Silence. Among the thousand peerless geniuses, most were puzzled. What exactly did the four secret realms—”End-Time Secret Realm,” “Heaven and Earth Secret Realm,” “Primordial Secret Realm,” and “Primordial Origin Secret Realm”—signify? Yet everyone could tell clearly—the “Primordial Origin Secret Realm” was undoubtedly the best among them.
“You one thousand still differ in strength; the resources you obtain naturally cannot be the same for all.”
“Starting tomorrow, the arena battle will commence to determine the final rankings.” The azure-robed, purple-scaled man’s voice echoed in each person’s mind, distant and profound. “The battle rules have already been transmitted to each of you. Rest well today.”
Boom!
After the azure-robed, purple-scaled man spoke, he vanished directly. At that moment, the 1008 mighty Immortals began to discuss among themselves.
“The Primordial Origin Secret Realm—this time, they’ve accepted two!”
“We originally thought the spot in the Primordial Origin Secret Realm would definitely go to that young one called ‘Bolan,’ but unexpectedly, there’s an additional spot.”
“Rarely does the Virtual Universe Company act so generously.”
…
As the great Immortals conversed, Luo Feng and the other 1000 individuals all looked down at the screens on their wrists, where the battle rules had already been received.
“Hmm?” Luo Feng furrowed his brows as he read.
“The rules are as follows:
In the three elimination rounds that just concluded, 900 geniuses have been selected. Based on their performance in the trial space and the three elimination rounds, the Virtual Universe System has selected the top 100 from these 900 individuals—Galesi, Carpenter, Lasha, Raishi, Utervysk…
These 100 individuals will battle one-on-one against the top 100 from the initial qualifiers, making a total of 200 participants.
The 100 victors will qualify to enter the ‘Heaven and Earth Secret Realm.’ The remaining 900 will all enter the ‘End-Time Secret Realm.’
Among the victorious 100, the Virtual Universe System will select the top 20, who will then engage in one-on-one battles to determine the top ten.
The top ten will qualify to enter the ‘Primordial Secret Realm.’
Among these top ten, the first and second places will enter the ‘Primordial Origin Secret Realm.’
Attached is the detailed battle list.”
“This rule… is indeed rather arbitrary,” Luo Feng mused. “They’re allowing the Virtual Universe System to select 100 individuals from the 900, and then have them battle against the top 100 qualifiers. It seems the Virtual Universe Company places absolute trust in their system. Anyway, it doesn’t affect me—I’m qualified for the final battle.”
“How can it be like this?”
“They didn’t even give us the qualification to fight?”
“This is too much!”
“This is putting too much faith in the Virtual Universe System!”
On the central plaza, the other peerless geniuses erupted in protest. These battle rules effectively excluded 800 of the 1000 participants, not even giving them a chance to showcase their abilities. Naturally, many of the gathered geniuses felt discontent and frustration.
“Virtual Universe Company!” A sharp, piercing voice suddenly rang out. Luo Feng felt his ears ring and instinctively turned his head.
In the crowd, a youth over five meters tall, lean and muscular, with a third eye on his forehead, wore a fierce expression. His three eyes burned with madness as he screamed furiously, “I have a hundred percent confidence I could break into the top 100, even the top 20! Why should the Virtual Universe System exclude me outright? I refuse! I refuse!!!”
“It’s unfair! It really is unfair!” someone else shouted.
“This is unjust!”
“We should fight it out ourselves—let whoever loses be eliminated. That would be fair. Otherwise, we won’t accept it!” Soon, over a dozen young individuals from various cosmic nations began shouting.
Luo Feng, the savage Ronjun, and the other 200 selected individuals remained relatively composed. Yet, apart from the enraged and impassioned three-eyed youth, the majority of the remaining 800 were also seething with defiance.
“Silence!”
“What are you doing?”
“Silence, all of you!”
From afar, many of the 1008 mighty Immortals roared in anger, and at the same time, their terrifying consciousness pressure spread out, directly oppressing the 800 individuals. The young geniuses from various races turned pale, trembling all over, their legs shaking uncontrollably. “Plop!” Finally, someone collapsed to their knees, and then “Plop!” “Plop!” “Plop!”… one by one, they were unable to resist and knelt down on the ground.
The 800 knelt down.
Boom~~~
The 1008 mighty Immortals appeared before the group of geniuses, looking down at the kneeling crowd.
“I refuse! I refuse!!!” Among the kneeling, the three-eyed youth pushed himself up with his arms, his veins bulging like writhing earthworms, raising his head and roaring.
“Fool!”
Among the 1008 mighty Immortals, a giant clad in scale armor glanced coldly at the three-eyed youth.
At that moment, a majestic and distant voice sounded: “If you have objections to the battle rules of the Virtual Universe System, you may choose not to join the Virtual Universe Company. We will not force anyone to participate.” The voice echoed through the heavens and earth, causing the faces of the 800 kneeling geniuses to change.
Too… too… this was just too ruthless!
Standing nearby, including Luo Feng, the wild man Ronjun, the Death God Bolan, and the other 200 individuals, were also greatly shocked.
