The next morning, Zhang Junbao and his companions were ready to face the upcoming challenge.
"Everyone, please prepare for an immediate mass teleportation to bring all participants to their respective Trial Space." A loud voice rang out in the Virtual Universe, followed by a beam of light enveloping each of them. The surrounding space twisted eerily, and Zhang Junbao and the others vanished instantly.
When Zhang Junbao reappeared, he was located on a giant meteorite in space, hundreds of kilometers long and almost square in shape.
Behind the meteorite lies a vast and boundless starry sky, with countless stars dotting the dark night.
"Truly worthy of being called Virtual Universe Company, even a Trial Space is made so realistic." Zhang Junbao exclaimed in admiration. The power of the Virtual Universe Network was constantly reshaping his understanding.
Seven enormous Trial Tower were built atop this meteorite floating in space.
Each Trial Tower is tens of thousands of meters high and occupies several kilometers in circumference. The seven Trial Tower are located in different positions on this meteorite.
Zhang Junbao looked down at his wrist. Just like in the Ganwu Universe Country Preliminary Rounds, there was a screen on his wrist displaying his information and the rules of this trial.
Contestant: Zhang Junbao ( Ganwu Universe Country )
Points: 0
Rank: None
Number: 0232461
The methods and rules for obtaining points are also listed below.
The first Trial Tower offers a maximum of 10,000 points per floor. Defeating all targets and achieving a perfect completion will earn you 70,000 points.
The points awarded for each subsequent Trial Tower are ten times those for the previous one.
For example, the first floor of the second Trial Tower can yield a maximum of 100,000 points, and a perfect completion will yield 700,000 points.
The first level of the Seventh Trial Tower can yield a maximum of 10 billion points, and a perfect completion of all seven levels can earn 70 billion points, which is quite terrifying.
The trial ends once a participant dies.
There are two ways to clear each level. The first is to kill all the targets on that level, which will immediately teleport you to the next level.
The second method is that if you Undying ten days on this level, you will automatically advance to the next level to continue the trial.
The trial ends when all participants have perished.
"This is a strange rule set for the trial. The trial ends when all participants die. Does this mean that in the Virtual Universe, the company doesn't believe anyone can pass through all seven Trial Tower?"
The first Trial Tower is relatively simple, and the difficulty of each subsequent Trial Tower increases.
The other rules are similar to the preliminary rounds within the Ganwu Universe Country; you can simply submit an application for any weapon you want, and it will be automatically generated, which is very convenient.
As usual, Zhang Junbao wore a Daoist robe that was actually a combat suit. The Arc Blade Disc floated beside him, while the Space-Time Hunyuan Sword was placed behind his storage ring.
He also brought some food, not for himself. After all, in Virtual Universe, eating was just a taste experience and didn't actually fill his stomach.
Zhang Junbao carried these items simply to conduct some experiments.
"Each floor of the Trial Tower can be stayed for a maximum of 10 days. Each floor of the Trial Tower has 7 floors, so you can stay for a maximum of 70 days. Five Trial Tower would take a year."
Just like Luo Feng thought, Zhang Junbao didn't want to pass through the Trial Tower quickly either. After all, the competition results were calculated based on points, not on the time taken to finish.
The ranking is only determined when two people have the exact same score. Although there are more than a million contestants participating, Zhang Junbao does not think it is possible for him to have the same score as someone else. This situation is more likely to occur among those with very low scores.
"Kill all the targets or survive for 10 days, which means the rules actually allow players not to kill all the targets." Zhang Junbao kept pondering the rules, feeling that they contained some special meaning.
Is it possible for these trial targets to be tamed or enslaved?
This is why Zhang Junbao brought some food.
Although the creatures in the Trial Tower are generated from Virtual Universe, the exact level of simulation remains unknown.
It's important to know that among these cosmic geniuses, there are also some beast tamers, just like Illusionist, which is a branch of Spirit Reader, albeit very rare.
They would tame ferocious beasts or even Alien Race to fight for them. Wouldn't these beast tamers be at a huge loss if they were in the Virtual Universe?
Didn't Virtual Universe Company consider this point?
Even a genius at the Star Level can potentially enslave others. Since the assessment involves comprehending the Law, the Soul Enslavement Secret Art should also be within the scope of the assessment.
"Simply assessing attacks is extremely unfair, and the company in the virtual world shouldn't be unaware of this." Countless thoughts flashed through Zhang Junbao's mind.
"Interesting."
Zhang Junbao smiled and stepped out of the first Trial Tower.
In another Trial Space, after reviewing the rules, Thunder God couldn't help but ponder, "Each level can be stayed for a maximum of ten days. A Trial Tower has seven levels, that's seventy days. Under this extreme pressure, I hope I can make a breakthrough! The true essence of the Law of Thunder is powerful bursts of energy. Only by comprehending the limits of bursts of energy can I further enhance the power of my Thunder Secret Technique."
"This stage eliminates over a million people, only accepting the top 7,300! I have a chance to make it through, but am I content with just passing the first stage?"
I told Brother Hong I was going to beat Rong Jun up. How could I possibly beat Rong Jun with my current strength?
