"Ladies and gentlemen, I will be hosting this Peak Genius Tournament organized by Virtual Universe Company. Thank you all for your tremendous support."
Lu Qingshan slightly raised his hand.
The other Immortal God dared not accept, and hurriedly bowed again.
Lu Qingshan turned his gaze to King Mingguang.
" King Mingguang."
"Your subordinate is here."
King Mingguang stepped forward and answered respectfully.
"I'm giving you a task: distribute a copy of the secret technique I created— the Qingshan Basic Edition and the Qingshan Advanced Edition —along with the accompanying Law Secret Patterns Diagram, to each of the Immortal God leading the various Universe Country this time. Make sure you don't get the Time-Space attribute wrong!"
Lu Qingshan said slowly.
"Yes, Your Excellency obeys!"
"Thank you, Myriad Laws Venerable!"
Thank you!
The Immortal God present were all extremely excited and expressed their gratitude one after another. They naturally knew about the secret technique created by the Myriad Laws Venerable.
" Qingshan One Space Basic Edition " and " Qingshan One Space Advanced Edition " are very popular among the Immortal God of the Human Race. A very small number of Immortal God went to Chaos City to listen to the lectures of Myriad Laws Venerable and received them as gifts, which were envied by many.
But this secret method----
Only by being granted permission, or by redeeming points through the Virtual Universe Company, can one obtain the right to cultivate.
Otherwise, it would be considered unauthorized theft of the Universe Venerable's secret techniques, exploiting the Universe Venerable's power. Very few people dare to do this, and even fewer dare to spread the secret techniques.
Now that they have received the blessing of the Myriad Laws Venerable, they are qualified to cultivate, and they can cultivate all the way up to the King Level, from the basic version to the advanced version.
The accompanying Law Secret Patterns Diagram is also extremely valuable.
In the Virtual Universe Company's points vault, the advanced version of the accompanying Law Secret Patterns Diagram requires nearly 100,000 points to redeem.
These Immortal Army Lord the troops could hardly afford such precious Secret Pattern Diagram.
Having entrusted the task of distributing the secret technique to King Mingguang, Lu Qingshan turned and left.
It appeared again.
He arrived in a special dimensional space.
There is only one magnificent palace here. Outside the palace are fragments of stars. On each of these fragments are seven Trial Tower, totaling more than a million star fragments.
"Greetings to the Myriad Laws Venerable ----"
The staff member in white robes quickly bowed.
"What were the results of the inspection? Especially the Seventh Trial Tower, it hasn't been opened for a long time, make sure it's not set up incorrectly." Lu Qingshan's gaze swept over the Trial Tower.
" Myriad Laws Venerable, we have checked multiple times, and everything is normal; there are no unexpected issues."
The staff member quickly answered.
"Hmm." Lu Qingshan nodded slightly and said, "Then let the little ones enter at the scheduled time."
"Yes!"
The staff member bowed respectfully.
About half a day had passed.
Lu Qingshan received news that geniuses from 1008 Universe Country had all assembled.
When Lu Qingshan appeared.
The square was packed with over a million Star Level geniuses from various Universe Country.
They lined up in neat rows according to their respective Universe Country, with the Immortal God leading each Universe Country standing before them.
"Welcome to the Peak Genius Tournament hosted by Virtual Universe Company. I am the host of this Genius Battle, Myriad Laws Venerable."
As Lu Qingshan spoke.
The calm and gentle voice clearly entered everyone's consciousness.
Everyone looked up at the same time.
"Greetings, Myriad Laws Venerable!"
The Immortal God pay their respects first.
"Greetings, Myriad Laws Venerable!"
As if by prior arrangement, Star Level geniuses followed the Immortal God in bowing, and the voices of millions resounded throughout the entire square.
No need for formalities!
A gentle voice rang out.
Everyone slowly rose to their feet. Some of the bolder geniuses quietly raised their heads to look at the refined and gentle man in the blue robe in the sky.
Although Myriad Laws Venerable stood there calmly, it seemed as if he were in a different dimension from them. No matter what laws a genius had comprehended, they all saw a different view in Myriad Laws Venerable.
