Since every challenge in the Secret Realm could be considered a life-and-death battle of the highest order, there were only two possible outcomes: surviving or being destroyed in battle. This could also truly test these geniuses' strength.
It also served as motivation for them. Without such pressure, these geniuses would grow lax in their daily cultivation. Only by training harder in ordinary times could they avoid problems at a moment like this.
Regardless of their strength or talent, only when they entered the Secret Realm and faced such life-and-death trials could they truly unleash their full potential. Some experts might suddenly comprehend powerful forces of laws during battle, allowing their strength and cultivation realms to rise rapidly.
As Luo Yuan watched, he could clearly sense that these geniuses displayed greater fighting strength than usual. This could be called genuine combat, because they knew very well that concealing their strength under such a trial was no different from throwing their lives away.
Luo Yuan had to admit that this Universe's selection method was indeed very appealing. At the very least, it created an extremely brutal form of competition, making everyone constantly struggle to become stronger, because those unwilling to fight hard would ultimately lose even the chance to survive.
Luo Yuan did not know whether he would encounter any opponents who interested him next, but he could also see that there was still a considerable gap between the strength these geniuses displayed and his own. His true advantage lay in his ability to master every kind of combat method.
He could also integrate them and refine them to their utmost limits. That was how he had acquired fighting strength comparable to these geniuses in such a short time, and his strength improved far faster than theirs.
After observing their combat methods,