Deep within the heart of the towering Demon Mountain, suspended in the Primordial Secret Realm, lay one of the grand halls of the Demon Sound Legacy. Countless floating stone steps stretched endlessly through the void, numbering exactly 3,333 in total and spanning over a thousand kilometers.
On the 1,916th stone step.
Luo Feng, clad in silver battle armor, stood motionless like a statue with his eyes closed. Yet, deep within his soul, subtle transformations were occurring as countless mystical runes fused into his spirit. Suddenly, Luo Feng’s eyes snapped open, piercing with a sharp gleam: “Today is the day of the Qualification Battle!”
“This acceptance of the Demon Sound General’s legacy must be delayed!”
Luo Feng lowered his gaze to the ancient and peculiar elongated stone disk beside his feet — the Lofuli Disk.
“Merge!” With a thought, the Lofuli Disk rapidly shrank and fused into his feet. After nearly two years of continuous refinement, he had finally imprinted his spiritual mark onto the Lofuli Disk. Now, the disk could change in size and shape, and could even merge into Luo Feng’s skin, muscles, or bones.
Luo Feng directed nine-tenths of his consciousness to rapidly connect to the Virtual Universe.
Only a sliver of his consciousness remained to receive the legacy, drastically slowing his mastery of the Demon Sound General’s arcane arts. Where once he ascended one realm per day, now a single breakthrough might span ten.
…
“Your Highness!”
“Your Highness!”
In the Primordial Sector of the Virtual Universe, the cosmic-level, Domain Lord, and World King guards, along with a group of servants, all bowed respectfully.
“Hmm!”
Luo Feng nodded and immediately soared into the sky, flying toward Wuka’s estate.
…
Wuka’s estate had become the gathering place for eight individuals: Luo Feng, Jiangmo, Qianshui, Ronjun, Lansiluo, Aopatela, Aichen, Wuka, and himself.
“Hmm?”
Flying high above, Luo Feng looked down and immediately spotted the other seven already gathered below in the estate.
“Luo Feng!”
“Hurry up!”
The others, seated around an open-air dining table in the estate, all looked up and shouted, clearly having already seen Luo Feng.
“Coming!” Luo Feng smiled.
Whoosh!
He dove rapidly, descending dozens of kilometers in an instant and landing directly on the lawn. He walked toward the open-air table and sat in the only empty seat among the eight.
“Luo Feng, today is the day of the Qualification Battle. They’ll probably summon us soon. Yet you were so slow in showing up. Look, everyone else has already arrived at my place. Only you… the last one! Don’t tell me you dislike my place,” Wuka said while fiercely biting into a roast meat over a meter long, speaking between mouthfuls, no one knowing exactly what kind of meat it was.
“Finish eating first,” Luo Feng said as he sat down, casually picking up a bottle of fruit wine from in front of him, pulling out the cork, and taking a sip that sent a refreshing chill through him.
By the table, Aichen, the exquisite maiden of the Dream Spiral Wing Clan, swirled her wine glass with a knowing smile. “Among our company of eight,” she mused, “Luo Feng likely bears the lightest burden. While the rest of us may face banishment to the Heaven and Earth Secret Realm, Luo Feng… ah, he shall never be cast into that abyss.”
“Yeah.”
“The elders have all crossed the sixth level of the Sky Bridge. Our chances are slim.”
The geniuses from various races across the cosmos spoke around the table.
“You guys—” Luo Feng put down the bottle, half-amused and half-exasperated.
“That’s why he came last—he’s too relaxed,” Ronjun teased.
“You too, huh?”
Luo Feng shook his head. He had a hundred percent confidence in not being eliminated from the Primordial Secret Realm. But their goals varied with strength. Wuka, Jiangmo, Qianshui, and others were distressed about being eliminated to the Heaven and Earth Secret Realm, while Luo Feng aimed to push forward to the Original Secret Realm. However, reaching the Original Secret Realm…
Was extremely difficult!
Even with his current strength, he couldn’t be too confident.
“Luo Feng!” Wuka looked at Luo Feng.
“Luo Feng!” Jiangmo also turned to look.
“Luo Feng!”
“Luo Feng!”
Ronjun, Lansiluo… one by one, they all stopped eating and drinking, turning to look at Luo Feng. All seven were staring at him!
Luo Feng was taken aback.
“Madman,” Wuka said seriously, “you should know the predicament we newcomers are in. Because we’ve just joined the Virtual Universe Company, our strength is far behind the elders. Compared to the top experts among the 300 elders in the Heaven and Earth Secret Realm, we still have a significant gap.”
“Among us eight, Ronjun might have a chance to stay in the Primordial Secret Realm, but even then, he would be at the bottom of the Primordial Secret Realm. As for the rest of us, we have absolutely no hope!”
The group fell silent.
Indeed.
No hope at all!
Among the elders in the Primordial Secret Realm and the elders in the Heaven and Earth Secret Realm, there were also dozens who had crossed the sixth level of the Sky Bridge! Their understanding of laws and combat experience were far inferior to those elders. They were destined to be eliminated. No hope at all. This sense of helplessness naturally made them feel distressed.
“Among us eight, Luo Feng!” Ronjun’s voice was low, his eyes fixed on Luo Feng, “Only you, only you can rise up and push forward!”
Of the eight.
Six had no hope at all. Ronjun had a slight chance to stay in the Primordial Secret Realm, but even that would require a desperate struggle.
