Swallowed Star: The Original Secret Realm

Chapter 239 The Most Watched Genius Battle
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The Skeleton Clan's forces quickly approached, and Zhang Yi and the Lord of Chaos City took the initiative to greet them.

"Lord of the Skeletons." The Lord of Chaos City bowed to the skeletal being leading the Skeleton Clan and smiled, "Welcome to our arrival."

“Master of the Corpses,” Zhang Yi said with a kind smile.

The Skeleton Clan and the Divine Eye Clan fought for nearly three cycles, and the Skeleton Lord's strength was in no way inferior to that of the Divine Eye True Lord.

With the two progenitors of the two holy lands unable to leave the holy land universe, and the original progenitors being suppressed.

The Skeleton Lord is one of the strongest beings in the open in the Cosmic Sea, capable of unleashing the power of a ninth-tier being.

For such a powerful being to personally attend and offer congratulations is a great honor for the human race.

"I've long heard of the Lord of Time and Space," the white-skeletonized skeleton laughed. "Seeing him today, I can confirm that his reputation is well-deserved."

"Lord of Chaos City, congratulations on your breakthrough to the True God level. When the Lord of Time and Space breaks through again, you and your disciple will both be True Gods, which will be a legendary tale in the universe."

"Haha, then I'll accept your kind words, Master." Zhang Yi said with a smile.

Are the master and disciple both true gods? It seems that in the cosmic sea, there are only the Divine Eye Clan's Divine Eye True Lord and Sixth True Lord.

"No wonder the Skeleton Lord mentioned this matter. Sure enough, the Skeleton Clan doesn't let any opportunity to attack the Divine Eye Clan go unnoticed," Zhang Yi thought to himself.

As time passed, apart from the remaining five top clans and the Northern Frontier Alliance, almost all the second-tier alliance forces were present, and even the Nine Domains Alliance sent its Lord of Absolute Beacon to offer congratulations.

It should be noted that due to the Yan Emperor's influence, the relationship between the human race and the Nine Domains Alliance has never been good. The fact that the Nine Domains Alliance took the initiative to humble itself and come to the war this time is enough to demonstrate its attitude.

Finally, three of the strongest beings in the universe arrived.

Thunder-Clad Demon God, Primordial Island Lord, Progenitor of Demonic Beasts.

Because of a prior agreement with Zhang Yi, the Thunder God had completely sided with the human camp when Zhang Yi overpowered the seventh true master of the Divine Eye Clan. His personal attendance to offer congratulations was a clear public declaration of his close relationship with the human race.

As for the arrival of the Primordial Island Lord, it is estimated that he came to investigate whether the human race has obtained the inheritance of ancient civilization and wanted to try to gain some benefits.

The Demon Beast Venerable's idea was even simpler: he wanted to befriend everyone who had a grudge against the two Demon Ancestors of the Demon Clan.

Zhang Yi and the Lord of Chaos City politely welcomed everyone into the main hall.

"No more teams are coming." The Chaos City Lord said jokingly, watching the disappearing figure of the Demon Beast Ancestor. "Let's go in too. I'm really afraid that the Demon Beast Ancestor and that old Beast God will start fighting each other."

"Hahaha"

The other universe lords around, including Zhang Yi, smiled knowingly.

The feud between the progenitor of demonic beasts and the old beast god is common knowledge.

The progenitor of the demon beasts has come to offer his congratulations, but he should ask the old beast god if he has arrived, lest a real fight break out later.

As Zhang Yi and the Lord of Chaos City entered the main hall, this unprecedented celebration began.

There were nearly ten true gods attending the meeting, and almost a hundred lords of the universe.

As for the Universal Venerable?
The cosmic venerables who came to the celebration were mostly from the Hong Alliance, numbering over ten thousand, and most of them didn't even have seats.

Only the top cosmic overlords and cosmic rulers have it.

Under the witness of the virtual universe system, Zhang Yi received the 'Virtual Order', representing the authority of the first person in charge of the Virtual Universe Company, from the Lord of Chaos City.

The Virtual Order represents the highest authority of the Virtual Universe Company and is the holder of the highest authority in the entire Virtual Universe Network, apart from the Primal.

After the ceremony, a celebratory banquet was held. Although there were assigned seats, the many universe lords chatted freely, which was a good opportunity for them to socialize.

Moreover, they could never openly enter the virtual universe network under normal circumstances; they always sneak in using anonymous accounts.

The cosmic venerables of the human race were also extremely excited. The human race had given birth to another true god and a quasi-true god, and the rise of the race was already obvious.

I didn't see that Lian Haizhu, the Lone True God, the Ancestral God Cult, and the Starry Sky Beast Alliance were all there to offer their congratulations.

At this moment, their sense of ethnic pride was even stronger!
"Ancestor of the Demon Beasts, thank you for giving me face," Zhang Yi said with a smile, raising his glass.