"It started with Brother Hong, and now it's Junbao. Am I just supposed to hide behind them forever? No, I must also shoulder the responsibility of protecting the Earth!"
Kill them!
Having said that, Thunder God, equally full of fighting spirit, stepped into the first Trial Tower.
While hunting down targets, they also hone their movement skills, comprehend sword techniques, and most importantly, Law of Lightning.
As soon as Zhang Junbao entered the tower, he received a message: Trial Tower 1, Level 1: Kill 10,000 ferocious beasts ' Blood-Haired Mammoth '.
You earn one point for each ferocious beast you kill, and ten thousand points for killing them all, which will teleport you directly to the second level.
The beasts on the first level weren't particularly strong, only at the level of ordinary Star Level Ninth Stage beasts. For Zhang Junbao now, even fighting one against ten thousand beasts would be a piece of cake.
The crescent moon formed by the Arc Blade Disc hung high in the sky, and the entire Trial Space instantly turned into a bloody hell.
Just ten minutes later, Zhang Junbao had killed all 9,999 ferocious beasts, leaving only one, which he then crippled with all four limbs.
"Well, this last one will be the final test subject."
However, as ferocious beasts, they are inherently low in intelligence, primarily focused on killing, and extremely difficult to communicate with.
Zhang Junbao tried to entice the beast with a piece of meat, but unfortunately, the beast seemed to have been consumed by the carnage and remained unmoved.
"Am I overthinking it? Did the ferocious beasts generated in the Virtual Universe not take into account their real biological characteristics?"
It's just that this is a low-level ferocious beast, driven mostly by instinct. It has completely fallen into the killing and has no extra thoughts in its mind.
And they wouldn't even have the urge to look for food?
The Blood-Haired Mammoth, a ferocious beast, possesses a secret technique similar to berserk, allowing it to enter a state of complete madness during battle. During this time, its intelligence rapidly declines, reducing its already limited IQ to almost zero.
But this also leads to a problem: any coercion, bribery, or even intimidation is almost ineffective. In their eyes, there is only killing.
Zhang Junbao analyzed the condition of the Blood-Haired Mammoth in front of him.
On the first level of the first trial, Zhang Junbao sat cross-legged, with a Blood-Haired Mammoth lying in front of him, its limbs completely severed.
"Since that's the case, let's just focus on cultivating first and see if things will turn around after his berserk state subsides."
Zhang Junbao simply sat down and began to study the secret technique.
Taiji gives rise to Yin and Yang, which in turn give rise to the Four Symbols: Sun (Greater Yang), Moon ), Shaoyang (Lesser Yang), and Shaoyin (Lesser Yin). The Four Symbols give rise to the Bagua, and the Bagua give rise to all things.
Different types of domains gradually rose around Zhang Junbao's body.
During the years of the Ganwu Universe Country preliminary competition, Zhang Junbao had mastered all eight basic attribute domains. Now, he wanted to map these eight domains to the Taiji Eight Trigrams one by one, incorporating them all into the True Meaning of Taiji, thus forming Eight Trigrams Diagram Formation.
The 1008 Immortal in the very center of the Virtual Universe's plaza are currently scattered randomly in various locations.
The Trial Space is not publicly disseminated throughout the universe; only changes in the rankings are announced to the outside world.
However, the Immortal beings of the various Universe Country have the right to review the trial progress of each participant.
The Immortal from various countries were naturally concerned about the progress of their own genius trials and all chose to check on it immediately.
" Death God Bolan truly lives up to his reputation as the undisputed number one; he has now reached the second level!"
"Wow, Bolan's points have risen incredibly fast, leaving the second-place team far behind."
"Thirteen, Rong Jun from your Ganwu Universe Country is also quite good, currently ranked 12th in points."
"But Luo Feng and Zhang Junbao, I don't seem to have seen them within the top ten thousand. Thirteen, it seems you can misjudge people too."
The 1008 Immortal constantly monitor the leaderboards and training progress. They represent their respective Universe Country and all hope their talents will shine even brighter, bringing glory to their Universe Country.
For these beings that possess eternal time, dignity and honor are of utmost importance.
The giant in the scale armor robe, Thirteen, frowned slightly as he sat in a large chair looking at the screen in front of him.
" Rong Jun." He directly clicked on Rong Jun's trial live stream.
In the scene, a bare-footed Savage youth walks with strange and extremely fast steps, wielding a War Blade and wildly hacking a three-eyed lion-like monster covered in fur to pieces.
These monsters are none other than the ferocious beast ' Flying Hou '!
He then clicked on the live stream of Zhang Junbao and Luo Feng's trials. Among the Ganwu Universe Country, these three were the ones he admired the most.
But when he clicked on Luo Feng's image, he saw -- Luo Feng ( Ganwu Universe Country ), ranking: 1006891.
Instantly, the thirteen eyes of the scaled giant revealed a fierce and violent aura.
What is this idiot doing?
They actually used this place as a training ground! How pathetic!
Although the Lord Thirteen was furious, he was helpless.
He had no right to interfere with what Luo Feng did inside the Trial Tower.
Helpless, Thirteen glanced at Zhang Junbao's ranking again, which only fueled his anger.
