Swallowing the Stars: Eternal Glory

Chapter 118 Escorting to the Primal Secret Realm (Part 2)
After half an hour.

"Rumble--"

The entire central square trembled, and ten giant arenas gradually rose up.

At the same time, Lu Jin and 20 others, who were resting in the square, were instantly teleported to ten giant arenas.

"Swish!" "Swish!"

On one of the arenas, two figures teleported in.

One was Lu Jin, and the other was 'Blood Axe' Tao, a giant with a fat body who had stepped into two lower-level primordial laws and was wielding a terrifying axe.

'Boil!'

Looking at Lu Jin's figure across the way, Blood Axe Tao cursed inwardly.

'Light Magic' Lu Jin?
How could I be so unlucky?!
If the opponents in this round are the other sixteen people besides Lu Jin, Bo Lan, and Luo Feng.

Tao felt quite confident that he could rank in the top ten and qualify for the Primordial Secret Realm.

But when his opponents were these three, and the strongest of them all was 'Light Demon' Lu Jin, he saw no hope of winning!
"The winner advances to the top ten. The battle begins!"

Almost simultaneously with the announcement from the Nine Swords Master, battles erupted on the ten arenas.

"The heavens and earth are collapsing, freeze!"

Above the arena, Lu Jin raised his hand and pointed, and the Radiant Divine Weapon behind him shot out a string of light. Amidst the dazzling brilliance, a ten-meter-long platinum divine axe materialized.

"call out!"

The next moment, the Platinum Divine Axe burst forth with the force of splitting the heavens and earth, cleaving through the air at lightning speed towards 'Blood Axe' Tao, whose domain was surging around him, and whose body was filled with the aura of the water and metal primal laws, wielding a terrifying great axe as he charged forward.

"boom--"

The Platinum Divine Axe arrived in an instant, unleashing terrifying power that shattered the domain's power, blasting the unavoidable 'Blood Axe' Tao into dust.

The nine divine weapons of the controllers are extremely powerful, but different divine weapons have different focuses.

If the characteristic of the Divine Weapon is the masculine strength of metal, then the characteristic of the Radiant Weapon is the speed of light.

The fourth level of the Radiant Divine Weapon, 'Heaven Collapse and Earth Shattering,' is not only extremely fast, but also comes with a certain amount of suppressive and restrictive power. Trying to dodge it with your movement skills is extremely difficult.

At least 'Tao' is far from being able to do that.

"Wow—"

The Platinum Divine Axe disintegrated into 1600 Platinum Blade Shards, which flew back to the Radiant Divine Weapon carried on Lu Jin's back.

Then, Lu Jin, who had advanced to the top ten, turned to look at the arena where Ai Chen was.

Ai Chen's opponent was a burly young man wielding a long spear.

The burly young man is named 'Storm' Vera, a background character whose name is not given in the original work.

At this moment, Aichen swung his lightsaber repeatedly, unleashing a barrage of sword light that forced 'Storm' Vera into a retreat. Victory was only a matter of time.

Just then, on a distant arena, Berlan pierced his opponent's head with a sword.

Immediately afterwards, on another arena, under Luo Feng's control, the second level of the Divine Weapon, 'Piercing the Sky Style,' was activated, and a golden sword shot out, shattering the body of 'Illusion Demon' Galesi.

Half a minute later, Aichen, relentlessly pursuing the attack, decisively defeated 'Storm' Vera.

Time passed, and nine minutes later, with Long Yun defeating his opponent, the battle for the top ten came to an end.

After the top ten were determined, the Nine Swords Venerable flew into the air, his invisible pressure spreading out, and everyone's gaze turned to the sky.

"Congratulations to the ten winners! You have made it into the top ten, and your prize money has been increased to 1000 Chaos Units. You will also be able to enter the 'Primordial Secret Realm'."

"Lu Jin, Bo Lan, Luo Feng, Ai Chen, Gu Siluo, Wu Ka, Qian Shui, Jiang Mo, Long Yun, Rong Jun, congratulations to the ten of you."

"Later, the top five will be selected from among you ten. As for how you ten will be grouped, it will be according to the rules previously set by the virtual universe system."

"The time it takes for you ten people to win the battle varies. The one who wins the battle the fastest will face the one who wins the battle the slowest, the second fastest will face the second slowest, and so on."

"Take a short break, then we'll have a ring battle later."

"Nine Swords Venerable announced."

According to the battle rules announced by the Nine Swords Venerable, the lineup for the top five to be determined from the top ten is clear.

Lu Jin versus Rong Jun!
'Bolan' vs. 'Longyun'!
'Luo Feng' versus 'Jiang Mo'!
Aichen vs. Qianshui!
'Guslo' vs. 'Uka'!
Rong Jun, Long Yun, and Jiang Mo: "!!!"

Jiang Mo was alright, knowing that he probably wouldn't get a share of the Primal Secret Realm.

But Longyun and Rongjun's words have ruined everything!

If they had known this would happen, they wouldn't have kept it a secret.

There are four spots available for the Primal Secret Realm, but three of them have already been reserved by Lu Jin, Bo Lan, and Luo Feng.

In their plan, the competition for the top four would be decided by having the top ten players battle each other, with each player playing nine matches to determine the final ranking based on the number of wins.

Therefore, it is not advisable to reveal the full strength of the team when the top 10 are determined from the top 20.

They held back for now, then unleashed a surprise attack at a crucial moment to defeat their formidable opponent, ultimately securing fourth place and earning the right to enter the Primal Secret Realm.

But little did they expect that their grand plan would ultimately backfire on Lu Jin and Bolan.
At this moment, Rong Jun and Long Yun, who were confident of taking fourth place, almost regretted it to the core.