Before the ceremony began, the progenitor of the demon beasts saw the old beast god of the Starry Sky Beast Alliance and instinctively wanted to make a move, but was persuaded to stop by Zhang Yi who arrived later.

He scoffed, "Old Beast God, I'm only doing this to give face to the Lord of Time and Space. Our feud isn't over yet."

The old beast god simply smiled faintly, completely unconcerned.

"This is a virtual universe, what's the point of you taking action?"

"You really are something else, you played a winning hand terribly."

The cosmic rulers present were all inwardly cursing, but none of them dared to say it aloud.

Even if the progenitor of demonic beasts was not the best, he was still a true god, and the pressure of a true god still had to be taken into account.

“Ancestor of Demonic Beasts, would you like to hear about a collaboration?” Zhang Yi suddenly said. “Don’t worry, no one else can hear our conversation.”

As he spoke, a thought flashed through his mind, and the virtual universe system directly turned his conversation with the progenitor of demonic beasts into 'private chat mode'.

"What kind of cooperation?" the progenitor of demonic beasts asked curiously.

"If one day I manage to kill two members of the demon race, how about you join my Hong Alliance and manage the demon race for me?" Zhang Yi said with a smile.

"What? Kill those two bastards, Meng Tu and Zhen Jiao?" The Demon Beast Ancestor's eyes lit up upon hearing this, and he immediately exclaimed.

"Lord of Time and Space, it's not that I look down on you, but back then, even your clan's ancestor couldn't kill those two bastards, Meng Tu and Zhen Jiao. You want to do it? It's incredibly difficult!"

"Even if you break through to the True God realm and have the strength of the original ancestor, those two bastards are very worried and will never appear in the Cosmic Sea again."

Zhang Yi nodded slightly. He was naturally aware of this. Back then, the original ancestor possessed top-tier tenth-order strength, traversed the universe, and was skilled in soul attacks.

The two demon ancestors of the demon race, the queen of the insect race, the father god of the mechanical race, and other leaders of several peak races in the primordial universe did not dare to appear in the cosmic sea. They were either in the primordial universe or simply hiding in their own small universes.

"You don't need to worry about that. Do you dare to agree?" Zhang Yi said.

The progenitor of demonic beasts was taken aback, then gritted his teeth and said, "Fine, as long as you can kill those two bastards, Meng Tu and Zhen Jiao, I will completely join the Hong Alliance and never rebel."

"Haha, then it's a deal," Zhang Yi said with a smile.

It is indeed extremely difficult to kill a true god hiding in a miniature universe, but as long as one has the ultimate strength of a Void True God, one can directly destroy the miniature universe of a true god.

Given his rate of progress, achieving this level of mastery as long as he breaks through to the level of a true god is not difficult.

Furthermore, once his willpower breaks through to the Void level, he can cultivate the Willpower Secret Technique. With good luck, he might have a chance to completely kill Meng Tu and Zhen Jiao in the Cosmic Sea.

After reaching an agreement with the progenitor of demonic beasts, Zhang Yi deactivated the private chat mode and chatted casually with the Skeleton Lord, the Old Beast God, and the Lord of the Primordial Island.

"Time and Space, let me tell you, I despise the face of the Divine Eye Clan the most. Last time you killed the true form of the Five Chaos Lord and overpowered the Seventh True Lord, I felt extremely happy."

"It's a cheerful saying from the Skeleton Clan," said one of them.

"From now on, if the Divine Eye Clan tries to bully the weak with numbers again, my Skeleton Clan will never stand idly by."

"Then thank you very much, Master Hai." Zhang Yi raised his cup and said politely.

"Haha, the Divine Eye Clan, relying on the large number of True Gods within their clan, has always acted arrogantly. They even dared to offend the Lord of Time and Space. I think they will be wiped out sooner or later," said the Lord of Shihua Island.

"Island Lord, you flatter me," Zhang Yi said, glancing at him. The fact that the Primordial Island Lord, a true god, was praising him like this likely had an ulterior motive.

As expected, when the Island Master of Shihua began to subtly inquire about the matter of inheritance, Zhang Yi evaded all his questions.

This grand celebration will last for a month.

During this time, there was a minor incident: the final of this year's Genius Battle would be held in the square outside the main hall.

At this moment, in the vast square outside the Celebration Palace, a large formation of 1008000 geniuses stood.

The Nine Swords Venerable, clad in a blue battle robe and with purple scales on his head, hovered above the plaza.

"Welcome to the Peak Genius Battle hosted by my Virtual Universe Company. According to the latest rules, my Virtual Universe Company will select the 10,000 strongest among you and recruit them into the core of my Virtual Universe Company."

"A million of you are competing for these ten thousand spots."

The rules are as follows.

The words of the Nine Swords Venerable caused a great deal of discussion among the group of geniuses below.

