Devouring the Stars: Soul Master

Chapter 166 The curtain rises, the name 'Yama'

March 2070, 9 in the Chinese calendar.

Inside the Heavenly-level Manor in the Qianwu Secret Realm, Qin Ming gazed into the distance, surveying this 'second hometown' where he had lived for over a decade.

Here, his life took a dramatic turn.

Soon after, he will leave this place to climb to a higher peak and become a true powerhouse.

"Your Highness, the finals are about to begin."

Alex's voice came from behind, amidst the heavy footsteps.

"Ah."

Qin Ming nodded slightly, then withdrew his gaze and returned to the manor.

Nowadays.

That was the day the finals of the Peak Genius Battle began, and also the day he reached the pinnacle amidst the spotlight.

Millions of geniuses from the entire human race gathered, more than half of whom had just crossed the threshold to the stellar level, and many more had even reached the threshold of dual laws.

However, these people will all become stepping stones for him to reach the top.

……

Virtual universe, a floating island above Ganwu Continent.

brush!
Qin Ming appeared at the teleportation point on the floating island.

"Your Highness Qin Ming, please come this way." A cosmic-level warrior, dressed in work clothes, stood respectfully beside the teleportation point, guiding the way.

"Thank you."

Qin Ming smiled and nodded, then walked along the road.

moment--

Qin Ming then saw hundreds of people gathered in a garden square. The men and women were of different kinds, but nearly half of them looked similar to Earthlings.

The appearance of Earthlings is also the mainstream in the universe.

"It is His Highness Qin Ming."

"Yama!"

"It's Yama, the King of Qianwu Kingdom's personal disciple!"

"It is said that he showed extremely strong potential when he was at the planetary level, and was taken in as a personal disciple by the ruler of the Qianwu Kingdom. When he broke through to the stellar level, he swept away all the geniuses in the Qianwu Secret Realm."

Almost everyone looked over.

These hundreds of people were all selected for the Qianwu Universe Kingdom, and about half of them were geniuses from the Qianwu Secret Realm.

"His Royal Highness Qin Ming!"

"His Royal Highness Qin Ming!"

Immediately, most of them stepped forward and bowed respectfully to Qin Ming.

The eyes of these people were almost all filled with admiration and fervor.

Even admiration!

For example, one of the girls, with an exquisite figure, a seductive expression, and a fox tail behind her, looked at Qin Ming with eyes brimming with spring-like desire, as if they were about to drip water.

Looking at the girl, Qin Ming felt a headache coming on.

This woman is named Aria. She is among the top five strongest beings in the Qianwu Secret Realm and belongs to the Illusionist lineage. She is known as the 'Queen of Illusion'.

During a ranking battle within the Qianwu Secret Realm, Qin Ming, with an experimental mindset, used the Reincarnation Secret Technique from "Reincarnation of Ten Thousand Tribulations" on her, causing her to experience a reincarnation within an illusion.

For some unknown reason, this 'Queen of Illusions' turned out like this after she appeared.

This gave Qin Ming a real headache.

Nodding in response, Qin Ming glanced around and spotted Luo Feng, who was also surrounded by admirers, in the crowd. Next to Luo Feng was Hong.

After three years of repeated battles, 'Hong' also obtained a spot.

Qin Ming immediately quickened his pace and walked over.

"Brother Ming."

Seeing Qin Ming's somewhat disheveled appearance, Luo Feng couldn't help but laugh. Such a scene was a rare sight indeed.

"Still laughing? Looks like your strength has improved quite a bit in these three years."

Qin Ming's eyes flashed with a murderous aura.

"Hehe, you're definitely still a bit behind Ming-ge, but you've improved a bit."

Luo Feng chuckled, but couldn't help thinking about the special life that had been conceived a year ago after ten years!
With that special life clone, his understanding of the laws of space skyrocketed, and his strength underwent a complete transformation.

"Tsk, quite confident! Shall we have a spar after the Genius Battle is over?"

Qin Ming patted Luo Feng on the shoulder and smiled.

"it is good!"

Luo Feng nodded without hesitation; he also wanted to know how big the gap was between himself and Qin Ming.

"Why do these people call me Yama?"

Without dwelling on it too much, Qin Ming asked with some confusion.

In recent years, apart from going out to retrieve the Locke Divine Water once at the beginning, he has spent most of his time in arduous cultivation and has been somewhat cut off from news from the outside world.

"It's all because you killed too many people in the qualifiers, Brother Ming. You pulled tens of thousands of people into the Illusionary Mountain of Knives at the same time in one go."

At first, people called you "Phantom Blade" or "Heart Piercer," but later, members of the Wild God Clan recognized that it was the Eighteen Hells from the secret technique of "Eternal Reincarnation."

Therefore, I will call you 'Yama' (the King of Hell).

Luo Feng shrugged and explained.

"'Yama'? Okay, then what's your nickname?"

"'madman'!"

"Looks like my nickname sounds better."

The two chatted casually. Qin Ming didn't mind the nickname. Over the years, he had made a lot of progress in the Illusionary Realm and the Myriad Soul Banner.

Especially inside the Banner of Ten Thousand Souls, managed by the Zerg Queen Irina, it truly felt like the underworld.

The title 'Yama' is quite fitting.

It sounds much better than any "illusionary blade" nonsense. Qin Ming arrived relatively late, and soon all 1000 geniuses from the Qianwu Universe had gathered.

Many of the thousand people gathered together knew each other and chatted and reminisced.

