The first floor of the second Trial Tower.
There were still 10,000 Blood-Haired Mammoths.
The only difference was their strength.
Shing!
Yun He casually thrust out a streak of transparent sword light, piercing straight through the nearest few Blood-Haired Mammoths.
Hmm?
Yun He raised an eyebrow.
They were much stronger.
"The same Blood-Haired Mammoths, but they're so much stronger in the second Trial Tower than in the first! What about the third and fourth towers? No wonder the Virtual Universe Company is confident that every contestant will die."
The Trial Towers were indeed difficult.
All seven Trial Towers contained exactly the same targets and numbers to kill. Only the difficulty changed.
The first floor held 10,000 Ferocious Beasts: Blood-Haired Mammoths.
The second floor held 10,000 demonic beasts: Nine-Headed Pythons. The difference between demonic beasts and Ferocious Beasts was that demonic beasts possessed intelligence, and extremely high intelligence at that. Many of the monsters on Earth actually belonged to this category.
The third floor held 1,000 Metal Lifeforms: Tuoluo Race Warriors.
The fourth floor held 1,000 Flying Hou, strange creatures of the universe that were a rather unusual type of Ferocious Beast.
The fifth floor held 100 Machine Race puppets.
The sixth floor held 10 Starry Sky Behemoths: Cang.
The seventh floor held a Zerg Mother Nest.
All seven Trial Towers followed this arrangement. Clearly, the Virtual Universe Company had a deeper purpose in mind. It wanted the geniuses to get an early glimpse of the abilities of other races in the universe.
Day after day passed.
The gap between the geniuses gradually began to emerge, though it had not yet become apparent in the second Trial Tower.
Starting with the third Trial Tower, however, the differences became clear, and large numbers of geniuses were eliminated.
Eliminations began on the first floor of the third tower, and the higher the floor, the more contestants were eliminated.
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!
Geniuses kept dying and were then teleported out of the Trial Towers.
Hundreds of thousands of eliminated contestants had already gathered in the square. Their run in this Peak Genius Tournament was over.
After all, only those ranked in the top 7,300 would qualify for the next stage, the arena battles.
The third Trial Tower alone eliminated over ninety percent of the 1,008,000 top geniuses from the various Universe Countries.
The fourth tower...
The fifth tower...
By the time they reached the fifth Trial Tower, hardly anyone remained.
So far, apart from Bolan, who had reached the sixth Trial Tower, everyone else had died in the fifth.
Even Rong Jun had failed to reach the sixth Trial Tower. He died on the sixth floor of the fifth tower and was kicked out.
Almost immediately afterward, Yun He also died and was sent out.
Rong Jun ranked 13th in total points.
Yun He ranked 14th in total points.
Apart from Luo Feng, everyone from the Ganwu Universe Country had been eliminated.
Meanwhile, Luo Feng was still slowly running down the clock on the first floor of the fourth Trial Tower, spending a full ten days on each floor before moving on to the next.
Yet Thirteen, the giant in scaled battle robes, showed no displeasure at all. Luo Feng was another dark horse who had suddenly emerged, and his total points ranking had already risen to 500th.
Rong Jun and Yun He both ranked in the top twenty, and Luo Feng looked as though he might also have a chance of entering the top hundred.
What a pleasant surprise.
Over a million geniuses stood in the square, looking up at the enormous screens suspended overhead. Now, only four screens remained.
That was because only four people were still taking part in the trials.
They were:
Death God Bolan, from the Noah Universe Country.
Blood Blade Candita, from the Nine Flames Universe Country.
Sword of Life Yi Feng, from the Gulun Universe Country.
Madman Luo Feng, from the Ganwu Universe Country.
The Virtual Universe Company had specially produced new promotional videos for each of them on its official website.
Luo Feng had now cleared the third floor of the fifth Trial Tower. His total points ranking was 42nd!
Three contestants from the Ganwu Universe Country had already entered the top hundred, securing their status as core members of the Virtual Universe Company ahead of time.
