Deep within a secret realm of the Universe Mercenary Alliance, a menacing black palace hovered above an endless continent.
Recently, Yuan Huang had kept a sliver of his consciousness focused on news of his newly accepted disciple, Hu Yanbo, on the Virtual Universe Network.
Naturally, Yuan Huang learned immediately when Hu Yanbo unleashed his strength in the Nether God Secret Realm, forced the Demon Race's Blade Mantis King to his death, captured King Mo Lao alive, and earned the title "Soul Annihilation King" through those formidable achievements.
Above the palace throne, the indistinct phantom rippled slightly, revealing its master's unrest.
"Incredible." Only after a long while did Yuan Huang's voice ring out through the empty hall, carrying a note of incredulous wonder.
"His progress is simply unbelievable!" Even with a Universe Overlord's composure and the knowledge accumulated over his long life, Yuan Huang found it hard to believe.
"When he obtained the Divine Envoy Inheritance Crystal a hundred years ago, he was only a High King. Even with his talent in the soul path, killing an Initial King wouldn't have been easy!"
"This!!!"
It was like an ordinary special forces soldier from some country on Earth. Though talented, he was only a little stronger than his comrades.
Yet just a hundred days later, that soldier could suddenly take down an entire enemy special forces company single-handedly!
"How could he possibly improve this fast?" Yuan Huang was genuinely bewildered.
The simple word "genius" could no longer describe this!
Even the peerless geniuses in the Human Race's history, those said to appear only once in "ten million eras,"
would have paled beside this rate of progress at the same stage, unable to come anywhere close!
Yuan Huang himself had fought his way up from weakness, enduring countless brushes with death and accumulating