Chapter 425

Luo Feng's Plan

The mysterious and powerful entity representing the Virtual Universe Company departed after a brief announcement. Although Luo Feng and the others were puzzled, they could only return to Building No. 0825 to rest. The next morning. "Everyone, please prepare. A mass teleportation will commence shortly, sending all participants to their respective trial spaces." A clear, melodious voice echoed throughout the entire planar space. All the geniuses in the 1008 buildings had already risen, awaiting this initial elimination round. First, elimination; then, the decisive battle. However, in terms of cruelty, the elimination trials were clearly more heart-stopping. "Good luck." "Strive hard." In the lobby of Building No. 0825, many geniuses from the Ganwu Universe Nation wished each other well. It was too brutal; the first wave alone eliminated over a million people. Among the 1000 geniuses present, probably no more than a handful would remain. "Madman, good luck." "Feng Lun, good luck." Luo Feng and the green-haired youth, 'Feng Lun', encouraged each other. Suddenly— Boom! An invisible, strange power descended upon the entire planar space, instantly teleporting all 1,008,000 young geniuses within it. As for the Immortal beings and restaurant staff in the space, they remained completely unaffected. ...This was on a massive, roughly rectangular asteroid, nearly a hundred kilometers long, suspended in the cosmic starry sky. *Whoosh!* Luo Feng appeared on the asteroid, looking around. In the distance, there were tiny stars, and not too far from him, lifeless ordinary planets. He couldn't help but exclaim with a smile, "The Virtual Universe can create millions of trial spaces, and each one can be this realistic." On this asteroid drifting through space, seven trial towers had been constructed! Each trial tower was as tall as a mountain, over ten kilometers high and several kilometers in circumference. The seven trial towers were situated at different points on this massive asteroid. Luo Feng lowered his gaze to his wrist, where a screen displayed information, just like during the preliminary selections within the Ganwu Universe Nation. "Participant: Luo Feng (Ganwu Universe Nation) Points: 0 Ranking: None Current Trial Space: No. 027 9378. There are a total of seven trial towers in the trial space, and each trial tower has seven levels. First Trial Tower: Each level can yield a maximum of 10,000 points. Successfully completing all seven levels can yield a maximum of 70,000 points. Second Trial Tower: Each level can yield a maximum of 100,000 points. Successfully completing all seven levels can yield a maximum of 700,000 points. ... Fourth Trial Tower: Each level can yield a maximum of 10 million points. Successfully completing all seven levels can yield a maximum of 70 million points. ... Seventh Trial Tower: Each level can yield a maximum of 10 billion points. Successfully completing all seven levels can yield a maximum of 70 billion points. Note: Upon death, the trial ends. There are two ways to pass each level: 1. Kill all targets within the level to earn the maximum points and be directly teleported to the next level. 2. If you fail to kill all targets, but remain alive after 10 days, you will be directly teleported to the next level to continue the trial. When all participants have died, the trial ends. The final rankings will then be determined. Below is the leaderboard." ... "Truly insane." Luo Feng shook his head as he looked at the screen. "All participants dead, and the trial ends? What does that mean... It means it's impossible for anyone to clear all seven trial towers!" Clearly, the trial towers were extremely difficult. The Virtual Universe Company was confident that all participants would die! "It's quite similar to the Ganwu Universe Nation's preliminaries, but that time, the ranking was only within a single world region, a sub-region of the Ganwu Universe Nation. This time, however! It's a gathering of all the peak geniuses from 1008 Cosmic Nations. Experts are as numerous as clouds. Falling below rank 7300 will lead to direct elimination." Luo Feng pondered with a frown. It was obvious! The first trial tower should be relatively easy, with difficulty increasing progressively. "It says there are two ways to pass each level. One is to kill all targets and be teleported. The second is to survive for ten days? Then automatically be teleported." Luo Feng's eyes lit up. "Doesn't that mean... I can stay in each level for a maximum of ten days?" "One trial tower has seven levels!" "So, in one trial tower, I can stay for a maximum of 70 days!" A look of joy appeared on Luo Feng's face. "Excellent! This way, five trial towers will give me a year's time." What did he lack most now? Time! The Golden Horned Beast had only just broken through to the Universe-level, and its innate talent was just beginning to burst forth. It was only now starting to comprehend domains and research the Laws of Gold Origin. As for the Demon Killer Clan clone... it had only just been conceived at the end of October last year, and had been cultivating for less than a year. If he could give himself another year... He would definitely become stronger! "Right!" "That's what I'll do!" Luo Feng made his decision. "I won't rush forward at the beginning. I'll let my Demon Killer Clan clone in reality cultivate diligently, constantly improving my strength. The stronger I become! The further I'll surely go in this trial space... By then..." "Mm!" "Perhaps my ranking will be very low at first. But there's no rush; the final ranking is what matters." "I'll remain silent until I can astonish everyone with a single feat." Luo Feng smiled. *Boom!