Devour: Emperor Yan

And so, in the days that followed, Lin Kun and his companions began their days of waiting for the stone to fall into their laps.

Lin Kun and Luo Feng took turns doing it.

As for Hong, since his Cloud Vine is only at the planetary level, he can't be of much help.

It doesn't matter.

The efficiency with which Lin Kun and Luo Feng obtain Windstones alone surpasses that of most people in the canyon.

In Wind and Thunder Canyon, most adventure teams also rely on this method, which is similar to waiting for a stone to fall into a tree stump, to catch Wind Horn Stones. However, without the assistance of Cloud Vine, the efficiency is undoubtedly very low.

Occasionally, slave bodyguards would be forced to climb to the top of the canyon walls to obtain the Windstone through desperate means, but that would easily attract lightning strikes, which would be a waste of the slaves.

Such squads are rare, since slave bodyguards are an important fighting force, and losing one or two would greatly affect the squad's strength.

In the world of Thunder, in addition to dealing with the threats posed by the natural environment and ferocious beasts, players also have to contend with various ambushes and attacks from other teams.

Once you become weak, you will be targeted as prey.

......

On his second day in the cave, Lin Kun obtained the fourth Windstone.

On the fourth day in the cave, Lin Kun obtained the fifth Windstone.

Then Luo Feng took over the duty.

On the tenth day in the cave, they obtained the seventh Windstone.

......

Time passed day by day.

Sometimes you can get a Windstone the next day, but sometimes you might not get one for several days if you're unlucky.

This is only because of their good location. For a normal team, it might take a year or two just to cross most of the Thunder World and get here smoothly.

Then it would take a year and a half to wait for the Wind Corner Stone.

It's quite normal for the entire assessment process to take several years.

Teams like Lin Kun's are already considered to be highly efficient.

A month later.

"We have obtained fourteen Windstones in total. Our team has six people, and each person needs three Windstones, so we need a total of eighteen to complete the mission."

Thor counted the wind-pointing stones laid out on the ground in front of him and chuckled, "At this rate, if all goes well, we should be able to leave in about ten to fifteen days."

Inside the cave, Lin Kun and his six companions sat casually.

At this moment, Luo Feng was guarding the entrance to the cave. A vine extended from his arm and swayed gently at the entrance, ready to strike at any moment.

On the cave wall to the side, there was a light projection screen displaying some images.

This was created by Babata; the screen displays several images showing scenes within a 20-kilometer radius.

Lin Kun and his group would occasionally glance at it, and if they saw anything unusual, they would focus their attention on it and watch with great interest.

"Although we're hiding in this cave, we can see the real-time situation of every team within a 20-kilometer radius," Luo Feng said with a smile.

"Indeed, it's like having a surveillance system with no blind spots," Thor praised.

"Look, those two teams are fighting again over a Windstone. Hmm, this one dodges very quickly, good agility... that mentalist's attack is also very powerful..." Hong commented casually.

The group chatted and laughed from time to time, or commented on the play, and seemed to be in a very relaxed mood.

Their location was good, safe and secluded, and they also had the help of the Cloud Vine, so they didn't have to go out and fight to the death for a single Wind Corner Stone.

A while later.

"By the way, brother," Luo Feng turned his gaze from outside the cave entrance to Lin Kun, who was standing not far away, and asked curiously, "With your strength, reaching the Universe level shouldn't be difficult, right? Why are you still stuck at the ninth level of the Constant Star level?"

Upon hearing this, Thor and Hong also looked at Lin Kun.

Indeed, judging from Lin Kun's demonstrated strength and combat power, there shouldn't be any threshold or difficulty in entering the cosmic level. And according to Lin Kun, he has been stuck at the ninth level of the Hengxing level for hundreds of years.

Is this necessary?

No matter how strong they are, they're only at the epochal level, which can't compare to the cosmic level, right?

That's not just an improvement in one's realm, but also an evolution in one's level of life.

They didn't quite understand.

Luo Feng finally couldn't help but ask the question.

Thor and the others were also very curious and pricked up their ears.

......

