Swallowing the Stars: Level 1, One Talent, Invincible Chaos Origin

Chapter 68, A Heart of Iron

"No wonder even though I showed such combat power, the Virtual Universe Company still thought I couldn't clear the game."

Jiang Ming thought to himself.

The mental energy consumed by the Stellar Body was too much for Jiang Ming. If he were to operate normally, even ten days or half a month would not be a problem, but the consumption would increase greatly in a full-scale battle.

"Unfortunately, if it were my real-life body, with the added advantage of physical talent, the mental strain would be reduced to one-thousandth."

Jiang Ming thought with some regret.

The greater the power, the stronger the will it requires to drive it; without the corresponding will, one cannot control the corresponding power.

Therefore, since the start of the Cosmic Peak Genius Battle, for countless years, even the greatest beings have never been able to pass the seventh trial tower.

The difficulty of the seventh trial tower has far exceeded the stellar level.

It is an absolute challenge that is impossible to complete.

"Then kill them! Let me see just how impossible it really is!"

Jiang Ming's eyes burned like fire, and a pure white flame swept through, instantly burning the last dying 'Flying Roar' to ashes.

The next moment, Jiang Ming's body disappeared and appeared in the fifth level of the trial space.

In the fifth trial space, one hundred mechanical puppets fought fiercely for half a day before being annihilated one by one by Jiang Ming.

In the sixth trial space, ten colossal star beasts, 'Cang,' that blot out the sky and split the sun, fought Jiang Ming for a day and a night. The beasts fell, and their blades shattered the void.

On the garden square, countless geniuses' eyes were fixed on Jiang Ming.

Everyone waited silently, sensing that regardless of whether Jiang Ming succeeded in challenging the Seven Towers or not, the seventh level of the trial space would remain uncontested.

This year's ultimate genius battle is a true pinnacle that will be remembered for countless years to come and admired by all geniuses.

At this moment, many geniuses looked at Jiang Ming, who stood silently atop the giant beast's corpse like an ancient god, and couldn't help but feel a sense of awe.

Even though they were all stellar-level geniuses, they were well aware of just how vast the gap was between Jiang Ming and them.

It was a hopeless gap that made it impossible to even think about catching up.

……

Inside the trial space.

As Jiang Ming inhaled and exhaled, streams of flames around him were absorbed into his abdomen.

These were remnants of the previous terrifying battle. Jiang Mingjin's red armor was slightly damaged, and the armor was slowly recovering by absorbing the surrounding energy.

The sixth trial space's 'Cang' is incredibly powerful; any one of its creatures could instill despair in all the geniuses of this generation, except for Jiang Ming.

Even if there is one Bolan among these millions of geniuses, he is still an opponent that they cannot defeat even if they try their best.

If the virtual universe hadn't simulated the opponent's personality as well, making him inherently proud, it would probably have taken Jiang Ming a little longer to fight the ten-headed 'Azure'.

Even so, the battle marks were still visible on Jiang Ming's armor.

This was also the first time Jiang Ming had been injured in the Trial Tower.

Jiang Ming closed his eyes and sat cross-legged, focusing his mind and energy, and the killing intent aroused by the great battle gradually subsided.

At this moment, Jiang Ming, the god of fire in the solar system, suddenly opened his eyes.

"what happened?"

Jiang Ming stood up and looked towards the Earth.

With his keen eyesight, he saw starships, each ten thousand meters long, appearing outside of Earth.

"Zero, report on the situation on Earth."

Jiang Ming gave the command to his virtual program, and the next moment, scene after scene was projected onto the screen. Jiang Ming quickly finished reading all the data.

……

Earth.

“Speaker, there is a lot of criticism and skepticism from the outside world. Even a significant portion of our own people are questioning your decision.”

On the top floor of the Earth Federation Building, a young man was reporting the current situation to Jia Yi. "Oh? What did they say?"

Upon hearing Jia Yi's question, the young man hesitated for a moment before speaking.

“They all say you are a dictator and an extreme racist now.”

Jia Yi nodded slightly. "And what do the people of our own country say?"

The young man hesitated for a long time before finally speaking, looking at Jia Yi's calm gaze.

"They say you're only doing this for the land and to make money."

Upon hearing the young man's words, Jia Yi nodded calmly.

"Let the Planet Guard lock up the people protesting outside; they're disrupting traffic."

Jia Yi's words were completely flat. The young man nodded and turned to give his orders, but as he reached the door, he remembered something.

"Speaker, given the current public opinion, your chances of being re-elected have dropped to rock bottom."

"Well, I see."

Jia Yi's tone remained flat, so the young man had no choice but to pull the door open and leave.

After the young man left, Jia Yi's gaze fell on the window, looking at the bustling crowd outside the Federal Building. Jia Yi's gaze was as calm as a lake.

Seeing the Planet Guard take action and arrest the crowd, Jia Yi withdrew his gaze, walked back to his desk, picked up a brush, and began to write calligraphy on the unfolded Xuan paper.

Suddenly, a communication call came in, and Jia Yi put away his brush and answered the call.

"Dad, why did you do this? So many people, they are all innocent, they are also human beings."

"I know."

Hearing the young woman's voice on the other end of the phone, Jia Yi's calm heart was stirred.

"Then why did you do this..."

Hearing the young woman's incomprehension and confusion, even though Jia Yi had anticipated this step, he could no longer remain as calm as before.

“Some things had to be done by someone, so I did them.”

As Jia Yi's mood gradually calmed down, he listened to the young woman's questioning and complaints, picked up his brush, and applied ink to the clean white Xuan paper.

His hands were very steady, very steady.

After the call ended, Jia Yi put away his calligraphy and continued to handle official business.

……

Under the sun, Jiang Ming looked at the data that Zero had compiled.

"A public trial of 47 members of Congress, sentencing them to death for treason!"

"The 16 great nations that betrayed the councilor were expelled from Earth and relocated to 16 inhabited planets in the x8463 star system."

Looking at the information compiled by Zero, Jiang Ming couldn't help but be amazed by Jia Yi's decisiveness.

He expelled all citizens of 16 nations from Earth.

Even Jiang Ming was moved by this kind of courage.

The Speaker of the Earth Federation is no longer a weighty position, given Earth's current reputation and influence.

The Earth Federation Speaker is more alluring than the rulers of most elementary universe nations; even if one behaves properly and does nothing out of line, one can still amass a fortune.

With the accumulation of massive wealth, the path to becoming a powerful individual is smooth and unobstructed—an extremely broad and prosperous road.

But Jia Yi's current actions have almost completely eliminated his chances of being re-elected.

"Even if hundreds of millions of people curse him, can it not change his sincere heart?"
That truly shows a strong will and lofty aspirations.

Jiang Ming was moved; he saw Jia Yi's heart in his actions.

(End of this chapter)