The Top Ten

Invisible psychic energy stealthily infiltrated Luo Feng's sea of consciousness. The sea of consciousness was vast and boundless, yet a pale golden giant tower almost filled the entire space. This Void Tower had two layers, crystalline throughout and faintly shimmering with pale gold, with subtle secret patterns emerging. It appeared flawless and without weakness, heavily protecting the soul core within. The 'Void Tower' — Two-Layer Pagoda Realm. Among the secret techniques passed down by the Yunmo Star Master, Luo Feng focused on studying 'Soul Imprint' and 'Void Tower'. 'Soul Imprint' was created by his teacher, but the deeper it went, the more it leaned towards soul attacks. As the saying goes, 'each profession has its specialization,' and since he primarily focused on being a 'Controller,' the cultivation of 'Soul Imprint' naturally slowed down. He only cultivated the most basic 'Ten Thousand Sword Soul Imprint' to mastery, and once he could condense 'Enslavement Soul Imprints,' he didn't delve deeper. In contrast, 'Void Tower' was very important in Luo Feng's plans. A psychic controller might have weaker soul attacks, but their defense must be strong; they couldn't have obvious weaknesses! Therefore... he never dared to slack off! Moreover, 'Void Tower' was also a very powerful secret technique. His teacher had obtained it by chance back then, and before his death, he had only cultivated it to the 'Six-Layer Pagoda Realm'. If he had cultivated it to the 'Seven-Layer Pagoda'... according to his teacher's own belief, he wouldn't have died in that catastrophe! One could imagine how astonishing the power of 'Void Tower' was. Five years into the arena battles, Luo Feng never slacked off, and with some comprehension of the 'Gold and Space' origin laws, he only managed to cultivate it to the 'Two-Layer Pagoda Realm'. 'Void Tower' specialized in defense! "Whoosh!" The ethereal psychic energy unleashed by Illusory Demon Jialaixi invaded Luo Feng's sea of consciousness, directly touching the Void Tower. Upon contact, it didn't attack directly but spread out like a thin film, slowly adhering to the Void Tower, gradually making contact. The Void Tower was essentially a highly precise construct of psychic energy arranged in a special order, but at its core, it was still psychic energy. And psychic energy contained a trace of consciousness. The soul, in reality, was a collection of countless psychic energies. As the ethereal psychic energy touched the 'Void Tower', Luo Feng's consciousness fell into a terrifying 'mental illusion'. ... One moment he was clearly battling Illusory Demon Jialaixi, but the next instant, Luo Feng's consciousness was plunged into a different scene. "How could this be?" Luo Feng stood above the Pacific Ocean, watching a colossal beast, hundreds of kilometers long, raging across Earth in the distance, unleashing terrifying, world-ending floods. Simultaneously, that peerless beast, with two tusks over ten kilometers long, occasionally spewed flames onto the ground. Skyscrapers in the Base Cities turned into ruins, people screamed, countless individuals fled. "Sanzi, what do we do? What on earth should we do? This is at least a Domain Lord-level beast, we can't defeat it!" Lei Shen's voice rang out from his wrist communicator. "Lao San, quickly protect the last seeds, leave Earth, escape quickly, those are humanity's last seeds on Earth." Hong's face on the communicator showed extreme anxiety. "No!" "Wake up! Wake up!" Luo Feng felt as if he was dreaming as a child; even if he realized he was dreaming, it was hard to wake up. And this was the current state... mainly because Luo Feng's consciousness was too strong, and due to his 'state of mind cultivation' and the influence of the 'Golden Horned Beast', Luo Feng's soul was inherently extremely cold, so he immediately realized he was trapped in an illusion. Realizing it was one thing, but waking up was the most important! Fortunately, the 'Void Tower' rigorously defended his soul core, so even though Illusory Demon Jialaixi's 'mental illusion' was incredibly heaven-defying, it could only slightly affect him and couldn't reach the depths of his mind. "Wake up! Wake up! Wake up!!!" Luo Feng's will let out roars, and then the entire illusionary world began to shake and tremble. "Bang!" The illusionary world shattered. Luo Feng was fully awake. Unlike the hazy illusionary world, everything before him became incredibly clear; this was the true Virtual Universe, 100% simulating reality. "Whoosh!" The black light wheel was already before his eyes. "Just in time." Luo Feng's eyes lit up. He stepped on the Dark Cloud Shuttle, his speed bursting forth, and at the same time, shields appeared on his body's surface. The distance was too close; there was no time to control the Yan Shen Blade. "Clang!" The black light wheel struck a shield, sending it flying. It grazed Luo Feng's arm, cutting through his protective battle armor and slicing off a large chunk of flesh, blood spraying into the air, while Luo Feng himself had already dodged far away. "Go to hell!" Luo Feng roared inwardly, pointing at Illusory Demon Jialaixi in the distance, whose face showed shock. "Boom!" Six streams of golden light shot from the dark golden staff on Luo Feng's back, instantly condensing into six golden illusionary swords, which instantly stabbed before Illusory Demon Jialaixi. Jialaixi's face still held shock: "Impossible!" At the same time, a strange protective armor, composed of numerous fragmented golden pieces, appeared on