Zhang Junbao's ranking was surprisingly close to Luo Feng's.
Because Zhang Junbao cleared the first floor faster than Luo Feng, his ranking was only slightly higher than Luo Feng's.
"What are these two bastards doing?"
Thinking of this, the Lord Thirteen opened the Trial Tower where Zhang Junbao was located, and saw a scene that shocked him.
Zhang Junbao sat in mid-air, while a huge Taiji Diagram hovered behind him. Around the Taiji Diagram, eight attribute domains were distributed on their respective positions within the Bagua.
Zhang Junbao exuded a terrifying aura, causing the Blood-Haired Mammoth with its four limbs broken not far away to wail incessantly.
Seeing this scene, several thoughts arose in the minds of the Lord Thirteen.
The first one is Zhang Junbao, who has actually stepped into the threshold of all eight Law! A Star Level being able to comprehend all eight basic Law! It's unbelievable!
My second thought was, what exactly is he doing?
Why is it that even though it's only a Star Level being, I still can't understand what it's doing?
He distributed these eight areas in these locations; could there be some special meaning behind it?
Is it an attempt to integrate different fields, or a perfect match?
However, these eight fundamental Law belong to the laws of Time Law and Space Law, respectively. How to integrate them is definitely not a problem that a Star Level should consider.
But Zhang Junbao's control over the eight areas was so perfect, without any hesitation.
The Lord Thirteen of the Congress were shocked.
Not only that, other Immortal also clicked on Zhang Junbao's live stream and exclaimed in surprise upon seeing this scene.
Thirteen suddenly remembered the special treatment the Ganwu Country Lord had given Zhang Junbao. Could it be that the great Ganwu Country Lord had actually seen Zhang Junbao's extraordinary qualities long ago, and that's why he specially bestowed this treasure upon him?
What exactly is this kid from the Ganwu Universe Country doing?
He actually comprehended so many different Law Domain.
But what special meaning does he have in assigning these Law Domain such specific orientations, corresponding them to the eight directions of heaven and earth?
Why wouldn't I, an Immortal being, know this?
"It seems to have disrupted both time and space, but I can't figure out what it's doing. Could it just be randomly placed, a lucky guess?"
Otherwise, there's no reason for so many Immortal; I don't understand what he's doing.
Many Immortal had questions in their minds, but they dared not ask them easily.
He was afraid that people would say that he, as an Immortal, did not understand Law that only a Star Level person had comprehended, thus disgracing the Immortal realm.
The Ganwu Country Lord Ganwu Universe Country, far away within its borders, was also paying close attention to Zhang Junbao.
After all, this concerned his contribution points within the clan, and even Venerable person would be anxious if driven to desperation by debt. But at this moment, the Ganwu Country Lord also frowned.
However, he seemed to have somewhat understood Zhang Junbao's intentions.
"This is the fusion of different Law, using the fusion of basic Law to comprehend higher-level secrets of the Space Law."
However, even Universe Venerable cannot understand the reason behind this secret method. He is only at the Star Level. Could he have already reached this level? Impossible, absolutely impossible.
The Immortal outside were already arguing fiercely about Zhang Junbao's problem, but he was unaware of it.
On the second day of the trial, he waited until the Blood-Haired Mammoth's berserk state subsided, and then it placed a piece of meat in front of him.
When Zhang Junbao saw the Blood-Haired Mammoth, he actually ate the meat that had been thrown out!
Zhang Junbao noticed that the ferocious beasts generated by the Trial Tower seemed to possess biological characteristics similar to those of real ferocious beasts.
"I originally thought these trial objects were just a bunch of data without any senses, but I didn't expect the Virtual Universe to create such realistic biological characteristics for them. After the rage subsided, they felt fear in the face of powerful pressure. Only sentient beings would feel fear towards powerful people."
"And life that experiences fear, in theory, might succumb."
"Hahaha... Interesting, very interesting. It seems that this trial doesn't only have one way to pass: destroying the entire Trial Tower."
Even on the last day of the trial, the corpses of the other ferocious beasts killed by Zhang Junbao still existed and were not disposed of.
Seeing these corpses that hadn't disappeared, Zhang Junbao felt he had discovered a huge secret, and a terrifying idea was slowly forming in his mind.
In the end, Zhang Junbao did not choose to kill the Blood-Haired Mammoth, but instead tried to enslave it using Soul Seal.
Soul Seal is Soul Enslavement Secret Art created by Hu Yanbo. It can imprint one's Soul Imprint on those who submit to one's life, thus subduing them. Zhang Junbao has also learned this technique.
The first time he used the Soul Seal, he used it on this low-level Blood-Haired Mammoth.
Faced with Zhang Junbao's terrifying soul pressure, the Blood-Haired Mammoth was enslaved by Zhang Junbao without any power to resist.
"We actually succeeded in enslaving them." Zhang Junbao's eyes gleamed with excitement.
"I wonder if the Blood-Haired Mammoth I enslave will be considered part of my power and teleported to the next level with me, or will they still be considered trial creatures belonging to this level?"
"We'll know the answer when the 10th day ends."