The genius of the Water Law seemed to see an extremely cold, Ice Peak world.
The genius of Fire Law seemed to see a crucible of laws.
The genius of the Wood Law seemed to see a vibrant, ancient tree.
The genius of the Earth Law seemed to see a majestic and imposing mountain range.
Soon, the gentle voice reached everyone's ears again.
"This time, the Virtual Universe Company is holding Peak Genius Tournament, which will select one thousand geniuses from among your millions of talents to be nurtured in the Virtual Universe Company's Core Secret Realm. The rules for this selection are as follows."
"First, you will enter a trial plane, which has seven Trial Tower Trial Tower, each with seven levels. You will begin your journey from the first level of the first Trial Tower, and after passing the seventh level, you will enter the next Trial Tower, continuing until your death!"
"You will earn points by clearing the Trial Tower —the specific rules will be revealed once you enter the Trial Tower —your final results will be ranked according to your points. The top 100 will be directly admitted to the Core Secret Realm of the Virtual Universe Company, without needing to participate in any further selections."
"Those with scores from 101 to 7300 will be selected again through a tournament to choose the next 900 spots. As for those with scores below 7300, your journey in this Genius Battle has come to an end."
Once this was said...
Many geniuses were astonished.
I thought the elimination process in the World Championships of the Universe Country was already outrageous enough, but I didn't expect the Cosmic Selection Tournament to be just as brutal. Over a million geniuses were eliminated by the Trial Tower alone, with 99.9% being eliminated, leaving only one in a thousand to participate in the subsequent competitions.
As for those geniuses with powerful connections, they already knew about this news and naturally weren't surprised.
True geniuses are rarely overlooked by the Trial Tower; even if something goes wrong, they can still fight their way out from among 7,200 opponents!
Lu Qingshan continued.
"The top 1,000 geniuses will then undergo a selection competition to determine their spots in the Virtual Universe Company's Primal Secret Region, Primordial Secret Realm, Heaven and Earth Secret Realm and Earth Secret Realm, and Apocalypse Mystic Region Realm. You will learn the details of the subsequent competitions once you have entered the top 1,000. Now, I declare the Universe Peak Genius Battle open! Everyone, teleport to the trial plane!"
The words had barely left his mouth.
Golden rays of light appeared out of thin air, enveloping each genius before they vanished.
Once again, all the geniuses appeared on their own dedicated trial planes.
Each genius is assigned to a separate trial plane, completely free from interference from others, and the assessment content is exactly the same for everyone.
Once you arrive here, you can check information about the Trial Tower at any time.
Luo Feng looked at the seven Trial Tower in front of him.
The first Trial Tower awards 10,000 points for each floor cleared.
Even if you clear the level, you will only get 70,000 points.
The second Trial Tower rewards 100,000 points for clearing one level.
Completing all levels earns 700,000 points.
The third one—one million per floor.
The fourth one—ten million!
It seems that to widen the gap, one must pass as many Trial Tower as possible. As long as one reaches the seventh tower, even if it's just one floor, one can obtain 10 billion points, which would completely leave everyone else behind.
As for the seventh floor of the Seventh Trial Tower!
Luo Feng's gaze was fixed on the Trial Tower in the far distance.
"The teacher's exact words were, 'Death means the end'—is there really no one who can complete all seven Trial Tower?"
No—if there were absolutely no chance, Virtual Universe Company wouldn't have bothered designing so many as mere decorations. There might still be a chance, but it's extremely slim. I wonder how difficult this Trial Tower is?"
After learning this information, Luo Feng stepped into the first Trial Tower.
The first level of the first level features 10,000 Blood-Haired Mammoth as opponents. Killing one mammoth grants one point, and killing them all grants 10,000 points, allowing immediate teleportation to the second level. Alternatively, one can persist for ten days to enter the second level.
"The more you kill, the more points you get? It seems that Spirit Reader have a greater advantage!" Luo Feng smiled slightly.
The Yan Shen Armament in his hand transformed into streaks of sword light.
The Blood-Haired Mammoth that rushed towards him were all shredded by the sword light, turning into minced meat and disappearing without a trace.