his body. "Bang!" "Bang!" "Bang!" The six sword-rainbows, like lightning, unleashed a series of attacks, directly blasting open the protective armor, and then directly blasted the black-robed Illusory Demon Jialaixi into dust. "Boom!" A roar, and blood flew everywhere. Illusory Demon Jialaixi, defeated! Madman Luo Feng, victorious! Entering the top ten! Battles between experts were always this swift. If Luo Feng had woken up a moment slower, he would have died, his head directly severed! But once Luo Feng woke up, it was Illusory Demon Jialaixi who died! ... "How is this possible?" Illusory Demon Jialaixi, shrouded in a black robe, his eyes filled with shock. "My 'Bewitching God' secret technique, as the Nation Lord told me when he instructed me, only Bolan could remain unaffected. Everyone else would probably be unable to resist it. The top ten was absolutely within reach, even with hope of reaching second place. How, how could he... Even if he could fall into the illusion without his mind being bewildered, it would still take time to struggle out of the illusion. That amount of time would be enough for me to kill him. But he..." He did have defensive means. The defensive psychic weapon armor barely resisted a round of attacks from the six golden illusionary swords, but Luo Feng's attack was too strong, which ultimately destroyed him. Strong defense! Psychic weapon attacks combined with terrifying mental illusions... One-on-one, he was an absolutely terrifying opponent. Yet, he lost. ... "Hmm? He lost?" "Illusory Demon Jialaixi lost?" Many of the geniuses watching were greatly surprised. Illusory Demon Jialaixi's previous battle videos were simply too formidable; each time he didn't even use psychic weapons, relying solely on soul attacks to obliterate his opponents within illusions, every time with an absolute advantage. This time, Illusory Demon Jialaixi showed no hint of underestimation and also considered 'Madman Luo Feng' a formidable opponent, so he used both 'illusions' and 'psychic weapons', but the result was still a loss! Giving his all, he still lost! "Oh?" "Luo Feng actually won?" The 1008 powerful Immortal beings in the distance all had their eyes light up. In this battle, the majority of the 1008 powerful Immortals believed 'Illusory Demon Jialaixi' would win, because they clearly understood how difficult illusion cultivation was and how terrifying a super illusionist could be. "To be able to wake up instantly, how strong must his will be? How calm his mind? This young fellow, impressive, truly impressive." A powerful Immortal Minotaur, over ten meters tall with bull horns, exclaimed in praise, his voice rumbling like thunder. ... Luo Feng's victory was somewhat unexpected for many, mainly because Illusory Demon Jialaixi had long been recognized by many Immortals as someone only Death God Bolan could resist. After all, with such deep comprehension of origin laws and consciousness influenced by the universe's origin, it was absolutely impossible to be easily shaken. The stronger the warrior, the deeper their comprehension of origin laws, the more terrifying their willpower. Others facing Illusory Demon Jialaixi had over an 80% chance of losing! In fact, among these 20 individuals, apart from Bolan, the other eighteen were somewhat intimidated by Illusory Demon Jialaixi. Even Luo Feng wasn't entirely confident, just a little more assured... Yet, this troublesome character was ultimately taken down by Luo Feng. ... On one of the ten arenas, the white-robed youth carrying a blood-red sword was the first to win. He turned, slightly surprised, to look at Luo Feng's arena, frowning slightly as he whispered: "Luo Feng?" "Luo Feng?" The green-haired girl Qianshui, who had also won before Luo Feng, her eyes sparkling, gazed at Luo Feng on the distant arena. Yes. When Luo Feng won, there were only three winners from the arena selections: Bolan, Qianshui, and Luo Feng. While it sounds slow, Luo Feng's actual combat was extremely fast. A youth with green hair and secret patterns on his face stood on the arena, revealing a slight smile. "Brother, brother!" Qianshui cheered. Her brother Jiangmo also entered the top ten; this brother-sister pair were both in the top ten. ... The winners of the ten arenas appeared one after another. Bolan, Qianshui, Luo Feng, Jiangmo, Lansiluo, Wuka, Aichen, Longyun, Aopatela... and the last one— Rongjun! The battle between Gusiluo and Rongjun was the longest among the ten arenas. Gusiluo was a psychic controller who could be called perfect, and from the start, this battle was almost entirely under his control. As the second-ranked overall in the trials, the strongest contender most likely to secure second place and enter the 'Primal Secret Realm' this time, he actually... actually lost to the savage Rongjun? "Rongjun won?" "Gusiluo actually lost?" "Gusiluo, the most hopeful to secure second place, actually lost?" The other nine hundred-plus peerless geniuses watching were all completely stunned, while the nine chosen ones who had already won on the arenas each stared at Rongjun, the blood-stained war god who seemed to have walked out of the wilderness. "What powerful blade techniques." "What terrifying blade techniques." Even Death God Bolan frowned slightly, and everyone else, including Luo Feng, couldn't hide their shock. "These blade techniques..." Luo Feng stared at the savage youth Rongjun, looking at the giant battle blade, his mind recalling the domineering strike he had seen earlier, capable of splitting mountains and severing peaks.