Chapter 127: The Battle for the Top Ten
World Lords lived for an immensely long time. Even the Dry Witch Universe Nation had more than a million World Lords. How many must the Virtual Universe Company have, considering it was hundreds or thousands of times more powerful?
And yet, only one hundred World Lords were admitted into the Primal Secret Realm!
“As the very core of the core layer of the Virtual Universe Company, members of the Primal Secret Realm hold a status even higher than the emperor of the Black Dragon Mountain Empire.
“I’ve also heard that every member of the Primal Secret Realm has a dedicated guard unit. The captain of the unit is an Immortal, and the guards include ten World Lords and one hundred Domain Lords.
“Just how exalted are the members of the Primal Secret Realm? Every one of them is an absolutely crucial elite of the Virtual Universe Company. The resources spent on them alone, if converted into money, would amount to an unimaginable figure.” The wild-looking young man, Rong Jun, spoke with emotion.
Luo Yuan had known all of this for a long time, so he remained relatively calm. Even Luo Feng, who was usually composed, could not help widening his eyes.
“Rong Jun, you certainly know a lot. It seems your background is rather unusual as well. And Luo Feng, stop looking like some bumpkin from the countryside. There will be plenty more astonishing things to come.” Luo Yuan took a sip of tea and smiled.
Rong Jun and Luo Feng exchanged awkward smiles.
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The following morning.
One thousand peerless geniuses gathered in the central plaza.
Luo Yuan stood among the crowd. He noticed that many of the geniuses were staring at him with intense fighting spirit, but he merely glanced at them casually and paid them no attention.
“Honored One!”
Suddenly, one thousand and eight Immortals in the distance bowed respectfully.
“Mm.”
In the distant sky, a purple-scaled man clad in azure battle armor nodded slightly. He then turned and looked down at the one thousand young people below.
“Today is a fine day. Within a single day, we will select the top one hundred, the top ten, the champion, and the runner-up from among the one thousand of you.
“Are you all ready? The decisive battles begin now!”
The purple-scaled man in azure battle armor looked down at the crowd, then waved his hand. One hundred enormous arenas instantly appeared in the central plaza. Black silk nets covered their edges and hung above them. At the same time, two hundred young men and women—including Luo Yuan, Luo Feng, the wild Rong Jun, the Reaper Bolan, and the Illusion Demon Galesi—were directly transported into the arenas.
Each arena held two contestants.
Naturally, the powerful Immortals and the talented elites who had not qualified to participate focused most of their attention on Luo Yuan’s battle.
In one of the arenas, the contestants were Luo Yuan and Utweisk!
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The silver-white arena was roughly ten kilometers across, with black silk nets enclosing the entire battlefield.
“Demon King Luo Yuan, from the Black Dragon Mountain Empire of the Dry Witch Universe Nation. Ranked first in the trials and renowned for his Domain and World Force.” A lean youth with an entirely black complexion and thick lips coldly stared at Luo Yuan in the distance. “I ranked one hundred and thirteenth in the trials. I’ll show you that trial rankings mean nothing!”
“You talk too much.” Luo Yuan stood on the Dark Cloud Shuttle, the dark-golden staff strapped to his back, and called out from the distant sky.
“Excellent!” The lean youth grinned, his killing intent spreading through the air.
Whoosh!
A gust of wind arose. The lean youth transformed into a streak of wind and flew toward Luo Yuan. He appeared slow, yet was actually moving with astonishing speed.
Standing atop the Dark Cloud Shuttle, Luo Yuan looked down at his opponent from midair as information flashed through his mind.
Utweisk, nicknamed “狂风,” wielded the fifth-order Force weapon Voidshadow Sword. In battle, his sword attacks were incredibly swift, merging with the wind and striking from every opening with fierce, unstoppable momentum. He was extremely difficult to defend against.
“Die.”
A cold glint flashed through the lean youth’s eyes.
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!