However, he would occasionally glance at Qin Ming and Luo Feng, making the atmosphere slightly oppressive.

Clearly, the fact that he was a direct disciple of the Qianwu Kingdom's ruler made everyone a little reserved.

It wasn't until a three-meter-tall, savage-like man appeared that everyone turned their attention to him.

The savage 'Rong Jun'!
A dark horse in the Qianwu Universe Kingdom, whose reputation and strength are second only to Qin Ming and Luo Feng. Compared to Qin Ming and Luo Feng, the savage Rong Jun has earned his reputation through sheer hard work.

His greatest hobby is finding people to play against.

Even in the arena battles, he deliberately chose to enter the losers' group, and after three years of reincarnation battles, his strength became extremely astonishing.

suddenly--

"boom!"

A powerful pressure enveloped the entire plaza, causing most of the geniuses to turn pale and tremble involuntarily.

With the sound of footsteps, a figure in a scale armor battle robe that Qin Ming recognized walked over.

This was a giant who was eight meters tall. When he walked over, the aura that naturally emanated from him was as if the Grim Reaper had descended.

The heavy, bloody stench instilled a sense of dread in everyone.

The Immortal Generals of the Thirteen Divine Generals!
"The 1000 geniuses from Ganwu Universe Kingdom will be led by me according to the order of the country's leader."

The immortal 'Thirteen' of the scaled giant roared.

"You can call me 'Master Thirteen', do you understand?"

"understand!"

Qin Ming was already used to this kind of pressure, but it was obviously unbearable for others; even Luo Feng's face turned pale.

"Your Highness Qin Ming, Your Highness Luo Feng."

The giant in the scaled armor robe looked at the two of them and bowed slightly.

"His Majesty expects you to achieve a top-two finish. Your Highness Qin Ming, we hope you can break the record and create a miracle."

Thirteen Immortals' voice was loud and clear.

"Break the record? I won't let the teacher down."

Qin Ming grinned; he had never stopped improving over the years.

Luo Feng's eyes also burned with passion and determination.

Immediately, the thirteen immortals' gazes swept over the other young people.

"Besides the two princes, Rong Jun, your strength is also quite good; you can try to compete for a top ranking. As for the others, there's little hope!"

As soon as he finished speaking, many young people clenched their fists.

Even Rong Jun's expression was not very good.

Are Qin Ming and Luo Feng vying for the top two spots?
The first level of the Controller's Divine Weapon is indeed powerful, but it cannot be considered invincible!
As for Qin Ming, he only used one move from beginning to end. Although he swept through a preliminary world, it was obviously impossible for him to make many geniuses submit.

The geniuses in the Qianwu Secret Realm, on the other hand, seemed to take it all for granted, as they were well aware of the two men's strength.

"Don't be unconvinced, just prove it with your strength."

According to our intelligence, this year's cohort has many top geniuses. Aside from Qin Ming, Luo Feng, and Rong Jun, the chances of the rest breaking into the top 1000 are very slim!

"Of course!"

“You might also create miracles! Perhaps someone will break out in the battle and surpass others.”

The giant in the scale armor robe swept his gaze across the large group of people.

"Okay, follow me!"

……

Then, Qin Ming and the other thousand geniuses, led by the Thirteen Immortals, were teleported to a brand new plane created in the virtual universe.

This is a vast and boundless continent.

Qin Ming and his group appeared on this continent at the same time.

The entire continent is filled with 1008 skyscrapers, surrounding a beautiful square with exotic flowers and plants in the center.

Before Qin Ming and his group arrived, there were already many young men and women from various universes strolling and chatting here, and at a glance, there were at least more than 100,000 people.

When Qin Ming and his group arrived, a group of people also looked over.

"It's a team from the Qianwu Universe Kingdom."

"Those two are the personal disciples of the Qianwu Universe Kingdom's ruler?"

"It is extremely rare for someone to become a disciple of a cosmic ruler at the stellar level, and even be a direct disciple of him. These two must be extremely powerful."

"That's natural. Qin Ming is skilled in illusion techniques, while Luo Feng is skilled in creating divine weapons. Both of them were able to easily sweep through the entire world during the preliminary rounds."

"And that savage Rong Jun is also very strong."

"..."

Many geniuses from other cosmic nations watched from afar as the Qianwu cosmic nation's team began to discuss among themselves.

All eyes were clearly on Qin Ming and Luo Feng.

Qin Ming, in particular, has a remarkable 62 billion points, a record that is quite impressive in all previous qualifiers.

This differential treatment naturally caused many geniuses in the Qianwu Universe Kingdom to feel secretly unhappy, as no one liked being ignored like this.

However, the giant in the scale armor robe, Thirteen, clearly had no time to pay attention to these things. He led everyone into the building, distributed room numbers to everyone, and then dismissed them.

Qin Ming and Luo Feng took their respective room numbers and went back to their rooms, too lazy to go to the square.

After all, being treated like a monkey is not a pleasant experience.

The title of being a direct disciple of the Lord of the Universe is too great; he becomes the center of attention wherever he goes.

As for the others, whether it's Death God Bolan, 'Wild Man' Rong Jun, or 'Lightsaber' Ai Chen who is quite famous among geniuses, or even Luo Feng!

To be honest, none of them are enough to be his opponent.

Qin Ming's only opponent is himself!

"Next up is the Trial Tower. Hopefully, this last Trial Tower won't be as unscrupulous as the one in the Qianwu Secret Realm."

(End of this chapter)