Time slipped by. Apart from the time he spent in the real universe obtaining the Voidglass Root from the Ganwu Country Lord and absorbing it,
Hu Yanbo kept the vast majority of his consciousness and energy immersed in the boundless starfield training ground within the Virtual Universe.
In this training ground, Hu Yanbo's basic physical attributes had not changed despite the increase in his life gene level in reality.
Here, to defeat increasingly powerful opponents, all he could rely on was a deeper understanding of universe law, finer control over his telekinetic weapons, and sufficiently powerful secret techniques!
The first five hundred opponents were relatively easy. After a dozen or so years, Hu Yanbo created a top-tier secret technique of his own.
This was also because Hu Yanbo's comprehension of space law was already extremely advanced!
That made things relatively easy.
It was like a scholar who had already mastered advanced mathematics returning to solve elementary and intermediate problems. Though he still needed to adapt to the specific questions and steps involved, understanding their essence and finding the key to solving them was far easier and faster for him than for a beginner.
The opponents that followed, however, gave Hu Yanbo trouble for ten to fifteen days even in the shorter battles. Only after brutal combat could he find their weaknesses and win.
More often, the fighting reached a stalemate.
The longer battles lasted several years, or even ten!
An opponent with abilities that specifically countered his own would leave him utterly stuck, unable to make any headway.
These opponents came in all sorts of bizarre forms, but without exception, they struck at the weaknesses of his "Golden Lotus First Bloom" and even his entire combat system.
Some opponents simulated special lifeforms in the universe with naturally enormous divine bodies,