The Wager

At this moment, high above Yuxiang Mountain in the Taichu District, amidst the clouds and mist, two figures strolled through the void. Yuxiang Mountain is where the core geniuses of the Virtual Universe Company gather. Thunder Island, on the other hand, is the gathering place for the great Immortals and super powerhouses of the Virtual Universe Company. In other words, the plane where Yuxiang Mountain and Thunder Island are located is actually the true headquarters of the Virtual Universe Company! It harbors far more experts than its real-world counterpart. Under normal circumstances, Luo Feng and the others couldn't fly too high. Luo Feng and his peers couldn't fly out of Yuxiang Mountain to Thunder Island. Nor could they fly too far from Yuxiang Mountain, as if an invisible restriction enveloped the entire mountain! Similarly, Thunder Island, as the gathering place for countless Immortal beings and even more powerful existences, also had invisible restrictions. Those Immortal beings simply couldn't fly too far from Thunder Island! Therefore—those who could fly beyond Yuxiang Mountain and Thunder Island, traversing other parts of this plane, were undoubtedly the true high-ranking, super-existences of the Virtual Universe Company!

Of the two figures strolling through the void, one was nearly eight meters tall, clad in silver Combat Armor. His exposed arms, neck, and face were dark red, a rhomboid crystal embedded in his brow. A thick dragon tail extended from his coccyx, and in the depths of his eyes, a star seemed to burn. One glance was enough to tell that this formidable being was a Yan Poluo tribesman. The other figure was only two meters tall, lean and slender, wearing a strangely shaped black battle robe adorned with countless silver secret patterns. A third eye—a vertical eye—was situated on his forehead, appearing to hold a golden blade within it, making his gaze feel like a collection of sharp knives.

“Haha, Yan Poluo, look down there. One of those two youngsters on the arena is your descendant,” the three-eyed man chuckled, gazing down. Through tens of thousands of kilometers of space, he clearly saw the two figures on the arena, poised to fight. Yan Poluo? In the ancient Yan Poluo Tribe of the cosmos, only one individual was truly worthy of being called ‘Yan Poluo’—the very first Yan Poluo tribesman born in the vast universe! He was the first to be born, and through procreation with women of other races, the Yan Poluo Tribe came into existence after countless years. He was also the sole patriarch of the Yan Poluo Tribe for billions of years, and the ruler of the Yan Jing Cosmic Nation! “His name is Sajin, a young genius from the Huolong Department,” Yan Poluo said with a smile, looking down.

“Yan Poluo, who do you think will win among those two youngsters down there?” the three-eyed man asked with a light chuckle. “Sajin, of course!” Yan Poluo replied confidently, glancing at the three-eyed man beside him. “What, Mangya, do you disagree?” “I bet his opponent will win. If I win, you give me that dagger, how about it?” the three-eyed man smiled. “Dream on!” Yan Poluo glared. “Alright, not the dagger then. If I win, how about you give me that ‘Jinjiao Boundary Stone’?” the three-eyed man proposed. Yan Poluo considered it, then a smile touched his lips. “You want a Jinjiao Boundary Stone? Fine. If I win, you give me that ‘Purple-Blue Thunder Glaze’.” “Deal!” the three-eyed man said. “Haha… prepare to hand over that supreme Thunder Glaze to me,” Yan Poluo declared. “And you, prepare that Jinjiao Boundary Stone. A Golden Horn Behemoth only forms one such stone in its entire life. My disciple's weapon will finally have its main material,” the three-eyed man chuckled in return. The two laughed, simultaneously looking down.

The Purple-Blue Thunder Glaze and Jinjiao Boundary Stone were both mysterious items born within the cosmos. The Jinjiao Boundary Stone could only be nurtured by the ‘Golden Horn Behemoth,’ one of the twelve peak Starry Sky Behemoths, and only one such stone could be formed in its entire lifetime. Given the extreme rarity of Golden Horn Behemoths in the universe, the cost and preciousness of a Jinjiao Boundary Stone were evident. As for the Purple-Blue Thunder Glaze, it was exclusively produced within the terrifying ‘Thunder God Palace Secret Realm’ located in the insectoid territory of the universe. Countless years ago, a peculiar race once inhabited this secret realm and established the ‘Thunder God Palace,’ though even they never fully explored the entire realm. Later, that race was annihilated by powerhouses of the Mechanical Race! The Thunder God Palace Secret Realm became a renowned cosmic secret realm, drawing powerhouses from billions of races across the vast universe to explore it, including, of course, the Immortal powerhouses among humans. ‘Thunder Glaze’ was one of the more important and precious materials found within it.

“Tsk tsk, Myriad Threads Flow,” the three-eyed man nodded, a smile on his face. “Haha, Nine Refinements Fist! We're sure to win,” Yan Poluo also smiled. The two looked down.

