The three rounds of arena battles didn't last long, just over an hour, and the final 900 contestants were selected to enter the Virtual Universe Company. Adding the 100 who qualified early, there were exactly 1,000 people who became the Core Member of the Virtual Universe Company.
The others were teleported away.
Congratulations!
The ethereal voice of the Venerable Nine Swords entered the minds of a thousand people, and finally, the man in the blue battle robe appeared before them.
"You are the 1000 most outstanding individuals from the 1008 Universe Country Human Race of the entire human race in this year's Genius Battle. Our Virtual Universe Company will dedicate its full efforts to nurturing you. If anyone doesn't wish to join Virtual Universe Company, they can simply state their intentions."
Of course not. Everyone has gone through countless hardships to get here, and now that they've finally joined the Virtual Universe Company, they naturally wouldn't choose to leave.
"Very good," the Venerable Nine Swords said with a smile, "You have made the right choice."
Looking at the universe, all resources are limited, including geniuses. Competition exists everywhere, and naturally, none of you thousand people will receive the same treatment or the same training resources.
Even my Virtual Universe Company wouldn't dare waste resources like this. In the Genius Battle, the higher the ranking, the more training resources one can receive; this is an immutable rule in the universe," said the Venerable Nine Swords.
No one here wants an equal distribution of resources. As top geniuses, they naturally hope to receive more support. Otherwise, who would strive for a higher ranking?
All one thousand geniuses can enter the Initial Universe of the Virtual Universe Company to cultivate. However, how to allocate the resources for their cultivation will require them to continue competing.
"I hereby announce the resource allocation rules for training!"
"My Virtual Universe Company possesses the most supreme cultivation holy land in the universe, the Initial Universe. You can all cultivate there for a certain period of time."
Beyond the Initial Universe, there are Four Great Secret Realms secret realms: the Primal Secret Region, the Primordial Secret Realm, the Heaven and Earth Secret Realm and Apocalypse Secret Region, and the Apocalypse Secret Realm. These are also among the top secret realms in the universe. The Primal Secret Region is the best, and the Apocalypse Secret Region is the worst.
"Normally, each Genius Battle only admits one person to the ' Primal Secret Region,' but your level this year is exceptionally high. Therefore, after discussion, the highest levels of the Virtual Universe Company have granted you two slots to enter the ' Primal Secret Region.'"
"Therefore, the first and second place winners in the final battle will receive a prize of 10,000 Hunyuan Unit, and will also be able to enter the Initial Universe for comprehension and cultivate in the core ' Primal Secret Region ' of my Virtual Universe Company."
"Third to tenth place winners will receive a prize of one thousand Hunyuan Unit, and will also have the opportunity to enter the Initial Universe for comprehension and to cultivate in the core of my Virtual Universe Company, the ' Primordial Secret Realm '."
"Those ranked eleventh to one hundredth will receive a prize of one hundred Hunyuan Unit, and will also have the opportunity to enter the Initial Universe for comprehension and to cultivate in the core ' Heaven and Earth Secret Realm ' of my Virtual Universe Company."
"Those ranked 100th will receive a bonus of 10 Hunyuan Unit, and will also be able to enter the Initial Universe for comprehension and cultivate in the core ' Apocalypse Secret Region ' of my Virtual Universe Company."
Obviously, the higher the ranking, the greater the reward.
Although the thousand geniuses present were not aware of the differences between the various secret realms, the difference in the number of slots offered by the Virtual Universe Company already revealed the distinction.
Putting aside everything else, just the most obvious monetary reward is that the top two receive 10,000 Hunyuan Unit, while those ranked 100th and below only receive 10 Hunyuan Unit, a difference of a thousand times.
Ten Hunyuan Unit is already the entire fortune of a wealthy World Lord.
Even a poor Immortal wouldn't have such a fortune of 10,000 Hunyuan Unit!
However, compared to what they had in the secret realm, this wealth was nothing. After all, Zhang Junbao and his group had witnessed countless Immortal going bankrupt for a single spot to comprehend the Initial Universe at auctions within the Ganwu Universe Country, yet still failing to obtain it.
Even Hu Yanbo, who was at least capable of Marquis, couldn't buy a single spot despite exhausting his entire fortune.
This demonstrates the boldness of Virtual Universe Company; they dedicate so many resources to nurturing even the Star Level geniuses.
This is what drives countless geniuses and powerful individuals crazy.
One Genius Battle, and you'll be famous throughout the universe; one Genius Battle, and you'll gain astonishing wealth; one Genius Battle, and you'll open a shortcut to the path of the strong.
In the universe, with enough wealth, you can buy time and you can buy power; this is the reality of the universe.
As expected, after the Venerable Nine Swords announced the treatment for each ranking, the thousand geniuses couldn't help but breathe heavily.
Such astonishing wealth was something they could never have imagined before.
The rules for the next competition are simple: based on their performance in the previous arena battles, the Virtual Universe Network will directly select 100 geniuses to engage in one-on-one battles with the top 100 geniuses in the Trial Tower.
The winners are qualified to enter the Heaven and Earth Secret Realm of the Initial Universe, while the losers, along with eight hundred others, will all enter the Apocalypse Secret Region.
Of the 100 winners, the top 20 are selected based on the judgment of the Virtual Universe Network system to compete in one-on-one battles to determine the top ten.
The top ten will be qualified to enter the ' Primordial Secret Realm '.
The first and second place among these ten entered the ' Primal Secret Region '.
" Virtual Universe Company has complete trust in the Virtual Universe System, directly entrusting the power to select geniuses to the Virtual Universe System," Luo Feng thought to himself.
