

Third, Azure Nether Demon Lord.

Fourth, Blood Witch Lord.

Fifth, Flame Man Brand.

Ninety-ninth, Banming True God.

One hundredth, Desire Demon Niaordo.

Anyone outside the rankings who had sufficient strength could challenge the person ranked one hundredth at any time, and that person could not refuse. Once the challenger succeeded, they could replace the name on the list.

Because of this, the hundredth-ranked person was also called the Azure Rankings' quality inspector!

However, to prevent the hundredth-ranked person from being excessively provoked, the battle zone had specifically established a rule: anyone outside the rankings who wished to issue a challenge had to engage in either a life-and-death battle or a "high-stakes battle." They had to wager either their lives or all their possessions. The initiative in setting the stakes rested with the hundredth-ranked person. He decided the main form of the wagering battle and the size of the stakes, provided they were not less than one hundred Qiankun Units and did not exceed what the challenger possessed.

Therefore, anyone outside the rankings had to think carefully before issuing a challenge.

Of course, if someone lower on the rankings wished to challenge someone higher, the rules were the same as those for an outsider challenging the hundredth-ranked person. The higher-ranked person could not refuse, but could choose the form of the wagering battle or the stakes.

Thus, the Azure Rankings were known as the least inflated rankings, universally acknowledged as the most accurate ranking of strength.

"The top hundred haven't changed."

Luo Feng looked at the rankings. They had remained unchanged for the past several decades, exactly matching the information Montanaro had given him back then.

Montanaro's information had contained detailed intelligence on these hundred individuals, so Luo Feng had a certain understanding of them. Even the weakest person on the list, the Azure Rankings' quality inspector Desire Demon Niaordo, possessed peak fourth-stage Eternal True God strength. As for Evil Eye, the leader of the rankings, he had already been capable of killing Eternal True God extreme existences dozens of reincarnation eras ago. No one knew how strong he was now.

Evil Eye, the leader of the rankings, might not have been the strongest in close combat, but his illusions were the most terrifying. For dozens of reincarnation eras, no one had been able to shake his position as city lord.

Beside the Azure Rankings stood a moderately sized screen. It usually displayed the matches currently underway, but there was no information on it at the moment. Clearly, there were no battles today.

"Looks like there really aren't many battles in the Eternal True God zone." Luo Feng shook his head and headed toward the registration area.

Every True God, Void True God, and Eternal True God who wished to engage in battle had to register in the battle zone first. Only after having a record on file could they issue or accept challenges.

Registration area.

"My lords, registration requires divine power verification first." After learning why Luo Feng and Morosa had come, an elderly alien looked at them and revealed a rare smile. It had been a long time since a newcomer had come to the Eternal True God battle zone, yet two had arrived at once. He hurriedly smiled and guided them. "Please come with me, my lords."

Luo Feng nodded.

Led by the old man, they arrived before a stone stele only about ten thousand meters tall.

"My lord, simply send your divine power into the stone stele," the old man said with a smile.

"Alright." Luo Feng casually released a strand of divine power, which instantly entered the stone stele. Ripples spread faintly across its surface, followed by a burst of dazzling golden light. Then the golden light gradually faded, and the stone stele returned to normal.

The golden light signified that he had passed.

"Divine power verification passed. This lord, please proceed as well." The old man looked toward Morosa.

"That won't be necessary for him. Take us to register," Luo Feng said with a faint smile. Morosa also knowingly bowed to Luo Feng.

"Very well, please follow me, both of you."

The old man was slightly stunned, but he did not ask any further questions.

The old man led Luo Feng through the procedures, and the registration was quickly completed. The 283rd Eternal True God registered in Azure City, Galaxy, was Luo Feng. Luo Feng was still accustomed to using his old name, Galaxy. First, it was easy to say, and second, the name Galaxy carried his own aspirations. He hoped the name Galaxy would resound throughout the Origin Continent.

"Galaxy." Luo Feng looked at the token in his hand, upon which the two Chinese characters for "Galaxy" appeared.

Everyone registered in the battle zone had an exclusive identity token, an identification marker much like an identity card. The token contained basic information on the other 282 registered experts. Its interior was somewhat like the Realm Stone space. By sending consciousness into the token, one could enter a virtual world, with functions almost identical to the virtual universe of the human race in the Primal Universe.

Everyone's wagering battles, challenges, and responses to challenges were conducted through this identity token.

Through the token, Luo Feng could now challenge anyone except the top ninety-nine people on the Azure Rankings. As long as the other party accepted, the arrangement process could begin.

Naturally, if someone wished to challenge Luo Feng, he could accept as well.

"I wonder whether anyone will challenge me." Luo Feng muttered to himself. According to the staff, news of every newly registered person would immediately be sent to all those already registered. Once someone new entered the battle zone, all the others would know at once.

Moreover, the old man working there had said that newcomers generally received quite a few challenges, so he had deliberately reminded Luo Feng, "If you do not wish to accept, you may refuse the challenge."

An Eternal True God might not be born in Azure City in an entire reincarnation era, so newcomers to the Eternal True God battle zone only appeared after long intervals. Every newcomer in the past had basically only recently broken through, so their strength was naturally somewhat lower. When those old fellows saw a soft persimmon, there was no way they would not squeeze it.

Naturally, they would not think that some powerful Eternal True God had suddenly joined. They knew the names of even those Eternal True Gods in the Azure Domain and even You Mountain Nation who had not registered in the battle zones of regional capital cities. Therefore, when they encountered an unfamiliar newcomer, they simply challenged him.

And that was indeed the case. Just as Luo Feng finished muttering, his token began to vibrate.

"A challenge has come in. He's called Guangyan True God, and the stake is thirty Qiankun Units' worth of origin crystals." Luo Feng smiled. This was a little money-delivering boy.

"Hm? Another one? Two actually came at the same time? Both are wagering ten Qiankun Units' worth of origin crystals." The token vibrated again, and Luo Feng's smile widened.

Sure enough, newcomers were easy to bully!

However, Luo Feng was not afraid of being bullied. The more people who came to challenge him, the better.

Luo Feng felt the token continuously vibrating.

"Twenty already. In such a short while, twenty people have issued challenges. Why does this feel a little familiar?" Luo Feng laughed, unable to help recalling his days at the Ancestral God School in the Primal Universe.