On the combat arena in the Taichu District of Yuxiang Mountain, the battle between Luo Feng and Sajin Huolong had reached its most frenzied point. “Boom~~” Sajin Huolong's punch shattered the surrounding Sword World, his eyes blazing as he stared at Luo Feng. “Kid, you're doomed to lose!” Whoosh! Sajin Huolong's speed suddenly erupted, his figure becoming eerily unpredictable. It felt as if two Sajin Huolongs were charging, yet also as if there was only one. “His Nine Refinements Fist has already distorted space; the figures observed by the naked eye are distorted.” Luo Feng's expression changed. He immediately evaded by stepping on the Dark Cloud Shuttle and executing ‘Myriad Threads Flow,’ while simultaneously controlling the Sword World, extending the remaining half of it to lock onto his opponent with its world power! “Useless!” Sajin Huolong roared, instantly appearing before Luo Feng. Boom! That massive fist, wrapped in a dark red light layer a full thirty centimeters thick, resembled two dark red warhammers, with flames swirling around its periphery. The punch was as fast as lightning, leaving only a streak of fire as it slammed into Luo Feng's body. *Pfft*, Luo Feng's body dissolved into an afterimage and vanished. “So fast.” Several kilometers away, Luo Feng, standing on the Dark Cloud Shuttle, stared intently at Sajin Huolong, as a wisp of pale golden sword energy condensed before him once more! “Go!” The pale golden sword energy shot through the air. Luo Feng didn't control the sword energy to clash head-on, but rather used it to attack from various strange angles, disrupting Sajin Huolong's speed. “Aargh!” Sajin Huolong, enraged by the entanglement, let out a furious roar. The flames on his body suddenly retracted, and a faint dark red light layer formed over his entire skeletal and skin surface, as if he were wearing a form-fitting dark golden light armor. Simultaneously, his right fist instantly blurred into an afterimage. Bang! Extremely fast, it directly smashed onto the sword energy. “His speed is so much faster than before?” Luo Feng's expression changed from afar. “I was originally saving this move for Ke Luofu, but today, you get to taste it!” Sajin Huolong's speed erupted, and he charged towards Luo Feng. Whoosh! Whoosh! His figure was as fast as lightning, and Luo Feng's evasions appeared clumsy and perilous.

“The ‘Yan Jing Nine Refinements Body’ from ‘Black Hole Evolution’? Sajin actually mastered the first refinement?” Below the arena, the silver-gray robed youth, Ni Nan, changed expression. “It'll be very difficult for me to win against him this time.” The Yan Jing Nine Refinements Body was another secret technique from ‘Black Hole Evolution’. In terms of power, it was even stronger than the Nine Refinements Fist. Once the Yan Jing Nine Refinements Body was mastered, the entire body would be covered as if by Combat Armor. This armor not only provided defensive effects but also drastically boosted the practitioner's speed, attack, and other attributes, making it an incredibly heaven-defying secret technique. However, merely achieving initial mastery was extremely difficult. Sajin Huolong, being a Yan Poluo tribesman, was naturally suited for it, possessed exceptional talent, and had a renowned master. After thousands of years of arduous study, he finally achieved initial mastery.

“Luo Feng is in trouble now,” Rongjun's expression changed. “That big guy is too fast,” Wuka's eyes widened. A group of newcomers. Even the veteran Universe-level cultivators, including the Realm Lords and Domain Lords, were shocked. Setting aside energy levels, purely in terms of comprehension… Sajin Huolong was considered above average among Domain Lord-level geniuses. “That Luo Feng is going to lose.” “Indeed, he won't be losing unfairly.”

Crushed! Luo Feng was indeed being crushed. Sajin Huolong, having unleashed the ‘Yan Jing Nine Refinements Body,’ was a humanoid monster. His fist speed could completely match the sword energy's speed, and his running speed could keep up with Luo Feng's speed while riding the Dark Cloud Shuttle. In just three exchanges, for the third time, a punch slammed onto the hexagonal shield in Luo Feng's hand. Rumble~~~ The shield flew off, and Luo Feng himself crashed heavily onto the arena, plowing a deep furrow into its surface. “He's not dead? His shield mastery is no less than that of a formidable warrior,” Sajin Huolong grinned ferociously. “But it's useless!” A formidable warrior? Shields and battle knives were standard equipment for the Demon Killer Clan clone, which had cultivated the ‘Shadow Secret Manual’ for years. If the battle knife was used well, the shield's defensive and force-deflecting capabilities were naturally extremely strong. “Boom!” Sajin Huolong charged forward. Luo Feng, lying on the ground, suddenly looked up, staring at Sajin Huolong, and let out a low roar: “Die!!!”

Buzz~~~~ The Sword World suddenly extended in all directions, and a wisp of pale golden sword energy condensed before Luo Feng. Sajin Huolong, however, charged forward arrogantly, a hint of disdain in his eyes, which then turned to shock— “Boom!” A terrifying mental pressure directly descended, striking Sajin Huolong's consciousness! One of Luo Feng's trump cards—Mental Pressure! The Golden Horn Behemoth was now at Domain Lord Ninth Tier. The mental strength of a Domain Lord Ninth Tier Golden Horn Behemoth alone… was comparable to the mental pressure of a normal human warrior at Realm Lord Third Tier! Back when Luo Feng went to the Xueluo World, mental pressure at the peak of the Domain Lord level could instantly collapse the soul of a Star-level being, killing them with a single glance! And now, with mental pressure roughly at Realm Lord Third Tier, while Sajin Huolong had good bloodline, high talent, and many opportunities, his mental strength at most was comparable to Domain Lord First or Second Tier. A full major tier difference! Even if he didn't die, his consciousness would instantly roar, and he would lose the ability to resist! This move was incredibly heaven-defying. Luo Feng frequently used it during his adventures in the Xueluo World. However, when challenging the seventh level of the Sky-Reaching Bridge, he never used this trump card. Because… the Sky-Reaching Bridge tested comprehension of laws, and using mental pressure would be considered cheating. Moreover, Luo Feng was worried that the Virtual Universe system would directly increase the mental strength of the guardians, so he never used it when challenging the Sky-Reaching Bridge. But in a one-on-one fight? It could still be used!

“Boom!” Sajin Huolong instantly became dazed, his eyes vacant. Pfft! The pale golden sword energy shot directly into his eyeball, piercing through his skull! The instant it pierced his skull, Sajin Huolong's other eye lit up; he seemed to regain consciousness. Alas, it was too late… Boom~~~ Sajin Huolong crashed to the ground, collapsing onto the arena. “Retrieve!” Luo Feng stood up, and countless dark golden small swords from the surrounding sky flew towards him, all returning into the dark golden long staff behind him. One battle, one victory!