* Luo Feng transformed into a streak of light, flying towards the first trial tower. The entrance pillar of the over ten-kilometer-tall trial tower bore the mark '1', indicating it was the first trial tower. Luo Feng prepared all his psychic weapons, combat armor, and other gear, then entered the first trial tower. Immediately upon entering the tower. The text on Luo Feng's screen changed: "First Trial Tower, First Level: 10,000 fierce beasts, 'Blood-furred Mammoths'. Kill one fierce beast to gain one point. Kill all of them to gain 10,000 points and be directly teleported to the second level. If not all are killed, survive for ten days to be directly teleported to the second level. Death, trial ends." At the edge of the arm-screen, there was also a countdown timer, clearly indicating that once 10 days were up, he would be directly teleported. "Just as I thought." Luo Feng smiled. "Then, let's begin!" ... In reality. Solar System, Mars. A Golden Horned Beast, over ten meters long, tilted its head back and let out an excited cry: "Woo—!" Then, it instantly transformed into multiple Golden Horned Beast phantoms, continuing to research the secret technique of "Absolute Space." As a favored child of space, the Demon Killer Clan clone found researching spatial secret techniques to be an absolute delight, a truly wonderful feeling. ... In the Virtual Universe, 1008 Immortal beings were casually seated throughout the Central Plaza. The elimination rounds in the trial space were not publicly broadcast across the entire universe; only the leaderboard changes were made public. Only the final arena battles would be publicly broadcast! However... the Immortal beings from the various Cosmic Nations had the authority to view the trial progress of each participant. "This Bolan, as expected, is ruthless enough to immediately rush to first place." "Mm!" "So fast! Bolan's points are rising astonishingly, leaving the second-place far behind." "Thirteen, your Ganwu Universe Nation's Rongjun is also doing well; he's currently ranked 12th in points." The 1008 powerful Immortal beings could easily see the leaderboard and watch the trial progress. Representing their respective Cosmic Nations, they naturally hoped their own geniuses would shine brighter, as this brought them prestige. For beings with eternal lifespans, prestige and dignity were extremely important. "Not bad." The scale-armored giant nodded slightly, sitting in his large chair and watching the screen before him. "Rongjun." He directly opened Rongjun's current trial live stream. The wild youth, bare-footed, moved with astonishingly strange and swift steps, wielding a combat saber to freely cut down winged, furry, three-eyed lion-like monsters—the fierce beasts known as 'Fei Hou'. A rare smile appeared on the scale-armored giant's face. "Hmm?" He frowned slightly, a murderous aura emanating from him. "This Luo Feng..." He hadn't found Luo Feng's name among the top ranks of the leaderboard. In his estimation, Luo Feng should at least be able to break into the top ten thousand. He then clicked on his Ganwu Universe Nation's list and immediately saw Luo Feng's name—"Luo Feng (Ganwu Universe Nation), Ranking: 1,006,891." This caused a fierce, predatory aura to emanate from the scale-armored giant's eyes. "What is this little idiot doing?" The scale-armored giant opened Luo Feng's live broadcast. One look made him frown. "Not putting in any effort at all. Is this fellow treating the trial space as a training ground?" ... Indeed! Not only were the Golden Horned Beast and Demon Killer Clan clone cultivating, but Luo Feng's main body was also continuously absorbing insights gained by his two clones, integrating them into his own combat and constantly strengthening himself. The first tower, first level, second level... He consistently stayed for the full ten days, only killing the last target at the very end of the countdown. And clearly, among the million geniuses, Luo Feng wasn't the only one doing this; many geniuses wanted to maximize their time in the simpler early stages to strengthen themselves. This was why Luo Feng wasn't dead last. But he was close, roughly in the bottom one or two thousand. ... Sixty days later. *Boom!* Luo Feng was teleported into the seventh level of the first trial tower. "The sixth level before this actually featured the Starry Sky Behemoth 'Cang'." Luo Feng couldn't help but sigh as he recalled the previous level, simultaneously lowering his gaze to his wrist screen. First Trial Tower, Seventh Level: Zerg Mother Nest Destroy the Zerg Mother Nest to gain 10,000 points and be directly teleported to the first level of the second trial tower. Zerg Mother Nest: In reality, the weakest Zerg Mother Nests are comparable to Sector Lords, and many are even comparable to Immortal beings. The Zerg Mother Nests in this trial tower have had their strength proportionally reduced to suit the trial participants. Recommendation: "Destroy the Zerg Mother Nest as early as possible. The longer you wait, the more numerous and stronger the Zerg creatures spawned by the Mother Nest will become!" *Boom!* The space of this seventh level instantly transformed into a vast, boundless desert. In the center of a green oasis within the desert stood a massive spherical object, roughly sixty meters in diameter. The sphere had various protrusions and naturally emitted some poisonous gas, with even some venom flowing from its surface. "Zerg Mother Nest?" Luo Feng's eyes widened. "Earth, Earth... Shenlongjia..." Luo Feng recalled the terrifying mysterious sphere in Shenlongjia, one of Earth's three great forbidden zones, which even Babata had forbidden him from touching.