“Such a response,” Luo Feng thought in astonishment.
The 800 geniuses couldn’t believe it. The three-eyed youth was also clearly stunned. Indeed, he was a true supreme genius. In his home cosmic nation, he was the number one figure, always a favored child of heaven. Even the cosmic monarch held him in high esteem. His opinions were valued even by many Immortals.
In his view, the rule was simply too excessive. His demand should be accepted. However, the Virtual Universe Company’s response was…
If you disagree, you can leave. No one is forcing you to stay!
That’s all!
“What utter foolishness!” Among the 1008 Immortals, one powerful immortal with flowing black hair looked at the 800 kneeling geniuses and spoke coldly, “Do you think the battle rules decided by the upper echelons of the Virtual Universe Company are something you little ones can change? How presumptuous!”
“If it were the young Death God Bolan raising an objection, perhaps it would be taken seriously. After all, he’s already been recognized as a member of the Primordial Origin Secret Realm!” An elder, his head covered in silver scales and wrapped in a white robe, looked at the three-eyed youth. “As for you… you’re barely on the outermost edge of the core. Daring to say you refuse?”
“You young ones, remember this! Perhaps you are the most outstanding geniuses in your respective cosmic nations, but within the Virtual Universe Company… the Virtual Universe Company holds a Genius Battle for ‘Stellar Lords’ and a Champion Battle for ‘Cosmic Lords’ every ten thousand years. Within the Virtual Universe Company, there are countless geniuses and countless powerful figures… you’d better keep a low profile!”
“Defying the decisions of the highest echelons is a grave mistake!”
…
Though the 1008 Immortals clearly recognized that these geniuses were indeed all gifted, they also knew that most geniuses were proud and had volatile tempers. The path to the peak is fraught with difficulties; if one always carries such arrogance, it is easy to fail or perish. Therefore, it was beneficial to harshly suppress these young talents.
…
In the lobby of Building 0825.
Luo Feng and Ronjun sat on chairs. As for the original three members, they had all been eliminated in the previous three elimination rounds.
“Just now, I couldn’t help feeling a bit proud, but after witnessing that scene, I realized that to the Virtual Universe Company, we are just one batch of ‘seeds’ among many,” Luo Feng shook his head with a smile. “The Virtual Universe Company has accumulated countless geniuses.”
“Different status means different influence,” the wild youth said in a deep voice. “The four secret realms represent different levels of core members within the colossal Virtual Universe Company. Didn’t you hear the Immortal say that if the Death God Bolan raised an objection, it might be taken seriously?”
Luo Feng nodded slightly.
“The Primordial Origin Secret Realm has very few spots,” the wild youth continued. “Despite the immense scale of the Virtual Universe Company, it’s said there are only a hundred Sovereigns in the Primordial Origin Secret Realm!”
“A hundred?” Luo Feng was greatly shocked.
Sovereigns have long lifespans; even the Qianwu Cosmic Nation has over a million Sovereigns… while the Virtual Universe Company, which is hundreds or thousands of times more powerful, how many Sovereigns does it have?
Yet only a hundred Sovereigns are allowed into the Primordial Origin Secret Realm!
“So, you should understand how special it is that the Primordial Origin Secret Realm can accept two members this time,” the wild youth said. “The Primordial Origin Secret Realm, as the ‘core’ of the core layer within the Virtual Universe Company—for example, the Death God Bolan, even though he is a Stellar Cosmic Lord, holds an extremely high status. Even the Emperor of your homeland, the Black Dragon Mountain Empire, cannot compare to him.”
“Huh?” Luo Feng was taken aback.
The status of a Primordial Origin Secret Realm member was higher than the Emperor of the Black Dragon Mountain Empire?
That made sense!
Within the Primordial Origin Secret Realm of the Virtual Universe Company, only a hundred Sovereigns existed. This clearly showed how special the members of the Primordial Origin Secret Realm were. It wasn’t strange at all that they would be more prestigious than an emperor of a star region.
“Moreover, I’ve heard that the members of the Primordial Origin Secret Realm have their own personal guard units,” the wild youth added. “The leader of the guard unit is an Immortal, and within the guard unit, there are ten Sovereigns and a hundred Domain Lords.”
Even Luo Feng, who usually kept his composure, couldn’t help but widen his eyes.
“Wow!”
“Is that true?” Luo Feng couldn’t help but exclaim.
It wasn’t strange for members of the Primordial Origin Secret Realm to have a guard unit, but the leader of the guard unit being an Immortal existence! This was just too shocking.
“Don’t be surprised. The Virtual Universe Company is one of the five major powers. Even Immortal existences within the company are merely stationed in the ‘Primordial Secret Realm.’ In terms of status alone, they are slightly inferior,” the wild youth explained. “You should understand how noble the members of the Primordial Origin Secret Realm are. Each one is among the most important elites of the Virtual Universe Company. The resources spent on them, if converted into money, would be an unimaginably vast amount.”
Luo Feng was completely stunned.
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