Swallowing the Stars: Heart of the Martial God

Chapter 53 Cao Benqi: Cheating, he must be cheating.

Boom~
The news that Ling Xuan had passed the twelfth level of the Tongtian Bridge exploded like a thunderclap in the night.

The entire human race's leadership instantly became agitated, like startled forest birds.

"A cosmic-level being crossed the twelfth level of the Heavenly Bridge before leaving Chaos City? Has such a monster ever appeared in the history of our human race?" someone asked incredulously.

Although Ling Xuan relied on a trick to cross the Tongtian Bridge, it was still quite impressive. Opportunity itself is a form of strength, not to mention that this kind of opportunity related to the fundamental laws of space would definitely drive even the King-level Immortals crazy.

However, his identity as a direct disciple of the founder of the Giant Axe was enough to calm everyone down.

"Leaving aside the fact that he used that spatial secret technique to pass through the twelfth level of the Bridge to Heaven, let's just say that he also passed through the eighth level of the Bridge to Heaven using his own understanding of the laws. How old is he? If we don't consider the flow of time, he's not even a hundred years old, right? He's truly a monster!!"

"This year's class has produced two super geniuses. It seems that it won't be long before another super being emerges from our human race."

"Not necessarily, what if something happens halfway through..."

"Damn it, this jinx, beat him up." The powerful onlookers instantly covered his mouth to stop him from saying anything more.

"Impossible, absolutely impossible." Cao Benqi looked at the email about Ling Xuan passing the twelfth level of the Bridge to Heaven with disbelief. "How could he be so fast? Three years ago, he barely passed the eighth level, and now, three years later, he can pass four levels in a row."

As he spoke, he also arrived at the Tongtian Bridge plane and tried to break through the eleventh level of the Tongtian Bridge. However, reality was very cruel. He had only broken through the tenth level of the Tongtian Bridge a little over a year ago, and now he was still far from breaking through the eleventh level.

He was instantly killed.

"How did he do that?" Cao Benqi slumped in his residence, somewhat lost and dejected. If it were like when he was climbing the Tower of Babel, where someone was one level higher than him, he could barely accept that Ling Xuan had relied on a lucky break or secret technique to get through and then worked hard to catch up.

But what Ling Xuan has accomplished is now the benchmark for humanity's strongest genius—the Twelve-Story Sky Bridge!!

It was already past the stage of laying the foundation in Chaos City, which makes it seem difficult to surpass.

"He must have cheated to pass. I'm going to report this to the teacher and have him punished." Cao Benqi scrambled back into the virtual universe and arrived at the palace of the Lord of Lanzang.

If Ling Xuan found out, he would definitely be tempted to kill him to silence him—Emperor Yan, you know too much.

I cheated my way through. You guys are fighting other cosmic-level opponents, but I'm only at the second level of the Sendai realm beating up cosmic-level opponents. I also have an Emperor-level killing move comparable to the strongest secret technique, although its power is far less than the strongest secret technique now. But against cosmic-level opponents, I can beat them up one by one without them making a sound!
"Teacher, I suspect that Ling Xuan used some unknown means to deceive the virtual universe system and thus passed through the twelfth level of the Bridge to Heaven. Please, teacher, intervene and uphold justice." Cao Benqi bowed respectfully.

"It seems that Ling Xuan's success in passing the twelfth level of the Heavenly Bridge has been a big blow to you?" Lord Lan Cang said calmly.

"This disciple simply cannot bear to see such a despicable person among humanity, swindling away the resources that our human warriors have worked so hard to earn," Cao Benqi said, his expression righteous and indignant.

"Hehe~" Lord Lan Cang chuckled, "He did indeed deceive the virtual universe system using some unknown methods. I observed that his basic power exertion has reached at least the peak of the Domain Lord level, which is more than 2000 times stronger than yours. But that's nothing. As long as the virtual universe system considers him to be of the universe level, then he is of the universe level. This little bit of resources is nothing. As long as you can do it, my Giant Axe Arena will not be stingy with these resources."

Upon hearing this, Cao Benqi felt much better. If Ling Xuan's true level was at the Domain Lord level, then it was nothing.

He was confident that once he broke through to the Domain Lord level, he could pass the twelfth level of the Bridge to Heaven, unlike Ling Xuan who used a Domain Lord-level method to fight against a Universe-level opponent to pass the twelfth level of the Bridge to Heaven.

