Swallowing the Stars: Eternal Glory

Chapter 113 Trial Space (Part 1)

"Unless what?"

Lu Jin asked.

"Unless you fight me using only martial arts strength and not your mental powers."

In Ai Chen's opinion, since Lu Jin is a mentalist, his strength in martial arts must be much weaker.

After all, a person's energy is limited, and it is impossible to do both at the same time.

And since I won, I have several talented underlings. It should feel pretty good.

Even if we lose, we'll gain a powerful older brother, so we won't lose out either way.

After feigning a moment's hesitation, Lu Jin nodded: "It's settled then."

After a pause, Lu Jin continued, "To celebrate our upcoming relationship as siblings, Ai Chen, shouldn't you treat me to a big meal?"

Ai Chen blinked: "Aren't you sure you've got it backwards? Didn't you invite me?"

"You're treating, I'll pay."

"The restaurants in the square seem to be all free to enter, right?"

"Then I'll pay next time."

"Alright, let's go, it's on me!"

Ai Chen nodded, her pink pigtails swaying, and walked with Lu Jin toward the restaurant not far from the square.

Seeing this, Luo Feng and his two companions, who had previously remained invisible, followed.

However, the next moment, the three received a disgruntled telepathic message from Lu Jin: 'Why did you follow us? Go somewhere cool and stay put. Don't you have any common sense?'

Upon hearing this, Luo Feng and his two companions paused, then exchanged bewildered glances.

Luo Feng couldn't help but complain, "Heartless!"

Thor chimed in: "Cold-blooded!"

"Haha~"

Hong was amused.

'Wine is a poison that burns through the intestines, and lust is a knife that scrapes the bones. With Lu Jin having a woman, his progress in strength will inevitably slow down. This is a golden opportunity for me to catch up and surpass him!'

Luo Feng thought to himself.

At this moment, Luo Feng had made up his mind that if his cousin failed to successfully trick Ai Chen into handing over the 'Lightsaber', he would also provide assistance at the right time.

After all, barring any unforeseen circumstances, only if Lu Jin indulges in wine and women will he have a chance to overtake him.

at dusk.

In a restaurant in the central square, Lu Jin and Ai Chen sat facing each other, listening to the beautiful girl tell her story.

The girl has a strong desire to share.

What she said was all about how good her brothers were to her, which could be a possible implication about him.

Suddenly, a voice rang in Lu Jin's mind: "All participants from the 1008 universe nations, assemble in the central square."

Suddenly, as if under a spell, Lu Jin stood up unconsciously.

And it wasn't just Lu Jin; Ai Chen, who was sitting opposite him, and all the geniuses in the restaurant all stood up.

At this moment, all the geniuses in the entire plane, including Lu Jin, gathered towards the central square.

Before long, one million and eight thousand geniuses had all gathered in the spacious central square, forming a large square formation.

Subsequently, a powerful being dispelled the illusion, and the millions of geniuses awoke, amidst a cacophony of noise in the plaza.

The next moment, the 1008 immortal leaders at the front of the formation released their pressure, and the entire formation instantly fell silent.

Immediately afterwards, a gentle voice rang out: "Welcome to the Pinnacle Genius Battle hosted by our Virtual Universe Company."

The crowd looked in the direction of the sound and saw a man wearing a blue battle robe and with purple scales on his head who had appeared in the air in front of the formation.

What's strange is that, even though the green-robed man standing in mid-air was clearly visible to the naked eye, he gave all the geniuses present a strange feeling of temporal and spatial distortion.

Lu Jin knew that the person who came was none other than the Nine Swords Venerable, who was in charge of this year's Genius Battle.

The Nine Swords Venerable stood in mid-air, looking down at the million geniuses below, and said, "There are 1008 universe kingdoms, and each universe kingdom selects one thousand people, totaling more than one million geniuses."

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"There are seven trial towers in the trial space. Each trial tower has seven floors. You will start from the first trial tower and continue until you die and are kicked out of the trial space."

"Your scores will be calculated and you will be ranked based on your performance in the trial space."

"Those ranked 1st to 100th in points will be directly recruited as core members of our Virtual Universe Company without further screening, and will receive 100 spots."

"Those ranked 101st to 7300th will compete in a final showdown for 900 spots."

"As for those ranked 7300th and below, they will all be eliminated!"

According to the rules, of the 1,080 talents who made it to the finals, more than 1 million will be eliminated during the trial phase of the finals.

After announcing the rules of the 'Trial Space', the Nine Swords Venerable disappeared from mid-air.

The next day, early in the morning.

Room 1, Building 0825.

At this moment, a virtual projection screen appeared in front of Lu Jin, who was having a video chat with Ai Chen.

Lu Jin remembered clearly that yesterday, at the very beginning, when he asked the girl if she had ever been in a relationship, her answer was, "My goal is to become strong, so I decline your advances."

But now it's unclear whether the girl sees him as a future younger brother or older brother.

Or perhaps the girl, now out of her parents' sight, wanted to have a relationship and proactively sent a video call request early in the morning.

Just then, a clear and melodious voice echoed throughout the entire plane: "Everyone, please prepare yourselves. We will soon be conducting a mass teleportation to send all participants to their respective trial spaces."

"Aichen, the elimination trial is about to begin. Good luck."