"I originally planned to tell you about this after this assessment, but since you asked, Luo Feng, I'll tell you now."

Lin Kun's tone became much more serious at this point, "The reason I've remained at the ninth level of the Hengxing realm for hundreds of years without breaking through is to wait for the Hengxing Genius Battle, which takes place only once every ten thousand years!"

"A battle of celestial geniuses?"

"Once in ten thousand years?"

Upon hearing this, Luo Feng and the others were all taken aback and greatly surprised.

A once-in-a-millennium battle of eternal star-level geniuses?

Ten thousand years...

This time is far too long for the three of them now, and the lifespan of a star is only about ten thousand years, right?

Lin Kun nodded, about to continue.

"Lin Kun, are you talking about the Genius Battle? The once-in-ten-thousand-years Star-level Genius Battle organized by Virtual Universe Company?" A projection screen suddenly appeared on Luo Feng's armband computer screen, and the image of Babata's little devil appeared.

It stared at Lin Kun with its bright red eyes and screamed.

"Yes." Lin Kun nodded. "And I reckon it'll be soon, at most in the next ten or eight years."

"In ten or eight years at most... will another Genius Battle be coming?" Babata murmured to himself, his expression somewhat complicated.

For over 50,000 years while waiting on Earth, Babata was completely cut off from the internet, unable to connect to or log into the virtual universe network, and therefore unable to access information from the outside world.

Therefore, it overlooked the matter of the "battle of geniuses".

Now, hearing Lin Kun mention it, it finally remembered this matter.

Judging from the timeline, another battle of geniuses is indeed about to begin!

Babata immediately became excited and shouted, "The Genius Battle! This is a grand event for all humanity in the universe! It's about to begin, and I can't wait to see it!"

"Yes, it's a momentous event for all humanity in the universe."

Lin Kun nodded and smiled, a hint of anticipation flashing in his eyes as he looked at Luo Feng, Thor, and Hong. "I'm so glad we were all born in a good time. I've been waiting for this day for hundreds of years, which is still considered good. But some people have been waiting for this day for thousands of years, or even thousands of years."

Luo Feng and the others were stunned, feeling somewhat bewildered but also impressed. They felt that what Lin Kun and Babata were talking about seemed incredibly impressive and important.

"No, you two shouldn't just be chatting amongst yourselves, there's us too, include us in the conversation."

Thor quickly asked, "First, could you tell us what exactly this Genius Battle is?"

Upon hearing this, Lin Kun smiled, raised his chin, and gestured to Babata, "Babata, you can give them a lesson."

"No problem," Babata nodded.

Then, with its bright red eyes, it stared at Luo Feng and the others, and with a serious expression, began to explain what the Genius Battle was.

There are 1008 intergalactic nations in the entire universe!

The territory of each of the universe kingdoms is no smaller than that of the Qianwu universe kingdom, and some are even much larger!

Within this vast and boundless territory lie countless galaxies and countless life-bearing planets.

This is the territory possessed by the entire human race.

Within this territory, two major events are held every ten thousand years.

One is the Star-Level Genius Battle, hosted by Virtual Universe Company, one of the five giants of humanity!

The second is the Cosmic-level Strongest Battle, hosted by the Giant Axe Arena, one of the five giants!

These two major events encompassed all the star-level and cosmic-level elites of humanity throughout the universe...

The number of participants was terrifying, measured in hundreds of millions!

These countless human elites and geniuses competed, fought, and slaughtered each other.

The best will emerge from among them and keep making it into the top 1,000 of all humanity in the universe!

These thousand people are the most outstanding geniuses born in the human realm over the past ten thousand years!

They will be honored and absorbed into the core of the two major powers, receiving the best training and countless valuable resources... As long as they don't fall, they will surely become powerful!

There is even hope of becoming a great, immortal god.

......

"...This is the battle of geniuses at the Eternal Star level!" Babata concluded with utmost seriousness.

Luo Feng, Lei Shen, and Hong were dazzled and utterly shocked.

Then, I felt a surge of excitement!

The three exchanged glances, their eyes filled with longing.