There were naturally some who disagreed, but they were all rendered speechless by the Venerable Nine Swords's casual remark, "If you disagree, you can leave. Virtual Universe Company never forces anyone."
This is also why the Virtual Universe Company wanted to force everyone to show their full strength in the previous Trial Tower, so that the Virtual Universe System could make the most realistic judgment.
"Little ones, remember this! Even if you are the top geniuses in your respective Universe Country, the Virtual Universe will absorb a batch of top geniuses in each Genius Battle."
Within the Virtual Universe Company, there are countless geniuses and powerful individuals; you are merely newcomers to this universe!
This statement completely shattered the arrogance of many geniuses.
Genius depends on where you are! The Virtual Universe Company is composed of countless top geniuses and strong individuals. Aren't these Star Level geniuses just like the newcomers in the company? In the Virtual Universe Company, everyone is a genius.
"So what if you're not convinced?" Rong Jun grinned, revealing his gleaming white teeth. "Don't you realize that even the 1008 Universe Country has to listen to the Virtual Universe Company? They're just a few Star Level geniuses. No matter how strong they are, a few Domain Lord can easily wipe out a large number of them."
The Virtual Universe Company only truly values the top-ranked geniuses. The others are merely investments, like seeds to be sown, with hopes of future miracles.
In their eyes, perhaps only Zhang Junbao and Death God Bolan are worthy of their attention; others, even Luo Feng and I, might not be worthy of their attention.
Moreover, these are the contestants who had to fight their way up through ring battles.
"That's right. My father told me that the power of the Virtual Universe Company is beyond our current imagination. They're just a bunch of pseudo-geniuses who can't even make it into the top 100. Even we look down on them, so why would the Virtual Universe Company care about their opinions?" Wuka added from the side.
"If it were Junbao or Bolan made the suggestion, it might be taken more seriously."
Zhang Junbao and Luo Feng both nodded slightly in agreement. Even among the other top 100 geniuses, few paid any attention to the protesters. Those who dared to raise such a protest were utterly foolish; they couldn't even grasp the most basic principles. Even if they participated in a duel, they would be doomed to be beaten to death.
After becoming familiar with Zhang Junbao, he directly left his own group in the Universe Country and joined the three of them.
According to Wuka, geniuses naturally associate with other geniuses.
"However, Virtual Universe Company has clearly set its sights on this year's competition. In the past, the Primal Secret Region only had one spot, but this year there are two. It's obviously reserved for Junbao and Bolan. The rest of us can only watch and drool," Wuka said.
"Is the Primal Secret Region really that good?" Luo Feng asked.
"It's more than just good!" Wuka exclaimed excitedly, for no one here understood the Primal Secret Region better than him.
"In the Primal Secret Region, there are only one hundred World Lord. World Lord have long lifespans, and almost every Universe Country has a million World Lord, not to mention the Virtual Universe Company, which is a thousand times more powerful."
Only one hundred World Lord are capable of entering the ' Primal Secret Region '!
"So you should understand how special it is that the ' Primal Secret Region ' was able to absorb two members this time!"
"That's right, the treatment in the ' Primal Secret Region ' is far superior to that in other secret realms. Just like the top two who entered the Genius Battle, each of them is equipped with a guard team, whose captain is Immortal Expert, and they also have ten World Lord and one hundred Domain Lord under their command."
" Junbao, once you enter, even the emperor of your Black Dragon Mountain Empire will have to kneel before you!" Rong Jun continued.
" Immortal Expert as a bodyguard?" Luo Feng is no longer the naive newbie he once was; he naturally understands just how powerful Immortal truly is.
Such a powerful figure was merely the captain of the guards for the Primal Secret Region Member.
"You must understand that the Primal Secret Region Member hold an extremely high status. The resources that the Virtual Universe Company has poured into them, when converted into resources, are incomparable to the entire fortune of an ordinary Immortal Expert!"
"That's truly an extravagant treatment!" Zhang Junbao exclaimed.
Among the various forces of the Human Race in the universe, it is estimated that only the five major forces can afford to have an Immortal Expert as a bodyguard.
After parting ways, Rong Jun and Wuka returned to their cultivation to prepare for tomorrow's competition.
Luo Feng then went to Zhang Junbao's room.
"What exactly is Rong Jun's background? How does he know so much?" Luo Feng asked, puzzled. Zhang Junbao didn't know either. The only thing he knew was that Rong Jun seemed to carry a deep-seated blood feud and was a man with a story.
As the prince of the Manka Star People, Wuka knew more about Manka Star, which was an extremely important source of combat power for the Human Race in the universe. However, Rong Jun also knew quite a lot, which surprised Zhang Junbao.
According to Rong Jun himself, he was merely a wandering adventurer in the universe; how could he possibly know so much about the inner workings of so many Virtual Universe Company?
"I can't find anything. There's so little information about Rong Jun. I even suspect he might be using a fake identity. How could such a talented genius be just an ordinary Universe Adventurer?" Feitian jumped out and said.
Outside of competition periods, Zhang Junbao and his team can use the virtual assistant.
"Never mind him. The resources Virtual Universe Company invests in nurturing geniuses are truly extravagant," Zhang Junbao said.
"That's right. Back then, your teacher, my old master, couldn't even get a single spot to comprehend the Initial Universe, even after giving away his entire fortune. Yet you two actually got two spots in this Genius Battle. From now on, your achievements have surpassed your old master's!" Babata exclaimed.
Despite being Immortal Expert, Hu Yanbo has traversed the universe for over six thousand epochs, yet the wealth he has gained is still less than what Zhang Junbao and his companions acquired in just over a decade of cosmic exploration.
The word "chance" is truly wonderful!