Lu Jin said to Ai Chen.

"Okay, you can do it too!" Ai Chen nodded encouragingly.

Not long after.

'boom! ’

An invisible force descended upon the entire dimensional space, and the 1,080 geniuses who had been eliminated in the trial vanished instantly.

Trial Space.

In the boundless starry sky, there floats a huge meteorite with a diameter of about 100 kilometers.

"Shh!"

Lu Jin's figure appeared on the meteorite.

Looking around, Lu Jin saw that in each of the seven directions of the huge meteorite beneath his feet stood a trial tower that covered an area of ​​several kilometers in circumference and was more than ten kilometers high, resembling seven great mountains.

Turning his gaze away, Lu Jin looked down at the screen on his left wrist brace.

Participant: Lu Jin (Qianwu Universe Kingdom)

Points: 0
Rank: None
The trial space where it is located is No. 038 9527.

There are seven trial towers in the trial space, and each trial tower has seven floors.

The first trial tower awards a maximum of 10,000 points per floor. Completing all seven floors will yield a maximum of 70,000 points.

The fourth trial tower offers a maximum of 10 million points per floor. Completing all seven floors will yield a maximum of 70 million points.

The seventh trial tower offers a maximum of 10 billion points per floor. Completing all seven floors will yield a maximum of 70 billion points.

Note: Upon death, the trial ends.

There are two ways to pass each level of the Trial Tower: ①. Kill all the targets in this level. ②. If you fail to kill all the targets, after 10 days, if you are still alive, you will be directly teleported to the next level, or you will be teleported out of this Trial Tower to continue the trial.

When all participants have perished, the trial ends, and the final rankings are determined.

'Tsk~, I wonder if I can even get past the seventh trial tower.'

Lu Jin thought to himself.

"Whoosh!"

Then, with a thought, Lu Jin materialized his Force Armor, carried the Radiant Divine Weapon on his back, and stepped on the Hunguang Shuttle. He transformed into a stream of light and flew into the Trial Tower, which had a '1' symbol hanging on a distant gatepost.

Upon entering the Trial Tower, Lu Jin noticed the text on the screen of his left wrist guard changing.

—"The first level of the first tower: 10000 blood-haired mammoths."

Each kill of a Blood-haired Mammoth earns one point; killing them all earns 10,000 points, allowing you to teleport directly to the second level.

If you are not completely defeated, survive for ten days to be directly teleported to the second level. Upon death, the trial ends.

At the edge of the screen, there is a ten-day countdown.

"Whoosh!" "Whoosh!" "Whoosh!"

The next moment, the 10-day countdown began, and Lu Jin saw a large number of blood-red beast shadows appear in the distance.

"Hoo!" "Hoo!" "Hoo!"

A dense roar of beasts rang out as ten thousand blood-red mammoths, their bodies covered in long, blood-red fur and their heads adorned with enormous tusks, charged toward Lu Jin.

"Humph!"

Lu Jin snorted coldly, and the soul bell formed by the soul secret technique 'Time and Space Bell' in his sea of ​​consciousness vibrated.

Harvesting a large number of small fry, the Soul Bell within the Sea of ​​Consciousness, which integrates offense and defense, is more efficient than using the Radiant Divine Weapon.

'Om—'

An invisible wave spread, a terrifying soul attack instantly engulfing the oncoming herd of blood-haired mammoths.

*Pfft!* *Pfft!* *Pfft!*

In an instant, the souls of ten thousand blood-haired mammoths vanished, all turning into living corpses.

At the same time, a change occurred on Lu Jin's arm protector screen.

Participant: Lu Jin (Qianwu Universe Kingdom)

Points: 1 0000
Rank: No.1
Without lingering outside the Trial Tower, and having instantly passed the first level of the first Trial Tower, Lu Jin directly jumped to the top of the points ranking.

Then, Lu Jin's figure teleported away and appeared on the second floor.

The target on the second level is no longer the ferocious blood-haired mammoth, but the monstrous nine-headed python, also numbering ten thousand.

More than half an hour later.

The sixth trial tower, the seventh floor.

"The heavens and earth are collapsing, freeze!"

Above the boundless desert, Lu Jin's expression hardened, and his spiritual power surged forth, causing the Radiant Divine Weapon on his back to fire out 1600 platinum blade fragments.

Driven by the fundamental laws of light and time, the secret threads burst forth and interlock, unleashing a dazzling brilliance, and a platinum divine axe, about ten meters long, instantly materialized.

"go with!"

Lu Jin raised his hand and pointed, and the platinum axe swiftly sliced ​​through the sky, instantly hitting the Zerg mother nest on the distant green ground, which was flowing with venom.

"boom--"

A violent roar suddenly erupted, like a platinum axe capable of splitting the heavens and the earth, shattering the mother hive from which Zerg warriors were constantly pouring out.

The Zerg Queen, who was hiding in the hive, naturally turned to ashes as well.

Sixth Trial Tower, seventh floor, passed!
Then, the space blurred, and Lu Jin was teleported to the outside of the sixth trial tower.

"Clearing all six trial towers in just over half an hour, I bet a lot of people are already stunned, right?"

Lu Jin thought to himself, then flew towards the seventh trial tower in the distance.

(End of this chapter)