Luo Feng looked at the group of geniuses before him. They were all proud, but when they couldn’t see even a glimmer of hope in their struggle, they could only reluctantly accept this bitter fate. Yet their frustration and pressure were now pinned upon Luo Feng, another newcomer like themselves!
“Don’t worry!” Luo Feng nodded lightly.
…
About half an hour later, a thunderous sound echoed across the Primordial Sector.
“The Primordial Sector Cosmic-Level Qualification Battle is about to begin. Everyone, assemble!”
The 30 elders and 8 newcomers all looked up. The voice came from above the Primordial Sector. With the naked eye, they could see the figure in a purple uniform high in the sky. In an instant, all 38 cosmic-level members of the Primordial Secret Realm shot into the sky, one after another, each flying to the figure in the purple robe.
“Look, that’s Kurofu! The strongest among the 30 elders.”
“Alchemist Yufeng!”
In midair, the group of geniuses observed their opponents, for soon they would truly clash!
Luo Feng was observing five individuals…
The five top experts among the elders of the Primordial Secret Realm: the relatively weaker Sajin·Huolong, Ge, and Ninan, and the stronger Alchemist Yufeng and the werewolf Kurofu.
Sajin·Huolong’s tail was swishing, his eyes seemed to burn with flame as he stared at Luo Feng, filled with fighting spirit. He sent a telepathic message: “Luo Feng, I lost last time, but I will definitely win this time!” He had lost mainly due to willpower, unable to resist Luo Feng’s mental pressure last time.
If he could resist the mental pressure, then his secret technique,《Black Hole Transformation》, would unleash its full power. Back then, Luo Feng might not have been able to withstand it, as Sajin·Huolong had crossed the seventh level of the Sky Bridge a very long time ago.
“I beat you last time, and I’ll beat you again this time!” Luo Feng looked at Sajin·Huolong and telepathically replied.
“Ge!” Luo Feng turned his gaze to another person.
Ge was a battle fanatic. Although he was the last among the five top experts to cross the seventh level of the Sky Bridge, he was somewhat like Ronjun, possessing extremely high combat talent… with the same level of law comprehension, his combat effectiveness was incredibly strong.
He had wild yellow hair and half-closed eyes, standing in midair. Behind his ears were a pair of smaller ears hidden beneath. He looked disheveled but exuded a faint aura of a fierce beast. The other geniuses in the Primordial Secret Realm kept their distance from him, clearly unwilling to get too close.
Ge glanced at Luo Feng, his drooping eyelids revealing a flash of sharpness before returning to his usual lethargy.
“Ninan.” Luo Feng looked at the youth in the silver-gray battle robe.
The youth wore a smile, likely the most approachable among the five top experts. When Luo Feng looked at him, the silver-robed Ninan also gave Luo Feng a slight smile.
“Yufeng!”
The alchemist Yufeng!
The most mysterious and bizarre among the five top experts, he was completely wrapped in a black robe, with only a pair of cold, shadowy eyes faintly visible.
“Kurofu!” Luo Feng turned his attention to the strongest among the five top experts.
Kurofu!
Clad in gray battle armor, with yellow mane on his face, his brown eyes glimmered with a greenish hue. Occasionally, his lips curled to reveal fangs. The entire aura he gave off to Luo Feng was like that of a wolf! As if sensing Luo Feng’s gaze, Kurofu turned his head and looked back, suddenly grinning.
“Boom!”
It felt as if a giant beast was staring at him, causing Luo Feng’s hairs to stand on end.
“Haha…” Kurofu chuckled softly, “An interesting little fellow.”
As the werewolf Kurofu spoke, all the elders turned to look. Everyone, including the alchemist Yufeng, couldn’t help but show a flicker of tension in their eyes when they looked at Kurofu. Luo Feng stared at the werewolf Kurofu. Although he had once met Moluo from the Original Secret Realm, instinctively he felt…
The strongest in the Primordial Secret Realm, Kurofu, was even more terrifying than Moluo from the Original Secret Realm!
…
This group of extraordinary geniuses came from different human races across the universe. These 38 individuals represented 38 human races, and their attire varied. Some wore natural green, some wore fiery red, and others gave off a chill like ice… Each of these geniuses was proud and defiant, yet among them, six stood out as the strongest!
The five top elders and the strongest newcomer, Luo Feng!
Six individuals!
All had crossed the seventh level of the Sky Bridge!
“The Qualification Battle is simple!”
“You 38 individuals will each fight against the other 37. The winner gets one point! The loser and any draws get zero points! Finally, rankings will be determined by total points… the top three will have the qualification to compete for a spot in the Original Secret Realm.” The thin man in the purple uniform, with purple lips, spoke in a hoarse voice, “There are five people in the Original Secret Realm who will also participate in the Qualification Battle. The bottom three in the rankings… will fight against the top three from our Primordial Sector. A total of six people will compete for the sole spot in the Original Secret Realm.”
Silence.
Luo Feng, the werewolf Kurofu, Sajin·Huolong, the alchemist Yufeng, Ninan, and Ge, all six of their eyes lit up.
“The top three from our Primordial Sector will battle the bottom three from the Original Secret Realm, and only one victor will emerge!” Luo Feng’s gaze swept across the other five, “These five, plus the three from the Original Secret Realm—I must defeat them all! Only then can I become a member of the Original Secret Realm!”
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