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After entering the top one hundred, Chen Ao felt the Virtual Universe's gaze upon him.

"They put a camera on me?" Chen Ao frowned.

Being broadcast live like this felt terrible.

He had felt himself being filmed when he unleashed his first sword strike ten days ago. Now that feeling had returned.

"Ah, I can't be so flashy anymore!"

He absolutely could not use that killing move again, or someone would surely see through him.

"From now on, I'm just an ordinary genius. Gotta stick to that persona!"

He arrived at his second new city.

Rather than sweeping through it outright, Chen Ao sought out the city's top fighters.

Threatened with death, the ordinary contestants soon led him to the three highest-ranked fighters in the city.

They were Blood Demon in eighth place, Dark Blood in nineteenth, and Wind God in forty-third.

Chen Ao walked up to Blood Demon.

"Are you a fighter from another city?" Blood Demon looked at Chen Ao.

Chen Ao was far too clean. He did not look as though he had been fighting; he looked more like a tourist.

Chen Ao wasted no words and simply thrust his sword lightly forward.

Seeing Chen Ao raise his hand without so much as a word, Blood Demon snorted. "Not a shred of dignity befitting a powerful fighter, and you even resort to sneak attacks!"

Blood Demon moved to raise his weapon and block Chen Ao's sword.

But as Blood Demon watched the sword come straight toward him, it suddenly shifted its angle just as it reached his weapon.

Then it plunged straight into Blood Demon's heart.

The onlookers, who had been ready to enjoy a show, instantly fell silent. Was this even a fight?

It felt more like stepping on an ant. One casual lift of the foot, and it was over.

From beginning to end, Chen Ao had not said a word or even approached Blood Demon.

His sword was clearly seven or eight meters away from Blood Demon, yet it had pierced his heart with ease.

"Not bad. Fifteen million points in one go!"

Everyone in the top ten had over thirty million points. Blood Demon had ranked eighth, and killing him netted Chen Ao over fifteen million points.

His total smoothly rose to forty-three million.

His ranking shot straight up to ninth.

Next, Chen Ao continued searching for the other two.

The same scene played out again. Chen Ao struck only once, effortlessly piercing his opponent's heart.

Watching that sword strike, everyone felt a faint ache in their own chests.

"How can this guy be so terrifying? Why do I feel like we're not even on the same level as him?"

"Have some confidence. Drop the 'feel like'!"

"Yeah, we're on completely different levels. Just how can he be this terrifying?"

"I've seen people who've gained insight into the Space Law. Some geniuses in our Ganwu Secret Realm have grasped it too, but none of them can do anything like this!"

"No, it's not just that they can't do this. They couldn't even block a single strike from him!"

Chen Ao glanced at his points. He already had fifty-seven million.

The points of the contestant in first place were rising too. Chen Ao was now fifth, eight million points behind first.

"There's still half a month left. Taking first shouldn't be a problem!"

Chen Ao continued seeking out powerful fighters, killing each with a single thrust. No one could force him to strike twice.

After four cities, Chen Ao's points reached eighty million, putting him back in first place.

"Keep killing. A few more should do it. There isn't that much time left, after all!"

Outside, countless people were stunned by the sight of Chen Ao killing his opponents with a single sword strike.

"So clean and decisive! How can his swordsmanship be that efficient?"

"His insight into the Space Law is profound enough to let his sword pierce through space. It's not that his opponents lack the ability to block it. They simply don't know where the sword is coming from!"

"Who could have trained a genius like this?"

At first, when Chen Ao had been ranked somewhere in the eight hundreds, these Ordinary Immortals and World Lords had still thought they might have a chance to take him as a disciple. But as Chen Ao killed more and more powerful fighters, they abandoned that idea entirely.

They couldn't teach him!

They truly couldn't.

A prodigy like this would never think much of them, either.

"The eighth city!" Chen Ao set foot in his eighth city.

As usual, Chen Ao sought out the city's strongest fighter.

When he reached the city center, Chen Ao spotted that unlucky fellow, Lei.

"You're Thunder God?" Savage Rong Jun walked up to Lei, holding his saber in one hand.

Lei bristled the instant he saw Rong Jun. "You're Savage, the third-ranked contestant in this zone?"

"That's right. That's me!" Rong Jun gave a faint smile. "Show me everything you've got."

Although Lei was a little frightened at first, he still fought hard. But after experiencing Rong Jun's saber technique, he immediately chose to give up.

He turned and ran!

"Thunder God, stop running. You can't escape!" Rong Jun barked.

Rong Jun had already crossed the threshold of the Space Law. He was stronger than Lei by an untold margin, and faster too.

Chen Ao watched Rong Jun chase Lei down.

"Poor unlucky guy. But if he finds out I watched him get killed, he'll definitely nag me about it afterward!"

Chen Ao knew very well that Thunder God loved to grumble on and on.

"Oh, fine. Rong Jun's my prey anyway, so I'll lend you a hand while I'm at it!"

In the distance, Rong Jun was still shouting, and the gap between him and Lei kept shrinking.

Just as Rong Jun prepared to slash down and kill Lei outright, Chen Ao landed directly in front of him.

Lei was fleeing for his life, but when he noticed someone had stopped Rong Jun, he immediately glanced back in curiosity.

"That's Sword God, the number one in this zone?" Thunder God's eyes widened. He had never imagined he would encounter both the first- and third-ranked contestants at once.

He almost wanted to pull out a little stool, get some watermelon ready, and enjoy the show.

But Chen Ao glanced back at Lei.

Lei instantly felt as though he had plunged into an icy pit, then slunk away sheepishly.

"What a terrifying look. It felt like he could glare me to death. But why did that look feel so familiar?"

He was certain he did not know this Sword God. He had considered whether it might be Chen Ao, but Sword God was much taller.

The Chen Ao he remembered was only around two meters tall, while this Sword God stood nearly four meters tall.

The difference was far too great.

"Ah, I really wanted to watch a showdown between top fighters, but I'm not welcome!" Lei glanced at his ranking.

He was still a little short of the top one thousand, so Lei resumed hunting other contestants, hoping to fight his way into it.

Rong Jun was also staring at Chen Ao with wide eyes.

Along the way, he had met people who had escaped Chen Ao.

From them, he had learned that Chen Ao was terrifying, on a completely different level from them.

More than one had even told him outright that he was no match for Sword God.

For the proud Rong Jun, who was determined to take first place in the overall universe rankings, that was hard to accept.

"Sword God, I've finally found you. Everyone who escaped you said I was no match for you. Now I'll see just how strong you really are!"