The joys and sorrows of people are not connected.

Just as Long Yun and Rong Jun were filled with regret, Lu Jin nodded in satisfaction.

As expected, the battle rules remained unchanged.

Whether Ai Chen can enter the Primal Secret Realm depends on whether he can defeat Qian Shui and advance to the top five.

If Ai Chen can advance to the top five, he will be guaranteed a spot in the Primal Secret Realm.

After half an hour.

"Rumble--"

In the central square, the original ten arenas disappeared, and five more exquisite arenas reappeared.

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

The next moment, Lu Jin and the other 10 people were teleported into the battle arena.

On the spacious fighting arena, Lu Jin and Rong Jun faced each other from a distance.

"Lu Jin, you are very strong." Rong Jun, who was holding the Earth-Splitting Blade, a divine weapon for warriors of the Earth and Void, and surrounded by an Earth Domain, looked directly at Lu Jin and said with a solemn expression.

"You're not bad either."

Lu Jin smiled and nodded.

"war!"

Rong Jun shouted loudly, kicked off with his big foot, and the space around him distorted, creating more than twenty spatial illusions that rushed towards Lu Jin at high speed.

"Sky-Splitting Axe, solidify!"

Seeing this, Lu Jin had a thought, and the Radiant Divine Weapon on his back shot out 729 platinum blade fragments.

Amidst the dazzling white light, 729 platinum blade fragments coalesced into nine solid, air-piercing axes, which then unleashed countless platinum blade rays.

"Wow—"

In an instant, a world of countless platinum blades roamed freely within a radius of several hundred meters, centered on Lu Jin himself, enveloping all of Rong Jun's figures.

In an instant, affected by the 'Blade Domain', the number of spatial illusions that Rong Jun conjured was reduced by more than half, and his physical form was also greatly restricted.

Immediately afterwards, a dense barrage of platinum blades swept in at lightning speed, shattering the last remaining spatial illusion.

"Puff puff!"

At the same time, blood blossomed, and more than ten platinum blades filled with endless sharpness pierced through Rong Jun's body.

The next moment, Rong Jun's figure reappeared outside the arena.

Lu Jin defeated Rong Jun!

Immediately afterwards, on the other two arenas, Bolan defeated Longyun, and Luo Feng defeated Jiang Mo.

Two minutes later, Guslow defeated Uka.

Seven minutes later, the evenly matched Ai Chen and Qian Shui also determined the winner.

At the cost of having his left shoulder pierced, Ai Chen plunged the lightsaber in his right hand into Qian Shui's neck.

Ai Chen defeated Qian Shui, and Ai Chen won!

Thus, the top five in the Genius Battle have been determined.

—Lu Jin, Bo Lan, Luo Feng, Gu Siluo, Ai Chen.

Then, the Nine Swords Venerable smiled and said, "Very exciting, this battle for the top five is indeed exciting and surprising!"

Half an hour later, the first five rounds of battles will begin, with the rule that each of the top five players must fight against the other four players.

The winner receives 1 point. The top four players based on their points will be allowed to enter the Primal Secret Realm.

Those with the same score will be ranked according to their win-loss record in the round-robin battle, with the winner ranked higher and the loser ranked lower.

"Aichen, that's great!"

In the central square, Lu Jin, who had just been teleported out of the arena, gave Ai Chen a thumbs up.

"That is!"

Ai Chen raised her head, her pink twin ponytails swaying.

"Cousin~"

Lu Jin turned to look at Luo Feng.

"Ok?"

Luo Feng looked at Lu Jin.

Lu Jin transmitted his voice, saying, "There are four spots in the Primal Secret Realm. Based on Gu Siluo's previous display of strength, Ai Chen should be no match for him; his strength level can only rank fifth."

Although Guslow didn't even make it into the top ten in the original story, it doesn't mean he was weak.

Because this unlucky kid's opponent in the original story, who was ranked in the top 10, was Rong Jun, who was capable of competing for the top three.

'How to say? '

Luo Feng raised an eyebrow and replied telepathically.

Lu Jin said, "Gu Silu defeated Ai Chen, and his record is one win and three losses. I gave Ai Chen a win, and Ai Chen's record is also only one win and three losses."

Aichen lost to Gusiluo, so even with the same record, he can only rank fifth. So, buddy, it's your turn!

Raise an army for a thousand days, use it for a while.

Luo Laodeng, it's time for you to prove yourself!

'Alright, I'll give Ai Chen a performance.'

Without hesitation, Luo Feng nodded in agreement.

Throughout their childhood, his cousin would sometimes act crazy and beat him up, but he also helped him time and time again, and he always remembered all of that.

It's only right that he helps out now.

Anyway, according to the ranking rules of the Reincarnation Battle, as long as he can defeat Gusro, even if he loses one or two of the other three battles, he can still enter the Primal Secret Realm.

Half an hour later, a huge fighting arena rose up in the central square.

"Shh!"

Ai Chen and Gu Silu appeared on the battle stage.

After a fierce battle, Aichen was defeated, and Gusiluo emerged victorious.

The next moment, a radiant light emanated from the victorious Guslow, and his condition instantly returned to its peak before he was teleported out of the arena.

Immediately afterwards, Ai Chen's figure reappeared on the arena.

In the final round of battles, everyone has to fight four matches. If the captain still fights one match every half hour, it would be a huge waste of time.

Therefore, after each battle, the virtual universe system restores the participants to their peak condition, allowing the final cycle battle to continue uninterrupted.

In addition, Aichen was the last of the top five to win a match and will be the first to play all four matches.

(End of this chapter)