The lean youth, who had seemed like a gust of wind, suddenly accelerated. At the same time, the Voidshadow Sword in his hand transformed into a surging tempest. Countless sword lights converged into a furious storm that swept across the entire arena. The sword-light tempest completely engulfed Luo Yuan, leaving him nowhere to hide.
“Hmph!” Luo Yuan snorted coldly.
He thrust out both hands and curved them into claws, unleashing the Golden-Horned Beast’s ultimate technique, Heaven-Rending Earth-Splitting. With the support of several strands of the Wind Origin Law, his claws slashed out ten razor-sharp blades of light, effortlessly tearing the sword-light tempest surrounding him into pieces.
Then, countless small golden swords flew automatically from the Evolutionary God Armament behind Luo Yuan. In an instant, they gathered in the air and formed five golden phantom swords. The phantom swords immediately descended upon the lean youth. His speed was obviously no match for them, and he was instantly riddled with holes like a sieve.
The entire battle lasted less than a minute.
Utweisk had lost.
Luo Yuan had won.
After winning the first battle, Luo Yuan entered the top one hundred. He promptly found a place to sit and watched the battles of the others. Before long, the one hundred victors had been selected.
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“Congratulations to the little fellows standing in the arenas.” The purple-scaled man in azure battle armor stood in midair, looking down at the one hundred young men and women in the arenas. “First of all, congratulations on entering the top one hundred. You are now eligible to enter the Virtual Universe Company’s World Secret Realm. Now, however, we must select the twenty strongest among you.
“According to the selection made by the Virtual Universe System, I will announce the names of the twenty contestants.”
The one hundred victorious young geniuses standing in the arenas immediately grew tense. Although they had won their battles, only twenty of them were qualified to participate in the next round—and that round would determine the top ten!
The purple-scaled man in azure battle armor began announcing the names.
“Luo Yuan!”
“Bolan!”
“Gusro!”
“艾辰!”
“Wuka!”
“Yifeng!”
“Galesi!”
“Rong Jun!”
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As the names were called one by one, anxiety appeared on the faces of those who had not yet been mentioned. Every one of them had won their battles, yet only twenty would be allowed to participate in the next round!
“Qian Shui!”
“Luo Feng!”
…
“Tao!”
“The twenty selected by the Virtual Universe System are the same twenty I just announced.” The purple-scaled man in azure battle armor smiled. “The twenty of you may rest and recover from the energy you expended in your previous battles. The next round will begin shortly. As for who your opponents will be…you will find out when the battle begins!”
The one hundred contestants sat in the resting area and waited. Luo Yuan leisurely began playing a virtual game, while everyone else fidgeted restlessly.
About half an hour later—
“Rumble…”
The entire central plaza began to tremble. In its center, ten enormous arenas slowly rose into the air, each one covered by a mass of black silk strands. At the same time, Luo Yuan and the other nineteen contestants were instantly transported from the resting area into the ten giant arenas.
Inside an arena inset with beautiful decorative patterns—
“Long Yun?” Luo Yuan looked at the figure in the distance, somewhat surprised. This man seemed to be one of the two future members of the Primal Secret Realm. Unfortunately, he had encountered Luo Yuan far too early.
The man was about two meters tall, with a sturdy build. He wore an unusual suit of heavy armor and a horned war helmet. His eyes were restrained and unfathomably deep, while the edges of his face were covered with a layer of yellowish down.
He was Long Yun, an extremely low-key young man from the Thunderclap Universe Nation.
“You are strong.”
Long Yun’s deep, resonant voice rumbled like the roar of a bull. He looked indifferently at Luo Yuan and said solemnly, “You are far stronger than anyone I have faced before. To show my respect for a powerhouse like you, I will use my full strength and defeat you directly.”
The moment he finished speaking, an earthy-yellow current of energy began to radiate faintly from his body. The currents undulated slowly, and the surrounding space seemed to solidify.
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