Ten thousand heads—it seems like a lot, but killing them seems like a simple task.
Before long, Luo Feng had killed ten thousand Blood-Haired Mammoth and entered the second level.
Soon, Luo Feng entered the third and fourth levels again. The killing efficiency of the Yan Shen Armament was far superior to that of a martial artist using a weapon. Luo Feng's speed was extremely fast, and he soon widened the gap between himself and the other geniuses.
[Contestant: Luo Feng ( Ganwu Universe Country )]
[Points: 47800]
[Rank: 2]
When Luo Feng was halfway through the fifth floor, he glanced at his ranking. He had thought that as Spirit Reader, he would have an advantage and that he was killing enemies quickly enough, but he was still only ranked second.
Who came in first place?
Luo Feng took a look.
First place: Xinyan, with 161,200 points.
Upon seeing the score, Luo Feng thought he had misread it.
He'd only just entered the fifth level of the first Trial Tower, and Xinyan was already in the second?
Luo Feng didn't think he was slow in clearing the levels; otherwise, he wouldn't be ranked second in points. It's just that the Fire Demon was too overpowered.
Luo Feng wasted no more time, focusing all his attention on defeating all the opponents on the fifth floor before stepping into the sixth floor.
In the Trial Plane, within that magnificent palace.
Lu Qingshan sat in the main seat, with three other Universe Venerable from the Virtual Universe Company lineage beside him.
Venerable Youyue, Manka Venerable, Yuanchen Country Leader.
Before them were screens displaying the progress of geniuses overcoming challenges. Millions of geniuses were involved; to observe the performance of any particular genius, one only needed to think and switch to that genius's progress.
As for the others, apart from a few Immortal God leading the teams who have such qualifications, everyone else can only see the rankings and is not qualified to see the specific scenes of the geniuses' breakthroughs.
"That Fire Demon is incredibly fast. The Zerg Mother Emperor on the seventh floor had only just spawned her first wave of warriors when she was instantly reduced to Ashes —it seems there's little suspense about who will win."
Venerable Youyue shook his head and said.
He came to watch because a descendant of Anuosi was competing, and the other two Universe Venerable were in similar situations.
Manka Venerable said angrily, "Which old geezer did this? They have no sportsmanship! Bringing in a genius with Special Life Clone to participate in the competition—how are the other geniuses supposed to compete?"
" Manka Venerable —be careful what you say—this Xinyan is incredibly mysterious; even I haven't been able to trace his origins. However, since he was able to register successfully, his identity must be legitimate—he registered in the Dark Star Sector."
Venerable Youyue said with a smile.
" The Dark Star Sector?"
Manka Venerable looked surprised. "Could it be that person?!"
"I can't be sure, but I can't rule it out either. After all, the Fire Demon Race's genetic material is extremely rare. Even our Human Race Treasury doesn't have it, and it's not easy for ordinary people to obtain it. However, it's nothing to that person—"
Lu Qingshan withdrew his gaze, glanced at Venerable Youyue and Manka Venerable beside him, and said, "Are you perhaps referring to the Star Prison Demon Lord?"
Star Prison Demon Lord!
One of the three Top Universe Overlord of the Human Race, on par with the Ancestor Tree Venerable and the Tian Shi Palace Master.
He is also the most mysterious Top Universe Overlord, who has been guarding the Eighteen Star Prisons, and very few people have seen his true face.
Even in Lu Qingshan's records, all that was known was that the Star Prison Demon Lord was following the path of Fire-Space fusion with the Path of the Beast God, and had been stuck at the final step for countless years, making him incredibly powerful.
The Fire Demon and the Star Prison Demon Lord do indeed bear some resemblance.
" Myriad Laws Venerable— " Venerable Youyue said with a smile, "I'm just guessing. After all, that Dark Star Sector is very close to the First Star Prison, and apart from the Star Prison Demon Lord, there don't seem to be any other Universe Venerable there."
"If he were a disciple or descendant of the Star Prison Demon Lord, it would be quite normal for Xinyan to take first place." Manka Venerable nodded and said no more.