Across the 1,008 Universe Countries and countless galaxies within the vast territory of cosmic humans, untold numbers of people were following this grand event.
"Rong Jun!"
"Yun He!"
"Luo Feng!"
The entire Ganwu Universe Country erupted!
And the Black Dragon Mountain Empire had already gone completely wild!
Of the three people from the Ganwu Universe Country who had secured places in the Virtual Universe Company's Core Layer ahead of time, two belonged to the Black Dragon Mountain Empire!
Yes, they were from the Black Dragon Mountain Empire!
"Light Sword Yun He!"
"Light Sword Yun He!"
"Madman Luo Feng!"
"Madman Luo Feng!"
On Black Dragon Mountain Island in the Virtual Universe, countless people poured into the streets, clutching bottles of liquor and howling with excitement as they cheered wildly for Yun He and Luo Feng.
The giant screens along the streets played promotional videos of Yun He and Luo Feng.
In the promotional video the Virtual Universe Company had specially made for Yun He, he held an ancient-looking longsword. Every thrust sent out a streak of transparent sword light that either took a contestant's life in the Ganwu Universe Country's World Zone Preliminary Elimination Tournament or slaughtered a trial target in the Trial Towers. His sword light flowed with breathtaking beauty, earning him the name Light Sword Yun He.
"He's from our Black Dragon Mountain Empire!"
"He's from our Black Dragon Mountain Empire!"
"Fourteenth in total points across the entire universe!"
"Yun He!"
"He's the greatest genius our Black Dragon Mountain Empire has produced in hundreds of millions of years! I believe in him! He'll definitely, definitely become one of the universe's supreme powerhouses!"
"He's the finest genius ever to emerge from our Black Dragon Mountain Empire, a future supreme powerhouse!" Countless people stood in the streets, shouting at the screens.
"Luo Feng too! He's still in the Trial Tower, and he's ranked 42nd in total points now! He's still climbing. Maybe he'll make it into the top twenty too!"
"Heavens! Wouldn't that mean our Black Dragon Mountain Empire would have two geniuses ranked in the top twenty across the entire universe?!" The speaker could not help shuddering as he said it.
"Yes... My scalp's suddenly tingling, and I've got goosebumps all over..." Another person could not help shuddering either.
"Ah! I feel like I'm going crazy!"
Yun He and Luo Feng had completely ignited the passion of countless people in the Black Dragon Mountain Empire.
Heavens!
Within the vast territory of cosmic humans, the Black Dragon Mountain Starfield was an utterly insignificant speck. Calling it as tiny as a grain of dust would not have been an exaggeration. It was that inconspicuous.
Yet this time, their Black Dragon Mountain Starfield had actually produced two figures capable of sweeping across the universe in the Peak Genius Tournament.
When Yun He and Luo Feng were confirmed to have qualified for entry into the Virtual Universe Company's Core Layer, the entire Imperial Capital Star of the Black Dragon Mountain Empire held a grand celebration banquet.
That was the Core Layer of the Virtual Universe Company, one of the five great powers of cosmic humans. Their status would be higher than that of the Black Dragon Mountain Empire's emperor by who knew how much.
When Luo Feng finally died on the first floor of the sixth Trial Tower, he ranked third in total points.
They went wild!
The entire empire went wild!
Even the Ganwu Universe Country was on the verge of going wild along with it!
Top three in total points across the entire universe?!
!!!
"Madman Luo Feng!"
"Luo Feng!"
"Luo Feng, Yun He, keep it up!"
"Keep it up!"
"Keep charging ahead! We're looking forward to seeing you achieve great results in the arena battles!"
"You're the pride of the Black Dragon Mountain Empire! Our pride forever!"
The citizens of the Black Dragon Mountain Empire were completely swept up in the excitement. Countless young people fell into utter adoration of Luo Feng and Yun He. From that moment on, the two of them were idols to the entire Black Dragon Mountain Empire!
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