Among these million geniuses was a young man who looked like an Earthling, with an astonishing fighting spirit in his eyes.

Just as rumored, the number of places has increased from one thousand to ten thousand.

Luo Feng secretly thought.

According to the information he gleaned in the virtual universe, the Virtual Universe Company only recruits the top 1,000 geniuses.

It wasn't until 10,000 years ago that the number increased tenfold, from one thousand to ten thousand.

"I believe you are all eager to get started." The Nine Swords Venerable smiled at them and pointed to the palace not far behind him.

"Next, I have some good news for you. Do you see this huge palace?"

"At this very moment, a group of super beings from my human race are watching the battle from inside. Each of them is no weaker than me, and the top few dozen are far superior to me. I have only seen them a few times."

"If you perform well, there is still hope that you will be noticed."

"Regardless of the circumstances, your generation's Genius Battle is destined to be the most watched ever."

Before he finished speaking, the millions of geniuses were shocked.

Although they didn't recognize the man in the green robe before them, it was easy to tell from his unique aura of authority and the respectful manner of their leader that he was definitely a big shot in the Virtual Universe Company.

But the important figure before him said that everyone in the palace was no weaker than him, and many of them were people he had to respect.

Although the man in the green robe didn't explain it clearly, many of them already had a vague idea.

The important figures in the palace were likely the highest-ranking members of the human race.

Although they didn't understand why so many important figures were gathered in the palace, they clearly heard the words, "If you perform well, you might be noticed."

This means that some of them might be noticed by important figures in the palace and taken as disciples.

This is an opportunity that has never been seen before in the history of the Genius Battle.

Crazy!

Utterly insane!
The million geniuses who had come to their senses were filled with desire and fighting spirit in their eyes.

Luo Feng was also very excited in the crowd.

"Very good." The Nine Swords Venerable, suspended in mid-air, nodded in satisfaction, thinking to himself.

"This year's Battle of the Geniuses is not only an extraordinary opportunity for you, but also for me."

He turned his head slightly to look at the majestic palace in the distance, though he himself was not sure how many great beings were present.

But he knew that today's celebration was to commemorate the breakthrough of the Chaos City Lord and also the succession ceremony of Lord Zhang Yi, the Lord of Time and Space.

It is said that powerful figures from other top forces were also present, and even the legendary powerful force from the Cosmic Sea descended.

"Get ready, you will be collectively teleported to the trial space."

"Good luck, little ones."

Moments later, an invisible, strange power descended upon the vast plaza, instantly teleporting away all one million geniuses.

Inside the palace, above the main hall, on those tall thrones.

While exchanging ideas, the many universe lords also began casually observing the trial space of the Genius Battle.

"This year's Genius Battle is alright. That strongest little guy in white has a pretty good understanding of space."

"Indeed impressive. I reckon he has the spatial comprehension of a World Lord. Quite extraordinary."

"That savage man with the axe is alright; he's quite reminiscent of the founder of your giant axe."

At the highest point of the main hall, there were only a few true gods, including Zhang Yi, the Lord of Chaos City, the Giant Axe, and the Skeleton Lord. Of course, the three ancestral gods of the Ancestral God Sect were also here.

"Zhang Yi, the comprehension of you humans is indeed terrifyingly strong. The top-tier members of this group even have a higher level of understanding of the special life laws than the World Lord level of my Divine Sect," the ancient Ancestral God sighed.

Their Ancestral God Cult is favored by the original will, and many special lives have been nurtured in the Ancestral Mystic Realm. Even today, every so often, special lives are born.

However, these newly born special life forms are at least at the cosmic level, and most of them are even world lords, with a very high level of life gene quality from birth.

However, those with only a mediocre talent for comprehending the laws of nature are few and far between, and few can achieve immortality.

Tens of thousands of years ago, why was the Ancestral God Sect so grateful to Zhang Yi for helping them obtain the Origin Boundary Stone from the Origin Secret Realm?

It is precisely because of the auxiliary effect of the Origin Boundary Stone that the probability of a special life form at the Boundary Lord level breaking through to immortality will greatly increase.

"There are indeed a few good ones."

"Yes, there are a few promising talents."

The other true gods also spoke in succession.

In fact, for these true gods, geniuses are nothing; what they value most is their own strength.

After all, among the millions of geniuses in this trial space, only one can become a Universe Venerable?
Minimal.

Even if they succeed, the Venerable Ones are nothing more than slightly stronger ants to them.

Therefore, they didn't care at all. The only reason they spoke up was for the sake of the human race's reputation and Zhang Yi's future.

Zhang Yi glanced around and could guess what these True Gods were thinking.

Immediately, he turned his gaze to Luo Feng, who had begun to unleash his power.

"Hmm, I've discovered an interesting little guy. He knew to hone his strength through the trial space in the early stages, and then unleash it later. That's quite a mindset," the Skeleton Master suddenly said.

(End of this chapter)