Chapter 39

Li Che naturally did not dare to be slow regarding the summons from a Universe Venerable-level existence like Venerable Luan Mo.

Quickly bidding farewell to the numerous Immortal Military Lords of the Giant Axe Battle Arena, he immediately activated the Virtual Universe transmission function that came with the letter, and his virtual body rapidly flickered and disappeared from the Rong Bing Branch of the Giant Axe Battle Arena.

And when the scene before Li Che's eyes became clear once again, he discovered that his landing address was no longer Rong Bing Island under the Ganwu Continent, but another completely independent plane.

This was a virtual land that was not too large, and its footprint was about the same as a medium-to-large city on Earth from his past life, with dense clusters of towering buildings standing shoulder to shoulder.

With a single glance, Li Che quickly figured out the specific quantity of these buildings.

1,008.

Clearly, this was a virtual space specially opened up by the Virtual Universe for this Peak Genius Battle, providing a platform for those geniuses who fought their way into the universe-wide finals, and from there selecting the genius figures who would join the core ranks of the Giant Axe Battle Arena.

And right at the central location surrounded by these 1,008 towering buildings, there was a serene, luxurious, and beautiful plaza, where various rare flowers from various universe countries across human territory were blooming to their fullest.

In the midst of those rare flowers stood a hill-like figure, dressed in dark red heavy armor, standing grandly there.

His appearance was that of a normal human, without characteristics such as scales, a huge tail, or bone spurs, except that his build was exceptionally tall, reaching a height of over fifty meters.

Li Che recognized the identity of this existence at a glance.

He landed on the ground of this virtual spacetime, walked in a few steps to the front of the plaza surrounded by the 1,008 buildings, and slightly bowed to the tall giant:

"Greetings, Venerable Luan Mo! May the Venerable have a fruitful journey, and may your subordinates be blessed with a few more Undying Deities!"

Of course he knew that Venerable Luan Mo was the Venerable in charge of this Peak Genius Battle. Once the talented members selected this time who qualified to join the core layer of the Giant Axe Battle Arena became Undying, they would immediately fall under Venerable Luan Mo's command.

This was both a form of protection for those young Undying Deities and an expansion of Venerable Luan Mo's subordinate team.

"It's just a routine-level genius battle; if three or five of them can become Undying after a thousand epochs, that's already considered my good fortune."

Hearing this, the hill-like Venerable Luan Mo turned his head, his deep gaze looking toward Li Che, and smiled only after a long while.

He was definitely not joking. Major factions like the Giant Axe Battle Arena and the Virtual Universe Company were not gentle in their cultivation of geniuses; it was far more cruel than universe country secret realms like the Ganwu Secret Realm and the Noah Secret Realm, and the mortality rate consistently remained at a high level.

Just like the winners of Luo Feng's genius battle batch, attrition began right from the Initial Universe, leading to exploration in Universe Level secret realms, deployment as Domain Lords, and tempering in World Master Level Extraterrestrial Battlefields—every single path carried the threat of death.

Of course, the Undying Deities who could graduate from such a cruel genius cultivation program had combat power far beyond what Undying from a comfortable environment could compare to.

"I remember when I first hosted the Peak Genius Battle, I even yearned to receive a true genius like Shi Huo, or at the very least meet someone like Nine Sword. Thinking about it now is truly naive!"

Venerable Luan Mo crossed his arms in front of his chest, his gaze seeming to pierce through this endless illusory space, catching sight of the various universe country geniuses who were currently busy preparing for the third-round resurrection match.

Li Che remained silent.

As a transmigrator, he had naturally heard of the great names of Shi Huo and Nine Sword. Those two were currently Universe Venerables of the Giant Axe Battle Arena and the Virtual Universe Company, legendary figures who had fought their way up all the way from the Peak Genius Battle.

Venerable Shi Huo was the winner of a certain Peak Genius Battle hundreds of millions of epochs ago, joining the Giant Axe Battle Arena with peerless potential. Hailed as a human genius born once in ten million epochs, the speed of his rise was incomparably rapid, and he quickly became a great existence at the Universe Venerable level.

As for Nine Sword Venerable, he also rose in a Peak Genius Battle hosted by the Virtual Universe Company several hundred thousand epochs ago. Although his cultivation speed and aptitude were inferior to Venerable Shi Huo, they were still extremely dazzling, and today he was also a renowned Venerable presence on the side of the Virtual Universe Company.

Such characters were the kind of fortune that could only be met by chance and not sought after by the Venerables who hosted the genius battles. Once they grew up, the corresponding genius battle-hosting Venerables could obtain a reward from the ethnic group.

"Sigh!"

After a long while, Venerable Luan Mo let out a leisurely sigh, his gaze returning once more to Li Che.

"I've looked at your experiences when you were young. If you had been born a few tens of thousands of years later and participated in this Peak Genius Battle during your Stellar Level period, you would have undoubtedly taken first place with ease."

"The Venerable flatters me!" Li Che said, bowing slightly.

He suddenly realized that if he successfully joined the Giant Axe Battle Arena and became a disciple under the Void Gold Master, it seemed he would directly become fellow disciples with that Venerable Shi Huo...

Fate truly was unpredictable!

Opposite him, Venerable Luan Mo did not mind Li Che's modesty. He narrowed his eyes and stared for a long time at the pitch-black Origin Laws mark between Li Che's brow that flickered with specks of silver light before speaking:

"Judging by your Origin Laws mark, your studies of the 'Black Hole Evolution' over these past twenty years must have made quite a bit of progress. Have you studied all three directions of the Space Origin Laws?"

The three directions of spatial laws-annihilation, lockdown, and instantaneous movement-were all recorded in the "Black Hole Evolution."

"Yes. Spatial Lockdown has achieved modest success, and Spatial Annihilation has already entered the chamber, but the Instantaneous Movement direction still seems a little lacking, though it's likely not far off either," Li Che said immediately upon hearing this, realizing that Venerable Luan Mo intended to guide him.

Over these years, he had naturally made tremendous progress.

His talent in the direction of law comprehension was already quite good to begin with, and the tenfold gene level had further increased his affinity for the origin laws. Coupled with the tenfold bonuses of his many clones in the Infinite Land, his law comprehension speed was a hundred times his original self.

Practicing under such conditions, even Li Che himself was astonished by the speed of progress he made every year.

In just over twenty years, he had already comprehended the lower-level mysteries of three spatial annihilation rules, and had completely integrated those three mysteries, creating the second move of Li Che's own self-created secret method.

"Very good!"

"Whoosh!"

The moment his voice fell, Li Che saw Venerable Luan Mo gently wave his hand, and the illusory spacetime where the two of them stood instantly transformed, quickly turning into a vast starry sky arena.

At the same time, Li Che could also clearly feel that the level of his body within the Virtual Universe was rapidly soaring, soon reaching the standard level of a peak tier-nine human World Lord.

Afterwards, Li Che heard Venerable Luan Mo's thunderous voice:

"Attack with the strongest secret method you currently have."

This caused Li Che to nod without the slightest hesitation.

Clearly, this Venerable Luan Mo intended to offer pointers to Li Che, and this method of using actual combat was the simplest and most direct way.

The next moment, the world force within his body suddenly surged forth, and the surging world force intertwined in his hand to form a pitch-black battle spear. That battle spear was archaic and dim, and even heavier than any star.

Since he was facing a great Universe Venerable, Li Che naturally had no need to use the Divine Amplification Armor; his greatest task was to display his law comprehension before this powerful existence.