"Teacher, do you really think that Ling Xuan, this good-for-nothing, is just stealing the precious resources of my Giant Axe Arena?" Cao Benqi still intended to put Ling Xuan in a bad light.

"Benqi, your mind is in turmoil." Lord Lanzang smiled and shook his head. "Such a small amount of resources is nothing to the Giant Axe Arena. What I'm afraid of is that you don't have the ability to take them. As long as you have the ability to complete the arena's assessment, you can take all the resources you want."

You should focus your energy on improving yourself. Although Ling Xuan is currently ahead of you, it doesn't mean he will stay ahead forever. He is currently able to do this because of an unknown inherited spatial secret technique, but the spatial law can only reach the Venerable level at most. It is very, very difficult to become a Venerable by relying on someone else's secret technique.

Your race has only just begun. This is a contest that will last for hundreds of thousands, millions, and tens of millions of years. A temporary lead means nothing. Once you reach the immortal stage and everyone's spatial understanding reaches that level, you will have a chance to overtake him..."

Lord Lanzang said a lot, and Cao Benqi listened with increasing satisfaction. Finally, he peacefully knelt down and left Lord Lanzang's palace. "Hmph, Ling Xuan, you cheating bastard, I will trample you under my feet sooner or later."

Ten days passed in the blink of an eye.

The geniuses of this year's Genius Battle have finished their comprehension time in Chaos City.

Everyone flew into the spaceship through the belly hatch of the 'big bird' spaceship.

In the lounge of the spaceship.

As soon as the 825 young people entered the lounge, those who knew each other started chatting.

Ling Xuan naturally bid a reluctant farewell to his three wives.

“We can still meet anytime in the virtual universe, and we can also do missions together in the future,” Ling Xuan said with a smile.

The three women nodded in unison. None of them were coy. The powerful beings in the universe often had to be separated for at least a thousand years. They, as humans, were already very lucky to have a virtual universe system that allowed them to meet no matter how far apart they were.

"Ling Xuan, although I don't know what method you used to get through the twelve levels of the Heavenly Bridge, you must remember that it's all just external force." As soon as Cao Benqi entered the spaceship, he pushed through the crowd to Ling Xuan's side, attracting everyone's attention. His height of ten meters made him able to look down on Ling Xuan.

Ling Xuan took a step back, then flew up and looked down at Cao Benqi.

"No matter what method I use to get past the twelfth level of the Bridge to Heaven, you just need to remember that you should keep your head down when you see me in the Giant Axe Secret Realm from now on," Ling Xuan said with a smile.

"Hahaha, I see you really have to bow your head, you little dwarf." Cao Benqi sneered mercilessly, flying even higher than Ling Xuan.

Under the guidance of the Lord of Lanzang, his mindset is now incredibly good. Once his mind calms down, it works much faster than when it's overheated.

"If you don't want your face to get swollen from being slapped again, don't point that shoehorn at my face. It looks like I'm going to slap you."

"Gah~" Cao Benqi's soft voice came to an abrupt halt, his originally calm state of mind ignited by Ling Xuan's words, which fueled his fury.

Height is something you're born with. Ling Xuan couldn't compare his height to that of a member of the Yan God Clan, so he could only mercilessly mock the other person's appearance, which was also something he was born with, and he had actually smoked it before.

"Ling Xuan, don't be so smug." Cao Benqi turned away, his face averted. "The upper limit of the spatial laws is only at the Venerable level..."

He had intended to use the words of enlightenment from the Lord of Lancang to teach Ling Xuan a lesson, but Ling Xuan had already left with his three beautiful wives.

Instead, a powerful pressure enveloped Cao Benqi.

"What?" Venerable Beiyan's expression was unfriendly, his voice cold. "Do you look down on me?"

As the direct superior of this year's geniuses, Venerable Beiyan was originally there to pick them up. He had been on the spaceship the whole time. When he heard Cao Benqi's disrespectful words towards the Venerable, he reprimanded him.

It's fine to say this in front of yourself, but if you talk like this to outsiders, even if the Universe Venerable beats you to death, no one will say anything.

A mere cosmic-level being dares to comment on a Venerable One?

Thank you to '风风abc' for the two monthly tickets, and thank you to '隆佳琳_DC' for the two monthly tickets.

Let's read it again. Reading it is terrible; the PK was lost, the recommendation is gone, so tragic.

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