After resting for two days, Chu Yuan resumed his grueling training.
He studied secret techniques in the Virtual Universe and sought out his shortcomings through actual combat in the Killing Field.
He also entered the Virtual Universe's Decisive Battle Space to fight a variety of opponents.
In the Killing Field, he could freely configure any opponent, while in the Decisive Battle Space, he faced opponents from the real world.
Warriors and spirit readers of every level from across the universe sparred and fought here.
Chu Yuan materialized in a ruined city.
He held a Tier 3 Fire Prison Blade and wore Tier 3 Dark Flame Armor, an indescribable baleful aura radiating from his body.
Whoosh! A burly man nearly four meters tall appeared ahead, holding large hammers in both hands.
"Long Yuan, a record of 34 wins and 0 losses. A newcomer who actually dares to challenge me, Black Demon Hammer. You've got guts."
The burly man looked at Chu Yuan and grinned.
He swung his hammers and said generously, "I'm in a good mood today, so I'll let you attack first. Show me everything you've got."
"After all, if I got serious, you wouldn't even withstand a single blow from my hammer!"
Chu Yuan smiled. "All right, then I won't hold back."
He bent his knees to gather strength, and roaring flames ignited along the Fire Prison Blade.
With a boom, the ground beneath Chu Yuan's feet exploded. An invisible shock wave shattered the earth, sending chunks of ground on either side heaving upward and flying into the air.
Chu Yuan vanished from his spot in an instant, charged in front of the burly man, and slashed at his neck.
"What?!"
The burly man's pupils contracted. It was already too late to dodge.
Flaming blade energy slashed diagonally downward, and a massive head shot into the sky.
The burly man's body dissolved into motes of light, returning to the lobby.
"Aah!!!"
The burly man screamed in terror, panting heavily as he kept feeling his neck with both hands, checking whether his head was still there.
"Fuck, where did this monster come from? How can his blade techniques be so powerful?"
The burly man murmured in disbelief.
He, Black Demon Hammer, was a veteran Star Level 9 warrior, with a record of 3,348 wins and losses and a five-star rating. Even among Star Level 9 warriors, he was no weakling.
Yet against a newcomer, he had been instantly killed with a single slash.
"Kano, what's wrong? Why do you look so awful?"
A woman walked over and asked with a puzzled expression.
Kano shook his head and smiled bitterly. "I just got crushed by a newcomer."
"A newcomer crushed you? How is that possible?"
The woman did not believe him at all.
"It's true. I'm not lying."
Kano pulled up the video of their fight.
The woman looked up. In the video, the man wreathed in a baleful aura cut off Kano's head with just one slash.
Kano never moved from beginning to end, easily killed like a puppet.
"Such fast movement techniques, and such powerful blade techniques, too. Where... where did this genius spring from?"
The woman was instantly at a loss for words.
"This man is definitely something special. I doubt it'll be long before he earns a nine-star rating."
Kano smiled bitterly. "Seeing that he was a newcomer, I was going to give him a few moves. In the end, I couldn't even withstand one."
The woman could not help laughing as she scolded him. "That's what you get for loving to stomp noobs. Now you're the one getting stomped! Let's see if you dare do it again."
Unaware that his strength had already drawn others' attention, Chu Yuan soon began his second battle.
This time, his opponent was a Star Level 9 spirit reader, also with a five-star rating, whose record stood at 6,486 wins and 1,482 losses.
Chu Yuan knocked his ring flying with one slash, charged up to him, and cut him in half with another. Adding another victory, his record reached 36 wins and 0 losses.
Squelch!
Chu Yuan fought a warrior wielding a giant axe. Blade and axe collided head-on. Chu Yuan did not retreat a single step, but his enemy was sent flying.
Chu Yuan pressed his advantage, slashing upward and splitting open his opponent's chest.
Record: 37 wins, 0 losses.
Rumble!
Chu Yuan descended from the sky, planting a foot on a spirit reader's chest and stomping him down out of the air.
Chu Yuan plummeted like a meteor, his Fire Prison Blade piercing his opponent's body and pinning him dead to the ground.
Record: 42 wins, 0 losses.
Clang, clang, clang!
Chu Yuan swung his Fire Prison Blade furiously, knocking away every throwing knife shooting toward him.
He abruptly hurled the Fire Prison Blade. Flames coiled around its edge as it tore through the sky, leaving a crescent-shaped trail of fire and slicing across a spirit reader's neck.
Squelch! A fine head shot into the sky. Chu Yuan reached out with his large hand, catching the Fire Prison Blade just as it flew back.
Record: 79 wins, 0 losses.
In just one day, Chu Yuan fought 397 battles and won every single one without exception, claiming a six-star rating outright.
On the second day, Chu Yuan fought again, winning more than three hundred consecutive battles. His record reached 785 wins and 0 losses, and his rating rose to seven stars.
On the third day, as soon as Chu Yuan entered the Decisive Battle Space, the system sent him over a hundred challenges.
In just two days, the name "Long Yuan" had already spread.
Powerful warriors with high eight-star and even nine-star ratings all came after hearing of his reputation, wanting to challenge Long Yuan.
Everyone wanted to see who could be the first to defeat Long Yuan and break his undefeated record.
"Whoa, that's a lot of people."
Feiluan watched the constantly refreshing list of challenges. New challenges arrived almost every second.
200, 300, 400.
Those issuing challenges all had ratings of at least six stars. Every one of them was an outstanding figure among Star Level fighters, including old fellows who had lived for thousands of years, as well as disciples of Universe Level and even Domain Lord powerhouses.
"Who should we choose?"
Chu Yuan asked with a smile.
"Him."
With a tap of Feiluan's finger, one person's information appeared-the one with the highest overall ranking.
"Twin Blade Demon, Star Level 9 warrior. Record: 4,591 wins, 36 losses. Rating: nine stars."
Chu Yuan smiled, fighting spirit rising in his eyes. "If I'm going to fight, I'll fight the strongest. Just what I wanted."
After clicking to accept the challenge, Chu Yuan was transported to an isolated island roughly three hundred li in diameter, with mountains, forests, and lakes, surrounded by an endless sea.
Whoosh.
A burly man appeared opposite him, about the same height as Chu Yuan, around 2.8 meters tall. He wore blue combat clothes and held a curved blade in each hand.
"Long Yuan, I hear you're pretty strong?"
Twin Blade Demon had narrow eyes and looked somewhat sinister.
He grinned and licked his lips, his cold gaze fixed on Chu Yuan as though looking at plump prey. "I, Twin Blade Demon, love fighting strong opponents most of all. I hope you can give me my fill!"
Before his words had faded, Twin Blade Demon turned into a streak of lightning and charged at Chu Yuan.
He reached Chu Yuan's left side almost instantly, his two curved blades slashing upward in a crossing strike toward Chu Yuan's left ribs.
Chu Yuan's gaze sharpened. As he pulled back, he brought the Tier 3 Fire Prison Blade in his hand slashing fiercely downward.
Roaring flames ignited along the blade, colliding with the lightning on the curved blades.
"Clang!!!"
The blades clashed, and a powerful shock wave erupted beneath their feet, spreading rapidly in every direction.
The rocks beneath their feet shattered inch by inch, sending fragments flying.
The shock wave whipped up fierce winds that sent the island's large trees swaying wildly, even uprooting some of them.
Both men shuddered at the same time and darted several meters backward.
Before Twin Blade Demon could steady himself, Chu Yuan had already launched his counterattack.
He leaped into the air, spinning rapidly like a top. The Fire Prison Blade gathered even hotter flames as he spun, then slashed down.